this is live from berlin tonight the man who once dismissed codes of 19 is just a little flu now how's the disease himself or is it brazil's president tells the world that he's tested positive for the corona virus will he change his stance on social distancing will end up if any follow the infection also coming up the president from formerly pulls the us out of the world health organization he accuses it of being a puppet of china it comes as u.s. states race to loosen their walk down even as the virus for the spread.

hong kong's leader kiri lam issuing a harsh warning to anyone called violating that new controversial security law pro-democracy activists fear that there will be more suppression of dissent. coffee it's good to have you with us under his face mask it was not clear whether brazil's president. was red faced with embarrassment or anger but tonight we know with certainty the man who has ridiculed steps to contain the coronavirus he has now tested positive for the virus himself will have to wait and see whether both still believes as he has said before that measures to prevent his fellow countrymen from catching coke at 19 are not worth the effort. from the very beginning of the

outbreak of which i have also repeatedly played down the risks of the corona virus and initially described this as a little flu he also flouted social distancing recommendations and other measures including wearing face masks in public. has been tested 3 times previously all came back negative however on choose day the brazilian rightwing leader confirmed to local media he had tested positive for covert 19 or soon to be a big love. don't it on sunday with a certain feeling of being on well the god who is a monday with nausea tiredness a bit of muscle pain and a fever that reached 38 degrees in the names of the new girls i then thought that with the sentiments and with the presidential doctor believing it to be a possible curvy 1000 infection i had a c.t. scan at a military hospital here in brasilia my lungs were clear. brazil

is the 2nd worst hit country in the world after the us with more than 65000 deaths and at least 1600000 coronavirus cases. despite this pass restaurants and other businesses are slowly reopening the people still have to outs and they're getting as long as we follow the safety measures with space between the tables i think it's worth reopening but we are the only ones in here but if for instance there's someone on another table i think i would probably feel uncomfortable w.h.o. has won the pandemic is far from over as it's taking its toll around the world bodies. that have now been moved 11400000 cases of corbett 19 and more than 535000 lives have been lost. the outbreak is

accelerating and we have clearly not reached the peak will be pondered weak the motown folk in isolation also placed percentage in prices and also not only a speedy recovery in his own battle against the conference finals. well for more on this let's go now to rio de janeiro talk to journalist much he is able he's been following this story for us good evening to you might say yes does this have any impact on both ability to execute the office of president. but so himself says no and he wants to go on to govern the country from his home by video conference so for at the moment it's not sure if he would do so really or if president. replace him. in the end it depends on the severity of the symptoms of both scenarios so the next days will be turbulent him brazil once he is

we know that president bush in our says that he is taking the anti-malaria drug taking it. yeah i think he still believes in this medicine and simply has that he he thinks it can help he's convinced by it instead of the critics by experts a recent study in man hours in the amazon capital of brazil showed that crow kind can. cause heart attacks can of course problems which haven't been there before so it is not recommended by experts for all type of patients so for sonora taking it in the end maybe because his role model donald trump all so promotes this type of medicine we know that there is a growing list of political leaders who have become infected with the coronavirus some have changed their policies about the virus some have not how do you think

this will impact the policies of president bush. i think personally that it won't have a huge impact on his policies in future because it's an hour is really keen to get a common new economy back on track he needs a strong economy in order to be reelected in 2 years and this is main aim to he wants to achieve and on the other hand he's in the middle of a political crisis many ministers stepped back in the last weeks of month so he's still he was a radical in the corona cries and i think i think he will go on like this because he is under pressure. politically and that means he might not change too much correspondence yes it hurts reporting tonight from rio de janeiro brazil but yes thank you. the united states has announced its formal withdrawal from the world

health organization that follows threats from u.s. president donald trump to leave the w.h.o. over disagreements about how to respond to the global pandemic accuses the un agency of pushing chinese misinformation although trump himself trades to china's handling of the outbreak at the beginning of the year the us was the largest financial contributor to the w.h.o. . well the united states remains the country hardest hit by the coronavirus and it is getting worse despite sharp rises in new code 19 cases across the country many areas are going ahead with reopening and that includes the southern state of georgia around a 1000 people each day are testing positive there but the things szell's are easing restrictions designed to control the pandemic as public life resumes african americans are among those facing the greatest risk.

things look like they're getting back to normal at lake allatoona just 20 miles northeast of georgia's capital atlanta a lot of voters are back on the water and nobody's wearing a mask in downtown atlanta and across the entire state a growing number of shops and restaurants are reopening georgia is back in business and at work by order of the governor but not so fast but deep in a county atlanta if you drive a fairly common sign these days we're told that predominantly affluent african-americans live here however today long lines of cars from the parking lot again for a box of vegetables and tobacco frozen chicken breasts one per car and household. let's go to big brother. i go to you know if i don't get it i'll give you this is john beals he's a chef and used to have a thriving catering business then cope with 1008 arizona on a corner selling barbecue. says the state's decision to loosen restrictions early

and vitally needs he can work and feed his family but of course he knows about the potential health risks and that makes him feel. oh how can you open a country with no cure it's like seeing the people out to discount to see what happened is so many words like guinea pig african-americans living in atlanta systemically underprivileged communities have suffered the most from the cold 9000 lock down and also from what many say was a hasty reopening of the state they were paying jobs to live in so-called food deserts with no access to healthy nutrition let alone quality health care or education yet they're often so-called front line workers with no other options for work coronavirus death rate of black americans is roughly 2.5 times higher than that off white and asian americans and twice as high as the death rate for latinos we meet pastor anthony moti he says by reopening the state for business too quickly the governor willfully put primarily african-american lives in danger what we're

doing is african-american leaders and. people. use mess. the pastor says president trump is ultimately to blame for ignoring the disproportionate number of african-americans dying from covert 19 across the country convinced trump will pay a heavy price for this. in the presidential elections come this november for now he wants his congregation to stay home urging them not to go to work or even come to church. let's take a look down some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world the german aid organization. says the coronavirus pandemic could push a 1000000000 people around the world. starvation charity has launched

a campaign to support some of the world's poorest saying it needs to raise 100000000 euros to help those who situation has worsened because of the pandemic women's rights groups in france are protesting the appointment of a man facing accusations of rape as interior minister on the domino is under preliminary investigation and denies any wrongdoing president emanuel macaroons office says the probe is quote not an obstacle to russian authorities have detained former journalist yvonne safronov and charged him with treason prosecutors say he passed secrets to an unnamed nato country safronov who works as an aide to the head of russia's space agency has denied the accusations. hong kong chief executive kerry lam is defending that new controversial security law imposed by beijing last week lamb says the changes will make hong kong safer by preventing violent protests and she warns people not to break the wall so the home.

this law and i for one. radicals not to attempt to. law all crossing the red line because the consequences of britain this law. speaking earlier today western governments are finding themselves in a dilemma over how to react to this new security law they do not like it but they have to tread carefully because china remains an important trading partner. street battles and angry crowds in home calm but in europe the protestors cell phone come in woods alone the e.u. has criticised the homecoming security law that several european countries have new economic ties with china for instance through the belgian road initiative which could make them reluctant to point a finger at beijing. germany which no holds the e.u.

council presidency might be expected to use its leverage to get tough with china but chancellor merkel hardly sounds urgent dimensionally its functioning human rights questions are always on the agenda you know bilateral talks with china that includes a human rights dialogue which we want to continue to hear. china is germany's biggest trading partner more than 200000000000 euros worth of goods are traded between the 2 countries annually but no government wants to be seen to tread softly when fundamental rights are being challenged. there are calls for a more robust approach from an unexpected quarter the leader of germany's business friendly free democrats. was a place with a lively civil society as well as great economic freedom and the rule of law both of those are now being called into question we should not make it a question of either economy or democracy we should make the case for the idea of

freedom and for reliable agreements and. for now the e.u. is pressing ahead with plans to hold a summit later this year hosted by the german government but that risks sending a signal that relations can continue largely unaffected by the scenes in hong kong some believe this might be the moment for berlin to take a stand. people in hong kong have in recent months been quite disappointed by the reaction in germany it's been noted that germany really basically doesn't say anything in public and is very has a very weak response to pressure from china there is a sense that germany's not living up to. to expose you know to expectations at this point the chancellor's instinct is to keep dialogue open and push for change behind the scenes. as china shows its growing assertiveness in hong kong europe's values being tested. you're watching the news stephen beardsley is up next with the

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