The first friday prayers at his temples hagia sophia after its change from the museum into a mosque. In sports, football has returned to france after a fofourmonth break caused by coronavirus. A limited number of fans in the stadiums. We look at the french cup final. Welcome to the newshour. More than six months since the coronavirus was first suspected in china, it is still living for the road at record rates. There is a record rise in infections, according to the World Health Organization. Nearly 10,000 people have died in that same period, the biggest spike since the end of april. Across the planet, the virus has killed more than 635,000 people. More than 1 5 of those fatalities are in the u. S. , the worlds worst hit country. New hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4 million. Latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. More than 176,000 people have died. We will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining
Leaving shelves bear and fridges empty. Wellington with sports news. Basketball players test positive for coronavirus. Celebrations continue for liverpool. Aswill hear from their coach they are targeting more trophies. Anchor we begin the newshour in the United States where Vice President mike pence has led the first Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost two months as america reported an alltime high of new virus infections. Around 40,000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday but mike pence echoed Donald Trumps message that the number of cases had been increasing because of accelerated testing. He said 16 states are seeing a resurgence in cases across the south and southwest. In much of the country, we are seeing jobs expanding and Economic Activity expanding, but our focus today is very much on the advent of a rising series of new cases across the american south. Where our First Mission was to save lives, once we came out of the 45 days to slow the spread, our task
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