Restoration of the crumbling star except that. Now its the largest protest that israel has seen in a decade for the 3rd straight week now thousands gathered outside Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is official residents demanding he resign theres frustration over the governments handling of the coronaVirus Outbreak as well as the corruption charges that lesson yahoo faces Police Forced out the protesters on sunday are a force that sent us this report from the. Its becoming a saturday night ritual in the square close to Benjamin Netanyahu official residence early evening and the policeman increasingly repulsed barricades by the protesters renew their demand that netanyahu leave office the socalled black Flag Movement has long insisted that a Prime Minister on trial for alleged corruption will step down they say the pandemic has brought new supporters to their cause folded just like gave us all a flap in the face and made us wake up to the reality that. Nothing is changing and we needed changing we need now the people are all over upset and they. Stay in the house they dont have a war they dont have jobs they dont have food something. And our woke him up waking up their leaders have disappointed us and they didnt do their job so they grow up to contract with the citizens and now the citizens are coming together to make them i did do their job and go home i in recent weeks protesters have risked water cannon and arrest as well as threats of and actual physical assault by right wing groups the Prime Minister has labeled them anarchists complained himself of Death Threats and criticized the media for focusing on the demonstrations nonetheless the numbers on the street sunni risen saturdays protest in west jerusalem thought to be the biggest yet weeks and there is no sense of the momentum of these protests is slowing no sense of people again tired of coming out onto the streets with such frequency the question is what effect all this will have on the political fortunes of the target of these protests the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. The coronavirus pandemic deep into its 2nd wave has seen unemployment top 20 percent with more than half of israelis worried about paying bills public trust in the Prime Minister has nearly carved suggests one poll to 29 percent less than you know who is denied persistent reports that hes considering pulling the plug on his fractious coalition with former rival benny gantz and going to elections once more when you have this kind of discontent in the street and when you have people that are really really protesting and really really calling for the end to his tenure its not the time to go to elections he realizes this is going to be the greatest Political Risk that hes ever taken Benjamin Netanyahu certainly no political newbie few a better versed in the tactics of holding on to power but the public pressure isnt. This battle is far from over. Moving to the corona virus pandemic and hong kong is making covert 1000 testing free for its 7500000 residents as it weathers a 3rd wave of infections a team of Lab Technicians from Mainland China is heading to the territory to help carry out tests hong kongs expo center as you can see has been turned into a makeshift hospital to deal with rising cases 125 new infections were reported on saturday thats the 11th day in a row that cases have been triple digits well for more lets now go to david apart and she is in hong kong for us if it really seems like theyre bracing for the worst now. Thats why theyre calling this the deadliest wave its hong kong 3rd wave they managed to contain the 1st 2 quite quickly i would say compared to the rest of the world but now theyre seeing increases in triple digits on a daily basis and one of the main issues here is that previously a lot of these cases could have been traced to a people coming in from abroad or imported cases another all locally transmitted and theyre finding it hard to trace where its coming from where those clusters are region ating from so theyre pushing through some of their most restrictive measures here at public gatherings are just limited to to carry a lot of the chief executive had a meeting overnight with Health Experts and that that description is expected to be extended indefinitely also restaurants have been closed and will not be serving dinner anymore you can take get take out this is a huge blow to hong kongs economy also which has been suffering quite quite a bit in the past few weeks particularly or in the past months since they outbreak started so yes they are taking drastic measures including opening up testing for all of hong kongs population so thats up to 7500000 people but the hospitals are overwhelmed the capacity of beds are diminishing very quickly and will reach full capacity and theyre as you said theyre opening up this makeshift hospital with 500 beds at the asia expo site another there are no exhibitions and theres no travel in events and theyre bringing in those mainland technicians to help because hong kong apparently according to government hong kongs medical system and the labs that currently exist cannot handle this 3rd wave. And divvy given the growing tensions that weve been seeing a man and how a people taking this increase chinese involvement in their pandemic response. What so when it came to the corona Virus Outbreak in hong kong there has been tensions even prior to this particularly due to the fact that hong kong was very slow in closing its borders with Mainland China even at the height of the outbreak in beijing so there had been a lot of political issues already related to this but now hong kong seems overwhelmed in the public while there have raised concerns about technicians coming in from abroad and this increased help from Mainland China that makeshift hospital is spearheaded by experts from Mainland China and has been spearheaded by their efforts in particular so this is also has been much of a topic of discussion within the political sphere about home kong. Is feeling like it cannot cannot take care of its own issues once again and reaching out across the board and of course theres that issue once again of hong kong inviting more interference not only from experts are scientists but also politically into hong kongs affairs so yes this is raising a lot of questions but on the outset or at the foundation of this is that hong kong people are very concerned about the situation here theyre very concerned about the current virus scituate outbreak and theyre also wondering whether Hong Kong Government has really tackled it properly hong kong has what they call a lift and suppress method that they use as soon as they feel that they can lift all the restrictions they will do it and then eventually suppress many questions are now being off whether that is effective and that is the way to tackle this so yes this is creating a lot of discussion at the moment but at the heart of all of this theres a lot of concern about this latest outbreak. There was all the latest from hong kong thanks very much to. Well japan is also facing a resurgence of coven 1000 cases tokyo confirmed a record 472 infections on saturday and the governor now says a state of emergency may have to be reimposed in the capital or about a nanny has more. Kooky is a traditional japanese art who hundreds of years old the 1st time its ever been before like this. The number of films the limited amount of chess. Unstick the social distancing rules on states. Took years kabuki theater has opened for the 1st time in 5 months with strict guidelines as the capsule reported a record rise in coronavirus cases for the 3rd consecutive day as tokyos government considered ordering a new state of emergency the theater is at risk of closing once. So stop if there were any requests from the japanese or tokyo government we need to respond appropriately and think of a way to adapt the performance depending on the situation this may unfortunately include having to stop partway through the run the so the island of okinawa has declared a culvert 19 state of emergency some japanese suspect u. S. Personnel based on the island of importing the disease there is concern that perhaps the reason why its hitting that island particularly strongly is because u. S. Forces particularly u. S. Marines have been able to come in and out of japan without going through immigration controls and until very recently without any covert 900 tests under the status of forces agreement a record 71. 00 daily infections were reported in okinawa on friday and hospitals at being overwhelmed the majority of cases a u. S. Troops. In order for us to put every effort into combat in the coronavirus okinawa will issue a state of emergency for the commander of u. S. Forces says it has nothing to do with that basis there has been absolutely no connection and has been proven to show that there has been any spread from the a costers on the bases to the local community there are many elements that make japan vulnerable to the virus the government launched a travel Campaign Last week to revive the Tourism Industry thats prompted the World Health Organization to call the campaign ill timed with fears the government was choosing based. Over health. The primarily elderly people to power the worlds oldest population. In tokyo the kabuki theater still for doing what they can to ensure safety. With elaborate costumes the make up as well as a pop base a warm hearted drama many see the donts of the chance to forget at least. About the boring searching cases outside. Of a number of corona virus infections across south africa has surpassed half a 1000000 but experts warn the outbreak has not yet even reached its peak more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday officials warn the situation will get worse as theyre expecting the crisis to peak in late august Early September south africa now accounts for more than half of all reported cases on the continent. Now residents of the bahamas have been advised to continue being cautious after hurricane e. C. S. Hit the u. S. National Hurricane Center says the worst affected area was New Providence thats the most populous island the storm was carrying winds of 120 Kilometers Per Hour when it struck south of the capital in the saw on saturday meanwhile forecasters are warning that e. C. S. Is likely to gain strength again as it heads north towards florida it lost some speed while moving through the bahamas and floridas governor has declared a state of emergency for parts of the state and this comes as florida is already struggling to deal with one of the worst coronaVirus Outbreaks in the u. S. The storm even prompted the closure of some code in 1000 testing sites in the state well despite that approaching storm nasa says 2 astronauts aboard a space x. Capsule are on track to land off the coast of florida on sunday afternoon astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken undocks just over an hour ago officially ending their 2 Month Mission on board the International Space station now this marks a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years after nasa retired at Space Shuttle fleet repairs arrival will mark the 1st sea landing for u. S. Astronauts in 45 years theyre aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the Florida Panhandle. Well still ahead here on aljazeera. Rounded up thrown in jail the United Nations calls for the release of human rights activists in india. And me and Karen Community march as a justice after soldiers are accused of shooting down a mother and stealing hats only. Head of the heaviest rain now in shiner is further north out of the yangtze valley which is a lot of flooding to disappear to some degree so Yellow Valley europe about it is yet to see and the Korean Peninsula where the wet places the most souls got to 3 days more of miserable weather i suspect heavy in places that rain in north korea at least but the chinese side its quite dr in sichuan theyre more than a shower too much of the heavy rain its a lot for the south over the water or edging towards hong kong or taiwan the Orange Center the circulations which provide provide big sunder storms so flash flooding is definitely on the cards here which means does not much energy left places further south i think we will see a good chance to showers for the southern philippines west pop your time to sort of way z. And the eastern side of borneo but 1st up on saturday probably remain dry java was certainly most to sumatra and finished in malaysia not so for me and more on for thailand its looking increasingly wet up there. As the monsoon coming in from the southwest it should of course affect the Western Ghats and it is thats where the heaviest rain is light to be of the next day or so but with plenty of big showers further north all the way up to northern pakistan. Japan is building a massive say to protect against devastating tsunami one o one east investigated nature can be can time or if the wall will expose commuters to greater danger. On al jazeera. Played Important Role protecting him and. Dont touch face. The. The and. Hello again im mr. Thats remind you of our top stories here this hour thousands of protesters in west jerusalem are calling on israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign theres frustration over the governments handling of the growing a virus crisis as well as netanyahu is corruption charges this is the largest protest that israels seen in a decade. And hong kong has opened a new Community Treatment center to cope with the rapid rise in coronavirus cases a team of Lab Technicians from Mainland China is heading to the territory to help carry out tests. And to nasa astronauts of undocked from the International Space station and are right now on their way back to the aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the Florida Panhandle in the 1st 3 landing for u. S. Astronauts in 45 years. At least 80 people have died in indias Northern State of punjab after drinking toxic brew take Alcohol Police there say theyve arrested 25 people and confiscated large quantities of booze and storage problems or Authorities Say the sales were widespread and still expect more faith. While staying in india and the United Nations has joined the calls for the release of human rights activists there some of them are in prison awaiting trial and antiterrorism middles the conservative b j p government denies accusations that the charges against the left wing activists are politically motivated elizabeth purana has been speaking to some of the prisoners families you know call it mistreatment of your. Its been 2 years since some of indias most recognizable rights activists were rounded up and taken away by police they were accused of instigating violence during a march by disadvantaged hindus in the state where one person was killed a 2 year old poet and prominent human rights lawyer so the bought of the watch are among the detained their arrests led to nationwide protests by this approaches most of the 11 accused yet to be formally charged. In delhi so the. Reads a letter from her mother sent from jail in mumbai what does this. This is not fair. And its not right this is how to live this is my life and their voyage their. Human rights lawyer get it has worked with so the bout of the watch for 10 years she says only one of the 11 accused was at the launch because right from the beginning it was a many politically motivated case as far as a criminal case goes there is no evidence it is really that. Political it was taught that these people need to be punished for the what theyre doing all of them are very well known that human rights activists. What about a stranger to prisons have been previously spent 10 years in jail for inciting communist revolution but he has never been found guilty his family according for his Immediate Release after he contract to the coronavirus in prison. Is hell. Critics say the government is using antiterrorism legislation which allows detention without charge or trial. Human rights watch as among many groups are asking the government why it hasnt an investigative the alleged role of head of the nationalists in the body. Is that rolland. For even though a Fact Finding Mission found hendren. Worth sponsible. The government insists theres no political interference in the case because accusation is that the only protects. People in a democracy the people something the truth it was a 1000 people who said give it all to your. Watch is waiting for her mothers next bail hearing shes been joined by the United Nations and European Parliament who are calling for the release of human rights defenders elizabeth aljazeera you daddy. Now myanmars military says 2 soldiers accused of