A libyan city reclaimed by Government Troops from fighters loyal to warlord khalifa haftar. And a fear that manufacturing is on the brink of collapse in the u. K. As thousands more jobs a lost. Book into the program a sudden rapid rise in corona virus infections in parts of africa is worrying the World Health Organization it says the pandemic is accelerating across the continent at an alarming rate it took 98. 00 days to reach 100000 cases its not surpassed 200000 in just 18 days the reason for this is not surging Community Transmission in more than half of the 54 countries in africa the worst affected country is south africa where there have been more than 58000 cases doesnt factions spread beyond big cities and into rural areas there are fears that Health Systems are not equipped to handle a crisis well i mean address says Health Systems across the continent will struggle to cope with severe outbreaks. Report. How. Particularly being. The cases were going to see in these days. And to such a time when you. Yes a species is there for you right now africa has around 200000. 00 cases and 9075 percent of these cases reside in at least 10 countries on the continent but what is clear is that even people covered 9000 the whole systems in africa not prepared for a pandemic like this in addition to that the reason why we may probably see the rising number of coping 1000 cases in the coming weeks and months is because of the Weak Health System in africa and poverty levels were talking about a continent where some of the poorest in the world live and you have in probably a 5 to 6 People Living in one small room in africa here social distances would be the situation just as it would be a very very difficult thing youre talking about a country a continent while hundreds of millions suffered such as those which have to go out every day to look for money in order to put food on the table so its difficult to switch and just as in such a situation it only takes 1. 00 single index case in a Rural Community and within a matter of days you have a spread. That will affect almost everybody in that community right now the largest concentration of infections in the city is the capital and regional cities in africa. Is the Emergency Operations manager for the World Health Organization in africa he says. Up to 3300090 can still be avoided. This is an image someone. Particularly been on all day was having to sustain Community Transmission we vote in the appropriate measure but i think since the beginning. They want to think would think that were not dissing their african countries is that they move towards a stronger measures thats of course affects also communities that is now triggering. There is but in india in general we can not just doubt what we are observing is real oh well thats what was predicting based on the worst Case Scenario but we should not be complacent this situation was to really deteriorate we dove. Head facilities being totally overwhelmed so we may not have all that and tried to sound tough in numbers but we have quite a good proxy that is also showing you what is the situation and how the situation is evolving and i think based on that the process probably think is to continue having a Strong Public Health measures include Early Detection and management of cases what we are strongly advise ing country is that we need to put in place measures that can help us to my knowledge of it as well as dealing with. Health conditions we cannot afford to stop savitz is like a vaccination treatment of malaria tb and this is so obvious trash their resources but a country is to try to see how they can while scaling up or restaurants to cause the. Continuities of of our services that are critical for africa. U. S. President told trump is imposing sanctions against the International CriminalCourt Officials investigating whether american troops committed war crimes in afghanistan secretary of state might pull pay or says washington wont allow americans to be threatened by the court for a time it looked like the icy might do the right thing and kill the investigation. Last spring the preacher chambered unanimously rejected the prosecutors request to open the investigation but unfortunately then in the spring in march the Appeals Chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the Prosecutors Office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future. We cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a Kangaroo Court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next wasnt jordan has more from washington d. C. Forcing your troubled ministration officials stood before reporters at the state department on thursday and accuse the International Criminal court of being corrupt and unduly influenced by countries such as russia this is why these Officials Say the u. S. Will not stand for any investigation of alleged war crimes in afghanistan allegedly committed by u. S. Troops or by cia operatives however the 4 Administration Officials the secretary of state that fence secretary the National Security adviser and the attorney general did not take reporters questions so its really unclear whether the officials allegations are actually substantiated and its also not clear exactly who is going to be targeted by these sanctions beyond the notation by the president that these officials are senior i. C. C. Officials and their relatives its worth remembering. Who is the senior prosecutor for the i. C. C. Is already facing a travel ban and other restrictions on her availability to come to the United States the state department had to agree that she does have the right to travel to new york in order to carry out official business at the United Nations complex but beyond that we dont know who else is being targeted by this new order by the u. S. Administration. Multiple musgraves have been discovered in the libyan city of the who and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the wall old. Libyas government of national a cold says they contain the remains of government soldiers whove been taken prisoner huda was the last remaining stronghold in the west of the country last week the g. N. A. T. Recaptured the city but try to is in misrata with more on the discovery of those mass graves. Now today forces are saying that theyve been able to recover hundreds or or over 100 bodies in these mass graves these mass graves are yet another indication of the brutality of the libyan conflict and the on the on the residents in the area now in march the u. N. Support mission in libya released a statement saying they received reports of hundreds of enforced disappearances killings and the displacement of entire families in the city of to whom by the kenyatta again the knife brigade thats the militia that was under the leaf in control of the city of through no u. N. Support mission also added that they verified numerous summary executions at the to whom the prison on september 13th so now the d. N. A. The Health Officials have told us that they are finding out that civilians are among the dead in these mass graves were also understanding that the d. N. A. Ministry of justice have appointed a committee to identify and investigate but thats the circumstances of the death and the minister of interior but the bush has said they will pursue the perpetrators of these crimes. Catman is an International Human rights lawyer based in london he says the evidence from the mass graves points to war crimes. I think the reports that are coming at nab. That there are some military because to it of being executed with hands tied behind their backs and that reports coming out of civilians napco still the meat they investigation to identify the cause of death it separately looks in the face that these executions and thereby construed in a war crime the fact that theyve been buried in a myth mass graves would indicate that these are not individuals who died in course of welfare. If they are military personnel that the geneva conventions are very clear that he steps that have to be taken when a military person who was quoted ought to come out they become prisoners of war and the geneva conventions apply and the fact that these individuals have not been found and in some circumstances hands tied behind the acts demonstrates something formal sinister its not that the 1st time in situations such as this. From from have forces carrying out attacks like this its likely to need to get back to the i. C. C. To investigate. The United Nations says both sides are fully engaged in the latest round of ceasefire talks in libya the u. N. Support mission in libya says separate Virtual Meetings have been held with have to as representatives of the internationally recognized government turkey says the u. S. Needs to play a more active role in those talks that says the u. S. Secretary of state might pompei or call developments positive. While staying on the continent the bodies of 22. 00 west african migrants including 2 babies have been recovered after the boat that they were traveling in sank off the coast of tunisia many of the victims bodies were washed up on the beach they were taken to a hospital in the tunisian city of sacks of already say most of the people were from the ivory coast its thought as many as 53 migrants were on the boat when it capsized last week 45 confirmed. Syrian president bashar assad has fired his Prime Minister in i miss just a month before elections but Water Resources minister hussein will take over until the parliamentary vote in july but the president s decision comes during a deepening economic crisis which has seen the countrys currency plunge. Cattles special envoy for afghanistan says the president assured garney is preparing to hold talks with the taliban in doha the negotiations known as in traffic and talks are supposed to continue on march the 10th but theyve been held up by disagreements over februarys president ial election and the size of each delegation as well as coronavirus well in february the u. S. And the taliban signed an agreement aimed at ending americas longest war. Still ahead here on aljazeera tech john thomas also spends use of its facial Recognition Technology to police after the killing of george gloried. Domestic workers abandoned and left homeless as lebanons worst ever economic crisis deepens those stories after the break. And it is draw of course much of the middle east on the Arabian Peninsula to the north the county can see that has been ringing and will continue to ring want to do shows across areas of turkey but no such luck further to the south instead the winds have been strong look at this massive a dust storm very intense dust here the storm the winds very strong coming down from the north so that is why that was generated that of course is in northern sections of amman cloudy skies as it goes through friday and again the winds a fairly strong but across iraq with very strong winds down across into kuwait 10 inches there in the high fortys celsius but a little bit lower as we head into saturday 42 in baghdad and you see widespread areas of rain and clouds across much of turkey but elsewhere it remains hot dry and then down into Southern Africa the one thing here is the time which is in fact that is not particular to all across areas tools the south youve had a front just sliding by areas of south africa still just clinging to the east coast as we go through friday because the temperatures 10 in johannesburg and in fact that cold air across much of a and also namibias how much is generally about 8 degrees below the average for this time of year and well see want to developing sunday by southward into most central and southern areas of mozambique and then the usual showers and thunderstorms through Central Regions and itll be heavier around the gulf of guinea for the start of the weekend. National borders the debate on migration is polarized to include too strident positions heartless and headless how do you define an indigenous brits who do they benefit isnt this more about living with difference and you and visas and who do they contain people dont have the right to live anywhere in the World Without the right to leave their country maybe his son goes head to head with a cold coming on aljazeera. Oh. Youre watching aljazeera with me so robin a reminder of our top stories the World Health Organization says the curve of 19 pandemic is accelerating across Africa South Africa accounts for a quarter of the continents 200000 factions the w. H. O. Is calling for more testing kits multiple mass graves have been discovered in libya in areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the ward cleaver after they are recognized government says the graves contain the remains of its soldiers and President Donald Trump has authorized sanctions against International CriminalCourt Officials investigating u. S. Conduct in afghanistan secretary of state might pompei or says they wont allow threats from what he called a Kangaroo Court. A top u. S. Military officer has apologized for taking part in President Donald Trumps photo opportunity outside a church in washington d. C. Army general mark milley accompanied walk through Lafayette Square peaceful and he racism protests were forcibly removed from the area when he says his presence created the perception of military involvement in domestic politics well our White House Correspondent joins me now from washington d. C. Its a stark admission kimberly by general milley about trumps photo opportunity do you think hes going to get some blowback from it. Well its possible that hes angered the commander in chief who of course oversees the armed forces but you have to remember that hes not the 1st one to do it weve also seen a very stark admission by the defense secretary mark asked for a saying that the president s push to use the insurrection act in other words to deploy the military to quell and rast something that he said repeatedly hes willing to do is not something that the defense secretary supports so this is sort of the latest in a string of admissions by members of the military essentially breaking rank with the commander in chief a why the chair of the joint chiefs of staff feels that this was not appropriate for him to do was because what it essentially did he believes by him appearing in Lafayette Square after those protesters were cleared with rubber bullets and tear gas is that it sort of set the message that the military was rubber stamping the use of its forces on people civilians essentially and this is something that violates u. S. Law because the posse comitatus act is something that very clearly states that the military can only be used in a supporting role but the chair of the joint chiefs general milley saying that by him appearing there essentially he seemed to contradict that so this is certainly a stark admission whether there will be fall out as unclear but again its not the 1st time its happened but no doubt this is anger the u. S. President for the update thanks very much i can believe that a White House Correspondent in washington d. C. One of the full Minneapolis Police officers charged in the killing of george floyd has been released on bail thomas lane had been held on a 750000. 00 bond he says in charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder for its death set off widespread protests for Police Reform and Racial Justice. Yes tech giant amazon says its temporarily suspending u. S. Police from being able to use its controversial station Recognition Technology for a year the company has been criticized for supporting the georgia floyd protesters while promoting a tool that can lead to racial profiling of black americans so highroad has more. Businesses are being called out campaign isnt protestors on naming and shaming them supporting the black lies matta movement thats making real changes to their policies and the Tech Industry has been no exception with mass protests across the United States against Racial Discrimination and Police Brutality civil rights advocates have renewed their warning with sensual racial bias and Surveillance Technology forcing amazon and temporary one year ban on u. S. Police from using its controversial facial Recognition Software recognition in a statement it says its decision might give congress enough time to put in place appropriate rules for the ethical regulation i