Control of a chain of islands that china and taiwan both say belong to. A diminishing wilderness we look at the debate around Family Development versus destruction of mexicos fast. And sport nascar launched an investigation after a new switch found in the garage and driver Bubba Wallace meanwhile the Confederate Flag was found about the track in alabama with the word fine nascar after with banned from all racing. So then the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States is entering a new phase after 3 months under lockdown offices restaurants and hair salons in new york city theyre reopening but as it relaxes many restrictions the situation elsewhere in the United States is troubling the daily number of cases is now at its. Level in almost 2 months sunday saw more than 183000 new infections reported across the world its the worst day yet one in brazil the number of deaths the last 50000 and despite a resurgence of cases in china beijing has not reported a drop in numbers well well be speaking to our correspondent throws about in just a moment so on the situation in brazil but 1st lets go to chris and somebody who study by for us in new york and christian im sure the opening up of the restaurants and has some alms and so forth is a welcome reprieve. Absolutely new yorkers are ready to get back to work and retail and restaurants are a big part of what new york is known for theyre expecting some 300000 people to be back on the job today and thats a lot of people who have not been working for almost 3 months now most of them in addition to restaurants hair salons barber shop some Office Workers will be going back but they can only go back at 50 percent capacity all of these industries must maintain strict social distancing rules that means employees and customers Wearing Masks when theyre within 6 feet of each other for restaurants this is particularly difficult especially in a city like new york where things tend to be tight and close together the only kind of dining allowed here in new york is outside dining so that means sidewalk cafes if they have a patio in the back theyre actually allowing people to use more of the streets and come july some streets will be shut down to allow more dining in that way outside takes the next phase will have to come before in restaurant dining theres 27000 restaurants here right so this is a big chunk of the city retail behind me is the iconic saks 5th avenue store it was all boarded up just last week the boards have. Comedown i have to say though as i was coming down 5th avenue here a lot of stores do still have boarded up windows so perhaps we wont see all of the retail outlets reopening just yet same with restaurants they have to weigh whether or not they can make enough money to justify the expense of bringing their workers back in their inventory back so its going to be touch and go from here and the n. Y. P. D. I can see them up the street from here theyve got 2000000 mass that theyre scheduled to hand out and theyre also going to be Walking Around in forcing these social distancing guidelines as we enter this new phase here in new york city and of course as we look at this new phase in new york city we have to count through the fact that across the studies that have been restrictions have been eased but also were now seeing an uptick in infections. Yeah nationwide new infections are up 15 percent this is concentrated out west in the south california in particular saw 4500 new cases just on sunday. Missouri oklahoma also saw a record high new cases new infections across the United States have been going up for the past 5 days whereas the previous 80 days they had been steady and constant so this is worrying Officials Health officials as parts of the country move into reopening other places moved more quickly than new york did and are seeing these. New infections rise other places dont have many of the states in the south in the western not have mandatory mask requirements like they do here in new york the governor has credited those strict social distancing requirements and Strict Lockdown with the success that theyve seen here and bringing the rates down but he cautions that well have to be vigilant here to keep that going or about spitzer new Yorker Christensen we thanks very much indeed. Well the inflation rate is rising in alarming rates in the country where the president dismissed this whole thing as just a little flu as you heard earlier brazil has recorded more than 50000 from the virus. Brazils deep divisions playing out on the streets of its major cities with some marching in support of president. And opponents determined he should step down. But the market i fear we are here in defense of democracy and asking for sonora to leave this president who asserts the peoples power and is committing atrocities does not deserve to govern our country the. Protesters are angry at both in hours response to the pandemic hes openly disagreed with advice from his own Health Ministry calling covered and those who flew saying measures such as social distancing accosting jobs and a more dangerous than the virus itself. Those feelings echoed at rallies in brazils commercial capital sao paolo we saw more masks showing the president who is often saying without one. But if they were here in support of our president. We want to go back to work we want support for shopkeepers support entrepreneurs these people here in sao paulo today are in support of brazil. But brazil is struggling to beat the virus with some doctors warning that hospitals a swamped with more than a 1000000 confirmed infections to Health Ministers both doctors have resigned as the number of brazilians dying or falling ill increased what critics say is the president s chaotic response has seen local authorities step in to take their own measures but judging by the crowds at protests and the shops theres not much social distancing being done many say what rules there are not being enforced. On rio de janeiros famous copacabana beach also our supporters stood with brazilian flags staked into the sand where just weeks ago there were crosses laid and protest against the 10s of thousands of deaths. The mortality rate among brazils and people is twice as high as other brazilians the militarys been sent in to help communities with tasting but some in the Amazon Region say its too late and accuse the president of the bending them. Feeling weakness sometimes i can feel it in my heart i feel weak as the virus continues its relentless spirit so too does anger about where the president is to blame elixir brian al jazeera. You know the situation in brazil its pretty grim isnt that whats the World Health Organization been saying about it. While it is a very grim situation and according to the World Health Organizations are on sunday there was the biggest increase of infections worldwide over 180000 infections on sunday but in brazil that figure is half of that figure is a right 54000 people were infected in brazil the amount of people infected in the country has 82. In brazil over 1000000 people infected over 50000 people have died because of cold it 19 and this figures are being received released by a consortium of journalists that they say have stopped believing in the Government Data after theyre trying to in a way control the release of figures. Right reinvent the actual figures from be published in that country its a pretty dramatic situation mostly because theres also a political crisis happening a precedent it also not have been clashing. With members of the Supreme Court hes been clashing with congress hes also been clashing with governors powerful governors of 3 others i made also probably from the very beginning this governors implemented lockdowns in the country also not from the very beginning also started saying that he did not believe in lockdowns that he prioritized the economy that a lockdown would be dramatic for brazils economy and thats why many are blaming him for the amount of good for the figures were seeing right now were seeing in the past few weeks is also and easily off restrictions mostly it in the Financial Capital so follow in the others i made up because governors are also giving in to the federal government did land some pressure to open up the economy and thats where brazil is today with over a 1000000 people infected opening up many parts of the economy when it pretty almost no just in the country are actually saying what the government should do right now is implement dont ask people to stay at home it is not a problem of course unique to you brazil several of the countries in latin america also see your rapid increase in friction. Whats happening in the region was expected when the 1st cases started to arrive the 11 america in february many governments around the region started implementing lockdowns and what were seeing a very high number of infections in country that doubted from the very beginning a lot to do brazil is an example mexico is another already 20000. 00 people have lost their lives and also where the government implements to isolated certain areas of the capital of santiago but did not implement a Strict Lockdown the government of chile was forced to react after the amount of people that died in the country they had to add up 3000 people more because theyre saying that they were not tested there were people that died off some type of complications like pneumonia for exam. Well they were not tested and now theyre being not up to the official figures a country where we can see that the big difference is argentina argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a very Strict Lockdown with Security Forces on the ground and this has prevented the spread of that d. C. s over 1000. 00 people have died in argentina but its a small figure if compared to mexico to achieve to brazil the president right now will be meeting with the governor of the province of one of the scientists with the mayor of the city of where the site is around 14000000 people live in this area and theyre discussing whether to extend the quarantine in place for later on the quarantine ongoing right now is expiring on june 28th well the president is hoping so it extends that that date even more because infections have been spreading especially in vulnerable areas of what the site is in poor neighborhoods where the problem with problems of poverty overcrowding setting taishan so were waiting for that announcement any time or in terms of thanks very much if the. Reporting this morning serves. Top disease expert in china is expecting a big drop in infections in the capital by the end of the week theyve been there have been more than 230 cases in beijing since the new outbreak at the start of the month but just 9 were reported on monday officials have put several neighborhoods into lockdown and have ordered tests on high risk groups such as restaurant workers and food curious. Well china has suspended poultry imports from a factory in the United States where hundreds of employees tested positive for corona virus it is the latest in a growing number of outbreaks at Meat Processing plants around the world more than a 1000 cases have been confirmed at a slaughterhouse in germany were about 6000 staff have been ordered into quarantine in the United Kingdom a Meat Processing site owned by a major Supermarket Chain thats temporarily shut after 150. 00 people fell ill with cove and 19 and then theres a plant in southern brazil run by the worlds biggest meat producer j. B. S. And thats reported a cluster of 400. 00 infections the factory is still operating off a failed legal bid to suspend production lets hear now from simon clark whos a an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the university of reading and he says there are a few possible reasons as to why the virus has been so common in meat factories well this is something no authority is now going to have to look at properly it seems that the Food Processing presumably because theyre typically refrigerate nature. Are going to result slow or current virus actions and it now incumbent. Local Health Authorities to check and see whether there is a problem which is going to affect their product obviously if it does start to get patients well you know after make sure all the proper hygiene proper procedures are in place in the factory and quite soon youre 38 re samples to see. They can detect it to take a virus and it is simple as that theres a possibility with anything yes friedan vegetables i mean vegetables are often cooked but its not all of them and thin and you peel things as well so cooked or peel vegetables are not going to be. Much threat to anybody and i wouldnt rule me very few people eat roommate should be said its often cooked so. You know cooking and peeling things will go for the significant layer of protection stuff. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including venezuelas legal battle to access gold reserves in the u. K. Its to britains high call. United in the face of oppression demonstrators in lebanon say their freedom of speech is under threat. In support of massive 9 to real madrid in the Spanish League title race all the details in the war. The Japanese Local Authority has approved a measure changing the status of a disputed island chain thats also claimed by taiwan and china beijing has called the move illegal and invalid the island chain is known as said the cuckoo in japan and in china and theyre controlled by japan but also claimed by both beijing and taiwan japans Administration Dates back to 972 when the islands were returned after 27 years of u. S. Control they are in uninhabited near potential oil and gas reserves rich fishing grounds and or shipping lanes and as agent brown reports the move by japan looks set to deepen tensions with china. At the southern tip of the japanese archipelago a cluster of uninhabited islands now on the frontline of what may be a new flashpoint they lie close to Significant Oil and gas deposits strategic shipping routes and lucrative fishing grounds to japan they are the cuckoo islands china calls them the dar use but for 50 years theyve been administered and controlled by tokyo taiwan also claims ownership chinas government had warned japan against changing the status of the islands and is now reportedly deployed coast guard vessels to the area as it has done many times before. Its a serious purgation against chinas territory. At a japanese site possibility in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot change the fact that though you island blog china we formally aborts that 11 more made with japanese side china has. Diplomatic status and a 3rd of the writer for the react. The rising tensions in the East China Sea come as chinas military continues to assert its Maritime Claims in the nearby South China Sea and while its soldiers are involved in another sovereignty dispute with india it was also caught up with here is the ongoing is india and china getting a lot of conservatives. That the chinese are the big dog article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent and he japanese protests in many chinese cities after japans government brought 3 of the islands from their private owners and although mondays renaming decision was taken by a Municipal Council it could still inflame passions once more what makes the waters of the East China Sea so potentially turbulent is the high profile of another military this warship evidence of a 60 year old treaty which obligates the United States to defend japan if its a target its a treaty thats yet to be seriously tested adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Seoul has north korea to abandon plans to send anti south korean leaflets across the border it follows a week of worsening relations after a Propaganda Campaign by a group of north korean defectors from abroad reports not from seoul. North korea says it has 12000000 propaganda leaflets printed and 3000 balloons ready to carry them south across the border depicting south korean president moon j. N. Pyongyang says they represent the wrath and anger of the north Korean People up we do not have any intention to reconsider or change our plan at a time when north south relations have already broken down. Last week north korea demolished a joint Liaison Office on its side of the Demilitarized Zone in the surest sign yet of relations unraveling. The office was opened after a successful summit in 2018 which also agreed to stop provocative propaganda moves by either side. North korea has accused the south of breaking that agreement by allowing defectors who make calls human scum to float propaganda balloons into north korean territory despite having freedom of speech guaranteed in the south the government here has tried to curtail these provocative acts. One defective group that had threatened to float bottles filled with rice and propaganda messages into north korean waters has been prevented from doing so with this appeal from the south john going on. The south korean government has already announced its stance regarding the Leaflet Campaign the government is blocking efforts to send anti north korea leaflets and commodities we urge north korea to stop their plan to distribute and the south korea propaganda leaflets that will only wors