Dispute between the u. S. And china intensifies. On the 1st friday prayers at istanbuls after its controversial change of status from the museum to a mosque. Helo more than 6 months since the corona virus was 1st detected in china the pandemic is still ripping through the world at record rates more than 284000 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours thats a record rise according to the World Health Organization nearly 10000. 00 people have died in that same period the biggest spike since the end of april in europe kovan 1000. 00 is resurging in spain and france french citizens are now advised not to travel to the spanish region of catalonia which has recorded more than 8000 cases in the past fortnight and france is warning that its own outbreak may be accelerating reporting a fellows of 130. 00 cases in the last 24 hours alone. Well the outbreak in the us continues to worsen with more than 8100 new deaths on thursday alone florida is one of the worst hit states and its reporting a record increase in the number of daily deaths on thursday with 173. 00 falling victim to the virus its left President Donald Trump to cancel part of the Republican Party convention that was due to be held there next month and the states governor is meeting the president at the white house right across the u. S. More than 4000000 people have been infected so lets bring in Andy Gallagher hes joining us from miami and it doesnt bode well for the u. S. That the latest w. H. O. Report and he says that the u. S. Is one of the countries experiencing the biggest increase in cases. Yeah i mean we had another pretty dark day here in florida this is a again more than 10000 cases 135 deaths and the death toll edging upwards towards 6000 so for about the last 2 weeks of at least 10000 new cases every single day on july the 12th that number was actually about 15000 the infection rate here is hovering somewhere between 10 to 14 percent the intensive care units across the state are getting very very full indeed in fact i had a long conversation with a doctor the other day who just done a stint in an i. C. U. And he said it was it was terrible it was really bad theyre running short on medicine theyre running short on beds the mental strain on the. Line staff is really incredible and yet we have a governor here Rhonda Santas whos at the white house meeting with President Trump saying that he will not talk about rolling back closures closing businesses even pushing parents to send their children to schools now clearly when you look at these World Health Organization figures they are simply shocking given how much progress some of these countries of made were now talking about 5000. 00 deaths per day each and every day thats up from 4600 in june so clearly this pandemic is taking hold once again which really prompts the question as to how the approach here in the United States is working its a very patchwork approach rhonda scientist doesnt want to close businesses he does not want to mandate the wearing of masks yet here in Miami Dade County the worst affected in this state the mayor of miami has mandated mask wearing and sent out a squad of over 40 Police Officers who will hand out fines to people that dont abide by those rules so while youve got this patchwork approach going on there is no joined up thinking here in the United States youve got the president not making a National Strategy handing it down to the states the governors not really coming up with a joined up strategy and handing it down to the mess so you. This patchwork approach all the time these figures keep on growing other countries really badly affected at the moment brazil peru france and spain the picture that this latest report from the World Health Organization is painting is simply dying all right Andy Gallagher thank you for that update from florida South African Police have you stun grenades on the water canon against protesters in cape town. Workers in the Hospitality Industry say their revenue is falling they want coronavirus restrictions to be lifted even further south africa once had one of the worlds strictest lock downs but the government has been loosening it under economic pressure the country is the worst hit in the african continent and it has more than 408000 cases thats the 5th highest in the world more than 6000 people have died the pandemic side a devastating impact on the Airline Industry and now there are fears that planes which have been idle during the crisis have been corroding to a dangerous extent the American Civil Aviation Authority is warning that urgent checks are needed on one of the worlds most popular jets which could now suffer engine failure may have barker reports. As passengers tentatively take to the skies again and line still reeling from a coronavirus pandemic face a new challenge americas federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency warning ordering all operators of the boeing 737 and g n 77 classic to inspect a key engine part after 4 reports of sudden engine shutdowns the f. A. A. Said it was issuing the urgent directive to address corrosion of the engine bleed air 5th stage check valves for both engines which could result in compressor stalls and jewel engine power loss without the ability to restart which could result in a forced off airport landing the warning applies to any 737 thats been in storage for at least a week and given the number of extra aircraft grounded by the pandemic its thought to apply to thousands of 70 sevens and dozens of fleet worldwide its going to cause a bit of rights youre going to see i imagine i mean shit lee this way reality no aviation will help the rest of it in as much as it is a cross. Our thing. And its not as if hes a major structural aeration issue that engineering stuff like engine bells is something that you wouldnt know about until you had a problem the boeing 737 is one of the most successful commercial jets of all time with a good Safety Record but the warnings a major setback for a company that struggled to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max air craft following 2 fatal and crashes within 5 months these latest concerns to not apply to the 737 max the aviation industrys been badly bruised by covert 19 in may u. S. Airlines said they were collectively losing more than 10000000000. 00 in cash a month while boeing said sales of its craft were at their lowest in 60 years. Is. Aljazeera. For more than 40 years since the us recognize chinas communist Government Relations between the worlds 2 largest economies have sunk to their lowest levels in decades tensions are soaring with accusations of espionage state secrecy and the blame game over the corona virus pandemic among the newest developments a Chinese Research or who has taken refuge in the San Francisco consulates is being taken to court tang kwan has been accused of hiding her military connection when she applied for her american visa its the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between washington and beijing and the u. S. Is warning china against it for tat retaliation after beijing order of the american consulate in the city of chengdu to be shut down that order was in direct response to the closure of chinas consulates in houston the trumpet ministration says it was part of a massive spy network with the superpowers are clashing on a range of other issues including Donald Trumps accusation that china is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic the white house has also been a furious critic of the new security law in hong kong along with chinas territorial claims in the South China Sea lets wrap all of this up with kimberly how good she is our White House Correspondent so a number for arrests in recent days is the white house tries to pressure beijing. Theres no question this is a ratcheting up of the tensions between the United States and china not only have we have the appearance in court of the biologist researcher at the university of california that you mentioned there saying that she was here simply for research by the United States alleging that she has ties to chinas military were now just getting reports of a singaporean man who is also pled guilty to similar charges the u. S. Department of justice says that this individual was using Career Recruiting websites to war americans with sensitive government information including with ties to the u. S. Military and offering the sort of opportunities that might be available in exchange for providing this information to the Chinese Government we understand there was also an effort to recruit others to do the same so this is get another example of what the United States government this white house says is chinas malign activities activities that have been going on they say for more than a decade and the concern in all of this is where things go from here the white house saying that they gave many opportunities to china to try and turn around this behavior in a Conference Call with reporters earlier today they said they met in new york city just last month before that in hawaii urging china to change its behavior they say that when china refused to do this this is when the tit for tat socalled tit for tat retaliation started not only with this closure of the consulate in houston but of course as you for ported there china following suit now the White House Press secretary has issued a statement she had a briefing just a short time ago she said that this is another example of china effort being to steal tack information for commercial gain once again this white house urging the Chinese Communist party to see what it calls chinas mulayam activity all right kimberly thank you for that update from the white house. Well katrina you isnt shang doing she says that china is blaming the u. S. For the rao were here in downtown tendu and this is the new as consulate and there are a lot of policemen here the product doesnt Police Officers also are monitoring the crowds in this entire street has been blocked off to cars since the Chinese Foreign ministry made the announcement that the u. S. Consulate here would have to close but the best reasons are allowed to walk by and there are quite a few of them passing by taking photos taking selfies its become quite a Tourist Destination now china hasnt said exactly why its targeting this consulate all it said though is that there are some of us officials who work here with they say have been engaged in activities that are not consistent with their capacity we also know that its quite significant operation to the southwest of china deals with us this is nearby and acts as an active listening post for events taking place in sion john and tibet now the Chinese Foreign ministry has said that they do not want to do this they did not want to have to close the consulate here but they were false by the u. S. One year chinas top diplomat has laid the blame for the worsening ties between time and u. S. Completely at the foot of washington and he says that its up to washington now to mend and rebuild those ties and china says if the u. S. Does not pull back from decision to close the embassy in texas china will have no choice but to hit back measure for measure. Still ahead on aljazeera. Panic in the skies above syria after an american war plane flies pasta an iranian. Salvation as devastating monsoon season storms through the pole killing dozens on displacing millions of people. Hello summer looks normal now through most of europe it produces some with thunderstorms and most recent recipient as has been the northern part of italy milan in particular which after a few hours of morning thunderstorms had flooding in the end the passes now those thunderstorms will continue for the next 24 to 48 hours drifting slowly east wouldnt pass austria the garion plain in the balkans to behind it the fine is a very obvious unwinding frontal system with more wind and rain to the far north of france the low countries British Isles eventually scandinavia the said its a normal summer weather where it has been particularly hot spain and portugal is cooling down for some at least in lisbon scotland over a breeze coming as were going down to 25. 00 degrees come the start of the middle of next week north africa nice and active as finals is going to be this is where clumps of thunderstorms drift slowly westwards and disappearance the atlantic sometimes like that when they turn into a tropical song claim they dont always say however we have got another camp developing somewhere on janina i think in central from republic bore especially if youve got frequent big showers in sierra leone ghana and the countries surrounding them both. Mexicos coded 1000 death toll is one of the one time with one in 5 of its inhabitants living in the capital with the never to take it off and then you visited every day theres really no way that they could focus of cigars without forcing or has the governments strategy lead to unnecessary suffering from. The fight against 19 on aljazeera. The the in. Color again the headlines on aljazeera the World Health Organization says there was a record increase of new coronavirus cases on friday with more than 284000 new infections china and the u. S. Are getting deeper into tit for tat actions after the american consulate in the city of chengdu was shut down this follows the u. S. Ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in houston. Airlines have been told they should urgently inspect the type of boeing jets its over fears planes park during the pandemic could suffer corrosion and possible double engine failures. Or mexicos struggling to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic 12000000 people there were left without an income thats an april alone but the governments rolled out a major stimulus package john home and has more. After 25 years this is the last day of salvation and this is bookshop through the Looking Glass 3 months without a sale during mitts because look down is dumb for it but. The truth is that i and everyone who works with me have a profound love of books for us its a big hit in the butt shop thats maintained me and 20 stuff. Live the world economies are suffering but the code 19 full now could be about to hit mix code particularly hard the scenes in this book should begin to be playing out in a lot of other businesses in mexico in the coming weeks and months the u. N. 2nd amik commission for latin america estimate that half a 1000000 businesses are going to close in the country as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The economys going to shrink more than in any of the of the 4 major nations in latin america estimates the International Monetary fund it says that a big stimulus package is the answer but president under his money well Lopez Obrador refused to roll one now. Hes wary of debt and hes relying mostly on small loans for some businesses and topping up already existing social programs to get through this is time objective and we have started to promote the economic recovery we are pushing for the creation of 2000000 new jobs. An Economist Says that job claim is misleading you are losing a high quality job weve placing it with market he paid enough. And then or president officially but if its like we are creating jobs why is the president through about why isnt he im bailing a bigger stimulus package he. Of the 5 and the 8 he saw how on 3 when in the. Very high public there. No i dont want that we have to buy or not really. At least now mix because shops and restaurants are reopening because the country comes out of the quarantine but the virus is far from b. And even on her 1st day back in his sweet shop you did a son a brace hes already worrying about what happens if customers keep staying away. Not by the look of those in korea to monkey epp and they cant hold outs but maybe for another month but no more. Than they were in the same situation hoping things get better. For others like silver and through the Looking Glass its already too late john home and. Scarcity its a world famous architectural treasure or varied by both christians and muslims and now turkeys i associate has gone from museum to a mosque. And. Oh look. Hundreds of thousands gathered in istanbul for the 1st friday prayers held inside the building in nearly 86 years last week the turkish president. Announced the conversion of the building after a court ruling. When we go to make a great people get to pray here thousands participated in the praise we came together to pray the government and the authorities concerned to do the necessary renovations the new hug is a feel most school be something great that makes us very proud and will always be open for all citizens visitors and the tourists as well. The iowa sophia has changed several times since it was built 1500 years ago it was originally the Largest Church in the eastern roman empire in the christian city of constantinople now called istanbul in 1453 things city fell to the ottomans after a 55 day siege and i associate was converted into a mosque almost 500 years later in 1935 it became a Secular Museum reflecting the inclusive vision of istanbul after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and turkeys highest Court Ordered the conversion of the unesco World Heritage site back to a mosque earlier this month president s support of the switch which angered christian religious leaders and politicians around the world sin and cos of all gloom is in istanbul and says some turks compare her to on to an Ottoman Empire. Presents are gone was the primary gas of gas sophia today he had around 1000 invitees some of them were even poor in politicians from other muslim countries there was a high level delegation among the turkish politics but thousands gathered here just to be able to attend in the 1st 3 years to witness this historical moment in their terms and some of them were even even crying. Just because they were able to share this moment. Since the hunger sophia was turned to a museum and during 8 to 6 years there were just. Some minor prayers inside its people feel like they are taking a stumble back from a Foreign Force or something because some of the people that i have spoken to they compare prisons are down with a part of my met the computer of example and also on perrier and theyre saying that rigid type are drawn to get sophia back when you ask from whom they say it was supposed to be a mosque a new wave of violence in cells sudan has forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the Eastern Region of people or armed groups attacked a village in the jungle a region on wednesday night around 6000 families have taken refuge at a nearby u. N. Base. Irans foreign minister has accused the u. S. Of risking disaster after an iranian passenger plane was forced to rapidly change course to avoid and american war plane several passengers were injured during the incidents in syrian air space over the u. S. Says its a 15 jet kept a safe distance of a homage of odds are if america harassed a civilian plane and then joined its passengers he accuse the u. S. Of lawlessness saying it must be stopped before disaster occurs zana hudud reports from beirut where that plane eventually landed safely. A state of panic among passengers on board flight 1152 the air bus was flying from irans capital to her on to beirut in lebanon on thursday night when the iranians say it was harassed by fighter jets data recorded showed the airliner climb from 34000 feet to 34600 feet in less than 2 minutes before descending to 34000 feet a minute later irans state t. V. Says several passengers were injured due to the sudden changes in altitude the jet landed safely in the lebanese capital. They also want to diminish the city 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 safe distance says the u. S. And once identified the f. 15 opened distance from the aircraft in line with international standards. Privately owned air has been under u. S. Sanctions for years accused by washington of providing financial material and technological support to irans couldst force which includes the Lebanese Group hezbollah. Accusations that. It brought from that. Very Logistics Support for running back forces in the region so that may well have been one of the reasons why the u. S. Started taking a close look. At u. S. Troops are in the l town of area near syrias borders with iraq in jordan the base was 1st established to fight eisel in 2016 it has since become an outpost to counter irans expansion in the region as its on a supply route linking to herat to be a route that passes through syria the researchers say this order as basically a no go zone for the for the Rainy Weather also you know whether any other presence which they entered in could have been an unfortunate encounter but many believe it was a message the fact that it came at a time of heightened tensions between iran and the United States in the region caused concern that there have been numerous locations that risk an all out conflict. So far to iran in washington have avoided all out confrontation this latest incident in the skies a reminder that the potential for an escalation is real. Or beirut. Or russia has hit back at u. S. And u. K. Criticism for launching what they describe as a weapon in space the russian minister of defense says the projects are test last week did not violate International Law it says the criticism as part of a Propaganda Campaign to discredit its space activities while accusing both countries of hypocrisy the u. S. And u. K. Said russias actions could pose a threat to peace for satellites u. S. And russian officials will meet in vienna on monday to discuss space security. Dozens of journalists have resigned from hungary is most read news websites saying its coming under government interference they say theyre leaving in protest of the firing of index as editor in chief sub lock store earlier this week he was sacked after warning that the outlets independence was at risk of political pressure the website has long been a target of Prime Minister viktor orban who once called a fake news factory an ally of his recently took control of the sites advertising cells devastating monsoon season a storming through south asia millions of people in india and bangladesh have been displaced from their homes struggling to survive amid the rising waters in the himalayan country of nepal floods and landslides have killed more than 130 people sara reports a river in the nepalese district of cheats one is just its banks umbrellas are a necessity to watch the phones flowing flood beneath further along the river bank and to minute to temple just about managed to stay unscathed for many nipponese their hinds business isnt even livelihoods have been swept away the monsoon season in the poll started last month into could turn for the worse on sunday the flash floods and landslides in 70 of the 77 districts across the country the number of deaths is 3 times higher than the same time last year. Theres no way to get up there my house is now surrounded with water that has risen up from what used to be a small stream. Search and rescue teams the sifting through debris to find missing people and clean major roads which think mountainous parts of the country to the camp to katmandu. House near a begum is trying to get to her house things are also banned in bangladesh where this years monsoon season is cools heavy losses than previously. Despite a flooded home near continues with daily chores while a sun studies. Was suffering because the embankment was destroyed in the flood if the road had been in a better condition then we wouldnt have suffered so much with one 3rd of bangladesh already flooded in more monsoon rain expected aid agencies are warning humanitarian crisis is on the way already one of the most Vulnerable Countries to Climate Change bangladeshis are having to deal with some of the worst flooding theyve ever seen summerside. Im having trouble with my cattle water has got into my house im not ending anything now and im sitting at home nearly 10000000 people across south asia have been affected by the Severe Weather conditions including india. This years monsoon season has been relentless and its not time the people who are struggling so to hide it and as you know. The skeleton of a mammoth is being evacuated excavated excuse me from a lake in northwestern russia a fisherman discovered the remains of the ancient animal in the late on the young tenants of law so scientists are now working to recover all the bones they such well preserved mammoth remains have not been discovered in that part of the arctic for more than a decade. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera the World Health Organization says there was a record increase in new coronavirus cases on friday with more than 284000 new infections this comes as the spread of the coronavirus is again accelerating in france the countrys Health Ministry says more than a 1100 cases were reported in the past 24 hours the 2nd consecutive day its broken the 1000 threshold its like the government to reimpose border restrictions with particular concern over the northern spanish region of catalonia the us remains the worst affected country in the world it saw more than 1100 new deaths on thursday alone florida is one of the worst hit states reporting a record increase in the number of daily deaths on thursday its lead president trying to cancel part of the Republican Party convention that was due to be held there next month. The intensive care units across the state are getting very very full indeed in fact i had a long conversation with a doctor the other day you just done a stint in i. C. U. And he said it was it was terrible it was really bad theyre running short on medicine theyre running short on beds the mental strain on the. Line staff is really incredible and yet we have a governing iran decentest who is at the white house meeting with President Trump saying that he will not talk about rolling back closures china on the u. S. Or getting deeper into tit for tat actions after the american consulate in the city of showing do was shut down follows the u. S. Ordering the closure of the chinese consulate in Houston Texas relations between the 2 have deteriorated sharply this year with flashpoints over coronavirus responses the Technology Firm weiwei the climb down in hong kong. Airlines have been told they should urgently inspect a type of boeing jet over affairs planes park during the pandemic could suffer engine failure u. S. Civil aviation watchdog says 2000 boeing 737 could have suffered corrosion while parked for weeks as Global Demand for flights plummeted for single engine shutdowns have been reported those are the headlines frontline mexico is next. And. This is how paramedics me duty come on a bit of fun fish fish. Racing down the highway in the outskirts midstream city trying to find a horse between the holes in Response Time coded pressure just to know at least one of the brothers of. The love. To mexico cases are kept rising death toll is now higher than italy and spain. We do the insert here run the government every day trying to help their patients well protecting themselves