Is empty. Hello we begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration held its 1st Coronavirus Task force briefing in almost 2 months the Vice President mike pence was a bit despite americas recording the spite america recording an all time high of virus infections around 40000 new cases were confirmed across the u. S. On thursday alan fisher has more. Cases after almost 2 months so we its back this moment in the coronavirus pandemic is different and faced with the surgeon cases across the country the white house Coronavirus Task force faces a renewed threat were in a much stronger place the truth is we did slow the spread of the current recent days have brought a Record Number of infections 16 states are seeing a rising number of cases and infection rates states like texas which had started to reopen no bringing back all distractions after a 145 percent rise in cases in just 14 days bars closed restaurants cutting capacity Public Gatherings Limited pistons meare calls it a crisis the numbers are jumping exponentially and rising fast and we are quickly moving in the wrong direction arizona has no more cases predator population than brazil 88 percent of the states in. Pensive care beds are full doctors see a Health System on the edge and as positive an experience to try to make for each other at some point theres a Tipping Point and were hoping we dont go already ad should say this is tender waiting to explode but im thinking that some of that has already been let and that is concerning the man who has played a major role in the white house response is this warning to young people the thing that you really need to realize when you do that youre part of the process so if you get infected you will infect someone else who clearly will infect someone else we know that happens because the reproduction element of the virus is not less than one so people are infecting other people and then ultimately you will infect someone who is vulnerable the task force met at the department of health not here at the white house put it see that shows the president s level of engagement with the crisis no the president also said the virus would start to go away in the warmer weather it hasnt one expert saying this isnt the 2nd wave its still the 1st alan fischer out to see it or at the White House Well indias government has opened what it says will be the Worlds LargestCoronavirus Treatment Center and comes as the country recorded its largest spike in daily infections for the 3rd day in a row on friday the country has nearly 500000 tases more than 15000 deaths but pressure to get businesses back up and remain strong elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. The chefs at this restaurant in the indian capital used to cook for up to 1200 people a day that was before the lockdown began in march but despite restaurants being allowed to open for the past 2 weeks its among the 80 percent of which have chosen to keep their doors closed to dinahs or only do deliveries. We dont see people. Since. Industry experts here say 30 percent of all restaurants and hotels could shut down permanently because of a lack of customers as the number of coronavirus cases rise. As restaurants keep their doors closed banquet halls hotels and train carriages are being converted to car that 19 treatment centers. Government has opened what it says will be the Worlds Largest temporary Health Facility which will have 10000 beds by the end of next week we are trying to. The medical equipment and ready Trained Medical professionals who are there we remain able to be a bit different in a proper clinical manner. But Health Officials warn that expanding facilities is not enough everybody keeps talking about the Health Care Facility as being equivalent to the number of beds it is actually the facility of gad and the level of care which is available which is more appropriate than collecting a whole lot of beds so we need doctors we need nurses we need we need all monitoring and mentality facilities we need better medical staff. While some regions are building more facilities to deal with the rising cases others shutting down the Northeastern State of asanas decided to go back under a full lockdown from sunday for 2 weeks that means only essential services will be allowed at follows the stage of time an hour bush did the same thing last week and markets in the Southern City of hyderabad have decided to shut down in making the decision the Central Government as it tries to keep the economy open elizabeth primetime aljazeera new delhi. Well the Global Coalition thats fighting the coronavirus pandemic says billions of dollars are needed to defeat the disease the group is led by the World Health Organization and says it needs 31300000000. 00 for its tests treatments on vaccines but its only receives around a 10th of those funds the Coalition Says it needs deliver 500000000. 00 tests and 245000000. 00 treatments to low and middle Income Countries by next year it also wants 2000000000. 00 vaccines to be available by the end of 2021 irans half of that will go to poorer nations authorities in argentina meanwhile are expected to extend lockdown restrictions into next month as doctors warn coronavirus cases will peak in the coming weeks there are more than 52000 confirmed cases of the death toll stands at around 1150 argentinas governments has eased some restrictions but maintained a Strict Lockdown around the capital brought to sirees a new phase of restrictions is set to be announced on friday. And italian soldiers have been deployed to a small town where a new coronavirus cluster has been detected around 49 people in a residential complex northwest of naples have tested positive soldiers have set up barricades and Police Checkpoints are in place residents are angry that theyre being locked inside that complex is home to many both ariens who work the fruit picking season. I am. I am. Now the mexican capitals police chief has been injured in an assassination and an attempted assassination that is 2 of omar garcia are food his bodyguards were killed when they came under fire in an upscale mexico city neighborhoods garcia is blaming the attack on one of the countrys most powerful drug gangs at least 12 people have been arrested manual right below has more. This sound of gunfire and explosions rocked the mexican capital in the early hours of friday morning when gunmen wielding high caliber weapons attacked mexico citys police chief it really. Got stuck on the head of Public Security in mexico city was wounded and there are other deaths in this attack all of this has to do without a doubt with the war being carried out to guarantee peace and security. Authorities have confirmed that at least 2 Police Officers were killed in the shootout as well as one bystander as that has such a thing that the man that makes this Justice Department has confirmed 12 arrests i feel confident the investigation will yield results to find those responsible for doing this act of aggression and. At least 6 criminal groups are known to operate within mexico city in a tweet following the attack the citys police chief placed the blame on the new Generation Cartel the least going new Generation Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in the region it was only recently identified as having a presence within the limits of mexico city. The shootout in the mexican capital is only the latest incident of Mass Violence in the country. On wednesday 16 people were killed in a gunfight between rival drug gangs in the mexican state of sinaloa on monday 15 were killed following an attack on an indigenous village in the state of laca. Despite the ongoing corona Virus Outbreak battles over control of drug territory have not lessened and. Mexico city. Israeli military says 2 rockets have been fired from gaza into israel tensions are building as the government prepares to kickstart its controversial plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank and now the israeli prime Ministers Coalition partner has also weighed in in a Facebook Post on friday benny gantz suggested that any palestinians in future an experience be granted equal rights israel looks to roll out its an exception planned from the 1st of july Harry Fawcett has more from west jerusalem. Next week could be a very momentous one with the july the 1st date which is the earliest possible date under the deal between him and netanyahu the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for this Coalition Government thats the 1st date under which the Movement Towards annexation can be advanced and he sets out what could be read as something of a toughened tone in against netanyahu in terms of saying that that he would be willing to speak to the palestinians at any time even tomorrow if they wanted to seriously that there would be no annexation in a palestinian area or least an area with a large palestinian population or where their movement would be severely curtailed if there were palestinians inside such an area they would be granted equal rights that there would be security and diplomatic groundwork that went in place ahead of any annexation to preempt any petition potential Security Problems and also said that he would advance moves towards bilateral negotiations with the palestinians as part of this as well and all of this he says is part of the American Peace plan the trump plan but really when you look at it it doesnt really reject anything that looks within the bounds of what might well happen in any case the indications that weve been getting from Benjamin Netanyahu and his officials are that he wants 1st to declare israeli sovereignty as they put it on major israeli illegal settlements close to the green line close to here just south of jerusalem and that they would be the 1st phase. The value of lebanons currency the mirror has been tumbling for months and its now worth around a quarter but it was late last year so the Central Banks now lost an Electronic Foreign ExchangeTrading Platform in a bid to halt the slide thats hitting the pockets of consumers but without an injection of dollars it could be futile zana harder explains from beirut. Licensed Exchange Shops are only selling dollars to a selected few among them or people who need to pay a Foreign Worker or buy an Airline Ticket its a 1st for lebanon where the foreign currency has long been used in transactions but the country has run out of dollars due to a deep economic crisis that has led to the collapse of the local currency attempts by the central bank to stabilize the rate including launching an electronic Trading Platform have so far failed theyve been trying to fix the price of the. Rate that is just not reflective of what demand and supply is so theyve been just trying to fix it at a very low rate unfortunately unfortunately the lira has lost at least 75 percent of its value on the black market since october nearly 50 percent in the past month many are hurting in a country that is import depended. My follow to use it to be 750. 00 now it was less than 200. 00. Lebanon needs fresh dollars but money from abroad has stopped flowing in. Many war and the Exchange Rate instability will continue without foreign return of confidence in the economy and the. Worst financial crisis are in our. Discussions with the International Monetary fund on a bailout have made no progress the political elite the central bank and the Banking Sector are still arguing over who is responsible for bankruptcy in this state there are also failing to carry out reforms Like Fighting corruption a member of the negotiating team resigned in protest it is the state in all its opera that has resigned from its own responsibilities they have a responsibility to do reforms they have a responsibility to take ownership of the losses in the Financial System and to ensure the stability of the Financial Sector its desperate times up to 45 percent of a nation of nearly 5000000 people live below the poverty line where. People are selling the gold to pay Hospital Free situation fees and loans on their homes. All the while the states foreign currency reserves are being depleted weve better stop printing lebanese found them the way to stop doing that is to do economy could reforms because why are we printing because we want to finance government expenditure protesters who have been demanding a new leadership for months are losing hope they held a symbolic funeral for lebanon as their country sinks deeper into crisis. Beirut. Still to come on aljazeera russian mercenaries storm one of libyas prized the oil fields his rival forces battle for control. British businesses are preparing to keep their customers safe from coronavirus dont have to keep their data safe to. How the weathers lousy fodder dry across much of australia High Pressure in shots and not too much cloud making its way across a good part of the country theres a barrier of High Pressure with light winds and clear skies with some of the frosty mornings into parts of victoria down towards tasmania south southeast and pass on the cool side over the next couple days but largely dry because some cloud in the right weather system making its way into southern parts of Western Australia basin places of wet weather there heading towards perth 21 celsius here on saturday with elsewhere as you can see well as you try and find one or 2 coastal showers and on show braces fading in the towards northern parts of New South Wales towards the gulf coast with the Sunshine Coast as well you might see the odd shower here but nothing too much to speak of in the similar picture i speak of on through sunday 14 celsius in melbourne 13 therefore how about tad warm in the in adelaide with temperatures around the mid teens to into new zealand some rather wet and windy weather coming in here over the next couple of days across a good part of the country much needed rainfall coming through then we got some rainfall making its way across japan as well at the moment that will clear through saturday lossie find it rather the wetter weather coming out of central parts of china and will pulse its way in the southern parts of honshu i. Q. She. On counting the cost of europe at a crossroads that deals with a rising china and you. Its a president who riles his allies also how the worlds tekken investment money hasnt reached people of color and Cyber Attacks on vaccine makers in the bar trees. Counting the costs on aljazeera. Be the hero world needs right now. The. Element in the top stories on aljazeera the u. S. Vice president has echoed Donald Trumps view that the continuing upswing in for one of ours cases of this country is down to more testing of the countrys Infectious Disease experts says there is a serious problem in southern and western states. A special facility which can treat up to 10000 virus patients has been opens in indias capital it comes after the country saw another Record Number of new infections in one day of more than 17000 in. Mexico City Security chief has been injured in an assassination attempt to have his bodyguards were killed in the attack in the city center which has been blamed on a powerful drugs that. Libyas National Oil Corporation says russian and other foreign mercenaries have storms etc our oil fields the plants in the west as the countrys largest the attackers are attempting to block the resumption of oil exports after a months long blockade most of the countrys main oil fields are now under the control of the 2 brook based Libyan National army which opposes the u. S. Backed trip in the government. Of the radisson tripoli he says this development of the oil field is significance. Convoy of 25 vehicles with the russian mysteries and other foreign ministries into the ashara oil field on thursday evening and also says that it is deeply concerned that by. The developments in. The oil field in about 700 kilometers south of the capital is the countrys Biggest Oil Field<