And taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe are held over the radio schools stay closed because of the growth of violence. We begin in the United States where congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement alongside Martin Luther king jr and helped organize the historic 963 march on washington his death comes at a time of heightened racial tension in America Black lives matter protesters who took to the streets after the death of george floyd have been violently suppressed by Law Enforcement civil Rights Groups is suing federal authorities the months of protests have seen statues toppled and Police Officers arrested and sacked now the Confederate Flag has effectively been banned from u. S. Military sites to begin our coverage with this report from how did your castro looking back at the life of john lewis we can argue about that cannot you that. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i saw those signs that said white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of dr Martin Luther king jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was saying to me john lewis you too can do something and i would ask my mother as my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why Racial Discrimination it was the best way to is dont get in a way dont get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student leader in nashville tennessee lewis was beaten for peacefully protesting segregation at restaurants and on buses in selma Alabama Police cracked his skull as he led a 600 marchers across a bridge want to montgomery but i dont think i know what it was at age 23 lewis was the youngest leader of the march on washington 2 years later president Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law protecting black americans from discrimination at the polls the act would foreshadow lewiss own political career he was elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 1986 his consistent defense of human rights during his decades of service earning him the title the conscience of Congress John r. Lewis has dedicated in 2011 who has received the medal of freedom from barack obama the nations 1st black president a moment lewis called amazing and unbelievable and in 2016 he was honored at the opening of the National Museum of africanAmerican History the museum lewis had proposed nearly 30 years prior but even then the statesmans work was not done louis continued to champion liberal causes like universe. Health care and the rights of undocumented immigrants will not be. Remembered as both fiercely partisan toward his Democratic Party and fiercely independent louiss legacy is his bravery in the face of perceived injustice have this abiding faith that the things that us all right so good so necessary if youre willing to die for. You not a for all of freedom right now following his mentor Martin Luther king jr to his final rest john lewis was the last of the great civil rights leaders that shaped modern American History leaving another tall shadow for the next generation to fill. Well tributes from across the political spectrum have been coming in said john lewis former u. S. President barack obama said on twitter not many of us get to live to see our own legacy playoffs in such a meaningful remarkable way john lewis did. For us federal agents have used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in the city of portland comes amid accusations federal Law Enforcement have detained people with no explanation the state of oregon is filing a lawsuit against the use of federal agents during black lives matter protests portent vocal u. S. Have the American Civil Liberties union has also filed a case of brand reports. As knightly protests over systemic racism and Police Violence continue in portland a disturbing new development has emerged this week witnesses say federal agents in unmarked vans are grabbing protestors off the streets and detaining them without clear cause. This video shows a man being grabbed by armed men in military fatigues without name tags and without any indication of what agency they work for he is marched to a vehicle and driven away several protesters say they were grabbed put in cells in the federal courthouse and then let go without being placed under arrest or charged with any offense that it will marshals denied any knowledge of the incidents and the department of Homeland Security has refused to comment in an interview on friday oregon gov kate brown says she wants President Trump to pull federal agents out of her state earlier brown said the armed agents were making the situation worse. Trump troops in portland are definitely not the answer as we saw this only escalates the tension. And we need dialogue and deescalation trump has boasted about how federal officers he deployed routed portland demonstrators i guess we have many people right now in jail and we very much quelled it and it starts again well quality again very easily acting Homeland Security secretary chad wolf called the protesters lawless an archivist says oregon democratic senator ron wyden accused trump and wolf of provoking violence for political gain. The demonstrators focus has been on the downtown area federal courthouse which falls outside local Police Jurisdiction 6 federal officers there have fired tear gas smoke grenades and socalled nonlethal munitions at protesters in one incident widely viewed online a federal agent fired on a protester hitting him in the head with a projectile and leaving blood on the pavement the man 26 year old donovan loved bella needed surgery and is hospitalized in serious condition rob reynolds aljazeera as you mentioned the Confederate Flag has been effectively banned from u. S. Military silence following months of anti racism protests defense secretary mark esp a says only flags which promote unity and respect and the authorized a Confederate Flag was flown during the civil war by breakaway Southern States that wanted slavery to continue actually lower on sunday this is an assistant professor of africanAmerican History at the university of dayton ohio she says not listing the Confederate Flag by name in the new policy sidesteps the wider issue. I think it definitely was a political move to rights of its well not dissent obviously within the military about the constant usage of the y. Which has been a historic descent africanamericans have complained about the use of the Confederate Flag in the military since at least world war 2 and the korean war where if who oversees actually among troops they dont want to upset trump i think mentioning can better fly directly would have set off some sort of alarm bells when we just had the president earlier this week in last week defending people who were lying to better like saying that it was an issue of free speech not mentioning the Confederate Flag directly really sidesteps directly addressing with the Confederate Flag me it avoids a conversation about the history behind the flag with the better suit was this are still this lingering idea that its heritage and not hate that you know people want to fly a Confederate Flag theyre not flying it because they support White Supremacy theyre doing it because theyre proud of their Southern Heritage how this argument is still floating let alone from the highest office in the United States in 2020 is beyond me i hear it is not he was very popular in his seventies eighties and nineties around the Confederate Flag is sort of allowed better like iconography to see it as long as it did i just dont think its sustainable for anyone to hear the confederacy with anything other than White Supremacy the u. S. Has recorded a 2nd consecutive day of more than 70000 corona virus infections death rows by more than 900 for the 4th day in a row the top Infectious Diseases experts have a faulty is edging everyone to use mosques the President Donald Trump says he wont force people by law. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear masks and i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything disappears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General to refer guys who dont wear a mask everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to wear a mask and as you know mask cause problems too with that being said im a believer in masks i think masks are good i can say as a Public Health official that i would urge the leaders the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks masks are important as part of the physical distance physical distancing is the most important but practically when youre living your life and trying to open up the country you are going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important. Talks in the township cheeta is from the Johns HopkinsUniversity School of medicine he says the mosque issue has become political which is preventing the government from taking action. We have other Public Health measures such as seat belts which are managed by law and which people do follow and so i think part of the reason this is unfortunately become so political is from mixed messaging from our federal government as well as our president. Making it into a political issue unfortunately and thats why i think you can see a fairly clear split in terms of where our place is supporting masking unmasking mandates and where are places that are not the u. S. Is made up of states which have a fair amount of states rights i think unfortunately due to our overall lack of leadership from the federal government there has not been a move to have a National Unified response and this is left up to the states and you know unfortunately some are some some coming to their own pressures from their own political leanings and others are not so ahead on aljazeera the pandemic has exposed to massive corruption thats damaging Public Health and today. Despite the deaths of protesters in mediation efforts the campaign to oust mollies president continue. Right there hes returned to west europe its been in portugal for a few days as a heat wave warning actually people are enjoying it but inland that also means is that for much of europe has been a road more disappointing scene this passive crowd here which doesnt look very much has reduced temperatures so the heat is too in the southwest in seville is an example of that 36 is the average were up to 40 but it is rather exclusive at the moment for example youve got 240 and 26 in london as an increasing sign but in vienna 2018 this whole area is to the influence of cooling wet weather some thunderstorms mainly just rain on the north but i think summers are can be seen to be returning the temperature is rising to 29 for example in paris 27 in berlin in north africa theres been a dust around this is what the orange sheen is is so in northern mali but the showers are more telling quite rights from the moment over at 30 pm south sudan the really of as far north as bamako and almost up into the gambiers well now although it looks like the wettest is going to be saturday was sunday seeing the showers off shore they developed by day and they move very slowly it was so slowly from east to west. But. Frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water whats been the result in poaching quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the days global headlines its time for diplomacy in a country that is not only disintegrating but hes reckoning the lady of the whole country inside story on aljazeera. Woo woo. Youre watching are just there are a reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. Congressman john lewis has died at the age of 88. 00 was a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement and an organizer of the 963 march on washington who was head at onst progress accounts of. U. S. Federal agents have used tear gas against protesters in the city of portland comes as federal Law Enforcement agents are being accused abstaining people without explanation during the blood spatter demonstrations. The u. S. Has recorded a 2nd consecutive day of more than 70000 coronavirus actions deaths rose by more than 900 for the 4th day in a row President Donald Trump says he wont force americans to win mosques. Lets return now to our top story the death of congressman john lewis own fresh air has more on how hes being remembered well hes been described as a titan an icon a lion a giant the conscience of the house a huge row from both sides of the house starts how deep the feeling is for joy for john lewis you remember that it was the late last year that he and i used to that dance pancreatic cancer said this was perhaps the biggest fight theyd ever faced from a man whod gone through what hed gone through that was quite a statement he became a lion of the Civil Rights Movement speaking out on many occasions and then served in the congress for year after year perhaps not. Deeply involved in setting policy but certainly regarded as someone you would always test the water with before you advanced any sort of legislation his last public appearance was just a couple of weeks ago here in washington d. C. Where he stood to on the new black lives matter mural which leads all the way to the white house. And zimbabwes schools have remained closed following an increase in corona virus cases for now children and poor households who dont have access to the internet are getting their lessons on the radio on the tulsa reports from harare. Right. It wasnt easy for the students to make it on time for todays english lesson 1st the batteries in the radio died they parents put together what money they could to buy some all this english lesson is being taught over the radio instead of in the classroom because of the coronavirus pandemic but these learners complain they cant ask the lady to explain or repeat what they havent understood they also miss the School Teacher and theres plenty. Of course did you need. To from. Then to me it was under she teaches me. In there and theres tindall you. Can get him to. Community leader kid at the mall for help when ever he can he says he feels frustrated thats a bobbys radio stations are parrot Educational Programs i think we need to be practical because this is very important more than playing music. Is a better to give your preference to these students 1st than playing music Online Learning is largely restricted to a privileged few who attend private schools for children in poor and remote areas the internet is a luxury the infrastructure in terms of online products is still quite limited with online we are only maybe at the very much mum talking of the to percent of all in most in terms of the connectivity in terms of the guy just themselves because the telephone or the smartphone would be lost with a parent and most cases for sale in the rural areas and the cost also of the connectivity is still quite high so already it is kind of. The number of cars in 1000 infections is rising in zimbabwe thats why government Officials Say schools wont reopen just hit alternative teaching methods allow children to learn without having to leave the safety of their home limiting their chances of catching or spreading the virus schools across the country closed in march to try and stop the spread of coronavirus countries around the world are trying to manage how and when to reopen schools zimbabwe is no exception some parents when the Academic Year canceled so children repeat classes when schools reopen but others say learn as must push on with the syllabus using whatever learning to say families can afford. Aljazeera. In bangladesh more than a dozen Health Workers have been arrested on charges of selling thousands of fake certificates claiming people are free of the disease corruption has only added to the challenge of fighting because that 19 outbreak of a child has more from dhaka. Bangladesh has increased the number of hospital to treat cope