Under the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating across america south and southwest a dozen states reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as well as rises in the number of people in hospital at the u. S. Now accounts for 20 percent of new global cases all restrictions have been further reduced in new york states like florida and arizona a seeing infections rise brazils outbreak also continues to worsen and india has reported another daily record of new cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday on sunday the w. H. O. Warned that the partys size ation of the crisis is just as dangerous as the virus itself rob reynolds reports from the situation in the us. There are 29 u. S. States and territories that are experiencing spiking numbers of positive corona virus cases the situation here where i am in Los Angeles County is definitely one of the hot spots now the governor of california gavin newsom held a briefing a short while ago he had some pretty. Sobering statistics saying that over the past 14 days california recorded 35 percent of all the coronavirus cases that it has recorded since the beginning of the pandemic several months ago that number is over 46000 on saturday alone there were 54515 new cases recorded that is a single day record and coronavirus hospitalizations in the state of california have increased by 16 percent over that 14 day period but its not just california in texas for example the governor there greg abbott displayed a very alarming graph during his press Conference Today showing sharp increase in hospitalizations he says to state the obvious coronavirus transmission is out of is unacceptable at unacceptable levels Governor Abbott said new york was once considered the epicenter of a break but its cautiously reopening with opic seemingly under control restaurants boss and hassles have welcome but their 1st customer has since made much christianson to me is that. Some of the most important and visible sectors of the new york economy are now able to reopen for business the mayor of the city predicts anywhere from 1500023000 extension 00 workers will be back on the job this week right now im on 5th avenue in midtown manhattan where some of the most iconic high end Shopping Centers exists and what were seeing is a bit of a mixed bag weve got open stores Clothing Stores here theres one open followed by another thats open followed up by a boarded up shop and in fact the rest of the block is still closed for business with some stores only doing curbside pick up. As for the citys 27000. 00 restaurants they are allowed to have Outdoor Dining with tables spaced 6 feet apart these are restrictions that are difficult for many establishment to adhere to nevertheless the mare is hopeful that this will prevent some 5000 restaurants from permanently shutting their doors and 45000 people from losing their jobs Office Workers also allowed to go back on the job today but at 5050 percent capacity in their Office Buildings all of this with strict social distancing measures still in place anywhere inside or outside where you cant be more than 6 feet away from people masks are still required a cautious approach moving forward for the city of new york. The World Health Organization says have been worrying increases of a virus across latin america and cruising a spike in cases in brazil countries just 48 more than 600 for the deaths after crossing 50000 fatalities on sunday there are now more than a 1000000 infections divisions a deepening over president handling of the crisis he has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the virus calling it a little flu and hospitals are struggling to cope with a number of patients. Muscles prost move were close to chaos if we dont practice social isolation. We have patients waiting for spaces in the i. C. U. We didnt want to reach this point but we have from here things are going to gets a point where we wont be able to control them anymore so people have to cooperate with us going after terrorism whos in buenos aires tourism figures show brazil had more than 54000 infections in one day as they begin to get a response from the president. Well the president this past few months since the amount of coronaviruses in brazil started to increase have been very vocal expressing himself against lockdown calling it a little flu among other things we havent heard much from him in this past few days especially since brazil reached a milestone of confirming 54000 infections just in one day increasing the amount of people infected in the country to over 1000000 were just hearing now that around 51000 people have died because of covert 19 weve been seeing in this just this past few minutes president ially it was when i started tweeting talking about what the federal government had done to those in need in brazil he says that at this point brazil cannot stop and what important about this is the president will soon i was physician since the very beginning says this pandemic started to spread in brazil has been against him poems posting lockdowns hes been calling it a little flu saying that it has been greatly exaggerated among other things theres been a political crisis in this fast 2 months in brazil with the president clashing with the supreme courts with political opponents but also with former allies the governor of pollo governor over real those who wanted to impose lockdowns in their city but have to fight with the president in order to be able to do it the president has said that hes against a lockdown because of the impact that a lockdown would have on brazilian economy in this days we have seen that important cities in brazil have started to ease restrictions some shops have started to open up Shopping Centers among other things but doctors in the country are saying that this is a huge mistake that the amount of cases in brazil continues to increase that people will continue to die and that the only way to prevent it the right now is to impose a look down something that the president has made against from the very beginning to preserve a thank you very much indeed. Well the head of the World Health Organization is warning World Leaders against politicizing the pandemic saying its undermining efforts to combat the coronavirus the greatest threat we face now is not the virus itself its the lack of Global Solidarity and Global Leadership we cannot defeat this pandemic with a divided world the more who is in desperate need of National Unity and Global Solidarity the politicize asian of the pond the mic has exacerbated it ultimately the point mimic shown that we are humanity one humanity. None of us are safe until all of wise are safe india has reported another daily record of new coronavirus cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday that brings the total to nearly 430000 india the worlds 4th worst affected country 14000 people have died of it Health Experts fear hospitals wont be able to cope or foreign embassies are warned their citizens to leave the country due to a lack of hospital beds at the spot the rapid rise in infections a minister Narendra Modi relaxed most restrictions weeks ago to try to revive the economy. If is the corona Virus Outbreak could spin out of control in south sudan it has recorded almost 2000 confirmed infections but the true number could be much higher you noted nations as cases a spreading rapidly threaten to overwhelm the Health System battered by years of conflict country of 12000000 people has only one permanent Infectious Diseases unit with just 100 beds more than 50 Health Workers have contracted the virus. Britains 1st local lockdown could be imposed in wales after an outbreak among workers at a chicken Processing Plant 175. 00 cases have been confirmed at the factory on the island of agassi welsh 1st minister mark drake for it says he cannot rule out reimposing strict measures in the local area more cases are expected at the plant as hundreds of staff attested outbreaks in albatross have been attributed to an increase spread in a string of countries including germany the u. S. And brazil. A long running territorial dispute over a group of islands has been reignited by a japanese local council the chain known as in japan and down to you in china lies just northeast of taiwan in the East China Sea but china and japan along with taiwan claim ownership now local fergie has voted to change the name of the Administrative Division covering the islands emphasising the japanese name and drawing criticism from china. The islands are remote and uninhabited but theyve been argued over for hundreds of years japan 1st claimed sovereignty in the late 19th century after serving them for a decade well recently japan has administered them since 972 when they were returned by the us which had trusteeship following the 2nd world war the issue of all in gas rights means the dispute has festered since then needing to a flashpoint in 2012 when japan bought some of them from a private owner as agent brown reports the move except to deepen tensions. 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 territorial so empty that a japanese type possibility in the name its illegal and invalid it cannot stand the fact that though you island blog china be formally a boss that 11 more made it happen inside china asked large. For diplomatic status and a 3rd of the right to for their 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 where is the ongoing as india and china will serve. That the chinese are a bit of article this dispute has often stirred nationalist sentiment 2012 saw violent anti 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 attacked its a treaty thats yet to be seriously tested adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. North korea is being urged to call off plans to launch thousands of balloons into the south in the biggest ever Propaganda Campaign against its neighbor it follows a week of rapidly deteriorating relations between the 2 states im so bright has the story 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 boehner and. The south korean government has already announced it starts 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 worsen into korean relations. But another defected group says it will launch a batch of propaganda balloons to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war later this week threatening to increase tensions even further robert pride aljazeera so still to come on aljazeera more countries are dragged into talks ever libya as hopes persist for ceasefire could be agreed. And why venezuelas fight for power has made a turnaround in courtroom. Tons of gold. 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All right off of that season still right is the story been actively wet in parts of japan but it went through fairly quickly view follow this line back that is the seasonal la you buy your front it brings the welcome flooding rains through the yangtze but the moment is quite interesting slave to it a break here night is and this orange chair is on its way to the Korean Peninsula so if his oranges heavy rain it stretches all the way towards south korea up to saul into north korea but of course the chinese and is also wet. From. The germanys capital there is a barber like no other sort of what it is to have them on my motto struck cross what you are. But as he said he changes hes moving with the times. And going on the road. The stories we dont often hear told by the people who live them. The master barber of bringing this disease on aljazeera. Im on a top stories here not just there are a coronavirus pandemic is accelerating across america south and southwest a dozen states reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as well as rises in the number of people in hospital. The World Health Organization says they have been worrying increases of the virus across latin America Brazil has just reported another 600. 00 deaths take its total 251000 fatalities. China has condemned a decision by local authority in japan to change the status of a disputed island chain the measure asserts japans claim over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. In japan and value in china. A high level u. S. Delegation has met libyas Prime Minister fires as. The discussion centered on a return to political negotiations as tensions grow between egypt and turkey which back rival sides in libyas complicate 101 head has more tripoli. The meeting between u. S. Officials including the commander of the u. S. Africa command and the u. S. Ambassador to libya with the Libyan Government officials including the Prime Minister face a raj focused on the need to return to the political dialogue and also and deescalation there. Was a warning against the prolonged conflict that might excessive be the human suffering that is also a u. S. Concern. Of the growing presence of russian mercenaries in libya the wagner mysterys who have been fighting alongside forces loyal to the war lord plea for have to the meeting it comes as the Human Rights Council at the United Nations established a Fact Finding Mission to investigate their Human Rights Violations in libya including the mass graves found in and around the city of the horn and also the killing of hundreds of civilians during their military Campaign Launch and white house to forces over the past year it seemed that the International Criminal court has also deeply concerned about the reports of mass graves found in libya in and around the city of warner and according to the i. C. C. General prosecutor photo been so. There is a message to the perpetrators that impunity in libya is not an option anymore. The french president has launched a furious attack on turkeys conduct in libya accusing it of playing a dangerous game can no longer be tolerated. Click or move with you dont. I have already had the opportunity