Coronavirus cases with several countries now really imposing restrictions on the hidden education emergency more on the millions of children will miss out on school because of this pandemic. Now polish president andre due to has won a narrow victory in an election runoff with just over 51 percent of the voters he was up against the liberal wausau man just koski now the results will allow dudas party to move ahead with its conservative reforms alexia brian reports. It was a vote same as a battle for polands future and the results show a country divided but by a tiny margin andre duda will stay in office. Hes been there for 5 years propped up by the rightwing law and Justice Party yet for all the control they wield in poland due to fail to secure a comfortable when they are not a bad example i want to make it clear and strong that i am happy about my victory for now. This is the man who ran against ruffled tresco ski versus centrist mayor who launched his campaign at the last minute misguided to bury. This all the votes just need to be counted which in truth will make this evening a nerve wracking one for everyone in poland but im absolutely convinced when we count each vote we will be victorious and we would definitely. But despite his confidence it was only ray duda who came out on top dude is deeply conservative agenda including strong opposition to gay rights appeals to his partys nationalist base while his constitutional reforms that weakened the independence of the judiciary put him at odds with the e. U. Compared with. Whose liberal program called new solidarity was designed to evoke the movement that helped end communist rule in poland he was also pushing for stronger relations with the e. U. The clash between the 2 radically different agendas so voters turn out in record numbers analysts say the close result could see the election contested in court the opposition is already highlighting what it says with clear voter irregularities brian aljazeera. Now yemen through the rebels say theyve killed and injured dozens of high ranking military officers in saudi arabia according to a spokesman they hit multiple military sites and a large oil facility just across the border the movies claim this is all part of a major new offensive saudi arabia hasnt said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attacks however the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in yemen announced it intercepted 4 missiles and 6 explosive drones over nice. What we saw different about is the european ighly up with high position Ballistic Missiles not disclosed before and large numbers of drones or armed forces destroyed warplanes and pilot barracks and their defense patriot system and jaime some shoot other military positions in a zone in a draw were destroyed also the joint Oil Installation in the Industrial Area of design was targeted targets were hit with high position our armed forces successfully targeted the todo military campaign matter problems were saudi officials were meeting as a result dozens were killed and injured well theres been another record daily rise in the number of corona virus cases around the world 230000 people have tested positive just in the last 24 hours and india has reported a surge in cases for the 6th consecutive day it had nearly 29000 infections just over the past day local officials and indeed administered kashmir are expected to impose a lockdown after a surge in cases there and several Indian States have imposed weekend curfews and shut areas considered to be high risk. Well 3 generations of bollywoods prominent family have also tested positive for the virus that includes former miss wells. And her 8 year old daughter that was announced a day after her father in law indian actor bachchan and her husband obvious shaikh were admitted to hospital but we can now speak to india correspondent elizabeth purana whos in new delhi for us liz as were seeing kashmir here brace for even tighter restrictions is there a sense that its being singled out. Hina southsea well given that indeed administered kashmir has been under many restrictions for nearly a year now long before corinna virus since the Indian Government revote the regions lehtonen me and put it under a Strict Lockdown there is certainly a lack of trust in anything that the government does the Indian Government has said that that there are 88 dead zones in the capital of india administered. And that theyre going to be put under lockdown and there are large barricades being put up around the city they say that this is the cause the number of cases in the city went up from nearly 600 at the end of june to double that number of cases now that people havent been wearing mosques that they havent been social distancing since the nationwide lockdown was eased one month ago and that this is necessary and that theyre going to continue with their Awareness Campaign they say that this is not a complete lockdown and she noted but local journalists who ive spoken to say that it certainly looks and feels that way and thats because the red zones there are so scarce to these areas of the complete lockdown that its really difficult to move around and now the Indian Government has also said that its going to as well as the slow down that its going to open up india to me to tourism from tuesday that is despite saying that the majority of cases in the region have come from outside of the region now because of the Economic Impact that the restrictions that have been in place for nearly a year have had all indeed administered kashmir people there. Any more restrictions especially given the relatively very low number of cases compared to other parts of the country and the fact that tourists are being invited in walled residents are being put under more restrictions elizabeth random now india correspondent speaking to us from the capital new delhi thanks very much for that update. Well now more than a quarter of the worlds covert 1000 cases are in the u. S. The state of florida has been particularly badly hit it is restrictions back in may and has also just reopened disney world to spite workers concerns Patty Culhane has more. A new tragic record the largest number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in a single day in a single state of florida more than 15000 confirmed cases and the death toll is rising this is a state that was one of the 1st to reopen its economy and its republican governor was defiant at 1st a lot of people in your profession who wax poetic leak for weeks and weeks about out florida was going to be just like new york wait 2 weeks floridas going to be next just like it only wait 2 weeks well hell were 8 weeks away from that and it hasnt happened it took a few more weeks but it has happened and its actually worse than it ever was in new york but unlike there the Florida Governor has not issued a state wide mandate to where mass. Protests in one county tried to shoot down and over the weekend another protest yes a restaurant offering free food to people who refused to cover their faces hes selfish for not one of them asked i want to say to you that all the people calling the selfish youre the one whos trying to force me a medical procedure so that you can feel more safe on the risks are very very mild this is a virus that has a 99. 6 percent recovery rate this is a virus that is very well contained this is a virus that the c. D. C. Is removing epidemic status from none of that is true and wearing a mask is not a medical procedure still it has become a political statement for many in the u. S. The entire reason for the shutdown was so hospitals like the one behind me do not become overwhelmed when the states that are seeing the biggest increases like florida arizona texas the hospitals are close to capacity and given what we know about how this virus spreads it is likely that that is going to continue stretching the hospitals beyond capacity. The president spent much of the weekend golfing but officials in his Administration Made clear they are gearing up for a fight against the lead Infectious Disease expert in the government dr at the phone i respect dr fauci a lot but dr fox he is not 100 percent right and he also doesnt necessarily he admits that have the whole National Interest in mind he looks at it from a very narrow Public Health point of view questions now about whether the man who has led every National Health emergency under 6 president s will be fired by President Trump in the midst of a growing pandemic pedicle here in el does iraq maryland well mexico now has the 4th highest number of deaths linked to cover 19 in the wilds more than 35000 people have died nearly 300000 people have contracted the virus the government says the true number is also likely to be significantly higher in south africa as reimposing some restrictions that after a rapid increase in infections an overnight curfew is back in place and alcohol sales again banned presence around oppose a says his nation is facing what he calls a destructive coronavirus storm and the measures are vital to ease pressure on hospitals south africa is now recording about 500. 00 new cases every hour. Now decided that the sale the dispensing and the distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect there is now clear evidence that the resumption of alcohol savings has resulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals including trauma and i. C. U. Units therefore as an additional measure to reduce the pressure on hospitals a kid if you will be put in place between the hours of 9 pm and 4 a m. Well still ahead for you here on aljazeera. Gathering in turkey and hong kong high on marriage and. Also tell you why hong kongs fast and democratic primary voters could be honest. How i once again welcome southern look at the International Focus we do have the potential for developing Tropical Storm just about the philippines over the next couple days big area of cloud here the wetter weather recently has been over towards malaysia but dying at 76. 00 millimeters of rain thats a typical kind of rainfall total where we save across malaysia want to see heavy showers to into indonesia recently some shop showers to just up towards the gulf of thailand in the china saying some showers longer spells of rain for a time go on into wednesday some very heavy rain pushing its way towards a civil way so that set is something to watch out for watching out for some rather wet weather just around the southeastern coast of australia over the next day or so as well actually this area of low pressure just offshore takes the worst of the conditions out of the way but quite a swell of ploughs a very strong way in this big sea says some large waves coming through just around the coast of New South Wales say it in around sydney and sydney struggling with the temperatures to around 60 maybe 17 degrees as we go on through the next couple of days the show is the longest they will gradually move over towards the north out of the new zealand question is the end of this fine and dry much of australia as far as dry but we have got some right to far southwest. 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Yemen through the rebels say theyve killed and injured dozens of high ranking military officers in saudi arabia their Spokesman Says they hit multiple military sites and a large oil facility just across the border saudi arabia hasnt said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attack. In india has recorded a 6th Straight Record day of new coronavirus cases with nearly 29000 confirmed on sunday a week long lockdown will be imposed in bringing a roof city after a spike there almost 23000 people have died. Foreign ministers are meeting in person for the 1st time since this coronavirus pandemic began theyre expected to discuss the situation in syria as well as libya and turkey tensions have increased between paris and ankara in recent weeks over their role in the libyan conflict and actions in the Eastern Mediterranean well thats now speak to our correspondent shes in paris natasha theres obviously plenty to discuss today can you talk us through what the priorities are on this agenda. Well the e. U. Foreign policy chief. Arrived in brussels a little bit earlier and he said that really one of the main focuses for the e. U. Foreign ministers meeting there today is discussions on turkey and Foreign Ministers will be talking about what sort of relationship the e. U. Wants to have with turkey because there is a sense that has been growing over the past few weeks and months that some of turkeys actions are simply incompatible with values held by the e. U. Not actions in syria in libya its the role its playing in an oil drilling dispute in the mediterranean its recent decision to turn the fear museum back into a mosque there have also been of course tensions flaring between paris and ankara where recently france accused turkey a turkish warship of being aggressive towards a french naval vessel in the mediterranean that was part of a nato patrol off the coast of libya so many in the u. S. Saying is are these sort of actions compatible with evaluation if theyre not what should we be doing and thats why you Foreign Ministers will be discussing a series of steps possibly for example placing imposing more sanctions on turkey there are already some sanctions on ankara over this or drilling dispute or turkey drilling for oil and gas in the mediterranean just off the coast of cyprus but some e. U. Foreign ministers might press for more sanctions we know that something that france has talked about and other countries such as germany of also raised the question of perhaps a suspending all negotiations on turkeys accession to the. Monitoring developments for us from paris thanks very much natasha. Well another thing on the agenda today is hong kong where more than half a 1000000 people have cast their ballots in the 1st ever democratic primary elections the vote will decide which candidates will stand in Legislative Council elections in september and it is the 1st such poll and also comes after beijing imposed its new National Security law reports the race for the 1st ever democratic primaries heated up as a long queue is formed in one of the hottest days sort of the summer. The villagers task was to choose the person they believe would best represent them and septembers Legislative Council elections due to your Candidates Campaign throughout the weekend including democracy activists joshua wong who is looking to run in the Legislative Council elections for the 1st time he is on trial and could face jail for taking part in un authorized protests last year fight for democracy is a longtime battle we doesnt imagine or expect one day off to hong kong without any result in free election but f. We have trust was due to come out of vote thats the reason why i run for office in such a primary election even with a race of disqualification organizers say they faced many obstacles including a resurgence in current virus infections and shops and offices earmarked as ballots been used becoming unavailable in the last minute to counter that some district councillors hard to bus as a mobile polling station that proved popular the territorys 1st ethnic minority democratic candidate is also running the Hong Kong Born social workers making his political debut on a tough Battle Ground against 8 other mostly established politicians you know after you see people lining up coming in and picking up leaflets and patting you on the back saying you know dialect and calm people at all you just thought this is this is hong kong spirit no matter what we just find a way in the democracy camp hoops that fielding the most popular candidates for the upcoming september elections will help them win a majority of the 70 seats up for grabs this is the 1st time the democrats have held primaries they believe now more than ever they need to x. To teach a cli but the bigger question is with this greater response and momentum from the public how will the government react and will it lead to further restrictions on the Democracy Movement according to organizers turnout was boosted by efforts to suppress the event so. Officials suggested the poles could violate the National Security law we dont want to be silenced not just for our generation but also for the next or the next generation but with a diminishing tolerance for acts of defiance in hong kong and the broad mandate of the new National Security law many fear this could be the 1st and the last time an election like this is held to be gopalan hong kong. And the members of the prodemocracy groups charge for organizing an illegal vigil to commemorate the 1900 channels square massacre have appeared in court the defendants include high profile opposition leaders like ji