a tree with chinese scientists in bartlett caring deep sea fishing for. one who want to produce china's underwater. 0. hundreds of protesters gather in the philippines ahead of a key speech by president ford regard to target. i'm convinced now this is al jazeera a lot 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.

demick out of control one american l.b.j.'s the world and a number of coronavirus cases. and remembering the korean war the south commemorates armistice day despite rocky relations with its northern neighbor. we begin in the philippines where hundreds of protesters are gathering in the capital ahead of president ford regard to turkey's annual state of the nation address the rally is taking place at the university of the philippines as protests outside congress are banned that's where the turntable speak in the next few hours is expected to lay out his plans for the next year the president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and for a new door which gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects without a warrant or a charge to me the dogon is in manila she says that recent government policies have

brought protesters on to the streets. 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 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 and according to activists anti terror law has 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 use 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 needs are real achievements that effect change on the ordinary people the philippines is still struggling to deal with a pandemic thousands of new cases every day an economy currently in recession and an 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 our situation in numerated by activists here they say if they were to give the president a mark it would be a passing one. the u.s. has confirmed that it has closed its conservation the chinese city of chengdu the shutdown was ordered by china and retaliation against the americans telling beijing to close its concerts in houston the u.s. is accused china or often does trail espionage and is criticized its policies in hong kong and its treatment of week of muslims to have also been in dispute of

a trained and the pandemic katrin here reports from chengdu. 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 seen a few government vehicles and police trucks coming in and out of this road here and we've 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 30 am the police came in they set up 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 conduit. and over the weekend most of the stuff is documented the consulate there was seen going in and out of the building removal stopped moving trucks coming in and out as well now trying to says the reason this

particular concept was targeted is because it's stuff we're involved in what they say were activities inconsistent with economically but we also know that one significant operation it deals with many american business is located in nearby. 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 consciousness a centrally a closure of this question is payback for that. the number of new coronavirus coexistence surging on almost every continent it's taken just 4 days for the global number of infections to jump from 15 to 16000000 over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes and daily cases they include brazil mexico argentina and colombia in that in america more than 4300000 people have now been diagnosed with

19. years in the colombian capital bogota with more on the region's health crisis. according to the paramedic hell to get any 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 piru and to a lesser extent also chile where tings 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 appeared in particular in the

south and center west of the country that had feared to much better so a lot of warre there now in countries like colombia where we are in tina the reopening of the economy as a 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 pandemic around the world cases continued to increase rapidly the u.s. is seen between $60.70 new infections per day florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus on the $9000.00 new cases were reported on sunday taking its total more than 423000. australia has reported its highest ever single day rise in corona virus cases the bulk of them were in the state of

victoria with 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 of the states of close their borders to victorians and the virus continues to spread at an alarming rate in india prime minister narendra modi has urged people to remain vigilant almost 50000 new cases were reported in just one day india has the 3rd highest number of confirmed cases in the world. and some of america's biggest cities are being shut down amid a surge in cases nobody will be able to enter or to neve casablanca america's fairs and magnus more than 630 new cases were recorded on sunday one of the biggest daily rises so far. and in these while the smith is professor of emerging 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 it is still the transmission intensity is still highest in a small number of countries kindly let an american have taken over even the us south african force. we're seeing a repertory surgeons and we know also see. 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 the 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 are highest risk for severe disease outcomes. europe was once the global epicenter of the virus suffer 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 after the u.k. reintroduced a 2 week quarantine for people returning from holiday 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 like

a 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 i think it ruins comes for everybody since the number of cases here in spain arise 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 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 had the news the numbers here are very low they've implemented a very strict lockdown here. 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 nadine barber al-jazeera in southern england. still to come on al-jazeera saying goodbye to the man known as the conscience of the u.s. congress mourn his pay their respects to john davis. and get in northeast india where a devastating boyle fire still hasn't been extinguished months after a 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 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 the far 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 to into the far east of south africa and also along the

coastal fringes of bass amp this week. who's to blame for the mishandling of the coronavirus can then make in the united states i'll be putting the tough questions to trump surrogate jack kingston and former democratic party official just o'connell in a special edition of her dad he. even through wave one as a result of a lack of a leadership here i said to my people slow the testing down please that is criminally negligent that i was sitting there and i thought it was hilarious head to head on al-jazeera.

there watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour hundreds are protesting in the philippines ahead of president ordering go to target areas annual state of the nation address he's been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and for a new door which gives police sweeping powers. the u.s. is shot it's called to lessen 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 2 sides are at odds over a range of issues. global coronavirus cases have surged past 60000000 quarter of those are in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina there are concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher. i have 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 in montgomery

alabama his body is lying in state at the capitol building where the public can pay their respects martin luther king jr his daughter bernice was among those to speak it is a vigil the city is the final leg of the selma to montgomery voting rights trail and his casket retraced that journey earlier it was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma on the way to the memorial 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 christopher wilson is with the national museum of american history he says john lewis's 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 in looking at that moment today is that he was leading that march in 1965 but he would have always thought about it as not just him in front 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 at the beginning. were important but really it was the local people who always he was amplifying and 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. 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 in really changing the nation and being really active and so i think that's what we're seeing today typifies what john lewis was all about. process and the u.s. city of portland against racism and police brutality into the 9 tweek situation there is still pending with offices moving enough to reports of fighting on the streets the protests are expected to continue through sunday evening any on saturday there were chaotic scenes demonstrations threw fireworks at ted openings who responded with tear gas. in haiti thousands of evangelical protesters have joined a march against the new criminal code which they say is a moral many are angry that discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation has been made a criminal offense they say that goes against conservative family values you code which also legalizes abortion and lo is the age for consensual sex to 15 comes into

force in 2 years. iraqis angry with corruption and a lack of basic services have tires on fire in the capital baghdad have also taken part in a certain protest near the city's tourist square an area that became a focal point for demonstrations in recent months south of the capital protesters stormed a power plant to show their anger over on a vote on reliable electricity supplies iraq has seen months of protests as it deals with an economic crisis and political instability. libyan warlord holy far far has been accused of indiscriminately targeting civilians during his attempt to capture tripoli doctors health workers and ambulance drivers have spoken of the terror of landmines left behind as fighters retreated homs arshad is a 1st responder he told us what he's saying to me.

my name is holmes a. i'm a 1st responder for the. field hospital used to be just called a field hospital but after dr ayman was killed and more injured in the hospital in his name the injuries from learned minds are not like the injuries from their more horrific much more horrific we saw a person comes to you with his leg blown off or norm is missing. when this vehicle was celt 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 his forces put the body and planted a landmine next to it they died trying to help and had a book full of 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 a team and we lost him. the u.s. envoy to iraq says the blockade of qatar has gone on for too long brian hooks says the gulf dispute has damaging stability prosperity and security as well as harming shared regional interests saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind egypt cut ties with qatar more than 3 years ago denies the allegations of supporting armed groups and refuses to accept any settlement that compromises itself until the 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. pfizer's in india are struggling to put out an oil well blaze that's been burning for 2 months thousands of farming families and also some states have been forced from their homes the calling for compensation from the oil company for causing widespread damage reports. the bug john the oil well has been burning out of control since may 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 experts.

to help us out we have c.m.d. experts from u.c.l.a. and our own people 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. 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 looks good. been 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 at night is disturbing on. efforts to contain the blaze are being hampered by the heavy monsoon rains causing flooding. india's 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 solving the conflict in ukraine foreign minister 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 annexed ukraine's crimea peninsula. south korea is marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war nearly 70 years ago more than 3000000 people were killed in the conflict which never saw participants sign a formal peace treaty u.n. is set to hold its own ceremony at the demilitarized zone commemorations are also expected in north korea has more from so on the continued residence the context il 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 a verse or a 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. fierce is our empty countless concerts and festivals all

canceled coronavirus pandemic has been devastating for artists and for performers some governments have stepped in to support them but american perform is a pressing congress to give them a helping hand to gabrielle amazon to reports from new york. for better or worse the us 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 covert 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 you can look for it takes a situation that's already preparing us 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 to 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. committal in darwin the headlines on al-jazeera hundreds are protesting in the philippines ahead of president ford regard to turkey's annual state of the nation address he's been criticized for his handling of the pandemic and the new door which gives pending sweeping pause to rely on the organ has the latest from the never. the philippines is still struggling to deal with the pandemic thousands of

new cases every day and it can't be 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 our situation in numerate that by activists here they see if they were to give the president a mark it would be a passing. us a shot it's consolation the chinese city of chengdu the closure was ordered by china and was a retaliation for the americans asking beijing to shut down its conservation houston the 2 sides are at odds over a range of issues. global coronavirus cases have served past 16000000 a quarter of those are not in america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina there are concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher. in the u.s. florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus more than

9000 new cases were reported on sunday taking its total to more than 423000 united states remains the worst affected nation. 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 lois led hundreds of black demonstrators across that same bridge was beaten unconscious state police violently broke up the march south korea is marking the anniversary of the armistice that ended the korean war nearly 70 years ago more than 3000000 people were killed in the conflict which never saw participants sign a formal peace treaty commemorations are also expected in north korea was the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after one $101.00 east which

is coming up next. to 00. is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter which is their own. team of chinese scientists traveling to places no human has ever been. in banking on a daring deep sea mission in the hunt for rare resistance and spacesuits. episode of 1018 we go on board some of china's top engineers and scientists as they explore the depths of the indian ocean.