the number of recorded coronavirus deaths in latin america doubles in just over a month to more than 200000. well again peter dhabi here in doha you are watching al-jazeera also coming up several people are killed and injured in an attack claimed by ice all in the prison in afghanistan. a u.s. wildfire burning in southern california threatens thousands of people and those near los angeles. lashed out at. the end of

a historic mission for 2 nasa astronauts heralding a new era in commercial space travel. people around the world are facing heavy new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year a global tally from the johns hopkins university shows the number of reported cases edging towards 18000010600000 have recovered about 690000 people have died it's estimated that more than 200000 of those deaths are in latin america mexico has overtaken the u.k. with the 3rd highest confirm number of fatalities after the united states and brazil the mexican government did begin lifting restrictions in may to restart the

economy it's looking like it will have to reverse that course has more. her new cases of corona virus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. in argentina which had largely kept the outbreak under control this is meant a return to lock down restrictions for 2 weeks as cases there are once again on the rise. and you know we don't argue with anyone else the big problem we kept having the last 15 days is that we all relaxed we all felt that the situation was contained and the situation is not contained. a lockdown in colombia was also recently extended through the end of august colombia is among the countries in south america showing the most alarming rates of contagion that is going to you know. there are people who don't follow the rules to go out even without a mask or use it incorrectly so we're in a complicated phase of the pandemic and there's a lot of contagion. latin america is home to an estimated 8 percent of the world's

population but accounts for nearly a 3rd of the world's coronavirus deaths with brazil and mexico making up a majority of the fatalities in the region. in the case of brazil the government has faced heavy criticism for lacking a unified approach to containment efforts with president. who can't cope with 900 himself often appearing in public without a mask. the same is true in mexico where the country's president often makes statements that contradict health officials such as the recommendation that people wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus. you know when i'm going to put on a mask when there's no corruption and it will then i'll put on a mosque they will stop talking about. the u.n. warns the impact of the pandemic on latin american economies could amount to a 10 year setback in terms of g.d.p. yet as countries work to reopen businesses the seemingly unstoppable wave of contagion that's gripped the region is making these efforts near impossible. al

jazeera. tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila the reported infections in the philippines jumps to more than $100000.00 as of tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave their homes groups representing nurses and doctors have been pushing the president roderigo to say to tighten controls saying the country is losing its fight against the virus. i have heard the call of different groups from the medical community for it to us gone the unit the quarantine is c.q. in manila a fully understand where you are thought of paris would lead to us for such a time period they have been in the front lines for months and

exhausted. to manila and al jazeera correspondent major men unning duggan jamila what kind of impact so these new restrictions having on people. well there are the requests by medical workers hundreds of them came over the weekend they went online they basically reminded everyone that the medical community hospitals are overburdened and frontline or doctors are actually at the breaking point now what they asked for was an enhanced community quarantine which is a total lockdown of megaman a law that was already imposed nicholas for 3 months one of the world's strongest most trick this lock downs in the world was implemented here in the philippines where over 15000000 people were in the entire region of luzon were made to see and forced to stay at home now slowly over the past 2 months the government has eased that but they see that the number of coronavirus cases continue go up to go up so

last night the president came forward and basically said that the has listened to the calls of frontline years but he won't be an enhanced community quarantine or a thought the lockdown but rather something in between it means though that domestic flights are unlikely to resume anymore transportations will remain closed schools will not are open until january january until there is a vaccine and plans to slowly open the economy is going to be put on hold until august 13th where they will review again the current situation now the philippine government has under is under immense pressure basically to reopen the economy an economy that's not officially on the recession where millions of filipinos have already lost their jobs what the people critics are actually asking is what is entirely really the government's plan and how it intends to deal with with the uncertainty of the coming situation the government the president himself yesterday

said that the government is broke that it's on able to provide any more emergency cash aid it's given that over the past few months and basically what it's asking for for the filipino people is to be patient it remains to be seen how this 2 week a lockdown would. change anything but the cause from the very beginning was not just a thought a lockdown but much more aggressive contact tracing and isolation and building of quarantine facilities across different areas in the philippines if it means how this will change but there are growing concerns over just how much the government can actually take on this pressure in the coming months this is unlikely to go away any time soon cliff jamila thanks very much australia's 2nd biggest city melbourne has undergone its 1st night of curfew is one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria after cases to record highs last week there were 671 new cases and 7 songs on the melbourne was already under

a 6 week stay at home order victoria has added a ban on big gatherings of reintroduction of online learning and people are being ordered to stay within 5 kilometers of their homes nicola gage is monitoring developments for us out of sydney so nick lowe is the day after the night before the in melbourne what kind of impact is it having. well it's very similar to what we've seen over the past 3 weeks but these restrictions are just ramping up and it really does show you just how quickly the situation can change during this pandemic it was only a few months ago that a strongly it was one of the leading countries in the world for tackling covert non tain and now this 2nd wave of infections just doesn't seem to be going away fast enough of course people in melbourne already weren't allowed to leave their homes unless it was for essential reasons like work but the number of coronavirus

cases have stayed in the triple digits we've same 405-0600 cases in melbourne and victoria every day why has this happened well we've saved issues in quarantine hotel quarantine when. have returned from overseas there have also been problems with tracing and testing people with the corona virus and also some have been flouting the rules police have been travelling to people's homes for you have tested positive to the virus and they haven't been there and they have been in the community where community transmission has been occurring and that's what the premier daniel andrews said that the tightening of these restrictions was absolutely needed so this is the 1st time really in a no no peace time era where we've seen a curfew other than the bushfires as well so people aren't allowed to leave their

homes unless it's for health reasons between the hours of 8 pm and thought i am schools are again closed we will be hearing today for the business closures as well so this really is a ramping up of restrictions to make sure that we can get this virus under control but that's the big question so these new measures will be in place for 6 weeks but the big question. that whether those numbers will be able to drop until then we have seen the wearing of both a small 6 become mandatory and there has been somewhat of flattening of the curve when it comes to numbers but the trick deck strip check to really is just not going down which is what is needed nicholas thanks very much nicholas cage there reporting live for us out of sydney australia. iran's reported its highs daily number of infections in nearly a month more than $2600.00 the government says almost all provinces are seeing a resurgence iran's had some of the worst outbreaks across the middle east

manchester in northern england has declared a major incident as it deals with more infections now that means there will be a central command structure to deal with the situation there and it enables agencies involved to ask for more resources media outlets had already been reporting the prime minister boris johnson is looking at perspiring plans to ease restrictions as he tries to avoid another nationwide lockdown jonah hall has more now from central london. hopes that the worst of the covert 1000 crisis may be behind the u.k. this autumn appear to be fading infection rates are rising for the 1st time since may not to the heights of a pandemic in april but nevertheless going up and the government has warned it may have to go further than the localised restrictions in place to control local spikes where they happen there are reports that the prime minister boris johnson has commissioned a plan for a london wide lockdown including restrictions on movement in and out of the m 25

ring road asking people over the age of 15 who may have a vulnerable condition to the virus to shelter at home and with schools due to return in just a few weeks' time in september scientists are warning that any further reopening of the economy may mean other parts of the economy have got to shut again to maintain balance and the finger is being pointed at the hospitality industry will take a look at where i am now in the heart of london. a normally vibrant buzzing entertainment district full of londoners locals tourists the bars restaurants and pubs that have been allowed to reopen their doors have their tables and chairs spilling out across the pavement and onto the road desperate for custom but there are no tourists around a lot of londoners on venturing out all that much and the reports suggest that the price of getting children back into the classrooms may well be that some of these businesses have to shut their doors again and business owners are warning they have survived one lock down many will not survive the 2nd. still to come in the next few

minutes or your suspicion is the team from mainland china arrives in hong kong to help the territory deal with what's being described as a 3rd wave of coronavirus also. i'm rob mcbride in and on south korea the country's cultural heartland as it celebrates its world heritage trash. hello has been more damage from heavy rain in south korea some roads washed away but maybe the thing to notice for the next 2 or 3 days is how group it is coming across tiring to us in southern china and the remains further west is unlucky which is a tropical storm commonly over north vietnam a lot of rain that's going to die out but how good it will carry on not sickly strong winds but with this tarantula right in there for flash flood risk across

northern taiwan at least into china which means the seasonal rains don't do very much is a line that you can follow but by i but it's not particularly heavy weather and most of charring between his right to be dry same is true of japan the same is true actually south of the soft south china sea the southern philippines so in a way sea we've seen charity the last 2 days they're still there trying to drift further west woods into boring. but most aboard your job most assume you're looking dry and as the monsoons take you much of the moisture up into thailand. because monsoon rains spread all over the place they've been up in eastern afghanistan northern pakistan most heavily further east the northeast of india but they're concentrating at the moment in maharashtra and sas was down the western ghats for days on end. but. the us is the richest country in the world yet it still doesn't have

a universal health care system i'll be asking why not to influential republican lani chan some top democrats say it in a special edition of head to head in 68500 miles a year we would save under medicare so all the study this doesn't happen in canada or france or spain or australia people don't die because they can't afford insulin well they die because they can't get access to care head to head on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera welcome if you're just joining us your top stories so for people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global

tally rises to more than 18000000 reported cases more than 690000 people died nearly a 3rd of them in latin america. tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave home. australia's 2nd biggest city melbourne has undergone its 1st months of curfew that's part of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria with hundreds of new cases being reported daily. health workers and experts from mainland china have been sent in to help the territory deal with its latest outbreak however as difficult pollen reports the arrival is also provoking concern and suspicion. hundreds of beds ready for patients a whole 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 paul monk 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 will hand the city where the fire is 1st surfaced last year to 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. at least 3 people have been killed and 24 others were injured during an attack on a prison in eastern afghanistan. officials say there were several explosions including a suicide car bomb outside the prison in the city of jalalabad afghan security forces were locked in a gun battle with the attackers several prisoners escaped during the fighting i saw claimed responsibility a lot so while he is a freelance journalist in kabul he says it does appear to have been a revenge attack by eyesore. i was able to speak to an end mate in the political block who said a number of inmates are wounded several security towers are being controlled by the

militants it's still not clear how they got so much weapons and ammunitions into the heart of jalalabad the city but few days ago the afghan intelligence service announced that they have killed the head of intelligence for the islamic state so it seems like it's a revenge attack by that group we often heard from the americans from the afghan government that they have defeated the islamic state in that part of the country but clearly the group is extremely resilient they're able to strike such complex attacks after many many years of operations against them is actually very bad news for afghanistan and slight embarrassment for its international law lies as well israel's army has launched strikes targeting several hamas positions in cancer strikes come hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says its iron dome defense system intercepted it and

the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a syrian terror squad accused of planting explosives along the border fence in the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syria special forces were killed in the bush. you know 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california in the united states where a wildfire is burning 1300 firefighters backed by what dumping a crofter up against hot dry weather that is full cost to continue rob reynolds reports from l.a. . the fire in riverside county east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 hectares and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze there working

in temperatures well above 37 degrees celsius amid dry gusty winds the fire is still out of control flames broke out late friday afternoon investigators suspect it may have been deliberately set by an arsonist southern california has seen little rain for months and the dense brush is tinder dry the fire is burning its way into rugged hills that are hard for crews to reach authorities said. thank you whether you want to make. everything you're saying people are going to think about reebok you might do to cope at 19 the evacuees will not be housed overnight in large shelters instead the red cross is arranging accommodations at hotels which are largely empty due to the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and evacuation centers rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. at

least 16 people have been killed both fighters thought to be members of book or arm in cameroon grenades were thrown as a camp for displaced people in missouri attacks by the armed group of killed and displaced tens of thousands of people of the past decade in nigeria and neighboring countries. security forces in mexico have captured a powerful gang leader who's blamed for worsening beilenson the central state to go on josee and turning or lepas he's also known as el morrow was one of mexico's most wanted criminals is gang has been in a turf war with another cartel the rest is seen as a win for the president under his manuel lopez obrador who's failed to fulfill his promises to tackle the cartels. if europeans have been celebrating progress in the construction the country's huge new dam project which has caused regional tensions officials in this east african country hope the $4600000000.00 grand. will reach full power generating capacity within 3 years done stream countries egypt and sudan

worried about the impact on their water supplies seasons a stock on issues including how much water ethiopia will release if there is a significant drought. and i said. we came out here to celebrate the feeling of power that i don't have west explain how happy i am and i really support the government i don't want to show our solidarity so far we have used talk hole to bake our bread but after this we will use electricity. to nasa astronauts are back on earth after landing off the u.s. state of florida the mission was led by the private company space x. it marks the 1st time this type of operation has been carried out on a commercial spacecraft and more companies could follow country lopez has more. it's a commercial success story it's the 1st crew mission to space led by a private company returns to earth u.s. astronauts about banking and hurley back home where we have our 1st few very

clearly after their 2 month mission in the international space station the astronauts were slowly helped out of the capsule as the company space x. plans more ambitious projects we are starting the journey. of bringing people regularly to and from lower earth orbit. and on to the moon and then ultimately on to mars things are looking good now the success of a test flight could lead to a new booming industry nasa is no longer the purchaser owner an operator of all the hardware we are going to be a customer one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace. to save money and redirect resources and 2014 nasa turn to commercial companies like boeing and space x. for space flight programs and now additional missions research and even tourism could fall out yuan musk's space x. is going to be one service boeing is going to come online probably later this year

they're going to complete another crude test flight so they can begin flying astronauts next year virgin galactic is looking at flying astronaut so this is just the beginning it took more than 18 hours to get back home the so-called dragon capsule endure temperatures of more than $1800.00 degrees celsius as it reentered the earth's atmosphere there's something special about having that capability to launch and bring your own astronauts home and we went through a lot of years without that capability and i think we're both super super proud to have been just a small part of the team that's our complex bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america it's that technology and a giant leap in the way space travel is financed and run that power to these astronauts into the history books using the 1st to us build hardware since the shuttle was

retired nearly a decade ago. a little piece of again al-jazeera. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says protesters demanding his resignation are anarchists and they are course trampling on democracy across the summertime thousands of israeli demonstrators have called for him to step down this weekend so the largest protest today they say netanyahu has failed to handle the coronavirus pandemic and shouldn't be in office whilst on trial for alleged corruption. that years of. these wild and unfit it looks like every day including the day before yesterday there were calls to move to the prime minister and his family the media is ignoring it and covering it up in the politicians. netanyahu son has been banned from tweeting about the protest leaders of course in israel has ordered him to delete tweets sharing personal addresses and mobile telephone numbers belonging to the organizers the protest leaders say they received threats after the tweets were

posted at the weekend. millions of south koreans are finding holiday destinations close to home because of the coronavirus pandemic unable to book international travel is good news for organizers of a cultural festival in the south eastern province of north young sang from the bra it has more. the opening event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more unesco world heritage sites than any other part of the country for many hundreds of years it's been renowned as a center for buddhist and confucian learning and the home of korean ability it's exemplified by the village of half way meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. this area is a place where values not just a korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion china they

are perfectly used to be with underlying values of local folk culture and it's part of a national effort to promote korean culture the rich cultural heritage of this area makes it famous throughout south korea but relatively unvisited the organizers of this festival hoping to change that making the most out of a pandemic that means people have no choice but to seek out iconic treasures on their own doorstep nothing go ahead go ahead but normally go abroad but this year inevitably we had to take our vacation at home. it's very peaceful and relaxing it was a good decision to come at that event and. the main temple building here is beautiful it's absolutely worthy of being a world heritage site. a region that believes it has a unique set of spiritual values that world heritage status will help it promote in

. internationally. pandemic has come as a big shock but never least we shouldn't suspend cultural activities it's our duty as a society to carry on. tapping into a rich cultural tradition as a source of comfort in uncertain times robert brought out his era and going south korea. updating your top stories so far today people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global tally rises to more than 18000000 reported cases well then 690000 people have died nearly a 3rd of them are in latin america tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after reports of infections in the philippines jumped to more than

$100000.00 as of tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave how. has more now from manila. the president 'd came forward and basically said that the us listened to the calls of frontline years but he won't be an enhanced community quarantine or at all the lock down but rather something in between it means though that domestic flights are unlikely to resume any more transportations will remain closed schools will not open until january january until there is a vaccine and plans to slowly open the economy is going to be put on hold until august 13th where they will review again the current situation australia's 2nd largest city in melbourne has now undergone its 1st night of curfew that's part of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria where hundreds of new cases are being reported daily. at least 3 people have been killed in an attack

on a prison in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad officials say at least 3 bombs exploded and security forces were locked in a gun battle with the attackers israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza it comes hours after palestinians fired a rocket into israel israel says it was intercepted by its defense system nearly 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california in the u.s. while wildfires still burning it's charred 80 square kilometers of land since friday and is threatening homes close to the city of los angeles $1300.00 firefighters backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather that is forecast to continue those are your headlines the news continues after talk to 0 darren's here from 3 g. also you from 23 g. . 0 is here to report on the people often ignored but who must be heard how many other channels can you say will take their time and put extensive thought into

reporting from under reported areas of course we cover major global events about our lives and making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like how this fine young man his son henry and so many others go to them to make the effort we care. to. sweden approach to handling the health crisis has made headlines throughout the code 19 pandemic. unlike most members the swedes didn't impose any strict lockdown measures it remained business as usual in stockholm and elsewhere even when cases peaked there and opinions became more divided than ever. while the relaxed strategy is expected to ease the impact on the economy sweden has one of europe's highest fatality rates .