and fascinating stories one on one east and al-jazeera we understand the differences on the same cultures across the world so no matter what we do to the news and current affairs that matter to. the pundit mckee's accelerating. the world health organization want to coronavirus pandemic is getting worse but says there is still hope to change its trajectory. how do i make like this is al jazeera life and also coming up spain prepares for thousands more coronavirus infections is the death toll takes another big jump their. financial markets still trading lower despite the u.s. senate gearing up to vote on a one trillion dollar lifeline for the economy. u.s.

secretary of state is in afghanistan seeking to salvage the deal between washington and the taliban. so then a stark warning from the head of the world health organization draws out a number saying that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating but is hopeful the world can change its trajectory his comments came just minutes before the u.n. secretary general and tony could terry has called for an immediate global seems far to protect vulnerable civilians in conflict zones from the pandemic hundreds more have died in the past 24 hours due to the virus europe is struggling to contain the outbreak you can see how the virus is accelerating but we have not prisoners to start sticks we are not. helpless bystanders

we can change the trajectory of this pandemic number to smarter because they're not just numbers they are people whose lives and families have been turned upside down may well un secretary-general and turn you could terrorists he's calling for people in conflict zones to lay down their arms so the countries can focus on the fight against who had 19 or old faces a common enemy coffee at 19 the violence does not care about nationality or ethnicity faction of face it affects all relentlessly meanwhile armed conflict rages on around the world the most vulnerable women and children people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price

they're also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from 19 let's not forget that in war ravaged countries health systems have collapsed else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war that is why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the to fight of our lives well as cross right away to our diplomatic editor james bays and james that 2 important voices making important calls let's start with until you could tear is that he was speaking where you are at the united nations headquarters saying silence a gun stop the artillery bring in a cease fire to all conflicts around the world

a good and worthy call but how realistic. it's going to be very difficult i think because clearly most of these conflicts have been calls for cease fires in the past and they've gone unheeded but the u.n. is deeply concerned about some of these countries that are suffering conflicts and how they would deal if the virus was to spread through them given what we're seeing for example in italy given what we're seeing in the city where the u.n. is based here in new york where cases are going up rapidly and they're really concerned that if a city like this which is the capital of the world financial markets is suffering greatly how is it going to be in some of these conflict zones and in some of the places where refugees are gathered the secretary general has also written to the g 20 that's the group of the richest countries saying that they need to provide more global coordination and more help for the developing world worth telling you that

the g 20 later this week will be having a summit meeting a virtual online summit meeting of the leaders of those 20 countries and all the while the shows say it's time for the world to pull together the virus is accelerating but we must attack you there yeah he's really concerned about the speed of infection and how it is speeding up around the world all countries the world effectively now affected by this it took 67 days to get 210-0000 cases and just 4 days to get from 200-002-3000 extension 00 that i think shows you the global trajectory of this are james thanks very much in a database reporting there from the united nations headquarters meanwhile president donald trump has posted a video online urging people to stay at home to curb the spread of the virus that the total number of cases in the u.s. reaches 35000. it's called the invisible enemy and that's what it is it's an

invisible enemy but we're doing tremendous work the truckers the doctors the nurses everybody they're just doing tremendously and of course you've heard it a 1000 times wash your hands good hygiene all of that but social distancing keep away it's going to have no place to go where the u.s. senate is set to vote on a trillion dollar stimulus bill aimed at trying to help the economy during this crisis take a look now live pictures made from the senate floor all and they'll be voting soon just making preparations in the preamble before that happens the politicians have been divided on what the final package should look like democrats say republican proposals favored corporations rather than work has so let's speak to our white house correspondent can we help it live for us in washington d.c. and kimberly tell us more about this votes and those divisions in the. yes

and they have been in full display in the last hour on the senate floor with democrat republican senators bickering between one another it's obvious that the exhaustion of the stress is getting to everyone in washington and certainly there is of mounting concern with the nervous markets to try and get this through to flood the u.s. economy with cash but again democrats blocked that in the wee hours of the morning and late last night because of the concerns of the package so far has done an awful lot to help the corporations but not so much when it comes to those on the front line and being hit hard by the coronavirus namely hospital workers health care providers even households the concern being that there are these corporate bailouts with almost no limits and no oversight so there is ongoing sort of back and forth negotiation with the treasury secretary steve menu shouldn fronting this for the white house up on capitol hill they are still trying to work this out but it has

been a difficult challenge one of the sticking points also over the issue of the airline industry and how to handle that of course it has been hard hit by corona virus as well as the number of cases of corona virus in the united states continues to climb now at 38000 cases confirmed and counting you know tell us more about the current states is the situation across the states and the kind of restriction to their employers. yeah there are a lot of restrictions in fact about one 3rd of the united states is now facing some sort of order to stay whole as the states hardest hit california washington state and new york especially hard hit now the new epicenter here in the united states where almost half of the cases of chronic virus confirmed have been in that one state so there still are shortages of mass that personal protective equipment still appeals for those commercial sectors that may have them to give them to the

hospital workers and in the midst of all of this kind of a usual tweet coming from the president this morning that now we're into the sort of 15 day period one week in where he has discussed that it would be a time to perhaps at the end of this next week re-evaluate if would be a good idea for some of the more healthy workers in the united states to go back to work and that tweet is really raising eyebrows because it's coming on the same day that the surgeon general here in the united states has said things are going to get worse before they get better so we're expecting to hear from the president later today roughly 2330 g.m.t. the crowd of virus task force will be briefing imagine that will be one of the top questions what exactly the president means and what his priorities are if it's more about keeping the markets happy or making sure that people remain healthy your company thanks very much indeed because we'll bring you all the details of that meeting when it happens about germany has announced a trillion dollar support package to try to help its economy the new plan will bolster the nearly $500000000000.00 already set aside for these small companies i'm

self-employed hit by close as well to receive up to $16000.00. well hundreds more people have died in spain and thousands more have been infected as your struggles to contain the outbreak more than 460 people have died in the last 24 hours in spain pushing that death toll to just over 2200 the state of emergency has been extended foreigners are being banned from entering the country meanwhile u.k. prime minister boris johnson he's currently holding an emergency meeting with top officials he's expected to make a statement in the coming hours get more on this we can join chalons across ponds he joins us by skype from lewis in the u.k. and rory what about this meeting this cobra meeting this emergency meeting being held by the government what's happening there. so the expectation is this what they're considering is whether they're going to toughen up the u.k.'s lockdown at

the moment it's all the advice re please stay inside please do social distancing please only travel if you have to but the u.k. has not gone as far as other european countries where this has been mandated there has been a lot of concern in the governments and there were pictures that were in the news over the weekend of people out in the parts people. chatting mingling with each other it was beautiful spring sunshine and clearly the government feels like its message is not getting through and people are not doing what it is are asking them to do and there are growing coals in the k. so make this much more tough make this more strict and to actually force the british people back inside force them off the streets and out of the parks etc said that is what everyone is expecting that to come out of this cobra meeting maybe

it will be a proper lockdown maybe it will be a gradual tightening so saying that all non-essential shops are going to be shut as well as the the princes there are all have already been closed museums. restaurants bars cafes that sort of thing so we will wait and see what boris johnson announces when he comes out of this cobra meeting but does think we'll see some sort of cycling right and we've highlighted very much sure why the u.k. is so concerned with the ongoing situation and italy and certainly now in spain. yeah exactly the message from the governments is look at what's going in those 2 countries we're only 2 or 3 weeks behind them so unless you want to end up like spain and like it silly then then pay attention to that but the figures coming out of those countries not good we are i think just to get back to get new

daily death figures for italy and we would have to see whether they are still coming down yesterday on sunday the figures that came from it's a late we're not quite as bad as the figures for saturday saturday's figures were about nearly 800 it was a little bit less than that on sunday so if it's a leak imposed a figure that is lower still that would suggest that things are at least moving in the right direction that spain though as you said in your introduction they're pushing beyond 2000 deaths people are being moved into these new field hospitals that are being created in madrid and barcelona they've taken over a great big exhibition census and 10 those into hospitals that for the for the sake . we know that she is having test to see whether she does have coronavirus she was. quarantining off that she being told that she

coming into contact with a and infected doctor in germany there is some sort of good news they are saying there that the infection growth curve does appear to be flattening slightly that means that the that the increase in new cases is slowing down somewhat but it's not coming down yet or iraq may be there for the time being thanks very much indeed and of course as well he says they're expecting this update from italy's daily death toll and we'll bring you that just seem to get it right thanks. ok still ahead here on al-jazeera we take a closer look at how the fallout from the global health crisis is affecting. the united states. and anguish among prisoners relatives in colombia after a rock prompted by fears of the pandemic kills more than 20 minutes.

hello there had some variance of the weather conditions across more northern sections of the middle east of the last few days that in fact we've also seen a line of thunderstorms working their way further towards a sad thing see this that sort of scattered area of cloud that was the front that went through so it was a turn of a moment to see these strong storms certainly on sunday a look at the size of this hail so not surprising it did do some damage has it is just one photo of a car windscreen that has been smashed on that if you will go through tuesday generally these coastal areas across the fast mostly across into yemen is in pieces a cloud the wind should begin to east how much is not too bad certainly into doha up to 27 degrees celsius and then you see to the north scattered showers across much of turkey and again more of that really further to the east working its way through much of afghanistan on into northern pakistan still some very stubborn child on wednesday along the same coastal areas elsewhere though not

a bad day and the winds should really have lightened as we head into wednesday if you will scottish as into eastern sections of madagascar and i'm going to will see some very heavy rain as we go through choose a bit by far the bulk of the rains around once again the gulf of guinea and we will be seeing some developing rain showers into the south of south africa so cooling things off in capetown and a windy day with a high of 23. join africa's largest trade and investment bank in one day an a.t.f. gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and buyers and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 u.s. dollars as business and government come together to explore business and networking opportunities at the international exhibit which will include a creative africa exchange or to buy the african export import bank and their premium fatness the i.e.t.f. 2020 transforming africa.

i mean are you watching our desire i remind of our top stories this hour in the world health organization says although the coronavirus pandemic is excel aerating the world can still change its trajectory its director general of the international community to adopt more targeted and aggressive measures to stop the virus. the u.s. senate is due to vote on a one trillion dollar economic relief package but there's division over what to include financial markets in the u.s. the trading lower again despite the promise of economic intervention from the federal reserve. more than 462 people have died in spain over the last 24 hours

pushing its corona virus death toll to nearly 2200 the state of emergency has been extended in foreigners are banned from entering. let's get you those latest figures to rory was talking about to just before the break from italy we're expecting the latest figures from that country over the number of cases and indeed the death toll the death toll on saturday was around 800 on sunday it was 651 well i can tell you the latest news is that today at 602 so the death toll does appear to be dropping in italy and the total number of deaths of cases i should say the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus coronavirus in italy rises 263000 nearly 64000 from 591381 sunday so those are the latest figures from italy. now the u.s. federal reserve is warning the pandemic will cause severe disruptions to the

economy it's planning what it calls aggressive measures aimed at helping small or medium sized businesses hit the hardest and you gotta look at the impact on american service economy. from the beaches of florida to the bright lights of las vegas businesses and venues normally thriving with activity in paying customers a closing down almost no business is exempt from the effects of the coronavirus as people increasingly self isolate commercial air travel is being hit hard but it's small businesses and their employees there are monk the most vulnerable not sure if you've heard yet but we are closing after today as customers stay away in increasing numbers the reality for those working for themselves and employing others is hitting hard i cried last night pretty stronger out by. it's ahead as millions of schools close their doors those that rely on the education system for a paycheck of being laid off some economists are predicting unemployment rates as

high as 20 percent i'm guessing somewhere between 475200 bus drivers all of a sudden not work and. that's a lot of people across the u.s. food banks a vital lifeline for those living in poverty the seeing a sharp decline in volunteers donations to a drying up and there has been actually less food as people been hoarding. that hasn't hit us as hard though as the volunteers small business owners are now in a dire situation many of clothes that dollars and don't know when they'll reopen others of late staff offer an undetermined amount of time i know now looking to the federal government to help and 8 short term interest free loans may help but now that long term the future looks bleak plans are now in place to help but only for the next few weeks i think there's broad general agreement that small businesses in this country will not be able to survive on this was extraordinary assistance and

so the the idea behind the proposal that we are finalizing now is the idea of how can we transfer money as quickly as possible to help small businesses meet payroll and operating obligations for a period of time roughly equivalent to 6 weeks the challenge for many is safely getting food for their families the small business owners it's about staying afloat in an economic crisis that's likely to get worse and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. well the world health organization says that testing people with symptoms of the virus lies at the very heart of fighting the pandemic that many regions are running out of testing kits and the bird trees don't have enough supplies to detect cases so countries are having to rush in the kits and that means less testing. as more. a new virus with no known facts seen after covert 901st emerged in china governments around the world face to staggering challenges

1st to contain its spread and 2nd detecting people who have it eyes only test treat and trace the world health organization says the most effective way to fight the pandemic is to test every suspected case the wood is not manufacturing testing kits and lab supplies fast enough to keep up with the rising demand about 20 percent of people that have the fires sure and. people are responsible. are out there so it's very important that we ramp up the difficulty right now is that agents. are running short all around the world so there are shortages of walkouts in many countries health workers are depending on what's called true questions to prioritize those who should be tested that

includes travel history contact with an infected person preexisting conditions like diabetes heart disease among others and symptoms if you don't aggressively taste and i saw a light people as has singapore and taiwan and other raised i think countries you build up as a significant legal pole of people who are carrying the virus and then it's no longer possible to contain it you can only rely infection you must stop it and unfortunately italy has got to that critical point countries such as china and south korea raced to develop a rapid testing kits early on. south korea was one of the photos to set up makeshift. live to centers in and around the country to in the houses of people are being tested every day by many countries like the u.k. are having to ration the testing supplies added time when tens of millions of

people are in the lockdown the push to test as many people as possible has never been more agend priyanka gupta al jazeera. well at least 23 people have been killed in colombia's capital during a prison run spot by fear of the pandemic relatives rallied outside the gates of jail demanding to know the fate of their loved ones i was. socially media showed fires raging at the. prison shots could be heard as prisoners filmed themselves trying to flee riots over corona virus panic and prison sanitary conditions broke out in this and other 8 overcrowded detention facilities across. what the government described as a massive attempt to escape. 23 inmates in 83 were injured 7 prison guards were also wounded 2 of them are in critical condition the

minister of justice described it as a sad and painful day but denied that there was a health crisis. i mean there is no sanitary problem that has caused this plan in these riots there is not one infection or any prisoner or custodial or administrative staffer who has coronavirus. the next morning inmates family members clashed with the police outside the prison the man the permeation the prison riots show that concern is rising over to increasing number of cases here. as a lockdown is already under way here in the capital and. which will be. square and. new restrictive measures are being imposed on a daily bases across the region on sunday believe years the interim government announced a 2 week long shutdown and the postponement of presidential elections scheduled for

me 3rd he didn't mean to shoot. from sunday at midnight we should be at home for 24 hours a day because we'll be safer at home this is the best way to stop the current. virus. well police were out on the streets in argentina to strictly enforce quarantine measures. in brazil where cases of spiral to more than a 1000 the state of paul also called for a 2 week long quarantine and the closing of all non-essential businesses and services it follows a similar decision by a for your vision a row and comes despite opposition from presidential you both so narrow who keeps downplaying the emergency international flights have been banned in most countries and even internal flights are being restricted they're stopped altogether in a region where most governments are determined to take the most drastic decisions before the number of cases gets out of control alison that i'm just. so

let's move on to other news now and human rights watch is accusing security forces in egypt arresting and torturing children as young as 12 years old the report from the international rights group says at least 20 children were abused most of them during pretrial detention the group says egypt's criminal justice system under the president abdul fattah el-sisi has failed to investigate these allegations i remarked is the middle east and north africa human rights watch and he says these cases represent what he calls the institutional oppression in egypt 1st. egypt has been. reported by media human rights organizations and even by the un committee against torture. and especially. who are also parents from. egypt does not want to cooperate with these international. and doesn't want to open its detention centers for.

inspections and visits. and therefore. this is kind of a green light from the political leadership. for the officers to go on with their uses to go on this use of extreme the abuse if you know very few officers in egypt's history have been found guilty with tours words are. just a load cells does not really properly you aren't torture and does not define or. denies in force you don't shoot in order to russian standards you set your state my pump in afghanistan on an unannounced visit tucson salvage a deal with the taliban he held talks with president ashraf ghani in the capital kabul this comes as the 1st direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban taken place on exchanging prisoners last month the group signed

a deal with the u.s. in qatar aimed at ending the conflict of victoria front and who's a professor of peace studies at american university of afghanistan says success will depend on the unification of the country. the next step from here is to force the tiny band the romneys by the united states of $5000.00 prisoners by the afghan government so that would be one step and then of course remains a big issue which is the university you need to so we off the government itself so the next steps are going to be for all the parties to speak with one another and to discuss on the way forward but of course the most important question in the violence used the unity of the afghan government i am told that a deal is imminent and that person to have been spoken about and you know we've

seen the actual security crises andy andy tsunami that is going to come in terms of probably 19 it is in the interest of ever that those 2 parties actually come together and think about the future of their country at the moment the population used in support of any piece of the moment i would say that. a crucially important is going to be the population supposed to what's that to use and the taliban have a pledge that they would be able to control their ranks there is a unity in the government the same is going to happen on the other side so every party now knows that they really have to put together and we did make this. thank you and not just time for quick update on the headlines here and i deserve and the world health organization says although the coronavirus pandemic is excel or writing the world can still change of trajectory its director general is aging

the international community to adopt more tolerated and aggressive measures to stop the virus. asking people to stay at home and other physical distancing measures are an important way to off slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time but they are defensive measures that will not help ours to win. to win we need to our tact the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics testing every suspected case isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing inquired into only every close contact the u.s. senate is due to vote on our one trillion dollar economic relief package politicians

have been divided on what the final package should look like democrats a republican proposal favored corporations rather than workers germany has announced a trillion dollar support package to help its economy the new aid plan bolsters the nearly $500000000000.00 already set aside for loan guarantees more than $460.00 people have died in the last 24 hours in spain pushing the death toll to more than 2000 the state of emergency has been extended and foreigners are banned from entering the country u.s. secretary of state mike compos in afghanistan on an unannounced visit to salvage a deal with the taliban he's held talks with president for afghani in the capital kabul this comes as the 1st direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban have been taking place on exchanging prisoners or you have to dates with headlines here on our jury got more news coming up right after inside story by fire .

test every case the world health organization says it's crucial in the fight against the corona virus pandemic but only a few countries are conducting widespread testing so what are the challenges and how can they be overcome this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's with isolate test and trace that's the urgent message from the world health organization to call.