Donald trump faces criticism from both sides of the political divide for suggesting novembers u. S. President ial election should be delayed. Im Catherine Sawyer of the messiah in resolve itself and. Im drizzle thousands of would be making down on your migration with a new tourist to see them ill be telling you why. So then we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy activist joshua long has called the decision to bar him from running in septembers election invalid and ridiculous wrong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council polls he says the new National Security law is being used by the government as a legal weapon to silence dissent electoral authorities accuse wong of advocating subversive ideas and colluding with foreign forces. For you and it is the most scandalous Election Fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest us influence into a carol they could even call of the election and create a Puppet Parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a strong mandate for more this 600000. 00 hong kong has passed the bail its the citys 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear allow to the world why or what did you go palin is in hong kong with more on josh. He also said that hes not going to stop the fight against what he calls beijings oppression of hong kongs Political Freedoms he says this is qualifications were were promoted or rather were motivated by the governments fear that for the 1st time ever the prodemocracy camp could win a majority in the Legislative Council elections now that would be a prospect that would infuriate beijing because it would allow the prodemocracy faction to have more of an influence in hong kongs affairs rules and regulations and in the way it deals with the Central Government in china he also said that the National Security law that was imposed in hong kong just under a month ago was one of the main issues that is. Threatening Hong Kong Democratic Movement the political system and as tom khans freedoms now the government had said that most of the those candidates were disqualified because they did not support that National Security law but it also he also mentioned the judge will also mentioned the 4 young people that were arrested on wednesday night for posting on social media advocating hong kongs independence says as they were arrested theyre still in detention and he said that thats also is another violation of hong kongs rights and he said its just a matter of time before he too is accused of violating the National Security law and possibly beep beep penalized for being so outspoken. Palen in hong kong their countrys once leading in their response to the Coronavirus Fund them a canal struggling with a wave of new infections as the global number of cases source past 17000000 australia is considering tightening restrictions for its 2nd biggest city melbourne after hundreds more cases were recorded on friday despite 3 weeks of lockdown after being one of the most populous countries in the World Without a single coronavirus related deaths vietnam has now reported its 1st victim is a 70 year old man its also seen a daily high of 45 cases and india has still not managed to get its outbreak under control reporting more than 55000 new infections in the past 24 hours despite that the government has decided to live in nighttime curfew thats been in force since late march that speak to our india correspondent elizabeth problem in new delhi and the night turn curfew is not the only restriction thats being lifted. High holy s. As of next week the government has decided that gyms will be allowed to open for the 1st time since march but it is keeping Educational Institution cinema halls metros closed and law gatherings are still not allowed and there are a number of. Local lockdowns around the country as state governments try to slow down the rise but even in those lockdowns we are seeing some easing of the restrictions most notably in these have been state of common law which extended its lockdown till the end of august but they are ease in some frustrations now india is the worst affected country if you look at the confirmed number of cases and the worst hit states maharashtra recorded its single highest a rise of more than 11000 cases bought these serial logical surveys that are being done around the country to test for antibodies as showing that the real number of cases and. A much higher than the concern number the latest was done in his capital man by which is home to around 20000000 people hoffa who live in slum like areas in the survey shows that nearly 60 percent of them have had the virus at 16 percent outside of slum like areas here in the capital new delhi again a population of 20000000 people need the a quarter of the population have antibodies all have had the virus and independent Health Experts have been saying this for a long time that the confirmed cases and not the real reflection because india is still not testing enough and so the government tested its largest number on thursday will than 600000 and it says its aiming to test up to 1000000 people a day soon to have a better idea of the situation in the country thank you very much for that elizabeth live in new delhi. In other News Donald Trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election many states want to make postal voting easier because of Coronavirus Health concerns but trump insists without evidence that mail in voting would lead to a reg result a White House Correspondent kimberly how. Even by his own standards his tweet was nothing short of astonishing on thursday u. S. President donald trump suggested the november president ial election should be postponed alleging potential fraud associated with mail in voting trump tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote the president has no Legal Authority to change the election date leading even members of trumps own Republican Party in congress to scoff at the prospect. Well never in the history of the country through wars depressions and the civil war if we ever not had a federally. And well find a way to do that again most nov 3rd no way should we ever not hold an election from claims that voters identity cant be verified and that a voter might cast more than one ballot i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also dont want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything this was going to happen see if its common sense so were asking for a lot of trouble and no do i want to see a day change no but i dont want to see a crooked election but President Trump may have had another motive for his incendiary tweet up ending negative News Headlines its been another week of gloomy economic numbers for a president hoping to cruise to reelection on a Strong Economy now obliterated by business shutdowns caused by cold it 19 poll numbers are also not trumps favor most show him trailing the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden by double digits on thursday will biden didnt address trumps push to delay the election he did blame trump for the historic job losses that have left more than 20000000 americans without work. Because trump so badly mishandled a covert virus and caused the spyros occur there is no money to be able to keep necessary people employed its not the 1st time trump has expressed reservations about the upcoming president ial election earlier this month he said he may not accept the results of the november poll can you give a direct answer you will accept the election of the city look you have to say look if you just say yes im not a sinner and i did last time either with less than 95. 00 days until election day the president suggestions are causing consternation for an already an easy electorate looking to uphold the american tradition of a peaceful transfer of power can really help get aljazeera the white house and donald trump suggestion that the president ial election be delayed came minutes after news of the shoppers downturn in the u. S. Economy since the 1940 s. Gross domestic product shrunk 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter as a country struggles to contain the pandemic and another 1400000 americans filed jobless claims last week given elizondo has more from new york. To see how badly the u. S. Economy is doing all you have to do is look at this parking lot full of empty new york city taxis because of the pandemic and slow economic recovery ridership was down over 90 percent last month. There are 15000 taxis in new york city 4 out of every 5 of them are parked because of a lack of passengers leaving thousands of drivers without a livelihood nobody is working because nobody in the road. Is not a normal life in april congress pumped trillions of dollars into the u. S. Economy with the expectation that come july coronavirus would be over and thered be a major upswing in Economic Activity that as it turns out was a miscalculation and didnt happen even in new york city the normally bustling streets remain mostly quiet with Economic Activity way below its prepared to make levels this even after new york wants to cope with epicenter but no more unlike much of the rest of america the virus is mostly contained in new york with a one percent infection rate the lowest anywhere in the u. S. Still for ashok kumar even though his flour store reopened after being closed for months during the shutdown things are not back to normal far from it still bad i have. Got to put 30 to 40. 60 percent of the loss the business because all of that stuff that everything is for now few people have money to spend and those who can choosing not to and an economy still in deep recession. New york. Still ahead on aljazeera dipping into pensions to pay for the pandemic millions in chile are having to raid Retirement Funds as impact of corn of eyes tell us. Lois will be a founding father of that polar bear or. Better im a. Former president s pay tribute to a pioneer of the us Civil Rights Movement. Hello Central Western Europe is getting hotter and hotter at 41 in my style yesterday and although there is cloud coming into our london eventually that will push the heat out of the way we have another day of rather high temps you have to say city night in paris for example 39 madrid much the same theres a cool breeze into bordereaus has already cooling down here there are not many showers around despite the high temperatures unless you look up here south of the baltic at least the baltic it is certainly cooler and shari the forecast for london says it all 34 degrees today you have just 23 on the record is just hard they would back down to the average pretty short shrift actually by the end of the weekend as this frontal system comes in there it is during saturday start to tempt back a bit in paris has increased about a cloud in a few showers from beyond that its still nice and hot. As dropsondes for the hot so hard to where the big comes the showers are showing themselves right into the desert actually but the ones to watch all those that opposites didnt this one here for example in Southern China not the one thats running through as far north as bikini. I suspect thats one that might develop into something more significant the full cost next 3. 00 days when its shareef 2 of. Those countries begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few. Of the neighborhood and many feel the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall of people come yet again the focus on doubt here but what spike in public life in case we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus content a special coverage on aljazeera. Welcome back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera this hour a leading role of democracy activists in Hong Kong Joshua long says a decision to buy him from running in september as election is invalid and ridiculous long as one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council homes countries once leading in their response to the coronavirus pandemic are now struggling with a wave of new infections as a global number of cases passes 17000000 vietnam has now recorded its 1st going to virus death after being virus free for months and in Melbourne Australia and rates more cases were recorded on friday. And donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election trump insists without evidence sachs banded mail in voting is a vulnerable to fraud. To chile now where long queues have been forming outside banks says millions of customers withdraw billions of dollars theyre dipping into their Pension Funds to help them get through the tough times of the pandemic a lot america at its embassy in yemen reports from santiago. On the 1st day the chileans were allowed to withdraw up to 10 percent of their Retirement Savings and function has been also wasted no time queuing outside of his private Pension Fund Office at the moment i dont like to dip into my pension but we cant depend on the government for everything so i want to access my own money especially since the private Pension Funds have filled their pockets at our expense for decades but nothing is more in popular in chile than the mandatory a. F. P. s or private Retirement Funds which with rare exceptions deliver what most described as starvation pensions. The a. F. P. s were untouchable to last week when Congress Approved a landmark constitutional. Amendment allowing people to access some of their contributions for the next year but if they then my 5 been on medical leave since march and i havent received any government benefits im not getting my full wages to pay for my medicine and my upcoming surgery so this is very necessary for me. Outside of this fund mainly migrants queued for hours to ask for a password to access their accounts many of them a haitians out of work and desperate for cash. I have no work anymore but have to keep paying the rent eating and buying necessities without money youre conscious of i think the moment the process is supposed to be totally online so that people wont have to queue especially under the lockdown that still in force in most of the country but with more than a 1000000 people trying to access their money simultaneously on just the 1st day the process is painfully slow as im finding out right here in some cases the funds web pages have crashed completely or in this case it says there are more than a 1065000 people ahead of me. Whether its in line or online people are being told to be patient something not so easy when resorting to your life savings has become your only option. To see a new when aljazeera sent out. The u. S. State of florida is reporting a Record Number of call the 1000 deaths for the 3rd straight day another 253 people have died with nearly 10000 new cases florida is one of the worst hit states but its republican governor refuses to impose widespread lockdowns the state has shut down some Testing Centers because a tropical storms due to hit land in the coming days. France has reported nearly 4500 new coronavirus cases for a 2nd day in a row theres also been an increase in patients admitted to intensive care for the 1st time in 4 Months HealthOfficials Say the virus is spreading faster since france eased lockdowns in me and spain has recorded its highs daily increase since lifting lockdown last may more than a 1000 infections were confirmed for the 2nd consecutive day will see from the catalonia and on regions in the northeast Wearing Masks outdoors is mandatory in madrid as well as 17 other regions. It is the furred day of the harsh pilgrimage in saudi arabia where theres unprecedented restrictions because of coronavirus more than 2000000. 00 muslims from worldwide from the worlds normally make the annual pilgrimage to mecca this year pilgrims from abroad are banned in only around 10000 saudi nationals as well as Foreign Residents are allowed. And hundreds of muslims are attending aids prayers in turkeys highest sophia which has just been converted back to a mosque after being a museum a stumble landmark was built as a cathedral 1500 years ago almost a 1000 years later it was turned into a mosque then a museum in 1934 a court ruling over all that changed though the decision has sparked widespread criticism internationally. To libya now where dozens of captured teenage fighters have been released as part of an amnesty for the muslim eat a holiday they were among hundreds taken prisoner during holy 5 times failed battle to seize the capital tripoli 41 young men have been set free as Mahmoud Abdel 100 reports from. Celebrating the release of her son more how much from prison you know zoe a city was to tripoli. She came from the libyan coastal city of so broad to meet him. He had been detained along with other young fighters recruited by the warlords have to. Be ending up with his father and i never wanted him to join the forces but he did it behind our backs we will never allow that to happen again mohammed was among nearly 200. 00 pro have to fight from so brought on sort of man cities they were captured by Government Forces in western tripoli in april last year some of them were only 17 years old. Says he had just finished high school and received a month and a half of military training in surprise. Before he was sent to the frontline. I just need to live as a civilian and move on with my life i dont want to be part of any conflict i learned the lesson the hard way she see the holiday of aid is an occasion for forgiveness in muslim countries government officials here say they release the fighters because they are prisoners of victims themselves. We have taken the initiative to let them reunite with their families on this holy occasion we hope we can exchange the rest of the prisoners with their fighters who are kicked and have to as prisons. The release of the prisoners was achieved through reconciliation between cities in western libya. Other approach after inmates from other parts of libya along with foreign ministries will aka the main here in detention until the conflict is resolved nearly 350. 00 inmates including foreign nationals are kept here in this maximum security prison they were part of the feed to military campaign to take control of tripoli some of these teens say they were deceived into joining the conflict others say financial incentives drove them to risk their lives. As oh yeah u. S. Congressman uncivilized Champion John always has been laid to rest in atlanta this you know and almost 2 weeks of memorial ceremonies there has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80 former president s george w. Bush bill clinton and barack obama joined his family to pay their final respects rob reynolds reports. In the black Church Funeral services are sometimes called home golding. John lewis would hold on thursday one of the great figures of the Civil Rights Movement he was mourned and celebrated as a true American Hero someday when we do finish that long Journey Towards free what we do for a more perfect or whether its years from now or decades or even of the takes another 2 centuries john lewis will be a founding father of that fuller fairer. Better america. Former president s bill clinton and george bush also attended the service at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where dr Martin Luther king once served as pastor conspicuous by his absence President Donald Trump we live in a better and over a country and a because of john lewis. And his abiding faith and the power of god in the power of democracy and the power of love to lift us all to a Higher Ground john who isnt a walking rebuke to people who thought well went there yet we know more than a long time. In the town of baggage. Lewis was nearly clubbed to death by police during a historic march in selma alabama in 1965 he served more than 30 years in congress and lived to see the groundswell of support for the black lives Matter Movement obama tide lewis is battles for justice and civil rights in the 1960 s. To the present day when republican state legislatures have enacted laws seen as Voter Suppression and on the day trump suggested delaying the november election even as we sit here there are those in power who are doing their darndest. To discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and with restrictive ideologues and attacking our Voting Rights with surgical precision as he lay dying louis sent a final opinion article to the New York Times to be published posthumously. It reads in part in my life i have done all i can to demonstrate that the way of peace the way of love and nonviolence is the more Excellent Way now it is your turn to let freedom ring john lewis the conscience of a country going home at last rubber meets aljazeera so arms of a no cause saw threatening crops in argentina is the 3rd invasion of formosa provinces sierra and double the size of the previous one as controlled experts say insects are difficult to kill this wise available resources and other swarms when detected in neighboring believe. Now one of the natural wonders of the world is underway in east africa the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of wild beasts but unlike normally few tourists are seeing their journey from kenya to tanzania as Katherine Sawyer reports on the Mara Game Reserve the pandemic has already cost kenya 800000000. 00 in lost tourism revenue. Travelling from the serengeti in tanzania the heart of budapest crosses the sandy we are into the messiah Mara Game Reserve in kenya and the next month nearly a 1000000 of this moment will be here this is one of unescos wonders of the world and on the back at least of many lovers whats missing tourists because of covered 19 the must sign mara one of the top tourist destinations in the world is empty this year. Milton alesi lama has been in the Tourism Industry for 3 decades he says hes never seen anything like this of north walk for the last 4 months this is my 1st job it was last year i mean for sure theres no way you are go to. I mean not even i mean this in general i was already booked for. September at this time of the high Season Hotels and lodges at the mara would normally be booked to capacity going through this is a twin but of more than 200. 00 hotels only a few are open its a very big loss to us now because of the stuff lost their jobs at home and we have no idea when people will come back again to work the world beasts come to kenya for pasture and to meet by october theyll be returning to tanzania this is part of the heart of world the best we saw crossing into kenya from tanzania and weve been told many others are on their way the people who know the masai mara well have also told us there right now would be among high. Hundreds of other tourists eagerly waiting to witness this spectacular migration being here by ourselves is quite surreal government Officials Say the country has lost about 800000000. 00 in revenue and most of the 2000000. 00 employees in tourism have lost their jobs so there is now a big push to encourage kenyans and foreigners here to visit parks like the mara and coastal beaches we must prepare with us as government must develop some. Protocols with as some of our traditional markets just to assure them of the safety of those closed and assure them that as we know tested before they come and when they come here as government must have call these people where kenya is preparing to reopen its airspace for International Travelers many communities are hoping this will mean more tourists but they also know with the threat of coronavirus it could take many months or even years for tourism here to fully recover catherine soy aljazeera. Southern kenya. Plug in im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera a leading hong kong prodemocracy activist joshua wan says the decision to bar him from running in september as election is invalid and ridiculous wong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council alls. Beyond any doubt is the most scandalous Election Fraud ever in hong kong history they could this qualify us they could arrest us every was into jail they could even call of the election and create a pop at parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this can overturn the straw mandate for modest 600000 hong kong has passed the bill its the citys 1st ever primaries early this month i will be its clear allow to the world fly over devika palin has more from hong kong he also said that hes not going to stop the fight against what he called beijings oppression of hong kongs Political Freedoms he says this is qualifications were were promoted or rather were motivated by the governments fear that for the 1st time ever the prodemocracy camp could win a majority in the Legislative Council elections that would be a prospect that would infuriate beijing because it would allow the prodemocracy faction to have more of an influence in hong kongs affairs rules and regulations and in the way it deals with the Central Government in China Vietnam has now reported its 1st coronavirus steadfast to being virus free for months the victim was an elderly man who tested positive in done on city where the virus remained in Melbourne Australia hundreds more cases were recorded on friday the global number of cases is now past 17000000 donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election trump insists without evidence that expanded mail in voting is vulnerable to fraud. Its the 3rd day of the hodgins saudi arabia web as unprecedented restrictions because of the koran advise this year pilgrims from abroad are banned and only a few 1000 a few 1000 saudi nationals and Foreign Residents are allowed to take part those are the headlines coming up next on aljazeera the stream. For the past time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hajj cover match has covered 19 continues to disrupt peoples lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hodge 2020 on aljazeera. Hi anthony ok youre watching the stream as a journalist myself and most of my colleagues china would be hard not to be the story just to tell the story but what happens when your black journalists and youre covering issues about race and racism we are still in the stream some black journalists around the United States what it has been like covering the. Protests and this is what they told us being allowed general as in general as charity but especially when youre working in a predominately white. Any given day you have the actions of questions like can i write about yet another lynching of a black man or is breaking the law