Will it be a waste of space wales keeps building offices but covert 19 is prompting a push to get more people working from home permanently. Hello china has begun military drills close to taiwan the visit off another top u. S. Official further phrase relations between the superpowers its accusing the u. S. On taiwans ruling party of colluding to stir up trouble and says the exercises are to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty there taking place near the Taiwan Strait that lies between china and the islands all taiwanese media are reporting that taiwanese fighter jets were scrambled multiple times on friday morning thats after chinese aircraft were set to have approached taiwans airspace and the u. S. Undersecretary for Economic AffairsKeith Crocker is the most Senior State Department official to land in taiwan in decades and the 2nd visit by a u. S. Official in 2 months be chinese governments condemned the trips and says diplomatic relations between taiwan and the u. S. Will lead to a dead end road mcbride is following the story for us from seoul and certainly very tense times around thats why were in the Taiwan Straits what we know about whats happening and what more is china saying about all of this right. Thats right a lot of military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait really ratcheting up the tension levels in this part of the world the Defense Ministry of china has held a press briefing confirming these exercises are underway calling them reasonable and necessary now were not exactly sure just how many units are involved how big an exercise this is but it is likely that ad craft are involved because of course we have media reports reaching us from taiwan that on a number of occasions on friday taiwanese interceptor aircraft of course supplied by the United States have been scrambled seemingly those chinese aircraft have come very close to the island of taiwan itself as it has done in the past this is a way of china showing its displeasure now this comes as this visit is underway by this undersecretary of state from the u. S. State department he is the most senior official to be visiting for quite a few decades now his visit by keith krach is there to coincide with the Memorial Service to lead on quasar for the president of taiwan but during this visit we know that he has been meeting friday with government officials and will also be meeting of course with sighing way and she is the current president of taiwan now no reference has been made specifically to this visit but it does seem. Not coincidental that this exercise is taking place right now during his visit but certainly the chinese are irked by an increasing number of exchanges diplomatically between the United States and taiwan this is what the Spokes Person from the chinese Defense Ministry had to say about that. Me recently the United States and the Democratic Progressive Party authorities have stepped up their collusion and frequently stir up trouble whether its using taiwan to contain china or rely on foreign powers to threaten others it is Wishful Thinking and is destined to be a dead end. Please with fire will get burnt the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army has firm will full confidence in sufficient ability to thwart all external interference and separatist acts of Taiwan Independence and resolutely defend National Sovereignty and territorial integrity so rob what are we to read into the visit by the senior u. S. State Department Official on is there a message that the u. S. Is sending or it does come as we know that relations have soured dramatically between the United States and china and obviously the issue of taiwan is hugely sensitive to china china regards it as merely a renegade island it hates the idea of taiwan acting almost as a nation in itself or anybody else recognizing it as such and it certainly that is not lost on the United States and it does seem to be part of an increasing using taiwan in its in its rigged negotiations and its relationship with Mainland China we had a very visit last month by alex he is the u. S. Health secretary ostensibly to talk about the coronavirus but we know of course that it was again more to sort of go to china and it does seem as though there is this policy at the moment by the u. S. Administration and the state Department Almost to rally countries that have a grievance with china to. Push back against china and there are enough countries and enough grievances you have the its actions in shin jango have its treatment of hong kong the early response to the coronavirus and of course the ongoing territorial disputes with india with the with countries around the South China Sea so it does seem to be a policy of increasing pressure on china but china increasingly not willing to be bullied and pushing back very robustly as weve seen evidence by these exercises this friday right robin wright thank you for that update from seoul. More than a dozen prodemocracy activists are back in court in hong kong to face charges for their role in last years protests among them is the publisher and businessman jimmy lie there facing charges of inciting organizing or participating in an authorized demonstrations outside the court one of the movements leading figures said that for nearly a year now protesting has been banned in this city. I want to tell you that we. Can right im going to basically the primary vote all right. Politically right International Coming out. And this is what happening along. A surge in daily coronavirus cases in several countries has driven the global number of infections to more than 30000000 india is one of the hot spots with more than 96000 new code with 900 cases confirmed in its latest daily report in europe the Czech Republic has seen more than 3000. 00 daily infections thats a record but elsewhere new zealand has reported no new cases for the 1st time in more than a month while the British Government has admitted Testing Capacity there is on satisfactory reports from london. Newcastle northeast england a major city and now parts of a huge region on the new covered restrictions from friday more than 1500000 residents cant socialize with people outside their household or social bubble and bars and restaurants have to close by 10 in the evening the u. K. Government says it agreed to measures with local councils following a sharp rise in infections i think you should follow the rules to make a go we cant. Think people not really follow their instructions the shit. Am i happy about it you know do whatever we need to do. Here to stop the virus i dont think the household things are the fact theres an ak and go with. Other people on from the house on but i cant so sure as bands such as me make sense nationally in the u. K. Infection rates are going in the wrong direction daily new cases number in the thousands with experts saying the truth could be in the 10s of thousands and after Prime MinisterBoris Johnson admitted Testing Capacity isnt good enough the Health Secretary not for the 1st time appeared to blame the public when he appeared before parliament the challenge is that demand has gone up faster and they can say on the other side no its not what they call defy the facts and the most important thing for everybody across the country to hear from all of their elected representatives if they are interested in helping this country get through this pandemic is that if you have symptoms test if you dont have sanctions please do not come forward to get a test unless youre specifically britains far from the only european nation worried about rising infections and deaths thats prompted the World Health Organization to issue a new warning to governments not to reduce quarantine periods from its recommended 14 days in the spring and early summer we were able to see the impact of strict lookdown measures. Efforts over a 2nd phase as a day off. In june patients hit an all time low the september cage numbers however should serve as a wake up call for all of us old all these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region in italy the Alitalia Airline is now trying to domestic coronavirus free flights per day passengers are offered a covered 19 test at the airport before flying the results come within a half an hour only those tested negative can fly here in the u. K. The pressing need is for the general public to be able to access covered 19 tests quickly and for all fortys to improve the Contact Tracing system with winter approaching the challenges for the politicians and for Health Professionals are enormous nadeem barbara aljazeera and. Julie fessor is an associate Research Professor of microbiology and immunology at Georgetown Medical university she explained some of the factors behind the surge. Were definitely seeing clear increases in cases at a rate that does is even exceeding what many countries saw earlier in the summer in june and july so its difficult to say that this is a 2nd wave many countries are still in what looks like the 1st wave other the pandemic is global the drivers of new cases in different communities may be very different and reflect the nature of the communities and the kind of meeting and mingling of people that is happening in those communities in many places after some are locked out measures in which people. Restricted their travel restricted interacting with others socially the lockdown measures were able to slow the spread of the virus and dramatically in some cases slow the speed at which new cases appeared but as communities began to slow those rates and lift the measures and become more permissive in terms of being able to get out of the house being able to dine at restaurants being able to mix socially as well as going back to work and back to school were seeing people mix in in new ways now were seeing exposures surge again as people who have been as communities that have been quite strict just a few weeks ago began to relax some of those measures and the results in many places as a resurgence of cases more than 5000 refugees have settled into a new camp on the greek island of lesbos some hundreds more are continuing to move in there among the 12000 who are left without shelter when the overcrowded morea can burn down 10 days ago many have been reluctant to move into the new site fearing that theyll be stuck there residents are being tested for corona virus on entry several dozen have tested positive and theyre being isolated Stephanie Decker reports from lesbos. They came with a clear message just after 1st light an unexpected wake up call for the thousands of refugees and migrants whove been sleeping on the streets here going to become the ok you know no pension imagine quite good out. You know half of. Them. But really. They cant. Many been reluctant to go to the new tent camp just down the road afraid of the conditions many saying they believe once they enter they wont be able to leave a group of people wearing hazmat suits against the coronavirus of now joined the riot police i think the message here at the moment certainly is one of peaceful of course a very clear message from the authorities at the time is up to the refugees and migrants spending here that they need to move to the county and if they dont do that willingly that force will be used these Police Officers were dressed in protective clothing due to the coronavirus as they motion for people to wake up and make their way to the camp many started to move telling us they had no choice he said go go go go go go go it was so of the way problems no not even here one here 6 rows i leave you. But no i go to the go and i dont know how many long time youre leaving one years 2 years 3 years i keep to the co thats. Most here just want to leave the island some people go to inside and there they said for ascalon to me and that is a very bad. Note you know electric no other for a drinking and for our. Outside the new camp the immediate result of this operation waiting under the scorching midday sun to be registered and tested for the coronavirus. The greek government is making it clear this is the only option for the refugees where they can be provided for and where their paperwork will be resumed. Today we are doing the obvious thing as a democratic and Civilized Society migrants are being moved from the streets to the new camp from being abandoned to being cared for from hygiene it dangerous to control and protection of Public Health from no water to order. Its been 9 days since moria camp europes largest refugee camp burnt to the ground since then most of its 12000 people have been sleeping on the roadsides or wherever they can find shelter most have been waiting for more than a year for an answer to their asylum requests now many tell us it feels like theyre somehow starting all over Stephanie Decker al jazeera says was island greece. Still ahead on aljazeera and more u. S. States begin mopping up as Tropical Storm sally leaves a trail of destruction. And well look at the land screamo communities are going to in indonesia to keep cross rooms open. Because some foreign and sunny weather across parts of Central Europe but there are some longer live these storms in place for some we got not a little system over towards the Baltic States this area of very strong winds brought down some trees and power lines in finland thats making its way further east was some west or whether theyre just coming into the western side of russia meanwhile of the western side of space 3 portugal last alarie of low pressure here again bringing some wet weather in over the next couple days on top of the low on this one here by grace this is become known as a Medicare Medicaid storm janis bring you some violent winds into grace over the next 24 to 48 hours and some torrential rain we could see as much as maybe 2300. 00 millimeters of right possibly even more over the next few days and some very strong winds winds gust of this as of 80 to 100 Kilometers Per Hour so thats fridays pitch as some very heavy rain that will be life threatening floods in the picture there that wet weather stays in place not just a little further east with heads towards crete as we go on through saturday elsewhere largely dried to central parts of europe the shabbas spreading their way across spain by states into france from all the parts of africa a few showers there into Northern Areas of morocco and wet for much of west africa. Frank assessments seeing that. Theres. Why did we see if this was an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls on the auto media region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate have to use a proxy because of the recent big interest the bill if you do indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Muted. To. Be a. The reason the top stories on all just 0 taiwanese fighter jets have reportedly scrambled multiple times on friday morning after a chinese aircraft was said to have approached taiwans or space china has begun military drills close to taiwan to protect what it sees as its territorial sovereignty a surgeon daily curd a virus cases in several countries has driven the global number of infections to more than 30000000 in india is one of the hot spots with more than 96000 new cope with 1000 cases confirmed in its latest daily reports. More than 5000 refugees are settling in to a new camp on the greek islands less posts and hundreds more are continuing to wait to move in as you can see from these live pictures there are among the 12000 who are left homeless when the overcrowded morea can burn down last week. Heavy rain and further flooding is forecast and parts of sudan in the coming week it will worsen the situation for residents in the capital khartoum but a 3rd of sudans flood victims live in sonora states and water levels in the blue nile river of fall and after submerging thousands of homes but there is the threat of water borne diseases as families take shelter in schools mohamad addo is joining us in the town of sin job thats in sanaa the state itself so thousands of people displaced by the floods whats the situation like been for them. Quite desperate have been living in very squalid conditions in these schools some government buildings that they sought shelter in these called justin in their rooms every classroom in these Primary School holds up to 10 families and you can imagine theres no electricity and people here say they long for the day they will be able to go back to their homes but is lost who still have homes to speak off because the floods also completely destroyed villages so for those who dont have somewhere to go to this might be the conditions that will have changed you all for some time and the numbers keep on increasing the number of comes around single keep on increasing not just in numbers but also in sizes are small people heeding the government warnings of more floods along the blue nile hav