workers who make up a large part of latin america's workforce. the annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as has begun under very different circumstances this year millions usually travel to saudi arabia but for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad are not allowed to take part in the u.s. department of homeland security says federal officers will start pulling out of the u.s. city of portland after months of protests they were called in to help control anti racism and police brutality demonstrations local law enforcement and state troopers will take over the policing of the protests. the trumpets threatened to issue executive orders that would in his words bring fairness to major tech companies tweet comes as the c.e.o.'s of apple facebook and google all right now defending their businesses at a u.s. congressional hearing they're expected to be questioned about trust practices. all right what's the headlines go to for news are coming up right after inside story. but if the defending of the environment the rights group global wi

is pointing to a number of regions within latin america certain countries in the in latin america that are hotspots for these types of concerns we can point to central america a region that has been facing years long drought that's not helping food insecurity we can point to countries like wonderous guatemala panama that are showing alarming rates of contagion haiti and dominican republic there's concerns over the outbreak there alarming rates of contagion in countries like peru in colombia in ecuador but none worse off than brazil and if i could just read very quickly the latest numbers on brazil we know the country has surpassed 2400000 confirmed cases the death toll is now 8539 now brazil has implemented a welfare program that addresses the most vulnerable as we mentioned the informal workers and that's a positive note because these are the folks that are most at risk of falling below poverty and suffering from food insecurity or in when you are up and thank you very much. annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as the hug has begun but this year it's unlike any seen before millions

but elsewhere in latin america case numbers are rising brazil and peru are among the worst affected latin america editor of the sea and human as more from santiago. we've seen never the less of a wonderful reaction on the streets people come out and after 4 months people over the age of $75.00 are allowed out of their houses 3 days a week for one hour a day the rest of us can come out from monday to friday throughout the whole day until the curfew takes place about 3 hours from now and so. you know people want to go to back to work the trouble is they're working in neighborhoods in many cases where they are still under lockdown neighborhoods where the infection rate is still extremely high so if they go from there to here clearly they're going to bring the virus with them which really raises a lot of questions about just how wise a move this is spain's prime minister is pushing back against travel advisories by other european states calling them disproportionate the u.k. and germany are urging citizens to avoid spanish tourist spots due to a surge in corona virus cases the u.s. state of f

pandemic has just been devastating in latin america. we were already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues, but covid in this region alone, we have seen a substantial increase, 11 million people marching toward the brink of starvation. it's devastating. it's why we must act and we must act now. we must bring some hope to people. many people will starve in addition to covid itself. we go to ourore, correspondent in mexico city. a strong warning on hunger in latin america. >> that's right, the message, or the warning, rather, that we are hearing from officials is very clear. regional governments need to do more. they need to step up and do more to address worsening poverty in the region, or else millions of people are going to face food insecurity. we heard from the world food program director a second ago talking about this crisis in latin america. it is the number one crisis in latin america, but the u.n. is pointing out that millions of people in the informal sector face food insecurity of these governments are n

millions of people in latin america were lifted out of poverty joining the commodity boom more than a decade ago there are concerns now the pandemic could undo those hard won gains that's it leave economies with unmanageable debt forgiveness chennai is being hailed as latin america's most successful free market economy but the pandemic is exposing the country's inequalities despite a nationwide curfew and lockdowns many chilean say the government's response of the economic fallout has been too little too light how latin america added to the sea and human reports from santiago. that interview date takes us on a tour of live victoria a low income neighborhood on the outskirts of santiago was its murals dating back to the 1980 s. tell the story of its residents political struggle against chile's former military dictatorship a law this is the mineral in honor of the people who were detained and disappeared . before it was the time when the community got together to create soup kitchens to confront a profound economic crisis. when soldiers rushed into a rescue or killed protesters under an

america not only brazil given that latin america is the region of the world where so many informal workers reside now this is a program as you mentioned that in the short term has actually been very significant in terms of the progress made in eliminating extreme poverty according to a study by the hit to do about i guess foundation which studied which looked at the data from january of 2022 to june found a reduction from 6.2 percent extreme poverty to 3.3 percent so that's almost cut in half so it does seem like a sort of positive side effect of the of the still worsening pandemic but what we're hearing from experts is that it's only a temporary solution there is an expectation that we could see a return to the same levels if not worse levels of extreme poverty once this federal funding runs out now brazil's president show you bill so not all is being lobbied by his political allies to extend the federal funding the federal welfare program it's certainly good for politics it's. made for the president who has lost favor with with the population who is not as popular as he was before despit

in latin america as opposed to quibble in which by denying. the problem 'd and things are just normal bring back normal. the family of a covert 900 victims in bolivia left his coffin in the street to protest against difficulties in getting a time we'd burial the man's body had spent 6 days at home in the region of cochabamba without being collected by funeral workers the body was finally transported to a cemetery after the coffin spent 4 hours on the street due to a recent increase of virus related deaths burials informations are being delayed and bodies accumulating. in the u.s. the states of florida and texas saw a record rise in daily infections other parts of the country also sold big jumps in the number of new cases now that's despite appeals by medical health experts to avoid large gatherings present all trouble hosted an event at the white house to mark independence day hundreds who later turned out in washington d.c. to watch a fireworks display rob reynolds reports. vintage warplanes filled the skies over the national mall in washingt

meanwhile the world food program is warning at least 14000000 people in latin america are at risk of starvation as the region reels from the economic impact of the pandemic and a number of countries are being forced to extend lockdowns in an effort to stop the virus spreading i know that apollo reports. the world food program estimates the number of people in latin america experiencing severe food insecurity could more than quadruple in 2020 in brazil which ranks 2nd in the world the number of cope with 19 infections a federal stopgap welfare program has made significant progress in curbing extreme poverty during the pandemic. but experts warn such measures have only temporary benefits and latin american countries need to step up efforts to prevent more people from going into poverty. covina pandemic has just been devastating in latin america i mean we are already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. in this region alone we've seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching to

latin america has overtaken europe in the number of virus cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 infections a new cases are rapidly rising spain has put part of catalonia back under lockdown after shopping crease in the number of covert 1000 cases around 200000 people living near the town only get are affected ripping queues and crowds across pubs in england restaurants dresses and cinemas all reopened today following a relaxation of lockdown rules punkers of businesses open their doors for the 1st time in 3 months up next is the bottom line i will see you very soon for the moment . in india identity politics on the rise is the construction of partitions in parts away. across the country and there is a dark side. to see the grid philosophical majesty of the big into something more like the team i didn't see the british but i meet with victims of violence and discover what life is like for minorities in the country join me on my journey in search of india's soul on al-jazeera. 0 is here to report on the people often ignored but who must be hurt how many other channels can

latin america's coronavirus space a triple within the space of a man who lost it but what's being done across the region to prevent the pandemic from bracing even further out of control. plus it's been a cathedral a mosque and now and a museum now istanbul's famous highest of fear is epicenter of the political battle that could have implications for the balls to largest banks. i'm christine will welcome to the program tensions are rising over hong kong china threatening reprisals if person goes ahead and grants residency rights to 3000000 eligible hong kong china has faced a groundswell of criticism from many western nations over its decision to impose a sweeping new security law banning act's offs of 30. kompany severus of hundreds of pro-democracy protesters rallying against then you know. now critics fear the new security role will be used to crush any dissent against chinese rule among those critics is a came to hong kong autistic a sea wall in the poss has produced physically charged that's been openly critical of beijing now wal ses what's happening in the city is india glimpse o

while coronavirus rages across latin america, uruguay is standing out as a success story. it's seen far fewer infections and a much smaller death toll than many of its south american neighbors. a look at what the country is doing. >> reporter: elementary school and the classes in uruguay. it may look like an everyday scene, but in latin america, now one of the hardest hit regions by the coronavirus, it's miraculous. schools were reopened in june in uruguay and attending classes remain voluntary, but officials say with a few changes, it is now safe. >> translator:?ns we had to tak everything out. they don't have a lot of contact, the teacher says. it doesn't look like the school we had before, but we have to adapt. with less than one thousand confirmed cases and only 20 deaths reported, uruguay has adopted the peril of the coronavirus better than most countries in the region, if not the world. the country didn't wait for the virus to hit to close schools and shut borders. people who live on the border with brazil where the coronavirus rages unchecked and have taken over 60,

2 and a half a 1000000 infections androids in latin america overtakes europe's number of coronavirus cases. the whole roman you want yours or life more headquarters here in doha also coming up a patriotic show for independence day from the u.s. president despite concerns about covert 19 and protests. holidaying at home south korea's most popular beaches open for the summer but with extra caution . and the palestinians being forced out to make way for a new high tech car in occupied east jerusalem. welcome to the program saturday saw the highest number of krona virus cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic and the majority of those new infections were recorded in latin america the region has now surpassed europe in the number of covert 1000 cases some 2 and a half 1000000 and growing rapidly the figures are being driven up by brazil which has reported more than one and a half 1000000 infections while more than 64000 people have died peru and chile are quickly approaching the 300000 cases mexico has also been reporting record new infections it now has the 2nd highest death toll

europe and latin america. and our intent of this is our 0 live from london also coming up. donald trump proposes delaying the u.s. presidential election to avoid fraud but critics say it's just another distraction . crackdown in hong kong activists are arrested and leading democratic voices are barred from running for election. and during where no man or machine has gone before nasa launches its most sophisticated mission yet to find life on mars. the coronavirus pandemic is crushing the world's most powerful economies and any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases the u.s. recorded 1400 fatalities from code 19 on wednesday around one death a minute and is now reporting its worst economic decline on record output collapsed by 9.5 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year europe's largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as g.d.p. shrank by more than 10 percent in a country that avoided the worst health problems but it's in developing nations where people are likely to suffer the most by mexico where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 1

still ahead here in our desert expect more extreme poverty adar warning for latin america and the region struggles to contain coronavirus. and saudi arabian investors pull out of a bid to buy english premier league club newcastle united after months of scrutiny . hello scorchingly hot is not a surprising description of the weather in the middle east in summer sometimes it gets sundry as well has been doing that recently but the heat set a new record in baghdad on tuesday we might do the same again today possibly even on friday that he's accompanied by a bit of a breeze and it's all being taken south through kuwait towards the eastern side of saudi as you can see this bright and the blue suggest still plenty of moisture some pretty big thunderstorms down there in the mountains the southwest of saudi and western side of yemen less so in amman surprisingly the moment the dust itself is showing it was the orange glow at $38.00 in doha that's not what he was a humid sticky fear with the breeze coming off the gulf. you watch clusters of thunderstorms this time of the year in north africa and t

the world health organization says in the last week of june, latin america and the caribbean averaged more than 2,000 covid deaths per day. saturday marked brazil's 50th day without a health minister. the last person to hold the office left after a month, follows criticism from president bolsonaro. the country has confirmed more than 1.5 million infections. and beginning next week, venezuela will reimpose lockdown measures. the country will alternate between total and relaxed lockdown over the next 21 days. the country has seen a record number of new infections and deaths in the past week. now, while coronavirus rages across latin america, uruguay is standing out as a success story in the region. it's seen far fewer infections and much smaller death toll than many of its south american neighbors. well, patrick openerman explains. >> reporter: elementally school students return to classes in uruguay. it may look like an every day scene, but in latin america, now one of the hardest-hit regions by the coronavirus, it's near miraculous. schools were reopened in june in uruguay and attendi

a pandemic out of control latin america leads the world in the total number of coronavirus cases. in jordan this is down to 0 live from doha also coming up and no slowdown in the us with a surge of infections growing across the west and south of the country. saying goodbye to the conscience of congress us civil rights icon john lewis makes his final journey home. and on the other side of the country an intense day of empty racism rallies as protesters square off against federal troops in portland. from the beaches of spain to the streets of los angeles coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent faster and further than ever before it's taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 well over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily infections including the united states where the tally is going up by 60 to 70000 every day california remains the epicenter of its outbreak while florida has overtaken new york with more than 432000 infections brazil is the 2nd worst hit country after the u.s. the number of cases across latin

countries across latin america are struggling to strike a balance between public health and the health of their economies but with the loosening of restrictions and the reopening of businesses comes more contagion and calls for renewed lockdowns. after surpassing 9000 confirmed deaths on wednesday colombia became the latest country to announce an extension to their containment measures economists expect those. preventative mandatory isolation as a general criteria is to be extended until august 30th. latin america is now the region of the world with the highest number of infections with more than 4 and a half 1000000 confirmed cases since the start of the code 19 pandemic. al jazeera . now the united states has announced plans to pull nearly a 3rd of its military personnel out of germany and the ongoing roué of the defense spending nearly half of the $12000.00 troops will be moved to other locations in europe including italy and belgium white house correspondent jim to help explains. making good on its threat to the u.s. announced a withdrawal of almost 12000 u.s. soldiers from german

are discriminated and vulnerable than ever ready. 2 and a half 1000000 infections and rising latin america overtakes europe's number of coronavirus cases. alone welcoming peace a job you're watching al-jazeera live from also coming up amid protests and concerns over coronavirus the us president donald trump marks independence day with the mood of celebration at the white house. back under lockdown in spain restrictions are reimpose for hundreds of thousands of people in catalonia. also ahead the palestinians being forced to make way for a new high tech help in occupied east jerusalem. welcome to the program saturday seeing the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic a majority of new infections were recorded in latin america which is now supposed to europe in the number of covert $1000.00 cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 and that figure is growing rapidly the statistics are being driven up by brazil which has reported more than one of a half 1000000 infections while more than 63000 people have died peru and chile are quickly approach

meanwhile the world food programme is warning that at least 14000000 people in latin america risk of starvation as a region wails from the impact of covered 19 and a number of countries are being forced to extend knockdowns in an effort to stop the virus spreading on a rapido reports. the world food programme estimates the number of people in latin america experiencing severe food insecurity could more than quadruple in 2020 in brazil which ranks 2nd in the world number of code 19 infections a federal stopgap welfare program has made significant progress in curbing extreme poverty during the pandemic. but experts warn such measures have only temporary benefits and latin american countries need to step up efforts to prevent more people from going into poverty. kovan a pandemic has just been devastating in latin america i mean we are already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. in this region alone we've seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvat

your challenges are of me so raman in doha a reminder of our top news stories latin america has overtaken europe in the number of creative ira's cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 infections a new cases are rapidly rising brazil is a hotspot with almost 64000 deaths and it's under appear to use monitoring developments in the region from bogota in colombia very problematic pictures some officials here are calling for a return to a trick to strict measures in countries like where we are in colombia the government the national government here though is saying that's not possible because of how weak the economy is overall how big is that for people to go out and work which means you will probably continue to see these numbers are growing. u.s. president donald trump has been hosting the annual salute to america event to the white house to mark independence day but many states counsel the festivities due to the pandemic florida and texas saw a record rise in daily inspections on saturday. and the world health organization is ending its trial of a drug targeted by president tru

secretary general and so he has warned the covert 19 pandemic in latin america and the caribbean will plunge millions of people into poverty launching a policy brief on the future of the region he said 18000000 people would lose their jobs with the worst affected being women and black and indigenous communities daniel swam the reports now from buenos ira's. 3rd many in latin america the have it caused by the covert $900.00 pandemic has only exacerbated already existing problems in the context of already gaping inequalities i levels of informal labor and fragmented health services the most vulnerable populations and individuals i once again being hit the hardest. to tear this is one in the poverty across the region will rise by 7 percent an increase equivalent to 45000000 people extreme poverty is also expected to increase by 28000000 to 230000000 people and i don't see where the maximum number i learned on the street with my baby girl 4 months ago at the start of the pandemic your surviving going to a soup kitchen receiving donations just staying afloat. and there are many more about

it may lack liook like an every scene, but in latin america, it's near miraculous. schools were reopened in june in uruguay and attending classes remains voluntary. but with a few changes it is now safe. we had to take everything out, so they don't have a lot of contact, this teacher says. it doesn't look like the school we will before, but we have to adapt. with less than 1,000 confirmed cases and only 28 deaths reported, uruguay has adopted to the peril of the coronavirus better than most countries in the region if not the world. the country didn't wait for the virus to hit to close schools and shut borders. people who live on the border with brazil where the coronavirus rages unchecked and has taken over 60,000 lives are regularly tested. health workers in mobile medical units visited people at home believed to be ill with the coronavirus, so they didn't need to venture out and potentially infect others. and unlike many other countries in latin america, health officials asked people to stay at home but didn't order them to. quarantine became an act of patriotism,

when despite those grim that grim picture painted there many people in latin america simply have a diverse difficult choice to make they either stay at home as the governments are asking them to do where they're almost certainly not have enough money to feed their families or they go out to work where there's a possibility. they'll catch the virus but they will also they will be able to feed their families so these economies in very difficult situations systemic problems across the region yet we're seeing in some places like paolo the major city in brazil they're reopening parks shopping malls are going to be reopened bars and restaurants have already reopened at the same time as we're seeing record numbers of deaths and infections across the region even here in argentina which has been relatively ok compared to other countries 1170 deaths we're seeing record numbers of infections per day we haven't seen the worst of the situation of the pandemic yet in latin america don't you thank you. the u.s. top military general has said there's no place in the armed forces for symbols of racism gener

the world food program is warning at least 40000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that's more than 4 times the number of people who experienced severe food insecurity last year many of those at risk all informal workers who make up a large part of that america's workforce u.n. agency is aging governments to expand relief efforts codependent make has just been devastating in latin america i mean we're already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. in this region alone we've seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvation so was devastated and it's why we must act and we must act now so that we can bring some pope to people of the political destabilization mass migration economic deterioration supply chain disruption that many people starve in addition to covert itself what is a pandemic and not to the americas shows no sign of easing governments which had started to r

corona virus cases across latin america past 4300000 which is more than the u.s. and canada combined there's been a surge of infections in brazil mexico peru colombia and argentina experts say the actual figures much higher than the official tally i was on the run petty's monitoring the situation from bogota brazil obviously is the big it's fought they have reported now more than $50000.00 cases for 4 consecutive days and what's happening there similar to what we're seeing in the united states that they've been able to somewhat bring under control the original hotspots in the north and northeast of the country but new hotspots have come up since in the south and central west of brazil it's a very big country very difficult to control plus we know all the political issues going on with the president they are minimizing the effects of the virus john lewis one of the most influential figures in the american civil rights movement has made a symbolic final journey his coffin was driven across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama on the way to his memorial service

and there is new cases in brazil push the total number of reported infections across latin america to more than $4000000.00 several countries are seeing increasing rates of covered 19 including bolivia where police say they have recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and homes on your palate reports. in bolivia a special police unit is tasked with recovering bodies from people's homes in the cities of la paz and santa cruz authorities say they recovered $420.00 bodies from homes streets and automobiles over a span of only 5 days. the vast majority are believed to be deaths from code 19 it's a sign the health crisis in the country is accelerating more trouble but it is true of my relatives have died we went to the hospital and they didn't take care of them they told us the hospitals were all crowded we went to several hospitals and now my 2 closest relatives have died from medical negligence the government doesn't nothing. coronavirus cases in bolivia have surpassed 60000 and there are predictions the number of cases could double in the next 2 weeks this exponential rise in corona v

a. 2 and a half 1000000 infections and rising latin america overtakes europe's number of coronavirus cases. b.t.w. here in doha you're watching al-jazeera also coming up amid concerns over virus and protests the u.s. president donald trump marks independence day with a mood of celebration at the white house. back under lockdown in spain restrictions are reimposed for hundreds of thousands of people in catalonia. also ahead egypt is to hold elections for any council of senators 16 years after the chamber was dissolved. saturday saw the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide since the start of the pandemic and the majority of those new infections were recorded in latin america the region has now surpassed europe in the number of covert 900 cases some 2 and a half 1000000 and that figure is growing rapidly the statistics are being driven up the way by brazil which has reported more than one and a half 1000000 infections while more than 63000 people have died through in chile are quickly approaching 300000 cases mexico has also been reporting record new infections it now has the 2

statistics right across latin america talking about a more than 9 percent shrinking of g.d.p. and 2020 as a result of primarily of the covered 19 pandemic this is likely to translate they say it's a massive job losses higher and higher unemployment right across the region which will itself then translate into a growth in poverty up to 45000000 people falling into poverty they say across the region bringing the number up to 231000000 something like 37 percent of the population across latin america and also large numbers falling into its green poverty the situation worse in certain areas of the mexican economy has shrunk by record numbers over 70 percent in april may and june of this year that is likely economists say to translate into millions more for people falling into corporate poverty and with problems growing in the united states with their economy shrinking the question is where do those people go the world's biggest plane maker has posted a net loss of $2200000000.00 in the 1st half of this year about his losses in the face of a coronavirus pandemic a larger than expect

well colombia had imposed one of the earliest in a strict lockdown anywhere in latin america and had been relatively successful in controlling the spread the virus that until maybe 3 weeks ago when the number of hospitality stations have been increasing especially here in the capital and in cities in the caribbean coast we spoke to a number of experts here and they're telling us that in specially in the last week or so. i see you're units intensive care units have been filling and they're quite worried that what will happen in the coming weeks however new ventilators have arrived in this city and the national government is hoping that the health system will be able to sustain what is clearly an acceleration in the number of contagions across the country this of course has a lot to do with the fact that important sectors of the economy and the informal people that will work on the streets have been able to go back to work with the president of colombia and ducasse says there's no way going back to another lockdown some police stations among them the mayor of bogota had said that it mi

well a current of ours pandemic will push millions more into poverty as it rips through latin america the economic commission for that america and the caribbean which is a u.n. agency says more than $44000000.00 people will lose their jobs by the end of the year that's worse than the 20082009 financial crisis as knock down measures hammer economies the region's poor will swell to move in 230000000 that means more than a 3rd of latin america and the caribbean's population will be forced into poverty and our upper low is in mexico city and many other economic warning as infections continue to rise across the region. absolutely these are warnings that are spanning from mexico all the way to go and there is this sense across latin america that this worsening health crisis is going to lead to a worsening economic crisis and with very few exceptions countries in latin america are struggling and failing to meet that critical balance between public health and the health of an economy now we are keeping a close eye on a certain number of hotspots across the region in the caribbean haiti and th

contraction for latin america. this is where the pandemic still has not peaked yet. we are seeing some of the biggest losses that will take place. then you have african countries, some of the highly structured countries, all these official relief measures done by the g20 so it's hard to characterize emerging markets as one block but china is very important here. china, we estimate every 1% decline in china's growth is about .4% of global growth. that's why we look at the numbers in china with china. the export but we are looking at a decline for trade that's been going down consistently over the last couple of years and it will continue. let me finish, u.s. china tension as well as the possibility of a second wave, i think what you're seeing now is a wave that there is still a second wave. sometime before you have a vaccine ready, widespread use but the losses of the corporate level are going to be significant despite the market rebound we've seen in financial markets. we estimate it dropped by about 70% in the sec

after months of lockdown chile cautiously lifts restrictions while its neighbors across latin america struggle to get a grip on coronavirus. the robin you want yours is their allies my headquarters here in doha are also coming up in a move to bring a possible end to the conflict in u.a.e. back southern separatists in yemen say they're abandoning demands for self rule also land mr businessman to manage that it really matters sorry the be cleared and it was done and you said get it done grilled by politicians the u.s. attorney general defends the white house's 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 par

last 40000 coronavirus deaths it's the 2nd highest death toll in latin america just behind brazil. people need to know the epidemic is still active you know we have to stay home engage in social distancing and cetera or guarantee some moral commitment from health officials but everyone needs to do their part. despite a reopening of mexico's economy the still worsening outbreak is expected to lead to new lock downs as cases surge. latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the story of the pandemic. al-jazeera well the u.s. states and territories have reported more than 1100 new deaths from the current virus that's the highest daily toll since may and the most populous state california now has the highest number of infections in the country it's a pos in new york the spike has been attributed to the state open

., europe, and latin america. this is al jazeera live from londndon. proposes delaying the u.s. presidential election to avoid fraud. critics say is another distraction. crackdown in hong kong. activists arrested and democratic voices barred from election. and goioing where no man n or machinine has gone beforore. the most sophisticated mission yet to find life on mars. the coronavirus pandemic is crushing the world's most powerful economies. any recovery is being threatened by a new surge in cases. the u.s. reported 1400 fidelity's from covid-19 on wednesday, around one death per minute, and is reporting its worst economic decline on record. output collapsed by nine point 5% in. the second quarter of the year. europe's largest economy germany saw a decade of growth all but wiped out as gdp shrank by more than 10%, in a country that has avoided the worst health problems. in developing nations, people are likely to suffer the most, like mexico, where the economy has shrunk by a staggering 17.3%. there is a warning that the entire economy of latin america and the caribbean could c

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live in mexico city so may i quote a stark warning on the issue of hunger in latin america. certainly so and what we're hearing from world food program officials is that there is this expectation that there will be upwards of 14000000 people who will be food in secure in 2020 that's 4 times the number recorded in the previous year and there's this expectation that if governments aren't doing more and we can point to a few hotspots in latin america as as showing alarming rates of contagion in south america there's there's peru colombia ecuador we can point to central american countries which apart from the kobe $1000.00 pandemic are going through a drought which is worsening the food insecurity program countries like haiti and the dominican republic that are especially hit hard by code 19 what we're learning is that the economic impact that follows from the pandemic itself is almost like a domino effect and we heard that from that sound bite from the director of the world food program saying that the health crisis leads to an economic crisis leads to a social crisis and can l

it comes as the toll deepens right across latin america. tanya dendrinos reports. 2.5 million cases in more than 90,000 deaths at a later staggering figures out of brazil after another record—breaking day on wednesday. it was also the day presidentjair bolsonaro attended his first official event after recovering from the virus. bolivia's interim president has also returned to work after contracting covid—i9. the crisis, taking a clear toll on emergency services in the country, police are struggling with a lack of protective equipment. translation: we've had bodies in homes and we didn't even know they had over 19, so our workers were carrying out this job without protection and some of them became infected. in cases where covid had been identified by the health service, we still didn't have the necessary protection to remove the bodies. families we re remove the bodies. families were waiting with the bodies in their homes were three four days. and as coronavirus cases continue to soar across latin america, the pandemic is driving a cris

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latin america also recorded more than 4 million cases. more than 176,000 people have died. we will get more on the outbreak in latin america with john homan in a moment joining us from. mexico city first let's bring in andy gallagher from miami. ,leak numbers from the w.h.o. and infections in the u.s. are continuing to rise. andy: they are, particularly bleak numbers considering when you think that the world health organization is now saying 5000 people are dying every single day across the world. was 4600.e in june here in florida, numbers keep on growing. the past two weeks, we have had at least 10,000 new cases every on, topping out at 15,000 july 12. they fatality rate is edging closer to 6000. there are now fresh concerns about this states over 65 population. the federal authorities have announced that they will be placing quick testing machines in 23 counties, because of the death rate here is simply so high among the elderly. the state is also turning to isolation centers for elderly people who contract covid-19. let's see what the policy is all about. the coronaviru

a warning that millions of people in latin america could go hungry this year because of covert 90. johnny cash must go with the sports including shut out of major league baseball now the miami marlins have an upcoming games because the team battles the crane virus outbreak. so that he's alone accused germany of not pulling its weight in the nato alliance and now president trump is taking action he's ordered a major scaling down of the u.s. military presence there nearly $12000.00 troops a 3rd of those based in germany will be withdrawn around hoff will be sent to other bases in europe the rest will head back to the united states now the european command and special operations h.q. would also be moved from germany to belgium and the changes are expected to cost the u.s. billions of dollars as anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n.d.s. and consistent with other adjustments to the united states just much the united states has made within nato in previous times. these changes will achieve the

latin america 110w. i‘ll have updates on brazil and el salvador — but first bolivia. compared to some of its neighbours, it‘s been faring well. but unfortunately, the numbers are now starting to move. infections have passed 38,000. and there have been over 1,300 deaths. also, the health minister has tested positive. the mining minister and minister of the presidency have too. these escalating numbers are a particular concern because bolivia is one of the poorest countries in latin america. its health system is ill—equipped to cope with a pandemic. this is the city of cochabamba — it‘s been badly hit and crematoriums are overwhelmed. these are workers digging makeshift graves. and this footage illustrates the pressure on bolivia‘s resources. this coffin holds the body of a 62—year—old who died from covid—19 — it was left on the street for hours because cemeteries had to close their doors. next — el salvador. the chief of cabinet, mario duran is on the left here. in the past 24—hours he‘s tested positive for the virus. the salvadorean government

america get the latest on the situation there from. in mexico city mexico of course a country that's been particularly hard hit overnight the best toll there has passed 40000 but the spike having the 4 size death toll in the world now testing there is still apparently really low why is that. i'll run through the latest numbers that we have from johns hopkins university here in mexico with 356255 confirmed cases and another 40400 confirmed deaths from coke at 19 as you mentioned there barbara overnight mexico surpassed the 424-0000 mark a milestone a grim milestone for mexico like many other countries are experiencing but one that places mexico unfortunately 2nd in death tolls in latin america is 2nd only to brazil with the country there surpassing one point. 2.1000000 confirmed cases of cope with 19 the big concern that we're hearing from health policy experts here in mexico is as you mentioned the lack of testing the lack of contact tracing and the sort of nonchalant attitude from from officials particularly the president of mexico wh

america. several densely populated apartment buildings in the australian city of melbourne have been put into lockdown after a rise in covert 19 cases thousands of people will be forced to stay at home for at least 5 days. strikes have targeted a libyan airbase recaptured in may by the un recognized government with the backing of turkish forces but also the base has been among a string of recent defeats for wall to flee for half the. south as in iraq a rallied outside the green zone over a cartoon published in a saudi arabia newspaper demonstrators in baghdad were stopped from marching to the saudi embassy before the crowd was broken up by security with water cannon they're angry about a cartoon of this top shia cleric in iraq grand ayatollah al sistani which they say is offensive. on june 25th iraqi government carried out a raid on qatari pas bala the group linked to iran queues of attacking u.s. forces there was a test for a new prime minister and most of all hard to me was promised to crack

hello thanks for joining us we begin in latin america which has now overtaken europe in the number of corona virus cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 infections a new cases are rapidly rising it's being driven up by brazil which has reported over one and a half 1000000 infections and almost $62000.00 people have died and despite this presidential year bill scenario has vetoed parts of a law that requires people to wear face masks in public chile peru and mexico have also been reporting record new cases and speaking of mexico it's recorded more than 6000 new cases for a 2nd straight day shops and parts of mexico city have now been ordered to close just days after they reopened as part of an easing of lockdown measures city officials say some businesses have been too crowded to be safe mexican authorities are installing checkpoints along the border with the u.s. and there are fears crossings for the july 4th holiday weekend could lead to a rise in cases let's get an update from a summer of patty hewes joining us from colombia capital bogota how are officials across the

still to come here on al-jazeera the coronavirus pandemic worsens across latin america affecting many in the region plus. the president. after a turkish court ruled in favor of turning the popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. still some very heavy rain in the forecast to take 3 will central areas of china and of course they still say more heavy rain across areas of japan as well but just look at these images this is actually from the southeast of china fusion province and still these floodwaters continue to wreak so much damage nickols also so much misery just look at this these floodwaters pouring underneath underground meanwhile across into central china this mudslides proved deadly at least 8 people have died in this you can see just the devastation this is that behind of course rescue is it doing their best to help people than meanwhile there's more rain is to say through saturday through the same central areas across towards shanghai and then we will see more rain across into kishi but not quite as heavy as it has been more rain those who go on into sunday and then

those new cases in brazil have pushed the total number of reported infections across latin america to more than 4000000 in bolivia police say they've recovered hundreds of bodies from streets and homes and over a panel reports. in bolivia a special police unit is tasked with recovering bodies from people's homes in the cities of la paz and santa cruz authorities say they recovered $420.00 bodies from homes streets and automobiles over a span of only 5 days. the vast majority are believed to be deaths from coded 19 it's a sign the health crisis in the country is accelerating more trouble but is this true of my relatives have died we went to the hospital and they didn't take care of them they told us the hospital of crowded we went to several hospitals and now my 2 closest relatives have died from medical negligence the government does nothing. coronavirus cases in bolivia have surpassed 60000 and there are predictions the number of cases could double in the next 2 weeks this exponential rise in corona virus cases is also playing out in several other countries in the americas with alarm

a pandemic out of control latin america now leads the world in the number of coronavirus case is. clear i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha also coming up one person is killed in iraq in renewed protests against corruption unemployment and for public services. demonstrators gather in manila ahead of a state of the nation speech philippine president rodrigo detecting and china takes control of what was the u.s. consulate in the in the city of chengdu outrage supported closed any worsening diplomatic dispute. thank you very much for joining us from the americas to europe south asia and australia countries around the world are facing increases in corona virus infections more than 16000000 people have been diagnosed with cold 1000 since the pandemic began $4300000.00 are in latin america which a world health organization has designated the new at the center most are in brazil mexico and argentina and is on the run is in colombia another latin american country causing concern. according to the paramedic and health organization the pandemic acr

let's not get the latest on the situation in latin america from our in latin america at its own assume and she is joining us from chile's capital santiago to speak about what's going on because the country is really struggling to cope that's right like so many other countries panama has discovered that easy social distancing measures and quarantines prematurely can have a devastating effect. actually central america was doing far better than north and south america until now but that is not that is no longer the case in panama and in fact now the government has just reem pros even more strict quarantine measures to try to cope. panamanians are paying a high price for having relaxed strict confinement measures that in $23.00 weeks ago seem to have corona virus infections under relative control and now the infection rate in the small central american country of just over $4000000.00 people has become the highest per capita in all of latin america hospitals are on the verge of collapse. in a 1000 cases a day means that in the next few weeks we will have about $32.00 of the world's intensi

exactly we're seeing the same thing over and over not just in latin america but in north america and in other parts of the world where countries start to ease restrictions thinking that they beat the virus and then they are of course they discover that there's a rude awakening that they were premature and that's exactly what we've seen in panama and i remember until now central america was fairing far better than north and south america with the kid dangerous but now panama has had to declare even more strict laws down measures to deal with this new outbreak. panamanians are paying a high price for having relaxed strict confinement measures that into $3.00 weeks ago seem to have corona virus infections under relative control now the infection rate in the small central american country of just over 4000000 people has become the highest per capita in all of latin america hospitals are on the verge of collapse. 1000 cases per day means that in the next few weeks we will have about 30 to 40 intensive admissions per day on a sustained basis there is no hostel that can sustain such a numbe

and the number of cases across latin america has surpassed 4300000 more than the u.s. and canada combined but those top 3 hotspots the u.s. brazil india now. count for half of the world's infections prime minister narendra modi warned the indian public to remain vigilant saying the danger of cope with 19 is far from over well in a moment we'll have the latest from the united states but 1st a listener on petty is in the colombian capital bogota with more on the crisis across latin america according to the paramedic held her again and sation their pandemic across the region is showing no signs of slowing down but experts there are particularly worried the 5 countries brazil and mexico of course but also colombia where we are argentina piru and to a lesser extent also chile where things have eased up a bit of course brazil remains the main hot spot this week they've been reporting more than 50000 cases for 4 days in a row however the government said that this sunday's the number of confirmed cases has gone down to a little over 24000 we'll see what happens in the coming d