for we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. cinematic. al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that manti t.e.o. . counties in. the number of recorded coronavirus deaths in latin america doubles in just over a month to more than 200000. alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up and millions of residents in australia 2nd largest city in melbourne adjust to a new curfew to try to slow a spike in coronavirus cases. disagree major foreign born on. a

wildfire in southern california threatens thousands of people and their homes. washed out. on the end of an historic mission for 2 nasa astronauts heralds a new era in commercial space troubles. 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 when a global tally by johns hopkins university shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 have recovered and about 690000 people have died but it's estimated more than 200000 of those deaths are in latin america and nearly a quarter of those fatalities are in mexico the 3rd highest in the world it's gottman. began lifting restrictions and made to kick start the economy now it's

looking like it will have to reverse that course not interrupt the reports are new cases of coronavirus 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 why don't you want the newness will be 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 lot down 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 be in the autumn if 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 debts 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. hu caught coded $900.00 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 leveling up when there are. 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 to. 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 ways. the

contagion that's gripped the region is making these efforts near impossible manildra al jazeera. tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000 from tuesday businesses than public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave home groups representing nurses and doctors have been pushing president rodriguez to 10 to tighten control saying the country is losing its fight against the virus i have heard you call up different groups from good medical community 42 week. come unity got in dean ishi q in make believe that a fully understand well you know thought it. would lead to us for such a time out here that they have been in the front lines for months and

exhausted well general allen duggan joins us live now from manila a journalist a medical workers say they're losing the fight against the virus and they want this and hans community locked down so what does this all mean. well daryn that call came from hundreds of doctors online who basically spoke out over the weekend they wanted an imposition of the easy cure and hands community quarantined teen which is essentially a pill with a lockdown of megaman elemental of the capitol and all the surrounding cities but this is already been implemented you see for almost 3 months since march up until the end of may where more than $50000000.00 people were placed under total lockdown in the entire region of luzon over the past almost 2 months what the government has done is to slowly reopen different industries the economy basically and to allow this 5 limitations movement of cross different communities and provinces what the

doctors are asking for is time they see that the lockdown the 2 weeks with the hope would be late for their transmissions to provide hospitals breathing space which they say is now really full capacity there have been many letters issued over the past few weeks of private hospitals government hospitals basically say that they are war worn out that there is not enough beds for wards and basically warning everyone basically to slow down to try to stay at home but again the bigger question here daryn is that the lockdown as a ready to implement that but people would like to see what the bigger broader plan would be for the government to respond over the coming months given that the situation is quite uncertain jamila that's an interesting point you make because given all those tougher restrictions which are being reimpose what sort of economic impacts them people already struggling many have already lost their jobs.

exactly derren and the impact the economic impact on the philippines was felt almost immediately millions of filipinos have already lost their jobs since the pandemic broke out thousands have been brought back from abroad overseas filipino workers who provide a critical contribution to the country's total economy and they still continue to come back now the government has been under intense pressure to reopen over the past few months this is what they hope they will be able to do to allow also that going to be breathing space to get people to work to get people to spend but given this current situation the government that meeting also that this fight these lockdowns it does not have enough funds to provide cash aid it remains to be seen how the situation will be in the coming months the the country the economy in the philippines is now officially under recession its worst in recent years there in the middle son killed. australia 2nd largest city in melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew it's one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of

victoria after cases to record highs last week there were 671 new infections and 7 deaths on sunday melbourne was already under 6 weeks. victoria has added a ban on large gatherings reintroduced online learning and people are ordered to remain within 5 kilometers of their homes while nicola gage joins us live now from sydney nicholas a melbourne has just gone through its 1st night of curfew there are now a host of other new restrictions so what impact is all of this having. all this will no doubt have a huge impact on jobs on the national economy but also on people's mental health and it also shows just how quickly the situation can change during this pandemic had been one of the most successful countries in terms of tackling covert non tain but this 2nd wave of infections that we're seeing in victoria just doesn't seem to be going away fast enough of course residents in milton already weren't able to

leave their home unless it was for essential reasons but still a covert 19 cases have for my in the triple digits we've seen daily infection cases of 405-0600 cases why is this happening while there have been issues with hotel quarantine people returning from the strike there have also been problems with try seeing and testing paper with. tape and police say that some have been flouting the rules they haven't been home even though they have tested positive to the virus and they should be isolated and that is why the premier daniel andrews has said that these restrictions have had to ramp up and that means that people are not allowed to leave their homes between pm and 4. am in the morning schools are now closed again businesses shutting down

and really this is a situation where the new restrictions are in place for 6 weeks the big question is whether the numbers will reduce during that time for a nickel as you say australia has been seen as somewhat of a success story in fighting coded 19 i mean how much worry is there about any potential 2nd wave spreading beyond victoria state. but we don't have border closures around victoria and that has stopped the spread of the forest through some states in regions and in those areas we have actually seen businesses reopen and the economy improving but we have had some smaller clusters in new south wales in particular sydney where people have travelled from victoria the government has advised people to where mosques in public as a way of containing the spread of. of course that is mandatory in victoria to wear face masks now and while the majority of these cases are in victoria where we are

seeing these locked down so the economic fallout from this is expected to be widespread the treasurer josh frydenberg said that we will be feeling this right across the economy so any kind of economic recovery does feel somewhat far away while all of the resources are now in place to stop the spread of covert montane in victoria in particular are identical gauge their life in similar thing to. call someone who's prime minister has tested positive for tb says he's not showing any symptoms except a mild caulfield self isolate for 2 weeks ortiz government has been facing more criticism for its handling of the outbreak especially since cases have been rising in recent weeks. at least 3 people have been killed and 24 injured in 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 as claimed responsibility well below so ari's a freelance journalist in the capital kabul he says it appears to be a revenge attack by isis i was able to speak to and mate in the political blog who said a number of inmates are wounded several security towers 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 a very bad news for afghanistan in slight embarrassment for its international law is as well israel's army has launched air strikes targeting several house positions in gaza the 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 terrorist court accused of planting explosives along the border fence in the occupied golan heights israel says 4 soldiers from syrian special forces were killed in the ambush last week its military targeted 3 outposts in syria's southern connector problems. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back. we're in a real crisis right now in this country a morning millions of children in the u.s. are going hungry as people wait for coronavirus health class. i'm robot bryden and dong south korea the country's cultural heartland as it celebrates its world

heritage treasure. most talk weather wise in the u.s. has been about this how to construct tropical storm is hovering between the 2 now it's going to spend most of sunday running up the coast of florida and then this is overnight we get into monday and then up the coast of georgia now i've got here a cone of uncertainty it's expected to go up the east coast not as a hurricane but as a pretty strong storm over the site and more or less stay right on the edge of land so there's a huge problem there with flash flooding all the way up to nova scotia over the next $23.00 or 4 days and that's taken most of the action away from the rest of the u.s. all still showers in the ohio valley and the appalachians west that it's largely

quite still hot and dry for many places and here is the picture on tuesday to think it's going north woods to d.c. very wet day for you and a windy one come tuesday so jumping south and as we see this thing through florida that's where most of the energy has been from here as well so now the atmosphere is getting back into its stride you'll see some quite big showers for me in the yucatan and elsewhere in southern mexico and over cuba daytime heat is the moment good enough with the motion for some pretty tremendous thunderstorms forming over land. rewind returns with a new series. and clamp dates on the best about his anus documentaries one bad show rewind continues with holy land grab by with compelling onion and onion the sweetest part of the heart of this

is that the old city we're holding on by their fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible on al-jazeera. order to order. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera 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 those in latin america. tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila after reported infections in the philippines jumped more than 100000

from tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people will need special passes to leave home. and a strain of 2nd biggest city melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew it's one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria where hundreds of new cases are being reported daily. iran reported its highest daily number of infections and they are month more than 2600 the government says almost all provinces are seeing a resurgence the rods had some of the worst outbreaks in the middle east. manchester in northern england has declared a major incident as it deals with more infections it means they'll be a central command structure to deal with the situation and enables agencies involved to ask for more resources media outlets had already been reporting that the prime minister bards johnson is looking at perspiring plans to ease restrictions as he tries to avoid another nationwide lockdown jonah hole has more now from central london. hopes that the worst of the covert 900 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 on 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. the n 25 ring road asking people over the age of 50 who may help vulnerable conditions 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 we'll take a look at where i am now in the heart of london a normally vibrant entertainment district full of londoners locals tourists the

bars restaurants and pubs that have been allowed to reopen the doors have 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 are 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 a 2nd. u.s. politicians will meet again on monday to negotiate another coronavirus aid package and while they debate and argue tens of millions of unemployed americans are struggling but since april a $600.00 weekly payment has been a lifeline for families on friday democrats and republicans failed to reach an agreement on whether to allow the program to continue republicans want to reduce funding but are divided on how far to go democrats want additional benefits meanwhile there's growing uncertainty about whether children will go back to school

in the u.s. many of them rely on school meals to make up for a lack of food at home when they move because chief executive of world central kitchen he says millions of children are going hungry an extra funding is urgently needed so we're in a real crisis right now in this country according to the brookings institute about $14000000.00 american children are going hungry each week and according to u.s. census. numbers about 30000000 americans say they are not getting enough food so it's it's a big challenge that's in front of us right now here in the united states we've served about 25000000 fresh meals now over the past 4 months and you know it is we're not seeing a lot of signs of things getting better there's a number of things that need to be done urgently that we are supporting and trying to to do our part to help raise awareness and education i think for

sure we need to prioritize funding for meals for schools it's clear that schools are not going to reopen across the country in the fall and for so many families this is where kids get their meals and so we need to make sure those schools are properly funded and supported school kitchens are able to activate am preparing meals i think we also need to enable our federal emergency management agency so this is the agency that goes in after hurricanes wildfires and provides meals you know it's it's been a bit of a confusion for them because this is not your traditional natural disaster but the reality is our country is facing a crisis and fema right now has a lot of money to respond to disasters and we need to get those funds on locked to pay for meals for families and especially for children right now security forces in mexico have captured a powerful gun leader who's blamed the worst thing violence on the stench and states have gone a lot to jose antonio yep is also known as

a model was one of mexico's most wanted criminals his gang has been in a turf war with another cartel the rest to see it as a win for the president down there is money in the door has failed to fulfill his promise to tackle the cartels. maybe 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california where wildfires burning 1300 firefighters backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather that's for cost to continue brown's reports now from los angeles. 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 what are you want to make sure. everything you're saying people are going to think about repopulating 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.

libya's un recognized government says 19 russian planes carrying weapons and mercenaries have arrived to support the warlord he found after the groups have been backing have to his campaign to capture the capital tripoli the u.s. recently accused russia of using the mercenaries to deliver supplies to have to us forces israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says protesters demanding his resignation allocates trampling on democracy throughout the summer thousands of israeli demonstrators of call for him to step down this weekend so the largest protests today they say netanyahu has failed to handle the coronavirus pandemic and shouldn't be in office while on trial for alleged corruption. of. these wild and unfitted. 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 yeah has been banned from tweeting about protest

leaders and israeli court ordered them to delete tweet sharing personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers the protest leaders say they received threats of the tweets were posted at the weekend. 2 nasa astronauts are back on earth the landing of 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 aircraft and more companies could follow up a report. 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 doug hurley are back home where we have our 1st few particularly 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 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 you on 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 really entered the earth's atmosphere there's something special about having that go. 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 gets accomplished bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america so it's that technology and a giant leap in the way space travel is financed and run that powered these astronauts into the history books using the 1st u.s. build hardware since the shuttle was retired nearly a decade ago. actually a little civilian al-jazeera. now millions of south koreans are finding holiday destinations closer to home because of the pandemic unable to book international trips it's good news for organizers of

a cultural festival in the southeastern city of dong from where rob mcbride now reports. 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 halfway meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. this area is a place where not just a korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion from 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 are 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 telling young often go ahead go ahead they would 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 it and i think. 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 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 greg mcbride i'll just era and go south korea. now a rare baby rhino has been rescued from floods at a national park in india i think 16 others died in the waters some were forced to seek refuge in nearby human settlements there are 3001 on rhinos in the world most of those they've been. national. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global tally rises to more than 18000000 cases more than 690000 people have died nearly a 3rd of those in latin america tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila to report in sections in the philippines jumped to more than 100000

from tuesday businesses and public transport are expected to close and people believe special passes to leave home jamelle in durban has the latest from the philippines capital. 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's 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 melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew it's one of several emergency measures introduced in the state of victoria where hundreds of new cases are being reported each day 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 the strikes come our example of palestinians bottle rocket into israel which the military says was intercepted by its defense system security forces in mexico have captured a powerful gang leader who's blamed for worsening violence in the central state of going after jose antonio yep is also known as el model was one of mexico's most wanted criminals it has been a turf war with another drug cartel. a nearly 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california in the u.s. where a wildfire is burning charred 80 square kilometers of land since friday and is threatening homes east of los angeles hot dry weather is forecast to continue so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after we won the states with guns

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