Infected with corona virus and another 35000000 are of risk. And fire rages through did his dark unarmed be drilled in western france that dates back to the 15th century. 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 like lives matter protesters who took to the streets after the death of george floyd have been violently suppressed by Law Enforcement civil Rights Groups to 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 the u. S. Military sites and begin our coverage with this report from hijo castro looking back at the life of john that. We cannot. We cannot judge 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 asked my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why Racial Discrimination it was the best way it 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. 00 marchers across a bridge to montgomery would. Never 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. So health care and the rights of undocumented immigrants will not be. Remembered as both fiercely partisan toward his Democratic Party and fiercely independent lewiss legacy is his bravery in the face of perceived injustice have this abiding faith a bit things that us all right so good so necessary if youre willing to die for. You not a for all the 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 in another tall shadow for the next generation to fill. Tributes from all across the political spectrum have been coming in for john lewis for us president barack obama said on twitter many of us get to live to see our own legacy playoffs in such a meaningful remarkable way john lewis did. Of course the fight for equality that lois led continues in the city of portland protesters were met with take a guess fired by federal agents comes amid accusations federal Law Enforcement have detained people without explanation the state of oregon is filing a lawsuit against the use of federal agents during black lives not a protest aboard and the local unit of the American Civil Liberties union has also filed the case courts. 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 wolfe 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 we mentioned the Confederate Flag has been effectively banned from u. S. Military science following months of antiracism protests and secretary arnie flags which promote unity and respect and now authorized Confederate Flag was flown during the civil war by breakaway Southern States that wanted slavery to continue. As they know and send this is an assistant professor of africanAmerican History at the university of dayton in ohio she says not listing the Confederate Flag by name a new policy sidesteps the wider issue. I think it actually was a political move to write well this isnt ababa leave within the military about the constant usage of the y. Which has been an 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 you will who oversees actually among troops they dont want to upset trump i think it makes you think and better why 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 not eat that you know people want to fly and better fly 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 its not very popular in his seventies eighties and nineties around the Confederate Flag i 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. Black lives that have protesters have tried to ted on a statue on or a Christopher Columbus like us city of chicago protesters scuffled with police on father a as they tried to bring down the structure i think 4 people were injured columbus is known as the 1st european to make contact with the americas and Many Associates with the colonization of the regions did to his people. And the u. S. Has recorded more than 70000 corona virus infections for a 2nd consecutive day deaths also rose by more than 900 for the 4th day in a row the President Donald Trump says he wont force people to wear musks. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to know 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 could just appears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont worry risk everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to wear a mask and as you know mask was problems too with that being said im a believer in masks i think masks are good. Irans president says 25000000 iranians have been infected with the chronic virus thats more than a quarter of the entire population also ruhani announce that another 35000000 are at risk of contracting the virus to put that in context John Hopkins University which is tracking the pandemic but so number of cases globally it just over 14000000 its big not the same bus route because in tehran say 25000000 people infected in iran alone i mean that is huge whereas that number coming from. Thats exactly right kim this is an Alarming Number this is almost too hard to believe and this is based on a report of president Hassan Rouhani his comments are based on a report by any internal Research Department of the Health Ministry let me read to exactly what he said its going to repeat some of what youve already reported but what he said was that this is a direct quote based on a report provided by the Research Department of the Health Ministry there is an estimation that 25000000. 00 iranians have been infected with the virus so far and another 30. 00 to 35000000. 00 are at risk of being infected in the next few months now such an Alarming Number especially considering that from day one of this outbreak theres been disputes internally among politicians among leaders in municipal and provincial and National Government theres been a disclaimer about the methodology about the exact figures about how those figures were being taken about when the virus began in the country when the outbreak actually started considering that this number is very high and it may be being put out by the president now to create some kind of shock value today we are starting one week of a new lockdown in the capital that brought this after earlier this month the death toll hit a record high several times in this country so there is a great deal of concern amongst Health Officials and the Health Ministry as well as government leaders that we are backsliding here in iran to a very large and very potentially more dangerous 2nd wave of the coronavirus now this doesnt necessarily mean that these numbers are not accurate again the right of government has acknowledged that the way in which it has been collecting data about death and infection rates doesnt leave room for gaps for people who dont go to hospitals and clinics and are being tested positive there have been claims by critics of the government that said that many people died have been infected their medical reports the sick respiratory illness as opposed to the coronavirus so. And there is acknowledgement even the government that it is not been a perfect system but they may be counting asymptomatic patients now the Health Ministry a few months ago asked for a recount a tally by hospitals and clinics all around the country to get a more accurate figure but what this could mean is that the death toll is much higher and we have to put in the context of what this means globally globally according to johns Hopkins University the overall infection rate stands at around 14000000 110000 just a little bit under that the last time we checked about an hour ago this number of the 25000000 infected stands to increase tax but mention it but we are hearing from the president s office about something of a case should be maybe getting some therapy on what exactly the president met meant in his speech during the growth a Task Force Meeting here in toronto earlier today but certainly this is designed to send a message to the iranian people the situation remains dire and they should continue to. Take that same process and tehran. Come on al jazeera. These women. Are. Taking to the airwaves classes in zimbabwe are held over the radio schools stay closed because of coronavirus. And despite the deaths of protesters in mediation efforts campaign to oust mommys president isnt stopping. Hello there plenty of clouds and plenty of rain showers and thunderstorms throughout much of indonesia are also seeing quite an increase in the showers in the cloud across much of the philippines now as we go through sunday once again weve got quite a bit of rain beginning to gather into areas of silhouettes see across into borneo as well as some heavier downpours lights a shower is really across much of sumatra and java some heavy downpours across into the open insulin and then through monday some even heavier rain gathering across much of course not helping out all of the recent flooding and mudslides weve got quite a scattering of showers and thunderstorms further to the north all the way from southern myanmar across to vietnam not too bad across eastern areas of a strait you can see what the cloud is really pushing across much of the southeast also fairly unsettled weather conditions the next few days across both islands of new zealand but as i say not a bad day certainly into sydney up into bits but and then this is the way the rain and the wind is particularly impacting tasmania as you can see that will work its way across the tasman sea as we head through monday meanwhile the next couple of days not too bad in perth quite a bit of cloud around maybe to stevenson showers developing through central and southern areas of the Northern Territory but a cool day certain into hobart look at this but it does begin to improve temperature wise the showers will stay in the 4 calls more in the way of sunshine this it may. Counting the cost cold war true could the u. S. Break come calling spread to the on the verge of another currency shot turkey at war in libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but how will you pay for his big plan. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the u. S. Its role in the world only just 0. 1. 0. 000 reminder of our top stories this hour u. S. Congressman john lewis is dies at the age of 18 was a pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement and an organizer of the 963. 00 march on washington who has had advanced progress accounts of. U. S. Federal agents have used tear gas against protesters in the city of portland it comes as federal Law Enforcement agents a big commutes detaining people without explanation during black lives not the demonstrations. Irans president says 25000000 arabians have been infected with the growth virus thats more than a quarter of the entire population and ronnie announce that another 35 i mean are at risk of contracting the virus. A month of june so protests across the u. S. Against Police Brutality these gatherings fog phase of a resurgence of the coronavirus in many big cities like new york that hasnt happened Gabrielle Elizondo explains why. Thousands of protesters on the streets in cities all over america demonstrators shoulder to shoulder huge numbers unified in a historic fight for social justice but this is not what social distancing is supposed to look like leading many to ask did the protests lead to a spike in corona virus cases this recently published Research Paper is the most definitive study to date addressing that question based on our research there is no relationship between the black close matter protests and spikes in code in 1000 in any particular city the population of the study was coauthored by 5 economists and examined government kovac numbers and cell phone location analysis in over 300 cities where protests occurred. The res