al-jazeera selects express yourself. restrictions are set to tighten the philippines capital a lot of the number of corona virus infections jumps again. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the number of recorded coronavirus deaths in latin america doubles in just over a month to more than 200000. israel's army has hit what it calls a terrorist court accused of planting explosives along the border in the occupied golan heights. lashed out. at the end of an historic mission to 2

nasa astronauts heralds 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 when a global tally by johns hopkins university shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 have recovered and around 690000 people have died. but 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 groups representing nurses and doctors have been pushing president to target to tighten control saying the country's losing its fight

against the virus i have heard you call up different groups from the medical community for it week in. gum unit it got in dean is c.q. in major manila a fully understand where your health workers would like to us for such a timeout period they have been in the front lines for months and are exhausted well jamila and going is in manila she says the government will decide in mid august with the to lift or extend the lockdown. today marks the 150 of these since the philippines recorded its 1st coronavirus case and after that the country the southern region of luzon more than 50000000 people were placed on the rate a lockdown or enhance community quarantine for almost 3 months that's already one

of the longest most strictest quarantines implemented by any government in the world over the last few months the government in fact lose in its restrictions at the time the total cases recorded were 18000 less than 2 months later it's now reached over 100000 what the doctors are asking is for them to for them to be given breathing space so that there is enough time to decongest hospitals now on their full capacity this call came over the weekend the president spoke here sunday night in basically said he is listening to the appeal of frontline workers and although he's not going to bring back megaman they lowered the greater metropolis into a total lockdown again he is tightening control which means that there will be no domestic flights most likely transportation will be limited and cross community travel will also be limited there will be more checkpoints in the coming weeks in the coming weeks and by august 13th they hope to review the number of key says

recorded by department of health and then they will decide again whether an extension is expected or they can find an illusion restrictions for their ease the economy under distress at the moment here already. well the epicenter of the virus for now is in latin america where more than 200000 people have died and nearly a quarter of those fatalities are in mexico its government began lifting restrictions and made to restart the economy now it's looking like it will have to reverse that reports. new cases of corona virus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. in argentina which has 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 that 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 memory up on the top of 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 still 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. hello al jazeera. australia 2nd largest city 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 victoria has also banned large gatherings reintroduced online learning and ordered people to remain within 5 kilometers of their homes making the gauge reports from sydney now on victoria's battle to contain

a 2nd wave of infections. 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 and strangely i had been one of the more 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 melbourne already weren't able to leave their home unless it was for essential reasons but still a covert 19 cases have remained in the triple digits we've seen daily infection cases of 405-0600 cases and why is this happening while there have been issues with hotel quarantine people returning from the strike there have also been problems with tracing and testing people with. and police

say that some have been flouting the rules they haven't been horrible even though they have tested positive through 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 8 pm and father am in the morning schools are now closed again businesses are 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. at least 13 people have been killed and 42 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 on the attackers for a gun buckles several prisoners escaped during the fighting has claimed responsibility well bill and so are reason freelance journalist in kabul he says it appears to be a revenge attack by ourselves. 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 a 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 and slight embarrassment for its international allies as well. now to nasa astronauts are back on earth the landing off the u.s. state of florida the mission was led by the private company space x. the operation is the 1st of its tied to be carried out on a commercial spacecraft and more companies could follow. reports. it's a commercial success story. the 1st crew mission to space led by a private company returns to earth for us astronauts bob franken 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 $1200.00 degree celsius as it reentered

the earth's atmosphere there's something special about having that capability. 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 accomplished bringing those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america. 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 us build hardware since the shuttle was retired nearly a decade ago. so the young al-jazeera time for a short break here in al-jazeera when we come back pressure mounts on the long time the russian president ahead of elections a week from now. and a missile from lewis hamilton will tell you it's a blow to stop him from winning his home grand prix or in the stay with us.

we hit the heights of $53.00 degrees in iraq the last couple days it dipped off a bit i think tempers are on the rise once more the blazing sunshine and not much else the still a drift at the breeze the northerly picking up some the dust and take it down through q.a. that's the orange bloom there and the cloud is deep enough for thunderstorms and substantial ones in the southwest of saudi and western side of yemen otherwise it's dry and getting hot fifty's in the forecast the q 8 a nearly that for baghdad was lit little relief from the breeze not very much to be honest this leave the hot and dry then down to the wet boat which is basically from yemen west was through ethiopia and back through this heart of africa south of that if you're on the coast kenya and somalia you pick up the edge of the moment soon wind is

a cliff like cosa tends to generate rain every now and again and mogadishu has a rain in the forecast a 2 out of the next 3 days the next 3 humid days i should say. so that's the general picture then big thunderstorms in concert go west it's dry each of the south is that time it's mid winter in most of southern half where all of southern africa to be honest but the wind direction is so critical to some places paulton is mostly in particular with a wind of the interior gets particularly warm and not record breaking but is well above where it should be. for. japan is doing a massive thing to protect against devastating tsunami one o one east investigated nature can be can tie break the you will expose communities to greater danger. on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. every. welcome back a greater amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around the miller after 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. people around the world are facing new coronavirus restrictions as the global tally rises to more than 18000000 cases more than 690000 people died in a 3rd of them in latin america. and australia 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. now the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a terrorist squad in the occupied golan heights and accuses them seen in this video of planting explosives along the border fence 4 were killed in the ambush last week the israeli military targeted 3 outposts in syria's southern connecter province injuring 2 people well let's get more now from harry foresaid he joins us live from west jerusalem harry so what more have the israelis been saying about this incident on the border. we are saying that it took place in the early hours of the morning in the southern area of the occupied golan heights that as you say these are images referring to these 4 people as terrorists who were trying to infiltrate israeli occupied territory to plant explosives and the israeli military has now released

this video of the israeli response which was an attack they say by troops at the scene and an aircraft the 4 men grouped together a scene obscured by a cloud of smoke and dust as the explosion takes place now the military is saying that it holds israel holds the syrian authorities responsible for this attack but it's also of course important to note that this is a particularly tense time up in the north at the moment because of an expected or at least prepared against hezbollah response presumably from lebanese territory rather than syrian territory that is what has bill or says that it will do when one of its fighters is killed indeed there was a hezbollah fighter killed in a an airstrike inside syria last month and last week last monday there was an incident on the the border fence separating lebanon from the disputed farms area

which is under israeli control israel says there was an infiltration intent then and that they forced those fighters back with fire in that incident it appears or at least there is no indication and no claim on either side that the hezbollah fighters were killed in this instance the 4 people who attempted to infiltrate israeli controlled territory were killed the question is whether this was some kind of secondary hezbollah response whether it's totally unrelated whether there is still the potential for some kind of a hezbollah attack on israel in the coming days certainly has said that it will still avenge its fighter who was killed south of the massacres last month all right to have a force had there in west jerusalem harry thank you. meanwhile israel's army has known as to a strike against several hamas positions in gaza they came hours after palestinians fought a rockets into israel that the military says was intercepted by its eye and defense

system meanwhile prime minister benjamin netanyahu says protesters demanding his resignation and the case of trumpeting on democracy throughout the summer thousands of israeli demonstrators and call for him to step down this weekend so the largest protest to date they say netanyahu has failed to handle the coronavirus pandemic and shouldn't be in office while on trial for alleged corruption. that years of. these wild and unfitted. including the day before yesterday there were calls to murder the prime minister and his family the media is ignoring it and covering it up in the politicians. the israeli prime minister's son yeah has been banned from tweeting about protest leaders and israeli court ordered him to delete tweets that include the person addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers of demonstrations against his father the protest leaders say they received threats of the tweets were posted over the weekend russian mass drugs have killed at least one

person in northern syria 5 others were injured when bombs hit a weapons depor in the city have been issued in rebel held province last month when investigators accused russia and its syrian allies of the indiscriminate bombardment of civilians manchester in northern england has declared a major incident as it deals with more corona virus infections that enables agencies to last for more resources media outlets had already reported that prime minister barak johnston is looking at perspiring plans to ease restrictions to avoid another nationwide lockdown. now few people expect any surprises when belarus holds elections soon and president alexander lukashenko who's ruled for more than 25 years is described as europe's last dictator but one woman believes she has what it takes to beat him and appears to have lots of support but in baba reports. here here

yeah well she's only 37 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 said good evening appear with the election commission didn't accept sergei's documents i run instead of him not because i need power open because i'm a politician and want to become president and all the country must know i ran to support my husband supporting family values people saw this and were inspired by it was not planned i was just following my heart. she's challenging president alexander lukashenko who's been in power since 1904 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 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 sep carlo a former ambassador to the united states now said callias wife seen here with the rico's campaign manager is backing svetlana to come to scios it well it's just the support this plan has has been has been held as a hostage as well as her children who she was forced to take out of belarus my situation is similar my husband had to flee the country because they framed up a criminal case against him and my children were being followed by the security

said this is so i had to send him away from bella bruce 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 the way to turkey but investigators in belarus suggest they were working with opposition figures including sergei to cannot escape he and his wife is dismissed the accusation and says she's afraid attempts to tie her family to alleged foreign plotters could lead to violence ahead of next sunday's vote nadine barber al jazeera. security forces in mexico have caps that powerful gang leader blamed the west and violence in the central state of going to watson house antonio yet also known as a was one of mexico's most wanted criminals his gang has been in a turf war with another. 8000 people have been told to leave parts of southern california where wildfires burning 1300 firefighters are up against hot dry weather

that's full cost to continue as rob reynolds reports 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 no thank you what are you want to make sure. everything you're saying before you don't think about repopulating do to cope at 19 the evacuees will not be housed over night 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 9 russian planes carrying weapons mercenaries have arrived to support the war not only for have to are the groups have been backing have to on his campaign to capture the capital tripoli the u.s. recently accused russia of using the mercenaries to deliver supplies to have to ask forces the u.n. representative in libya is warning against foreign intervention millions of south

koreans are unable to book international trips because of the pandemic now many are finding holiday destinations closer to home and that's good news for organizers of a cultural festival in the southeastern city of dong 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 half way meaning literally surrounded by water with every home lovingly preserved. this area is a place where not just the 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 nothing go ahead go ahead but normally go abroad but this year in evidently 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 internationally. global pandemic has come as

a big shark but never least we shouldn't suspend culture 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 bright out jazeera and going south korea. knows how milton has won the british grand prix it's the 7th time the reigning world champion has triumphed at silverstone the winner however ended up being far from routine sale now reports. this year's british grand prix provided more drama than anyone could have realistically expected the race began pretty smoothly with lewis hamilton looking for a 3rd win in a row starting from the front with his mercedes teammate valtteri bottas alongside him the car however didn't last long a safety car was needed after haas driver kevin magnussen crashed out on the 1st

lap. it was called upon again soon after this time falling down you kidding at spinning off on lap 12 but the real drama unfolded much later on in the race with 3 laps left bottas who was in 2nd suffered a puncture the incident totally ruining the finn state causing him to finish outside the points in 11th it opened the door for max to stop and to move behind hamilton who had dominated dustpan however seeing what happened to bought us the red bull driver pitted for. fresh troubles that stopped however might have cost him the win with hamilton following his teammate by getting a puncture on the final lap in the end the briton managed to hang on to claim a 7th victory at his home grand prix ahead of a step and with ferrari's charles look look taking. and it was definitely like in the mouth kind of feeling because i wasn't quite sure if if it gone down until i hit the brakes an odyssey you could see the tire was falling off the the

rim and then just driving it trying to keep the speed up without you know because sometimes it will take off and break the wing and all these different things oh my god i was just praying to try and get around me to slow. the wind here this was the 1st of back to back races at silverstone the reigning world champion will be hoping for a much smoother ride next time out so he'll malik al-jazeera. 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 iran manila 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 to maryland has the latest. the president 'd 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 total lockdown but rather something in between it means though that domestic flights are unlikely to resume anymore 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 melbourne has finished its 1st overnight curfew it's one of several measures introduced in the state of victoria where hundreds of new cases are being reported daily the israeli army says it's hit what it calls a terrorist court in the occupied golan heights accuses them seen in this video of planting explosives along the border fence 4 were killed in the ambush israel says

it holds the syrian government responsible and israel's army has no stance strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza the strikes came hours after palestinians fatah rocket into israel the military says was intercepted by its defense system at least 13 people have been killed and $24.00 injured in an attack on a prison in the eastern afghan city of jalalabad officials said at least 3 bombs exploded and security forces and attackers and gauged in a gun battle the $8000.00 people have been told to leave parts of southern california where a wildfire is burning it's charred 80 square kilometers of land since friday and is threatening homes east of los angeles hot dry weather is forecast to continue but those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after one of the least station times of watching 5. the u.s. 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

lonnie chan some top democrats say it in a special edition of head to head in 68500 miles a year we would save under medical solemne study this doesn't happen in canada problems all spain over 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 algis iraq. when the fukushima tsunami hit japan coastline in 2011 it destroyed everything in its path the jewel in the doing the move. you know the more. jews in the would move up the judicial. in the octomom thorson's began building a massive new seawall along 400 kilometers of coastline.