Attorney general defends the white houses heavy handed response to months of anti racism protests and. My way in haiti in bangkok where i will tell you about the link between the Energy Drink Company red ball and the death of a policeman and why the attorney general in chief of police have been summoned to parliament. Welcome to the program the battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic is putting pressure on nations as they seek to find a balance between Public Health and saving economies after months of lockdown in chile the country has begun lifting restrictions in parts of the capital but some medical experts say the government is not following recommendations from the World Health Organization or latin america editor Lucien Newman has more. Free at last from monday to friday residents of 7 affluent neighborhoods are finally free to leave their homes to take their children out and to get exercise and nobody is happier than the elderly after 4 months they are now allowed out for an hour 3 times a week i mean for me this is wonderful why because if i dont then i will forget. How to walk forget how to have a conversation forget places that i would frequent to go shopping. Footpaths have been marked to encourage social distancing a traffic light and 2 lanes marked so pedestrians will walk on the right side of the street but many ignore them and medical experts say the government is also ignoring the w. H. O. Guidelines for deep confinement that he claims to be following them they arent even following the recommendations of their own Advisory Committee which was created in order to make decisions based on science we see that theyre ignoring science and the need to strengthen the ability to test trace and isolate infections relaxing the confinement measures means that some shops can now open in this area but the problem is that those who work here come from other parts of town that are still under lockdown and where the infection rate is still too high and thats the sort of recipe that could lead to disaster exactly the sort of thing thats happening in neighboring peru. In lima 25 percent of the population is said to have been infected. Has the highest death rate per 1000000 inhabitants in all of the americas with no enforcement of social distancing even funerals pose a threat. As they say farewell to their loved ones dozens of people sing and drink many of them infected themselves genet how to eat pieces nervously outside a hospital emergency room entrance where her father is being treated for cold 19. From the moment he went in the doctor said he couldnt believe im very worried about him in year. But at least hes receiving chair unlike in other areas where hospitals can no longer cope. Confinement measures were relaxed too soon to try to save the economy. And just like in chile its a decision that many applaud even though it can have deadly consequences if taken too early. You see in human aljazeera sente out of all that the u. S. Is reporting is higher single day increase a nationwide covert 19 deaths since may more than 1200 people lost their lives to the virus on tuesday the death toll is now fast approaching 150000 the state of florida there is one of the worst hit it saw a Record Number of deaths in the last 24 hours michaela has the latest from washington d. C. The rate of infection says continuing to surge as indeed is the death rate but the states governor under center says insisting that things are Getting Better he maintains that there is a lag in terms of the reporting which is resulting in the spike in mortality you said he says that within days the and its mortality rate will begin to drop but this may be optimism according to the figures that we are seeing florida is now the most infected state after california which still lead to the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably President Trump held a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported a massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across this country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection china has reported its highest number of new crew and virus cases and more than 3 months its recorded 101 new infections most of them in the Western Region of jaring this is the same area were up to a 1000000 people from the we go Muslim Minority and other groups have been put in internment camps china has where the virus was 1st detected in late december. The World Health Organization officials describe the pandemic as one big wave she says the virus doesnt appear to follow influenza seasonal pattern and warn to the Northern Hemisphere not to get complacent during the warmer months so it is a problem its virus like all with it but at what typically likes is jumping from one to another when we come in close contact so lets not get unity. Lets say the 2nd wave idea were in the 1st wave its going to be one big way its going to go up on the beaches now the best thing is to let chris smith is a consultant for all adjust he says if the virus is given the chance it will search through most of the worlds population if you look at the figures for antibodies in the population the best estimates we have and it has been tricky to measure how immune everybody is is that about 95 percent of the worlds population remain vulnerable to corona virus infection in other words they have been infected yet i know on one of them i tested my antibodies i havent got any and that means that were like a john wood pile which is just waiting to go up in smoke if given the opportunity in other words give the virus a chance it will come surging back we remain vulnerable the virus hasnt gone away were rather like a parked car sort of parked on a hill with the brake on and if we take the brake off because going to start rolling downhill again. The u. S. Southern separatists in yemen say theyre abandoning demands for self rule they say its to give an opportunity to end a rift amongst their allies against the who feeds follow society arabias announcement that it will present ways to implement last years power sharing deal between rival factions in south lets take a closer look at the Southern Transitional council whove been waging whats been described as a war within yemens complex civil war that in all this the s. T. C. Sees the southern port city of aden the interim seat of yemens internationally recognized government in april its forces declared a state of emergency under the pretext of combating the break and proclaimed itself rule in aden and other southern provinces they accuse the Yemeni Government of corruption and failing to provide basic services the 2 forces allies against the who feeds in the north since 2015 but have been battling each other for control of the ultimate secession of the south georgia her hero from the gulf state and now and now a tick and a lot analytics says that he thinks there are several obstacles that could get in the way of the alliance. This resolution is the basis of some hope for officials in riyadh as well as washington who wanted to see the riyadh agreement successfully implemented but simply just declaring in a resolution that efforts will be accelerated to implement the riyadh agreements. Doesnt mean its going to be easy to do so the reason why its been so difficult to implement it. Since it was signed last year has to do with the fact that there are so many obstacles that make implementation very difficult the party those have very different interpretations of the riyadh agreement there are sensitive issues that the parties do not see eye to eye on i think the future of this relationship will be a very difficult one there are numerous reasons why thats the case one of them that i think is very important to keep in mind pertains to all is slaw which is the Muslim Brotherhoods yemeni franchise of islam has played an Important Role as an ally of the hardy government but the s. T. C. Views the Muslim Brotherhood linked group in yemen as a very dangerous group and is a big threat to the s. T. C. And if hadi is government in the s. T. C. Will ever be able to see eye to eye on this question of what role is slys to play in the future of yemen we dont know. U. S. Attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black clothes months of protests he testified at a Congressional Committee and faced heavy criticism for sending federal agents into cities to quash protests he also faced accusations of politicizing the Justice Department has more from capitol hill. This is a time of turmoil in the United States. Protests and riots and questions about the future of policing. And youre about to give is true and correct against that backdrop the countrys top officer facing questions from members of the house of representatives with a lot of growing to cover the democratic chair of the Judiciary Committee made it clear he wasnt to fire me. This is ministration has twisted the department of justice into a shadow of its former self capable of serving most americans only after it is 1st served those in power. Protests erupted across the country after the killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis and me this year from the attorney general a defense of the police in the wake of George Floyds dash while violent rioters an anarchist have hijacked a legitimate protest to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims that demonization of the police is not only unfair and inconsistent with principles all people should be treated as individuals but gravely injury to me or city communities william bar has had to deal with court cases of people linked to the president former National Security adviser Michael Flynn an official Campaign Advisor roger stone but the attorney general insists he has never politicized his department i agree the president s friends dont deserve special breaks but they also dont deserve to be treated more harshly than other people and sometimes thats a difficult decision to make the attorney general was asked if he believed the upcoming president ial election would be rigged to claim the president has repeatedly made you know plight i have no reason to think it will be. William barton i protesters were cleared from a park near the white house in june to give donald trump a photo opportunity not something readily accepted by one congressman so it was actually necessary the park be cleared for his for his thats had nothing to do with that the plan to move mr mr atlanta mineral that really matters very this the park be cleared and it was done and you said get it done this was william barts 1st appearance before the Oversight Committee since democrats took control of the house it covered a lot of ground a sign of home port and many of these issues will be in the election in November Alan fischer aljazeera on capitol hill. Well still ahead here on aljazeera. Iran fires missiles at a more u. S. And craft carrier its just a drill but the reaction has been very real. And killed for defending their land a new report details a record rise in the number of environmentalists who have been murdered around the world those stories after the break. How hot and sunny sums it up yet again across the middle east we have got some showers in the focus in the black sea and the caspian sea just around the Caucasus Mountains we are going to see a few showers coming in here and from time to time and it could be on the heavy side but come to the south of that 51 celsius on the cards for baghdad 43 here in doha some of the temperatures as we go on into thursday could also still see some very heavy showers just down towards that western side of yemen the fos out west to saudi arabia and across the other side of the red sea there will be more showers coming in across eritrea well in parts of ethiopia pushing right across the heart of africa through south sudan Central African republic some heavy showers yes again i have its awards the gulf of guinea to the south of that it is generally fine and dry we have got a few showers coming back into coastal parts of kenya maybe into southern areas of somalia as well further south across Southern Africa the settled law she try and find we want to see showers in the mozambique chali might just catch right east in parts of mozambique madagascar looking rather unsettled over the next couple of days and heavy showers here particularly across the eastern side of the island. Every war leaves a devastating impact of the past earthrise explore some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important southpaws that we have to make sure there are surviving to the refugees striving to coexist with nature ok so whats going on there simulating what happens when an elephant comes to life after a conflict on aljazeera. Oh. Book about what you are deservedly so wrong the reminder of our top news stories chile is lifting restrictions for part of its couple santiago after months under lockdown but elsewhere in latin america case numbers are rising brazil and group are the worst affected the way backs up and separatists in yemen say theyre abandoning demands for self rule follow saudi arabias announcement that it will present ways to implement last years power sharing deal between rival factions in the south and u. S. Attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black lives matter protests testified before congress he said it was right to send federal agents into cities to quash protests. Lebanon israel opposing a 2 week lockdown from thursday after a sharp rise in krona virus infections and deaths it will be in falls over the eve holiday medics say cant come soon enough and are warning that the Health System is close to collapse then a quarter has more from beirut. The number of daily infections in lebanon. Is now into 3 digits official say the corona virus has spread across the country there reimposing restrictions less than a months after the country and its only public airport reopened the numbers may be low when compared to other countries but this is a nation of only 6000000 people including a 1000000 refugees where they Health Care System is already in crisis private hospitals have started to turn away patients they make up 85 percent of the Health Sector and they are owed 1300000000. 00 by the government a lot that lists the Health Sector is passing through a critical crisis that has been going on for 2 years we are crying for help the Health Sector is taking its last breath 10 days ago our hospital stopped receiving noncritical cases. Staff are also being fired the countrys leading medical facility the American University hospital laid off nearly 900 and administrators citing what it called the disastrous state of the economy since november up to 40 percent of lebanon 9000 nurses have lost their jobs what is happening is very serious and if then i fact that they can they had care system in lebanon if we dont have enough nurses there that the number of patients who are currently at the hospital will be much higher burden or us hospitals funded by the public and left underfunded and ill equipped by successive governments for 3 decades are not just at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus what we have seen is with the economic crisis more and more patients cannot afford the private sector anymore and they are heading towards the Public Sector importing equipment and medicine is becoming harder and more expensive because of the sharp devaluation of the local currency and a lack of u. S. Dollars in circulation. The surge in coronavirus cases couldnt have come at a more difficult time levanon is close to bankruptcy because of years of corruption and the Health Sector has long been neglected by successive governments and was collapsing before the pandemic. More than 200 medical staff have now been infected the number of patients hospitalized and admitted to intensive care more than doubled in the last 2 weeks if that rate continues lebanons hospitals once among the best in the middle east will run out of the intensive care beds it needs by mid august sent to. Beirut. Theres been another night of protests in israel calling for the resignation of Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu demonstrators gathered outside the residence of one of his ministers who was heard telling police to clamp down on and to netanyahu gatherings theres anger over the governments handling of the pandemic many people also want netanyahu to resign as hes on trial for corruption. Iran has carried out military exercises in the gulf using a mock u. S. Aircraft carrier as target practice to her hands navy and air force are taking part in the coordinated drills the move is gaining attention mainly because of a real american Aircraft Carrier is also in the region as a bag has more from the iranian capital. From land and sea its a show of military strength from iran in the gulf at a time when tensions remai