In a suicide bombing in northern afghanistan the taliban has claimed responsibility and accused of war crimes cause of all this president has shame touchy is interviewed by a special prosecutor at the hague. Im joining us roscoe with the sports as washingtons n. F. L. Team drops its controversial redskins name after pressure from social justice campaigners. Thank you for joining us we start this news hour with a worsening Global Pandemic the World Health Organization is warning its only going to get worse if basic health care precautions are not followed nearly 13000000 people worldwide have now tested positive for covert 19 and have been more than half a 1000000 deaths globally many governments which had begun easing knock down measures are now being forced to bring them back and the head of the w. H. O. Says too many countries are seeing their infection numbers heading in the wrong direction. The situation were seeing is countries that overcame the 1st because of the outbreak but having is that restrictions are now struggling with new peaks and accelerating cases in several countries across the world we are now seeing dangerous increases in cases and hospital wards feeling again it would appear that many countries are losing gains made as proven measures to reduce risk are not implemented or followed and more than a quarter of the worlds recorded covered 1000 cases are in the u. S. Over the weekend 7 states set daily cases records and florida added more infections in a day than any state had previously but as cases mount the Trump Administration seems to be targeting its own Infectious Disease experts particle hain reports. 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 leap for weeks and weeks about out florida was going to be just like new york wait 2 weeks floridas going to be met 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 an over the weekend another protest yet a restaurant offering free food to people who refused to cover their faces selfish for not wearing a mask 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 loud 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 satisfied. 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 hospital 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 era america. One of them on this last spring our White House CorrespondentKimberly Hockett live from washington d. C. Kimberly as we heard today in pattys report there the white house looking to to discredit the top Infectious Disease specialist almost sounds like theyre looking for someone to blame. Days on the Coronavirus Task force numbered. Absolutely youve hit the nail right on the head and this isnt surprising given its an Election Year and Donald Trumps opponent in the president ial election Democrat Joe Biden has really hammered the president when it comes to his Coronavirus Response so this is a president that traditionally looks for a scapegoat in order to deflect criticism and it appears that this time the person in the sort of the target of the president s sights is dr anthony fat she now to be clear dr anthony is a career Civil Servant the president cant fire him but he cant sideline him and thats whats going on in fact we know that the 2 havent sat down for a face to face briefing in more than a month but still the u. S. President has been tweeting a reach waiting as far back as april calls to have dr anthony felt she fired even one point prompting a hashtag fire found and the 2 have since then really been disagreeing openly in the public realm for quite some time whether it be over the effects effect of this of the antimalaria drug hydroxy clore quinn whether it be over the president s claim that 99 percent of coronavirus cases are harmless for anthony found she say thats not what i told the president what i said is that we have a mortality rate of about one percent but clearly given the escalating hospitalizations that 99 percent of cases are not harmless and also. Dr french has been very clear about what he sees in terms of the response in the United States how this country is dealing with current virus in contrast to other countries he said that you know the United States isnt doing that well it is because of divison this well davits of this is certainly one of the labels given to this president so this is not sitting well with donald trump thats why there is this sort of continued campaign to try and sideline Dr Anthony Fauci when that appears to be effective we expect to hear more on this as 17 g. M. T. When the press secretary holds her briefing right now and how has the administration been responding or reacting to the growing number of cases of records being set especially in a state like florida we see highest number of recorded cases in any other state times. Well you have to remember that the United States is a country that doesnt have a very strong federal system its a system of states essentially 5 states 50 states rather all put together so every single response is different and the white house has been comfortable with that whereas many have been calling for a more coordinated federal response one thing i should note is we did see for the 1st time the u. S. President wearing a mask over the weekend something that many people say as the person who is out front in the messaging on this that he should have done a lot sooner thank you for that kimberly how good life for us there at the white house in other world news stollen have been protesting in the democratic republic of congo against the appointment of a new Electoral Commission chief ron simon known does position has many opposition politicians have accused him of being complicit in rigging previous elections they say milan is biased towards former president joseph could be no welcome being a step down last year after nearly 2 decades in office but hes on lies hold on im entry majority and control most cabinet ministries just last month could be proposed judicial reforms that also sponsor protests the reforms would have given the Justice Minister more powers over judges and prosecutors present fatigues to say katie rejected them but i deepening rift was created within the governing Coalition Catherine stories following this story for us from Nairobi Kenya she joins us now live so our tell us more about the protests today catherine what more are you hearing about what happened in kinshasa. Right now its called police managed to disperse the thousands of protesters who want granting battles with police all afternoon. Todays protest you were organized by an opposition qualification called and in the capital kinshasa we so john p. R. Bemba very influential politician with a huge following so he he was leading this of thousands of his supporters they were heading to parliament they were dispatched by police using tear gas and they say that they are angry with this nomination of this president of the Electoral Commission but they also say that beyond that they are unhappy with the leadership of president believes to see katy and the correlation he has formed with former president Joseph Kabila they say that this has plunged the country in a political and economic crisis and the president needs to act gently to solve the situation just last week i come i reported on at the press protests of support all of the president all of the president s party who d. P. s also on the streets angry about the same issues saying that they once they want things to change politically so anger on all sides it seems catherine can the president can president xi say katie contain this situation what can he do to contain it and or are we likely to see more protests in the coming days and weeks. Well we did hear from the president he had a covenant meeting and in that Cabinet Meeting he called for calm he said that he understands that people are angry he says that he understands and respects the right of people to come out to the streets to display that anger but he says that that needs not be any sort of violence and you know when it comes to this issue of the nomination of this of this. We did speak to some parliamentarians as well fully who said that the protesters are directing that are. Wrong because constitutionally its really just that our mandate to appoint nominate a president of the Electoral Commission and this was done in june so they say that the religious leaders for did this name and the parliament areas just did their job in and those seeing the name weave in the timeframe of electoral candidates Electoral College but then the thousands of people whove been coming out to the streets are saying that terence knew that this is a name that would be rejected by the population so perhaps they would have delayed the decision perhaps it have gone back to the religious leaders and seen whether there could be a consensus a compromise a different name for that maybe and i think the president has that opportunity because he gives the final approval himself he cannot reject the name but he can always go back to the religious leaders and talk to them and see whether there can be changes and he has said in that in that Cabinet Meeting i talked about he did say that he hes going to do that to try and sort of deescalate tensions because if he doesnt its going to be problematic because weve had from the Catholic Church from Civil Society groups as well saying that they are also going to protest in the coming week about the same issue thank you for that Catherine Story from nairobi there with the latest on the situation in the democratic republic of congo. Yemens who the rebels say theyve killed and injured does. A 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 fees claim this is part of a major new offensive saudi arabia hasnt said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attacks but the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in yemen announced it intercepted 4 missiles and 6 explosive jones overnight what we say are if in about history up in iowa up with high position Ballistic Missiles not disclosed before and large numbers of drones are armed forces destroyed warplanes and pilot barracks and their defense patriot system and jaime some shit other military positions in a purchase on a not strong 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 tardo in military camp in matter province where saudi officials were meeting as a result dozens were killed and injured. My man abu no r. Is a military analyst and retired Jordanian Air force general he believes the who fees for says are gaining strength. Could he have a very big capability im actual fact they have the upper hand or in yemen. 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Some ethiopian media reporting that a country has begun filling the reservoir of its controversial mega dam on the blue nile egypt and sudan had requested the grand renaissance dam not be filled until an agreement is reached theres been nearly a decade of contentious negotiation over concerns it could drastically reduce water supply it to downstream countries if he has said the dam is crucial for its growth and would begin filling it during this months rainy season. Is in z. Mandela the daughter of nelson and Winnie Mandela has died at age a harness for a hospital at the age of 59 she was serving a south africas ambassador to denmark at the time of her death to mandela came to prominence in 1985 when the white minority government ordered to release her father from prison but that was on condition that now some mandela denounce his movements on the struggle against the Apartheid Regime is indeed mandela read his letter rejecting the awful at a Public Meeting broadcast around the world. The taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern afghan province of someone gone at least 50 people including children have been injured well thought he say a suicide bomber targeting the prevention Intelligence Office set off the explosion. Of the only way i was coming from the marketplace to my home i was close to home when i heard the explosion. When the explosion took place everything was shaking all these window glasses were broken here and there 2 or 3 people were injured by the glass it was a lot of dust the people were running everywhere aljazeera as soon as id seen has the latest from kabul. The explosion happened around noon a taliban suicide bomber ride in a car bomb attack the headquarters of the National Directorate of security in a big city the capital of some one gun province the explosion was big at least 10 people were killed and 50 other people were wounded and rushed to local hospitals taliban has claimed responsibility on this attack and its spokesman the bahamas right said that at least 70 person were either killed or wounded during the attack and this happened on the same day when the government has announced that they have released 180 taliban frozen prisoners most of them were released from the political prison here in kabul and taliban also during the last 3 days they keep they announced that they released 42 security members from their prisons and why the prison swap continues the clashes and the confrontations between taliban and the government continues as well in the Northern Province of condos last night at least 18 men member of the Security Forces were killed and 4 taliban members were killed during clashes that lasted almost all night. Plenty more ahead on this news hour on aljazeera including the u. K. Says it wants to welcome the best and brightest talent as it unveils changes strange immigration system plus a new Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels with turkey and hong kong high on their agenda. And good news for Manchester City as theyre cleared to play in europe just next season joe will be here shortly with all the details. Foreign ministers have met in person for the 1st time since a coronavirus pandemic began on the agenda the situation in libya as well as syria and turkey tensions have been on the rise between paris and hank aaron recent weeks over there will in the libyan. Afaik 10 actions in Ea