on al-jazeera. storytelling the biggest issues. here to do with. the confirmed death toll from the coronavirus pandemic pulses 1000000. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. next. raising fears of an all out war fighting rages between azerbaijani and armenian forces despite international pleas for calm. 2 years after the death of journalist jamal khashoggi more saudi nationals are named as suspects by turkish prosecutors.

and greece allows hundreds of refugees to leave lesbos and head to the mainland but thousands remain in desperate conditions. more than 1000000 people have now died from corona virus these are the nexus figures from the johns hopkins university track of the 1000000 fatalities was confirmed with in just the past 30 minutes or so the number of recorded infections is now more than 33000000 the u.s. brazil and india make up more than 50 percent of those cases those 3 countries also account for nearly harf of all global deaths has come out santa maria who's taking a closer look at the numbers and how they compare with the norm pandemic here. from the outset we have to say that data wise we are dealing with an imperfect science

when it comes to this pandemic we only have reported deaths actual numbers could be much higher and there are also arguments over what exactly constitutes a death from covert 19 given people have existing illnesses so we go with what we've got and it comes from our world in the university of oxford china was obviously our early focus but by late february iran some european south american countries they're seeing debts to the united states that accelerates very quickly yes the curve starts to bend by late june but as the summer holidays kicked in it picked up again it now sits above 200000 these are by the way the 12 countries with the most deaths so you've got you can see brazil india mexico clearly above the rest and while places like the u.k. italy and spain have definitely flattened their curves between them they still have upwards of 100000 dead. but how do all those deaths from covert 19 stack up in the big picture i mean how many of us actually die in a normal year without

a pandemic well as of 2017 when we had the last most comprehensive u.n. research 56000000 people die every year i'm a vast majority of those come in asia we're talking 31000000 but that's no massive surprise given you've got china and india both with populations above 1000000000 and the biggest killers and this is by some margin there is 31.8 percent cardiovascular diseases there is illnesses linked to heart and blood vessels so let's take out 1000000 covert debts and if we use that as a percentage of yearly defense it would fit in around here just about hiv aids now let's have a quick look at the daily picture as well at its worst which was here april 16th to be exact 10491 people died from cova 19 on that day now these days well it fluctuates sort of between 4000 and closer to 7000 but again just as

a comparison remember we're talking daily here every day around 150000 people die regardless and nearly 50000 of those are again from the cardiovascular diseases 26000 from cancer and another 10000 from non communicable respiratory diseases now of course none of this is to say that any death is worse or more important than another but the question we are left with this year is how many of these 1000000 deaths could have been avoided well when u.s. deaths were 65000 and there was some research from columbia university it suggested 36000 of those deaths could have been avoided if social distancing measures had started on march 8th instead of the 15th just one week earlier and that number of saved lives goes up to 54000 if it had started on march the 1st again the science is imperfect but it is plain to see that countries which locked down harder and sooner have also been spared the most pain. let's cross live to heidi jo

castro who is in silver spring maryland for us heidi we've just passed a 1000000 global death with the u.s. being one of 3 countries making up of a hof of those that's going to heads isn't it. that's right and in fact one in 5 of these 1000000 deaths globally occurred here in the united states the u.s. still number one by a wide margin in terms of the most deaths out of any country in the world and us health public health experts are concerned that while certainly it doesn't appear to be as bad as it was back in june that there may be a split 2nd wave they're looking at places like new york city which is the epicenter at the beginning of this epidemic seeming to have had not gotten things under control in containing the virus now to be dealing with upticks in number of

new cases so certainly some concerns there also around college campuses and around other summer holiday benyus there have been upticks in the united states but today president donald trump said once again that the country is turning a corner on this pandemic and he touted the distribution of some 150000000 covidien rapid tests there soon to be going out the door at these are tests that should be wielding results within 15 minutes and again we're hearing this language repeated over and over again from the trump administration yet again a game changer in the administration's words but many are saying that this is too little too late that had these tests been distributed earlier and as kamala's are reporting in a matter of weeks with these lockdown orders taking effect not early enough how

many count how many lives may have been spared is the open question. and we're just a day away from the 1st presidential debate how much of an influence is this corona virus pandemic going to have a match. well we know that the polls are clear that president trump's number one weakness heading into this presidential election in less than 40 days is his handling of this pandemic a clear majority of americans say they feel has mishandled citing his delayed response and his refusal to take leadership over the states rather having those states sort of go at it alone in diverse ways of responding to this virus and we know tomorrow trump will be standing side by side with his democratic challenger to the white house former vice president joe biden and certainly coronavirus will be

at the top of list of the attacks that biden is preparing to unleash on trump. castro the forests in silver spring maryland well about a 5th of the coronavirus deaths have been in the united states as we've been reporting the daily death toll is on the decline there there's been another in new infections and with it fears of a 2nd wave christine salumi has more. anthony and rosemary terrio were married for 65 years they died in new york 5 days apart during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic they met when my mom was like 17 and they were together ever since they moved to queens. and oh gosh right after they got married the disease has made its way through new york in the terrio family now it is the midwestern united states

that are seeing the most new cases which are on the rise for the 1st time in 8 weeks as the nationwide death toll tops 200008 family members had it you know it just it went the whole gamut my my sister was taking care of my mother she quoted then she gave it to her son and her son gave it to his partner and my my brother gave it to his wife and my other brother connie gave it to his wife while the other family members have recovered the impact of the disease is still being felt experts attribute the recent spike on the reopening of schools and universities as well as large end of summer gatherings but the terrio also blame politicians and ordinary people across the country they feel aren't doing enough to stop the spread is some seeing so much. people not being careless where masked men can stabilize there are so many other old people that are i don't want

this to happen to them when they can just be responsible and not complacent with something that they may survive but it doesn't necessarily have to be an old person it could be a woman battling long you know breast cancer a little a child that leukemia or something like that in it's just a mask you know for a few minutes a family struggling with loss and hoping that amid the uncertainties of a pandemic others can be spared their pain kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. and brazil the pandemic has killed more than 140000 people that's the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world off that the united states all the while infections and deaths across latin america continuing to rise the new us wire reports from when is it. there is no one reason why the covered 1000 virus should have been particularly virulent in latin america different governments have tackled it in

different ways. some like argentina in peru imposing strict lock downs he just wants you to know i keep insisting that we'll get back to one point of g.d.p. that we lost what we won't get back other lives lost. others like brazil or mexico are being criticized for claiming too soon that the coronavirus has been defeated. in this it's decreasing slowly but he kept noisy parts of old bricks which is good news in the context of the serious problem. the numbers however keep rising more than 800000 infected in colombia and peru 700000 in argentina 76000 dead in mexico and effective vaccine can't come a moment too soon this virus will continue to spread and people will continue to get sick even as a bad scene is the who are so we can all over war are vast.

as is appears very often in public have their uncles in the blues. among the hardest hit have been health workers indigenous communities and those already living in vulnerable situations in this case. i was laid off work and the situation got really hard because i live with my 3 children and take care of them all by myself there are days when we have to skip a meal because things are hard. no one is immune the presidents of brazil bolivia honduras and guatemala all tested positive for the virus. all recovered. the pandemic has battered already fragile economies and protests have grown across the region demanding an easing of lockdown measures and the return to work oh wow it's good for the economy so that people have the opportunity to keep their businesses up and running because that's important but it doesn't mean we're out of danger i mean the pandemic it's becoming clear that the pandemic has highlighted in exacerbated many of the systemic problems that existed across latin america

previously lack of investment in health and education inequality and corruption many for now are simply battling for survival against the virus and the problems it brought with it. one osiris. still ahead on al-jazeera will meet lebanese used who are growing increasingly disillusioned as political paralysis dampens hopes to change. plans argentina's president is on the pressure to keep an election promise why it could put an end to one of the leading causes of maternal death in the country. young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working in a company like not sound enough so that a small step for science a giant leap for mankind in kurdistan but don't place it inside and at the

scheduled time the satellite would be sent into space women make science kurdistan space school at the south 5 on al-jazeera. 2 planes from sure there are the other 15 men checked in a hotel list on their mushers missing for 5 days it is possible to fully clean the premises all forensic evidence but what you then leave is evidence that you have fully cleaned the mystery wanted to give an example of it from start to speaking about the role in the books before even the saudi government would just have jamal khashoggi murder in a saudi consulate on al-jazeera. and the global pandemic family comes 1st. for every american healthcare has never been more important. because the new disease does not favor republicans over democrats bridge over poor

or black over white. america decides how to care for a nation. extensive coverage of the us elections. on al-jazeera one half go to shit and half lebanese so diversity is really important for me and al-jazeera is the most diverse place i have ever worked we have so many different nationalities and this is a nice put together in this one news organization and this diversity of perspective is reflected in our coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on and that's a key strength of al-jazeera.

it watching out is there a mind of our top stories this hour a coronavirus related deaths have surpassed 1000000 jones hopkins university trying to confirm the figure in the past hour 33000000 people have been infected world whine. about a 5th of the world's coronavirus deaths have been in the united states the daily death toll is only a decline that but there's been another surge in new infections and with fears of a 2nd wave brazil has the 2nd highest death toll. that as we mentioned earlier the u.s. has announced a new rapid testing system to ramp up virus detection nationwide will trump said millions of test kits will be sent out across the country and warns that a rise in positive cases is likely in the next few days last week we grossly

historic milestone when the united states conducted our 100 millionth test far more than any other country and not even close actually 2nd seems to be india with 1500000000 people and the numbers would be probably at least 50000000 more test by as we've conducted more tests than the entire european union and more than all of latin america combined chris adelson is assistant professor of government at the american university he says there's a lack of trust in the u.s. administration amongst many americans. 200000 americans are dead. it's hard to even grasp that it's been 6 months that's more people than dying and large scale wars the united states has fought for that other countries fight it's changed every aspect of life many people have been home for 6 months my children

are home children are going to school in person there are reports of children not having access to school online a lot of it depends on whether you have enough money or not and i'm concerned personally that children are losing ground they can't make up educationally even those who do have access people are not going to the office people are not travelling people cannot see older relatives it's change every aspect of life and right now one of the problems that i see in the united states is we don't really have a lot of hope we we've learned not to trust the administration on this and we don't know when realistically things will get better we've been told before the president said this this virus will go away with the warm weather that wasn't true now he says we're rounding a corner the statistics every day tell a different story we still are leading the world in new cases and we're seeing as many as 1000 people die every single day. it's just changed everything about american life it's been up ended and really it's hard to know when things will move

in a positive direction. to some other news now unfair sufficing between us and by jon and on mania has killed at least 26 more soldiers in the breakaway region of nick on the catabolic the conflict escalated shoppy on monday as the 2 sides pounded each other with rockets and artillery and a new round of the decades old dispute robin forced to walk reports. a. summons to war these armenian reservists are leaving the capital here of president nicole passion un called all men into military service after fighting erupted on sunday over the disputed region of the gold carabao. on the frontline armenia says it is repelling as area tax in what both sides are calling a war the last time they fought a full war was in the early 1990 s.

after the collapse of the soviet union some 20000 people were killed a ceasefire was brokered in 1904 but sporadic fighting has continued ever since russia traditionally armenia's ally in the region has called for calm. we continue to monitor the situation very closely we believe that the military operation should be stopped immediately and the process of resolving this conflict as well as a consequences of flare up should be resolved by political and diplomatic means. but. karabakh officials say turkey's involvement is untenable for the little i don't know what this is worth i wanted to clear that not only is it by john but also to key is at war with us they are using the main modern weapons and ammunition available in the turkish army drones and aircraft. hospitals

instapundit the care of our capital have received dozens of wounded soldiers and civilians some patients were moved into bomb shelters. when we had 30 wounded and they were operations undergoing some patients who were in hospitals were evacuated into the bunker and the seriously ill people are in the hospital we are working on high alert in a ready to receive the wounded. as a by john says armenian artillery struck well inside its territory 5 family members were killed in the city of nafta than many more were hurt armenia and azerbaijan are also waging an information war releasing defense videos showing airstrikes but without context or making claims that have so far proven difficult to verify such as turkey's military involvement or the deployment by both sides of middle eastern

mercenaries to the front lines. regardless the casualty rates a climbing and so far the international response has yet to pull these armies back from the brink robin 1st year war al-jazeera tbilisi. turkish prosecutors have named 6 more saudi nationals as suspects in the killing of the journalist jamal khashoggi 20 saudi nationals are already on trial in istanbul the suspects are not in turkey and a being tried in absentia earlier this month a saudi court jailed 8 people for up to 20 years is because he was a prominent critic of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul in 28 he. france's president has. to form a government within 6 weeks. that differences led to the resignation of the prime minister designate. and reports from.

beginning to wane. it was a month ago. there was an opportunity. it was here where she met french president. who visited neighborhoods damaged by the devastating explosion at port. of the oceans her anger frustration and a little bit of feel. it's all together. before . it's clear. here it's the youth who are making the change and hopefully it's not for the kids. accused of betrayal for failing to form a nonpartisan government to deal with the deep economic crisis.

we'll soon. see. lebanon is in desperate need of financial assistance to rebuild what was damaged by the poor. the collapsing economy france and other international powers have refused to provide. are made those who want. to bring about. protest action that is why many were putting their hopes on the international community but they've been. giving. them another 6 weeks to implement france's road map. whose house was destroyed in the port explosion a new deadline much of the ruling class accused of decades of corruption give up power. he gave them another chance agree but they won't be able to do that

they don't want to rescue the country they want to rob the country but i have hope in michael he made us feel like human beings and citizens of a nation the international community did step in to provide much needed assistance to the port blast victims but in the absence of a political solution there is concern lebanon's parties are tied to foreign countries in particular the united states and iran their power struggle is played out here everybody's stepping up. from both sides. so. what i am asking from this big. nation. ok to help the lebanese people france accused lebanon's leaders of holding the country and its people hostage many such as lived in a great. beirut. president back home is expected to meet a liberation opposition latest atlanta taken off sky on tuesday he is in the lithuanian capsule where he's been holding talks with the president there they've

agreed to push the european union to decide on sanctions against alleged election fraud and human rights abuses. hundreds of women in argentina have gathered in the capital calling on the president to fulfill his promise to legalize abortion nearly half 1000000 illegal unsafe abortions are performed each year many died from complications associated with the prettiest procedure tell us about reports. earlier this year it seemed argentina was ready to debate once again the legalization of abortion in this mostly catholic country. it was a complain promised by precedent and radical fundamentalists but then the fundament happened. barry says the government is using coronavirus as an excuse to postpone the debate in congress means that you know what if the government says it's not a priority and yet the government acknowledges it is

a matter of public health they're delaying the debate there's a social crisis and abortion and contraceptives are crucial because it's affecting the poor we need answers and a law that protects women. in the times of covert 19 the green scarves that have come to represent the call for free and safe abortions have been replaced by green masks but the goal remains the same. in argentina abortion is legal only in case of rape or if a woman's life is at risk but hundreds of thousands of abortions happen in a calander stein way using pills and other methods at home amnesty international is part of a campaign to raise awareness on the consequences plan to stand up oceans have on women's lives. below. the level of the year began up on the on the i'm happy to be. in 2018 the bill was rejected by the senate after clearing the lower house it was

the 1st time the bill was debated in congress but even though for a man this was keen on seeing the debate in congress once again women here say the government is prioritizing the relationship with pope francis who is also argentinian what are the not to take away the bad now we are hearing the pope is planning to come to argentina next year and the government wants to guarantee those negotiations because the pope is helping with the international monetary fund to pay the foreign debt but women will continue to die so we will continue to demand what we believe is our right. a right that this women say has been denied for far too long. hundreds of refugees have been allowed to leave the greek island of less being transferred to the mainland after being granted asylum they're all residents of the morea camp which was

destroyed by fire earlier this month families and those needing medical attention are being pirates heist. stephanie deca has the latest from les wells. this is the moment they have been waiting for 4 and incredibly long time the ferry now with around 700 people on board families and people classified as vulnerable being taken off the island on their way to athens with official asylum status they've had an incredibly long wait here in the stream of difficult conditions of course that following an incredibly lengthy and dangerous journey that they made to get here to greece this is the dream this is the dream to gain asylum to get off the island and then to start their new lives what we understand from the ministry of migration is that they will be taken to athens they will be housed in hotels and then at some point in the future they will be moving on to other european countries we've watched them arrive here bus by bus getting off. the buses with their lives really

their lives packed into plastic bags getting on that ferry so we weren't allowed to talk to any of them but we could sense people waving particular when the ferry started to move waving singing a lot of smiles i think certainly clear to say an incredibly happy day for those on board. with the headlines hit on al-jazeera coronavirus related death the past 1000000 the johns hopkins university try to confirm the figure in the past hour 33000000 people have been infected well. the u.s. is the worst affected country heidi. has moved from maryland. one in 5 of these 1000000 deaths globally occurred here in the united states the u.s.

still number one by a wide margin in terms of the most deaths out of any country in the world and u.s. health public.