the situation in belgrade is alarming and it's serious in 4 more cities in serbia but belgrade is really in a critical situation the capital's hospitals are almost full so the military has been building temporary facilities gatherings of more than 5 people are now banned and only occur if you this weekend before then the anger against the church means the crowds are unlikely to stay at home the next year brian al jazeera well we can now speak to a boy elects he's a political scientist and was among those huge crowds at the protest last night he joins us now from belgrade where i know you've been saying just how chaotic it was last night bill mix of people little apparent organization can you tell us a little around about who the people were in the crowd around you so that brought us or started gathering in front of the element of the president which it's press conference very he announced the new law down puerto rican and there was my impression that around 10000 protesters in the streets. around 9 or 10 in the evening and this looked like any other protesters there it was mostly unorgan

there is that you and i do such joins us over the phone from belgrade so what's the situation like than now. well this is really out of control and i'm very sorry that we can also see each other right now but i will try to describe what is happening and huge amount of people gathered in front of the national assembly they are really angry for a new measures. because of the put on a virus because i will explain you today we have seen people die from corona virus which is the highest number in one day over 4000 people are in hospitals so situation is very bad especially in belgrade. president that exam that we said from friday is to monday good luck and maybe not only the great but. the people here are angry because they're feeling this is not the right way to deal with this situation they're angry because they think hospitals are in very bad conditions they're afraid also that numbers. of people are much much bigger than officials are saying this is all the reason why people gathered in front of the national league and they were riot here to monta simply is now in front of the. simply th

on a virus is a very bad and the worst is here in belgrade that we have more than 4000 people in the hospitals just today 13 people died over the coronavirus this is the highest number in one day so what happened today is that people were very angry of this situation and we did this kind of measures why because serbia was already has already been in a state of emergency before and then dorothy said it took a now things are going better let's have an election so we had the parliamentary elections in the day after numbers started to increase and today the situation is even worse than before so people are angry. they think that the money should be invested in hospitals and not in the election and this is what happened tonight it seems like the situation a little bit quieter now but to morrow maybe we'll see the same picture again. in the u.s. hospitals in several states say they're intensive care units are reaching maximum capacity as coronavirus cases continue to jump the number of people who've died there has passed 130000 infections have been surging in states which bush will reopen

a global perspective from serbia take a look at this look at this these are riots on the streets of belgrade where citizens suddenly became angry after apparently hearing that their president was going to reinstitute a locked out of their economy and mandate stay at home orders again here's our team correspondent alex mahela bitch picking up the story from here. tonight this. sparked by strict coronavirus measures with a 2nd wave of confirmed infections plaguing serbia on tuesday the country's president elect somebody made this announcement because we're not starting from tomorrow there will be a ban on any kind of public gatherings indoor or outdoor more than 5 people starting from friday curfew will be reimposed in belgrade from friday to monday we will reassess the situation on monday and make further decisions currently serbia's capital belgrade is the worst hit city in the country where across the nation over a dozen deaths have been reported along with hundreds of new infections so far this week while which insists that the measures have been put in place for the protection of citizens

on a 4th night of government demonstrations in belgrade with protesters trying to enter parliament. a michael good to have you with us russia and china have again vetoed an attempt by the u.n. security council to continue to manage a deliveries to rebel held territory in syria. friday was the last day that aid agencies were allowed to bring food and vital supplies over the turkish border to rebel held areas in it live and aleppo provinces 13 countries voted in favor of extending the aid but permanent members russia and china opposed this resolution humanitarian groups say cutting off the aid could spell disaster for millions of civilians. the food deliveries a lifesaver for the food the families who found shelter hand on the turkish border . they fled homes destroyed by asterix very few of them have enough money for food they'd be lost without help from outside. it's one thing to be bombarded by fighter jets and to be locked in without food is much worse it's a slow bloodless death were. almost 3000000 people in northwest syria depend on food aid like this. trucks bring it over the

pandemic frustrations bubble over on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted as thousands of protesters battles with police and try to storm the parliament they're angry over the president's handling of the coronavirus. the main reason we are here is to support the protesters during these abnormal times when the country is falling apart. cases have spiked across the balkan country in recent weeks serbia recorded its highest scope at 1000 death toll on tuesday it forced president alexander to take action announcing a weekend curfew belgrade the protesters have pushed him to backtrack. i considered it but the crisis team thinks there's still hope to slow the spread so we may introduce harsher measures but without introducing a curfew. that hasn't been enough to keep the peace as police and demonstrators face off with flares fireworks and tear gas. demonstrators say they want to return to normal and for the president to resign. let's get some analysis on the story now we have with us is the southeast europe expert for the german institute for international and security affairs thank you fo

pandemic prostrations buffalo for on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted thousands of protesters battled with police and trying to storm the parliament that angry over the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic balsa redoubtable the main reason we're here is to support the protests that are happening during these abnormal times when the country is falling apart. cases have spiked across the balkan country in recent weeks serbia reported its highest kobe had 19 death toll on kids day president alexander who checked originally announced a weekend curfew for belgrade but now his government says it won't reimpose a lockdown. but no one is quite sure whether that will be enough to appease the demonstrators and keep the peace. let's get some analysis on the story now we have with us he's the southeast europe expert for the german institute for international and security affairs thank you for joining us how do you explain why we've seen such violence in serbia over the government's handling of the pandemic. the reason is not only that their mixed serbia is a deeply divided society in

the building of the port and belgrade there will be a total ban of organized public gatherings of more than 10 people both indoors and outdoors. serbian president alexander who change the protesters hooligans while addressing the nation via instagram during an official flight to paris. overthrow so i promise you that we will be able to preserve peace and stability despite the criminal hooligan violent attacks we are all shocked by that i am urging our people in belgrade and in other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves and we will do that as a state we will do it and we will win the 2 people villages. earlier this week brooches had announced that a new coronavirus lockdown would be imposed protests erupted just hours later but many serbians accuse the autocratic of being the one who allowed the coronavirus crisis to spin out of control in the 1st place in june here promptly eased previously strict measures in order. to hold an election that tightened his grip on power since then serbia has experienced a surge in new coronavirus cases and deaths. i don't have a problem with t

pandemic prostrations buffalo for on the streets of belgrade chaos erupted thousands of protesters battled with police and trying to storm the parliament that angry over the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic balsa redoubtable the main reason we're here is to support the protests that are happening during these abnormal times when the country is falling apart. cases have spiked across the balkan country in recent weeks sobieraj 40 different highest kobe had 19 death toll on kerry's day president alexander who checked originally announced a weekend curfew for belgrade but now his government says it won't reimpose a lock down. but no one is quite sure whether that will be enough to appease the demonstrate is and to keep the peace. so why did protests escalate so quickly into violence and well yet there's an expert on southeast europe with the german institute for international security affairs. the reason it's not all of them extraordinary is a deeply divided society in which the president mr gooch holds all power so they broke this partly because of that but then the but they

the situation in belgrade is alarming and it's serious in 4 more cities in serbia but belgrade is really in a critical situation the capital's hospitals are almost full so the military has been building temporary facilities gatherings of more than 5 people and now banned and only a curfew this weekend before they and the anger against burchett's means the crowds are unlikely to stay at home the next year brian al jazeera all corona virus infections are soaring in central asia former soviet states are now suffering a 2nd wave of cases since lockdown restrictions were eased 2 months ago victoria gate and the reports. hospitals in the kurdistan capital bishkek are overwhelmed with patients suspected of having the coronavirus those diagnosed with pneumonia but have not yet been tested for covert 19 q to be admitted by them with what must quickly oh my what as far as i have seen whomever you call whomever you ask about absolutely everyone is sometimes i think to myself i wonder is there anyone who isn't and people are panicking now since look down measures were relaxed in may more than 8000 p

thanks very much indeed for bringing us up to date with that situation in central belgrade i think we can possibly take you live pictures from the center of belgrade these are people who have been gathering despite the fact that president alexander has told people to stay away from the protests because they might spread coronavirus protests last night became very violent there's a very heavy police presence on the streets of belgrade tonight. that's all for a good bye. is resistance. in akra people are grabbing social and political issues by the horns. and time to seeing creativity. and protest to challenge and change i.d.'s. a gun a controversial a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks this crowd of hundreds of people didn't come with invitations they came to pay their respects to george floyd we detailed coverage the government needs to balance the needs of the economy with the trace of the virus returning. from around the world organized crime is now beginning to try to play the role of. giving a way forward to win over the loyalty of people in desperate.

of course from belgrade. let's now and on the straits times. this is the singapore elections taking place and residence of singapore voting on friday. this is... we know who is going to win i guess because the action party has been in government sent singapore's independence back in 1965. i guess the question is by how much and there is a bit of a controversial not really love going on as well when it comes to what is happening in singapore. that is certainly one way of putting it. i think it will be the margin will be interesting to see and there is something about incumbency here in the fact that they have been in power for as long as they have. it seems also that the way are conducting the they election and the impact of the covid—19 virus and how they have handled it and what role does that play in terms of people and their opinions on government performance. singapore is held up as a bit of an example for other countries but the reality i think particularly in some parts of society like foreign workers is quite different. sol society lik

protesters in serbia's capital belgrade have attempted to storm parliament amid growing anger against the government police were pelted with flares and rocks in the 4th of protests. shallop ballasts reports. this is backlash against restrictions to stop coronavirus and sue the police and the parliament building on the receiving end the frustrations. the protests began when she stands by a proposed weekend shutdown of belgrade people complained it threatened the jobs and businesses. the proposal was drops the protests have morphed into wider anger with president aleksander who change. now from him i came here to stand for the rights that are based on the constitution but the president is denying that to us the majority of protesters are peaceful scenes like this have spread across syria this week many blame government decisions to allow soccer games religious celebrations parties and parliamentary elections for a 2nd wave of infections as a result. i think the people who gathered it didn't have many chances to talk seriously about what comes next and to say what brought us to the stree

coronavirus restrictions but that didn't stop thousands from gathering for a 2nd day of protests in belgrade demonstrate is a calling on alexander who choose to resign they blame him for a spike in infection saying he lifted measures too early to hold elections those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's counting the cost. in india identity politics on the rise is the construction of budget cuts and loads of the across the country and as a dockside is you do see the grid from his office will not just the him into something more like the team i didn't see of the british football 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. hello i'm adrian finighan this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a look at the world of business and economics this week a pandemic decimates millions of jobs and pushes many into extreme poverty could have green recovery.

james broke out just 0 at the united nations now they have been angry protests in the serbian capital belgrade over the the government's handling of the coronavirus demonstrators accuse president alexander of richards of reopening the economy too early for political gain far right nationalists have been blamed for stirring up the unrest and storming the assembly building serbia has seen a dramatic rise in cases and or 30th have announced a state of emergency in several towns and cities well earlier i spoke to your she is a political scientist was also at that protest last night he says demonstrations had been peaceful until a group stormed the parliament. so the protests are started gathering in front of the parliament after president which its press conference very she announced the new long border weekend there was my impression of around 10000 protesters in the streets at. around 9 or 10 in the evening and this looked like any other protesters there it was mostly unorganized. i saw many angry youths a lot of students there but what really changed the dynamics was the storming of the parliam

government considers the best way to control a spike in corner virus cases people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic demonstrators blame alexander for the new surge in infections after he lifted restrictions i had of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday the u.n. security council has voted against a russian proposal to reduce cost for aid access to syria the council has until friday to agree on future operations on tuesday russia and china vetoed a rival resolution which response by all other members of the un security council. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next if this is europe and undertake. july 995 the summer that witnessed one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century the massacre of thousands of bosnian. special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica genocide one and just. what about the gentleman who died in north london this week is with us.

after the president said the weekend curfew might not go ahead thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night of the government's handling of the pandemic reports. hurling rocks flares and insults at the government protesters gathered 1st seconds night across the serbian capital belgrade. security forces best outside parliament came to avoid a repeat of tuesday's chaos when some protests does manage to storm the building. but the tensions remain high with more tear gas from police some in the crowd intent on forcing their way inside again. there's an accumulation of dissatisfaction the majority of people here don't have exact demands that most of them feel in justice protesters blame president aleksander for sudden spike in coronavirus dates and infections after it lifted a strict lockdown just weeks before last month's elections. demonstrations began on tuesday when the restrictions would be coming back to de lay said he had advised the government not to introduce a curfew but refused to take responsibility for the outcry. on the political rally was well organized a part of o

media people are again organizing and calling each other to come out this evening on the streets of belgrade to continue with this. because well one of the one of the reason they're going out on the streets is the does because they're demanding a change of power you know the change of power in serbia by the fire the elections were here in this country just those 2 weeks ago and president bush returned his party won the election but people are now the money the change of power because of the poor way they're dealing with the coby crisis today even the opposition leaders had the press conference in the raid and they said that there they underlined that they're not the organizers of these protests but the protesters and the demonstrators are coming out to the streets of belgrade. by their own well they're not organized nevertheless they say they're supporting the protests are they supporting the protests and they hold as the protests will continue in the following days and that the protests will produce something good for the opposition and for the people of. serbia because many of them see ale

they are outside the parliament house in belgrade. on the streetsgh ahead of the announced lockdown for the weekend. australia'sxt, second largest city is back under lockdown after a sharp spike in coronavirus cases. we will look at what put melbourne back into virus turmoil. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> you are watching "daybreak australia." i am karina mitchell with first word headlines. the vice president of the federal reserve says the u.s. can and will do more to help the economy. they will be offering forward guidance and asset purchases to support the recovery. rates aregnaled expected to say the same to stay the same through 2020. shipments fell slightly more than forecast from taiwan to china, leaving a trade surplus. meanwhile, north korea is ramping up tensions with the west, ruling out talks with president trump's envoy. talks were called nonsensical as relations continue to sour. news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. haidi: australia's secon

things were calmer saturday, but violent protests rocked the capital belgrade on friday. there were dozens of arrests and at least one stabbing as protesters squared off with riot police. the unrest began over anger at the government's handling of the pandemic, but demonstrations have evolved now into wider dissent over the rule of the president. we are tracking this story from london to tell us more about what's behind this and what is the latest from saturday riots. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. as you said, things were calmer on saturday with around 1,000 people gathered around the parliament in belgrade, and in other cities across serbia. the protests initially started on tuesday, when president alexander vucic announced a curfew to try to combat a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases in the country. but after two nights of rioting, and a lot of tear gas, the government was forced to scrap that plan. however, the protests continued, really evolving into a wider disconsent with the leadership of president vucic. the many allege the reason why the viru

coronavirus restrictions but that didn't solve thousands from gathering for a 2nd day of protests in belgrade police used tear gas on demonstrators who tried to storm the parliament building protestors are calling on alexander vote changed to resign they say spot a responsible for a spike in factions accusing him of lifting measures to early to hold elections dusan haji mikhalevich is in belgrade he says police have managed to clear most of the protesters from the streets we could see that the police was better prepared tonight than they were lost last night yesterday so they had a better tactics tonight so they sort of attacked the demonstrators they tried to disperse them around the national assembly because most of them with routers through thousands of few 1000 of them gathered in front of the national assembly and they pushed them away into the surrounding streets so they made sort of a small pockets of demonstrators around the national assembly thus making them easier to remove the demonstrators from the streets so most of the demonstrators went home and there is nobody in the streets b

which has more now from belgrade. everything started when a group or for protesters tore down the security fancy in front of the national assembly building and they were provoking police officers they were throwing stones on the police but police officers kept calm and they didn't respond until a couple of minutes ago and now the situation is quite similar with what we've seen a couple of days ago 2 days ago police officers responded with tear gas and there is happening now and. protesters are persistent they are still in front of the national assembly building so police is not still fighting the main entrance and but they are spread now all over the city center and i have to say that from today in belgrade every gathering of more than 10 people is forbidden and there is a new measure against the coronavirus. opposition supporters in mali have attacked the prime minister's office as calls for the president's resignation grow around the turn into chaos often protest as tribes offered by the national assembly and force

serbia's president announced a week and curfew could be imposed in belgrade. after tuesday's protest, he has now backtracked on those plans. in recent weeks, the coronavirus has been spreading quickly in serbia. there are long lines of people outside of testing centers. hospitals are overcrowded. the new wave of infections has put an additional strain on the already stretched health care system. this is not just about belgrade and the patients, it is also about patients being sent here from all over serbia. in april, serbia impose one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. despite this, the government push ahead with plans for the parliamentary election. during the campaign, officials declared victory over the coronavirus, and normal life resumed d without anany restrictions. the opposition boycotted the poll, and turnout was low. but this party won by a landslide. since the election, frustration with the government has been growing, as it became clear the coronavirus crisis is far from over. they have deflected blame onto the public. it was our decision to

our reporter is in belgrade. what is the situation like? reporter: out of control. i'm sorry we cannot see each other but i will try to describe what is happening. arege amount of people gathering outside the national assembly. they are angry for new measures because of coronavirus. from coronavirus, the highest number in one day. hospital.are in said they are demanding belgrade will be anded down and maybe serbia people are angry and feeling it's not the right way to deal with the situation. they are angry because they think hospitals are in bad afraidon and they were sick and dying people is bigger than officials say. this is the reason why the people are gathered in front of the national assembly and they will riot. police are in front of the assembly. there was tear gas and people are still here. they are trying to get into the national assembly. this is not going to be peaceful anytime soon. lauren: thank you for the update. , a breakthrough in brazil gives hopes to millions infected with hiv. >> perth was affected by this cold front winding its way to the sout

thousands of serbs return to the streets of belgrade there accusing their governments of mishandling the coronavirus crisis in sports news some and be a player is heading to florida for the league's restart or taking safety precautions to the next level. but 1st turkey's president says the 1st prayers will be held at istanbul's i also feel on july 24th after he signed a decree formally restoring the landmark status as a mosque it followed a ruling by a top court that its conversion from a mosque to a museum less than a century ago was illegal you know asco had already cautioned against changing the status of the world heritage sites and greece says it is an open provocation to the civilized world. has long supported the change as one of his moves to put islam in the mainstream of the secular nation here's some of the reaction from istanbul. it's no we've been waiting for this news for a very long time i'm very excited really i want to go and pray as soon as possible . nobody has a say in this europeans have nothing to say either those who built this did it to worship god as well than

the situation in belgrade is alarming and it's serious and for more cities in serbia but belgrade is really in a critical situation the capital's hospitals are almost full so the military has been building temporary facilities gatherings of more than 5 people and now banned and only a curfew this weekend before the end the anger against burchett's means the crowds are unlikely to stay at home the brian al-jazeera. hospitals in several u.s. states say their intensive care units are reaching capacity that's krona virus cases continue to jump california reported more than $10000.00 cases in a single day on tuesday infections have been surging in states which push to reopen early. the troubled ministration has begun the formal process of withdrawing the us from the world health organization the president has been critical of the w.h.o. for its handling of the corona virus outbreak accusing it of being influenced by china. russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to $3000000.00 syrians for the next year the oper

several thousand returned to demonstrate outside parliament in belgrade today. most remained seated with some carrying banners urging calm. this comes after government rallies turned violent over the past two days. protesters are angry after the government imposed a second lockdown due to a sharp spike in covid-19 cases. some blame that on the serbian president's desired to postpone elections. >> pelleted for the second night in a row, the parliament building attacked once again by angry rioters. these are scenes the serbian government desperately wants to rein in. in belgrade, there will be a total ban of organized public gatherings of more than 10 people both indoors and outdoors. the serbian president called the protesters hooligans while addressingng the nation via ininstagram during ann official flight to paris. >> i i promisese you that we wie able to preserve peace and stability despite the cririminal hohooligan violent a attacks wee all shocked by. i am urging all of o our peoplen belglgrade and otherer cities so confroront the hooligagans themsesees. we

who's been following the protests intro thank you for joining us tell us more about what happened in belgrade last night. well in the process could theory at the end of the story. were very quiet and comparing to the 1st 2 nights and very we could see a lot of weiland but last night people were calling to sit down and they were also. 2 other people who were trying to provoke that this is order to provoke a chanson they don't want to have while and during this night also there were almost no police officers sin or end of the parliament and everything went quite at the end even brought the stor started cleaning the streets to send the message that they are not the island once but is the office so offices and the police. curfew that was planned for this weekend in the capital has been called off that was what it sparked some anger originally is that likely to appease some of the protesters. not really they are going to have another process and we don't know how it's going to go but in serbia there are some long history of brought this people have been protesting last 2 years against the preceden

a quick update on serbia where vernment has reversed a decision to impose a curfew in belgrade. protes measures have turned violent. these pictures were taken outside of the parliament building on tuesday. cases have been rising since serbia's lockdown was lifted before election in j marian don't tree is a reporter based in belgrade. >>eople are very angry at the esident and at the government over the handling of the crisis. anthey cee that they are being lied to and they feel humiliated by the attitude of the vement who, in may, decided announce a victory over the pandemic in the country. and for a few weeks, they pretended that everything was fine. they reopened everything, the schools, the bars, the cafes, blic transportation, as if everything was normal. thenfter they won the election, just a night later, they said actually, the situation is catastrhic and we need to reimpose measures to stop the spreading of th virus. so people are very frustrated and they feel like someone -- someone was telling me the other day, thathey feel like a monk in a lab being played with. anchor:

marion dautry is a afp reporter in belgrade. people are, to put it shortly, very angry at the president and at the government over their handling of the crisis. they can see that they are being lied to, and they feel fumigated by the attitude of the government who in may, decided to announce the victory over the pandemic in the country, and to announce an election a few weeks later. —— and they feel humiliated. and for a few weeks, they pretended that everything was fine, they reopened everything — the schools, the bars, the cafes, the public transportation — as if everything was normal. and after they won the election just a night later, they said, "actually, the situation is catastrophic. we need to reimpose measures to stop the spreading of the virus." so people are very frustrated, and they feel — if someone was telling me the other day, after the first night of protests, they feel like monkeys in a lab being played with. stay with us on 0ustide source. still to come: after the arrest ofjeffrey epstein‘s former g

policen belgrade say more than 70 people were arrested. after protesters threw bottles, e rocks and flares at polio were guarding the parliament ilding. the police responded with tear gas and said 14 officers were injured. this was the fourth night of protests that began earlier thi week wrbia's president tried to impose a weekend curfew-- a plan he cancelled as protests grew. authorities then banned gatherings omore than 10 people in belgrade and shortened the working hours of indoor busiowsses in an attempt to sl the spread of the virus prompting more demonstrations. there are now more than 18,000 confmed covid-19 infections in serbia and health authorities are warning that hospitals are almost full. the coronavirus pandemic limited mourners marking the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre in bosnia today. after temperature checks and usual group came to the memorial cemetery to honor those killed and to bury the recently identified remains of nine victims. serbian troops executed more than 8,000 muslim men and boys beginning on j

serbian police clash with demonstrators in belgrade. a second night of protests against renewed coronavirus restrictions. hello to you. it is so often called the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and then it gets worse. in yemen, united nations aid agencies are warning they still have nowhere near the resources needed to fight the looming threat of famine in a country already ravaged by five years of war and disease, now struggling with a surge in coronavirus deaths. with the medical system already devastated, covid—19 is spreading virtually unchecked. nawal al—maghafi has been speaking to those bearing the brunt of yemen's latest crisis. there are no daily briefings about covid—19 in yemen... allahu akbar. all: allahu akbar. ..no accurate statistics, and barely any tests. but every day, there are the dead, buried quietly in the early hours of the morning. among the buried on that day in sana'a was mohammed al—kuhlani. a few weeks ago, we spoke to him and his friends as they worryingly followed the pandemic news. translation: i

more anger on the streets of the capital, belgrade. for a second night, there were clashes between police and protesters. translation: our government is simply looking after its own interest. the people are just collateral damage. translation: stupidity, illiteracy, arrogance, thievery, aggression. serbia went back five centuries under president vucic. feelings here are still running high, even though the president changed his mind earlier in the day and said there would be no full lockdown this weekend. translation: the crisis staff think that there is room to do something else, and that is why they will probably make a decision tomorrow to tighten the measures, but without imposing a curfew. i want to tell the citizens of serbia that i am against it, and that i believe that the only solution is to impose a ban on movement. i'm asking people to stay at home to stop the spread of the virus, because today is our second—worst day in terms of the number of infected we have had. that brings the total number of infections to 17,000 in ser

officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize that tensions have simmered ever since the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday the absence of a solution is hampering the development of the site we know that this not an issue for us this has never been. but there is work to do worse peace and prosperity for the sake of a common future as a version and armenia are accusing each other of launching military action along the border as a bazaar as 2 of its soldiers were killed armenia denies acting aggressively and says its positions were attacked with artillery shells they've been fighting over the nagorno-karabakh region for decades. the pope the head of the roman catholic church says he's deeply pained by turkey's decision to change the status of the fia from a museum to a mosque pope francis told worshippers in rome that his thoughts were with the historic building unesco world heritage sites had been a museum since 1984 it was built 1500 years ago as an orthodox christian cathedral and was converted to a mos

serbia is banning mass gatherings in belgrade after 2 nights of violent demonstrations groups of more than 10 people are prohibited to curb the spread of the coronavirus the decision is a reversal of president alexander vultures previous plan of a weekend curfew was announced on tuesday demonstrators partly blamed for the change for the country's spike in deaths after he relaxed restrictions back in june to hold elections which he then won. the world health organization has created an independent panel to scrutinize its handling of the pandemic it will be led by former new zealand prime minister helen clark an excellent burial leader ellen johnson sirleaf trump accuses the show failing to respond quickly enough and of being a puppet of china the organisation rejects the allegations but says there is much to investigate our systems we're not ready our communities we're not ready our supply chain school lapsed it's time for a very honest reflection all of us must look in the mirror. every member state all involved in the response everyone. we're in the midst of this bottle the battle of

to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to storm parliament and protested across belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic protests spread to other cities many calling for president alexander to resign they blame him for a new surgeon infections after he lifted restrictions ahead of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday. well the us has seen the biggest jump in corona virus cases recorded by any country in a single day more than half the states are seeing a rise in the number of infections despite that secretary of state mike pompei o says the world is looking to the u.s. for guidance as a global leader in the fight against the pandemic gable elizondo has more now from new york. in states like new york where i'm at in new jersey the neighboring states the numbers have come way down but overall in the united states it's a much much different story 35 states right now in the u.s. currently are seeing their numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases increasing and there's only 3 states that see the numbers decreasing of the

days of protests over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night calling on the church to resign alexei o'brien reports. hurling rocks flares and insults at the government protesters gathered 1st 2nd night across the serbian capital belgrade. security forces best outside parliament came to avoid a repeat of choose days chaos when some protesters managed to storm the building. but the tensions remain high with more tear gas from police some in the crowd intent on forcing their way inside again. there's an accumulation of dissatisfaction the majority of people here don't have exact demands that most of them feel in just as protesters blame president aleksander the church for a sudden spike in coronavirus dates and infections after it lifted a strict lockdown just weeks before last month's elections demonstrations began on tuesday when the restrictions would be coming back to de lay said he said he had advised the government not to introduce a curfew but refused to take responsibility for the outcry. on the political rally was well org

is to son hug nikolaevitch joins me now from belgrade so is this this move this backtracking likely to placate protests. thanks jim yeah they the government decided not to go on with the re-imposing of the curfew here in serbia this weekend to something that sparked the protests on wednesday night when president hu to china as a curfew will go on about the protesters obviously there's a sort of a pressure on him the 1st protest and when they're not the sort of a pressure on him because yesterday can i was a probably there won't be a curfew and then he left of the prime minister through decided to go with a health care minister and to write to the to go read the other doctors who are dealing with this corona crisis here in serbia so there will be no curfew there will be some other restrictions which are smaller than the curfew but there will be no curfew. protests continued even yesterday when it was and i was a there will be probably no curfew and we will see today what will happen everybody expects everybody at least people who were last night on the streets they speculate they will c

to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to storm parliament and protest across the belgrade for a 2nd night over the government's handling of the pandemic protests spread to other cities many calling for president alexander to resign they blame him for a new surgeon infections after he lifted restrictions ahead of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday. now the u.k. government has announced a $37000000000.00 stimulus package it's aimed at saving jobs and pumping new life into the economy which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic al-jazeera has joined a whole reports now from west sussex. the seaside town of reaches a faded 19th century resort town with fun times feel like a thing of the past a place counting the cost of coronavirus more keenly than most but most of the story from busking. during the summer and so on computers will be of a cushion but this year we're not going to have anything like that. you see so very handsome a lockdown may have lifted in time for the summer holidays but growth and opportunity seem a long way off. people

until late on saturday to appeal thousands of people are protesting for a 4th day in serbia's capital belgrade they're calling on president to resign in part due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. mourners are gathering in the east and buzzed in the head to govern for the 25th anniversary of the shrub and its a massive more than 8000 muslim men and boys were murdered in the town in 195 by bosnian serb troops it was the worst crime of the bosnian war a french bus driver has died 5 days after he was attacked by passengers when he reportedly asked them to wear mosques phillipe mungo was left brain dead after the assault in the city of buy on 5 men have been charged those with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness stated that the watching i thought . ultimately it's. the. final stop as you can see it is me. and it's still living out the real rap lives so i'd say where. shall games. i've been taken to gaza strip it be this see israelis and palestinians right that. i'm some small. everybody but. bit but if i had to buck up and up out of. this fish troop i'm sure