and let in america who are already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but kobe has come on top of it just in the areas where debbie f.p. in this region alone we've seen a substantial increase in overall 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvation so it's devastating this why we must act and we must act now so that we can bring some hope to people of the larger political destabilization mass migration economic deterioration supply chain disruption in many people starve in addition to code itself i want to. 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 ecuad

deaths worldwide mexico is in 5th place when it comes to medical personnel who have become infected with kobe had 19 and the country continues to implement one of the most relaxed policies in the entire latin america region barber well that happened over the latest there from mexico city thank you. it's going to france now where bestie of a ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis there this year the event was scaled back and there were special honors for france's health workers but some health workers say their inclusion in the prestigious ceremony is not enough to save the country's embattled hospitals reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concorde but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shore. a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication to france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony an unexpecte

neighboring peruvian we've learned that actually one in 4 people in the capital lima may be infected with kobe had 19 what else can you tell us about that. that's right improve they had very very strict lockdown measures and rules for social distancing they they gave that up because people started to ignore it massively mainly because 70 percent of the population works in the informal sector and they said they would rather take their chances with the virus and the starvation that basically had to go out so now we have 25 percent of the population of just me might be get infected or having been infected and now taking 1st place a very i'm very unhappy 1st place for that for that matter as the country in the region with the highest death toll per 1000000000 inhabitants hospitals are absolutely jam packed it can't cope with the longer and the we're seeing that the funeral parlors and the cemeteries are also having a problem dealing with the number or rather the surge of deaths you see a new man with the latest on that picture of how the 19 is hitting latin america. and coming up on al-jazeera thi

pandemic of a global disease which started in wildlife that has made its way into people and we know that kobe don't seem to make its way back from people into animals as well as done so in cats in big cats in new york and also in mid level and so there's a possibility for there's a lot of transfer from elephants back into people but even if it does stay within that of the population as botswana has one 3rd of all the elephants on the continent the potential for this having a truly catastrophic impact on the population is very real you know mccann thank you very much indeed to have your expertise thank you thank you for having me election officials say voters in russia have overwhelmingly approved changes which clear the way for vladimir putin to hold power until 2036 results show almost 78 percent of people backed a package of changes to the constitution which also included raising pensions and a minimum wage will allow the president to serve 2 more terms in office after his current one expires government critics say the vote was rigged it has been office for 20 years and could now will until

governments on all the drug strategy lead to unnecessary suffering frontline mexico the fight against kobe 1000 on al-jazeera . or. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera china has denied media reports that staff have been burning documents inside its consulate in houston texas after the u.s. government ordered it to close the facility u.s. president donald trump has announced that hundreds of federal agents will be deployed in chicago after a recent surge in violence their officers are also being deployed to albuquerque new mexico as part of the so-called law and order campaign and the u.n. says it fears a famine in yemen are resurfacing just as the world food program is that the scaled back relief efforts. like that curfew aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus has come into effect in zimbabwe opposition leaders say it's linked to anti-government protests planned for next week they accuse the government of using health restrictions to infringe on people's rights on wednesday a journalist and the opposition leader were charged with inciting public viole

syrian male sex it's the 1st time fans have been able to go to a live sports event in england since kobe at 19 forced all sport to be suspended in march. hopefully we can act as the vanguard for all of the spectator schools in the country and hopefully the lessons from us over the next day or so can then help to inform and and allow move spectators to come back to every football club rugby club every sports club up in the country tennis world number 2 simona halep has pulled out of next month's palermo open in italy due to concerns over quarantine rules the event will mark the return of top level tennis after an unforced 5 month break well the romanian says she has anxieties about international air travel her concerns are shared by other top players as they build up to the 2nd grand slam of the year the us open an event that stew to start at the end of august if the usa is intending to go ahead and does go ahead i definitely want to pay i think. just looking to be a sensible as i can on my end i know that does go ahead we'll be doing the best they can to keep everyone safe and then. i'm

for securing a large supply of the only drug license so far to treat kobe 19 there are fears they'll be shortages of the antiviral drug does appear after the u.s. announced this week it had bought virtually all the stock for the next 3 months the drug is made by a california based company and has been shown to help people recover faster from coronavirus campaigners warn that the move by president donald trump sets a dangerous precedent. we're americans fear is about the spread of coronavirus are at the highest levels in more than a month as the world's worst outbreak shows no sign of ending a reuters ipsos poll says 81 percent of american adults are very or somewhat concerned about the pandemic that includes 7 in 10 republicans up 10 percent from a similar survey conducted a few weeks earlier and it's got not good news for the president overall 56 percent of people disapprove of how donald trump has handled the crisis spain and portugal who have reopened their joint border to all travelers after more than 3 months as their coronavirus outbreaks remain under control the spanish prime

as he fight against kobe 19 dr anthony felt that was given the honor of throwing the ceremonial opening pitch. his effort however was indicative of a man that's had little time to practice with the u.s. recording over 4000000 cases of the disease so far. because of the pandemic all the games for now are happening behind closed doors with his favorite team the washington nationals getting the action under way against the new york yankees. the nationals weren't helped by having one player test positive ahead of the game as they went down 41 with play ending early because of rain got great speed here which with out of the way i had a lot of butterflies today you know i'm going to the ball or for us our guys came out with an edge in. the impact of the black lives matter protest movement was also felt on opening day players or both the match in washington d.c. and the game between the dodgers and san francisco giants in the late saw play is take the need like the 1st match game to was a one sided affair. with the dog just cruising to an $81.00 when. u.s. president donald trump who's been wid

what long term consequences might there be after kobe 19 has torn through the body affecting not just the lungs but the kidneys the heart and even the brain and join a whole of him as hospital of scotland where they're trying to find. little celebrates with the trophy chinese state television take the english premier league off peter with the details this fall. france's foreign minister is visiting lebanon to push for economic change is all evil it says the government must urgently enact reforms to get the international support it needs to deal with its ongoing economic crisis then a hotter. he's the 1st high ranking european envoy to visit lebanon since the formation of the current government in january france's foreign minister didn't come to show support for lebanon's leaders who are asking for an international bailout to deal with the unprecedented economic crisis instead schon evil adriane delivered a firm message politicians will need to reform the state and end corruption. to live in these of strongly express their legitimate aspirations through demonstrations since october and

uptick in cases in france there as well the worry is of course that the going to be more brutal waves of kobe that could follow if it's not contained and if it's not really kept down with that in mind of course that the it's the summer season in spain and really the lockdowns have come down people have resumed practically normal activities there in terms of socialising one of the major causes of concern is what is the way in which people have done the informal sort of parties and gatherings that are allowed there where mainly young people sort of gather with drinks that they bought and congregate there and that's also sort of a cause of consent trying to clamp down on that as possible cases for possible cases to flourish but the main issue here is the fact that this is the season where spain's agriculture collecting the harvesting comes into its fall for its fruit and vegetables you have many undocumented workers temporary workers. that come from north africa and sub-saharan africa they are often living during this time in very unsanitary cramped conditions sometimes they're even sleeping in

i'm told now with a herd of llamas in a field you're reading the fight against kobe 19 has come to this. and this barcelona legend grew some sour bars of the running to become their next coach starts coming up with a lead in sport. and dry weather throughout much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula any dusty conditions across the south across into yemen we have had a bit of cloud there recently that might produce want to. cross into pakistan it has been halted and dry and very dusty look at this huge dust storm in northern pakistan of course all this coming through very strong winds but ahead of the monsoon rains which have yet to arrive through monday we might see want to 2 shows in areas of pakistan. still pushing into the far north and west of india but me want to cross the arabian peninsula and the middle east head to the north we have got those hot dry conditions the winds are fairly brisk so we could have some blowing sand and dust here as well over the next couple of days temperatures coming down a little bit in q 846 is the high on jesus still hosts of course and for all

i'm told all with a herd of llamas in a field in reading the fight against kobe 19 has come to this. baseball is not for the faint hearted he will be here with the sport to explain exactly what happened to this training season. but 1st more governments around the world are being forced to reimpose their coronavirus restrictions that's after easing national lockdowns to boost battered economies mexico has reported more than $30000.00 deaths making it the 5th hardest hit country ahead of fronts shops in the capital have been ordered to close just days after reopening and israel has ordered thousands of people into quarantine after its contentious phone surveillance program resumed the country is now reporting around a 1000 new cases a day that's a significant uptick after restrictions were last month take a look at the philippines infections there have spiked which the country reported a daily record high of $2434.00 cases on sunday the health ministry blamed the spike on increased contact among people as locked down measure started easing at the beginning of june let's take a closer l