signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina to and to a lesser extent also chile were things of eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week they've been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sunday's the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 we'll see what happens in the coming days but the worry there is that even if they brought under control the main hotspots the 1st hot spots at the beginning of the outbreak new ones have since appeared in particular in the south and center west of the country that had fared much better so a lot of warre there now in countries like colombia where we are tina the reopening of the economy as meant a big big increase in cases so we are in a critical phase of the pandemic right now the same as happened in mexico that has seen a resurgence in hospitalizations despite the government thought they had already passed the peak of the pandemic the us meanwhile is recording up to

quarter of the world's 16000000 coronavirus cases and now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina but their concern is the numbers could be much higher than official once u.s. federal agents have again used tear gas against protesters in the city of portland in oregon it was in response to protesters launching fireworks at a federal courthouse the agents were assigned to protect the demonstrations against racism and police brutality they have entered the 9th we got people oh so angry about the presence of federal agents in the city those are the headlines coming up next it's stay with this. talk to old is there a we know this is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on home to 0. almost. 40. 143 all very very smart. ones are going to start until by my watch it will leave in the heart of downtown no want chief says a suspect grabbed the obvious or his bato

quarter of the coronavirus cases in the world and now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia in argentina and that concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher and china says it has taken possession of the close u.s. consulate in the city of chengdu the shutdown was ordered by beijing in retaliation to the closure of its consulates in the u.s. city of houston those are the headlines inside stories next. counter-culture this week rich countries are cornering the market for covert t.v. rights but what the supreme court will look at the coronavirus treatments. and check out the real price of developing. the cost on a 0. it's one of the largest dams in the world and it's being severely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a source of great and national pride but what impact of such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now reconsidering manages rivers this is inside story. hello there and welcome to the program i'm laura caro it's been described as a once in a generation event floods have

quarter of the world's 16000000 coronavirus cases are now in latin america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina but they are concerns the numbers could be much higher than official figures and spain's scots alone your region is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates don't improve within the next 10 days the regional leaders says data from affected areas suggest the situation is spiraling as it did in march you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story. it's one of the largest dams in the world and it's being so barely tested by the worst floods china has seen in decades the 3 gorges dam was once a school for great and national pride but what impact of such mega projects have on people and the environment and how is beijing now reconsidering manages rivers this is inside story. thank you. thank you. and welcome to the program i'm laura caro it's been described as a once in a generation event floods have swamped large parts of southern and central china after the worst torrential rains in decades many people of dead or

coronavirus cosas have passed 16000000 a quarter of those are not in america as infections rise in brazil colombia and argentina there are concerns the actual number of cases in the region is much higher in the u.s. florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus more than 9000 new cases were reported on sunday taking its total to more than 423000. protests in portland against racism and police brutality are underway for another night these are live pictures demonstrators are also angry of the presence of federal agents in the city there were earlier reports of fighting on the streets. john burris one of the most influential figures in the american civil rights movement has made a symbolic filed journey his coffin was driven across the edmund pettis bridge in selma alabama on the way to his memorial service it's 55 years since lewis led hundreds of black demonstrations across that very same bridge and was beaten the state police violently violently broke up the march. south korea is my command of the story of the almost since the end of the korean war nearly 70 years ago w

neighbouring colombia is nowhere near brazil in terms of its virus statistics. t month. this is the capital bogota. it's one of several cities which is running out of beds in intensive care. a nationwide lockdown has now been extended. this is alarming. the washington post reports armed groups are enforcing strict curfews — and the penalty if you don't comply is death. rafael rojas is with bbc monitoring in miami. colombia brazil inlandtourism. tell us what was happening with these militants in columbia. well, these militants in columbia. well, the situation has been going on at the situation has been going on at the start of the pandemic. we started reporting some threats to people who had tested positive for covid—19 in certain areas. specifically areas that have a large guerrilla presence. right—wing paramilitary presence in the pacific coast mostly. and what this is been a consequence, a direct consequence of the state failing to fill the void that was left behind by when they demobilize after the 2016 public peace agreement with the government. so what we ar

and canada combined there's been a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina experts say the actual figures much higher than the official tally i was on the run petty's monitoring the situation from bogota brazil obviously is the big it's fought they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring under control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president they are minimizing the effects of the virus john lewis one of the most influential figures in the american civil rights movement has made a symbolic final journey his coffin was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama on the way to his memorial service it's 55 years since miroslav hundreds of demonstrators across the same bridge and was beaten unconscious sta

signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina piru and to a lesser extent also chile where things have eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week they've been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sunday's the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 we'll see what happens in the coming days but the worry there is that even if they brought under control their main hotspots the 1st hot spots at the beginning of the outbreak new ones have seen appeared in particular in the south and center west of the country that had feared to much better so a lot of worry there now in countries like colombia where we are in tina the reopening of the economy as a man to a big big increase in cases so we are in a critical phase of the pandemic right now the same as happened in mexico that has seen a resurgence in hospitalizations despite the government thought they had already passed the peak of the pandemic. a new simple and re

were reported on sunday taking its total to more than 423000 infections have surged in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina corona virus cases across latin america have passed 4300000 experts say the actual tally is much higher as it's not been enough testing and less on the ramp has more brazil obviously is the big it's fought they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring under control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president there minimizing the effects of the virus strain he has reported its highest ever single day rise in cases the bulk of them were in the state of victoria where 532 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours despite going back into lockdown the state is struggling to contain a resurgence of the virus. when you

and canada combined has been a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina and experts say the actual tally is much higher than the official numbers are ramp yet it has. brazil obviously is the biggest sport they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring under control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president they are minimizing the effects of the virus over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily cases among them is the u.s. which is seeing between 60 and $70000.00 new infections per day florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus well the $9000.00 new cases were reported there on sunday taking the state's total to more than 423000. australia has reported its highest ever

more than a quarter of the world's infections it comes after a rise in infections across brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina the case total of $4300000.00. the spanish government's insisted the country is safe after the u.k. imposed immediate new restrictions on returning travelers its battling spikes in new cases especially in the north people arriving in britain from spain must now quarantine for 2 weeks a restriction that came into force hours after it was announced on saturday in the us florida is causing most concern as explains now the attention has shifted to florida as the new at the center of the pandemic today florida over took the state of new york in the total number of infections that now number 2 among states only behind california which has double the population and perhaps the most start only of all is the rate of increase of these infections more than $10000.00 cases on average reported a day and that rate again on the increase in american civil rights icon has been taken on his final journey to one of the queue locations in his fight for justice john lewis his coffin was drap

than a quarter of the world's infections it comes after a surge in infections right across brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina push the case total above 4300000 and health experts say several nations almost certainly under report infections and. attacks says talk to al jazeera. you see. here we see that also known as is one of brazil's most popular politicians he was sworn in as president in 2003 and remain in office for 8 years. the former labor union leader is known to have lifted millions of people out of poverty a champion of the poor in one of the most unequal countries in the world. was imprisoned in 2018 accused of corruption and money don't.

and canada combined has been a surge of infections in brazil mexico a real colombia and argentina and experts say the actual tally is much higher than the official record. florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus in the u.s. more than 12000 new cases were reported in the past day taking the state's total to more than 423000. and the body of u.s. civil rights pioneer john nurse has been taken across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama one final time. i'm conscious there are 965 the demanding black people be given the right to vote. protests in the u.s. city of portland against racism and police brutality and now into a 9th week there was more chaos in the streets on saturday night and well into sunday morning protesters threw fireworks towards the city's courthouse while federal agents used tear gas to try and break up the crowds well portland's leaders say anger is being inflamed by president trump's decision to send in agents as more . demonstrations like these have been held in portland oregon for the last 2 months . protesters supporting the bl

lack of coordination has seen obviously the disaster the tragedy of the pandemic in brazil so in general between colombia brazil peru yorick why we're seeing all the differences but the general trend is very strict extensive lockdowns which unfortunately don't seem to be having the desired effect and while that's ivan boesky he's latin america part of them tyrants are for the international crisis group thank you pleasure thank you very much. 3 a turkish court has been deciding today whether one of istanbul's most iconic buildings should become a mosque again now the same trees old highest afia is a unesco world heritage site that has been a church a mosque and is now a museum but with nationalist groups dividing it to be open for islamic praise critics say it has become a political instrument for president at all. empires have fallen religions have been replaced the city itself has changed names but the dome of the high u.s. afia has withstood a whole built in the 6th century as a byzantine church it was for centuries the world's largest christian cathedral almost a millennium later it was converted into

brazil and colombia have the same issue. india and south africa too — let's look at them.in the hope people will stick the rules better. a night—time curfew has also been imposed — and wearing masks has been made compulsory. pumza fihlani is injohannesburg. alcohol is no longer available for sale in south africa and it is also illegal to be found transporting alcohol in the event that you only had alcohol in the in the house and tried to moved elsewhere. if you found transporting it you could face arrest. the president says this decision of the difficult is necessary and he pointed to the situation in south africa cosmic state hospital is particularly which have become factually of around saying that they're now at a place where many are having to turn people away because that isn't enough space for them and that a number of people in those trauma units are people that are coming as a result of alcohol—related injuries and the need to take this decision to try to ta ke need to take this decision to try to take some of that weight off. india has seen yet another record for

across the region and they're saying they're particularly worried by a number of countries brazil mexico colombia where we are argentina and to a lesser extent chile and also the fact that there is a spike in central american countries some of them that have been doing very well in controlling the outbreak so far in brazil the situation is somewhat similar to what we've seen happening in the united states the regional hot spots there in particular in the north and northeast of the country are doing much better. have now mostly contained this praed of the virus but new hotspots have appeared especially in the in the south of the very huge country like brazil is in the south central western areas of the country new hot spots that are seeing a very high number of cases also colombia and argentina i've seen numbers going up rapidly in the last few days and weeks a lot of it seems to have to do with the fact that these countries have reopened the large sectors. economy and are now going back to some form of lockdowns to try and control this new surge mexico mexico to the old treaties there had said th

they are very very low if you compare them to their neighboring countries like brazil in colombia even here in chile we have here something like $350.00 deaths per 1000000 inhabitants while in venezuela it is 6 but the reason is that. there are multiple justifications for this and just want to remind everyone that the lockdown has never really been lifted in venezuela it was just slightly eased but now they're going into a president nicolas maduro tickles extreme lockdown mode which means putting up road blocks on streets around neighborhoods because there is not enough running water for people to wash their hands at the hospitals if the number of infections continues to rise could be overwhelmed and also many are afraid that there could be more protests in the country because of the lack of food in hygiene and so this seems to take care of all of those by making it even more difficult for people to go out even journalists are being denied the normal permits that that they've had up until now and then you have the president of course in a very very aggressive mode against his neighbor

and canada combined there's been a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina and experts say the actual figure is much higher than the official tally of his own drum petty as me. obviously is that bigots fought they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring down their control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president they are minimizing the effects of the virus florida has overtaken new york as the 2nd worst hit state by coronavirus more than 9000 new cases were reported there on sunday taking the total to more than 423000 officers how does the castro has more. that's a dire situation across the vast majority of states in fact in 40 states the per capita infection rate has gone up in this past week with 18 states

pandemic with more than a quarter of the world's infections it comes after a surge across brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina push the case total above $4300000.00 health experts say official data are almost certainly under reports infections and deaths in several nations. officials in the u.s. state of texas say heavy rain from hurricane had out for the lead to life threatening flash flooding in the south the storm made landfall on saturday but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm as it weakens over land it texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties he says coronavirus restrictions could complicate the work off emergency services those are the top stories up next as chocolate's heart of darkness thanks for watching but by. chocolate is an ever increasing global passion. each year we had $7000000.00 tonnes of it and the amount doubled every 10 years. chocolate is celebrated through trade fairs and exhibitions. the industry flocks in from the uk to senility chocolate maker to the transnational corporations that dominate the market even exporting countri

to represent the president and the country in a trip to jamaica, costa rica, ecuador, peru, brazil, colombiaand venezuela. and on her return to the united states, she spoke to reporters with president carter looking on. we're going to show you that clip next.(begin video clip) >> rosalynn carter i bring you greetings from latin america and the caribbean. (speaking in spanish) .(laughter) i've done this for 2 weeks and i couldn't resist. but, seriously, it was a good trip. this morning in venezuela, president perez said to me that jimmy's pan american day speech and my visit to latin america had opened new paths in inter-american relations. instead of the paternalism that has characterized the past, we are ready and eager to develop, balanced, natural, normal and equal relationships.i found goodwill and friendship everywhere i went.they love you in the caribbean and in latin america. and every head of state that i spoke with without exception agreed with me on the importance of cooperating and consulting closely on the issues that concern you, jimmy, and that concern us all, human rights, nuc

and canada combined there's been a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina and experts say the actual figure is much higher than the official tally of his own drum petty as more. obviously is the bigots fought have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states.

than a quarter of the world's infections it comes after a surge in infections right across brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina push the case total above $4300000.00 and health experts say several nations almost certainly under reported infections and death numbers. talked to al jazeera. lucas he. also known as noah is one of brazil's most popular politicians he was sworn in as president in 2003 and was made in office for 8 years. the former labor union leader is known to have lifted millions of people out of poverty a champion of the poor in one of the most unequal countries in the world. was imprisoned in 2018 accused of corruption and money laundering in the carwash investigation that saw dozens of politicians and business men imprisoned he was released after serving $590.00 days on the grounds that he had been denied a due process. his conviction has not been overturned and faces aid advocate says the 74 year old former president talks to edges iraq about precedents. the state of democracy in brazil and how he's planning to fight back the accusations against him . thank you so much for joinin

world health organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run is in colombia another latin american country causing concern. according to the paramedic and health organization the

updates on mexico, uruguay, and brazil in a moment. colombia extended its locked down by two weeks. case numbers continue ke. it has 124,000 cases and. 4500 deaths locked unrestricted will now last into august. this is the center of columbia's outbreak, the surrounding region accounts for 3% of cases and over half of the deaths. uruguay next. we have not tked about it much because unlike its neighbors argentinand brazil, it has largely kept the virus under control. out of a population of 3.5 29 deaths.here are a because of these low figures, uguay welcomed its first international flight on friday after a ban. i should note, only nationals, residents, and diplomats are allowed to enter in brazil, president jair bolsonaro told us he tested positive for covid-19. here he is talki about a pill he is taking, andro un medication. he says he is feeling great. inevitably, that video has gone viral, with his supporters and opponents. in mexo, the figures are sobering. more than 260,000 confirmed cases, 32,000 hs. however testing remains relatively low,

attacks happened in latin america out of more than 200 reported killings 64 were in colombia and dozens more in brazil's amazon region in the philippines the majority of its $43.00 murders were linked to agriculture that's an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the year before. the report outlines the escalation may be linked to activists becoming more outspoken in fighting climate change illegal mining and deforestation the temperatures in southern iraq are soaring hitting a record 54 degrees celsius last week but there's little chance of avoiding the heat when many people getting only a few hours of electricity a day the country's power grid buckles under the demand we are calling on the government to help while the bills from private suppliers rise along with the temperature it's wonderful to reports from baghdad under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized hussein's monthly bill is $16.00 but like most iraqis people living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricity per day d

quo nothing much has changed since you had this group in south american countries brazil argentina chile peru and colombia all coming together to voice support for the opposition leader who are you know of courting to the venezuelan constitution but to nicolas maduro has some very strong allies in moscow in tehran and in non-corrupt and so they're able to help him out militarily and economically as a matter of fact iran has brought shiite has a lot are produced into venezuela for illegal gold mining that's being used to bring hard currency to the villas whaling economy and to keep majority of float but we're very concerned there about the possibility of destabilization of important latin american allies of the united states we're concerned about that and trying to prevent its oil coming a failed state and possibly triggering millions of migrants towards the u.s. so we need to be very careful about what's happening there but it has to be done in a lawful manner and so former juror has been able to withstand the opposition within the country and internationally. you've got 9 lives john you've got a hell of

brazil. he has more from colombia's capital bogota. there was another record day in the number of confirmed cases in mexico 6914 bringing the total number to more than 252 towers in cases the numbers keep going up in mexico also a very high number of deaths more than 500 day it's pretty much every day several densely populated apartment buildings in these turning the city of melbourne have been put into lockdown after rising covered 1000 cases thousands of people will be forced to stay at home for at least 5 days so i thought vic and now has the most number of coronavirus cases on the african continent the daily tally from saturday showed more than 10000 new infections that's the highest 24 hour jump so far has been a steady increase in cases since restrictions gradually eased in may. airstrikes have targeted a libyan air base recaptured in may by the un recognized government with the backing of turkish forces the loss of the base was among a string of recent defeats for wallet. pushing him out of large parts of western libya. iran's f

on some or what's happening in colombia where you are i often say to our correspondents that brazil just tends to overshadow the rest of the continent the most but we can't forget about these other countries. definitely. i'll be asleep the numbers pale in colombia if you confront them with the one in brazil but in this country too we've seen a very very big increase in the number of infections in the last couple of weeks 3 weeks since there has been a partial reopening of the economy colombia is getting very close 220-0000 cases that will probably happen today or or on monday but what's most worrisome here is the fact that many cities are running out of intensive care units where 90 percent okupe and see here in the capital. this is a mistruth in colombia city kylee in colombia 2nd city that had managed to control the virus at the beginning has also seen an important increase in the number deaths and infections and there are close to 80 percent of cooper see there this has meant that many mayors that decided to reimpose new lockdowns for example that's opening here in the capital bogota

is constantly trending up followed by india followed by brazil other latin american countries mexico peru colombia and chin they are also on the list going op in the middle east iran remains to be number one it's been replacing iraq was on the list but they're no longer are it's once again being replaced by chile and south africa is also seeing a steady amount of cases brant arky correspondent side tapper thank you so much for keeping us up to date. and time now for a quick break but hey here because when we return we'll take a look at another big week for earnings on wall street and how the next round of provirus stimulus might move markets and as we're going to break here the numbers at the close. turn on the t.v. on about the world of what's happening around me i see shields on the screen every day because the big news near it's the speed you will be going to little or no risk with the power brick by brick to make you. how flinty off there in the store but i found a network that will question science great crusade space civil strife climate change stop a war think cool simplify lists all that m

traveling into mexico could bring the virus with them from brazil now lastly i also want to mention colombia where cases are over 820000 deaths and deaths and deaths are surging along colombia's caribbean coast as the region mccombs epic center of depend demick with doctors warning that many more deaths are actually going on reported brant most are. what about in the u.s. what are we seeing here as far as the trends so once again 3 states arizona texas and florida keep showing up as hot spots now arizona has reported 117 deaths just in the last 24 hours with over 102000 cases and arizona has also been setting record high daily death counts about once a week while also reporting the lowest ever number of ice you bet vailable on tuesday and then moving over to texas where more than $9000.00 new cases were announced across tech says the largest single day total for the pandemic bringing the cases to over 210000 meanwhile texas just announced a public face mass order which is a complete reversal by the governor who earlier downplayed the severity of the outbreak in his state and finally florida

environmental group global witness out of more than $200.00 reported killing $64.00 were in colombia and dozens more in brazil's amazon reachin the majority of the philippines $43.00 murders were links to agriculture that's an increase of more than 40 percent compared to the year before the report outlined the escalation may be linked to activists becoming more outspoken in fighting trying to change illegal mining and deforestation rachael kohn says a campaigner at global witness she says big business and government are responsible for the increase in violence against environmental activists. much of what is driving a taxi in camber in the philippines is also driving attacks elsewhere in the world communities on the front lines of business projects as speaking out against pollution environmental damage or displacement caused by business projects unethical business culture and global consumer demands together drive a kind of small cost big profit mentality which sees businesses seeking to buy atlanta cheaply and quickly without ensuring affected communities are properly consulted or compensated so behind many of

of hunger brazil has reported more than 2000000 infections it's the 2nd worst affected country after the united states alice on that amputee is following developments from book with time colombia and sent us this update. support in general in brazil phrasing them both as been coming down as as he has responded. to the pandemic in in a way that some brazilians can see there hereat the key is continue to insist on me my seeing the effect that the outbreak has had. even if the numbers kept growing exponentially for the last few months and now brazil is the 2nd worst affected country anywhere in the world after the united states so probably he still has a core support a core number of supporters roughly around 20 to 30 percent of the population and these people are very motivated and that's why we see them even if it's just a few 100 people coming out almost every weekend in front of the presidential palace to show that they. still support this positions and not only when it comes to. the on a number of economic issues on the fact that he would like to open up the exploration of the amazon and so and so on so they are small numbers but deviated in a very polarized countries in thi

brazil and is under a p.m.t. here is monitoring developments in the region from bogota in colombia the situation is getting worse there and other countries that have been successful at least at the beginning and trying to slow down the spread of contagion for example here in. longer that is seen quite unimportant the increase in daily cases since as been reopening parts of its economy with the return of its large population of informal people who work out and about on the streets they work hand to mouth they can stay home a day being allowed to return to work and in the last couple of weeks we have seen quite a big increase here the same is true in she left here to even argentina who were that was probably the most successful country in containing the virus together with wires seen an increase and the last days and that week so very problematic pictures some officials here are calling for a return to a strict strict measures in countries like where we are in colombia and the government the national government here though is saying that's not possible because of how weak the economy is overall how big is the need