mending change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. there is no silver bullet at the moment and then it might never be a grim warning from the world health organization as countries across the world announce renewed restrictions to hold a surge in corona virus infections. hello i'm adrian for the good and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u.s.

politicians to begin another day of talks of a for the financial aid for millions of unemployed americans. 36 people killed at least 300 inmates have escaped after an isolated in a high security prison in afghanistan. and will feed us pay tribute to john hughes a man known as one of northern ireland scrapes just heroes. we begin this hour with a stark warning from the world health organization as the rush to find a coronavirus vaccine intensifies while the w.h.o. is applauding the efforts of more than $140.00 research teams around the world it says the people should not pin their hopes on the discovery of effects of vaccine and stress that basic prevention measures remain crucial. we all hope to have

a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no silver bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public health and disease control testing isolating and treating patients and tracing and quarantining their contacts do it on inform empowered and listen to communities do it all for individuals it's about keeping physical distance wearing a mask cleaning hands regularly and coughing safely away from others do eat all well that call for global solidarity came with an extra warning for countries with high transmission rates including brazil and india the world health

organization saying that they face a long battle to find a way out of the pandemic one for else is a professor of epidemiology and medicine at columbia university's melman school of public health she says the w.h.s. message is timely. i think the warning from the director general is is a wise move at this point in time as then as think we want to do is to have people be complacent let go of all the preventive measures that they need to be practicing in the hope of having a vaccine down the line this will be a big mistake which we need to do is to continue to lead double our efforts to do what needs to be done now rather than let go of those measures and hope for vaccine in the future i would take an optimistic stand and i would say even if we find an effective and safe exene and this does not mean that everyone will get the vaccine immediately and we have to start planning today our public health systems have to

start planning now for the availability of such a vaccine so we can prepare communities we can prepare people so that they are willing to get the vaccine because it does not help to have an effective and safe sex scene sitting on a shelf we have to get to the vaccine to the largest numbers of people around the world as quickly as possible the u.k. government says that it's rolling out tests for the corona virus that can provide a result within 90 minutes millions of these are to be sent to hospitals care homes and look for a tree is as early as next week some health experts though are voiced concern over how reliable the new tests will be a person's health but as to says that swift testing could help make the country safer these technologies which deliver these rapid turnaround tests will mean that we can expand testing capacity further and into settings where for instance in in schools we have currently we have survey testing so we have some testing that

would be able to be expanded but also looking at looking across the community where we want to test case people who don't have symptoms to find out where the viruses somehow gago has more for us now from outside thomas' hospital in central london. you have some 5800000 test should d.n.a. based tests which are going to begin to be rolled out by next week and this will be working in tandem with the 450000 or so nasal swabs and tests that are current being carried out to the point of this of course is to ramp up the testing and to get ahead of that before the seasonal flu kicks in of course at the moment this summer in the northern hemisphere it is high tourism season we are seeing spikes occurring in certain countries in certain regions of countries throughout europe as well which is raising alarm bells and of course what

a lot of governments are worried about the u.k. government is worried about is trying to get ahead of this of any of this by having an effective testing regime. now both who are behind the testing say that controls have already been put in place so they can avoid issues such as false negatives but with that in mind it's going to be absolutely crucial to have. an absolutely accurate tracing system as well so as to isolate those who have been affected in order to kind of quell any surges that could occur the financial security of millions of americans is hanging in the balance as politicians debate for the relief for the unemployed for about 3 months a $600.00 weekly payments has been a lifeline for people who've lost jobs democrats and republicans have so far failed to agree on how the program should continue to expire on friday let's go live now

to washington our white house correspondent kimberly how could it is that for a so what where things where things stand right now kimberly as far as these negotiations are concerned. well we know that they were happening over the weekend and they're. set to resume on monday 17 g.m.t. which is significant because at least the 2 sides are talking but what we're hearing is the very far apart and terms of the solution and in the midst of all of that as we know that the top democrats in the house and senate along with the treasury secretary and the chief of staff here at the white house meet is that the white house and specifically the u.s. president donald trump considering unilateral action not clear how this would happen whether it would be through executive order but the president may take action to see that those $600.00 a week payments continue it's one thing that he says is important to him as well as this seeing that this continuation on a moratorium on

a vixens in other words people that are paying their rent can't be kicked out of their home or their apartment well these negotiations continue those protections did expire on friday and both sides both democrats and republicans seem to be an odds about how to move forward with the program so as they continue to talk we are hearing rumors of potentially this unilateral action in the midst of all this though even if a deal were worked out what we're hearing is that wouldn't be voted on until the end of the week possibly early next week which is little comfort to the millions of americans that saw those benefits and as of last friday i would want 3 months ago now more or less to election day what is the president been saying about all of this. he's been very active on twitter and continues to rail against the media as well as others who criticizes administration for the reason that so many americans are hard hit financially and that is covert night t.v.

continues to press for schools to be reopened something that's not sitting well with a lot of americans particularly on social media at one point on twitter his son's name barron was trending given the fact that he goes to an elite private school and most americans use public schools for their education they kind of made the comparison well if you want the schools to open make sure your own kid goes where they will potentially be exposed to risk so many americans not feeling particularly coffee about sending their kids back to school even as we know the infections in the united states continue to increase and the deaths as well almost a 155000 and counting our white house correspondent kelly how could reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed afghan security forces are currently engaged in a gun battle with armed men enjoy all about reports of rockets being fired towards the city's airport universe explosive supreme seized from a house we know that at least one of the gunman has been killed well this latest

attack comes as afghan forces of retaking control of a prison in jalalabad eisel claimed responsibility for storming the high security facility 46 people were killed including 10 of the gunman more than 300 prisoners escaped in the raid. fighters linked to iceland afghanistan have claimed responsibility for many recent attacks one of the worst so far this year was the suicide bombing which killed $32.00 mourners at a funeral for a police commander in may the united nations latest estimate is that i saw has around 2200 fighters in afghanistan while i still is in territorial retreats with its leadership depleted the un says that it remains capable of carrying out high profile attacks in various parts of the country the un recorded 17 i still attacks during the 1st 6 months of this year which cost civilian casualties clock is the co-director of the afghanistan analyst network

a policy research think tank she says that this year the situation in afghanistan has become more complex. the war is actually becoming more difficult to read and we had the agreement between the united states and the taliban right at the end of february which the on the back of that the u.s. withdrew thousands of its troops it said that the taliban had also agreed to a reduction in violence the taliban said no absolutely not we've only agreed not to attack u.s. forces and not to attack him in major cities in bases now sits and the taliban have really been probing to see how much violence they can get away with without drawing the us military back into the war and we know that both the taliban and the government have been under claiming attacks whereas before they would probably be exaggerating what they were doing on the battlefield now they're then they're not

claimed so many so it's actually quite difficult to read who is responsible for what anymore and we've also had an a surge an unclaimed attacks or attacks that are difficult to pin down we'll get a weather update next to an officer and then antigovernment protests show no sign of letting up in mali where demonstrators are demanding the resignation of the president of the philippines announces tougher coronavirus restrictions after reporting its highest number of infections in a single day. we got the winds picking up across a good part of the middle east over the next couple days to lift the dust and sand to watch out for that aside hot and dry pretty much summed it up as per usual we have still got some lively showers there and it is the southern end of the red sea

western areas of yemen we've had major showers here for the past few weeks actually that was a sad. west to saudi arabia as well but come a little further north and east you see the winds picking up as i said so there will be that lifted dust and sand coming out of iraq through kuwait down across the gulf states over the coming days we are going to see a little more in the way of dusty conditions coming through here 46 celsius here in doha similar temperatures there for back that's a not as hot as it has been a recently also enough in kuwait very close to 50 degrees celsius and similar conditions as we go on into way to stay showers will continue into western yemen and beyond those showers drifting across the other side of the red sea of course and some think down poles actually making their way across a good part of ethiopia over the next showers there into chad over towards west africa the showers up around the sun hello further north than might otherwise be but sadly the nevertheless southern parts of west africa and other hand it was

a little drier than a flight. of . kidnappings and murders in crimea since russia's forced an extension of the black sea finnish. i don't understand why. schools of crimea into tongs have been arrested. and. most building by russian security forces. crimea russia's dark secret on al-jazeera. roof. the roof.

well again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour the world health organization as well that may never be a silver bullet for corona virus in the form of a perfect vaccine it's urging nations to rigorously enforced preventative measures such as mask wearing and testing. the financial security of millions of americans as a stake as politicians debate how much more relief they'll give to the unemployed for about 3 months they don't work has got an additional $600.00 weekly payments democrats and republicans have so far failed to agree on how the program should continue. that afghan security forces are currently engaged in a gun battle with armed men in jalalabad all reports of rockets being fired towards the cities and force numerous explosives to concede from one house. the latest round of talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric

dam have wrapped up without any progress the ethiopian government says that the $5000000000.00 project will boost its economy but sudan and egypt downstream on the river nile a worried about reduced water supplies the go see a sions are set to resume on thursday anti-government protests as a back on the streets of mali as capital demanding the resignation of president ibrahim boubacar kaita the opposition had stopped the rallies for the muslim holiday of ied. at least 14 people have died during demonstrations over the past few weeks mollies opposition accuses kater of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption the regional bloc ecowas has been leading mediation efforts it's given both sides until thursday to implement its proposals which includes the formation of a unity government al-jazeera is because hawke is following developments from neighboring saga. what the president has done is named a few new cabinet ministers 6 of them there's still the same new prime minister

who's in charge the judges of the constitutional court refused to resign and so have the 31 ruling party members of parliament that when there are seats in contested elections earlier this year well they also refused to resign and that was part of the ecowas recommendation that they that they resign or that new elections are held so they're not meeting their end of the bargain meanwhile the opposition say they don't want any of that they just want president to leave power they say that he's in breach of article 37 of the constitution because he set out commandos trained to fight armed groups in the north of the country against unarmed protesters earlier in july add to that the mix of corruption impunity money and soldiers accused according to u.n. investigation. of extrajudicial killing on mali ins instead of protecting them

and bad governments all of that means that they're still back on the streets and right now they're trying to to slow down traffic in the capital bamako there's trying to close down streets not just in the capital but in other regions of the country the philippines is reported more than $3232.00 new corona virus infections pushing close to taking it to the 0 as the worst hit country in southeast asia tough restrictions are already being imposed in the after infections jump to more than $100000.00. joellen dogon reports over health care workers are really only. as we take care of patients a distress call with a clear message thousands of filipino health workers are appealing to the government to impose tighter controls saying the country is losing the fight against the coronavirus. they're going to hold it hold the line for much longer

all health care workers should not burden the burden of the saving lives in today's youth mr understand. it is all they really are or the most going remains more than 5000 new infections were recorded on sunday the largest single day increase since the 1st case was recorded months ago the number of recorded cases is now over 100000 the 2nd highest number of coronavirus infections in southeast asia after indonesia. the philippines government has already implemented one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world more than 50000000 people were forced to stay at home in the entire region of luzon for more than 2 months it began easing restrictions in march hoping to soften the impact of the country's economy now in one of its worst periods of recession in recent years millions of filipinos have

lost their jobs since the pandemic broke out. i fully understand why your health workers would like to ask for such a timeout period they have been in front lines for months and are exhausted next time you can ask for an argument those shelter and ask for a revolution if you want that evolution the no let's kill all those with god with. that means. nearby provinces will face further measures not a lockdown at least for now critics say although the months long so it's all locked down the slowdown corona virus infections it was also a missed opportunity they say the government failed to conduct widespread tests there would that we have seen hotspots early on the government should also start to reassess its priorities in the coming months the country has long struggled with an adequate resources and health experts are warning that this fund demick may bring

the public health system closer to. china's economy appears to have rebounded sharply historic contraction due to the corona virus outbreak but many people are still unemployed job seekers are being encouraged to become street vendors to spur the country's economic growth is katrina you reports now from chengdu. food makes a living selling sunflowers to pedestrians in china's southwest before the coffee 1900 out break he worked as a security guard. my company for a lot of people because of the epidemic at 1st they just to lower my salary but eventually they said they couldn't employ me anymore that's why i'm doing this. more than 20000000 chinese workers are estimated to have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. like food many have taken up in formal streets selling to make ends

meet. street markets are now putting up across cities and towns with many vendors selling their own handmade goods. lee lay decided to organize this market after losing his job as a hairdresser he says street vending is for many the only way to generate income but sales aren't easy to come by than it was on the factor is not many sellers can make good money some new sellers losing it all depends on the products and experience. the official data suggests strong recovery for china's economic growth the emergence of legions of street sellers nationwide paints a bleak picture the chinese government says unemployment is at 6 percent but other estimates put it at closer to 20 chinese premier league a child last month encourage the development of the so-called street stall economy to help time as economic growth get back on track but these vendors on to welcome

everywhere. some local governments have banned unlicensed street vendors calling the stores backward and unhygenic chinese state media says the burgeoning street economy is only a temporary solution and one not suitable for so-called 1st tier cities like shanghai and beijing but food dog says he prefers this work to his old job but which are not going to work as a security guard again there the salary was too low and this job gives me more freedom if you want hard enough you can make more money and very happy. that's one bright spot at least for this new worker katrina al-jazeera. 2 years after $43.00 people were killed in a bridge collapse in genoa the italian city has reopened a replacement structure built to the highest safety standards it's equipped with robots that were inspected regularly the bridge inauguration ceremony included

a tribute to the victims of the 2018 collapse the company that managed the old bridge is still under investigation for culpable homicide trading has resumed on zimbabwe's stock exchange offer a month long suspension in order to try to stabilize the country's currency zimbabweans suffering 800 percent inflation and their worst financial crisis in more than a decade it's being worsened by coronavirus lock down restrictions will say wait is a columnist in harare he explains the impact the pandemic has had on people in zimbabwe. the pandemic is. complete because number one we had to close the border because we locked down in south africa botswana countries that are around him and this is obviously stifled a lot of trade a lot of the zimbabwean given from the market for example green groups from south africa zambia and all over the region so the close closure of what is meant that

millions of people have become an employer and the government did promise that they would do some questioning but no one has seen that questioning coming so people are really. regarding income tax. on disposable income people don't have enough to manage went buy food and in order to survive during this particular knock on the issue of inflation that we continue to have in place should you know it's hitting 800 percent bound to continue simply because number one we always importing company we can report a lot of the yes so we always price them using the u.s. rate at dollar rate and long that keeps going up. in the supermarkets would be to increase and they know the increase in this was going to come in the everybody is really feeling this week the palestinian group has described overnight

israeli air strikes and strikes and as a dangerous escalation israeli military says that it targeted strike sites a rocket was fired from gaza it's the 1st exchange of its kind in nearly a month accuse israel of trying to divert attention from weeks of protests demanding the resignation of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the israeli army says that it's killed for fighters in the occupied golan heights it's from this video and says such shows them planting explosives along the border fence the letter described the man as a terrorist squads and says that the syrian regime is ultimately responsible if any account be verified no group has claimed to be involved paris for citizen west jerusalem and says that an investigation is now under way through i mean to base it in the account friendly israeli military they say that what took place was this group of 4 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 as 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 softer as well off lighter was killed in an air strike inside syria last month as well has a long standing promise to retaliate to any of its fighters being killed inside syrian territory and indeed there was an incident weeks ago 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. world leaders have paid tribute to the nobel laureate and all that irish political leader john hume has died at the age of 83 following a long illness she was a leading figure in the northern ireland peace process seriously harding looks back on his life born during the great depression in 1937 in london dairy or dairy as hume and many called their home town he became one of the best known politicians in northern ireland regarded by many as one of its greatest heroes he joined the civil rights movement in 1968 and fought against discrimination by the protestant

majority in the region in areas including housing and education. from the start of his 30 year career he championed peace especially as violence intensified between irish nationalists and pro british forces from the 1960 s. to ninety's and what became known as the troubles in 1970 he co-founded the social democratic and labor party or s d l p and in 1979 humus elected to the european and british parliaments and became leader. in the late 1980 s. he was described as the man who kept hope alive during the fighting between catholic and protestant paramilitary groups world leaders supported his efforts towards a peace agreement. i think that there has to be strong hard work to fully implementing agreement and all its aspects because once the institutions are in place then the real healing process will take place as the representatives of all check there are

people start working together in 1998 the former teacher gained international attention after receiving the nobel peace prize for spearheading the good friday peace agreement putting an end to the fighting in northern ireland monetarily i hope that the future will be dominated by normal politics the violence is definitely a thing of the past that we will have really normal politics he held his post as leader of the s.t.l. p until 2001 when he steps down because of poor health and human died in a nursing home in the same city where he was born he was 83. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to the headlines from al-jazeera the world health organization as well that they may never be a silver bullet for the coronavirus in the form of a perfect vaccine the w.h.o.

director general visiting nations to rigorously enforced preventative measures such as mosque wearing and testing we all hope to have a number of effective vaccine the start could help prevent people from infection however there is a noisy lot of bullet at the moment and there might never be for tomorrow stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of public hell and this is going through him. testing isolating and treating patients and tracy and quarantining their contacts do it on the financial security of millions of americans is at stake as politicians debate how much more relief they will give to the unemployed for around 3 months laid off workers got an additional $600.00 weekly payment democrats and republicans have so far failed to agree on how the program should continue after it expired on friday afghan security forces are

currently engaged in the gun battle with armed men in jalalabad there are reports of rockets being fired towards the city's airport numerous explosives of beings have been seized from one house we know that at least one of the gunman has been killed it comes as afghan forces he took control of a prison in jalalabad eisel claimed responsibility for attacking the high security facility 46 people were killed including 10 of the gunmen the latest round of talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over africa's largest hydroelectric dam have wrapped up without major progress ethiopia's government says the $5000000000.00 project will boost its economy but sadat of egypt stone stream on the river nile worried about reduced water supplies and anti-government protesters have been back out on the streets of mali's capital demanding the resignation of president abraham cato. those are the headlines on al-jazeera after inside story next.

it was huawei now he's taking aim at to talk john all trial threatens to ban the chinese video in the u.s. again he signs security concerns we'll all of those alleged threats and i'll follow with trump go in his business war against china this is inside story. hello welcome to the program.