how much money does a researcher get those people who don't think it's been dortch and german and american the new germans on the hour just 0. as infections rise in hong kong health workers from moment china deployed to conduct of the 90 testing for millions of people. this means that place and others have additional powers. strategy and authorities in victoria declare a state of disaster a night curfew to contain corona virus infections. kevin l. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an attempt to trample on democracy israel's prime minister rails against massive protests against him. a make over for

a popular us museum as it reopens under coronavirus restrictions refugees will now cost you around the artifacts. health workers and experts from mainland china are in hong kong for the 1st time to help battle its corona virus outbreak up to 60 health professionals will be part of a team based in the territories 1st makeshift hospital but it's difficult polar reports from hong kong their arrival is worrying solve. hundreds of beds ready for patients a hole next to the international airport once used for exhibitions and conventions now converted to a hospital hong kong is facing its 3rd and worst wave of corona virus with daily new infections in the triple digits the government says hospitals are reaching capacity testing centers are overwhelmed and so health workers and experts from

mainland china have stepped in to help their woman say she was compartments we understand the feelings of residents in one cong so we were deploying medical teams to support them 7 medics from a 60 strong team are the 1st to arrive from neighboring guangdong province they will be based at the makeshift hospital at the asia world expo at the height of the outbreak in mainland china experts built a temporary hospitals from the ground up in record time to treat thousands of patients it is that expertise the hong kong government says it is drawing on but many are also questioning why the city would need external help given it had managed to swiftly and successfully contain previous outbreaks critics say the public were not consulted and the decision to bring mainland experts bypass the legislative council some activists have voiced concern that this is just another way for beijing to interfere in hong kong's affairs. the government's plan to offer

free testing for all of the people in the territory has also raised suspicion with some in social media alleging this could be a way for beijing to access people's d.n.a. samples for surveillance purposes but many of hong kong's health professionals have welcomed the extra help from tom on our staff has almost been working around the clock and it's good to hear that the central government will dispatch professionals to share our workload and more mainland assistance is on the way 6 experts from move on the city where the virus 1st surfaced last year will help build the coronavirus facility from scratch to compliment the asia world expo site this is the 1st time mainland officials have assisted in hong kong's battle to control the current virus outbreak while it may have divided opinion with the territory under its strictest and most restrictive social distancing measures yet many years say they are united in their determination to overcome the latest outbreak they've got

pollen are just there of hong kong. a strong lead authorities in victoria have declared a state of disaster after reporting a rise in cases of covenanting 671 new infections were confirmed on sunday now i 300 more than the previous day not one curfew is being introduced and people must stay within 5 kilometers of their homes the torah is the epicenter of a strategy is all breckenridge thirds the 2nd biggest city melbourne. from 6 pm to no i am declaring a state of disaster across victoria this will be in addition to the state of emergency that has operated throughout this means that police and others have additional powers we can suspend various acts of the parliament we can make sure that we get the job done and there's no question about the enforceability and the why in which new rules will operate. the philippines has reported i record a single record rise rather in single day corona virus infections another $5000.00

cases have been confirmed taking the total past 100000 fictions have increased since restrictions were eased last month the philippines has the 2nd highest number of cases in the region behind indonesia. media reports in the u.k. suggest prime minister barak's johnson is planning to drastically slow down plans to ease coronavirus restrictions johnson is believed to be working up a plan to avoid his 2nd nationwide locked up instead more specific mission is a being considered the economy opened up in the last month but restrictions were reimposed in northern england on friday after a spike in infections so the whole reports from london. the scientists who advise the government are quite clear at the moment that they believe it is avoidable they believe that if people follow the rules it can be avoided prime minister johnson has made that warning this weekend people need to follow the lockdown rules the problem is many people don't understand what the lockdown rules are but in essence

what this means is social distancing mask wearing indoors and washing hands and so on but if the infection levels continue stubbornly to rise well then the government is it seems preparing to go further reports out on sunday suggest that boris johnson has commissioned a plan to be put in place for a possible london wide lockdown as a precursor to a full national lockdown restricting movement to within the m 25 ring road possible plans to ask people above the age of 50 who may be vulnerable to the virus to shield themselves at home and further to that scientists advising the government have also warned that if anything further sectors of the economy are to open well some may have to close schools are due to go back in september and so the question has been raised whether getting children back into classrooms in september may mean that bars restaurants and pubs already gossiping to stay alive may have to shut their doors again. in belgium the number of corona virus infections has surged of

the past month around half of all new cases are in africa and on time has been imposed on the port city and social distancing roles are in place we're going to have it has more. calm on the streets of one of the biggest port cities in europe with people enjoying shops and restaurants but and is facing a crisis it's reported the highest number of new covert 1000 cases in belgium authorities have imposed a lockdown wearing a mask in public is now compulsory and limits have been put on the number of people who can meet up i'm really disappointed when i see people in the streets there must be asked if you see even a lot of people they just don't do that so i don't see them for the 1st time since world war 2 a nighttime curfew has been enforced to reduce crowd numbers nearly 2000000 people have to stay indoors from 11 30 pm to 6 am the bar owners say it may

affect their businesses for the long term. entrepreneurs have the opportunity to continue working so it's more of a social lockdown than an economic one but the tighten measures in and make it difficult for us to make profit. daily infections in belgium have risen by 77 percent over the past week and that's putting many people on edge. personally i understand images that said they were in some forced. because i could see 1st hand that they couldn't keep their behavior in line people like to do is they place and trips governor blames the surge on relaxed rules and people engaging more in leisure activities she urges people to avoid coming to the city. should belief relax fish that need please don't leave town to party somewhere else all the other way around and we advise people against coming to the antwerp area it's in

the interest of your own health and the health of all those who are dear to you. but despite calls to limit travel many people are going to other parts of the country like the seaside town of ostend to enjoy what they can of the summer holidays. more than 66000 people have been infected in belgium and nearly 10000 have died the rise in new cases is across all age groups while the government says it wants to avoid a full lockdown in antwerp many experts say imposing tougher measures faster may be the only way to counter the outbreak really mohamed al jazeera. coronavirus cases and latin america have doubled in the past month and close to 200000 people have died mexico has reported a record number of infections for a 2nd day in a row it's all the 3rd worst affected countries in the world registered more than 9000 cases and nearly 800 deaths on thursday the government began lifting

restrictions in may to restart the economy. the son of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been issued with a restraining order after he published the personal information of protest leaders yeah netanyahu has been banned from tweeting about the activists who are calling for his father's resignation for a 3rd week in a role thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside benjamin netanyahu is official residents it's the largest protest in israel for a decade many people are frustrated by the government's handling of the corona virus outbreak they're also upset netanyahu is still in power while facing corruption charges but the prime minister says protesters are taking things too far . these boil them on faces. including the day before yesterday there were calls to murder the prime minister and his family the media is ignoring it and covering it up in the politicians. akiva eldar is a contributor to horowitz newspaper and has been covering the protest movement he says netanyahu is losing support even from his most loyal base. he cannot ignore

the protesters because they are part of his constituency or what's left of his going to sea and i think that is going to accelerate we are and he knows that in the verge of a civil war it is what. there is an incitement against the demonstrations the demonstrators but i have been yesterday and every week on the bridges and in the junctures and you can see people that you know that they voted for the likud you know that they would like to give an inch to the palestinian this is not clinton house natural constituency but it is now crossing lines political lines you can see people wearing young nicholas. religious people

secular people all young and what happens is that the message that they are getting the people from the tiny how is that they are spreading diseases and they are out of peace it may just. show up again and again in bulk phone year his residence near his villa in this is aria and on the bridges and and i can see every week when i go to the bridge i can see more people more of my neighbors and more young people. at least 16 people have been killed in flash floods in a village in eastern afghanistan they were triggered when torrential rains swept across the province on friday most of the victims were children dozens of houses were destroyed the team has been sent to help local emergency services. still ahead on al-jazeera he's been called europe's last dictator in

a week's time melick sudden diction coble faces biggest political challenge in 25 years plus they're on their way back to planet earth. a rare a splashdown astronauts launched by space x. is set to return home with the 1st u.s. sea landing in 45 years. and though their planes will rain across areas of the northeast of asia we're also watching this very closely is our latest tropical storm we can see is to the east of taiwan on a 4 calls track has it continuing to have a very close to the northern areas as you can see and eventually coming closer to the south coast of china again 3 monday winds had about 85 kilometers an hour those are the sustained winds gusts will be higher and producing some very heavy amounts of rain but at the same time also following the progress of say la q this is making

its way inland across land across into northern as the last eventually it will carry on up towards the northwest now that will dissipate monday into tuesday at this hour the storm system will not expected to make landfall sometime throughout she said just in the eastern portion of china bringing with it of course and strong winds also some heavy amounts of rain that area extends of those rains further to the south across taiwan hina and the southern areas of china meanwhile more heavy rain through monday and tuesday across the korean peninsula sabbaticals for just exacerbate the flooding that is already in place and across into india plenty more rain here as well in the full cost and of course the flooding just continues and this is what it's like living with these floods either in the house along the road or cool still being rescued with the football to still very high more rain is a go through monday and once again heavy in bangladesh on tuesday. but. an image can change the way we see the wu if we had not seen this

week with me talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful be treated as longing for a follow opportunity act it can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story that is correct and that talking coins are pretty identical it can forge narratives all right through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. got you all just there on her mind of our top stories this hour specialists from mainland china have been deployed in hong kong to help contain a resurgence of corona virus 125 cases were confirmed on saturday the 11th day in

a row cases have been entrapped agents authorities in victoria australia have declared a state of disaster in tyson's lockdown measures after reporting a rise uncovered 90 cases 671 new infections were confirmed on sunday nearly 300 more than the previous day. israel's prime minister is calling massive protests against him in recent weeks an attempt to trample on democracy thousands of people rallied against benjamin netanyahu on saturday demanding he resigns the frustrated by netanyahu is handling of the corona virus outbreak corruption charges against him. in a week's time vote for a new president incumbent alexander lukashenko has ruled for more than 25 years and is labeled by many as europe's last dictator is expected to return to office but as a day baba reports one woman is mounting a major challenge. here.

she's only $37.00 and she's not a politician that's for atlanta to hopes that in a week's time she'll be president have been a real. on 1st and she drew tens of thousands of people to a rally in minsk the biggest protest the country's ever seen. the former teacher announced she'd stand off to her husband sergei you're well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances give you warning of being able to query the election commission didn't accept sergei's documents i ran instead of him not because i need power of because i'm a politician and want to become president and build the country snow eyebrow. and to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned just following my hot. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been in power since 994 and is seeking his 6th term there's been

an upsurge in protests against him fueled by the poor state of the economy and look at his handling of the covered $1000.00 pandemic. he originally downplayed the virus and refused to stop sporting events here he says there were no viruses here do you see any flying around. but belarus with a population of 9500000 has registered nearly 70000 infections and more than 500 deaths in recent weeks hundreds of opposition activists journalists and bloggers have reportedly been arrested among them 2 men who are considered the president's main challengers victoria arrested on suspicion of money laundering and valarie sept carlow a former ambassador to the united states now said cally was wife seen here with the rico's campaign manager is backing svetlana to come to scios it well it's just the support this plan has has been has been held as a hostage as well as her children who she was forced to take out of belarus my situation is similar my husband had to flee the country because they framed up a criminal case against him and my children were being followed by the security

said this is so i had to send him away from belarus just. a week ago belarus surrendered more than 30 men they accuse of being russian mercenaries russia says they worked for a private security company and were on the way to turkey but investigators in belarus suggest they were working with opposition figures including sergei to cannot escape he and his wife has dismissed the accusation and says she's afraid attempts to tie her family to alleged foreign plotters could lead to violence ahead of next sunday's vote nadine barber al jazeera. police in the u.s. city of portland declared an unlawful assembly to try to disperse anti racism protesters gathering outside the police building there's been several nights of mostly peaceful protests following the announcement that the presence of federal agents would be reduced there were moments of tension on saturday night when bottles were thrown at offices for them to say more than 2 months of demonstrations

following the police killing of george forward in minneapolis. at least 13 people have been killed and 8 injured by suspected buckle her on vices and cameroon grenades were fired at a camp for displaced people and most all go in the north attacks by the armed group of killed and displaced tens of thousands of the past decade in nigeria and neighboring countries. the united nations has joined calls for the release of human rights activists in india some are being held in prison under anti terrorism laws while they await trial b j p government denies accusations that the charges are politically motivated elizabeth brandon has been speaking to some of the prisoners families be able to talk about ordinary healing of the year it's been 2 years since some of india's most recognisable rights activists were rounded up and taken away by police there were queues to of instigating violence during a march by disadvantaged hindus in maharashtra state where one person was killed 80

year old poet and prominent human rights lawyer so the battered watch among the detained their arrest led to nationwide protests by their supporters most of the 11 accused yet to be formally charged. in delhi so the battered watches daughter my share read the letter from her mother sent from jail in mumbai what does this. this is not fair. and it's not a joke this is how to live this is my life and their voyage their ruling of. human rights lawyer get it has worked with so the bout of the watch for 10 years she says only one of the 11 accused was at the watch because right from the beginning it was a really politically motivated case as far as a criminal case goes there is no evidence it is really that. political it was taught that these people need to be punished for the what they're doing all of them very well known that human rights activists. what about

a stranger to presidents have been previously spent 10 years in jail for inciting communist revolution but he has never been found guilty his family according for his immediate release after he contract to the coronavirus in prison. is held. like. critics say the government is using antiterrorism legislation which allows detention without charge or trial. human rights watch as among many groups are asking the government why it hasn't investigate or be alleged role of head of the nationalists in the violence that rolland watch for even though a fact finding mission found hendren. worth sponsible. the government insists there's no political interference in the case because that his asian is the

best we going to protect. you know democracy because people are seeing something. it was a 1000 people who said i will give it all the more. of the watch is waiting for her mother's next bail hearing she's being joined by the united nations and european parliament who are calling for the really. of human rights defenders elizabeth broad and al jazeera new delhi. rescuers in colombia have recovered the bodies of people killed in an explosion at a coal mine at least 9 people died in the accident on friday several others were seriously injured and investigation is underway to find out what caused a local official said it could have been triggered by an accumulation of gas inside the mine. nasa says 2 astronauts aboard a space x. cap show are on track to land off florida in the coming hours astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken have undocks to end it to mount the mission on board the

international space station as marks a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years after nasa retired its space shuttle fleet the pair's arrival will mark the 1st sea landing for u.s. astronauts and 45 years they're aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the florida panhandle david brown is an astrophysicist at warwick university he says the mission will usher in a new era of more competitive and cheapest space travel i think. with this mission demonstrating that there is a relationship that can work between government agencies like nasa and commercial companies like space x. you really have the potential to open up space to a new market and to a. to a wider audience i think with any kind of competition in commercial level you get that driving down of costs space x.

is just the 1st company to do this and nasa have ongoing contract with boeing and to also provide a space capsule for a similar purpose to take crew to the space station and virgin galactic are working on their spaceflight program as well and they've had some success in the past and blue origin and other companies. headed by jeff bezos of amazon and they're also working on a rocket program so i think. this these multiple companies getting involved they will drive down the cost we're already seeing that actually with the reuse ability of space x. rocket. as you drive down the costs you make it more accessible it white space will never be completely accessible it will always be an expensive endeavor but i do think that will be a key aspect of this. the man who oversaw the restoration of cuba's famous old havana leo has died there just $77.00 is known for rebuilding parts of the city for

tourists and refurbishing the hotel where american journalist and novelist hemingway would write many of his best books the hunting reports the misfire you know it was only early spring in this caribbean country his death was announced as breaking news. oversaw the restoration of cuba's famous old havana area of the capital and he was adored for it or and in 1942 into a poor family from an early age he was captivated by the history of his city one of his 1st projects was to save a wooden road from being covered in asphalt he befriended then president fidel castro and became a member of cuba's parliament he persuaded castro to focus on restoring the capital after years of disrepair. he worked to designate parts of the city as a unesco world heritage site and began rebuilding. i'm happy to not be celebrating the 500 and of the city of foaming off but the 495th remain more opportunities so

that during the next 5 years we can list on more often thousands of cubans were forced from their homes to make room for rehabilitation projects but lay all said non were displaced without being offered comparable places to live under. tell but . somehow managed to. operate on a level to both games and trust the political establishment. but also the common people under his guidance cuba rebuilt dozens of colonial era buildings making them attractive to tourists power lines were laid underground to avoid the area suffering frequent power outages that plagued the rest of the city tourism became crucial to the cuban economy as it crumbled following the soviet union's collapse in 1901 when he wasn't restoring the city he was teaching others about it u.s. president barack obama in the king and queen of spain were among many of his guests

the week before he died cuba's president me as canal called him the cuban who saved to ghana. philadelphia's penn museum is widely reynolds for its ancient artifacts from the middle east africa and central america now in a modern twist as it reopens under strict coronavirus restrictions that has tour guides displaced to violence from countries like syria as christian salumi explains the move is drawing international attention. thank you so much for coming as a tour guide in philadelphia's penn museum you'd expect me in a sardar to know ancient middle eastern history but so revealing is how personally she takes her subject matter like this 4000 year old wedding headdress from the tomb of the mesopotamian queen a personal favorite this is my it's me with a very very special occasion my wedding day i were approximately 2 pounds off their

gift nearby for like. other queen probably for one day mina is from damascus syria a refugee employed as part of the museum's global guides program which gives recent immigrants an opportunity to work in the u.s. and stay in touch with their roots and nino fled civil war with her husband and 5 children and arrived in philadelphia just 3 years ago dealing with artifacts from my home. in the middle east i'm connected to my culture. or why or why door open to me to share my culture the initiative involves intensive training in history and storytelling the guides come not only from the middle east but also africa and central america and are encouraged to read their own experiences into the tour museum officials say it's popular among visitors one of the things people told us is they've been coming to the museum specifically to hear

from these guides which in many ways makes a lot of sense all of the kind of historical context of religion they give you can get from wikipedia all right but you can't get anywhere else as the personal stories about what's going on in the world today in the lives of the people who are from there at least a dozen museums from around the world are now looking to set up their own global guide programs bringing modern relevance to these ancient artifacts christian salumi al-jazeera. this is all just their. these the top stories specialists from mainland china have been deployed in hong kong to help contain a resurgence of coronavirus the expo center has been turned into a makeshift hospital to deal with the rising cases 125 cases were confirmed on saturday the 11th day in a row cases have been in the triple digits authorities in victoria australia have declared a state of disaster and tightened lockdown measures after reporting a rise in covered 1000 cases 671 new infections were confirmed on sunday nearly 300

more than the previous day from 6 pm to no i am declaring a state of disaster across victoria this will be in addition to the state of emergency that has operated throughout this means that police and others have additional powers we can suspend. various acts of the parliament we can make sure that we get the job done and there's no question about the enforceability and the why in which new rules will operate the son of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been issued with a restraining order to publish the personal information of protest leaders yaya netanyahu has been banned from tweeting about the activists who are calling for his father's resignation for a 3rd week in a row thousands of demonstrators have gathered outside benjamin netanyahu official residence many people are frustrated by the government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak but also upset netanyahu is still in power while facing

corruption charges. at least 13 people have been killed by suspected baka her armed fighters and cameroon grenades were launched at a camp for displaced people in most all go in the country's north 8 more were injured attacks by the armed groups have killed and displaced tens of thousands over the past decade in nigeria and neighboring countries. nasa says 2 astronauts aboard a space 6 capsule are on track to land off florida in the coming hours astronauts doug hurley and paul but then can have to end say a 2 month mission on board the international space station the pairs a rival will mark the 1st seed landing for u.s. astronauts in 45 years the news continues here on al-jazeera right after the listening post that's coming up next. on counting the costs the wealth of banks prime minister paris because built on the backs of slaves how much does britain know in reparation how the pandemic could wipe out latin america's social and

economic gains plus wife cards missing. counting the cost on al-jazeera. throughout the country mostly like to. thank you. for trying the site she gets a chance on much test it's time to come. along richard burton you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week hungary another major news organization is about to turn pro government prime minister or brown's work is almost. more bonkers pseudoscientists on cope with 19 go viral oh she also could be is called in with a little help from their friends in the white house making the.