cultures across the world. we. are going to matter to you. the philippines announces tougher coronavirus restrictions after reporting the highest number of infections in a single day. time sam is a damned this is al jazeera live from coming up straight victoria state all those large parts of the economy to close for 6 weeks as it records hundreds of new covert 19 cases. at least 21 people are killed in a prison attack in the afghan city of jalalabad i saw claims responsibility.

israel's army hits what it calls a terrorist squad accusing it of planting explosives along the border in the occupied golan heights. people around the world are facing strict 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 by john hopkins university shows the number of reported cases is now more than 18000010600000 have recovered and about 690000 people have died tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around manila 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 groups representing nurses and doctors have been pushing president for the bigger

the 30 to tighten controls on sunday more than 5000 new infections were confirmed the highest daily rise since the pandemic began. but i have heard this goal of different groups from the medical community for it to be in this community quarantine c.q. in the middle of a fully understand well you know this would lead to us for such a time will kill you they have been in the front lines for the months exhausted general allen dugan is in manila she says the government will decide in mid august whether to lift or extend the lock down health workers were asking for is a return to what they call an enhanced community quarantine or in fact

a total lockdown of metro manila and nearby provinces that's something that the president did not give to them in his address sunday night what he basically said is that they will implement a stricter a lockdown policy in megaman elaine many other areas which means that the messick rights will be postponed there will be no public transport which is already limited in the 1st place international flights coming in and getting out of the philippines will also be limited the philippines already implemented one of the world the strongest and most strictest lockdowns and that started in early march and ended a few months ago when the cases were around 18000 the government decided to ease restrictions hoping basically to allow people to go out to to help buffer the economy basic lives really feeling the impact of this crisis however the call that was made by health doctors was a distress call the message was very very clear they say hospitals are at full capacity and frontline medical workers really do need breathing space they're

asking for a lock down in order to slow down transmissions they see hoping that will allow some of them basically to have a break to handle the growing number of call big cases given that there is no massive destined or tracing at the moment to yours. all non-essential businesses in australia 2nd largest city melbourne have been ordered to close because of the latest surge in corona virus infections 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order have just finished their 1st overnight curfew the victoria state government is also banning large gatherings and reintroducing online learning i'm so proud and grateful of all of all eyes victorians who are doing the right thing to those who want you've just got a might better choices and i'll have more to cite tomorrow of that significant boosts in penalties significant boosts in enforcement and again i'm very grateful to the prime minister for his for the partnership that he you know i have because

tomorrow is an answer it's around some of those issues will involve further idea if further important support for us to get this job done these are not easy decisions this is not this is a very tough guy and there are many more of those to come michelet gauges in sydney she says the latest measures in melbourne will have a big impact on the economy. to put it into perspective victoria makes up about a quarter of a strategy is national economy and the decision that was made to close many of these extra businesses in retail industrial areas in manufacturing will likely lead to thousands of job losses so obviously the state government is looking towards how it can help the economy and all of those people who will no doubt be out of work the premiums daniel andrews has said that anyone who will be out of

work will be eligible will businesses who won't be able to open will be eligible for a $5000.00 grant and the prime minister scott morrison has just addressed the nation and he has called the situation in the state of victoria i disaster saying that it will have widespread complications on the entire economy of a stroller and he has announced a pandemic scheme to to help those people who need to so far for 14 days because one of the big issues here is that police say many people who have tested positive . this virus have not been staying at home they have been leaving so right now really the focus is on the economy and making sure that we can reduce the numbers in victoria over the next 6 weeks while this curfew and further lockdown in place several prisoners have a scary thought after a suicide bomb attack on a jail in eastern africa injured dozens afghan security forces arrived after

several explosions outside the prison the city of jalalabad water that is a national security analyst and founding member of transparency afghanistan he says the attack looks like an attempt to increase i suppose ranks. eda sponsibility of the attack has been came by the islamic state and it's believed that you have a blast amount of diversion i asserted members who are imprisoned in this very prison so if dice has taken responsibility the primary motive could be to make sure that to sort of release their presence and this is what they have done the initial reports that we have is that there are about $1500.00 prisoners and the prison and $500.00 of them have been able to escape with the government claims that they have they would be able to sort of captured them all after the event at the prison and the other and they have been captured all over again so the primary

motive just like i said could be the. one to it to have its members out of the prison diaries is jalalabad is located in eastern afghanistan this is where the stronghold of diaries were since 20142015 konar province nuristan province last month province and then under our province is this eastern area where you had the presence of direction and this is where a majority of the presidents are kept and perhaps they wanted to infiltrate and have their prisoners released hamas is describing an israeli air strike in gaza as a dangerous escalation the israeli military says it targeted several sites overnight it claimed it followed rockets being fired into israel and hamas says the strikes were designed to avert attention from the protests demanding the prime

minister resign. the israeli army says it's killed 4 fighters in the occupied golan heights it's released this video accusing them of planting explosives along the border fence military describe them as a terrorist squad says the syrian regime is ultimately responsible the video can be verified no group has claimed responsibility for more of this as governor to harry forces joins us now from west jerusalem so we've had the israeli statement and video what do we know what else do we know that happened at the border near the occupied golan heights. so i mean to base it on the account from the israeli military they say they want to place was this group of what they call terrorists coming into israeli controlled territory in the southern occupied golan heights they said they were trying to plant explosives at an unmanned israeli military outpost there they were tracked as they did so and they

were fired upon by troops on the ground and from the air similar tenuously and all 4 of them were killed what we don't know and what the israeli military says they are investigating as to whether there is any link between this whether it's an isolated incident or is connected to the already heightened security situation in israel's north israel has been reinforcing its troops along the border with lebanon and in the occupied golan heights in anticipation of a potential hezbollah attack thought to be likely to come from lebanese territory that soft as butter fighter was killed in an air strike inside syria last month as bar has a long standing promise to retaliate to any of its fighters being killed inside syrian territory and indeed there was an incident to go on monday when israel fired upon and it says drove back a group of would be infiltrators into its controlled territory in the disputed

shabat farms area as well a sudden there was no attack carried out in that instance so the israeli military is saying that there is currently no known connection between what took place overnight but it is investigating the situation and harry we've caught word out of gaza about an israeli strike there what is how mass sang about that. because you let out early i mean this is a calling us an escalation it did come there was a projectile side out of gaza territory israel low alert in the surrounding israeli areas near to the gaza strip at around 9 pm local time and there was an interception israeli ministry says by the iron dome system and it was awesome that the israeli air strikes carried out inside gaza it says the machine that it attacked a cement factory and also underground hamas targets that were relatively close to

one you know in the center of the gaza strip or i'm sorry 4th of that russian ass trucks have killed at least 3 people in northern syria 5 others were injured when bombs hit the weapons depo in the city of finish in rebel held it in the province last month un investigators accuse russia and its syrian allies of indiscriminate bombardment of civilians. still ahead on al-jazeera. flash down. the end of a historic mission for 2 nasa astronauts heralds a new era of national space travel plus. i'm robot bride and i'm going to south korea the country's cultural heartland as it celebrates its world heritage.

however we've got some severe storms banging away across parts of northern italy at the moment lots of thunder downpours coming through here because this area of low pressure we're going to see that wetter weather just not a little further base which is because through the next couple days this cold front tucking in behind well that marks the boundary between some very warm air down into the southeast and some cooler right up towards the northwest winds still coming in from over northwesterly direction at the moment so temperatures in london in paris now high than around 22 degrees celsius on the other side of africa getting up into the low thirty's here and there are those violent storms which stretch up through slovenia croatia more puzzle question pushing all the way up into the baltic states and all that a little further east which as we go on through chews day still wanted to see those temperatures picking up for paris and also for london could touch 30 degrees

celsius in london by friday it's not just some very heavy rain just pushing into that western side of scotland for good measure northern parts of africa here it's fine in tribally a cloud in the sky but big showers the seasonal rains still quite nicely across central parts of africa pushing further west which as we go one through the next couple of days so some heavy showers there some apostle mauritania all the way to the gambia. stories of life. and and spiration. oh a series of short documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human spirit against the oh it's. the globe. al-jazeera selects express yourself.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now afghan officials say at least 21 people have been killed in an ongoing isola tack at a prison in jalalabad the complex is home to 1500 inmates it's not yet known how many have a scale. lockdown is being reimposed in the philippine capital manila the government order follows a record rise in infections and pressure from doctors and nurses concerned the fight against the virus is being lost all non-essential business is in a strain

a 2nd largest city in melbourne and been ordered to close because of the latest surge in front of virus infections 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order just finished 1st overnight curfew. more than 200000 people have died due to the pandemic in latin america nearly a quarter of them are in mexico which has the world's 3rd highest number of deaths also being hit hard are brazil colombia and chill a man or apollo has more. 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. again but only imagine what anyone else will do 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 it is sort of 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 p. tallies 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 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 then we'll start 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. manchester in northern england has declared a major incident as it deals with more infections there it means there'll be a central command structure to deal with the situation and enables the agencies involved to ask for more resources media outlets had already been reporting the prime minister barak johnson is looking at for spending plans to ease restrictions as he tries to avoid another nationwide locked out johnson is considering stay at

home ashes for london should there be a 2nd wave of corona virus infections john hall has more 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 n 25 ring road asking people over the age of 50 who may hope 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 will take

a look at where i am now in soho 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 the 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 aren't 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. kosovo's prime minister is self isolating for 2 weeks after testing positive for covert 19 done the haji says he's not showing any symptoms except a mild cough his government is being criticized for its handling of the outbreak especially since cases have been rising in recent weeks. mali's army has suffered

more losses after 5 soldiers were killed in 2 separate attacks on sunday both attacks took place in the center of the country in a being blamed on armed groups at least $24.00 soldiers were killed in an ambush just over a month ago the latest attacks come amid calls for president to bring him back a catered to resign over corruption and failure to protect civilians the opposition is set to resume protests later on monday more than 1300 homes have been destroyed in sudan as flooding in and the blue nile province to ensure rain has been lashing the area for the last week killing at least 5 people the heavy rainfall has also caused the collapse of the bout them floodwaters of cut off roads throughout the region damaged vast areas of agricultural land african union sponsored talks on ethiopia's mega dam projects are due to resume later on monday

thousands have been celebrating progress on the $4600000000.00 grant renaissance dam but downstream countries egypt and sudan are worried about the impact on their water supplies negotiations are stuck on issues including how much more through theo here will release if there's a significant round. and. we came out here to celebrate the feeling of power dam i don't have words to explain how happy i am and i really support the government and i want to show our solidarity so far we have used charcoal to bake our bread but after this we will use electricity. anti-government protests have been taking place in jordan after a crackdown on opposition run union last week security forces arrested leaders of a teacher's union for inciting members against the government the teachers syndicate has been shut down for 2 years as part of a corruption investigation jordanian teachers say they'll continue to demand the

government honors last year's agreement to increase salaries. 2 nasa astronauts are back on earth off 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 spacecraft. reports. it's a commercial success story it's the 1st crew mission to space led by a private company returns to earth for us astronauts about banking and doug hurley back home where we have our 1st few. 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 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 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 power to these astronauts into the history books using the 1st u.s. built hardware since the shuttle was retired nearly a decade ago. actually a little civilian al-jazeera. nearly 8000 people have been told to leave pots of southern california in the u.s. where a wildfire is burning 500 firefighters backed by water dumping at croft are up against hot dry weather that's for costs to continue. reports.

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 sure that. everything you're saying people are going to think about repopulating due to code 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. security forces in mexico have captured a powerful gang leader blamed for worsening violence in the central state of wonder what though jose antonio appears also known as a morrow is one of mexico's most wanted criminals is gang has been in a turf war with another cartel. 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 and dong where rob mcbride 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 asian values not just a korean are deeply ingrained in flori buddhism from india and confusion china they are perfectly used to be with on the lang 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 inevitably we had to take our vacation at home. it's very peaceful and relaxing it was a good decision to come in 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 internet. really. why don't i pandemic has come as a big shock but never least we shouldn't suspend cultural activities each our duty

as a society to carry on. tapping into a rich cultural tradition as a source of comfort in uncertain times robert byrd elgin sera and going south korea . let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now locked down is being reimposed in the philippine capital manila the government order follows a record rise in factions and pressure from doctors and nurses they're concerned the fines against the virus is being lost i have. to call up different groups from the medical community for it to. communities who aren't dean. q. but

will a fully understand where you. would like to ask for such a time out you they have been in the front line for a month. exhausted. all non-essential business isn't a stray a 2nd largest city in melbourne have been ordered to close because of the latest surge in corona virus infections 5000000 citizens already under a 6 week stay at home order of just finished their 1st overnight curfew victoria state government is also banning large gatherings and reintroducing online learning afghan officials say at least 21 people have been killed in an isolated hack at a prison in jalalabad the complex is home to one and a half 1000 inmates it's not yet known how many escaped. describing overnight israeli air strikes in gaza as a dangerous escalation the israeli military says it targeted several sides after

rockets were initially fired from gaza in a statement israeli attacks were to avert attention from the weeks of anti-government demonstrations demanding the resignation of the prime minister the israeli army says it's killed 4 fighters in the occupied golan heights it's released this video accusing them of planting explosives along the border fence the military says the syrian regime is ultimately responsible the video can't be verified no group has claimed the attack and we're back with more news at the top of the hour. is the government. the stories that.

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