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News in brief u Somalia’s parliament Somali removed Prime Minister Hurricane Hanna threatens Hassan Ali Khaire from his PM axed post in a vote of no confidence for failing to pave the way towards fully democratic elections, the speaker said. A whopping 170 of parliament’s 178 MPs backed the no confidence coronavirus-stricken motion, and Khaire’s ouster was immediately endorsed by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who had appointed him as prime minister in February 2017. u At least 20 people died and 22 others The storm, with wind speeds of around 130 km per hour, strengthened to a were injured after gunmen from an Gunmen kill at Category 1 hurricane unidentified militia attacked a village in the least 22 villagers Sudanese state of South Darfur, witnesses in South Darfur, AFP | and a local community leader said. Attackers on horseback and camels opened fire on villagers in locals say the Um Doss area, which is located around 90 kilometres (56 miles) from the state torm Hanna, the first hur- capital Nyala, said a local leader who gave his name as Nimr. Sricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, was forecast to make France u French police will start hitting users of illicit on the Texas coast late drugs, especially cannabis, with on-the-spot fines yesterday, threatening one of introduces 200- starting in September, Prime Minister Jean Castex the nation’s COVID-19 hot spots euro spot fine said. Spot fines of 200 euros ($233) have been tested with and flooding. for drug use in several French cities in recent weeks and will now Hanna was about 75 miles be applied nationwide, he said. A French law dating (120 km) east-northeast of Port back to 1970 allows for illicit drug use to be punished with up to a year in prison Mansfield, Texas, packing max- and fined with up to 3,750 euros, but few users actually do jail time. imum sustained winds of 80 u A small aircraft miles per hour, the US National crashed into a Small Hurricane Center said yester- residential building plane crashes day morning. in the German state into house “Additional strengthening is of North-Rhine forecast before Hanna makes Westphalia, killing in Germany, landfall later today,” the Mi - three people and injuring a child, police said. The roof killing 3 ami-based forecaster said, of the apartment building in the town of Wesel caught fire adding that the hurricane will after the microlight plane crashed into it, a police spokesman said. rapidly weaken after it moves u Israeli army inland. Israel helicopters struck military Video footage on Twitter of strikes Syrian targets in southern Syrian Port Aransas in Nueces County, army targets on Friday in retaliation for Texas showed gray skies and earlier “munitions” fire lashing waves that had already after border towards Israel from inside engulfed a beach ahead of the Vessels rest on the bank after running aground during Hurricane Harvey near Corpus Christi last year (file photo) unrest Syria, escalating tensions storm’s landfall. between the bitter rivals. The strikes came hours after The storm was projected more than 400 people in Corpus were urged to evacuate their Hanna will be the second America’s top general Mark Milley made an unannounced visit to the Jewish state to hit the coast between Cor- Christi’s city of 325,000 were homes ahead of Hanna’s arrival. named storm this season to for talks on regional security including Iran, a key ally of the Syrian government. pus Christi and Brownsville, hospitalized with the novel Corpus Christi Mayor Joe make landfall along the U.S. Gulf a region that has struggled to coronavirus on Friday, accord- McComb warned residents who of , after Tropical Storm u Twitter and Facebook suspended the accounts of 16 allies of Brazilian President Jair Twitter, contain outbreaks of COVID-19 ing to city data. live in flood-prone areas to heed Cristobal, which hit Louisiana in recent weeks. Cases along On Friday, residents in several coronavirus precautions when in early June. Hanna could bring Bolsonaro after a Supreme Court judge ordered Facebook block the state’s coast have soared Texas communities in Kleberg deciding to evacuate, the Texas a life-threatening storm surge them blocked as part of a probe into an alleged accounts of into the tens of thousands, and County, south of Corpus Christi, Tribune reported. and flash flooding, with up to disinformation campaign, Tension has been Bolsonaro allies “Take several masks with you 15 inches of rain in pockets of soaring between the far-right leader and the court, because you might be there a southern Texas and northeast- which is investigating allegations that members of his inner circle ran a social Hanna will be the second couple days if you’re in a flood ern Mexico. media campaign to discredit the court, as well as slander and threaten its judges. named storm this season to area,” McComb said, according The storm is not expected u Two brothers in California are facing criminal charges after getting make landfall along the U.S. to the Tribune. “We don’t want to affect offshore oil and gas into a brawl with security guards at a store for not wearing masks and , after Tropical to expose anyone during this production. Energy companies leaving one of the guards with a broken arm. Phillip and Paul Hamilton, 31 KNOW WHAT Storm Cristobal, which hit Loui- storm. ... Even when you’re in have not evacuated workers and 29 respectively, were confronted by the guards at a Target store in Van Nuys the house, I recommend wear- or shut down production from -- located about 18 miles (30 kilometres) northwest of downtown Los Angeles -- siana in early June ing a mask if you’re in crowded their Gulf of Mexico platforms after they were spotted without face coverings, as required to prevent the spread conditions.” because of Hanna. of coronavirus.

Global Countries worst affected US charges 18 Bolsonaro says new COVID-19 Covid-19 Cases: Country Total cases New deaths Total Portland protesters Deaths Reuters | Washington test came back negative 16,078,953 USA 4,283,147 +502 148,992 S prosecutors unveiled AFP | Brasília Brazil 2,355,920 +177 85,562 charges against 18 Deaths U India 1,385,494 +690 32,096 Portland, Oregon protest- ers ranging from assaulting razilian President Jair Bolsonaro Russia 806,720 +154 13,192 police to arson and trespass- announced yesterday he has test- 645,241 B South 421,996 +250 6,343 ing, a day after the Trump ed negative for the new coronavirus Recovered: administration expanded more than two weeks after being Mexico 378,285 +737 42,645 the deployment of tactical diagnosed on July 7, attributing his Peru 375,961 17,843 police to Seattle. recovery to an unproven malaria 9,826,467 The arrests came this drug. Chile 343,592 +106 9,020 New cases week during clashes with “RT-PCR for Sars-Cov 2: nega - Spain 319,501 28,432 specially equipped federal tive. Good morning everyone,” the police agents sent to Port- 65-year-old tweeted, along with a UK 298,681 +61 45,738 land, where 56 straight days photo of himself smiling and hold- +147,468 Iran 288,839 +195 15,484 of antiracism demonstra- ing a packet of hydroxychloroquine, tions have captured national whose effectiveness against COVID-19 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro takes a New deaths Pakistan 271,887 +68 5,787 attention. has not been demonstrated in clinical ride his motorcycle after he announced he tested negative for COVID-19 Saudi Arabia 264,973 +37 2,703 The federal forces have trials. drawn criticism from Dem- He did not say when he took the infections and deaths from COVID-19 Italy 245,864 +5 35,102 ocrats and civil liberties latest test. anywhere in the world except the +3,356 groups who allege exces- The president, who has routinely . Middle East Figures as of closing sive force and federal over- downplayed the virus he calls a “little The Latin American powerhouse reach by President Donald flu” but which is currently ravaging has registered nearly 2.3 million cas- Country Total new Total New Total Active Serious, Tot cases cases deaths Deaths recovered cases Critical cases/1m Trump. his country, spent nearly 20 days es of the new coronavirus and more pop The deployment of fed- self-isolating at his official residence than 84,000 deaths, and the numbers eral officers has also drawn in the capital Brasilia, the Alvorada have continued to rise rapidly. Saudi 264,973 +2,201 2,703 +31 217,782 44,488 2,120 7,604 the scrutiny of the Justice Palace. But Bolsonaro is a fierce critic of Arabia Department inspector gen- During that time he underwent stay-at-home measures, arguing the UAE 58,562 +313 343 51,628 6,591 5,917 eral, who announced an in- at least three more virus tests, all economic pain they result in is worse vestigation of their use of positive. than the virus itself. Kuwait 63,309 +684 429 +4 53,607 9,273 123 14,811 force, and prompted a fed- Three polls released this week The president has appeared to con- eral judge to issue a tempo- showed the leader dubbed a “Trop- tinue flouting virus precautions even Oman 74,858 +1,067 371 +12 54,061 20,426 167 14,638 rary order limiting their use ical Trump” would win re-election after his diagnosis. On Thursday he Egypt 91,072 4,518 31,970 54,584 41 889 of force and blocking them in 2022, despite his controversial was seen going for a spin on his mo- from arresting journalists handling of the virus crisis. torcycle and chatting maskless with Qatar 109,036 +398 164 105,750 3,122 98 38,833 and legal observers of street The pandemic has exploded in a team of groundskeepers outside the protests. Brazil, the country with the most presidential palace.