People like barack obama bill gates and iran musk. And the u. S. Records more than 3 and a half 1000000 Coronavirus Infections states and stores take the lead in requiring people to wear masks. And brazils spiralling outbreak anger at the president as the coronavirus case count crosses 2000000. And a russian cyber spies have been accused of trying to steal research on a possible corona virus vaccine the u. K. U. S. And canada say hackers who are part of Russian Intelligence Services are attacking Research Institutions trying to develop a vaccine the British Government also says it has evidence of russia interfering in its 2019 general election the kremlin has denied the allegations Charlie Angela has will. Its a global race to find a vaccine for couvade 19 and one country is accused of trying to cheat. The u. K. s National Cybersecurity center says Russian Hackers known as a p t 29 the jukes or cozy have tried to infiltrate coronavirus facilities to steal their work britain the u. S. And canada Whose Research into possible vaccines is quickly advancing have all been targeted to be targeting with Cyber Attacks the International Effort not just here in the u. K. But in canada in the u. S. To try and find a vaccine which is for the greater good of the world as well as our people here at home and i think its actually right that we called out in this measured way with our International Partners the hackers are believed to operate as part of the Russian Intelligence Service allegations that russia strongly denies the u. K. Government says the hackers are using fishing and malware in their attacks and theyve supplied coding instructions that were going to his asians can protect themselves this latest attack comes as the u. K. Reveals Russian Hackers also interfered in the countrys general election last year by trying to spread an amplifier leaks documents online video to go in there are severe the when you ask that she were up or a criminal investigation is going on but ive this stage it would be inappropriate for us to Say Something britain has said this is the many so vague and controversial that its almost impossible to understand if its inappropriate to say it then do not say if you do any of this straight the fact is. Theres also evidence of meddling in the 26000. 00 bricks it vote and the election that followed a year later the government says it will finally release a report with details next week for high level attacks in 4 years but Security Experts say theyre not surprised but its changed is that what amir putin starting about 2013. Changed his policy and ordered the Intelligence Services to engage in a more systematic aggressive series of actions to destabilize elections and to. Disrupt russias. Rivals which is the European Union nato United Kingdom france United States they also say that Vaccine Development is a priority target for intelligence agencies russia wouldnt be the only state involved Charlie Angela how does there if be are is investigating a major twitter hack that targeted some of the worlds most followed people the hackers use the accounts to try to scam people into sending them digital money known as bitcoin twitter says theres no evidence that passwords were stolen those hacked included former u. S. President barack obama president ial nominee joe biden and billionaire amazon boss jeff bezos it will again be reports. The fake tweets were only on screen for a few minutes that long enough for people to capture screenshots of several before they were removed to just confirmed and identified hackers broke into the accounts of high profile politicians tech company 1000000000 as and celebrities in a scam apparently designed tell yo people into sending money to an anonymous bitcoin account twitter followers were offered 2000. 00 for every 1000. 00 they sent this was an account all about opportunity and what youre seeing is you know very high profile people reach a lot of people very quickly because you know something that can be turned into cash very quickly anonymously so i think somebody found a very clever way to extract a lot of money from people in a very quick amount of talent that might also be a demonstration of twitters weak Security Control as campaigning steps up for the president ial election in november a contest in which twitter is likely to play an influential role u. S. President Donald Trumps account which has more than 83000000. 00 followers was not among those hacked chief executive jet doocy said tough day for us at twitter we all feel terrible this happened we diagnosing and well share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened i think were probably very lucky that people who took it very chose to use it as a crude scam really i think it could have been very much more impactful. I cant really imagine different ways they could have played out i think we were quite lucky that responsibility has been surfaced in way that was relatively benign the bitcoin account mentioned in the fake tweets received 12. 9 bitcoins by the end of wednesday equivalent to around 114000. 00 roughly half that in bitcoin was withdrawn from the account the same day Victoria Gate and be aljazeera. He used top court has canceled a Data Transfer deal between europe and the u. S. Over concerns the American Government will snoop on peoples personal information packed allowed around 5000 Companies Including facebook to send data across the atlantic privacy activists are celebrating the ruling but business groups have warned that their operations will be disrupted. The white house is considering banning travel to the u. S. By all Chinese CommunistParty Members and their families the move could inflame tensions between the worlds 2 largest economies which already high over the coronavirus pandemic and the Hong Kong Security law meanwhile the u. S. Attorney general says americans have become overly reliant on chinese goods and Services Including protective equipment for the coronavirus william barbeques china of mounting an economic blitzkrieg and trying to become the worlds leading superpower. The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has now passed 3 and a half 1000000 the highest of any country in the world as new infections surge more states and businesses nationwide moving to make facemasks obligatory despite no official ruling from the government she have returns he has more. Several months into the pandemic am coded 19 testing is still beset by restrictions shortages and delays in several states for those eligible for a test long waits have to be endured and it may be a week or more before results are disclosed even with many unable to be tested the trends are all menace with coded 19 infections reported to be rising rapidly in 40 of the us is 50 states we were previously see about one inch and or even one in our tests we were doing in a community it were coming back now were seeing one inch or so about 25 percent of all the tests that were doing which weve also ran. Were seeing more of those that are coming back which concerns us for increased transmission in the Community Cases spiking in states like california and washington for the thought of virus was contained following Strict Lockdown measures that were later relaxed but there are spikes too in states which initially it seemed to have escaped the worst of the pandemic and where combat in corona virus became explicitly political with restrictions on behavior of presented as unamerican for example texas 2 weeks ago the state did finally mandate ma squaring in counties with 20 or more crude cases but the governor is still pleading with texans to follow the rules to prevent an economic shutdown all we need is for people to wear masks everyone wears a mask nothing will be locked down alabama to now mandate small squaring however in neighboring georgia the governor signed a late night executive order on wednesday prohibiting cities from ordering mosque usage and in oklahoma where cases are also surging the governor who himself has tested kovac in 1000 positive is Standing Firm not thinking about a mass mandate and all this will complicate the actions of my. Retailers who now do mandate mask usage in their Stores Walmart one of the latest saying in a statement because the virus can be spread by people who dont have symptoms im dont know who theyre infected its critically important for everyone to wear a Face Covering in public but more than a 3rd of walmarts rules are in areas with no mosque mandate no im not going to put it and im not going to do that retail workers feel very being told to enforce the mosque mandates with no extra support and im not doing it so i woke up in a free country and the fact is that americas food retail meat packing Health Care Workers should not be the ones that have to do the enforcement it should be the companies and not government in addition even as major retailers mandate mosques in their stores they still refuse to disclose how many of their workers have been infected are sick and have died both in stores and across their supply chains she had her chance the aljazeera mike hanna is live for us in washington d. C. So might go back to the figures i mean quite to say. Indeed a massive surge and figures just released by the centers for Disease Control indicate that the death toll by august the 8 could rise to 170000 people dead so certainly this is a grim grim statistics emerging incidentally the trumpet ministration had cut the c. D. C. Out of the loop insisting that all coronavirus data cunt directly to d. C. To the Health Department however after 24 hours and Massive Public uproar the c. D. C. Has been reinstated as the premier of coronavirus data but certainly these figures are staggering spikes continuing in a number of states we now have 27. 00 states plus the district of columbia which mandate the wearing of masks but they are still some states that do not such as oklahoma as we heard mentioned there so certainly there is no clarity or theres no central process in terms of combating this particular pandemic and this was emphasized by merrylands governor larry hogan whos written an article in which you says at the very beginning of the pandemic because there was no assistance from federal government mary land itself had to import hundreds of thousands of mosques from south korea this he did as the governor he points out you the republican governor who got no assistance whatsoever from the Central Government this is something that were hearing from a number of governors throughout the United States as the infection rate and the death toll continues to rise mike hanna thank you very much indeed. Still ahead the soft hour one of indias poorest states goes back into lockdown as medical workers battle a coronavirus surge. And a young woman who was stripped of her british citizenship for joining us was told she can return to the u. K. And fight to regain her nationality. 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Directly north and rain has been the story in japan not so much in the last 24 hours or the next 24 hours but in china over the yangtze more flooding. For. Tens of thousands in an ass is a saving american lives during the cold ninetys that they came to last for a better life but at what cost. 101 east investigates just. Played an Important Role in checking in with. Race. The on. The earth. Amount of top stories here now to 0 the kremlin has denied that russian cyber spies are trying to steal research on a possible corona virus vaccine the u. K. U. S. And canada say hackers who are part of Russian Intelligence Services are attacking Research Institutions which are trying to develop a vaccine. Be used to top court has canceled a Data Transfer deal between europe and the u. S. Over concerns the American Government will swoop on peoples personal information. And the number of coronavirus cases in the United States has passed 3 and a half 1000000 the highest of any country in the world. More than 2000000 people have now been affected by corona virus in brazil as the outbreak accelerates in latin americas largest country anger is growing at president john abell so narrow despite contracting the virus himself hes been dismissive of its effects waters about joins us live now from what is are is a search to resolve weve got that figure theyve passed the 2000000 mark in infections of. Thats correct 2000000 people have been infected with corona virus an average of 1000 people are dying every day or 76000 people have lost their lives in brazil on wednesday president ially it was one out of tested positive for a 2nd time in the country for coral now virus he is currently being treated with a controversial and 10 malaria drug that he says its working for him in spite of the side effects that the World Health Organization says that this drug could have in the meantime some cities like so paul or religion they dont have started to open up restaurants and Shopping Center but what most experts are saying and whats new right now is that the virus is spreading and its reaching cities that have been spared until now. This is the old obit of a Public Hospital in the city of qom been years in brazil just northwest of sao paulo video from the hospital shows there are no available i. C. U. Beds left to treat couvade 19 patients the food it was recorded by a doctor who works at a facility but does not want his identity to be revealed Health Officials in the city have a knowledge of the corona virus has become a Major Public Health threat as instances of many days with 100 percent of i. C. U. Bed occupation for around 10 days some people had to wait to get an i. C. U. Beat they could all get medical care but had to wait for a vacancy. Even though the number of over 1000 cases have started to decrease in brazils main cities it is in smaller ones like m b yes where the number of Coronavirus Infections continue to rise. Outside the hospital people wait in line to be treated michael is one of them hes father hes receiving treatment for the disease ripple of them to of. Our kind to test the code because my father got the disease and hes actually need to care right now accompanied him to hospital and since i had flu symptoms or trying to get tested couldnt do it brazils president who tested positive for the virus remains in isolation he says hes being treated with hydroxy chloral queen despite some warning against using the drug by the World Health Organization. Its worked for me and many people many doctors say it works im not campaigning for this remedy even because its cost is very low i mean thats why im some people down for it others feel they doing that for ideological reasons it seems but the fact is its working. Also not always being criticized for his handling of the crisis cost by covert 19. 00 he opposed lockdowns are referred to the disease early on as a little flu to Health Ministers resigned because of differences of opinion with the president now the ministries being run by an active duty military general sees a lot of us willow took office at least 25 members of the military have been appointed in his Ministry HumanRights Groups say they are concerned we have like 9 ministers. 3000 people in a