the world is watching on al-jazeera. the in. after months of lockdown chile cautiously lifts restrictions while its neighbors across latin america struggle to contain the coronavirus. problems the whole robin you're watching out of there alive my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes doubts raised over india's official coronavirus count as the number of confirmed infections edges closer to 1500000. in a move to bring a possible end to the conflict that southern separatists in yemen say they're

abandoning demands for self rule. land and mr bashir when the only remembers during this time are be cleared and it was done and you said get it done girl why politicians the u.s. attorney general defends the white house's heavy handed response to months of and t.v. racism protests. 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 economies after months of lockdown and chilling 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 in america to 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 walk 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 he 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. 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 you take into early. you see in human al-jazeera sente out of all that the u.s. is reporting is high a single day increase in nationwide kovac 1000 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 in that saw a record number of deaths in the last 24 hours mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . 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 endless 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. that china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in more than 3 months it's recorded 101 new infections most of them are in the western region of shing going this is the same area where up to a 1000000 people from the we go muslim minority and other groups have been put in internment camps china is where the virus was 1st detected in late december. well more than half of those living in the slums of india's commercial capital have had coronavirus according to a survey about 40 percent of mumbai's population of 20000000 live in shanty towns densely packed houses and an inability to socially distance are the likely drivers behind the high rates is also casting doubt of india's official infection count which stands close to one and a half 1000000 cases let's cross over to our correspondent elizabeth purana news in

new delhi good news really coming out of india which is perhaps reflective of sort of the conflicting now or to have both central and state governments with medical practitioners and charity groups all trying to help those that are infected. hi so that is good news that is also confirms what independent health experts have been saying for a very long time now that the real number of infections and dhea are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 percent and you see that in this in the sewer logical survey that's been done in india's financial capital nearly 60 percent of people living in slums have had one in a virus and it's actually at least half of mumbai's population who live in slums outside of the slum areas the number is closer to around 16 percent and now the confirmed number of cases for mumbai which has been the worst hit city throughout

the outbreak here in india the confirmed cases a 110000 which is just a fraction of the millions of people that the syrian logical survey shows have antibodies and this is in line with the other syria logical survey that was done in the capital city of delhi the results of which came out last week which showed that nearly a quarter of delhi's 20000000 population have had coronavirus now the number of confirmed cases in delhi are around 130000 they have been coming down over the past few weeks but on tuesday during these high court asked the local government to explain why it's conducting only around hof of the number of the most accurate swab test known as the r.t. p.c.r. test that it's capable of and double the number of and teachin tests which aren't as accurate so while the delhi government has been boasting for weeks now that it might have passed its peak that the cases are coming down it's been asked by the

high court to conduct more accurate tests of course the government itself is not just dealing with covert 19 across the country but a devastating monsoon as well and that's really causing a huge problem in stretching the emergency services. yes so the mom you know flooding during the monsoon season it's an annual event but there has been more rainfall this year and while state authorities are trying to contain the spread of the corona virus in the state that's worst affected by the flooding that's our farm where more than 100 people have died and nearly 50000 staying in emergency shelters disaster management agency told me that they have doubled the number of shelters this year to try to maintain social justin saying they're trying to separate children from the elderly and give everyone masks but this is a really big challenge and we're also seeing pictures of hospitals in the state of bihar for this which have been completely flooded these are hospitals that are also

dealing with coronavirus patients posing really big challenges hygiene concerns and especially in a state like we had which is one of the poorest and is in lockdown to try to stop the spread and already has very national health care infrastructure so the update thanks elizabeth for all of that our correspondent in india. the banks of an separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule they say it's to give an opportunity to end a rift among several is against the who thinks it follows saudi arabia's announcement but it will present ways to implement last year's power sharing deal between rival factions it sounds 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 in august the s.t.c. sees 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 the pretext of combating week over 1000 outbreaks and proclaim self rule in a in another southern provinces they accuse the government of corruption and failing to provide basic services the 2 forces allies against who these in the north since 2015 to be battling each other for control and the ultimate secession of the sounds. jo-jo ephedra is from gulf states analytic he thinks several several particles that could get in the way of the alliance this resolution is the basis of some hope for officials in riyadh as well as washington who wanted to see the riyadh agreement successfully implemented but simply just declaring in a resolution that efforts will be accelerated to implement the riyadh agreements. doesn't mean it's going to be easy to do so the reason why it's been so difficult to implement it. since it was signed last year has to do with the fact that there

are so many obstacles that make implementation very difficult the parties have very different interpretations of the riyadh agreement there are sensitive issues that the parties do not see eye to eye on i think the future of this relationship will be a very difficult one there are numerous reasons why that's the case one of them that i think is very important to keep in mind pertains to all is slaw which is the muslim brotherhoods yemeni franchise sly has played an important role as an ally of the hardy governments but the s.t.c. views the muslim brotherhood linked group in yemen as a very dangerous group and is a big threat to the s.t.c. and if hardy's government in the s.t.c. will ever be able to see eye to eye on this question of what role is sly's to play

in the future of yemen we don't know. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. their own sons the sons of the most us act contrary it's just too true but the reaction has been very real and. i'm going hey he bank all the way will tell you about the link between the energy drink company red bull and the death of a policeman and why the attorney general in chief of police had been summoned to parliament. hollow hot and sunny sums it up yet again across the middle east we have got some showers in the full cost between the black sea and the caspian sea just around the caucasus mountains we are going to see a few showers coming in here and from time to time and it could be on the heavy

side but come to the south of that $51.00 celsius on the concept for baghdad $43.00 here in doha some of the temperatures as we go on into thursday could also still see some very heavy showers just down towards that western side of yemen the fos out west to saudi arabia and across the other side of the red sea there will be more showers coming in that cross eritrea will parts of ethiopia pushing iraq across the heart of africa through south sudan central african republic some heavy showers yes again i have it's awards the gulf of guinea to the south of that it is generally fine and dry we have got a few showers you know just coming back into coastal parts of kenya maybe into southern areas of somalia as well further south across southern africa settle lossy try and find we want to see showers in the mozambique chali much as catchy right eastern parts of mozambique madagascar looking rather unsettled over the next

couple of days and heavy showers here but typically across the eastern side of the island. for. what is the price of luxury. an undercover team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast simple solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor culture chocolates hearts of darkness and count as unpaid child labor as working in a 100000000000 dollar industry over a huff of the country's cocoa produces live below the poverty line. on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me sell romney a reminder of our top news stories chile is lifting restrictions for parts 1st couple santiago after months under lockdown but elsewhere in latin america case numbers are rising brazil and uproot are months the worst affected. more than half of those living in the slums of the indian city of mumbai have got coronavirus according to a survey about 40 percent of its population of 20000000 live in shanty towns and the u.a.e. that southern separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule it follows saudi arabia's announcement that it will present ways to implement last year's power sharing deal between rival factions in the sounds. u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter protests he testified at a congressional committee and faced heavy criticism for sending federal agents into

cities to quash protests he also faced accusations of politicizing the justice department alan fisher has more from capitol hill. this is a time of turmoil in the united states. protests and riots and questions about the future of policing. when you 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 ground 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 stats while violent rioters and

an anarchist have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims the demonization of the police is not only unfair and inconsistent with principles all people should be treated as individuals but gravely injury to 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 the 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 that's 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 of al-jazeera on capitol hill. turkey's parliament has passed a law regulating social media it will require foreign social media sites with more than 1000000 users to appoint turkish base representatives to address government concerns over content companies could face fines or socially be blocked under the new law critics say the legislation will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. there's been another night of protests in israel calling for the

resignation of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu demonstrators gathered outside the residence of one of his ministers who was heard telling police to clamp down on netanyahu gatherings there's anger who over the government's handling of the pandemic many people also want netanyahu to resign he's on trial for corruption. iran has carried out military exercises in the gulf using a mock u.s. aircraft carrier as target practice tehran's navy and air force are taking part in the coordinated drills that the move is gaining attention mainly because a real american aircraft carrier is in the region us of beg explains from teheran. 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 human the strategic purpose of exercises is defensive but at the level of operation and tactic we are widely offensive it's and there's nothing stronger than firing on and boarding a mock aircraft carrier the country that has the most news 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 bus it resembles the nimitz class carrier the u.s. routinely sails into the gulf on this day the replica was used to train earing and 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 writes 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 or 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 that separates iran and oman and 20 percent of the world's oil passes through that straight up or most of the revenues 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 . so big al-jazeera there on. earth army of a student killed last week by kenny's security forces say they want justice for 16 year old sonny berry he was killed in an opposition stronghold during last week's demonstrations there have been months of protests against present alpha condé demanding his resignation the opposition says the government is using the

coronavirus pandemic to crackdown on dissent is print got. on a rain soaked to stay in guineas capital conakry the family of 16 year old student absentee barry march from the hospital to the cemetery carrying his body a distance they say must be crossed in foot to show their anger against preston after collie's government. asks him he was among the 2 people killed by security forces during last week's anti-government protests the government thing and my son was a quiet boy he was coming from school when they shot him he would never forgive them for his killing. demonstrations calling for qantas resignation began in october last year in march despite the new krona virus sweeping across the west african nation the 82 your president held a constitutional referendum boycotted by the opposition the results extended the length of kenny's presidential term potentially allowing condi to do for 12 more

years so the judge is going to look at the young people like all the people are victims of injustice of the tyranny of a certain number of individuals who want to hold on to power against the will of all the people nearly 80 protesters have been killed since last year but there's been no arrests or accountability for those involved the mopar always good to hear but we did not receive a single complaint about the behavior of our officers i say again it was exemplary regarding other allegations or accusations we asked for the evidence to conduct a proper internal in. so far condi has not ruled out running in the presidential election later this year after his mandate ends the opposition has a plan to keep up the pressure at least in the streets until he leaves office practical artier. a powerful workers' union in bolivia has staged

a protest against the delay of the upcoming presidential election thousands joined a rally in the city of the interim government has pushed back the vote from december to tober but it's blaming the pandemic for the delay the election will be a rerun of last year's vote which sparked a violent protest leading to the downfall of the longtime leader evo morales 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 and the elderly the region is bracing itself for more rain with downpours forecast again to new 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 votes under stepped up patrols to ensure they do not enter the ecologically sensitive area in 2017 trying his boat was caught with 300 tons of fish the galapagos islands are home to

a large variety of species which are threatened with extinction your lunda say 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 and 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 sheep 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 if it had to extinction end 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 there you know on both sides on the global in the local. it is a very big threat the u.s. is welcomed a cease fire between afghanistan's government and the taliban the 3 day truce will begin on friday during the eat holiday that follows a surge in violence in recent weeks the taliban has indicated it's prepared to hold talks with the government after he provided a prisoner swap is completed but time please evolved an internal investigation over the handling of a high profile had run case there's been a public outcry after charges were dropped against the grandson of the creator of

the red bull and if you drink 8 years ago he fled thailand after a fatal crash in which a police officer was killed when he reports now from bangkok. 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. you cannot go to the scene that we have received a final order from the attorney general to not prosecute on charges of reckless driving and causing the death 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 worry it 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. their 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 i'm are you harm i can see that something is wrong with this case we

can't put a faith in the law. i think the outcome of the case is very strange we didn't really see how the investigation went the inquiries. being welcomed but they may fail to change the sentiment many in thailand that justice is not equal when hey al-jazeera bangkok. georgiades there with me several raman in doha a reminder of our top news stories chile is lifting restrictions for parts of its capital santiago after months under lockdown residents in 7 of the $32.00 districts will not be allowed to move more freely but a 90 curfew remains in place across the capital the number of new coronavirus infections cases in chile continues to fall but elsewhere in latin america case numbers are rising the u.s. is reporting its highest single day increase in covert 19 deaths since may more than 1200 now the death toll is now fast approaching 150000 the state of florida is

one of the worst hit reported a record number of deaths on tuesday and china has registered its highest number of new cases in more than 3 months it's recorded 101 new infections most of them are in the western region jan now this is the same area where up to 1000000 people from the weaker muslim minority have been put in internment camps more than half of those living in the slums of the indian city of mumbai have coronavirus according to a survey about 40 percent of its population of 20000000 in shanty towns elizabeth brannon has more from new delhi. that is good news is that it also confirms what independent health experts have been saying for a very long time now that the real number of infections and india are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 percent and you see that in this in the sewer logical survey that's been done in india's financial capital nearly 60 percent of people living in slums have had one

a virus and it's actually at least half of mumbai's population who live in slums outside of the slum areas the number is closer to around 16 percent and the u.a.e. but certain separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule they say it's to give an opportunity to end their rift among stylize follow saudi arabia's announcement that it will present ways to infinite lustrous power sharing deal between rival factions sounds the u.s. attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter process testified before congress he said it was right she said federal agents into cities to quash protests some of those stories on our web site al-jazeera dot com more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera and that's after the listening post if you can stay with us. 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. disturbing evidence. i'm going to let me ask right i've watched our own life flash for. trucks and even the different destinations to stop it is a cop i don't like it but. 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 out if you're reporting on the military in pakistan prepare for the worst like getting abducted in broad daylight mammie just a bell and sapphire do they looked.