Economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. When the fukushima tsunami hit japans coastline in 2011 it destroyed everything in its path the jewel in the dream to move. You know them all to james england im going to want to move up to the judicial. In the armed mob who forces began building a massive new seawall along 400 kilometers of coastline. Its meant to help protect communities from future waves but some feel that its putting them in even greater danger water as we talk and you know i have got to get him to go put his arm i mean i dont i also hope that ill get out of this. But a lot of us. One on one east explores japans efforts to tighten the oceans power. School students are visiting the japanese coastal town of tara to learn about the 2011 tsunami. Or all. Of. Your or soon earn food non.
A majority for the rajapaksa brothers to push through sweeping constitutional changes. The number of coronavirus cases in india hits 2000000 as a struggles to bring the pandemic under control. And pitching in to help we visit a city in the u. K. Where its taking a Community Effort to combat coronavirus. Us with your sport jason day shares the lead at golfs 1st major in 13 months the p. G. A. Championship. Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120. 00 schools have been damaged the full effect of tuesday nights port explosion in the lebanese capital is now becoming much clearer. Its just gone 1 pm in beirut where the death toll has been updated to 154. 00 but the search goes on in the rubble and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities amid all the frustration grows 16 port workers an
A Historic Mission for 2 nasa astronauts heralding a new era in commercial space travel. People around the world are facing heavy new coronavirus rules and restrictions governments are trying to stamp out rising infection rates while avoiding the full economic shutdowns they imposed earlier this year a global tally from the Johns Hopkins University Shows the number of reported cases edging towards 18000010600000 have recovered about 690000 people have died its estimated that more than 200000 of those deaths are in latin america mexico has overtaken the u. K. With the 3rd highest confirm number of fatalities after the United States and brazil the Mexican Government did begin lifting restrictions in may to restart the economy its looking like it will have to reverse that course has more. Her new cases of corona virus show no signs of slowing down in latin america. In argentina which had largely kept the outbreak under control this is meant a return to lock down restrictions for 2 weeks a
Again im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the disappearance of hundreds of women and girls in peru raising more concerns about Domestic Violence during the coronavirus pandemic. And 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency in beirut giving the military full powers a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 injured and about 300000 have been left without a home officials are blaming vast stores of highly explosive ammonium i. Trait which they say were kept in unsafe conditions at the port from beirut zina holder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday hi
This crisis to the head of the European Commission says the stakes could not be higher as e. U. Leaders discuss a major financial coronavirus Recovery Plan. One of the story regional leaders trying to mediate in malis deepening political crisis is tributes are paid to those who died in recent protests. And on time how much with the sports they are madrid they have won the Spanish League title full record extending 34th time. Man ending the clubs 3 year wait for the championship. India has become the 3rd country in the world to record more than 1000000 cases of coronavirus thats after the u. S. And brazil in all 3 countries. The pandemic is wreaking havoc on Health Care Systems economies and peoples daily lives some states in india and re imposing restrictions after the lifting of the nationwide lockdown last month theres concern many cases are now going unreported because of a lack of testing infections in the us have set another record more than 70000. 00 in 24 hours thats the highest