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Security forces sent in by donald trump and we look at how farmers and fishermen may be affected by ethiopias when they saw this down. And this poor pythons are marking into record expanding 13th at a french cup title brazilian start them off course when i get in to the out front of a limited number of cars as football returns to find after a 4 month break. Welcome to the news hour lets begin with the diplomatic crisis between china and the u. S. Which is deepening staff at the u. S. Consulate in chengdu china packing up and getting ready to leave after beijing orders its closure is in response to the u. S. Ordering the closure of chinas Consular Office in Houston Texas aljazeera is a katrina you reports. In chengdu what has begun dismantling the u. S. Consulate thats founded in the southwestern chinese city in 1985 Chinese State media says have until monday morning today kate the presence of beijing blames the u. S. For the escalating tensions and has accused the trumpet ministration of stirring up trouble and anti China Sentiment around the world theyve waited 2 days to this theyre trying to appear very measured and also extended a number all branches of the last few days indicating that they were for talks rather than this kind of unilateral action remember theyre doing this because they need to look like they are willing to defend themselves on the other side of the globe a group of men reportedly federal agents forced open a back door of the chinese consulate in houston workers left the building on friday after appearing to burn documents earlier in the week. There are victualling ordered by american officials who say the consulate was a hub of chinese espionage an accusation beijing denies china regard for rice intellectual property interests with its causing millions of jobs all across america from washington the list of issues is long the u. S. Has arrested for chinese scientists accusing them of working secretly for the Chinese Military was pompom special trade status with the u. S. Has been revoked after china imposed and used to cure israel and washington has imposed sanctions on chinese officials over the alleged persecution of ethnic muslims then theres the coronavirus President Trump has increasingly pointed to china as being responsible for a tactic seen as shifting blame away from what critics say has been his own failed response to the pandemic and finally huawei the chinese telecoms giant accused of posing security threats now banned in the u. S. And britain we are slipping appears into a new cold war its a strange combination that we have right now in our american politics which is a domestic political pressure combined with longstanding grievances and concerns between the United States and china once the u. S. Consulate here and told you closes there will be for maining on chinas mainland but beijing says it wont hesitate to shutdown another should washington to retaliate further against Chinese Mission in the u. S. Katrina you aljazeera told it was facing a poor man has pleaded guilty in the u. S. For working for chinas Intelligence Agency and for chinese scientists are under arrest because of suspected ties to chinas military as well the last to be detained is 10 joined and is expected to be in court on monday diplomats the chinese Consular Office in San Francisco accused of harboring her u. S. Immigration said all 4 lied on the visa applications about belonging to chinas Peoples Liberation army. Australia has added to the arguments over the South China Sea saying china has no legal claims to the area kamber made the declaration to the United Nations bringing it further into line with washington the u. S. Has long opposed beijings claims but avoided calling them illegal until last week well china claims about 90 percent of the South China Sea including ownership of the Spratly Islands which is disputed by the philippines vietnam and several others the scarborough show is claimed by china and the philippines and that disagreement escalated 8 years ago when the Philippine Navy pretended 8 mainland chinese Fishing Vessels the u. S. Military has released what it says is proof that russia is violating a u. N. Arms in bargo in libya the pentagon claims that these satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries being used on the frontlines of the conflict but these include Fighter Jets Air Defense Systems an Armored Vehicles the u. S. Says rusher is boosting support for the warlord Khalifa Haftar well it trainer has more from misrata. The janay military has been saying all along that mercenaries belonging to the russian wagon group are in the front lines in sirte so these american this statement by the u. S. Africa command sort of come from what theyve been saying that you know in may the u. S. Africa command said that 14 fighter jets were moved to which is sort of South Central libya south of sirte so and of course you know many Many International stakeholders have been calling for peace negotiations on monday President Donald Trump and president out of the see how the phone call where they agreed they would deescalate the situation in libya but at the same time the Egyptian Parliament unanimously approved to deploying troops abroad this move is likely not for for for the to consider deploying troops into egypt into libya and thats to further escalate the libyan conflict and destabilize the country more wealth. Is a defense analyst and former defense attorney joins me from wall street good talking with us on the program theres been conflicting reports about the why and where abouts of the wagner group ever since the u. S. Government made significant gains to oust that and and have to forces from positions in misrata and other strategic locations in the west what does this satellite imagery tell us really about the prospective battle plan. It could come just confirmed began but these are already well known russia is the leader in equipment and Weapons Systems to believe in the army including 4. 00 to 6. 00 who quite frankly fought and fight the fall months and between 12 and 1629 s. M. And s. And ps yes and he said by the way from belorussia what we can see on the secular features of the fight the chance is that there are 2 officers quite plain. These pictures and please let me stress you cannot operate a relatively modern fight the swelling just the punch of mercenaries is a quite fendi point was already operated by got off it was so it is quite likely that this was quite plain before names are operate the backbone hes operated by believe it is the need and theyve received significant support from weight math provided the experts of which are required for the leap into the field up the squadron had to pay back a ration of so you can see on this beach and i cant leave and they use i to for a 2nd thought of a rating base it does seem that russia is not giving up on its warlord quite yet yet russia continues to talk to turkey about finding a peace plan how do you actually analyze that dynamic. Well i would say they delivered if i had the chance fits perfectly into peace throughout the russian stock e. G. Impressed me pretty hard to leave you know their interests are mainly from it here Strategic Point of view of the scenes to get interested in gaining a foothold in Eastern Libya interested in establishing a navy base me being bottle for the Aircraft Carrier which is far too big to be harbored in syria and the fact that shitsville rented the limit in may but they were not used to intervene in the battle for the police and this is a strong indication that there was and maybe still is some kind of understanding tacit understanding between russia and turkey in the background maybe about it the asian of the aricept interestingly via so it could well be that behind the scenes russia and turkey are discussing about Something Like a common agreement a power of the nation the areas of interest like that they did in syria and you have in the arguments recriminations over supplies of munitions to armed groups have been continuing all week weve seen frances president very vocal over turkeys involvement for example and yet theres egypt russia and the u. A. E. As we mentioned theyve all been highlighted in some shape or form being or being part of the conflict it seems a vicious circle with no immediate end in sight except with the words cease fire. Yes and let me stress cooper got to the significance of the Russian Support for the enemy i would say from in Military Point of view this is somehow accept every because they rush in by the chance be able to change the rate lets say evolve 10. 00 to 12. 00 thrice office but they and this is certainly not enough not sufficient to conduct their case to be there to power already deployed in libya what they will need to fill Even National army who need the case of an attack by operation will kind of rage he said back up at the egyptians so any kind of Peace Agreement any kind of cease fire agreement about libya needs to include all of them will cost the libyan echoes and turkey and a chief and also the Arab Emirates who could neil and who will provide some kind of guarantees or secure such a cease fire from my point of view the European Union will be in a unique position to people i military forces to the best of see if it fits their fish to some kind of buffer zone as it was already it is caused by the u. N. Secretary general and by the chairman foreign minister maybe right now we are closer to some kind of stable ceasefire since the beginning of levy a 2nd civil we just see what happens of a mobile compassed i thank so much for joining us from vienna thank you for that haitian. Still ahead here on the news are. Speaking out against the silencing of hungarys media thousands protested accusing the government of crushing a popular news website going to plus. Potentially my Life Expectancy shortening every day this piece and carry. Warnings over millions who are missing out on important cancer screenings because of the corona virus pandemic and in sport how a change of plans for africas 1st a limb pick of and may shatter the dreams of many Young Athletes. Thousands of people have been protesting overnight once again in the u. S. City of portland. Oregon. The city has been recently seen a crackdown by federal agents state Officials Say that theyre only making the situation worse protests which began over the death of georgias floor it had been losing steam but i can say sions of heavy handed tactics by federal officers have reignited unrest. Many of the pastors are out in support of the black lives Matter Movement others are calling for the defunding of local Police Forces demonstrations have been ongoing now for more than 50 days. Well its just horrible i mean how they would just sit in the grind with a rubber bullet at the protest like today if we go you know theyre targeting black men in the crowd like its obvious i want to be able to tell my kids and i know somebody that was out here with. I probably but he said he would have been on the front line from the easy to be better be here now because. This is horrific what happened to these sucker. Gov the editor of a leading news website in hungary has provoked a mass march by antigovernment protesters that followed the mass walk out of journalists in support of the editor who warned that the government interference is a dangerous Media Freedom car like has more. About. They came out in their thousands to voice their anger at what they say is the latest silencing of hungry suppress more than 80 journalists from the countrys most read news site called index have resigned from their jobs after their editor in chief was sacked last month he publicly raised the alarm over political interference in the outlets operations for many the dismissal was seen as a government directive and the last straw for me telephone for you to talk to this fella from the us we called him on the phone and said we would like to initiate the end that we no longer want to work at index after those about 60 members of the 90 people on the staff at the same they also resigned and i ending their work at index. Index has long been regarded as hungarys key independent media outlet but it is also been a target of this man hungarys Prime Minister viktor orban who once branded a fake news factory one of his allies recently took charge of its sales are perhaps a sign of things to come. Critics say the government is trying to bring as many independent Media Outlets under its control. We are of the Editorial Staff which today probably made one of the biggest sacrifices and risks to shine a spotlight on whats happening on how a newsroom can be destroyed how even the strongest and most read news portals can be ruined in hungary. One popular columnist reminded the crowds of the 2800 quote in defense of free speech from mr orban himself me sure. I would never have the adults or 2 personas those who dont agree with. Us here. Across Central Europe its not only hungry that seen the steady decline of independent news outlets and to steer toward autocratic rule a major Sticking Point in the debate over the e. U. s Pandemic Recovery fund last week was whether poland and hungary should be penalized financially for their behavior but in the end the money came through and viktor orban claimed what he called a huge victory many say the latest developments at home look like yet another win for the hungary and leda car leg aljazeera. Nearly 40 countries have reported record daily numbers of corona virus infections in the past week australia belgium and israel are months nation seeing a 2nd wave record daily increases were recorded in 37 countries from 20 last week and 13 the week before the us has confirmed the highest number of cases more than 4000000 infections and 145000 deaths now spain is trying to prevent a possible 2nd wave of corona virus spreading around the country its implementing lockdowns in the worst affected areas but the number of cases of people being sent to hospital is rising nightclubs and Entertainment Venues in barcelona have been closed and people are urged to stay at home the World Health Organization is calling for a more targeted approach across europe. Who were really trying to get here is a move from as i said before using a very big hammer to trying to be more precise and what were doing instead of restricting everyone we try and go after the virus and we try and identify where the virus is and then specifically and surgically in a sense excised the virus from the community by minimizing the impact on the lives and livelihoods of the community by focusing in on cases and contacts and investigation so countries coming out of lockdown even countries with lower levels of disease will experience potential cases and clusters of disease lets cross over to something. Theres always be concern about a 2nd wave you know where it may come or establish itself spain saw some reemergence in the catalonia area earlier in the months now there seems to be real concern. Absolutely and it all stems from how quickly things were able to get back to a sort of semi normal state but again its the same areas around the world that of being that are primary hotspots for these spikes initially started out in the slaughterhouses and in care homes as well as also compounded by the fact that at this time of year is the year where is is the time when a lot of fruit pickers temporary workers come over to work in the Agricultural Industry a key industry in state in in spain that involves tens of thousands of workers coming from north and Subsaharan Africa going over. To space in particular in catalonia that was all concentrated around the city of yea that with these workers many of them on our undocumented workers many of them are working in very good living in very crowded facilities or sometimes even in the open so its incredibly difficult to be able to track and trace any incidence of coronavirus among this very Vulnerable Community with that in mind also have had bikes taking a place around other areas as well as it spread to other towns france extremely worried about this as well it is called on spain to drastically reduce traffic are on the border between the 2 countries of course a for many french people go to spain during this tourist season as well so there is very serious concern that its just going to inflame the situation back in france to theyve also called for more stringent checks on that as well but it also has opened up really what has been a weakness in spain and particularly between the Central Government and the autonomous communities as well and its just inflamed that for example there has been a lot of grandstanding between the. On the part of the Catalan Government saying that it blames the Central Government for not being prepared at this or the mayor of boston also said that she incidentally blame the castling government for not making too much politics out of it and not concentrating on getting preparations and a personal protective equipment available that said as well when the lockdown initially started to come down spain did say and devolve the responsibility of getting a truck entre system to the autonomous communities but did not state exactly how many workers it would need and how many people it would have to coopt into this tracking trace system to be able to do that so all in all there has been sort of quite a bit of a political fallout from this as well which is impacted of course on the Health Crisis that is apparently flourishing now in catalonia as well as other parts of spain so thank you. Well in the u. K. About 2000000 people are waiting for cancer screenings or treatment less have been getting longer as the popular Public Health service prioritize covert 19 reports. Lower is a dedicated mom a year ago doctors found she had sage 3 womb cancer and she had surgery and aggressive radiation treatment in late january she was told the cancer had gone but theres a one in 3 chance of it coming back and shell need of physical examination every 3 months shes still waiting though for that to happen i just think if it could be caught early then i have more chance of having a longer longer with my children and and i feel that by the. These now phone appointments with my oncologist theres no absolutely no chance that the cancer is ever going to be detected at an early stage and therefore potentially my Life Expectancy is shortening every day this carries on coronavirus has put a huge strain on Cancer Services many treatments tests and screening for poor sister were diverted to deal with it and because of safety concerns Cancer Research estimate there have been about 38000 fewer cancer treatments in the u. K. Since the end of march most Clinical Trials which can help extend life were halted and many people who would normally have visited a doctor with worries about cancer stayed away scientists at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine estimate that could be around 3 and a half 1000 potentially avoidable deaths in england from the 4 main cancers by 2025 because of the pandemics impact while the institute of Cancer Research warns delays to diagnosis and treatment for as little as 2 months during lockdown could lead to some cancers going from being curable to being more advanced its not like heart attacks or strokes where youre seeing the effects quite so immediately that with cancer in the delay that theyll still come along theyre still. After surgery but rather than being cured and having 30 years of Life Expectancy there will be a proportion of people who sadly have a recurrence at that camp suggested that in the way that happens in 2 or 3 years time medical staff delivering cancer care trying to clear the backlog of patients that are operating in unprecedented circumstances its really important that as we focused on covert that we must in that cancer become the forgotten say. We want to see priority given to catching up with Cancer Services and making sure that delays dont impact on patients outcome and that we minimize the impact on treatment delays the full impact of this pandemic on diseases such as cancer wont be know the year is now recently found a swelling in her abdomen and is hoping shell never get to see someone quickly but the reassurance will help she might need and they would aljazeera they taught Us Health Agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in many parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insists its safe for children to return to class as its unlikely theyll contract or transmit the virus rob runnels has the details. As covered 19 continues to surge in parts of the u. S. The debate over how and when to send children and teachers back to school has taken center stage. President donald trump wants schools to reopen for in person lessons in the coming weeks even if various transmission and plater studies come out so lets say we believe that students should be going back to school because the effect on a child we know scientifically they are not affected in the same way as an adult drug not true says Dr Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of health i think we still need to learn a lot about children you know Elementary School children getting infected what the percentage of their infection is and whether they either spread or not efficiently to adults has happened either fauji says theres new data indicating older children may be efficient spreaders of covert 19 who could give the disease to their teachers parents grandparents and others were his children 10 to 19 appear to be spreading infection to adults as equally as well as adults spread to adults yet theres still a lot to learn about what the prevalence and incidence of infection is in children and as a group do they spread do they get any bodies whats the in family spread or not just weeks ago the countrys top Public Health institution the centers for Disease Control issued a cautious set of guidelines on School Reopening those guidelines were criticized by trump who said they were too restrictive. Now the c. D. C. Has made an abrupt about face with new guidelines saying it is critically important for Public Health to reopen schools a group of 150 eminent Public Health experts many of them from the countrys top universities published an open letter this week urging political leaders to shut down the country again now and start over they say all nonessential businesses should close people should stay home and mask wearing should be mandatory. If you dont take these actions the letter says the consequences will be measured in widespread suffering and death robert oulds aljazeera. And double trolls president of white house rival joe biden says the president is unwilling to grasp what reality is needed to get children back into the classrooms. First of all i believe high you know i want to open schools and the question is will the president do the work to make it safe you know just ordered schools to open like trump has done isnt good enough weve got to do the hard work getting the virus under control now and over the next 2 months and we youre open to now in many cases but trump doesnt want to do that hard he just wants order schools open because hes afraid to be dozens can hurt his reelection chances ross not about his reelection its about the safety and security of our children and our teachers in the neighborhoods. Stuff the weather on his journey and the news of 2 Tropical Storms behind you behind me indeed yes so both of them are actually very close to making landfall and one in particular is probably going to really cause a few problems hopefully it wont be this one this is actually gonzaga can say heading towards the southern Windward Islands now that a fight has taken a track other bit further to the sun so it really is going to begin to also push some rain across into these Northern Areas of venezuela but as you can see the winds 65 kilometers an hour gusting harder not moving at a really good pace to the west at 28 kilometers now the fos these storms move the less time they have to the poles and heavy amounts of rain but even so areas in the part of this storm could pick up anywhere really from 50 to 125 millimeters of rain and that doesnt mean theres always a danger of flash floods particularly in those southern Windward Islands as you continue on into sunday it will continue his journey westwards the winds will stay at about the same sort of strength and then actually lace in the day on sunday it is expected to be downgraded into a tropical depression so Still Producing the rain but of course the winds should really begin to ease now we head across to the gulf of mexico and this is Tropical Storm hanna this is very close actually to becoming a hurricane preparations are well underway in southern areas of texas you can see here people lining up for the sandbags and of course also some people have actually evacuated the areas very very low lying this is a storm system so it is expected to make landfall in the coming hours this saturday across into southern texas but right now these winds very close to becoming a hurricane that sustained at 100 kilometers an hour gusting stronger than that and the storm surge is likely to be critical in the hours ahead it could be as much as one and a half meters and then through sunday it will continue as a Tropical Storm to work its way down into Northern Areas of mexico so really this is the one we need to watch particularly close to its very strong it could be a hurricane and were looking at storm surge and flooding you know lots of respect thanks to you keeping our calls. Well still ahead here on aljazeera has news on safety fears over the worlds top selling passenger plane grounded by the coronavirus fallout plus. Stumbles hundreds of fear reopens as a mosque up to its controversial change of status and install some who will explain why this cold house all but ended the race to be italian champions. A team of chinese scientists embark on a garing deep sea mission searching for rare is also a new space see why when its produced chinas underwater on out of the earth. A career reporting to the wont do it here one journalist documents life beyond the headlines. That certain stories can change us in the easiest cleaves use to it what you need to know you need history. To change anyone a unique journey into what it means to be human the things we keep a witness documentary on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Sneeze into your own. Pool order. To. Welcome back to the news hour with me sell run a reminder of our top news stories a group of men thought to be u. S. Officials have entered the chinese consulate in houston after it was forced to close on friday in response beijing has ordered the shutdown of the u. S. Consular office in change due. The u. S. Military has raised what it says is proof that russia is violating a u. N. Arms embargo in libya the pentagon times these satellite pictures show military equipment supplied by russian mercenaries the u. S. Says russia is boosting support for the warlord Khalifa Haftar. And thousands of People Living protesting through the night in the u. S. City of portland its recently seen a crackdown by federal agents which state Officials Say is making the situation worse. Ethiopia says its cooperating with its neighbors over how to quickly fill its grant renascence dam reservoir Foreign Ministry spokesman dean unmoved he also reiterated ethiopia rejecting any binding agreements. Technically to get out and. Technically we could have filled the dam in 3 years especially during the seasons of heavy rains but we cancelled this 3 year period in response to the concerns of the downstream countries and we agreed to fill the dam in 4 to 7 years now they started with new demands for sitting in your quotas and they also added binding agreements the matters that we agree about should be general and nonbinding agreements and we negotiate them according to their importance. But people downstream are worried one lake is a lifeline for tens of thousands of fisherman farmers and their families in sudan its known as lake new bia in neighboring egypt lake nasser forms the manmade reservoir for the last one dam but water levels are already getting lower and many are worried it will get worse after the ground when a sense dam is filled morgan reports force. Just after sunrise every day hussein jaffer and his crew start their boats engine and their days work fishing has been his livelihood for nearly 20 years catching tiger fish and wiring to be from lake new pia helps feed his family of 7 but the fish have been increasingly difficult to find for the past 3 years. Several have this like is what feeds us me and hundreds of other fisherman when the water rises it becomes very hard to catch fish because theyre not concentrated in the like theres more water for them and the like has been increasing the gates of the high dam havent been opened league will be a was manmade 50 years ago by filling the reservoir of egypts high dam on the river nile 80 percent of the water is in egypt and its known there as lake nasr named after the former president 20 percent of the lake is in sudans territory and thousands of family rely on it theyre concerned about the lakes future and also whats happening in neighboring if europea where africas largest hydroelectric dam is nearing completion. The lake here relies on 2 sources the water flowing in from them in the south and the amount of water released by the egyptian swan hide them in the north there is a for everything has the capacity to hold more than the water of the blue nile the main contributor to the nile now and if the o. P. s thoughts feeling its them whats the level downstream will reduce and when egypt opens the gates of its high dam the size of this lake will diminish significantly so the nice people here say the gates of the high dam havent been opened for 3 years thats aimed at preserving as much water as possible in the league while negotiations over how if you will operates continue while fishermen say less water is better for them those relying on the lake for other reasons such as farming have a different view. Before we used to need 3 or 4 electric water pumps to be able to get water from the light to our farms and we use only one i have lanes that have been flooded by water but we keep expanding our farms so an increase means more water for us and a retreat in the like means more fertile land becomes available but we may face challenges in getting it irrigated the lake is also facing another threat Climate Change. Weve seen changes in the lake and areas around it already some parts of dried up due to Climate Change and there are now fertile lands for farming but there are parts where the water from the reservoir floods farm lands that already exist and destroys the crops of farmers so there needs to be an understanding between farmers on the southern part of the reservoir and the authorities controlling the dam so that it ends up a win win situation for all a situation that can guarantee that the livelihoods of those relying on the lake isnt disrupted both in sudan and neighboring egypt more going on to their own northern sudan. Amabel mufti is a specialist on International Water law and formally a part of sudans negotiating team in the negotiations over the renees on stand joins me now live from khartoum good to have you with us on aljazeera sir you recently said to a british newspaper i believe in one to 1100 years that this will cause instability in the region these are the germs of instability and it will cause a water war do you still stand by those words when talking about the renee sounds damn. Close now or. Is it a shooting but it is always. In addition to that yes it is. Described. As an issue. Why it is this is an International War thats. Why why was it out or sequence in it is you it is fair to say it was a record and it. Has more than doubled. Or not. You can see the problems from your perspective for the people of sudar both the small farmer the large agriculturalist why didnt you stay as part of the negotiating team to fight that position as an as an experienced arbiter and an experienced person knowing about watermill. Since the beginning when they left this fight against their selves and let me in she would be a ho is whats the difference. What a section of the downward any Oil Negotiations are continuing this is number one number oh yeah i would call it will she. Said should not be binding this year and this headed point. So then should not come when or if west. As you will has already started the course of action of the dam or telling slow down and. Negotiate. Unfair conditions dorothys have been right now. In a nutshell. Is dealing with. An issue and not. An International Event shared by 60 countries so you are. Used you only you obviously see those problems now the reliance for water is universal how acute is it for sudan right now in terms of those living on the banks and those that need it further downstream for agriculture and farming in your opinion. This should have been established before the beginning of the section. Everybody is. In there are cities so this would help not on the one to another one of the special one on the way down well and this whole it is easier to do so the natural being in the original greasy but it was. All and that it was all systems but fortunately we did those others we cut it out and. Once or twice i know a lot so then it isnt. Or this. Negative sequence is. Still an issue we are not really with discuss those issues because core of the nation broke or they did. Or what action again was this was the news that this could have been a while but this year we are all in one more minute if it is illegal and there are no seeing the. Or we should see what happens that its good to get your insight certainly into what have been very complicated negotiations or thanks for your time sir and joining us from khartoum israel has launched air strikes on Syrian Military targets the army says its retaliation for mortars being fired towards the Israeli Occupied Golan Heights tension has been high after a hezbollah fighter was killed in an israeli airstrike near damascus on monday the Lebanese Group is bound by iran and has forces deployed in syria to support president bashar assad meanwhile the United States top military general has made an unannounced visit to israel mark milley went to discuss Regional Security issues he met senior Israeli Military leaders and held a Video Conference with the Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Countries across south asia are enduring some of the heaviest monsoon rainfall in years in bangladesh flood waters breach sandbag walls built to protect villages on 3rd of the countrys underwater weeks of torrential rain of also led to flooding and landslides in india and nepal. Favored 19 Isolation Centers are being opened in florida one of the dozens of u. S. States where infections are increasing the centers are especially designed to stop the disease spreading amongst the elderly and vulnerable population but the strategy has risks as and to gallop her myspace explains from miami. The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on floridas elderly residents a staggering majority of the fatalities here are those 65 and older and with an Expansive Network of assisted living facilities and Nursing Homes the danger for seniors is serious like other states around the nation florida is turning to Isolation Centers for the elderly the state now has more than 2 dozen of them that is and to prevent the spread of covert 19 give patients the attention they need and free up space in the states already strained hospitals covert Nursing Homes are places where a hospital could discharge safely Long Term Care resident whos covered positive also has a place where if there is infections inside a Long Term Care facility a Long Term Care facility consent of the coven only facility in a state ravaged by the pandemic the bay oaks retirement home in miami is an exception there have been no coronavirus cases here but if any resident falls ill staff say isolation is a good option i think its a great idea so if somebody has it they should be in a place where they can be monitored by professionals who are experienced every limited experience people now is terrible disease for the past 2 weeks in florida the number of new daily cases has hovered around 10000 miami has now mandated the wearing of masks but in other parts of the state those who can easily spread the virus are ignoring medical advice the number of cases among those who work with the elderly has also risen sharply but some experts say isolating elderly patients. Who contract over at 19 may not be the best thing one of the things not often talked about during this pandemic is the Mental Health aspect of living through these difficult times many elderly residents arent allowed to see relatives social interaction is in many places not allowed and moving those who are infected with covert 19 may be detrimental to all involved those who specialize in geriatric care say isolation and patient transfers has its drawbacks many residents are very confused by the situation and with perhaps alzheimers or dementia may not understand fully whats going on and why are they no longer being visited every day by by relatives around 20 percent of floridas population is over the age of 65. 00 but even in communities like the villages where people are 55. 00 and older cases of poor drupal since the beginning of the month while isolation units for those who fall ill as seen as a good strategy risks remain for this states older population whether they live in care facilities or not and a gallacher aljazeera miami florida. Now the u. S. President has signed a 4 executive orders to try to lower the cost of prescription drugs despite failing to get backing from Congress Donald trump says the move will lead to cheaper imports and much prices seen elsewhere in the world he also said his administration will soon purpose a new bill to overhaul health care but offered a few details chiles president signed a law allowing people to withdraw up to 10 percent of their Pension Savings to help them get aid to get by during the pandemic around 11000000. 00 eligible to withdraw up to 5400. 00 the go ahead for expected to give a short term boost to the economy but some analysts warn it could cause long term damage to pension funds. Facebook and twitter removed accounts belonging to high profile supporters of brazilian president. The tech giants are complying with the ruling by Brazils Supreme Court a judge ordered dozens of accounts taken down as part of an investigation into the funding and spreading of dissin from ation by his allies the French Air Force academy has a female commander for the 1st time the 102 dominic while was marked with a ceremony at an air base in Southern France she was top of her class on graduation from the air force military school and since then shes worked in several roles for the french intelligence service. Turkey has condemned protests in greece during which its flag was set on fire it happened as the 1st Islamic Press in 9 decades were held at istanbuls high get severe to its controversial conversion back into a mosque soon Consumer Reports from istanbul. After serving as a museum for the past 8 to 6 years the newly converted pm last welcomed thousands of turks for friday prayers some had travelled from cities across turkey for the big occasion and a stumble. Leaders and dignitaries from other countries listened as clerics performed their rituals christian mosaics and frescoes of jesus and mary were traped with curtains. For the reopening of turkeys present treasure to john restarted the opening section of the court on. To make great people were eager to pray here thousands participated in the prison we came here together to pray the government and the authorities concerned to do the necessary renovations the new hug us a few more school be something great that makes us very proud and will always be open for all citizens visitors and the tourists as well. I guess i feel as restoration as a mosque came 2 weeks after turkeys highest court ruled that a 934 government decree converting to play so for ship into the museum was illegal after 8 years. For years. And he was. The. Real proving yourself as a mosque again following the 1st prayer hundreds fresh to visit the famous landmark all over the world all of them eulogy was of the lord i cant express my feelings something as can be expressed but i shouted as of joy im very joyful in my own country the mosque that was conquered by men when the conqueror was shot down and im very happy that its now reopened i feel blessed. Church bells around grace harang gets midday flags one loafer to protest what the head of greek also looks Church Called the unholy act of defiling the former christie go off the bison to empire. Later say the conversion is an internal matter of National Sovereignty that a supporter of the people dance critics say hes pushed through the populist move to consolidate his power in the ruling party and fend off potential rivals to his leadership. You question is the real opposition is among the conservative community itself thats going to change the balance in power the hagia sophia has a meaning in the conservative historical consciousness thats why when you support the hagia sophia you address 65 percent of the turkish electorate saying that i am defending your calls but this only has an impact on the marginal knowing percent an opinion poll this month showed 43 percent of turks saw the mosque controversy as a way for urgent to avoid discussion of turkeys troubled economy some of add ons former allies agree but for both domestic and Foreign Tourists theyre enjoying seeing around the new look architectural treasure for your charge so you know because although aljazeera stumble. Well still ahead here all the news its all taken too long for some teams to get into the full swing action from the news that will be seasoned with some of just a few moments of history for those. Players. The closed club in 1000 death toll is one of the worlds highest with one in 5 of its inhabitants living in the capital was the deadly upsurge inevitable to tell you get off a 1000000 visitors every day theres really no way that they can go through this and think goes without focusing all has the governments on orthodox strategy lead to unnecessary suffering frontline mexico the fight against 19 on al jazeera. The latest news indonesian government says its working with local authorities and Community Volunteers to meet the needs of the remaining a refugee with detailed coverage dont measure the books i didnt many come through some good job losses for my kids and consequently every duck should do remittances from around the world it isnt the 1st time that the network was forced off the air in 1972 it was also shot down. Youll. Hold. Book about time for a spot on his salary thank you very much a so i have won a record extending 30th fent cup as a footballer return to france after 4 months that corona virus break the victory however was a sour thats likely by an injury to one of their star players san malik reports. One of the biggest prizes in french football the Coupe De France was on the line as the sport made its return to the country after a 4 month coronavirus break even french president emmanuel macros on hand for the occasion with a limited number of found allowed in to see the stars a parasite or man take on a sanity inside looking to spring an upset. And early on that looked possible the men in green merely taking the lead less than 5 minutes in but p. S. G. Who were crowned league and champions after the division was called of only because of the pandemic didnt waste time responding i start forward neymar giving them a one nearly. P. S. G. Story however soon turned into fury with their of the superstar title killian emphatic on the receiving end of a horror tackle i feel so sanity and reduced to 10 men while im bapi limped off in tears even without him back p. S. G. Had plenty of chances to kill off the game in the 2nd half. I but in the end one goal proved to be enough to seal victory in paris set off a sealed. Match comstock its not easy to play a game like this after the red card normally its clear that we can. Controlled the game in a better way but today it was difficult for us both thing to remember final and we were here to win despite all we wanted and its the best thing for. Him but his misfortune might overshadow this success for many p. S. G. Fans. But the club now has its hands on 2 trophies this season with the French League cup and the Champions League still in this fight to heal mali aljazeera. Pearce you will be hoping bobby recovers before the Champions League tournaments and next month there were 1st up but they face atlanta who didnt have the best friday night italian club so their chances of winning syria are all but fade away after drawing 11 against ac milan if fell behind thanks to a 14th a minute strike by the international how can tell on a blue divine part gotten equaliser for atalanta before the break but they couldnt go on to win from their victory would have moved them 3 points behind you they will now have the chance to wrap up their 9th street championship with a win over some doria on sunday. Well they use it in big games that were scheduled to take place and next year but they have been moved to 2026 due to the koran abayas pandemic mutual agreement between the i. O. C. And senegal people spondon to all of the 1st Olympic Event to be held in africa comes as a setback however for many Young Athletes nicolas. For Swimming Coach do gay there is no easy way to break the news the youth olympics meant to take place in 2022 will be delayed by 4 years he explains because of the coronavirus pandemic 13 year old swimmer salima who is preselected to take part in the 5100 metres backstroke will be told to take part in the games in 2026 im so disappointed ive been training day and night for this moment and this opportunity to represent my country right here in dakar more than 4000 athletes aged between 14 and 800 from around 180 nations were expected to take part in the youth olympics for the 1st time its being held in africa in some countries who normally cant afford to send competitors were looking forward to having the event close is a hope so thank you so of course for these Young Athletes its heartbreaking its earth shattering news but i try to encourage them to continue training for other competitions to prepare for the future sinigang because the again you didnt choose and i think the Committee Says deckard was selected as host city because of its young population and the countrys infrastructure plan in the absence of a functioning olympic pool the Young Athletes are training on the ocean and while the government is referred her saying swimming pools and sports facilities bill that all has stalled they say because of the economic fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic. Senegal is deep in debt its once booming economy struggling president mikey cell has called for International Creditors to cancel african debt. Together and with many senegalese relying on food aid the state cannot afford to invest in the olympics right now. In adversity and opportunity it allows more time to prepare and do these games justice in order to welcome all the athletes many of whom will discover senegal for the 1st time i realized this is a disappointment to those disqualified but there will be a next time. Somebody has now set her eyes on the african championships in 2021 shes overcoming her disappointment with determination and more training aiming to represent senegal at the 2028 summer olympics in los angeles it seems theres no stopping her Olympic Dreams because hawkeye. Baseball season continued on friday after being postponed for 4 months because of the Global Pandemic well there was that massive a home run in auckland. 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And also as well from and about to sell thanks on as i go in here like this final story that we have because reindeer herd as in russia have made a red discovery the world preserve skeleton of a woolly mammoth Scientists Say the find on the edge of the lake in siberia is unique because some ligaments remain attached to the bones Forensic Experts but examine the remains to better understand why the giant animals became extinct around 10000 years ago the carcass is one of several found over the years in the permafrost of siberia but there is a heatwave and that is the news on peta doppies here with a full half hour of news in a few moments time until autumn sodomy on the news thanks for your time and your company. For the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hajj pilgrimage. Has covered 19 continues to disrupt peoples lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy. 2020 on aljazeera. Rewind continues i can bring your people back to life im sorry with updates on the best of aljazeera as documentaries the struggle continues but from back the till now of course is distance revisiting our friends free press. Im the managing editor of the day to talk we go from the topic of whats happening in the rest of sites that present dangers of war over the years in a rewind on aljazeera. Kidnappings and murders in crimea says russias forced an extension of the black sea financial. I dont understand why the speed now. Scores of crime into taz have been arrested and tortured and killed. Most believe by Russian Security forces. Crime in russias dark secret on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Well every. Star for the u. S. Consulates in chengdu china begin to leave after beijing orders its closure. Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the u. S. Military says it has proof that russia is violating the u. N. Arms embargo