Gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mission to mars. The thank you for joining us the staggering impact of covert 19 in the United States shows no sign of easing new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus infections across the u. S. Have now topped 4000000 on average thats 2600 people testing positive every hour and the Economic Cost there is just this huge more than 1400000 people claimed Unemployment Benefits in just the past week its the 18th week in a row that number has topped a 1000000 economists estimate 25000000 people are now out of a job or one of the worst hit states in the u. S. Is florida for more on this lets go on the gallagher who joins us now from miami so andy when it comes to the health and the economy paint us a picture of what the situation is like in florida. Well a pretty dark day here in florida with over 170 deaths on thursday that is a state record at the moment 360000 almost 400000 cases and 505600 deaths in total so over the past 2 weeks weve had an average daily rate of at least 10000 cases every single day on july the 12th but the figure head almost 15000 and now as for how they are tackling this coronavirus it is a patchwork of different approaches youve got the governor of the state run the santa is a very close ally of President Trump refusing point blank to talk about closing businesses down when it comes to schools which is a big issue for many parents in this state he is saying that he wants to push for schools to reopen next month now hes saying that children are less at risk of course the Science Behind that maybe possibly slightly flawed because children can pick up the virus and bring it home to their parents and grandparents and then of course there is the risk to the teachers and staff here in Miami Dade County which is accounted for the most coronavirus cases in this state the mare of miamis put a curfew back in place from 10 pm till 6 am and has put a mandatory mask order in place there is a 40 man squad of Police Officers now enforcing that theyve handed out over 100. 00 tickets already but that is something that rhonda scientists the governor of the state will not monday saying its peoples personal preference whether they want to wear masks or not and then of course youve got all the issues with the testing here the lines are getting longer but more importantly the wait for those results is getting unexceptable long it takes at least 10 days in some cases 2 weeks to get those results back which means in those in that period of time people could catch courbet 19 its supposed to be 2 days those are the c. D. C. Guidelines that is not happening in this state meanwhile the pandemic in the corona virus continues to really ravage the entire state. And the gallagher with the latest from florida joining us from miami and the same q. Lets go to the white house now and speak to our correspondent there kimberly how kids can believe these new figures released today we understand around 4000000 infections in the u. S. Potentially 25000000 people unemployed it was always about keeping that balance between health and the economy but it makes grim reading for both health and economics in the states. Yeah absolutely this is ministration says its working very hard to at least on the front of Economic Relief bring that about through legislation unveiled in Congress Today at least on the senate side what they are hoping the cording to the treasury secretary steve that is to get people at least 70 percent of their paycheck as we see that a couple of things running out in the current legislation for covert relief number one that Paycheck Protection Program that allow businesses to keep people on the payroll even though they were not going to work and businesses were shuttered and also a 600. 00 relief payment that was coming out each week but this is expiring and so theyre quickly trying to put Something Else in place the problem in all of this is this argument that people should only get 70 percent of their previous paychecks to incentivize finding jobs is a problem if youve got transmission rates going up and business is closing where people could actually find that work so this is the conundrum and we can already tell you that many people not happy with this plan including House Democrats who say that local and state governments are what needs the money something republicans are pushing back on we also have the democratic presumptive president ial nominee joe biden along with president obama releasing comments today also criticizing the Coronavirus Response when it comes to the u. S. President in fact in statements they said that they believe joe biden would do better if he became president because hed in contrast to President Trump they say actually listen to scientists and medical experts so really criticizing the president the president may get the last word on that one though however he will be holding a briefing again as he has been doing for the last few days on coronavirus the task force previewing happening about 21 g. M. T. And will definitely be monitoring that here on the meanwhile we understand the coronavirus was on surprisingly one of the issues that donald trump and his russian counterpart discussed when they spoke a little earlier. Yeah this is been a focus that many here at the white house including myself have been asking the white house and the press secretary specifically in is the u. S. President going to put russia on notice specifically is he going to talk to president putin about a number of hot button issues in the United States right now of not only the issue of election interference which we know is a problem in 2016 but the concern it could happen again in 2020 of course youve been covering the reports out that there was russian interference when it came to the Scottish Referendum and then of course weve also been reporting here in al jazeera that there was an additive Vaccine Research that was stolen weve had this confirmed by the u. K. Canada and the United States again russia behind that but that wasnt in the readout that we got from the white house they talked about krone virus were told and the effort to reopen the Global Economy as well as critical bilateral and global issues including the president s concern to avoid a 3 way arms race between russia the United States and china but again the notable absence Holding Russia to account he said was in the readout when it came to election interference or the Vaccine Research that could help this president get this economy back on track merican have jobs again light of these high unemployment numbers campbell how can with the latest there the white house kimberly thank you. Now the number of coronavirus cases in south africa has surged past 400000 thats prompted the president the city to shut schools for the next 4 weeks the announcement comes a scientists warn that theres a huge discrepancy between the number of reported kovan 1000 deaths and deaths from Natural Causes an independent Committee Found about 17000 extra deaths on wednesday south africa recorded a record 572 corona virus thats pushing its total near 6000. 00 its also got the 5th highest number of infections in the world well that he bradshaw is the chief specialist scientists at the south African MedicalResearch Council shes also the coauthor of the councils weekly report on deaths in south africa she says the number of deaths over the last few weeks has been well above that of previous years. We are tracking at the medical Research Council weve been tracking greely number of deaths total deaths which we can separate out and 2 of those from Natural Causes and those from the unnaturally accidents and homicides and the were plotting a little against what we will expect from previous years and you know were not surprised we know theres a coronavirus around and. Certainly sitting in the western Cape Province you can carry a gun car train are and the numbers of days we have seen the last few weeks have been rising well above the previous years numbers. 5 west african heads of state are in mollies capital bamako to try to mediate an end to 2 weeks of political crisis theyve been holding talks with malice president abraham a cat as well as the countrys opposition the un rest in mali is threatening to destabilize the region there have been protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding k. Test step down their close up reports. Nigeria senegal ghana ivory coast and the share their president s on an Extraordinary Mission in aimed at ending mollies political crisis. We are here to meet the president and the various parties concerned to bring peace and ensure that mali returns to the paths to stability for the sake of the whole region outside their meeting demonstrators supporting mullion opposition leaders who majlis sisi he remains missing after being abducted during the parliamentary elections in april it is time for these african heads of state to intervene in the actions of even a cat and his government to bring back to his family safe and sound as soon as possible in his absence and unprecedented protest movement calling itself the m 5 among its leader. But also leaders of the opposition in Civil Society all calling for president. To resign police fired bullets in july as demonstrators attempted to set fire to the National Assembly building roadblocks and seize control of the national t. V. Station the west African Regional organization echo osce made a series of recommendations on sunday to end the crisis including setting up a new Constitutional Court to rule over 31. 00 contested parliamentary seats and creating and National Unity government but the m 5 rejected the recommendations and demands the resignation of president. They are blaming the crisis in mali to the issue of the 2nd round of the legislative elections i think this is a fundamental mistake the main issue is that. When he came to power in 2013 had specific pledges which is ending the war in the north. Millions of millions fled years of fighting between malis army and armed groups linked to al qaeda and i still in the north in center of the country it turns in mali in neighboring countries continue despite 14000 french and you had troops based in the. 7 years after becoming president peters critics say hes failed to deliver peace and is unable to unite millions who are seeking a Better FutureNicholas Hoult aljazeera. French president Emmanuel Mccraw has warned to turkey against maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean and is calling for the e. U. To consider sanctions this follows and has moved to send ships into the waters on an Energy Source in mission the conflict in libya has proved to be another source of tension between the 2 countries turkey backs a un recognized government of National Accord in tripoli meanwhile france has been accused of providing military support for the warlord had he for half that that a butler has more now from paris on mccrackens comments. The french president was meeting his counterpart from the republic of cyprus our beliefs and he made some statements before the 2 leaders went in for their discussions now he said that he believed that the e. U. Needed to respond more strongly to what he called provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean and he was talking about turkeys continue drilling for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e. U. The north of cyprus the breakaway north is pro turkey now the e. U. Says this oil and gas drilling is illegal it has called on turkey in the past to stop and there are e. U. Sanctions on ankara for this france would like to see more sanctions imposed and tensions flared even further just on wednesday when turkish warships actually accompanied a turkish submarine being used for this oil and Gas Exploration in the area again violating what michael said was violation i should say of maritime law. Still to come on aljazeera this news hour a 93 year old german man is found guilty of mass murder and whats expected to be one of the last of that sierra trials. No breakthrough or breakdown but the e. U. Warns of brecks a trade deal by september is unlikely. I know that pensive chad across areas of you know some thunderstorms further to the south on the east and while youre quite a blanket of cloud across areas in the northwest thats where the rain will be but there is rain elsewhere some rain showers and some thunderstorms through western russia so people sheltering from the rain in moscow but sunny skies down into the south of france and also sunny skies across into the valley eriks now that is where the sunshine should continue but as you can see elsewhere not quite to the same story plenty of rain working its way through scandinavia trading back into hours a germany the low countries france not about day friday across the u. K. Quite cloudy tom it is not fairing too badly and the rain again gathering across the sections of northern italy on towards the balkans then on saturday that system works its way eastward so it does clear across Northern Areas but some very heavy amounts of rain really impacting romania pushing on the towards hungry cloudy skies behind and a very unsettled across the u. K. And northern france and the winds also fairly strong at the same time so when it comes weather conditions in london over the next few days expect some rather heavy rain showers on saturday the system calls coming in with the strong winds and then you should care sunny for the 2nd part of the weekend but by monday theres very much back in the forecast but of course south of france it is warm and sunny temperatures typically in the low thirtys with sunshine. Incarcerated. In russias toughest prisons stripped of their liberties. And unexpected creative opportunity. For a singing contest like no other offers a chance of it and hope for the taliban to feel. The prison life inside and out of jail fingers and murderers on aljazeera. In the in the the in. Look back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera corona virus infections across the u. S. Of now top 4000000 and more than 1400000 people claimed Unemployment Benefits in the past week alone about 25000000 people are thought to be out of work 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve the deepening political crisis the leaders are due to hold talks with president eat pretty good a cat as well as the countrys opposition and french president tomorrow mccraw knows were going to turkey against maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean and its calling for the e. U. To consider sanctions it follows and has moved to send ships into the water as on an Energy Source english. The u. N. Says arab countries must show more mutual support by creating regional solidarity funds to support economies impacted by the coronavirus the calls came as iraq recorded more than 100000 infections and 4122 deaths back that International Airport has reopened for shuttle commercial flights after months of closure during the covert 1000. 00 pandemic the u. N. Warns the arab world faces deep and long lasting economic consequences as a result of the coronavirus. Hostile has struck our we is for the International Federation of red cross and the red crescent that he joins us now from beirut sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera overall how would you say the middle east has been impacted by 90 and of course theres countries like syria yemen iraq that were particularly vulnerable to to begin with but across the region generally well thank you thank you for shining a spotlight on this most important issue and it is indeed alarming. From my position i cover 17 countries or 400000000 people from iran to morocco and everything in between this is their region that of course for decades that had wars in refugees in disasters and so on corona is just the last crisis that now makes things just much worse the unemployment the effects on the Health Care Sector the collapse of economies were seeing it right now and this isnt something we project were living it across the region some countries are affected more than others i was in syria last week to monitor the situation to look at the Health Care Sector to look at the availability of protection materials for the health stuff and the volunteers and is devastating the situation were doing absolutely our best to provide the supplies needed as humanitarians but that is clearly insufficient this requires absolutely regional and Global Leadership and partnerships to at least stem the growth of the corona virus which is probably what were seeing now is the tip of the iceberg which of course would be incredibly worrying if that is the case so what do you think the priorities are across the region is the test thing is the protective equipment or what would you classify as