he found out even through wave one as a result of the lack of a leadership here i said to my people blow the testing down please that is criminally negligent that i was there and i thought it was hilarious head to head on algis iraq. hundreds of protesters gather in the philippines ahead of a key speech by president ford ricotta turn saying. i'm given al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.s. consulate in china is officially closed part of a retaliation after beijing was forced to shut one of its offices in houston. the pandemic is controlled latin american i'll lead the world in the number of

coronavirus cases. and remembering the korean war the self commemorates armistice day despite the relations with its northern neighbor. will begin in the philippines where hundreds of protesters are gathering in the capital ahead of president roderigo to tertius annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at the university of the philippines protests outside congress a band that's where to turn table speak in the coming hours he's expected to lay out his plans for the coming year the president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and for a new law which gives police sweeping palls to wrestle specs without warrant or a charge. or more let's cross live now to jim miller of bogun who is covering those

protests in manila you may know what situation there where you are. well 8 kim i am inside the university of the philippines the biggest the university in the country where protests are being held this is about a few kilometers away from the philippine congress where the president is expected to speak in the coming hours now there are about hundreds of protests here from protesters here from different organisations and they are going to stay there for another hour or so until they converge in another area as you know kim the president's state of the nation speech is a rare event when the president is actually and all of his achievements are made closer to the public but over the past few years specially this year it has been increasingly overshadowed and mired by protests it comes at a very precarious time this is one of the last state of the nation address of the president is supposed to step down in 2022 it comes as the biggest media network in

the country has been shut down forcibly shut down by congress that did not renew its franchise calling in according to activists anti terror laws taken into effect and just a few days ago when for example local journalists in the southern philippines received death threats and another independent online news site north of manila has been raided by police so you know here at this point what they're saying basically it remains to be seen what the president is saying but they are not very confident that the things that these going to be saying that she meant are real and she meant to that effect change on the ordinary people as you know kim the philippines is still struggling to deal with the pandemic sow's and of new cases every day an economy currently in recession and unknown future for students because according to the government there will be no face to face session or classes in the coming

months so at this point you know the president supposed to speak in the coming hours we're hearing the kind of state of the nation situation in numerate that by activists here they say if they were to give the president a mark it would be a passing one kim thanks for that to me on the in their lives in manila. the u.s. has confirmed that it has closed its consulates in the chinese city of chengdu was shut down was ordered by china retaliation against the americans telling beijing to close its consulates and houston u.s. is accused china of industrial espionage it was criticized its policies in hong kong and its treatment of weak of muslims it's who have also been in dispute over trade and the pandemic treaty you joins us now live from chengdu katrina what's happening where you are. hi kim well we're set up on the street where the u.s. consulate in chengdu is or was located just 300 meters in that direction it was

shut in the last few hours the huge huge government vehicles and police trucks coming in and out of this road here and we had confirmation from both the u.s. consulate and also from beijing foreign ministry saying that they have confirmed that the consulate here has been closed and that chinese authorities have entered the consulate through the front door now up until this this morning we were actually able to get closer to the consulate but around 6 38 am the police came in they swept through cleared the area of the public in the media barricaded that road and that was also the time that we saw a u.s. flag come down from the consulate. and over the weekend most of the stop evacuated the consulate that was seen going in and out of the building removal stopped trucks coming in and out as well now china says the reason this particular concept was targeted is because it's stuff were involved in what they say were activities inconsistent with that capacity but we also know this is quite a significant operation it deals with many american businesses located in nearby

chunking it also acts as a significant listening post for any events happening into that and because of its location here here in southwest china of course beijing says that this is a completely reciprocal move they were furious about the closure of the chinese consulate in texas they deny any charges that they were there was spying involved or intellectual property theft involved in that concert and they say centrally the closure of this question is payback to that country just remind our viewers of why the closure of this consulate is important or does it need. well basically we've seen 83 full bilateral relationship between china and the u.s. to the cost you money but he's closures the closure of the consulate here in terms of and the consulate in texas this is really a new low point and analysts on both sides in china and us seem to can see that we've entered this kind of new cold war obviously here in china there is a lot of interest around here there are crowds of people right now taking interest

in what's happening behind me and their opinions really run the gamut one had many believe what beijing has said that this deterioration of the bilateral aid to egypt is solely the responsibility of the trump administration and their responsibility to put it back on track to receive lots of comments online people saying that they're happy this country is going to keep a quite hostile people dorking about turning it into a restaurant or a public toilet the wife of the consulate general are to be trial has been criticized because she expressed some comments about and sadness of leaving here and she also competitors sells to the jews fleeing nazi germany and she was accused of being a spy by many chinese netizens but on the other hand we've seen the other side is always spoken personally to many people living here and there are many comments online as well as people expressing their dismay and sadness that this is happening that they didn't want to see this guy or this spa and it's a shame that the u.s. consulate has had to leave after being here that for years it was established 1st

in 1985 and certainly people around the country and people living here in sichuan province are aware of what happened is what is happening in saying that this is very important 12 years ago there was a huge tens of thousands of people died in sichuan province and again people are saying that what they're witnessing today here in chengdu is a geo political. things that have taken truly you live from turn blue. the number of new coronavirus cases is surging on almost every continent it's taken just 4 days for the global number of infections to jump from 15 to 16000000 and in latin america more than 4300000 people have now been diagnosed with covered 19 that's more than the u.s. and canada combined has been a surge of infections in many countries including brazil mexico and argentina us on the ramp here to us in the colombian capital bogota with more on the crisis in that in america. according to the paramedic held her again the sation their pandemic

across the region is showing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina to and to a lesser extent also cheetah were things of eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week they've been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sunday's the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 we'll see what happens in the coming days but the worry there is that even if they brought under control their main hotspots the 1st hot spots at the beginning of the outbreak new ones have seen a period in particular in the south and center west of the country that had feared the much better so a lot of warre there now in countries like colombia where we are in tina the

reopening of the economy as man to a big big increase in cases so we are in a critical phase of the pandemic right now the same as happened in mexico that has seen a resurgence in hospitalizations despite the government thought they had already passed the peak of the pen them. over the past week 37 countries reported record increases in daily cases among them is the us which is seeing between 60 to 70000 new infections per day florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state bunkroom virus more than $9000.00 new cases were reported on sunday taking its total to more than $423000.00 australia has reported its highest ever single day rise in corona virus cases the bulk of them were in the state of victoria 532 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours despite going back into long term the state is struggling to contain

a resurgence of the virus of the states and close the borders to victorians. virus continues to spread at an alarming rate in india prime minister narendra modi has urged people to remain vigilant was 50000 new cases reported in one day india has the 3rd highest number of confirmed cases in the world and some of morocco's biggest cities are being shut down amid a sea in cases nobody will be able to enter or leave council banca year. and magnus more than 630 new cases were recorded on sunday the biggest daily rise so far. well anneliese wallace i think is professor of a med ting infectious diseases at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine she spoke to us about why there's been a recent spike in cases around the world it is not really a surprise some countries just opened too quickly. there's just starting to see the epidemic growing and so so we see

a different picture but at the still the transmission intensity is still highest in a small number of countries kindly let in america has taken over even the u.s. south africa and 14 we're seeing a repertory surgeons and we know also see you know a resurgence of cases in countries that were quite successful the beginning like it or like australia initially you know the virus is spreading mainly in old care homes in care homes in old age homes within hospitals but now we're seeing a shift in the epidemic and it's affecting more younger people it is understandable you know after months of look down young people want to be out again they want to party they want to be together but unfortunately we're not it time and 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. still ahead on al-jazeera saying goodbye to the man known as the conscience of the u.s. congress mourners pay their respects to john norris. anger in northeast india where a devastating wildfire still has only just extinguished months after it forced thousands to flee their homes. however we've got some very wet weather still plaguing the southern end of the red say some more thunderhead said just gathering just around that western side of yemen the far south west of saudi arabia elsewhere it's business as usual hot

sunshine very hot in baghdad 51 degrees celsius horse enough here in doha around 43 degrees but i suspect the temperatures just for winning back a touch as we go through the next couple of days shows continue down this towards a southern end of the red sea so a possibility of some localized flooding there on the other side of the world as we will see those heavy showers into a trap in ethiopia piling across south sudan and extending their way towards the gulf of guinea so well seasonal rains continuing here as they should do you will see want to see showers also pushing up towards southern parts of somalia over the next dial say with this on the show a breeze just filtering in is coming out so well if on the north of madagascar we're seeing some very heavy rain here at the moment big clutch of storms just pushing up across the region sonora madagascar could see some showers longer spells of right if you want to see showers too into the far east of south africa and also along the coastal fringes of bass amp this week.

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you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour hundreds are protesting in the philippines ahead of president ford we go to tertius and also to the nation address has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and the new law which gives police sweeping powers. the u.s. has shot its consulate in the chinese city of chengdu the closure was wanted by china was in retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shop its consulate in the houston 2 sides are at odds of a range of vicious. coronavirus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 more than the u.s. and canada combined infections have surged in brazil mexico proved colombia and argentina experts say the actual tally is much higher than the official one. and europe was once the global epicenter of the virus softer the outbreak in china that took long to recover but now some parts are experiencing surges spain says it's still a safe travel destination that's off the u.k.

reintroduced a 2 week quarantine for people returning from holiday the day barber reports from london. 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 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's now panicking and i also think it ruins cons for everybody since the number of cases here in spain are rising 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 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 in the belly erik 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 heard the news the numbers

here are very low they've implemented a very strict lockdown here the pandemic 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. al-jazeera in southern england. protests the u.s. city of portland against racism and police brutality or into the 9th week the situation there is still tense these are live pictures you can see the offices we can see officers there but officers have been out on the streets there have been

reports of officers moving in after reports of fighting on the streets the protests are expected to continue through sunday evening early on saturday there were chaotic scenes as demonstrators through fireworks at federal police who responded with tear gas. he marched alongside martin luther king jr and campaigned for social justice right up until his death almost 2 weeks ago now a vigil honoring the life and legacy of john lewis has been held the montgomery alabama is body is lying in state at the capitol building where the public can pay their respects to luther king jr daughter bernice was among those to speak in a vigil the city is the final leg of the selma to montgomery voting rights trail discussed retraced that journey early it was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma on the way to the morial service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstrators across that very same bridge was beaten unconscious state police violently broke up the march christopher wilson is with the national museum

of american history he says john lewis is passion for the civil rights movement is something that will live on. john lewis leaves such a such an amazing legacy we've had him many times here at the smithsonian institution. to look back on his history and the history of the movement i think that the most important thing to me in his legacy and looking at that moment today is that he was leading that march tonight 65 but he would have always thought about it not just him in private but all of the people who were working in places like selma on a local level for the national organizations like student nonviolent coordinating committee that he led and helped found the beginning. were important but really it was the local people who always he was employed by you know i think that that is still important to remember today john lewis was in his last days was able to stand

out in the streets and in washington and join the protesters one of the things that we have to remember about mr lewis and other activists particularly out of that nashville tradition is though we think about the the the the personal journey that they would go through and making personal decisions like not to give up their seat on a bus or something like that and doing that sort of thing also they were really and on in really changing the nation and being really active and so i think that that what we're seeing today typifies what john lewis was all about south korea's marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war and ending 70 years ago well than $3000000.00 people were killed in the conflict which never saw participants sign a formal peace treaty un is set to hold its own ceremony at the dimmest rhizome in a few hours time commemorations are also expected in north korea bryant has more

from seoul on the continued resonance the conflict still has on the peninsula. of course $22.00 nations came to the defense of south korea led by the united states under the united nations. it was hoped to the number of those veterans would have made the journey here to south korea that's not possible of course because of the coronavirus but we have have had a number of south korean veterans here obviously all taking very extra precautions and socially distancing because they are very vulnerable group a lot of these guys are well into their eighty's and ninety's now but this was the commemoration of the end of the war which famously of course is only ever been stopped because of this armistice and it was hoped especially with all of the summit diplomacy of recent years that we may well have seen by this very important anniversary year an actual peace agreement being in place well that that we know now is not the case if anything relations have soured but this event obviously

comes in the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war now it's a very important event here was the number of events commemorated that last month interestingly in north korea that is to some what some extent glossed over because of course the north invaded the south although their history books give a very different story but it is this event the end of the war which is very much more commemorated in the north because this is billed as the fatherland overcoming the invaders from outside. fossilize is an india struggling to put also an oil well blaze that's been burning for 2 months thousands of farming families and also some studies have been forced from their homes the call of compensation from the oil company for cause and once for damage reports. the bug john the oil well has been burning out of control since me or against exploded or in several workers were injured as they tried to extinguish the blow on. the well as operated

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 investors. we have roped in. foreign exports fall. to help us out we have c.m.d. exports from when you see a. team of experts 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 their trauma but how many. 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 peace. the fire is near an ecological park and wetland famous for its wildlife and plants off off off off off off this nature guide says the area used to be full of given monkeys for the confines any now. after the explosion the who love gibbon stopped using. because of the condensate mixing in the air they usually remain on the top of the trees but the noise and the brightness it is disturbing on. efforts to contain the blaze are being hampered by the heavy monsoon rains causing flooding. into central and state government 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 really mohammed al jazeera.

germany says russia will remain outside the g 7 until it promotes meaningful progress in the solving the conflict in ukraine from minister who has rejected a proposal from the u.s. president to allow russia back into the club of wealthy nations russia was suspended from the g 2014 after it illegally an extinct crane's crimean peninsula. u.s. envoy to iran says the blockade of qatar has gone on for too long brian hook says the goal for the street is damaging stability prosperity and security as well as harming shared regional interests saudi arabia the united arab emirates rein in egypt cut ties with qatar more than 3 years ago as their allegations of supporting armed groups and refuses to accept any settlement that compromises its sovereignty theaters are countless concerts and festivals all canceled across the virus

pandemic has been devastating for artists and performers some governments have stepped in to support them but american performers a pressing congress to give them a helping hand to. the 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 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 l. rod and 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 that makes it. i don't i don't know any

other way to describe it but just terrifying i'm challenging you guys today 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 gabriel sandow al-jazeera new york. hello again i'm tim that al with the headlines on al-jazeera hundreds are protesting in the philippines ahead of president order to go to tell his annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at a university as protests outside congress a band that's where the test they will speak has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and a new poll which gives police sweeping pose. u.s. is shot at the consulate in the chinese city of chengdu the closure was ordered by

china and was a retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shut down its consulates and houston the 2 sides are all over range of issues taken just 4 days for the global number of corona virus infections to drum from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily cases among them is the us would you seeing between $60.00 to $70000.00 new infections per day florida has overtaken new york is the 2nd worst hit state by corona virus more than $9000.00 new cases were reported on sunday taking its total to more than 423000 infections have surged in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina corona virus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 experts say the actual tally is much higher as it's not been enough testing and less on the ramp has more brazil obviously is the big it's

fought they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring under control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president there minimizing the effects of the virus strain he has reported its highest ever single day rise in cases the bulk of them were in the state of victoria where 532 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours despite going back into lockdown the state is struggling to contain a resurgence of the virus. when you see on al-jazeera right after the listening post stay with us. on counting the cost this week rich

countries of cornering the market for code 19 vaccines but what does that mean for the world's paul we'll look at the coronavirus treatments all thought for low income nations and check out the real price of developing. country in the cost on al-jazeera. disturbing evidence that. you know let me ask dr ever watch her own life flash. for a living a different destination it is a topic i don't like to play. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week sins and china's treatment of weaker muslims despite the best efforts of beijing journalists are finding ways to get the story and if you're reporting on the military in pakistan prepare for the worst like

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