you can be can type or at the wall will expose communes to greater danger. on al-jazeera. after months of lockdown chile cautiously lifts restrictions while its neighbors across latin america struggle to get a grip on coronavirus. clubs around your fiancé's their allies my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes in a move to bring a possible end to the conflict to u.s. backed southern separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule. land mr businessman to manage that it really matters here in just about be cleared and it was done and you said get it done. grilled by politicians the u.s.

attorney general defends the white house's heavy handed response to months of anti racism protests plus. i'm way in bangkok where i will tell you about the link between the energy drink company red ball and the death of a policeman and why the attorney general in chief of police had been summoned to parliament. welcome to the program the battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic is putting pressure on nations as they seek to find a balance between public health and saving a colonies after months of lockdown in chile the country has begun lifting restrictions in parts of the capital but some medical experts say the government is not following recommendations from the world health organization or latin america editor lucien newman has more. free at last from monday to friday residents

of 7 affluent neighborhoods are finally free to leave their homes to take their children out and to get exercise and nobody is happier than the elderly after 4 months they are now allowed out for an hour 3 times a week i mean for me this is wonderful why because if i don't then i will forget how to win. forget how to have a conversation forget places that i would frequent to go shopping. footpaths have been marked to encourage social distancing a traffic light and 2 lanes marked so pedestrians will walk on the right side of the street but many ignore them and medical experts say the government is also ignoring the w.h.o. guidelines for deep confinement that it claims to be following them they aren't even following the recommendations of their own advisory committee which was created in order to make decisions based on science we see that they're ignoring science and the need to strengthen the ability to test trace and isolate infections

relaxing the confinement measures means that some shops can now open in this area but the problem is that those who work here come from other parts of town that are still under lockdown and where the infection rate is still too high and that's the sort of recipe that could lead to disaster exactly the sort of thing that's happening in neighboring peru. in lima 25 percent of the population is said to have been infected. now has the highest death rate per 1000000 inhabitants in all of the americas with no enforcement of social distancing even funerals pose a threat. as they say farewell to their loved ones dozens of people sing and drink many of them infected themselves. jeanette how to pieces nervously outside a hospital emergency room entrance where her father is being treated for pulled 19 . from the moment he went in the doctor said he couldn't believe i'm very worried

about him in year. but at least he's receiving chair unlike in other areas where hospitals can no longer cope confinement measures were relaxed too soon to try to save the economy. and just like in chile it's a decision that many applaud even though it can have deadly consequences if taken too early. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. the u.s. is reporting its highest single day increase in nationwide covert 19 deaths since may more than 1200 people lost their lives to the virus on tuesday the death toll is now fast approaching 150000 the state of florida is one of the worst hit it saw a record number of deaths in the last 24 hours mike hanna is in washington d.c. and explains the rising cases in the floridian state. the rate of infection says continuing to surge as indeed is the death rate but the state's governor under

center says insisting that things are getting better he maintains that there is a lag in terms of the reporting which is resulting in the spike in mortality you said he says that within days the and its mortality rate will begin to drop but this may be optimism according to the figures that we are seeing florida is now the most infected state after california which still lead to the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably president trump held a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported a massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the

position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across this country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection china has reported its highest number of new krona virus cases in more than 3 months as recorded 101 new infections most of those were in the western region. this is the same area or 2 a 1000000 people from the muslim minority and other groups have been put into internment camps china is where the virus was 1st detected in late december. the world health organization official has described the pandemic has won the big wave she says the virus doesn't appear to follow influenza seasonal pattern and warn the northern hemisphere not to get complacent during the warmer months so much is

a problem it's virus like all with it but at what. is jumping from one to another when we come in close contact so let's not get unity. let's say the 2nd wave idea we're in the 1st wave it's going to be one big way it's going to go up a bit now the best thing is to let chris smith is a consultant for all of just he says if the virus is given the chance it will search through most of the world's population if you look at the figures for antibodies in the population the best estimates we have and it has been tricky to measure how immune everybody is is that about 95 percent of the world's population remain vulnerable to corona virus infection in other words they haven't been infected yet i know i'm one of them i tested my antibodies i haven't got any and that means that we're like a john wood pile which is just waiting to go up in smoke if given the opportunity in other words give the virus a chance it will come surging back we remain vulnerable the virus hasn't gone away

we're rather like a parked car sort of parked on a hill with the brake on and if we take the brake off because going to start rolling downhill again. the spain's prime minister is scrambling to save his country's tourism industry the u.k. and germany warning their citizens to avoid spanish islands and beaches joining the height of the summer tourist season the sector is crucial to rebuilding spain's economy of the months of restrictions. reports from barcelona. jungen relaxed little has changed for the youth of bartolone arsons a crown of ours crisis despite 3 months of strict lockdown in c.t. they feel mediately return to the old social habits. is 19 years old she's refusing to follow the government's social distancing measures or wear a mask which is now mandatory in public places we want to see people and to take now we are free here and we don't know when they're going to close everything again

and yet so much easier just might close your eyes and give it to. the cattle and government is trying their best to reach the junger generations in sending a clear message that. they would like to treat young people as citizens they are citizens like we are like we are all are so we all have their share on this so yes i mean maybe it's a bit harder to get the message through them but i think that the only way to make them feel responsible correspond so well over the whole situation because they are historically this message infection rates are very high for those between 18 and 44 years old and the youth are now being blamed with fuelling a so-called 2nd wave. president of the union has the scribe the situation this critical he has said that in the next 10 days the corner virus outbreak is not contained tougher measures will have to be put in place july is usually the peak

month of the tourist season in catalonia but only 25 percent of the hotels are open and more and more is evasions are being canceled every day. some restaurants won't be open until september those trying to right out of the storm believe what they are witnessing alphonso gomez has worked for 42 years as manager of this restaurant at the brothel. going on there's no tourism atoll markets and restaurants are empty it's very sad to witness never in my life have i seen a situation like this and i'm 65 years old the spanish government is facing an uphill task convincing the world that this is a safe destination and the cop 19 is on the control it's going to be a tough and uncertain summer. but the u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives not of protests he testified at

a congressional committee and faced heavy criticism for sending a federal agents into cities to quash protests he also faces accusations of politicizing the justice department official reports from capitol hill. this is a time of turmoil in the united states. protests and riots and questions about the future of policing. and you're about to give issue incorrect against that backdrop the country's top officer facing questions from members of the house of representatives with a lot of going to cover the democratic chair of the judiciary committee made it clear he wasn't a fire. this is ministration has twisted the department of justice into a shadow of its former self capable of serving most americans only after it is 1st served those in power. protests erupted across the country after the killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis and me this year from the attorney general a defense of the police in the wake of george floyd's dash while violent rioters an

anarchist have hijacked a legitimate protest to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims that demonization of the police is not only unfair and inconsistent principles all people should be treated as individuals but gravely injury is to be her city community william bar has had to deal with court cases of people linked to the president former national security adviser michael flynn an official campaign advisor roger stone but the attorney general insists he has never politicized his department i agree the president's friends don't deserve special breaks but they also don't deserve to be treated more harshly than other people and sometimes that's a difficult decision to make the attorney general was asked if he believed the upcoming presidential election would be rigged to claim the president has repeatedly made it apply i have no reason to think it will be. william

barton i protesters were cleared from a park near the white house in june to give donald trump a photo opportunity not something readily accepted by one congressman so it was actually necessary the park be cleared for his for his one that's that had nothing to do with that the plan to move mr mr atlanta mineral that it really matters very this the park be cleared and it was done and you said get it done this was william bart's 1st appearance before the oversight committee since democrats took control of the house it covered a lot of ground a sign of how important many of these issues will be in the election in november alan fischer al-jazeera on capitol hill. well still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll tell you why there are fears for marine ecosystem of the coast of ecuador and. iran ties massagers a moment us cross korea it's just a drill but the reaction has been very real you stay with us here on al-jazeera.

however we've got plenty of summer storms rumbling away across north america at the moment lots of hate around lively showers there just around the deep south through the southern plains pushing up towards the appalachians and they will gradually ease a little further east which is we go on through the next couple of days a lot of the eastern seaboard expect to see some shabby rain from time to time they will be big in some very particular around the middle lanty states temperatures getting up to $35.00 celsius in d.c. $2728.00 there for to run i'd also for lots of showers into central parts down towards the southwest hot and dry sums it up the fire risk remaining a very much in evidence phoenix getting up to 44 celsius and rising could touch 46 degrees as we go through thursday the west coast is looking fine dry warm and sunny

right up into that western side of canada because on the other hand we'll see more in the way of thunder a showers showers pushing iran across the deep south there i would towards that southeastern corner further south into the caribbean well spent the heaviest showers going to be around central america and the regular costa rica but also some very wet weather making its way towards the leeward says could well develop into a tropical depression if not a tropical storm could well see some flooding then across possible to rica and hispaniola. investigates the brick kiln slaves of pakistan some of the most shocking and appalling working conditions anywhere in south asia up to 1000000 chinese bugs are not normal for us there for hundreds virtually no one speaks for them they suffer but they suffer in silence with no hope of escape what do you say to those allegations and hurts working conditions in the industry is equivalent to modern

slavery slavery a 21st century inform continues with bonded slaves announces their. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera of these a home run a reminder of our top stories the u.s. is reporting its highest single day increase in covert 19 deaths since may more than 1200 people lost their lives to the virus on tuesday the death toll is now fast approaching 150000 spays prime minister is pushing back against travel advisories by other european states calling them disproportionate the united kingdom and germany are urging citizens to avoid spanish tall response due to

a surge in cases. and the u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black clothes month of protests testifying before congress he said it was right to send federal agents into cities to quash protests. now the southern separatists in yemen say that abandoning demands for self rule they say it's to give an opportunity to end a rift among that allies against the who sees it follow saudi arabia's announcement that it will present ways to implement last year's power sharing deal between rival factions in the south so let's take a closer look at the southern transitional council who've been waging what's been described as a war within yemen's complex civil war last august the f.t.c. seized the southern port city of aden the interim seat of yemen's internationally recognized government in april its forces declared a state of emergency under

a pretext of combating the covert 19 outbreak of proclaimed self rule in a another southern provinces but they accuse the yemeni government of corruption and failing to provide basic services the 2 fought as allies against who thiis in the north since 2015 but been battling each other for control and ultimates the session of the south. but you say he is director of the gulf study center joins me now from denver good to have you with us on the program how significant misters where harry is the announcement by the s.t.c. and why now. to be honest i think what's happening now is the fact that there is everything is basically getting to the point where there is no solution and the humanitarian the story is very good for an international community have no interest actually even to intervene as used to be. all of the. parties are seem to be tired and exhausted of this

conflict so that i think that does that isn't why we are to start hearing about such initiatives especially and at a time where so that if you're also trying to show its support it indeed i mean let's bring in saudi arabia because the agreement was signed was only last year but it does seem that while everybody signed up to it everybody has a different interpretation of it and that's all that's where you might say the agreement has broken down moments how they can actually get it back together again . i'm not sure actually this can be implemented ticket consideration children chael important facts the 1st one that there is no 100 percent agreement that unity and will not be about how things should should be . in the 2nd and the fact that you know who would be deciding

on the situation in yemen not only actually those 2 countries they need international community to be on board they need united nation they need iran and none of those players so far actually has confidence on those 2 players there is an there is an attempt to convince a good will and our citizens doing things but they are. they made him a chair in church you know stories in yemen and how those 2. months are not doing enough on supporting people on the ground so that all of this together make it difficult actually to have realities and they're not how problematic then is it that if they don't agree now if there is some sort of some sort of olive branch being sent by saudi arabia for example to try and get the warring sides to talk to each other what's stopping the s.t.c. of revisiting the issue of secession later down the road if it all collapses in the

next few days if they can't reach agreement you know that current to start the school was basically indicates when a major fact that there is no central government there are many players many state actors in yemen good encloses. include the current transition council in the south of yemen so all of this indicates that there's no such strong state and i think even if situation continues like that everyone every every party will be just trying to will have hold on what but what they have on the ground there is no longer to. see thoughts on things should be sold you know yemen should be more secure they should be more focused on human humanitarian side all of these studies are not on the table that's the reason why this country

is going on because there are different agendas and different parties with different supporters and they are missing basically worse things should equal which is a touch of the gulf study said to him in doha thanks for joining us thank you so. iran has carried a military exercises in the gulf using a more u.s. aircraft carrier as target practice to her old navy and air force are taking part in the coordinated drills the move is gaining attention mainly because a real american aircraft carrier is in the region sebag has more. from land and sea it's a show of military strength from iran in the gulf at a time when tensions remain high with the united states just days ago iran said one of its passenger planes was intercepted by u.s. fighter jets as it flew over syria iran's military leaders want to send

a strong message. the strategic purpose of our exercises is defensive but at the level of operation and tactic we are widely of pensive and there's nothing stronger than firing on and boarding a mock aircraft carrier the country that has the most carriers in the world the united states in recent days satellite images have shown the mock vessel being moved from the port city of under a bust it resembles the nimitz class carrier the us routinely sails into the gulf on this day the replica was used to train iranian forces gunships encircled the mock carrier an attempt to show the dominance of iran's navy even with its smaller boats against and large a target. that armed forces of the islamic republic of iran will use all their power elements and potential such as defensive and offensive capabilities to respond to any moves to create instability at the right an appropriate time and place that the u.s.

military's reign based 5th fleet said we cannot speak to what iran hopes to gain by building this mock up or what tactical value they would hope to gain by using such a mockup in a training exercise scenario we do not see conflict but remain ready to defend u.s. forces an interest from maritime threats in the region then just 33 kilometers a separate. iran and oman and 20 percent of the world's oil passes through that straight up or most of the revenue from the gods here want to send a clear message to the united states iran is prepared for a possible conflict with the us i want to show that its forces would be no pushover that's a big well just. a powerful work as you need to bolivia's safely protest against the delay of the upcoming presidential election now thousands joined a rally in the city of. the interim government has pushed back the vote from september to october is blaming the pandemic for the delay the election will be a rerun of last year's though which sparked violent protests leading to the

downfall of the longtime leader evo morales also in the region colombia's army has been called in to rescue people cut off by flooding heavy rains hit the central metter region inundating rural areas the army air lifted children the elderly and even a pet dog the region is bracing itself for more rain with the downpours forecast to continue for the rest of the week. a large fleet of mostly chinese fishing vessels has been discovered near the galapagos islands the ecuadorian navy has identified around 260 stepped up patrols to ensure they do not enter the ecologically sensitive area 2017 a chinese boat was caught with $300.00 tons of fish the galapagos islands are home to a larger variety of species which are threatened with extinction your land sea is the former environment minister for ecuador she explained the threats posed to the islands. well there are 2. potential impacts one

is on the fish of the galapagos islands and there are several sensitive species in that area in that protected area that is a jewel in the crown isn't it around the world in the 2nd one is the depletion of new york just to think of 250 ship trying to get is much as they can in the shortest time is possible is that just shows that there is no consideration for conservation for keeping those species that are under threat of extinction and for the resources of the sea at this moment the ocean is the most. senior rated system around the world it has become the dumping side of the planet any of his become this source

of in a very aggressive system of. so they want both sides on the global in the local of galapagos it is a very big threat thai police have launched an internal investigation over the handling of a high profile one case there's been a public outcry of the charges were dropped against the grandson of the crater of the red bull energy drink 8 years ago he fled thailand after a fatal crash in which a police officer was killed when he reports. just hours after a fatal crash in bangkok type police detained a suspect you would say yeah was questioned by police over the death of a policeman in a hit and run incident but he was soon released and 8 years on police have announced the case is closed to me tonight yet as you know we have received a final order from the attorney general to not prosecute for a year on charges of reckless driving and causing the deaths of office. war you

admitted being behind the wheel of his ferrari when it crashed at high speed into the policeman's motorbike but for years he failed to appear in court after being summoned and was out of the country when arrest warrants were issued he's the grandson of the inventor of red bull the parent company in thailand issued a statement distancing itself from the case saying t.c.p. group would like to clarify that mr weren't you would has never assumed any role in the management and daily operations of t.c.p. group was never a shareholder nor has he held any executive position within a group now several investigations have been launched including one by a parliamentary committee into how the case was handled i hereby times are there people are thinking that the law is not fair we want to change that notion we want to make people equal in the eye of the law whether they are rich or poor. but in thailand many believe that's often not the case in communities like this there's

always been a broad sense of injustice and double standards and the decision to drop the case against a member of one of thailand's wealthiest families will be viewed by many as just another example of the impunity enjoyed by the rich and powerful. in one of the capital city's poorest suburbs people wondered why the police didn't do more work here while it may give you harm i can see that something is wrong with this case we can't put our faith in the war. i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries are being welcomed but they may fail to change the sense among many in thailand that justice is not equal wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. but virgin galactic has unveiled the interiors for its spaceship 2 rocket which will soon take taurus for a joyride is the final frontier only 6 passengers will be able to fly at a time seats will be customized for each traveler and will be capable of adjusting

$44.00 says they'll be a dozen windows and mood lighting so far $600.00 people have paid 250000 dollars for a trip though no star date has yet been sent it is a cabin which has been designed specifically to allow thousands of people to achieve their dreams on space flight safely and to maximize every aspect of that fabulous journey. they want jobs or it means a whole robin in doha a reminder of our top news stories the u.s. is reporting its highest single day increase in covert $900.00 deaths since may more than 1200 the death toll is now fast approaching 150000 the state of florida is one of the worst hit a record number of deaths in the last 24 hours mike hanna has more on the situation in the state the rate of infection is continuing to surge as indeed is the death

rate but the state's governor understand it is interesting that things are getting better he maintains that there is a lag in terms of the reporting which is resulting in the spike in mortality you said he said that within days the and its mortality rate will begin to drop but that may be optimism according to the figures that we are seeing florida is now the most infected state after california which still lead to the way in which the infection is still running strong. china's reported its highest number of new corona virus cases in more than 3 months it's recorded 101 new infections but most of those are in the western region and this is the same area where up to a 1000000 people from the we get muslim community and other groups have been put in internment camps china is where the virus was 1st detected in late december it was or it has been imposing localized lockdowns to prevent

a 2nd wave space prime minister is pushing back against travel advisories by other european states calling them disproportionate the u.k. and germany are urging citizens to avoid spanish tourist spots due to a surge in cases the sudden separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule they say it's to give an opportunity to end a rift amongst that allies against the who feeds it follow saudi arabia's announcement that it will present ways to implement last year's power sharing deal between rival factions in the south. and the u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trump administration's response to the black lives matter protests testified before congress he said it was right to send federal agents into cities to quash protests so those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's slavery 21st century evil if you stay with us it's. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. the 300 years the most powerful nations on earth group richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children were also be transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever.