this is a very important place that i've been telling us about for the last 5 days to clean out. and indoor disco set up against all odds an aging population is posse on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback on a. al-jazeera . hello i'm adrian for the good in this is that he was live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china sends a team of health experts to hong kong as the city battles a 3rd wave of covert 19. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu hits back at anti-government protests and blames the media for inciting violence. they're on

their way back to planet earth the astronauts launched by space x. are set to return home with the 1st u.s. splash down in 45 years. and remade the museum guides bringing modern experiences to learning about ancient artifacts. and in sport top level hockey returns in north america racism is everywhere. we have out and promise to stand up for justice. united against racism as the national hockey league restarts. people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions that as the number of infections grows rapidly and governments struggle to contain the spread of the virus globally the number of confirmed cases

is edging closer to 18000000 many countries once thought to have been in control of the outbreak seeing a surge in infections in hong kong hospitals are reaching their capacity as it battles a so-called 3rd wave now health workers from mainland china have been sent in to help us as a serious to vehicle pollen reports now their arrival is causing concern. 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 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 power mongers 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 a 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. of hong kong. in the u.k. media reports suggest the prime minister boris johnson is planning to drastically slow down plans to ease coronavirus restrictions johnson is believed to be working

up a plan to avoid a 2nd nationwide lockdown the economy has been opening up over the last month but new restrictions were imposed in northern areas on friday after a spike in inspections of zeros john a whole joins us now by have from soho in central london john a looks moderately busy for a sunday afternoon in london how concerned are people that there will be a 2nd wave. i think they're reading the reports just as we are don't think we're quite at that moment yet where there will be inevitably a 2nd wave nor that there will be inevitably a 2nd lockdown but i hope so i think certainly that the worst of the crisis is behind the u.k. this august are fading infection rates are rising for the 1st time since may and the promise to boris johnson has warned that he and the government may well have to go further than the localised restrictions you were talking about there in place to try and control local spikes people are certainly worried businesses are certainly

worried take a look at the scene behind me i'll step out of it so you have a look soho normally a parsing entertainment district full of londoners locals and tourists while there are no tourists around at the moment few londoners or not all londoners by any means are venturing out now the pubs bars and restaurants that were allowed to open now have their tables and chairs spilling out onto the pavement and onto the roads desperate for custom but while it looks busy a lot of those tables are actually. empty these are businesses that survive the 1st lockdown that are now operating on the thinnest of margins just to try and stay alive a lot of business owners warn that many of them won't survive a 2nd just looking at those people behind you not not many of them wearing masks journo you compare that to to many other countries here in castle where i am for instance if you go out everybody is wearing a mask on the street i mean what's going to take to avoid a 2nd locked out. well it's a 3 point you mention there because boris johnson has said and scientists have said

that a 2nd lockdown can be avoided if people follow the rules the problem is the rules are pretty diffuse quite confusing a lot of people only 14 percent of adults in fact 14 percent actually have according to local polls a very good defined idea of what they are funny enough they're not required here to wear masks in the open the wearing of mosques has become more widely mandated in indoor settings but not outdoors as things stand at the stand at the moment those infection rates rising if they continue to rise the prime minister it is reported here has called for a plan to be set up for a london wide lockdown as a sort of precursor or to try and avoid a full national knock down with reports that movement might be restricted in and out of the m 25 ring road people over the age of 50 considered more vulnerable to the virus might be asked to shelter at home and of course schools are due to open in september scientists are warning any further opening of the economy may entail

parts of the economy shutting down again the fingers being pointed at the hospitality industry some of these businesses may have to close their doors as the price of getting children back into schools and as a already gossiping for life that may well mean that some of these businesses don't survive are deserved journal reporting live from soho in central london journal many thanks indeed. in belgium the number of corona virus infections over the past month around half of all new cases are in and a nighttime curfew has been imposed on the port city and social distancing rules are in place. reports. calm on the streets of one of the biggest port cities in europe with people enjoying shops and restaurants but is facing a crisis it's reported the highest number of new covert 19 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. even a lot of people they just don't do that so i've done this 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 a doubling of 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 will 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 salling because. 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. belief vigilante needs please don't leave town to party somewhere else or the other way around 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. in. 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 a new case 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 mohammed al jazeera. the outbreak in latin america shows no sign of easing the number of coronavirus that's across the region has doubled in just over a month to more than $200000.00 mexico has overtaken the u.k. and recording the 3rd highest number of fatalities after the u.s. in brazil and it's been reporting record numbers of infections in recent days the government began to lift restrictions in may in order to restart the economy let's go live out of mexico city to. apollo. is there any sense in mexico that things could be about to improve. mexico has become a major hotspot in the world when it comes to contagion and given the latest numbers that we're seeing the latest daily new cases that we're seeing adrian i

would think that the short answer is no i'll run through the latest numbers according to johns hopkins university mexico has 434193 confirmed cases 47472 confirmed deaths even though we know that authorities even have admitted that the real cities dicks are likely higher admitting that they have not done enough in terms of testing testing is being increased but we know that the number is likely much higher than what's being reported now on saturday mexico reported the high is a new daily record for new contagion with 9556 new cases and a lot of this you know boils down to leadership is what we're hearing from health policy experts what we're hearing from people day to day there's a lot of criticism over the handling by the federal government a lot of criticism of mexico's president on this matter looked as over the top who for over a month now has been consistently repeating that the worst is over that the that

that the worst of the pandemic in the worst of the economic impact is over but what we're seeing in terms of the statistics paints a completely different picture. many parts of the country including here in mexico city began reopening on july 1st many people many non essential services are now open people out on the streets not a lot of people wearing masks there is nothing mandatory in terms of containment strategy so the sense that we're getting from public health experts is that it's almost inevitable for a return to a lockdown given the a recent spike in contagion here in mexico but how does mexico compare to the rest of the region in terms of at least the containment strategy model. latin america in general is being seen as a major hotspot for contagion almost the new epperson epicenter globally for the corona virus outbreak the region as a whole has surpassed 200000 confirmed deaths this week if you if you count the

americas in general and you look at the united states mexico and brazil which now lead the region with 70 percent of the deaths in the region you can really paints a very troubling picture and even more so are these sort of disheartening warnings that we're hearing from world health officials at the world health organization officials with the world food program that are issuing warnings regarding poverty regarding hunger there is an expectation that the latin america region in general has lost about 10 years worth of poverty relief efforts 10 years in g.d.p. last the world food program has warned that upwards of 14000000 people in latin america will face food insecurity mexico if you compare it's difficult to compare the rest of region especially if you compare to peru to brazil which really is a case on its own when you look at the contagion in the country but there are other hot spots that are that are very concerning alarming rates of contagion in countries like colombia in ecuador in peru countries in central america like

honduras guatemala panama where there's also a drought taking place which is not making things better and then countries in the caribbean like haiti and the dominican republic but unfortunately what we're hearing again from world health experts is that. is that the virus itself shows no signs of slowing down here regionally. zeroes manuel reporting live from mexico city mo many thanks indeed. states of disasters but then clear in a strain is victoria state after a rise in cases of covert 19671 new infections were confirmed on sunday nearly 300 more in the previous day a nighttime curfew is being introduced and people must stay within 5 kilometers of the homes victoria is the epicenter of a straight is outbreak that includes the 2nd biggest city melbourne from 6 pm to know what i'm 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 dr sanjay our son and i is a physician associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at australian national university in canberra he says the lockdown hasn't yet had time to have an impact on virus numbers. we certainly haven't seen a drop in that date case numbers now you could also argue that with a place like blue hat which had a really extensive lockdown it took 4 weeks to really see a drop in cases it's only been about 3 weeks here in victoria on stage 3 restrictions and probably just under 2 weeks with mandatory man squarely in

melbourne but there have been a large rise in that a number of cases and i think there were concerns that things work coming under control so they have to do something more extensive throughout the world we've seen that complacency and i think that key has become an issue with covert as that outbreak has dragged on and on australia has been no exception i guess the poignant example will be that a few days ago authorities knocked on the doors of people who had been diagnosed with heart of it not query totally being diagnosed of it and they were meant to be self isolating and about a quarter of those doors that were knocked on did not have those people there so despite having kind of we don't we're not at their house and that is our great concert this is the news hour from now sarah still to come on the program rounded up and thrown in jail the united nations joins course for the release of human rights activists in india. has been called europe's last dictator but in

a week's time alexander lukashenko will face his biggest political challenge in 25 feels. and in support christiane aldo gets his hands on the trophy son i will be here with task for the rest of the sports that awaits. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the protesters demanding his resignation are an a kists. trampling on democracy throughout the summer thousands of demonstrators are called fame to step down the weekend saw the largest protests today they say the baton yahoo has failed to handle the coronavirus pandemic and shouldn't be in office on trial for corruption the release of been mostly peaceful but there have been some scuffles with the police the prime minister blamed the media for inciting violence. years of. these wild and unfitted. you clued in the

day before yesterday there were calls to move at the prime minister and his family the media is ignoring it and covering it up in the politicians. meanwhile netanyahu son has been banned from tweeting about the protest leaders and israeli court ordered him to delete tweets sharing personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers invited his followers to troll them and even gather outside the homeless the target said they received threats after the tweets were posted over the weekend. is a journalist and adjunct fellow at the washington institute for near east policy he joins us now live via skype from tel aviv good to have you with us. that quote from benjamin netanyahu saying the protesters are demanding his resignation kists trampling on the democracy on democracy sounds like president trump every day. that's true years now with the question of who came. later and who who

learns from the movie was probably at the biotic relationship but it's true i didn't know who had come out very strongly against you growing demonstrations against this rule but as you mentioned again the mishandling of the krona carcasses both al and primarily here economic 20 percent unemployment in israel coming out of the current crisis is the reason. millions really don't employ it and also a lot of anger is really taking to the streets only a small proportion of which could be characterized back of the of the regular israelis on the whole left leaning but on the whole really reasonable and normal israeli who probably won't and what are we to make of the prime minister his reaction to all of this he's clearly angry. rattled it's not as if the protest was going to get what they would do which is which is his resignation is it

. that's right you know israel is still a democracy and they know who was elected by a complicated internal democratic system here in europe 23 months ago had new unity government. going further i think you know it's not as if the numbers here are overwhelming significant but not a lot which of them are that 9 years ago there was another protest movement in israel that got about 100000 israelis on the street and in yahoo not yours they are still prime minister of. the demonstration will likely do in arguing that the moment is having an impact on the overall political debate in israel so it's a sense of economic trying to help draw krone cards this. dysfunctional unity government that's only about 2 and a half months old and on. amount of demonstrations on the streets. is relatively.

on the outs and that feeds into a larger thought in the larger narrative than yahoo. does this mean that we're likely to see elections sooner rather than later in israel. elections are being mooted despite the fact that is there are no. inconclusive round them all action just over the past year and a half the elections are time to demonstration them into it but it is no more to go to the election in the coming months it would be for one reason only and that isn't it now desperate attempt to china forestall or even shut down the corruption trial again and i'm trying to find not perhaps an electoral up when i'm home all. told me to stop the corruption and i'm going to i'm still skeptical that he will ultimately go for an election coming months but perhaps early next year might go to the polls again and find everything oh.

really good to talk to so many thanks indeed so now he's opened up until of the it's libya's here and recognized government says that war russian must receive arrive to support the war. these groups have been backing house and his campaign to capture tripoli the u.s. recently accused russia of using these mercenaries to deliver supplies to have to his forces the u.n. representative in libya is warning against foreign intervention saying that the conflict is in danger of becoming a proxy war for regional. at least 13 people have been killed by suspected boko haram fighters in cameroon grenades were launched at a camp for displaced people in most ogo in the country's north 8 other people were injured attacks by the armed group of killed displaced tens of thousands of people over 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 on the anti terrorism laws while they await trial the government denies accusations that the charges are politically motivated or serious elizabeth problem has been speaking to some of the prisoners families we know most of them ordinary dinner idea. it's been 2 years since some of india's most recognizable rights activists were rounded up and taken away by police they were accused of instigating violence during a march by disadvantaged hindus in my state where one person was killed 80 year old poet and prominent human rights lawyer so the butt of the watch are among the detained their arrests led to nationwide protests by this approaches most of the 11 accused yet to be formally charged. in delhi so the. reads a letter from her mother sent from jail in mumbai what does this. this is not fair

. and it's not right this is how to live this is my life and their voyage their ruling a. few 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 launch we feel right from the beginning it was a very politically motivated case as far as a criminal case goes there is no evidence it is really that. political he was taught that these people need to be punished for the work they're doing all of them are very well known that human rights activists. what about a stranger to prisons 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 hell.

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 an investigative the alleged role of head of the nationalists in the body. yes that rolland bought of watch are in jail for even though a fact finding mission found hendren ashton were sponsible. the government insists there's no political interference in the case because the accusation is that the beijing government to protect andy dick i do. believe that it would be a 100 people in a democracy the people are seeing something the truth it was a 1000 people who said oh give it all the more. of the watch is waiting for her mother's next bail hearing she's been joined by the united nations and european

parliament who are calling for the release of human rights defenders elizabeth al-jazeera you daddy. an attack is underway at a prison in afghanistan an initial report suggests that a car bomb was detonated at the external gates of the facility in jalalabad the resulting chaos let gunmen inside the compound at least 2 people are reported to have died at a local hospital says that 16 people have been brought with injuries details pretty scant bring you more as and when we get it out to 0 we're going to weather update next here on the news out then be on mars qur'an community marches for justice off the soldiers are accused of shooting dead a mother and stealing jewelry. the digital era is here to stay but some communities are choosing plain old cash over technology find out why. and in sports we'll hear

from a tennis player who's been taking shots at walkable one novak djokovic. hello there the usual hot and dry picture throughout much of the middle east meanwhile across the far west as out in across into the southwest of yemen we have seen and we'll see yet more rain in the fall cause some of those downpours could be heavy at times and again they could continue to add to some of that localized flooding but the winds are picking up again through the interior of iraq picking up the sand blowing it quite a long way south a very hazy day on monday warm day as well citing q.h. 150 degrees 44 is the high end of 43 and she's are feeling quite humid as well with those strong winds and also cools. make you feel fairly unpleasant if you wash out still lingering in the far west of yemen and then down into southern africa some

heavy downpours across those central areas but most of his skies across madagascar sunny for the last few hours so. just keeping east in coastal areas and then plenty of scottish as ready from central mozambique with the cloud all the way up through tanzania those shots continue through kenya and on into somalia not about day monday across into south africa war one important thing that it really cools off as we head through tuesday some showers pushing in the winds are quite strong along those coastal areas and then support lizbeth the next few days it stays that way unsettled and little bit cool with temperatures in the mid teens. and the disease counts 50 odets children and. that's all. right thanks christine and charles you don't.

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it is good to have you with us i have a dream to get here in doha with the news hour from office here are the headlines specialists from mainland china have been deployed in hong kong to try to help contain a resurgence of the corona virus 125 cases were confirmed there on saturday the 11th day in a row that cases have been triple digits. media reports in the u.k. suggest the prime minister boris johnson is planning to drastically slow down the easing of coronavirus restrictions he's thought to be working on a plan to avoid a 2nd nationwide lockdown. at israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called on pretty cool protesters calling for his resignation and a kiss thousands joined the largest demonstration in west jerusalem in a decade they say netanyahu shouldn't be in office while facing corruption charges . protests triggered by the arrest of a governor and russia are in the 4th week demonstrations 1st began in the far

eastern city of how about office but have spread to other cities and any sooner reports. bring back for a gal chanted these protesters gathering in the russian city of office they're demanding the release of surrogates for a gal the regional governor who was arrested earlier this month on murder charges. supporters say the accusations are politically motivated. for a gal had defeated a pope ramblin candidate to become governor in 2018 but. the interest of the governor like a common criminal in sold that to the whole country is that. it's a slap in the face for us as the citizens are chosen we are not for anneke we offer power of the people and. many are also angry over the falling standard of living as russia continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic mill but

that was the 1st place we've become fed up with this kind of life we want our children to have everything they need good schools and a better life and set of poverty level salaries anonyma cloying meant protests 1st erupted in harbor offs in the beginning of july but they have since turned into a nationwide movement against the kremlin. hundreds turned up in sting petersburg. and moscow to show support for the governor last month not so my but i believe we're one country and we should stick together and support because lots of people that are fighting for their freedom of choice and we support them in this. police called the protests illegal a number of demonstrators were arrested opposition protests are relatively rare in flight m a putin's tightly controlled russia the security forces have so far stayed away from the demonstrations in harbor off's testers have vowed to keep going until the governor's released and al-jazeera. a week from today people in belarus will be

voting for a new president people are expecting anyone to beat incumbent alexander lukashenko who has ruled for more than 25 years and is labeled by many as europe's last dictator but as the team baba reports now one woman is mounting something of a major challenge. here yeah well she's only $37.00 and she's not a politician that's for atlanta hopes that in a week's time she'll be president have been a rule. on thursday 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 a well known blogger was arrested in may he's been charged with plotting mass disturbances. the ruining of being able to call me the election commission didn't accept gays documents i run instead of him not because i need palla open because

i'm a politician and want to become president and the country was neuer i ran to support my husband but i was supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned i was 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 are 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 major challenges victoria arrested on suspicion of money laundering and valarie

sept carlow a former ambassador to the united states now said callias wife seen here with the rico's campaign manager is backing svetlana to kind of scios it like it is just a simple to spend lana's husband 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 arrested more than 30 men they accuse of being russian mercenaries russia says they worked for a private security company and were on their 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. al-jazeera. by the pandemic iran has reported its highest daily number of corona virus infections in nearly a month more than 2600 people tested positive 30 is a warning that most provinces have been hit by a resurgence in cases iran has been dealing with one of the worst outbreaks in the middle east. india's interior minister ahmed shah is in hospital after testing positive for covert 19 is a close aide to prime minister narendra modi his department has been leading india's pandemic response the country has more than 1700000 confirmed cases. the number of corona virus infections across south africa a supposed half a 1000000 and experts warn that the outbreak has yet to peak more than 10000 new cases 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday officials say that the health crisis will worsen and should peak between late august early september south africa counts

for more than half of all reported cases on the continent al-jazeera for the miller is in johannesburg and says many hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of patients. for many in south africa it is quite frightening given that the country has been under a some level of lockdown for more than 4 months now while some of the restrictions have eased. things really aren't having return to normal at all and it's quite considered to see that number rise now the government also released a statement the president specifically not long after the announcement of half a 1000000 cases a saying that things are bad but not that bad it says that the lockdown has helped to delay the increase in cases of the last few months giving the government time to prepare public health facilities and it's relied on these public health facilities to help people in this country who have been infected by the virus but there's also

been concern that in provinces like the east and tape specifically the presidency has also acknowledged that that province its health facilities public hospitals have been overwhelmed electronic banking the digital economy and now coronavirus means an increasingly cashless society the notes and coins in our pockets are being repartee replaced by contact us bank cards and mobile phone payments but in the u.k. not everyone is comfortable with the technology paul brunner reports from essex where many want to stick to traditional pounds and pence. coins and notes have been the foundation of trade for centuries and the weekly market in the town of rochford is as traditional as they come and my own opinion is i think we will get to a stage where we've got fascists and i hope we don't we don't but so is it i don't think we can get to that. but while a decade ago 6 in 10 transactions involve cash today it's less than 3 in 10 and

falling rapidly. j. mack butchers can cope with cash card and electronic. but many customers still strongly prefer cash. up to give you a list of long as your arm is low as they always use cash that i won't use anything else i need to have cash in my bag every day handouts exactly because that the end of the day oh i don't not using a car if i might be spending 3 pounds. in 2019 the access to cash review warned that a cashless society would leave 8000000 people in britain struggling to cope and poverty was an even bigger factor than being elderly if you are less than 10000. times more likely to be dependent on josh and if you're in over 30 yet and not because actually can actually still win the best way that what you think eboni of

the dinner of the week you got 50. and all the time. with it significant numbers of elderly and disabled and low income residents rochford was an ideal candidate as an access to cash pilot scheme one idea under consideration here is to set up a local finance hub offering banks services without being tied to any specific bank brand the community it's taking ownership of this problem and providing solutions for each other we would use the hub as an outlet for those services rochford. last remaining bank branch closed in 2017 the post office often struggles to cope the lack of access to cash was being a drain on the town's economy and then came coronavirus at the height of the pandemic here in the u.k. a.t.m. usage collapsed by 65 percent it's only just now recovered to 40 percent down and the estimate is that 5 years of cash decline has been accelerated in the past 5

months what we need is everything in place to allow the recovery to be as smooth as possible and access that cash is a part of that ratchford is keen to learn the lesson of sweden where a rapid switch away from accepting cash payment led to irreversible damage to the cash infrastructure and warning from sweden don't sleep walk into the same point of no return paul brennan al-jazeera rochford in essex at least 16 people have been killed in flash floods in a village in eastern afghanistan they were triggered when torrential rains swept across niagara province on friday most of the victims were children dozens of homes were destroyed the team has been sent to help local emergency services. hate wave and strong winds of worsening conditions for firefighters battling blazes in italy planes and helicopters were called in to try to dallas the wildfires in southern ear. on saturday so far there's been no reports of injuries or damage to property

nasa says that 2 are struggles aboard a space x. capsule are on track to splash down off florida on sunday afternoon astronauts start hurley and bob behnken undocked after a 2 month mission on board the international space station it marks a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years after nasa retired its space shuttle fleet it will be the 1st splashdown for u.s. astronauts in 45 years they're aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the florida panhandle. david brock is an astrophysicist at warrick university he says the mission well usher in a new era of more competitive and cheaper 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 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 company. 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. rockets. 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 that will be a key aspect of this. the man who oversaw the restoration of cuba's famous old. has died at the age of 77 it's time for rebuilding parts of the city for tourists the hotel where american journalist novelist ernest hemingway would write many of his best books harding reports his face welcome but you know. 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 an 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 falling 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 i know that tell but. somehow manage 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 plague 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 may gal diaz canal called him the cuban who saved to vanna. just ahead on the news in sports celebrates a record extending for teams f.a. cup triumph summer here with that and the rest of the day's action in just a moment. stories of life. and and sparring session. oh. a series of short documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human

spirit against the arts. i thought flotilla girl sarah. al jazeera selects express yourself. the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure to nandan to turn its back on beijing and the u.k. is finding itself caught between the palace with details coverage israel's missed opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the panda from around the world human rights groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentina security forces.

again philadelphia's penn museum is widely round for its ancient artifacts from the middle east africa and central america now in a modern twist that's getting international attention it has tour guides from those places too kristen salumi reports. 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 wore approximately 2 pounds of gold that nearby food unlike. 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 from the middle east i'm connected to my culture. it's a wide 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 would come into 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. time to support his son thank you very much adrian while the national hockey league has made this return more than 4 months after the season was suspended because of the call and a virus pandemic well games are being played in the 2 canadian cities of toronto in edmonton for a smile reports. james. we came to the. hockey is back by it looks a lot different ladies and gentlemen usually much has changed since the n.h.l. is last game in march before the league resumed in edmonton players showed their support for the black lives matter movement racism is a man made creation and all it does is deteriorate from our collective prosperity.

racism is everywhere. we evolve and promise to stand up for justice and fight for what is right. the edmonton oilers and chicago blackhawks listening to the words of minnesota wild player matt duma sort of protest against racial injustice that's been echoed throughout the sporting world. the n.h.l. has brought $24.00 teams to canada to finish the season in 2 halves cities no games are being played in the u.s. players will be tested frequently and isolated from their families facing the right way can the teams have gone straight into playoff action. in toronto the carolina hurricanes are one game up in their series against the new york rangers big effort for us 1st period that's playoff hockey was a great period and then special teams took over. and then hang on for game one so

that's that's a good way to start we're just getting started though so thanks for all the support and see the more. fun no fans are allowed in the venues the target for the players remains the same. to reach the stanley cup finals which in this year will start at the end of september far is smile al-jazeera. all straight is nick areas has pulled out of the u.s. open though which is due to start behind closed doors at the end of this month says he has a safety concerns due to the corner virus pandemic and the social media pose he pointed to criticize the world number one novak djokovic for organizing a series of exhibit events in june for players including djokovic tested positive for close at 19 at the time tennis players you have to have interest of each other up and work to go you can't be dancing on tables when he got in your way around

your or trying to make a quick buck hosting an exhibition does just so selfish. informs his forces about to formula one now lewis hamilton has won the british gone play for a 7th time having dominated the race a disaster very nearly struck for the briton on the final lap with his mercy this suffering a puncture it happened moments after his teammate event also had tire problems causing him to finish 11th well despite the problems the hamilton held off a late charge from red bulls max for stepan who finished 2nd to rise at charlotte clerk took 3rd. says its president jan infants you know should not be forced from power despite currently being under criminal investigation authors a case in switzerland it was opened against in front of the secret meetings that he had with the country's attorney general michael ober who had been leading

a probe into football corruption well over himself offered to resign last month having been found to have lied about his meetings with infants 54 year old rejects the claims. despite finishing 8th in the premier league our cell will still play in the arthur league next season after winning england's f.a. cup america obama yanga scoring a both goals in the 2 on went all the chelsea polls and of us reports. the coronavirus pandemic meant that none of the usual $90000.00 fans brought wimbley stadium to see christian policy which became the 1st american man to score in the fake cup final was his joy was short lived those he was help from the field later in the game with a hamstring injury that will rule him out of the upcoming champions league match against buy in munich arsenal head to one if they were to feature in europe at all next season q captain pia in morocco bammy ang. was

scored from the sports midway through the 1st time. and then again in the 67th minute to secure the wind. was demi young's future at the club is shaky much like his trophy lifting skills his contract expires at the end of next year and after the game he wouldn't be drawn on whether he would stay but manager mcallister taters hopefully can find a way to keep hold of the striker i was everything is based on my conversation with him you know how he sees your teacher what i use it from me i'm a team and i want to be around him and the conversation i had with that of varying things. i do to one when handing out aces 1st trophy after just $28.00 games in charge of the club but the celebrations will be short lived if you count lock down his style prevented with al-jazeera. eventis lost at home for the 1st

time in 40 games but still got to lift a trophy for santa or nodders of a team had already secured a nice straight to syria title for the celebration they were beaten fi won by a roma and that meant in the finest. and then if they finish just a point clear of and having done. this by having a play and the code red carded the porto were still able to beat benfica 21 in the portuguese cup the final the when completed to domestic a double for porto who'd already won the league championship. and major league soccer come back time and is nearing its conclusion minnesota united f.c. are into the semifinals off the $41.00 win over the san jose earthquakes telling them they're the portland timbers at the 22015 m.l.s. champions of new york city 31 and the quarter final. and that's it is but we'll have more for you later on but for now it's back to somebody thanks to a little

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jeans. to conserving the world's dwindling wetlands 3 of the aids world's global bird migration flight intersects right where we are the basic discovered a treasure trove it is one of the most special wetlands on the plate after ice ecosystems inland it announces era. china sends a team of health experts to hong kong as the city battles a 3rd wave of covert 90. hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up multiple bombs target a prison in eastern afghanistan at least one person is killed dozens injured in the attack. and attempt to trample on democracy israel's prime minister hits out

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