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Infectious disease expert makes a plea particularly to young people as an action surgeon several states. Mexico citys police chief is wounded in an assassination attempt hes blaming on a powerful drug cartel. And lebanese protesters hold a symbolic funeral for the economy and country they fear cannot be seized. The leaders of egypt and sudan say ethiopia has agreed to not start filling its new mega dam without the 3 countries reaching an agreement on it of been unable to resolve the increasingly bitter dispute fear years if europe is built the renaissance dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the river gnarls water egypt and sudan downstream depend heavily on its unfair their Water Supplies will be put at risk if your obvious says the hydro power the dam will produce is essential to its economic growth. There is have a morgan in sudans capital khartoum says this still much to result it took a meeting between the Prime Ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the African Union including you correct chair of the African Union south african president. To try to bring the 3 sides together after several rounds of talks. For you know what the what the statement that was released by the Prime Minister of the office of the Prime Minister of the im told is that the 3 sites that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level weve repeatedly heard statements from the site saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that theres only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects so remarkable though is Senior Advisor at the sentry and International Investigative and policy team he joins us now from west orange new jersey thanks for your time our correspondent there says so obviously this doesnt mean that its all a done deal but how significant a development is this ethiopia announcing that it wont fill the reservoir before a deal is done. This is a significant happening and i believe that its a display of the fan of the policy of International Community to leave to leave an organizations their leader on a list of meeting the. Problems and in the case of africa this is that are going to union this is a meeting that was committed by the president of the African Union. Force and attended by this countrys Prime Minister 100 as your Company Solution president as well as other members of the commission who are in the leadership of the commission and therefore it is sure that africa is willing to dig this role of resolving problems in trying to do what is it that you think actually sparked that the change of heart to ethiopia up until just a few days ago if there of it was saying look were going to start filling this dam whether you like it or not well it probably made it tense moment because of the same time this was a really you know increasing tensions in the region it seemed to be suggesting that it could be resolved to any solution since the it was to them these other a matter of life or death for the you shouldnt people on the country and their followers are down and what are those intervening to musically come of this but its a little bit down and find workable solution if youre korea is under a lot of pressure to really of lloyd unilateral solutions the are in agreement that went to 5 percent of your cost 1. 00 last cent of the problems are sorted out in every unit which efficient and therefore its only the issue of filling up the dam over the length of time that is needed so that the floor for there is going to sleep and during that period. If the other wants to start filling the reservoir in the rainy season july 1 of the talents is of that actually happening. I dont expect that to happen and i dont expect that we with all the spotlight that if you are to start feeling that damn well despite the lack of agreement and therefore there will be a focus in the ferry systems on reaching this Technical Agreement a legal agreement the usual this is a more extended period than what the issue of guns want and i believe there will be some course in a consensus between the 2 countries in this sudan would want lucians is amicable between is to the neighbors if youre an idiot sudan stands to gain a lot from that really meant it or stands to be the fairest fuel or if these 2 countries want to look ahead its the issue just finally you mentioned there are 95 percent of the disagreements have been sorted out 5 percent remains is there any agreement on the technical aspects they are going to be legally binding well thats the whole. Purpose of this looting of their African Union and the you know the requests of the parties not to proceed through any unilateral steps without they are not like apartheid agreement among them was strictly binding for all of them and therefore a thing that dogma to be binding because it would have the blessing more so theyre going to union and the United Nations Security Council not only extension and the future would be bound to abuse except halt that commitment thanks so much for your time explaining it all the silly man balderas Senior Advisor at the sentry so many. There are of new infections in the u. S. Is to another high for the 3rd day running sensing a worsening situation the government held its 1st Coronavirus Task force briefing in 2 months and although Vice President mike pence remained to upbeat the top Infectious Disease expert warned there is a serious problem ellen fisher reports from washington rising cases after almost 2 months away its back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with a surge in cases across the country the white house Coronavirus Task force faces a renewed threat were in a much stronger players the truth is we did slow the spread of the current recent days have brought a Record Number of infections 16 states are seeing a rising number of cases and infection rates states like texas which had started to reopen no bringing back all distractions after a 145 percent rise in cases in just 14 days bars closed restaurants cutting capacity Public Gatherings Limited kristens mere calls it a crisis the numbers are jumping exponentially and rising fast and we are quickly moving in the wrong direction arizona has no more cases provide a population than brazil 88 percent of the states intensive care beds are full doctors see a Health System on the edge and as part of an experience to try to make for each other at some point theres a Tipping Point and were hoping we dont already actually say this is tender waiting to explode but im thinking that some of that has already been let and there is concern the man who has played a major role in the white house response had this warning to young people the thing that you really need to realize that when you do that you are part of a process so if you get infected you will infect someone else who clearly will infect someone else we know that happens because the reproduction element of the virus is not less than one so people are infecting other people and then ultimately you will infect someone. Whos vulnerable the task force met at the department of health not here at the white house put it see that she was the president s level of engagement with the crisis no the president also said the virus would start to go away in the warmer weather it hasnt one expert saying this isnt the 2nd wave its still the fust alan fischer aljazeera at the White House Well california is one of the states seeing higher cases is in los angeles for us rob so we had a serious warning there from the current virus taskforce and now several states that were planning to reopen are really being forced to rethink. Yeah thats right kim here in california the rate of hospitalization for code 9000 patients is up 32 percent over the past 14 days and in the city of San Francisco officials there have decided to start dialing back the reopening plans theyre now putting more restrictions on bars barbershops beauty parlors and public pools among other places in order to try to stem the flow a lot of the conclude conclusions by Public Health officials are for the. Count of accounting for the surge is that people have kind of. Pretended that the covert virus doesnt need to be really protected against and we had the governor of california gavin newsom earlier today pleading with people to keep up the fight against the virus here he is. We are entering into a weekend where so often its a case of people let their guard down do not be one of those individuals continue to practice physical distancing social distancing if you are going to break with tradition common sense and youre going to invite your neighbors or friends or extended family members over against the advice and counsel of local Health Directives where a mask practice physical distancing. And there is a particularly worrisome outbreak in Imperial County california kim that is on the southern border down with mexico it is a county of about 200000. 00 people the governor is sending in special Health Worker teams to Imperial County as well as National Guard medical units its the poorest county in california with a per capita income of a little over 16000. 00 per year versus the us need Median Income of 52000. 00 per year its largely a hispanic area as well and of course i think that that just shows that biologically of course the coded 19 virus doesnt discriminate between rich or poor but it always seems that it is the poorest individuals who bear the brunt of the virus and its affects him thanks for that rob reynolds that live from los angeles brazils government has counted almost 47000 new infections of the past 24 hours and close to 1000. 00 deaths covenanting is spreading fast to room areas where Health Workers say theyre not equipped to handle the operate the fair is that this could bring the disease back to urban centers in a socalled boomerang effect overall 54000 people a known to have died in brazil. Authorities in argentina have extended lockdown restrictions in when a set is sensurround in regions into next month doctors say infections will peak in the coming weeks there have been more than 52000. 00 confirmed cases and in excess of the 1000 deaths rules that would do to come to an end on sunday will not stay in place place until at least july the 17th. Still ahead here on al jazeera the International Criminal Court Expands its investigation into suspected drug cities in libya after the discovery of mass graves. And with half a 1000000 confirmed coronavirus cases india appears a giant care facility to deal with the sanctions. But. We got some big and lively storms spring up across parts of the u. S. At the moment central areas that kind of as well lots of cloud here just spilling out of central areas of canada down across the plains through the prairies down across the plains rule out the way down towards the deep south because some showers too just around the eastern seaboard for times the west of weather moving across the midwest and heading towards the northeast in conus the heavy showers senate possibility head temperatures well up 32 celsius in new york 34 therefore d. C. Into the mid thirtys across central parts of the u. S. Is still touching 42 celsius in felix further north some wet weather there to central and western parts of canada on the cold side. 20 degrees or so 21. 00 celsius there for seattle the showers continue over towards the mid Atlantic States some wet weather also getting dragged in from the gulf of mexico just notice the winds coming across the gulf of mexico so were polling thats the hardest out of the caribbean they say weve got some showers coming in here so that will help to clear the air at long last has been a really nasty week welcome showers coming in across the Eastern Islands as we go on through saturday showers also a possibility for the Greater Antilles and then to some wetter weather into central america. If you were in beijing looking out the Pacific Ocean youd see american warships. Was there somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the World College chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our 1st president George Washington said if you want peace prepare for war the coming war on china to follow josie. In the. Courtyard is there a reminder of our top stories this hour egypt and sudan say ethiopia has agreed to not start feeling its new make it until they can settle their dispute ethiopia says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy egypt and sudan fear their Water Supplies when the. Number of new covered 906 ins in the u. S. Has surged to another high for the 3rd day running a top Infectious Diseases expert says there is a serious problem i want people to be more careful about restrictions. Brazils government has counted almost 47000. 00 new infections of the past 24 hours and cost 1000. 00 deaths cover 19 is spreading fast through brutal areas where Health Workers say theyre not equipped. The mexican the capitals police chief has been injured in an attempted assassination to. Our food just bodyguards were killed when they came under fire in an upscale mexico city neighborhood here is blaming the attack on one of the countrys most powerful drug gangs at least 12 people have been arrested by note about who has more. The sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the mexican capital in the early hours of friday morning when gunmen wielding high caliber weapons attacked mexico citys police chief. The head of Public Security in mexico city was wounded and there are other deaths in this attack all of this has to do without a doubt with the work being carried out to guarantee peace and security. Authorities have confirmed that at least 2 Police Officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander as that has such a thing for the money and that makes it is Justice Department has confirmed 12 arrests i feel confident the investigation will yield results to find those responsible for ordering this act of aggression or. At least 6 criminal groups are known to operate within mexico city in a tweet following the attack the citys police chief placed the blame on the new Generation Cartel the hollies going new Generation Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the region and was only recently identified as having a presence within the limits of mexico city. The shootout in the mexican capital is only the latest incident of Mass Violence in the country. On wednesday 16 people were killed in a gunfight between rival drug gangs in the mexican state of sinaloa on monday 15 were killed following an attack on an indigenous village in the state of war haka. Despite the ongoing corona Virus Outbreak battles over control of drug territory have not lessened and. Mexico city the International Criminal court is expanding its investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in libya speaking exclusively to aljazeera prosecutor fata open so it said one of warlord holy 5 custom others should be handed over to the court. Its regrettable that. We just let general have to house not facility arrest but of what is that well fairly good. Or has the element it generally in action sure that hes account. For his alleged crimes. Even. This purported thats the. Initial. Plan that time youve all concrete and progressive steps. And this is something that has already been found by the chamber. Thats. Investigations in active. When your parents at the American University school of International Service says the i. C. C. Investigation will take a long time we know that 190 bodies were found in mass graves in wells in containers and at a hospital. And we know that it was connected to one of the more ruthless commanders of the. Brothers who changed sides in war from being for the western governments for the eastern government and in that way they were involved in 2 attacks on tripoli at different times there particularly ruthless and they are score settling and the fact that some of these sound like towns like turkey that he well he switched sides and have some of the population of wants and so what you know other make it particularly fractious and particularly lethal when it comes to score settling even some of the county it forces were killed as the lesser Government Forces came in and that was the score settling as well so all of these investigations are starting up they have to secure the sites they have to identify bodies and that term the cause of terror and then give them back to their families this is a process that will go on for months and perhaps even years played out in Nations World Food Program says syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis that estimates 9300000 people dont know whether next meal is coming from prices have gone up more than 200 percent because of inflation levels not seen even at the height of the civil war. The Indian Government has opened what it says will be the Worlds Largest temporary Coronavirus Treatment Center on friday india recorded 17000 new cases its biggest single day. Its the 4th country. From. The chefs at this restaurant of the indian capital used to cook for up to 1200 people a day that was before them. But despite restaurants being allowed to open for the past 2 weeks its among the 80 percent of which have chosen to keep their doors close to or only do deliveries. That we dont see people. So. Industry experts say 30 percent of all restaurants and hotels could shut down permanently because of a lack of customers as the number of cases. As restaurants keep their doors closed banquet halls hotels and train carriages are being converted to treatment centers. Dunnies government has opened what it says will be the Worlds Largest temporary Health Facility which will have 10000. 00 beds by the end of next week. Computer software the medical equipment. And medical professionals who are there we remain able to be a bit different in a proper clinical manner. But Health Officials warn that expanding facilities is not enough everybody keeps talking about the Health Care Facility as being equivalent to the number of beds it is actually the facility of getting the level of care which is available which is more appropriate than collecting a whole lot of beds so we need doctors we need nurses we need we need all monitoring and regulatory facilities we need better medical staff. While some regions are building more facilities to deal with the rising cases others the shutting down the Northeastern State of ahsan has decided to go back under a full lockdown from sunday for 2 weeks that means only essential services will be allowed that follows the state of time and i wish that the same thing last week and markets in the Southern City of hyderabad and decided to shut down making the decision the Central Government as it tries to keep the economy open elizabeth primetime aljazeera new delhi. Italian soldiers have been deployed to a small town where a new coronavirus cluster has been detected almost 50 people in a residential complex northwest of naples have tested positive the army has set up barricades and Police Checkpoints are also in place the complex is home to many bulger and migrants who work during the fruit picking season. A state funeral has been held for president couldnt seize and burned thousands gathered at a stadium in the capital to take it to bid him farewell but there are concerns as no social distancing bulls were observed despite the threat from cover 1955 year old and couldnt seize it died earlier this month of Heart Failure thats according to the government. Every sorry people have died in flash flooding in the ivory coast several homes were swanton cars were flipped over in the city of a big jump the region saw 3 times its normal rainfall over the past few days the value of lebanons currency the lira has hit new lows on friday the country faces a growing economic crisis which is after the half its population in poverty the central bank is introducing new measures to stabilize the currency that people are increasingly having to sell what they own to pay the bills so horrid. Licensed Exchange Shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them or people who need to pay a Foreign Worker or buy an Airline Ticket its a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic Trading Platform have so far failed theyve been trying to fix the price of them. At a rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so theyve been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the euro has lost at least 75 percent of its value on the black market since october nearly 50 percent in the past month many are hurting in a country that is import dependent. My follow to use it to be 750. 00 an hour with was less than 200. 00. Lebanon needs fresh dollars but money from abroad has stopped flowing in. Many war and the Exchange Rate instability will continue without foreign assistance a return of confidence in the economy and the. Worst financial crisis are in our. Discussions with the International Monetary fund on a bailout have made no progress the political elite the central bank and the Banking Sector are still arguing over who is responsible for bankruptcy in this state theyre also failing to carry out reforms Like Fighting corruption a member of the negotiating team resigned in protest it is the state in all its opera that has resigned from its own responsibilities they have a responsibility to do reforms they have a responsibility to take ownership of the losses in the Financial System and to ensure the stability of the Financial Sector its desperate times up to 45 percent of a nation of nearly 5000000 people live below the poverty line where. People are selling the gold to pay Hospital Free situation fees and loans on their homes. All the while the states foreign currency reserves are being depleted weve better stop printing lebanese found them the way to stop doing that is to do economy could reforms because why are we printing lebanese plant because we want to finance government expenditure protesters who have been demanding a new leadership for months are losing hope they held a symbolic funeral for lebanon as their country sinks deeper into crisis. Beirut the leaders of Southeast Asian countries say only a unified response to the pandemic can ensure a strong economic recovery theyve been missing via video link for the latest summit hosted by vietnam which so far has responded better than most countries why pay reports from bangkok. This wasnt the Opening Ceremony vietnam had in mind as it takes its turn to host the association of Southeast Asian nations summits. Like many events around the world coronavirus change plans but vietnams quick and robust response to the pandemic which is infected fewer than 400 people here meant that at least a meeting was able to take place just with no foreign leaders. That in the cave in 1000 outbreak has had consequences in Economic Development and social stability for us young Member States we feel the sorrow of thousands of families that have lost loved ones to the virus. And the Economic Situation is expected to get worse even as some International Borders in the region begin to reopen the Asian Development banks revised outlook for this year has the combined economies of the bloc contracting by 2. 7 percent on the sidelines of the summit trade ministers are continuing to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership its a 15 nation trade deal that suffered several delays and setbacks including the withdrawal of india and is now expected to be finalized next year but thailands Prime Minister wants it signed this year to help speed up recovery from the pandemic vietnam also wants to see concrete progress if not an agreement this year on a code of conduct for the South China Sea several Southeast Asian nations including vietnam have territorial disputes with china which claims almost the entire area raising tensions the United States this week positioned 3 of its aircraft carriers in the Philippine Sea close to disputed areas vietnam is seen as the strongest opponent in the region to beijings assertiveness which may increase while the world in particular the United States is preoccupied with coronavirus but vietnams position is one that has to balance with its own economic interests the high as well. Trade between any member state to china witness reg number one hence they can separate between Economic Issues social cultural issues and Security Issues but hanoi may push hard to have the code of conduct signed this year while its the host nation of the Southeast Asian bloc with terms more favorable to its position the next summit also in vietnam which usually involves leaders will representatives from outside the region like china and the United States will take place in November Wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. This is al jazeera and this is the top stories interrupt answer don say if the opi has agreed to not start filming its new may get them until they can settle their dispute ethiopia says the dam on the blue nile is vital for its economy but egypt and sudan fer their Water Supplies will wind up. There as he morgan in sudans capital khartoum says is still much to resolve it took a meeting between the Prime Ministers of sudan egypt as well as other members of the African Union including you correct chair of the African Union south african president. To try to bring that response together after several rounds of talks through now what the what the statement that was released by the Prime Minister of the office of the Prime Minister of the im told is that other things besides that they will resume talks immediately on a technical level so i will repeat it you heard statements from the 3 sites saying that 95 percent of the issues have been resolved and that theres only remaining 5 percent as well as the legal aspects. The number of new covered 1000 infections in the u. S. Is searched to another high for the 3rd day running the top Infectious Disease expert says theres a serious problem and wants people to be more careful about restrictions. Brazils government has counted almost 47000 new infections of the past 24 hours and close to 1000 deaths govern one team is spreading fast through rural areas where Health Workers say theyre not equipped. Authorities in argentina have extended lockdown restrictions and point to set isnt surrounding regions and to next month doctors say infections will peak in the coming weeks there have been more than 52000. 00 confirmed cases and in excess of a 1000 deaths rules that would your come to an end on sunday will now stay in place until at least july 17th. The mexican capitals police chief has been injured in an attempted assassination 2 of. Which is bodyguards were killed when they came under fire in an upscale mexico city neighborhood. Blaming the attack on one of the countrys most powerful drug gangs the United Nations World Food Program says syria is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis it is to mates 9300000 people dont know where their next meal is coming from prices have gone up more than 200 percent the news continues here on aljazeera after witness. On july 1st russians head to the polls to vote on constitutional reforms including changes that could enable putin to remain in office through 2036 but with a drop in Approval Ratings for his handling of the pandemic are they willing to leave the wait for an even longer presidency follow developments on a disease. So i know you said petes mistress was soon at the 14th yes. But see women and young guys when they would to. Face. On that it mattered economy to be strong wife between. B. D. I guess if i were you because you need to go for the horse must be. Going on there with a