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A resolution to deliver humanitarian aid to syria which the u. N. Says is crucial to save millions of lives. And chinas new security goal prompts to talk to pull out of hong kong was soon joined as facebook and google in suspending data sharing with police. And the u. S. State of texas has shattered its record of daily Coronavirus Infections reporting 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours is the biggest one day increase since the pandemic began the bushs News Agency Says the state is reporting more daily cases than any european country at the height of their outbreaks with 130000 people have now died nationwide Health Officials say they are running out of time to get the virus under control. In the next 2 weeks were probably going to end up being what new york was to months ago i think thats whats going to happen and that is going to happen but people are only because we have the 4th of july. And the role of people the most recent a lot of people were. More likely were not were going to see those patients come into the hospital were going to. Mike hanna joins us live from washington d. C. Mike tell us more about the situation in texas and other western states. Well as you heard there more than 10000 cases in a single day in texas these are similar figures to what weve been seeing in florida which also brokered staley record monday other states impacted North Carolina arizona now the Common Thread between all of these states is that they were among the 1st to open up to stop mitigating measures under pressure from President Trump to get the economy going now the consequence you are seeing incidents spiking in all of these states in all some half of the u. S. States are showing a massive increase in terms of infections are the problems that are going along is of course still lag in testing many states complaining that theres a backlog in laboratories that they not getting right through the corrected testing kits that what they do get through is not working effectively so youve got a situation where months after the pandemic got underway in the u. S. Youre seeing a spike in a vast part of the country and present company time is keen to reopen schools despite those numbers. Well President Trump insists that he wants the schools open in the fall thats the start of the new school year in August September he spent much of the day polling up governors and other education authorities in various states insisting that the schools open on time and importantly that they open completely in person teaching now many schools in many states are actually exploring ways in which education can wreak commence personal distancing for example schools open one or 2 days a week rather than throughout the week but President Trump is adamant he wants all schools to close up he wants them to open up now this is what he had to say what we want to do is we want to get our schools open we want to get them open quickly beautifully in the fall and the as you know this is a disease its a horrible disease but young people do extraordinarily well in the midst of all of this President Trump has now confirmed that the u. S. Will be pulling out of the World Health Organization a letter has been sent both to congress and to the u. N. Secretary general stating u. S. Intention to pull out the process takes a year or so the u. S. Will only cease being a member effectively on the 6th of july 2021 and 1. 00 must remember an important point is that between then and now there is an election the administration could change the draw process from World Health Organizations fairly straightforward it said year grace however in the u. S. And they believed there would be no issue with it rejoining the organization but still massive criticism from many in congress that President Trump is following through on his threat to pull out at the world health of the World Health Organization in the midst of this crushing pandemic one can i thank you very much indeed. In the past few minutes brazil has announced more than 45000 new coronavirus cases one of those is the countrys president joy ableson r. O. Has dismissed the virus for months as a little flu defying guidelines to wear a mask and opposing lockdown in his country as A Latin America editor to see a new reports he says he feels fine. I do World Leaders have defied coded 1000 like brazils jade ball so now. For months the president tempted fate and turned to doctors he scorned calls to respect social distancing he seemed to relish defying even his own advisors always pressing the flesh and rarely using a face mask many members of his cabinet had become infected even his wifes grandmother some joked hed made a pact with the devil until what was probably the inevitable happened baba would for the thought of you accuse me of my still the west side. But everybody knew that sooner or later current of our sort of reach an important part of population is a lot of people like me for example if i would know how to do on the test i would not know about a result of the positive yes it was put it awarded up with achievable care so far bosso not a has admitted to having a feeder and body aches but continues to brush off the severity of an illness he once described as a little trouble even taking off his face mask after testing positive. For the bureaucratic with a look at so you can see my face who wants to see my face im fine calm thank god. Thanks to days that prayed for me whats the porting me im fine thank god. Its not just both scenarios health but his political reputation thats at stake hes waged war against lockdowns saying theyre more harmful than the illness. Hes clashed with governors who ordered businesses closed and the Supreme Court which recently felt compelled to order the president to wear a face mask or pay a steep fine just taking his cue from donald trump also not or has threatened to withdraw from the w. H. O. And has ordered that Brazils Health system distribute the anti malaria drug drugs at laura quinn despite warnings that its not safe or proven to be effective for treating coronavirus hes in fact using it now himself. Nevertheless we should say while im a speedy a full recovery. From this disease leaders around the world have have had similar experiences i think it brings home cross all the the reality of this virus that will likely depend on how president not affairs on whether hell become seriously ill as was british Prime Minister Boris Johnson or whether hell be back at work in a week or 2 telling everyone i told him so. All this despite the more than 65000 brazilians whove lost their lives so far to the socalled little flu. You see in human aljazeera. Iran has recorded its highest single day jump in coronavirus fatalities to date with 200 people dying the Health Minister has been on the rise on iranians not following restrictions iran has reported a total of almost 12000 kevin 19 deaths with more than 245000 cases thats a big reports from tehran. Iranians had thought they were past the peak of the virus but the new total of 200. 00 dead within 24 hours has prompted the Health Ministry to issue a new warning. Unfortunately many people didnt listen to me they didnt take demands of mine and my colleagues seriously we are facing a new wave now its been 4 months since the virus hit and its been responsible for the deaths of nearly 12000 people so far the governments blaming the resurgence on guidelines being broken. I ask god to people to take masks and coronavirus seriously masks and social distancing can prevent the disease by 80 percent now that we are paying such a huge price people have to take my advice seriously now the time my colleagues and i were insisting people Pay Attention many people didnt believe us hospital admissions are also including into iran irans most populated city and Financial Center some patients have been receiving oxygen in a hospital carpark the wards inside apparently full to capacity the government has made face masks mandatory although theres no penalty for not wearing one and some provinces have reinstated lockdown measures but the blame at least from the Health Ministry is on the failure to observe guidelines on social distancing and Mass Gatherings this year but im in the hospital for about 2 weeks i didnt abide by chrono really rules we went to a wedding and 12 members of our family contracted corona we didnt socially distance there were many people in the Party Together for gods sake keep socially distancing wear masks and observe your personal hygiene. Since i voted in february i didnt leave home because i suffer from asthma for 30 years i have had asthma i didnt go out of my family did they didnt of their protocol and yet i got infected. I had a c. T. Scan any said it was coronavirus you have to be hospitalized and begging people to not go out. The government is also under scrutiny for easy to lock down early despite warnings from the Health Ministry with the economy struggling the Government Faces tough decisions repos lockdowns are trying to stop the spread of the virus and excess deaths a hope that people will take on a board by the rules something that doesnt work so for a sudbury. The her own. Israels Public Health director has quit accusing the government of failing to contain the coronavirus siegel so that ski said restrictions were lifted too quickly after israel source spike of more than a 1000 new cases a day last week she said her warnings had been ignored Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reimposed restrictions on monday closing bars gyms and event tolls on 330 people have died in israel with a number of cases exceeding 31000. Australias 2nd largest city has been ordered to enter not down for a 2nd time as coronavirus cases continue to surge 5000000 people in melbourne have been told to stay at home for the next 6 weeks to keep the outbreak from spiralling out of control the city has reported a record daily spike of 191 infections state borders have been so closed effectively sealing the entire state off from victoria from the rest of the country. Zimbabwes Health Minister has been fired for Inappropriate Conduct a statement announcing. Dismissal did not elaborate further he was arrested last month after being accused of illegally awarding a multimillion dollar contract for medical supplies to fight the corona virus the company that clinched the deal sold the government 28 dollar facemasks and other materials at inflated prices own which has more from harare. Obadiah moyer who is not the former Health Minister was arrested last month he is currently out on bail and is suspected back in court on the 31st of july but its not clear whether thats when his trial will actually start or the his lawyers will ask for a postponement giving accused of illegally awarding government contracts to a Company Called Drugs International is say this Company Inflated prices for personal protective equipment and the lawyer pocketed some of that money and allegation he denies for years zimbabwes been dogged by allegations of many government corruption and Health Workers are particularly very angry they say theyre struggling to make ends meet they say they want to be paid in american dollars for this involves keeps devaluing for weeks now im a nurse as theyve been demonstrating outside hospitals demanding for things to change in the Public Health sector are they saying that nothing is being done and no one is the same to them some of them in the past few days have been arrested by the police the police say the reason why already has admitted that they broke rules or people arent allowed to gather in large numbers of when president emerson and what to call of mugabe in 27000 he said is going to be tough on corruption but people say they still waiting to see results is the phrase in zimbabwe called catch and release with some people feel that senior politician senior officials are sometimes a race that follows corruption they go to courts a trial is held but these trials drag on for weeks months sometimes even years the people either get off scot free or nothing is really done about it things that people are now watching over diam lawyer very very close to his case very very closely when he finally does go to trial we want to see what the result is going to be. Thousands of protesters have gathered in serbia as capital after the president ordered the reintroduction of coronavirus Restrictions Police fired tear gas at demonstrators outside the Parliament Building in belgrade theyre calling for an exam to her church to resign after the country sorts highest day a number of deaths. Code 19 hes been accused of lifting the restrictions early so he could hold an election last month which he won the measures are due to come into effect on friday. There is that you and i do such joins us over the phone from belgrade so whats the situation like than now. Well this is really out of control and im very sorry that we can also see each other right now but i will try to describe what is happening and huge amount of people gathered in front of the National Assembly they are really angry for a new measures. Because of the put on a virus because i will explain you today we have seen people die from corona virus which is the highest number in one day over 4000 people are in hospitals so situation is very bad especially in belgrade. President that exam that we said from friday is to monday good luck and maybe not only the great but. The people here are angry because theyre feeling this is not the right way to deal with this situation theyre angry because they think hospitals are in very bad conditions theyre afraid also that numbers. Of people are much much bigger than officials are saying this is all the reason why people gathered in front of the National League and they were riot here to monta simply is now in front of the. Simply they were tear gassed and shell bombed and people are still here theyre trying to get in to do it the National Assembly and they managed to do it in some point 11 of the group. Not i think this is not going to be peaceful anytime soon thank you very much indeed for that update thank you. Still ahead this half hour a breakthrough in brazil gives hope to millions of people infected with hiv. Hello once again purse was affected by this cold front is now warning away further south in the bight its windy wet weather optically damaging but notable and theres more to come south of perth in Western Australia otherwise its quiet wintry looking weather which is teens tragedy but a significant piece of disarm running up the coast New South Wales that is rain rain running through brisbane as well britains got rain the forecast for the next 3 days the temperature in about 22. 00 or about know what we should be in july and the rain through the queensland coast towards the tropics for we get so we cant nonusing starts off anywhere from when these 2 girls southerly breeze even on thursday but its a dry looking picture theyre raised in a far more significant story in japan particularly in q sure and this white mass has suggest theres more heavy right thats true if youre going to the northeast time rather than science where the devastation occurs in river quba we have response so one shes going to get that bright white top including tokyo thats the wet weather for thursday if you follow back to where the rest of the seasonal rain is in china its going slowly size in the immediate future that it start to wave north weekend but more significantly heavy rain comes back to central and southern q sure. Were talking about ivory poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always ship the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because thats where you start your search to look in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method can tell us if you trade ivory is legal or not then we have a place we can focus Law Enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the id from entering the network take no one else is no. The you. Are one of the top stories here now to syria the u. S. State of texas has reported more than 10000 new coronavirus cases its biggest one day increase in the state since the pandemic started carette of virus deaths nationwide have topped 130000 and hospitals in several states say their intensive care units are reaching full capacity. Brazils president has tested positive for throat of hours after months of dismissing it as a little through. Insists he feels in good health despite having a fever. And iran has recorded its highest single day jump in coronavirus tests yet but 200 people dying the countrys Health Minister blamed the rise on iranian not following restrictions. Id 7 people have been killed by a car bomb in northeastern syria 3 children were among the dead after the explosion in tel aviv near the Turkish Border many more were injured dozens of people have been killed by car bombs in the region says turkey drove out the kurdish y p g armed group in october. The u. N. Says a string of airstrikes carried out by the Syrian Government and Russian Forces in libya amount to war crimes investigators identified what they called 52 emblematic attacks between november and june the report says syria and its allies russia have killed hundreds of people and forced nearly a 1000000 to flee they also accuses the high at sharm group of firing into civilian areas with no apparent military objective as well as torturing and executing detainees russia and china vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution to extend authorization for cross border humanitarian aid in syria the u. N. Says the year long extension is crucial to the lives of millions of civilians on diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the u. N. So big disappointment for for the aid groups on this. Yeah i mean i think humanitarian experts even top u. N. Officials are very concerned about what has happened here in the last hour or so russia and china have used their veto on a security Council Resolution that was going to extend for another year the permission to bring in a into syria using border crossings and they have vetoed that for now now the existing permission runs out on friday so there is the possibility perhaps to come up with some sort of compromise but its worth reminding you this is a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until 6 months ago there were 4 border crossings which would allow aid into syria to then be distributed and these are border border crossings that allow mainly the aid to go to opposition areas well 6 months ago russia used its veto on this very issue and having used its veto then to put forward its own resolution to reduce the number of border crossings from 4 to 2 thats where we were until today now russias used its veto on the renewal of the to russias come up with a new security Council Resolution as soon as this one was vetoed which is now circulated which would reduce the number of border crossings from 2. 00 to 1. 00 so substantially reducing the amount of aid that can get in to opposition areas as i say we have until friday to try and find some sort of compromise but the fact that russia has already come up with its own version of a resolution they dont really want to compromise they want things on their terms terms that are going to help the Assad Government china joining russia in this veto it worth telling you though this is the 15th time that russia has used its veto power on a resolution related to syria thank you very much. Tech talk has announced its pulling out of hong kong this is some of the Worlds Largest social Media Companies review their operations in the city in light of the new security rules imposed by china zuma has joined tech giants such as facebook microsoft and google in suspending requests for user data other cities or thirtys theyre worried the new law will let the Chinese State access Sensitive Information sarah clarke has more from hong kong. A week after the introduction of the new National Security law in Hong Kong Kerry lamb was quick to respond to the International Condemnation of the legislation which has already been used to make arrests the National Security targets crimes of subversion suspicion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. Of what putting up this is completely constitutional legal and reasonable i do not understand why certain Foreign Countries a so keen to comment on this. The National Security committee which lends his has unveiled the powers granted to police think through grades without a warrant in special circumstances ordering internet firms and social media to remove content considered a threat to National Security as well as a seizure of their equipment failure to comply with the law risks a 13000. 00 fine and 2 years in jail. Compared with the National Security laws of other countries its a rather mild law its scope is not as broad as that in other countries and even china the tech giants and social Media Companies im not convinced the video sharing app to talk says it will stop operations in hong kong its owned by chinese internet giant by dance but isnt available on the mainland the company says its app will no longer be available in hong kong and social media platforms including Facebook Twitter linked in zoom and whatsapp have also announced they will suspend processing government and police requests for user data so i i think the work here ok to fear is already spread. About the cyber expression freedom here in total i believe the government will take further actions towards these social media platforms i think i can foresee that we wont be able to use these applications in the future the u. S. Secretary of state has described chinas new legislation as being an assault on hong kongs freedoms and rights might compare like in the censorship to the totalitarian state in georgia always famous novel 984 some fear the Chinese Communist Party Censorship enforced online and is fast coming into effect in the semi autonomous city the government has acknowledged that some people in hong kong are concerned the current i am says its only been a week since the new no was introduced and Education Program will reassure the people that the legislation protects not undermines the citys freedoms. Sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Conditions in hotels housing Asylum Seekers in scotlands largest city of being described as degrading and unsanitary aid groups in glasgow say residents are at risk of contracting corona virus and tensions are running high last month but hes shocked at a sudanese Asylum Seeker after he stabbed 5 people including a policeman the reports from glasgow. It isnt uncommon to see food parcels being to live or to refugees in places like the greek island of less force or the french port of cali but in the sense of scotlands biggest city outside a hotel organized by a company with a 1000000000 dollar contracts from the British Government to cater for these people has problems has a whole series of questions they dont have access to washing if lets say your room is dirty your bed sheet is dirty your posts are dirty you dont have access to anything and you know the code on our office at the lucky did not catching it they throw away the food they given off in the chicken is roar or they say its otherwise inedible the plastic containers are a coronavirus risk and these men a forced into a position where they cannot keep their distance from each other they arent allowed to work and are effectively locked in here when the food is being delivered they have to argue with the staff to be let outside to get it every day people are going crazy the order of the dead people that we saw saw some people out up the people who meant south issues riyad mental issues with Asylum Seekers every day the sorts of just yesterday after one of the old says somebody went missing police are saddam and others to he isnt exaggerating in the last few weeks one syrian man committed suicide after warning he was going to and a few days ago at a Different Hotel a sudanese man stabbed several people including a Police Officer before being shot dead the police have been there ever since what always happens here the National Media in the u. K. Got very excited indeed for almost an entire afternoon because they thought it might be what they described as a terrorist attack but as soon as the police said it wasnt interesting it vanished as quickly as it appeared since then theres been almost no inspection whatsoever as to the reasons why Asylum Seekers might be suffering such Severe Mental Health problems so this then is what they think happened during the stabbing incident from all the oh there kinds. Is that he was driven basically literally bodies left the room for 2020 days on his own with suspected crew of our symptoms is what was reported to us and to others basically just to take it no longer i had had warned people that he was want to hurt himself heart others he was and these images of the conditions people are being told to live in the muse group which has the 1000000000 dollar contracts directed us to the home office which gave the contract to them its denied the accommodation is substandard and so the Asylum Seekers are given 3 meals a day and a phone number to call if they have problems largely of his era. A brazilian man infected with the aids virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year after taking part in an experimental drug therapy the treatment was aimed at purging hidden and dormant parts of the virus from his body which usually go undetected by drugs or the immune system independent experts say it will take longer to see if a mans remission lasts but if confirmed it would not the 1st time it has been eliminated without a bone marrow or stem cell transplant the patient says its giving him a 2nd chance at life. Ive cried a lot im very moved because its something that millions of people want not having the virus in their system its hard to take the amount of medication i took in that many people take. Our money the top stories here now jazeera the u. S. State of texas has shattered its record of daily corona virus infections reporting 10000 new cases in the last 24 hours is the biggest one day increase since the pandemic began the reuters News Agency Says the state is reporting more daily cases than any european country at the height of their outbreaks 130000 people have died nationwide. In the next 2 weeks were probably going to remember being what new york was. I think thats whats going to happen and that is going to happen but you could only because we have the 4th of july. I mean lot of people the most recent a lot of people women are. More likely remote were going to see those patients come into the hospital were mixed. Brazils president has tested positive for corona virus after months of dismissing it as a little flu shy about sonar insists he feels in good health despite a fever he began feeling ill on sunday and was taken to a Military Hospital after developing symptoms but hes repeatedly defied local guidelines to wear a mask in public and has opposed locking down the country rizzos reported more than 66000 deaths and more than 1600000 cases thousands have been protesting in serbias capital after the president ordered the reintroduction of coronavirus restrictions on friday police fired tear gas at demonstrators outside parliament in belgrade theyre calling for alexander which each to resign after the country saw its highest days number of deaths in kiev and 19 hes been accused of lifting restrictions early so that he could hold last months election which he won. Iran has recorded its highest single day jump in coronavirus deaths yet with 200 people dying the countrys Health Minister blamed the rise on iranians not following restrictions. Zimbabwes Health Minister has been fired for Inappropriate Conduct a statement announcing a body is dismissal did not elaborate further he was arrested last month after being accused of illegally awarding a contract for medical supplies to fight coronavirus. Tecno is next looking at house on just using d. N. A. To track down elephant. July 995 the summer that witnessed one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century the massacre of thousands of bosnian muslims. Special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the seventies and genocide on and just. A secret mass grave in ireland discovered at an institution run by catholic nuns is. A nation shocked to its core. People in power investigates a scandal but destroyed families cost thousands of lives and still raises profound questions about the ties between the Catholic Church and the irish state. Arlens mother and baby scandal. On a. This is techno innovations that can change lives the science of fighting fire were going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and were doing it in the unique way. This is a show about science lolol are not scientists tonight techno investigates the ivory trail theyve tried to seize it. Burn it but nothing has stopped the terrible trade in the legal ivory. Now. New tools straight from the lab that could fight a crime thats brought elephants to the brink of extinction getting a seizure is a great victory but the owns are already dead. From rita davis and is an environmental biologist i am holding a tray of elephant who should show us the high tech plan to stop the killing. 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