playing with fire israel's prime minister warns hezbollah are after reports of a confrontation along the lebanese border. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up threats to return to have a lockdown in spain's catalonia region if the latest surge in virus infections isn't brought under control. the. vaccine has officially entered phase 3 already some progress in the u.s. effort to develop a vaccine but numbers of infections from the virus continue to spike across the country. and mourning the conscience of congress civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u.s. can. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned hezbollah it's playing with fire israeli army says it confronted an infiltration attempt launched by the lebanese armed group in the border region of farms hezbollah denies that engage in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint al-jazeera is how to force that reports of smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the israeli military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fig

hezbollah denies the claims. casket of civil rights pioneer and representative john lewis is lying in state after a procession through washington, d.c. the congressman died earlier this month at the age of 80. itsn is fighting to save tourism industry as new coronavirus cases surge in the catalonia region. authorities are considering a return to strict lockdown measures. germany will introduce mandatory testing for travelers returning from high-risk areas as fears rise summer travel could spark a new surge in infections. the country's health ministers has regulations will come into force next week. tests will be free. germany is currently over 200,000 confirmed cases and 9125 deaths. dominic kane has more from berlin. reporter: there has clearly been growing concern at the ministerial level in berlin, but also among states of germany about the potential for a second wave of coronavirus. specifically brought here by passengers. german citizens, but also tourists coming here from high-risk areas elsewhere in three

promising to retaliate to any other lebanese hezbollah fighter killed in syria but what is interesting if indeed this was hezbollah attack or operation the choice of ship off guard this is quite significant farms is land that intersects israel syria and lebanon it is also stupid territory at least in the eyes of lebanon lebannon considers the area occupied by israel as well occupied or took control of the area 900 $67.00 it's part of the syrian golan heights and they say that it is part of the syrian golan heights for the very fact that syria and lebanon is not be more cases the border so the status of this area has been settled when you carry out an attack and disputed territory the message is we do not want. the situation escalated further and just last night just the sight of the deputy secretary general of hezbollah was downplaying the prospect of the possibility of the of a war between the group and israel in his words a spirit does not indicate a war it. unlikely the atmosphere of war in the next few months so i know that really will tell you neither is about 2 your husband you k

a cell of hezbollah terrorists crossed into israel in an attempt to harm israeli soldiers i.d.f. soldiers and officers acted professionally and accurately and prevented a severe incident that could have cost human lives. israel's prime minister made an explicit reference to the war of 2006 in warning hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah that israel's armed forces stood ready to respond further because bullet solution of darks hizbollah mr understand that it is playing with fire it made a big mistake when it assessed israel's nation to defend itself and lebanon paid a price any attack against us will be met with great force i urge him not to repeat this mistake and we do not live unknown. israel has been on heightened alert since an airstrike last week in syria attributed to israel killed a hezbollah fighter there as well or has vowed to avenge any such deaths in southern lebanon the aftermath of the israeli artillery barrage hezbollah denied having carried out any operation saying israelis fired into lebanon out of confusion and panic and that statement was read out on the hezboll

well then a harder a zone lebanon's border with israel she says hezbollah is blaming the israeli army for the incident but there is a cautious calm on the border for now. the lebanese armed group hezbollah has denied that it carried out any operation it is saying the incident was one sided and it is blaming what it calls an israeli an anxious israeli army so a very different narrative from what the israeli army is reporting they are saying that a group of hezbollah fighters tried to infiltrate the shebaa farms it's very hard for us to independently confirm what happened but a lebanese security source did tell us at the time that some incident some kind of incident happened whether it was an attack or an attempt to infiltrate the recognizance mission that that source could not confirm now cautious calm prevails along the border israeli planes continue to fly over lebanese airspace you can hear israeli drones in the skies the tensions have deescalated but definitely. you know what the tense atmosphere along this border is likely to continue and hezbollah knows that if it if it sparks an

is iran and iran is hezbollah. yes that's very much his line that hezbollah is an iranian proxy and that there is a concern security concerns are israel that hezbollah with its tens of thousands of rockets inside lebanon is already a threat and the activities inside syria by iran things that the israeli military needs to prevent and take out and this is all part of one unified security threat against israel as for the potential of this to flare up further that really remains somewhat in the balance the likelihood is that there is now an assessment going on on both sides as to exactly what has taken place the reports are from the scene that the situation has now quiet and again certainly israel is in the grip of a 2nd wave of coronavirus with major protests against israeli prime minister as part of the economic fallout of that lebanon as we know is in a huge economic hole at the moment and there have been a message conveyed from hezbollah that there appeared to be no atmosphere for a wider conflict so if there aren'

hezbollah will not surrender. said aid the u.s.ng in because they have refused to fight corruption and carry out reforms that would weaken their hold over state resources. lebanon yet again is in an arena where rivalries play out, but the stakes are even higher this time, with the country close to economic collapse. al jazeera, beirut. heavy rain have swollen rivers and triggered mudslides across china and japan. dozens of people have been killed, with millions told to leave their homes, and as we report, the extreme weather is showing no sign of easing. reporter: some of the heaviest rate in decades has battered who a province in china -- battered wai province in china. rescue teams have evacuated people trapped by rising floodwaters in cities, towns, and villages. >> the water is so deep. we were transferring residents by rubber boats. and riverbanks are being reinforced. there is flooding and landslides. it has uprooted trees and downed electricity pylons, making some roads impassable. water levels in some areas remain high. sto

a much awaited statement from the lebanese armed group hezbollah released just a short while ago hezbollah denying that there was any sort of attack in the statement that says there was no operation today there was no exchange of fire we did not open fire it was the israelis who opened fire and the statements adds that the israeli army is in a state of confusion we do know that there has been tension along this border for the past few days now ever since it was confirmed that a hezbollah fighter was killed in what was believed to be an israeli air strike in syria and everyone was waiting for the possible hezbollah retaliation because hezbollah promised in the past that any if any of its fighters are killed in syria its will retaliate so hezbollah now saying that there was no operation the israeli army initially said that there was a security incident and then it went on to explain that to a group of hezbollah fighters tried to infiltrate the shabab farms so conflicting narratives here on what exactly happened behind me behind those hills is shut off farms a disputed area disputed territory

businessman charged with financing hezbollah isn't a prisoner swap. hello on tuesday this thin line of cloud here with a lot of lightning strikes and it produced hail and he up to 5 centimeters in diameter in western russia ukraine and that was the black sea now it's more described the way it stationary now that side of it is still nice and hot this side that it's cool down it's not cold by any means it's disappointing for july that's almost the european plane it is still hot from romania south of through turkey and greece and back through italy spain and portugal least in part the blue suggests where it's raining in the construct rain once again runs for the british isles low countries germany and up to the baltic states the forecast for london is not particularly pretty for a mid summer one breezy sunny intervals but showers at least on friday we should be about $24.00 degrees who is on the cool side of where things ought to be north africa remains hot dusty in places this brian suggests where the dust has picked up the biggest showers and that come

secretary of state mike pompei all said hezbollah poses a threat to the u.s. its international partners and threatens lebanon stability hezbollah and its allies say international powers are imposing a financial siege on lebanon on. the americans are exploiting the piled up political and economical failures to incite the lebanese against hezbollah the us decision to besiege has below will not lead to any result we will not surrender the us has said aid is not flowing in because the hezbollah led ruling alliance is refusing to fight corruption and carry out reforms that would weaken their hold over the state's resources lebanon yet again isn't a rino or regional international rivalries play out but the stakes are even higher this time with a country close to economic collapse senate leader beirut. theys of heavy rain have swollen rivers and triggered mudslides across china and japan thousands of people have been killed in the flooding with millions told to leave their homes and this florence though it reports the extreme weather is showing no sign of easing. som

secretary of state pay all said hezbollah poses a threat to the u.s. its international partners and threatens the ability of hezbollah and its allies say international powers are imposing a financial siege on lebanon on. the americans are exploiting the piled up political and economical failures to incite the lebanese against hezbollah the us decision to besiege hezbollah will not lead to any result we will not surrender the us has said aid is not flowing in because the hezbollah led ruling alliance is refusing to fight corruption and carry out reforms that would weaken their hold over the state's resources lebanon yet again isn't a rino where regional international rivalries play out but the stakes are even higher this time with a country close to economic collapse center their leader beirut china's government has opened its office in hong kong to enforce the new national security law police blocked roads for the inauguration saturday the converted hotel will be a base for chinese intelligence agents police can conduct searches without a warrant stop

for providing millions of dollars to hezbollah has returned home early morning that stay with us. hello we are watching the development of something vaguely tropical in georgia in the carolinas and it's still there it's still got the potential to develop into nothing exciting but a rather wet saying this is rather more obvious in its line it's a cold front now ahead of it as being quite warm we're not about 23 in winnipeg which means they'll be some pretty big thunderstorms up in the prairie's far north of canada and some pretty big thunderstorms i would think in the midwest it temporarily quite quiet in the southern states but as early stay that way but look what's happening up through married and then beyond this on shore breeze in the blue in the orange that's rather wet and unpleasant weather and still pretty warm washington d.c. it's $33.00 degrees we're on the top of where it should be this time of the year showers rings for the measure i did have been quite poky as you can see running through can dominican republic that general line moves slowly west towards so they're goin

newspaper affiliated to hezbollah inside lebanon saying that there were no casualties on the hezbollah side certainly the israeli military is saying there were no casualties on its side you have to wonder that in the middle of the day on the bright sunshine having tracked this team allegedly into israeli controlled territory you have to wonder about the intent of that fire if indeed there were no casualties perhaps a sign of the will on the israeli side certainly for there not to be a further escalation and indeed there would be messaging from the other side to the same to the same extent as well before this took place today why now gary what's the significance of the timing of this. well there was an expectation of some kind of hezbollah response along the northern border after what took place last week which is an airstrike in southern damascus inside syria attributed to israel in which a hezbollah fighter there was killed now there are reports that israel took the uncommon step of messaging through moscow too has been saying that there was no intent on its part to kill this hezbolla

a much awaited statement from the lebanese armed group hezbollah released just a short while ago hezbollah denying that there was any sort of a toc in the statement that says there was no operation today there was no exchange of fire we did not open fire it was the israelis who opened fire and this statement that the israeli army is in a state of confusion we do know that there has been tension along this border for the past few days at least 2 people have been killed in anti-government protests in iraq's capital baghdad the 1st deaths during demonstrations since prime minister mustapha. was sworn in 2 months ago. floods in northeastern india led to the deaths of over 100 people and forced hundreds of thousands more from their homes that's complicating efforts to contain the spread of the corona virus in the region. spain's catalonia region is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates don't improve within the next 10 days the u.k. has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from spain the casket of the civil rights pioneer a long time u.s. representative joh

a lebanese businessman who's accused of financing hezbollah has returned home after 3 years in a u.s. jail. dean had been sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released due to poor health and the risk of contracting covert 19 comes as u.s. secretary of state called on all countries to classify hezbollah as a terrorist organization and then a harder reports. carson pleasure deal is back home the lebanese businessman charged by a us court for financing the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah was released from prison on compassionate grounds dean landed in beirut after completing 3 years of his 5 year sentence the us administration denied his freedom was part of the backroom deal and insists dean remains a designated global terrorist but his release increased speculation of a swap months after a naturalized american was released from a lebanese jail the release of the incomes of the context of prisoner swaps that we've seen in the past few days between the trumpet mistress on one hand and the rain and regime tozer dean's arrival coincided with a visit by the commander of the u.s. ce

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned hezbollah it's playing with fire israeli army says it confronted an infiltration attempt launched by the lebanese armed group in the border of region of farms hezbollah denies it engaged in any confrontation united nations urging both sides to show restraint algis there is hurry force that reports. smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the israeli military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory israeli soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun tank and artillery fire in tel aviv where they'd rushed for security assessments israel's julian prime minister and defense minister put on a rare show of unity government a sale of hezbollah terrorists crossed into israel in an attempt to harm israeli soldiers i.d.f. soldiers and officers acted professionally and accurately and prevented a severe incident that could have cost human lives. israel's prime minister made an explicit reference to the war of 2006 in warning hezbollah's leader has

a cell of hezbollah terrorists crossed into israel in an attempt to harm israeli soldiers i.d.f. soldiers and officers acted professionally and accurately and prevented a severe incident that could have cost human lives israel's prime minister made an explicit reference to the war of 2006 in warning hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah that israel's armed forces stood ready to respond further because one of the usual guards hizbollah must understand that it is playing with fire it made a big mistake when it assessed israel's its own nation to defend itself and lebanon paid a price any attack against us will be met with great force i urge him not to repeat this mistake and we do not live a normal. israel has been on heightened alert since an airstrike last week in syria attributed to israel killed a hezbollah fighter there has been has vowed to avenge any such deaths. in southern lebanon the aftermath of the israeli artillery barrage hezbollah denied having carried out any operation saying israelis fired into lebanon out of confusion and panic but its statement was read out on the

and he made a clear reference to the war in 2006 saying hezbollah must understand that it is playing with fire it made a big mistake namely in 2006 when it assessed israel's determination to defend itself and lebanon paid a price i urge him meaning the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah not to repeat this mistake any attack against us will be met with great force as for benny gantz he talked about the seriousness of the infiltration attempt saying that it could have led to fatah fatalities and he praised the precision of the israeli military response and one of the timing of this incident harry is that significant. well it comes a week after there was an airstrike south of damascus in which has been a fighter was killed that airstrike has been attributed to israel though not claimed by israel and it comes as israel's very much aware of the fact that the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah has this long standing promise in force that should there be any more fighters killed inside syrian territory that there will be a response from lebanon a little less than a year ago there was an israe

a sale of hezbollah terrorists crossed into israel in an attempt to harm israeli soldiers i.d.f. soldiers and officers acted professionally and accurately and prevented a severe incident that could have cost human lives. israel's prime minister made an explicit reference to the war of 2006 in warning hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah that israel's armed forces stood ready to respond further because volatile adox hizbollah must understand that it is playing with fire it made a big mistake when it assessed israel's nation to defend itself and lebanon paid a price for any attack against us will be met with great force i urge him not to repeat this mistake and we do not live unknown. israel has been on heightened alert since an asteroid last week in syria attributed to israel killed a hezbollah fighter there as well has vowed to avenge any such deaths. in southern lebanon the aftermath of the israeli artillery barrage hezbollah denied having carried out any operation saying the israelis fired into lebanon out of confusion and panic and if statement was read out on the hezbollah aff

hezbollah of course being a lebanese a group that has an armed wing it has a political party and so it controls political power along with its allies in cabinet and government so his release is quite significant but we have to make it very very clear that he has it in denies any links with the group and the group hezbollah has not made any comment about the man but a few weeks ago in fact in march 11th american was suddenly and unexpectedly released from a lebanese jail he was convicted of torturing and killing lebanese inmates in a jail that was run by an israeli allied militia during israel's occupation of southern lebanon in the eighty's and ninety's he was airlifted from the u.s. embassy compound out of lebanon at the time lebanese officials said that they had nothing to do with this they were shocked by the court decision to. these him even has been lost said that they had nothing to do with who is released but many many will say that the courts would not have dared to release her without the support of the political power of the authorities holding political power in 11 on its

denies the release of a lebanese businessman charged with facing hezbollah is a prisoner swap and golf fans will have to wait an extra 12 months for one of the sport's sport's most beloved events details coming up in sports. the u.n. secretary general and tony good ted ish says the conflict in libya has entered a new phase in a virtual session of the security council condemned foreign interference in the conflict saying it had breached unprecedented levels the u.n. says more than 100 civilians were killed in libya between april and june with the tatars warning of more bloodshed in the city of syria the un recognized government to supported by turkey while warlord a half that is backed by russia egypt and the u.a.e. the cease fire talks are underway between turkey and russia. so a telephone conversation a negotiator the prime minister said ouch and the call i received from field marshal after i made a strong appeal for both to engage fully in ensuring that effective ceasefire and move swiftly in advancing the political process you know i think nations the african union the league of ara

the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shaper farms hezbollah denies that its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint have a force it is following developments from west to slim and sent this this update. i mean for context we have to remember the fact that israel has been awaiting some kind of response from hezbollah for a week now ever since an air strike inside syria killed has been a fighter there's been a long standing promise from hezbollah that any such event would lead to a response from lebanon against israel and so these are the military's been on a heightened state of alert along the israel lebanon border inside the golan heights as well and in the occupied golan heights instead of farms there was this security incident as israeli military initially called it has ball of those says that it didn't do anything that this was the confusion and panic that its threats had sowed among israelis and that is what led to the fire coming from israel as far as

israel says it fired on hezbollah militants who entered its territory.d it a "serious security incident". it's alleged to have happened in the mount dov area which is part of the israeli—occupied syrian golan heights. a hezbollah statement said it had not engaged in any clashes and blamed a "nervous" enemy. the area has been tense since the death of a hezbollah fighter in syria several days ago. ukraine's military has claimed pro—russian separatists violated a ceasefire shortly after it officially came into force in the country's east. russia denies the accusation. presidents volodymyr zelenskiy and vladimir putin gave theirjoint support to the ceasefire during a telephone call on sunday. egypt has sentenced five young women to two years in prison for posting what the court called "indecent videos" on tiktok. they've also received fines of thousands of dollars. this is all part of a campaign by the authorities against social media influencers, and primarily women. the women were accused of inciting "debauchery" and "immorality". spain's prime minister, p

and out of there again exclusive access to iranian backed hezbollah a group like used by the iraqi government attacking u.s. forces. now we begin with the increasing number of coded 1000 cases worldwide now saturday saw the biggest single day rise since this pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority of them and latin america which now has more cases than europe brazil alone has more than 1500000 infections and it's already had at least 64000 deaths are in israel officials have reauthorize the use of phone surveillance technology that was once deployed to prevent attacks that's after an easing of restrictions there led to a rise in cases. the lifting of lockdown measures in south africa has also caused a savage is announced a record or daily number of new infections counting more than 10000 there's also been a resurgent of cases in the astray in state of victoria in melbourne a 3000 residents in public housing buildings have been ordered to stay at home victoria get b. has more. people who live in these tower blocks in a poor area of melbourne are some of t

flalared betetween a lebanon and israel off the israeli authorities claim they thwarted an attack by hezbollah militants the lebanese men. the night any. i'm possibility for the class. and francs proposed by it ethics a bill known as the pm i returned to the lower house of parliament the senate's controlled by conservatives make amendments at the center of debates is memedically assisted procreation and whoho shoululd be able to benefit from it. hello and thank you very much for joining. brown said twenty four mission for this edition i'm simon harding we start with the latest updates concerning the corona virus and a new grim milelestone of six hundred and fifty thousandnd births deaths worldwide. then you comeses amid fears a sececond way if isaac paces rise in europe belgium one of the worst hit countries in the bloc has introduced drastic in use social distance measure. in order for a second general. block bins will only be a to apply people saw of the farm for the next four months. france twenty fourur as a cabint the end. gives us multi. basically the- national security council council w

now a lebanese businessman who's accused of financing hezbollah has returned home after 3 years in a u.s. jail custom tragedian had been sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released due to poor health and the risks of contracting coded 19 in prison in a honda is in beirut with this update. the court saying that he was released on compassionate grounds that he was facing health risks the risk of contracting corona virus while in prison he is a man who was accused by the united states of being a global terrorist since 2007 for allegedly funding hezbollah hezbollah of course being a lebanese a group that has an armed wing it has a political party and it controls political power along with its allies in cabinet and government so his release is quite significant but we have to make it very very clear that. denies any links with the group and the group hezbollah has not made any comment about the man but a few weeks ago in fact in march a lebanese american was suddenly and unexpectedly released from a lebanese jail he was convicted of torturing and killing lebanese inmates in a jail tha

hezbollah's leaders vowed to respond. listen to what the scene was like in the northern part of israel after this class occurred. you can still see smoke billowing along the israel lebanon border after the is really military fired tank shells that hezbollah militants that they say were looking to infiltrate israel but over here, the missile defense system the iron dell on high alert and along the border cases either erupt into a larger conflict. neither side is reporting any casualties from the event, hezbollah saying no event even took place was the israeli defense forces have yet to release video of the incident to back up their side of the story. it is important to note overnight benjamin netanyahu was joined by his defense minister and they warned lebanon directly saying any sort of attacks that take place along the border have consequences for the lebanese government and military. >> donald trump touting major coronavirus vaccine development during his visit to a biotech plant in north carolina. >> four additional pr

on june the 25th the iraqi government carried out a raid on quetta of hezbollah that's a group linked to iran accused of attacking u.s. forces it was a test for the new prime minister must the final car the me who had promised to crack down on groups that operate outside the law but days later those detainees had walked 30 simona fulton gained exclusive access to the cut up hezbollah base that was raided. we're about to get a rare glimpse into the most secretive armed group under iraq's popular mobilization forces brigade 45 better known as. this is the 1st time journalists have been allowed into one of its military bases. is nominally incorporated into iraq's security apparatus but has been accused of acting outside the formal chain of command al-jazeera gained exclusive access to dislocation in southern baghdad after it was raided by iraq's counterterrorism forces the iraqi government says it had been tipped off that a rocket was about to be launched from dismissal of it towards the green zone where u.s. and other diplomatic missions are based 14 people were arrested and several wea

the to control its territory in clear reference to the armed group the iranian backed hezbollah whose growing role in lebanon and influence in the region has hurt ties with traditional allies in the west and the gulf will hear the message hezbollah is committed to keeping this government and therefore talking about reforms is impossible at this stage hezbollah controls it and will give it cover from us sanctions as well as keep illegal crossings along the border with syria open for you and more than all the while the economic implosion accelerates and nearly half of lebanon's 5000000 people have already sunk further into poverty center for their own beirut. russian prosecutors have been called in to inspect the facility that was being used to treat a chemical leak from an abandoned mine in siberia it follows images of large scale environmental damage winch went viral on social media last week environmentalist say the pictures reveal one of the worst environmental catastrophes in the arctic's history set a higher it reports and it's more like the landscape of another planet those stick

peaceful protest against government policy now lebanese businessman who is accused of financing hezbollah has returned home after 3 years in a us jail because some target dean had been sentenced to 5 years in prison but was released due to poor health and the risks of contracting private 19 while in prison then what is in beirut with this update. the court saying that he was released on compassionate grounds that he was facing health risks the risk of contracting corona virus while in prison he is a man who was accused by the united states of being a global terrorist since 2007 for allegedly funding hezbollah of course being a lebanese a group it has an armed wing it has a political party and it controls political power along with its allies in cabinet and government so his release is quite significant but we have to make it very very clear that. denies any links with the group and the group has not made any comment about the man but a few weeks ago in fact in march a lebanese american was suddenly and unexpectedly released from a lebanese jail he was convicted of torturing and killing le

is playing with fire is accuse the lebanese armed group of infiltrating the border hezbollah denies the claims the united nations is urging restraint from both sides. to military bases housing u.s. led coalition forces have been hit by rockets in iraq on monday night camp north of baghdad was hit by 3 strikes there were also explosions at the speech a cab no casualties have been reported. as the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after witness forgotten films stay with us. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the fall follow the u.s. election on a. he got off on the get go i'm still sick of the. audition with. much of the country i want. to do that. and if you. do that although i don't know how it goes bad guy night you get but i live near you or 30 feet in charge of. themes 1969 i've been working with the sudan been in production. but now i'm walking in the cars. i then jam

is committed to keeping this government and therefore talking about reforms is impossible page hezbollah controls it and will give it cover from us sanctions as well as keep illegal crossings along the border with syria open to them but were given more than all the while the economic implosion accelerates and nearly half of lebanon's 5000000 people have already sunk further into poverty center for their own beirut. water has started to fill africa's largest hydroelectric dam even though ethiopia sudan and egypt have reached a deal that there were more good reports now on the concern about the impact the johnstown will have on the blue nile state in sudan and on the border with ethiopia . planting banana trees is nothing new to has been in safer don't now his family has owned these farms in sudan's blue nile state for generations has been managing some of the lands for years and has noticed changes in the landscape and not. our farms or by the bloom in about a decade ago the river was 500 meters away but since the increased highs of the day the flow of the nile river has changed and some

state's inability to control its territory in clear reference to the armed group the iranian backed hezbollah whose growing role in lebanon and influence in the region has hurt ties with traditional allies in the west and the gulf has been looking at the mess like we had hezbollah is committed to keeping this government and therefore talking about reforms is impossible at this stage hezbollah controls it and will give it cover from us sanctions as well as keep illegal crossings along the border with syria open. them all the while the economic implosion accelerates and nearly half of lebanon's 5000000 people have already sunk further into poverty center for their own beirut. 5 west african heads of state who gathered in mali's capital have failed to reach a deal to end the country's deepening political crisis where you said protests calling for the resignation of president abraham group kaka into a threatening to destabilize the region a regional bloc of course will hold a virtual summit on monday on the issue because of course. nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and we share their president on

pompeo: we are always concerned about the space between hezbollah and israel.elated to this incident with our ambassador and her ability to speak freely, that doesn't raise my concerns greatly. i don't think it greatly increases the risk of conflict between the two. as for this judge no longer being the judge, one fewer lot -- fewer hezbollah judges is always a good thing. reporter: secretary, you just mentioned you had talks with the russians about threats from the taliban -- sec. pompeo: not just from the taliban. not just from the taliban. reporter: ok, from various. if indeed the russians were offering bounties. sec. pompeo: if indeed. reporter: ok. sec. pompeo: you guys are going places that i'm not going to go. we have work that is important to keep our soldiers safe and i am not going to let you lay down questions with -- i am not going to go down that path. reporter: this would seem a major escalation. you talked about iran, anytime iran would attack u.s. troops through their proxies, there would be consequences to pay. i'm just wondering if that same k

israel's military is saying it has fired on hezbollah militants in what the prime minister has called have happened in the israeli—occupied syrian golan heights. they hezbollah statement says it has not been involved in any clashes and blames what it calls a nervous enemy. ukraine's military has claimed pro— russian separatists violated a ceasefire in the east shortly after it came force, officially at least. russia denies the accusation. president of zele ns ky accusation. president of zelensky and president putin gave a joint support to the ceasefire in a phone call on sunday. in brazil, the pandemic is one of the world's most severe. health workers that have now urged the international criminal court to investigate president bolsonaro's government, accusing it of crimes against humanity over its handling of the violence. almost 2.5 million cases have been recorded since march and more than 87,000 people have died. the pressure may be easing in brazil's big cities like sao paulo, but concern is now growing for smaller towns and cities were healthcare services are more basic. katie w

out is there again exclusive access to iranian backed the type hezbollah a group produced by the iraqi government of attacking u.s. forces and more than 30 people have been killed in southwestern japan during flooding and landslides. i don't feel sympathy with the school as formula one makes its return but the drivers are divided over a protest against racism with sean the clear and next step in saying they won't speak to me. but we begin this hour with the increasing number of private 1000 cases well why it saturday saw the biggest single day rise since this pandemic began with more than 212000 infections recorded globally the majority of them were in latin america which now has more cases than europe brazil alone has more than 1500000 infections and has now had at least 64000 deaths and israel officials have reauthorize the use of phone surveillance technology that was once deployed to prevent attacks that's after an easing of restrictions that. to a rise in cases of lockdown measures in south africa has also caused a sad is announced a record daily number of new infections counting

he says it is not been involved in any clashes —— hezbollah says, blames a nervous enemy.eparatists violated a ceasefire in the east shortly after it came into force. russia denies the accusation. resident volodymyr zele ns ky accusation. resident volodymyr zelensky and vladimir putin gave a joint support to the ceasefire in a phone call on sunday. in brazil, the pandemic is one of the world's most severe. health workers they have now is the international criminal court to investigate the president's government, accusing it of crimes against humanity over its handling of the virus. almost 2.5 million cases have been recorded since march and more than 87,000 people have died. the pressure may be easing in brazil's big cities such as sao paulo but the concern is growing for smaller towns and cities where healthcare services are more basic. our reporter reports from a town a hundred kilometres from sao paulo. it's a virus on the move, heading to areas that had time on their side as they watched the big cities struggle. yet they too have found themselves unprepared. retirement

reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned hezbollah it's playing with fire the israeli army says it confronted the infiltration attempt launched by the lebanese armed group in the border region of farms has been denied. that engage in any confrontation al-jazeera is how we force it reports. smoke plumes over southern lebanon after what the israeli military referred to as a security incident it said a cell of hezbollah fighters trying to infiltrate israeli controlled territory israeli soldiers tracked them and repelled them with machine gun.

israel's military says they have failed that backfired on hezbollah militants in the prime ministersn the israeli—occupied golan heights. ina israeli—occupied golan heights. in a hezbollah statement, they say they have not been involved in any clashes and blames a nervous anomie. ukraine's military has claimed pro— russian separatists violated a ceasefire in the east shortly after came into force. russia denies the act legations. ukrainian and russian presidents gave the joint support to the ceasefire in a phone call on sunday. in brazil, the pandemic is one of the most severe. health workers they have urged the international criminal court to investigate the president's government, accusing them of crimes against humanity over its handling of the virus. almost 2.5 billion cases have been recorded since march, more than 87,000 people have died. pressure may be easing in brazil's big cities such as sao paulo but there is now growing concern for smaller towns and cities where healthcare services are more basic. our south america correspondent katie watson reports from a town hundred ki

conditions on a bailout to include reforms that would threaten hezbollah. it has much to lose from changes that seek to push back the influence of a gup labeled by many member countries a terrorist organization. >> i do believe that hezbollah is short of options, because on one hand he has sanctions, on the other hand he feels the pressure of his political base, and that is a part of the lebanese population and they cannot take it any more because the lebanese economy is in freefall, it's collapsing.>> eporter: the value of the lebanese currency is collapsing too. pegged to the dollar00, the lebanese lira has-- at street exchangers-- fallen to as much as 4300 lira to the dollar in recenweeks, rendering most goods are imported, and for businesses their real purchasing power is at the street rate. for lebanese shoppers, supermarket shelves ve seen enormous price changes in recent months. if you have dollars you can change them on the street to keep up with the price but lira.people are paid in lebanese so, to them, forced to use the official exchange rate, th

now that are making headlines around the world israel says its soldiers have exchanged fire with hezbollah militants near the country's northern border with lebanon the israeli army says it was preventing several militants from infiltrating israeli territory hezbollah has denied it taking part in any clashes saying its forces never attempted to cross the frontier the ukrainian army is accusing russia back to separatists of breaching a cease fire in the country's east the separatists have denied the accusations the truce went into effect at midnight on sunday it was agreed last week by negotiators from russia ukraine and the international monitoring group the o. s. c. e. . authorities in saudi arabia have ordered a deep cleaned of islams holiest site in mecca ahead of the annual heinz pilgrimage because of the coronavirus muslims from a broad that will be unable to attend this year for the 1st time in the modern era the year's event has been limited to only $1000.00 pilgrims from within saudi arabia. in japanese fashion designer condensate yamamoto has passed away at the age of 76 he won re

to control its territory in clear reference to the armed group the iranian backed hezbollah whose growing role in lebanon and influence in the region has hurt ties with traditional allies in the west and the gulf with the message hezbollah is committed to keeping this government and therefore talking about reforms is impossible. controls it and will give it cover from us sanctions as well as keep illegal crossings along the border with syria open them up for you and more of them all the while the economic implosion accelerates and nearly half of lebanon's 5000000 people have already sunk further into poverty so for their own beirut now returning to a coronavirus coverage and schools in south africa will be closed for weeks presenter on a poser said in a televised address to the nation that it's important that schools do not become sites of virus transmission the country's corona virus infections are rising up one of the fastest rates in the world it now has the 5th highest number of infections globally on the pandemic has also dealt a fresh blow to believe it is plans to restore political

sanctions list for supporting iran's revolutionary guard and hezbollah fighters in lebanon so called the reports from beirut. a state of panic among passengers on board flight 1152 the airbus was flying from iran's capital tehran to beirut in lebanon on thursday night when the iranians say it was harassed by fighter jets data recorded show the airliner climb from 34000 feet to 34600 feet in less than 2 minutes before descending to 34000 feet a minute later iran's state t.v. says several passengers were injured due to the sudden changes in altitude the jet landed safely in the lebanese capital. when we reached the airspace of syria a fighter jet approached a monoplane in order to avoid colliding with that jet the pilot rapidly decreased altitude and it caused injury for some passengers. hours later the u.s. central command confirmed a u.s. f. 15 was involved in the incident and not israeli warplanes as 1st suspected the u.s. said the f. 15 was on a routine air mission near the town of coalition base in syria the war plane conducted a standard visual inspection of the airliner at a saf