one east investigates the plunder of cambodia's forests. 0. coronavirus again in brazil with another daily death toll soaring beyond 1000. just their life and also coming up. in the health workers go on strike in peru as the latin american nation records the highest death rate of capital in the world. the family of an indian woman who was gang raped and left for dead accuse police of committing her body without consent.

who is on your list. changes promised for u.s. presidential debates after a combative and chaotic exchange between donald trump and joe biden. brazil has recorded more than 1000. for the 2nd time in a week it brings the total number of fatalities to almost 144000. by johns hopkins university shows brazil is 2nd only to the u.s. for covert 19 related deaths and 3rd after india for infections worldwide registered cases approaching 34000000 more than a 1000000 people are known to have died. and we can see here just why the death toll in latin america is causing concern looking at the desk per 100000 of the population peru has the world's worst mortality rate followed by brazil and chile

underlining why latin america remains the region most affected by the pandemic the un's international labor organization reported wednesday that at least 34000000 jobs have been lost in latin america due to coated 19 figures for the 1st 3 months of july showed unemployment in brazil rising to 13.8 percent although august is showing signs of recovery. is in rio de janeiro she says the government in brazil has downplayed the coronavirus. people here have are acting as if brazil had already discovered the vaccine there are they're not social distancing it's been very it's been a very hot season it's winter here in brazil but it's it's really hot and people have been crowded going to the beaches everywhere not wearing masks just going to

bars and restaurants there are parties in many of the slums in brasilia the favelas there's parties everywhere basically and to so it's people have not been taking the necessary measures to protect themselves from a virus that has killed 40000 people in just 2 months these past 2 months it's a very confusing situation because you have the federal government has always downplayed the virus president variable so not only has called it a little flu although he had it and he recovered fast and he doesn't wear a mask so he sets an example. people in the government don't wear masks either so and every state has a different policy people don't know if schools should open if not if the you should go to the beach if not because there are all these different rules mayors will say one thing governors will say something else the federal government will say something totally different but the fact is that people keep dying. saying

neighboring peru has the highest death rate per capita in the world and the health service is buckling under the pressure is now the health workers on strike demanding better equipment to fight the spiralling outbreak. reports. that have been perused capital lima health care workers are on strike. the 48 hour walkout was organized by more than 9000 doctors and other medical professionals employed by the government. that by there are any sacrifice the doctor packs on the streets will translate into better quality of care we're not asking for a pay rise what we're asking for is already demonic for by law and what is an all job. protests over poor working conditions and a shortage of medical supplies began on tuesday as peru's president met at the visited the national university in san marcos where the 1st clinical trials potential covert 900 vaccine or being held. we're not here when we are ending phase

3 and it's good through was one of the few countries chosen by sign a form to carry out trials of the chinese vaccine and starting next week this johnson and johnson with the united states vaccine and also the astra zeneca vaccine from the united kingdom there is also a german vaccine everyone is willing to do the clinical tests here and that is a good thing because it will mean we know how our own people will react coronavirus cases in peru recently surpassed 800000 which is one of the highest contagion rates in the world and although there are signs the contagion has slowed experts say that self isolation and social distancing are still necessary iliza least risk is thinking that this decrease means that everything ended if people let their guard down the people that have been cautious let their guard down and start to go out they begin to expose themselves we could see what's called a 2nd wave if a lifting of restrictions in the country has also meant cemeteries are now allowing

. visits from family members who have lost loved ones to the virus peru has recorded more than 32000 deaths from hope at 19 representing the 3rd highest death toll in latin america but ended up a little al-jazeera. the world health organization is aging more countries to join its global vaccine plan it wants to deliver at least $2000000000.00 doses by the end of next year the program has so far received $3000000000.00 but needs another 35000000000 the developed world is the family that if the vote is many 3 views of those 2 responses the socio economic impact of the crisis in their own countries surely we can invest a small fraction of that to stop the spread of disease everywhere i call in all countries and partners to significantly step up in the next 3 months to provide much needed new divisional resources who will be allies on partners and to put everybody behind the global responsibility for 2 of the united states largest

airline are asking thousands of employees to go on leave as politicians struggle to agree on a new coronavirus relief bill this c.e.o. of american airlines says if washington comes out with oh the $25000000000.00 over the next few days its workers will be recalled united is also furloughing more than $13000.00 staff a federal ban on layoffs expires later on thursday hoping for a break counterproposal and for a possible stimulus bill to get passed or at least and serious negotiations to be signaled this afternoon so it's crazy tomorrow i'm unemployed and today and i'm waiting for congress to do something there's 100000 workers who are facing being out of work as of thursday and those are on various statuses but 100000 people immediately facing being out of work and many of them losing their health care as well. and in police serving accuse occur mating the body of

a teenage girl against have found these where says the 19 year old died after alleged gang rape it's provoked renewed sexual violence in india against the country's call system under schapelle revolts. the women of this village have turned to each other for comfort during a difficult time they're mourning the death of a daughter and a sister 19 year old was tortured and gang raped in india's bitter pradesh state her body was discovered by family members before she died of her injuries on tuesday. after that they say the police made their suffering worse. cremating her body in the middle of the night against their wishes these pictures of her funeral pyre have further angered the local community in a case that shocked the nation. after the post-mortem was done in delhi we didn't even know that a body was sent home we were not asked for any approval late in the night they were forcing us to perform last rites we requested their latest take go home so a family members could see it for one last time but they didn't pay any heed to our

request and performed her last rites we want justice we want strict legal action against them and we demand kept all punishment for the accused. local police say they had the families approval they've deployed officers around the area to maintain calm but the community is demanding justice oh no the dems family say they want those responsible to face the death penalty. the teenager's identity is protected by law but members of her community too often are not she was a doll it's a so-called untouchable and india's controversial caste system all the suspects are from an upper caste living right next door police have arrested 4 men in connection with the attack that's led to protest prime minister narendra modi has called for strict action against the accused as quickly as possible but many have accused his hindu nationalists b j p government of not protecting vulnerable communities or of this government is against the poor minorities. laborers farmers and all other marginalized seekers of

society they are against those who are suffering this slogan of removing poverty is all about eliminating. the state's chief minister. spoke to the victim's father on wednesday through video link this case is a reminder of a similar attack in 2012 when a 23 year old medical student died after being gang raped on a bus in delhi the attack prompted outrage and protests across india where men were executed for the crime earlier this year and laws were changed to provide further protection but it appears many women especially those in poor communities still face the same risks and. police are out in force in hong kong to deter protests on chinese national day they have been small demonstrations on thursday bigger rallies are expected later despite warnings against public gatherings because of coronavirus restrictions is the 1st national day since beijing imposed a contentious national security law on hong kong last year the 70th anniversary

bought for brought face clashes between protesters and the police a flag raising ceremony has been held on the shores of hong kong victoria harbor some up china's national day chief executive kerry was among those attending the occasion is marked with a week long holiday sarah clarke is in hong kong with more on how the national security law is affecting demonstrations this year. it's had a huge impact on the protests in hong kong china introduced that national security legislation on july 1st since then we've only seen about 30 arrests under that new legislation but those people who have been arrested are some of the more high profile pro-democracy leaders now that legislation was clearly introduced to deter those protests as it has had a huge result it's targeting those who are promoting acts of suspicion foreign interference and anyone promoting anti mainland sentiment and those who do get charged could face penalties of up to life in prison so police have also denied the

approval of all protests and recent months and particularly since july 1st so the big very few demonstrations taking part at the last a little while but there's a huge place presence in hong kong on those and of course those national security law it looms over today's celebrations still ahead of our desire of this remains a national threat and a national challenge and we all have to fight it together. facing going over mixed messages and rising infections u.k. prime minister boris johnson tries to get his coronavirus strategy back on track. and a warm welcome for the new amir of kuwait as the late although shakes about ahmed is laid to rest.

still no sign of any rain in the forecast across western parts of the u.s. santa ana winds that warm dry winds still causing further problems as far as the father can set up plenty of cloud over towards the eastern side of the country stretching up into that eastern side of canada that will roll through as we go through thursday showers stumbling out of canada out of ontario quick back down across the midwest and what a weather to just out into the southeastern corner of the u.s. but for central parts of it was the west there you go is bone dry more hot sunshine l.a. getting up to 38 celsius and still a good deal hotter still in phoenix touching 4041 over the next day or 2 friday presents a similar picture still some wet weather just around the lakes but around much of the eastern seaboard we have got some what a weather just into the far south of florida and that could lead to some localized flooding chance of flooding into the caribbean so a little cloud just stores moving into central areas and that's certainly want to keep an eye on over the next day or so might even develop into were tropical storm

is just a wave at the moment so it's going to make its way up towards the yucatan peninsula with some very heavy rain as we make our way through the weekend with the risk of flooding further shows by this stage also affecting the east and. the. young women with that question this space i used to dream about working and if they are still coming and you know like not enough so that a small step for science a big giant leap for mankind in kind of get stung me but don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the satellite would be sent it dissipates women make science can't get down to space school at the certified on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour brazil has registered more than $1000.00 daily coronavirus stats for the 2nd time in a week it brings the total number of fatalities there to around 143002nd only to the united states. health workers in peru again protesting to demand better equipment the country has the highest death rate per capita in the world. with infections confusion and anger on the rise in britain the u.k. prime minister has tried to clarify his government's coronavirus strategy boris johnson spoke on the day the country recorded more than 7000 year infections for brain and reports from london. when the rule of 6 people meeting was introduced in

mid september to limit the size of social gatherings it was intended to simplify coronavirus restrictions but since then a kaleidoscope of different local measures have been imposed leaving the public and even the prime minister confused it's 6 in the home or 6 in the hospitality but as i understand it not 6 outside except it isn't and the resulting apology on social media simply emphasise the confusion and i created the growing disquiet over the government's handling of the crisis less than a year after sweeping to power the parliamentary majority of 80 johnson is attracting ridicule even from newspapers which are usually supportive with the speaker when parliament the prime minister's own party is angry that covert restrictions are being imposed without the usual debate the speaker is the guardian of due process and he's accused downing street of showing contempt they are very worried about the opinion polls also look at the leader of the conservative. is good as his lead over the labor. is now to sit on tories just as personal ratings

have also promise it but flanked by his scientific advisors against a backdrop of rapidly worsening infection data boris johnson appeal to co-operation we want to keep the economy moving we want to keep young people. pupils in education but the only way we can do that is if we all follow the guidance and and depress the bar as one 3rd of the u.k. population is now under strict local covert restrictions measures which can sometimes seem contradictory or causing real economic suffering and can intrude deeply into family life and with a 2nd surge in the infections underway boris johnson's government is facing the loss of public and political goodwill a just the time he needs it most paul brennan al-jazeera westminster. u.s.

president donald trump has backed away from his remarks about a far right group after a chaotic and bitter 1st presidential debate during the jell sort of rival joe biden trump appeared to avoid denouncing the group which calls itself the problem is white house correspondent can leave it as more. just today after a contentious presidential debate u.s. president donald trump attempted to distance himself from a group many consider to be a white supremacist organization i don't know who the proud boys are be you have to give me a definition because i really don't know who they are i could always say they have to stand out let law enforcement do their work the problem is are an eel fascist group that gained notoriety during that debate would trump was asked to denounce white supremacy sure you were americans use it like your what do you want to call him give me a name give me a why is a problem he doesn't want your library to grow as a son right proud of my boys stand back and stand by many consider the proud boys

a hate group its members marched at the unite the right rally in 2017 in charlottesville virginia and more recently have marched against black lives matter protests a social media the group has taken the president's statement as marching orders standing by sir one member wrote what we saw was a dog whistle through a bullhorn. is not pretending to be anything other than what he is someone who will not condemn white supremacists someone who cannot say the phrase black lives matter and on wednesday at a campaign stop in ohio democratic presidential nominee joe biden sent this message . to the proud boys and every other word supremacist group is cease and desist that's not who we are the white house is defending trump it notes last week he declared the k.k.k. a terrorist organization and lynching a hate crime. they charge that biden has failed to denounce the actions of

anti fuck kolisch and of left wing activists but i'll tell you what i'll tell you what somebody has got to do something about the anti for and the left because this is not a right as the republican and teachers an idea not only. you got it not english for a nation of broiled it ongoing social unrest the exchange has only added to the army's felt by many americans with the u.s. election now less than 5 weeks away both candidates hit the campaign trail to play of their strikes downplay the blunders of the 1st presidential debate kimberly how can al-jazeera the white house. the organization the managers election debate says it will make changes to bring order to the final cons us between trump and biden well in short is a professor northeastern university and the oath of the book of presidential debates he says changing the debate format won't necessarily result in

a list chaotic performance. trampas trump you know i think the role of the moderator has become so difficult and so politically charged everyone is just waiting you know sitting in judgment waiting for the moderator to do something that you know looks untoward and so if the moderator gets involved in a situation like with trump the term people are going to be angry and if he doesn't the biden people are going to be angry so it's a no win but i think the debate commission is correct in wanting to put some sort of order into the chaos and make sure that we don't have another debate where the needs of the voters you know don't get properly discussed so coming up mikes is one idea maybe cutting the time that's a lot into a particular candidate if that candidate is cutting into the other person's time there are a few little things you can do but you know human beings are human beings they're going to behave the way they behave and insular i don't think even those kind of small fixes are going to stop trump from doing the thing that he always does in

this election particularly because there are so few undecided voters traditionally the role of debates is to let those people who haven't made up their minds comparison shop see the candidates side by side and figure out which of them them appeals war and then for the people who have already decided it's a way to reinforce your bond with that candidate make sure that's the one you want to support in get enthusiastic about voting for that person this year though with so few undecided voters it's really more about the get out your voters then changing any minds. armenia and azerbaijan as late as are resisting growing international pressure to end their conflict over the disputed region of nagano. french president of money and russia's vladimir putin have joined calls for a cease fire a civilian and military casualties mount. a walker reports from tbilisi. i. this is new going to care about deadly new war

films by news site head could am on the armenian front lines. there are. you can hear the sound of a drone. soldiers desperately try to shoot down. a median forces have dug in but as a by john says this war will end only with the return of the disputed territory. the cost of that war so far the numbers of azeri dead and wounded is a secret known only to the as their leadership. that we have only one condition armenia must leave our lands if the armenian government complies with this agreement the fighting will stop there will be no bloodshed there will be peace peace will come to our region these images show what armenians defense ministry claims is one of its fighter aircraft shot down by a turkish f. 16 over armenian airspace. on wednesday army went even further it accused

turkey of actually controlling aerial combat operations a charge as a by john in turkey both strenuously deny but turkey certainly gives moral support to what it sees as its turkish speaking brother in arms that is a dangerous game says president emanuel mccrum of france another mediator between the 2 sides. as you are at this stage i remain extremely cautious but we know it's an extremely volatile situation that said i have noted turkey's political declarations in favor of azerbaijan which i think are inconsiderate and dangerous france as part of the minsk group which requires the impartiality which explains my caution remains extremely concerned by the warlike messages coming from turkey in the last few hours which essentially remove any of us are by johns in his visions and reconquering the garneau card and now we want to accept. more men gather

outside conscription offices to sign up for battle what does it is that is know there is no fear and country needs us will go as far as necessary for our country. many of these reservists went even born when azerbaijan lost karabakh to armenian separatists in the 1990 s. now they're on their way to fight for a land medians and deserve hold the kid we were waiting for this day i hope will liberate karabakh i hope all our soldiers return safely. but these are the hellish conditions they will face on the front. high tech heavy weaponry with old fashioned trench warfare. that shows no sign of renouncing. robin foresty walka al-jazeera tbilisi. france's highest court has ruled that

a suspect in the rwandan genocide can be sent to tanzania to face trial at a un backed court. is accused of helping to finance members of the hutu tribe who killed 800000 tootsies a moderate hutus in 1994 he's been held in a french jails and says arrest at his home outside paris earlier this year natasha butler has more from paris. there has been so you know so many people have waited to see police. finally sent to trial more than a quarter of a century he spent at large on the run evading the justice system until maybe when he was caught by french police in an apartment block in the paris suburb of ano also saying so the highest court in france has decided the police or could be can be handed over to me when custody that will pave the way for him to be sent to return tanzania to face the trial in an international court he is accused of being

the main finance of their wanton genocide of funding the ethnic hutu militias that killed more than 800000. took seize and moderate. it is as i said for those survivors a really big moment he was one of the world's most wanted men police and computers more is though had wanted him to face trial in for play had said that he was old is a man in his eighty's and that he is a frail his health is no longer very good and they would he wouldn't be able to cope with being sent to reship it seems the friend who decided against that they decided it can't be extradited. it's late. has been laid to rest the day after his death and the new. has been sworn in as the gulf nation of 40 days of naming jamal a shell reports. as you arrived at the national assembly to be sworn in kuwait

a mere received a standing ovation. the harsh brother of the late emir took the oath making him the 6th leader since the country gained independence. i swear to respect the constitution and the state's laws and to protect the rights of the people and their interests according to kuwait's constitution the parliaments must approve the . from terms of a new leader it was a somber occasion to as the new leader struggled to contain his sadness at the passing of a leader loved by many in the law who are those who are interested in soprano who knew the law is committed on a man who was. shortly after the swearing in the body of ship. arrived from the us where he was being treated before he passed. i have seen a funeral was then held at the main mosque in the front row paying his respects was the emir of qatar shift i mean been head of the fanny kuwait has been one of the house closest friends in recent years under the stewardship of the late shift the

country positioned itself as a mediator a peacemaker and a source of stability in a volatile region many hope she is no wife will do the same the color of the quickie foreign policy will continue to be the same and that is to see that the region continues to be in peace and through and conflict to be a result of dialogue we may see a small change in style over. you know between shifts of our and and and what because they're 2 different people and we might see a slight difference in style but i think the. fundamentals and accord if you like and the drives of. foreign policy will continue to be the same but there are challenges to that the new amir must tackle once the morning has ended kuwait has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and has the worst budget deficits in its history it's also needs to diversify its economy away from its reliance on oil

production. at 83 years old the new amir has been serving in senior leadership positions for more than half a century including his minister of interior and minister of defense house if no one plans to meet kuwait's challenges is yet to be known but many will look to his choice of every parent and prime minister to indicate what sorts of direction he intends to take. with the headlines at r.'s 0 brazil has recorded more in the 1000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 2nd time in a week it brings the total number to nearly 143002nd only to the united states it's the worst affected country in latin america which is the global epicenter of the pandemic overall the region accounts from.