Was back into action before revving up their engines drive has taken me to protests against racism. Thank you very much for joining us Irans Atomic Energy Organization has acknowledged that a fire at the Natanz Nuclear facility has caused significant damage it said the blaze could slow down development of centrifuges used to enrich uranium but that iran would replace a facility with more advanced equipment. What exactly happened at the Natanz Nuclear facility last week its a question people in iran and around the world have been asking since a fire was reported at irans main uranium enrichment facility on thursday a fire incident like this at the centerpiece of the countrys Nuclear Program is easily a cause for global concern but iranian leaders downplay the incident latest satellite imagery however seems to show the scale of the damage whatever the cause is bigger than initial reports seemed to suggest on sunday the spokesman of the Atomic Energy organization of iran confirmed the seriousness of the matter speaking to state news he said enrichment activities continue but the damage was significant enough to slow some work at the facility this incident may create delays in the Medium Term Plan for the development and production of advanced machines god willing we will compensate in such a way that the capacities at the site will be greater than before. The Natanz Nuclear plant has been the target of Cyber Attacks in the past at the time iran blamed various western nations and israel iranian investigators say they know what caused the latest incident but cannot release details due to security concerns but military leaders have promised to retaliate if sabotage is confirmed. The incident at natanz happened just days after another explosion at a military base where iran develops missiles on june 26th a gas tank explosion at the Parchin Military complex northeast of the capital caused a fireball so big some to her own residents could see it from their homes on june 30th a fire and explosion at a Medical Clinic in north to her own killed 19 people. On saturday a fire broke out at a power station in the western city of a causing partial outages on the same dail chlorine gas leak at a petrochemical plant on the gulf coast injured 70 people these were likely just industrial accidents perhaps triggered by rising summer temperatures but the fire at the Natanz Nuclear complex happened in the backdrop of serious incidents that have rattled the country in recent weeks. Trita parsi is executive Vice President of the washington think tank the quinsy institute it has been very restrained in its response over the. Previous efforts of sabotage have actually targeted that site as well in fact destruct virus was targeting centrifuges that were in that facility so in a sense what your commentary said earlier on is quite true it seems like the iranians may actually be coming out and explain the damage that has been done precisely to take the opportunity to on the one hand signal that theyre going to double down on the Nuclear Program as a result of this but also perhaps to signal the europeans that once again the iranians are showing a degree of restraint in case it turns out that this actually was a call an act of sabotage from the hostile power and i think theyre building up their cards to put pressure on the europeans that the europeans have to do far more than they have done so far when it comes to keeping lukey deal alive there is an accusation that is 100 government has been far too weak when it comes to protecting the Nuclear Program standing up to it and pushing back against the pressure that the trumpet instruction is opposing on them so signaling that theyre going to replace it with a bigger more advanced centrifuges a way of signaling not only the outside world but also the violence would read the governments internal critics and irans foreign minister has been heckled by members of parliament and called a liar during a speech outlining the president s foreign any economic policies. Javid zarif was Briefing Parliament and defending the government he was interrupted several times 200. 00 m. P. s have also tabled a motion to question president Hassan Rouhani saying his policies have led to the current economic crisis. He is un recognized government has condemned air raids on a recaptured a base in the west of the country it says a foreign air force carried out the attack and loss of the facility in may was among a string of recent defeats for war or 24. 00 have talk pushing him out of large parts of western libya after launch an offensive to seize the capital tripoli last year mahmud up what has more from tripoli. 5 strikes by an identified warplanes but the government here in tripoli especially the defense minister just stated saying that. Foreign fighter jets carried out the attacks on Turkish Military facilities in the. Airbase that includes an air Defense System according to. Media outlets we have not. Reported any comment from the Turkish Military as of yet but only the approach. Media outlets that reported that among the military facilities in other words here targeted by a poor health or fighter jet is an air Defense System units no casualties have been reported but the ministry of defense of the government of national called in tripoli here says that this attack by planes is trying to send a message to try to disrupt what it calls the victory that has been achieved by the Government Forces helped by the military in specially taken control of western libya from forces loyal to the world really for have to and theyve been protests against a turkish intervention in libya crowds in benghazi shouted slogans and carried signs attacking president bush type radio one they send city is a stronghold of forces loyal to have tar is fighting against a u. N. Recognized government which is backed by turkey maybe is divided between 2 rival administrations and several armed groups. Now the news its a region thats home to just 8 percent of the global population but latin america now accounts for about half of all corona virus related deaths cases of tripled in just one month brazil and mexico are the worst affected nations leaders are being criticized for prioritizing economies over peoples lives india reported 25000 new infections a new daily record and more than 600 deaths iran has also recorded its highest one day death toll and has now made Wearing Masks mandatory more countries are imposing restrictions again as cases surge kazakhstan and the capital of madagascar are back under lockdown at a border between australias 2 most populous states is due to close on tuesday victoria has seen a spike in new coronavirus cases prompting the decision to shut the frontier with New South Wales indefinitely lets get more on this decision from nicolay gage who joins us live from camera whats the significant of this indefinite Border Closure and what are we expecting to see. Well i think its extremely significant this border hasnt closed in the about 100 years but i think what were seeing here is a clear example of just how quickly this virus can return at any time it was on the a few weeks ago that is strongly would have been the envy of many nations it has been extremely successful in being able to suppress the virus that means that weve had restrictions on other borders have opened weve seen shops reopen people have been allowed to gather again but in no been in the state of victoria that has led to a huge spike in 19 cases and the situation has escalated extremely quickly we sane people hospitalized a dozens of people testing positive to coronavirus every diet now one elderly man died on sunday night and now were saying 9 housing Public Housing tower was locked down with 3000 people inside theyre not allowed to lave so if people arent allowed to into leave their properties right now and its caused a lot of tension in terms of the Border Closure that is very significant we have some communities that fold across both sauds but the government has said that these restrictions on needed to make sure that we get on with this now and we dont see these spiking cases continue and the government has only closed down 2 specific suburbs and pay specific apartment buildings into knock down what has been the public response to that. Well it depends where you are many people do believe that these actions are absolutely necessary we all know a hell easy these virus can spread and the best way to stop that from spreading is to stay away from each other but many people have questions the quality here these Public Housing towers have many people who dont speak english there have been questions about if many of the Health Messaging get out to them appropriately and some of the people within those towers have been saying we dont have some of these sensual services that we need they will be locked down for 5 days before another decision will be my that the government has been handing out hardship claimants to these people and food packages as well right now were just waiting to see what so what will happen and how long they will be low based housefull thank you very much for that update nick and a gauge life for a sailor in canberra colombia is also seeing an increase in corona virus infections and deaths intensive care units in the capital offending up and doctors are worried that many deaths are going underreported on the reports on bogota. Coffins carrying the bodies of covered 1000 victims arrive for cremation at this cemetery on the outskirts of bogota the recent increase in the number of deaths in the colombian capital has meant Cremation Services it tripled here in the last couple of weeks funeral workers say its a sad situation for the relatives who cant give their loved ones a proper goodbye. People are hopeless they see disagree led to entering the hospital 1520 days before and never see them again until they meet us in a closed coffee mug. Columbias reopening of important sectors of the economy in june following a strict quarantine seems to be responsible for a sharp rise in hospitalizations. Intensive care units are now 80 percent full in the National Government but new ventilators to increase availability but a lack of trained doctors means not all of them can be used at the same time and now authorities are worried by a sharp surge along colombias caribbean coast soldiers and police in full protective gear or on the streets of the port city of butler in kenya to enforce quarantine measures the atlantic a province has registered almost double the number of deaths compared with only one 3rd of the population. Authorities say here people have been more openly flouting social distancing rules holding parties in other gatherings and doctors fear some could be the 1000 related deaths are not being reported. Many patients dying at home or arriving at the hospital dead are not being included in the sticks but from feedback from families and clinics it is clear that the person died of corona virus and we are not reporting it. The sharp turning pales in comparison with some neighboring countries like brazil it is very worrisome especially since Health Authorities say were still weeks away from reaching the peak of infections and the government is excluding the return to stricter measures saying its time to revive the countrys battered economy leaving much of the responsibility in the hands of people wearing face masks and maintaining social distance a lesson that im just. Still ahead on aljazeera somethings wrong with donald trump be sure the Republican Campaign thats working to get a democrat elected u. S. President and growing in a different direction we take a look at the innovative farming sa thats taking route home sweet and. Hello once again im afraid theres no letup in the heavy rain for southern parts of japan plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture you see the my you front which continues to drag its way out of central parts of china over towards such japan you can imagine this is just like a rope of cloud and rain were pulling that wetter weather across a similar area so we can see that rain making its way out of eastern china through the East China Sea pushing back across q should not a little further north which as we go on into monday says some really wet weather coming into western parts of honshu and itll continue to move across a similar area as we go on through choose they say we are likely to see further floods and further landslides here that wet weather continue into central parts of china north and south of that case of some sunshine but a few showers certainly a possibility as well sunshine as shows to it to Southeast Asia we got some lively showers there once again heat of the day shows just around the philippines stan into malaysia wanted to show was still there into indonesia but nothing on the usual his western weather to towards thailand and probably a wet weather into the northeast of india through me and ma the heavy rain the flooding rains they will continue the Western Ghats gradually pushing up into good rats. But. An image can change the way we see the wu if we had not seen this we would be talking about it it can spark mass action or serve the interests of the powerful he created this longing for a follow up or to any it can obscure the truth this is a legitimate news story that is correct and that talking points are pretty identical it can forge narratives or rewrite through the listening post gives you the full picture on a. Cold. The end. Of the back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera evens Atomic Energy organization has acknowledged that last weeks fire at a major Nuclear Facility caused significant damage that could slow down the countrys production of advanced centrifuges which are used to enrich uranium maybe as un recognized government has condemned the air raids on a recaptured air base in the west of the country it says a foreign f. Or scared on the attack the loss of the base was among a string of recent defeats for war tiny for half tar and the border between australias 2 most populous states is due to close on tuesday victoria has seen a spike in new coronavirus cases prompting the decision to shut the frontier with New South Wales indefinitely. Now at least 166 people are now known to have died in ethiopia during protests following the killing of a popular singer and activist officials blame the deaths on both a response to the unrest by Security Forces and into Ethnic Violence single child who one day saw was a member of ethiopias Largest Ethnic Group the romel he was shot dead in addis ababa last week our lalo is a senior lecturer at Kiev University in the u. K. And then on lists on the horn of africa he says that too often ordinary civilians in ethiopia are victims of political violence. I think its important that the government take steps to ensure to conduct a proper investigation and ensure accountability as far as the videos are concerned but i think the Bigger Picture is an important one the Prime Ministers and our. A huge good meal on the part of the on was or was to either it in groups but if you mean miss money to the transitional process he made everything about himself his mind its when he came into power was to Beauty National consensus and pull more out of consolation he didnt do any more that there was not discussion of political settlement for the country where that is one of the meter things that the country is in so that they versus the about why dont you get really its going to be and where you again needs to move there for the better versed people in that country to have a common how what is future theres no discussion of. National debt in those chords were not heritage to the Prime Minister basically wanted to recreate the country he saw in it and i think that is where the problem that is it is even though the government has given every step that the government has. A huge blunder in terms of taking the country forward you know this is this incident citrusy puts the transition in a completely different on the x. Its only has authorized a charity vessel that rescued more than 100. 00 migrants in the medicine iranian to dock to it those on board the ocean viking were picked up after fleeing libya they are now heading to sicily where theyll be transferred to a quarantine ship the migrants have been on the ocean viking for over a weekend the charity had to declare a state of emergency on friday because of violence on boards. Votes being counted in the Dominican Republic surprise eventually elections sundays vote was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic 6 candidates are vying for the top job including businessmen and front runner luis abi not their opinion poll suggests he could also see governing center left audi which has been in power for 16 years. In croatia the governing scent of white party is returning to power after a better than expected the election performance from minister andre plank of h. Celebrated in zagreb as official results showed his age d. Z. Party winning 66 seats in the 151 member of parliament will need support from several small groups but can avoid an alliance with a fall right audie tourist depend