Postpones general elections for a 2nd time this year. A staggering impact of craven 1000 on the United States shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has now crossed 4000000 more than 144000 people have died President Trump has now called off the Republican Convention in florida because of coronavirus fears or castro before the worlds richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and its feared the number will only soar whats important about that is the steamroller that it is. The acceleration that this have. The rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a Record Number of deaths reported in florida thats where President Trump had planned to speak before a massive crowd at the Republican National convention in august an important moment for his Reelection Campaign but now those events are canceled i care deeply about the people of florida and everywhere else frankly in this country and even in the world who would be coming into the state and i dont want to do anything to upset it 143000 people have died of the corona virus in the United States and medical experts warn many more deaths are to come those numbers tend to rise about a month after an uptick in cases the president trying to try to downplay the threat saying that problems and hot spots will all work out you also see a lot of the country is has has no problem whatsoever trump also claims states have all the emergency supplies they could possibly need despite pleas from some doctors that lifesaving equipment is running out we have no. Gods we are not anybody to be got decision of who should leave or who should die however when you have where hes called i must caution the situation there are going to be fight all of that makes you war you know more efficient minute and then last bit of meanwhile the u. S. Economy nears another precipice with expanded Unemployment Benefits expiring at the end of the month and he vixens resuming at the end of the Week Congress will debate yet another rescue measure in coming days. Aljazeera washington. Well in breaking news we have just heard that china has informed the United States to close its consulate in the city of chengdu now it comes just a day after the u. S. Asked china to close its embassy in Houston Texas while u. S. Secretary of state my company has also called the chinese consulate in houston a hub of spying and intellectual property theft his announcement comes a day after the government ordered the closure of that consulate its all part of a wider investigation and which federal agents have been tracking down visa holders and more than 25 cities who they suspect of concealing ties to the Chinese Military the u. S. Justice department has charged for chinese nationals with visa fraud will obviously be bringing you all the latest developments on this developing story now watchdogs in the u. S. Department of justice and Homeland Security say theyll investigate the use of force by federal agents during recent protests democrats say agents improperly detained and transported antiracism demonstrators in portland and washington d. C. The Police Killing of unarmed black man george floyd and may triggered an ongoing wave of protests against systemic racism and Police Brutality across the u. S. Now the United States and the u. K. Have accused russia of launching an anti satellite weapon into space they say moscow fired a projectile on july 15th britains space directorate chief says the move poses a potential threat to satellites that the well that depends on moscows Defense Ministry says it was part of an operation to inspect its own equipment. Well the standoff that weve been talking about between beijing and washington is also playing out of the World Health Organization where the head has rejected allegations by the u. S. Secretary of state that questioned his and dependence from china to drugs that had him get reassessed says that politics should be quarantined and he wont allow mike compare to distract the organization from its work in fighting the global pandemic. Focus and the focus of the entire mission the entire organization is on saving lives if there is one thing that really matters to us and which should matter to the entire International Community its saving lives and you will not be distracted by these comments. We dont want the International Community also to be discrete distracted well without coronavirus coverage still in schools and south africa will be closed for 4 weeks presence around a poser said in a televised address to the nation that its important schools do not become sites of virus transmission the country is corona virus infections are rising at one of the fastest rates in the wilds south africa now has the 5th highest number of infections globally a quarter and a virus storm has indeed arrived as we said it would with the provinces of the isnt cape how doing and why is it or not are experiencing a rep it dries in infections even as the country braces for the difficult weeks ahead it is significant that more than half of those people who we know to have been infected have now recovered. Well the pandemic has also dealt a fresh followers in bolivias plans to restore political stability general elections have now been postponed for the 2nd time this year while the virus continues to spread uncontrolled overwhelming hospitals and other infrastructure correspond to reason for reports. One by one vehicle then to the Central Cemetery led by us the cars and vans are carrying victims of covert 19 relatives are not allowed inside the cemetery. In the sandia nation coronavirus cases have soared in recent days collapse in many hospitals and Funeral Services in bolivias capital with people from other Going Forward in the last few weeks things have collapsed we dont have coffins and the only help were getting is with cremations families dont want to deal with the fact this has exploded were doing what we can. Outside this hospital relatives of the victims have been forced to bring their own oxygen for family members only 40 say they have no oxygen or supplies sylvana brought her father in law to the hospital in a van the 56 year old man died in the vehicle while awaiting treatment. We were at another hospital and he turned blue and started throwing up we asked a nurse to take him out and Pay Attention to us then we came here with him in the car nobody is allowing us inside he just died he died in the car he was a half human he was sporty and now he is dead. A similar situation is ongoing in other cities like bans and the girls will leave you was expected to hold president ial elections in september. Last year the countrys 1st indigenous president it will morales resigned from office after weeks of protests over an election that International Observers said was marred by irregularities since then interim president any 9 years has been leading the country 2 weeks ago she tested positive took over 19 on thursday Election Officials postponed the election until oct 18th the pick of the pandemic is expected to happen later this month. When this electoral tribunal is asking citizens state powers Political ForcesCivil Society and the media to accompany this decision to show their respect for institutions and their commitment to democracy and the sense of common good former president evo morales said on twitter postponing the elections is a mistake and an excuse by the interim administration to hold on to power elections are crucial in bolivia to bring down the Political Tension that exists in the country since moralist up down from office but the dramatic situation caused by the pandemic has changed priorities at least for now. Ill just. The pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted in a rainy and passenger plane over syria and says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the modern airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft the move was said to be aimed at protecting Coalition Troops in syria several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilot abruptly changed to altitude during that incident the plane was then able to fly on safely to beirut well lets to get into this a little bit with Roger Shanahan he is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and he joins us on skype from sydney roger i want to start with the practicalities of this a passenger jet flying over a conflict zone meets a fighter jet how common is this is there some kind of protocol theyre meant to follow really each individual one normally determines what the safe routes to fly between going out and going is we really dont know what my. Considerations are in that regard but. Certainly going over to complete there is presumably the money airplane has of course sign declared flight path by my understanding a few commercial carriers are still flying over syria and have been for some time and were not seeing fighter jets scrambled every time they do whats your reading of this could this be regarded as a hostile act. What i would get from what we know this is a regular route theres another aircraft the search will use only other aircraft do exactly the same route last week i believe that it doesnt appear to be intercepted we dont know the circuit exact circumstances other than what Central Command has told us that it was a routing. Inception just over the short trip it was a craft the aircraft says that it took a base of 0 graft lastly didnt appear to do so i think were going to have to wait for a few days to find out if the aircraft took place it or that he actually during crap took advice direction why it did so and just in the flight or at grafters any close enough there are some measures or so off roger the pentagon has been saying this is an attempt to make sure it wasnt a hostile aircraft but i do believe that modern air has previously been linked to tehrans revolutionary guard even sanctioned for that and its also been banned from several european airports uses accusations that. Cross from that airline are used to ferry Logistic Support for iranian backed forces in the region so that may well have been one of the reasons why the u. S. Side and take a close look at the aircraft to check out where there were passengers on board. Well as weve been saying relations between washington and tehran arent exactly rosy what impact might this have. Well i think its just another. Small. Interaction between. The 2 countries. And you know the pentagon appears to be playing this quite down the line and say nothing about the actions of the aircraft or were getting from the iranian side as early reports the 1st report was that it was unusually aircraft it was an american aircraft so ok were going to have to weigh it as a symbol for a few days to find out exactly what actions the civil airliners pilot took if there were injuries onboard sound 00 result of his actions are going up to work out why he took those actions there has been a lot of speculation roger weve been seeing these mysterious explosions and iran over the last few weeks and now this given the stability of the region is the timing here a coincidence. Well its interesting we have to see. You know what the pentagon hasnt said as you pointed out was why they sent up their craft. To look at this passenger plane wearers a little below that other passenger planes fly this route and have a brain intercept lou in the past but there is a kind of heightened. Tension in a relationship that is always a big fraud as you pointed out an explosion at Natanz Nuclear facility or a range of fires at industrial plants some of which are explained by accidents others of which appear to be a bit more mysterious so theres a sense that that something is perhaps in that hasnt been implied before the additional pressure is going put on iran im not sure that those 2 are linked but the problem always is when theres a heightened. Series of tensions and actions that Something Like this just adds to the a somewhat volatile mix and it everything down to perception and rogers had a hand there speaking to us from sydney and there Lowy Institute thanks so much roger for being with us great to get your insights on what bush. Still ahead here if you are on aljazeera from breck set to an Unprecedented Health and economic crisis britains bars johnson completes a tumultuous 12 months in power. I know theyre mostly hot and dry throughout much of the middle east but at the same time we have had one or 2 shots and thunderstorms and some rather more persistent rain across the southwest of yemen but have a look at these images coming out of Western Areas of side you can see here the skies that fairly clear this was a passing shower with hail and some or all the heavy rain as you can see here in this particular region in fact the some flooding on of the road there and again that came down with some hail a fairly quick to clear the scattered thunderstorms but there are quite a few them possible again as we go through friday heavy rains the south or society again those Western Areas of yemen so santa could actually pick up some flooding in the streets meanwhile the dust in the sun continues to blow the winds a change direction in fact feeling very humid pretty across into bahrain of the next couple of days a temperatures of 41 sells it fairly much warmer with the humidity meanwhile to the north it is hotter but it should be a bit drier 47 is the high in baghdad then down into Southern Africa were still watching this possible Tropical Cyclone which is to the north and getting closer to northern sections of madagascar some pretty strong winds with this will begin to impact that far north coast of madagascar the showers further to the south across more eastern areas wanted to scottish as is to this on shore flow through central areas of mozambique theyll continue through south a bit all the while across south africa its fine enjoy a woman port elizabeth. Jump into the stream. This generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on hand will online be part of the debate. Let me put some comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic problems that people have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way we can skew the way we do business if were going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is the era. Of again im not here today and thats remind you of our top stories here this hour u. S. President donald trump has canceled the Republican PartyConvention Due to be held in florida next month because of the coronavirus threat the states has been one of the worst affected by the pandemic and on thursday the number of infections nationwide ponced food in the end. The pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria to ensure it wasnt a hostile aircraft and the move was said to be aimed at protecting Coalition Troops in syria several passengers were injured when the commercial plane changed altitude during that incident. And Chinas Foreign Ministry has ordered the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu it comes in response to washingtons decision to shops the chinese consulate in houston. Another 1400000 people have filed new claims for Unemployment Benefits in the u. S. Just in the last week its estimated up to 30000000 people could now be out of whack republicans are preparing to reveal a one trillion dollar rescue package which democrats say isnt adequate and as Gabriel Elizondo reports from new york many have spent months out of work still waiting for official help. Before sunrise hundreds of people lined up outside an Unemployment Office in midwest city oklahoma theyve all lost their jobs amid the economic recession caused by coronavirus and are now waiting to get help and be laid unemployment checks Dieter Blakely used to work at a hotel casino in milwaukee wisconsin she was laid off in march and has yet to receive for Unemployment Benefits its been over 3 months with no income ive been really stressed lately. Bills are piling up i worried all the time and. Sometimes i went it got to be a little bit of a habit too when i woke up in the morning to look at my front door and see if there was an eviction notice on there but Deidre Blakely is just one of more than 50000000. 00 americans whove lost their jobs since a pandemic hit the u. S. In march Congress Passed a pandemic aid package that included an extra 600. 00 a week for anyone left unemployed by the pen demick the problem the money still hasnt reached many who need it so why a