part of the central must always hunger of love of god we are the ones travelling the extra mile they oughta media go go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. this is al-jazeera. hello there i'm a star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes turkey was a lympics all perspired and chains are they announced as coronaviruses forced the games to be pushed off for up to a year. spain prepares to face even wes as the death toll surges again and more than 5000 health workers are confirmed to have been infected. easing restrictions when the outbreak began the chinese province of who will allow some people to start

traveling again. and the layers of pakistan's a rapid transport project has many blaming the prime minister's provincial government for corruption. and i'm peter some of these sports as you heard the 2020 olympic games in tokyo or later this news of a look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021. well we begin this hour with breaking news out of torture the 2020 and then fix have been perspire and the announcement was made just in the past alibi prime minister shinzo he says he has asked the i.o.c. for an up to one year postponement of the tokyo island fix and now appears likely that they'll be held in 2021 nowadays are vassal followers weeks of insisting it would go ahead in july as planned it's like you know the whole. first of all once

again i confirmed with the i.o.c. president back that there will be no cancellation of the tokyo olympics or paralympics furthermore as the host of the tokyo lympics taking into consideration the current situation for the athletes for the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and we. very free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspire only games for approximately one year of a class sports correspondent a welling's joins us now live les this is clearly no real surprise given what we've seen over the last 24 hours i mean not mounting international pressure but why this decision now this is the decision we've been expecting this is the noises i was hearing around that it's nationally became it's a despite the fact i wanted to show was patience is possible to you all the impossible health organization all the legal advice all of the ramifications of

this all the potential to be rooting for all of the time was running out for them to be the huge anxiety that all of stoke cancelled around the globe you get to the point where the big one the olympics still be shit for july and they're big and account for the gardens when there was no chance of these games. in general and in fact out of practice and come into play like really be a perspired or cancellation of course it's the perspire and that makes sense big is even though there are big hurdles there's none she treason while the games can take place in limbo. some time in 2021 days or something and i can tell you although they won't take place this year there was this all speculation there was a chance to take place later this year it's very clear on the statement that it won't actually be next year for sure it's just a case of when whether it will be the same dates of 2020 simply moved to 2021 and

only i say that the last time the take carolina picks were postponed was back in 1014 because of world war 2 on at that point they may have to have thinking and then eventually cancelled you're saying you don't see that happening hannah dench will cancellation possibly. not did absolutely nothing which can be ruled out that we're what we've seen with the coronavirus crosses i think everything that he said in sport and all kinds of and ministration legislation has to have some of us to excite it because the situation is changing by the day we don't know where we're going to be in months that said you did it you would hope that imagine the well regarded different plants in 2021 that it does now and it's an entity doesn't it that the only time and it picks have been cancelled before it didn't warn we're often here in the world war being used as as the world is a war with with this clarks so actually that shows you the level where and here it

is unprecedented in terms of the reason to perspire and the olympics and the reason that the world cancellation was being used by not letting council and its ugly bit committee men and the dick pound he was very powerful but also powerful now he's outspoken and he said i need to make a decision. which start quite ludicrous the way things were going the decision had to come saying no and he also said use the word cancellation when of course even though there are more good legal reasons to explore all that is very different in terms of insurance or canceling despondent actually common sense has come for a while it will even happen to happen in picks next year is because it's going to cause a lot this auctions operates and suddenly bingo cards and spoke out but as has been said in a statement it could provide the beach and. still by the way be crowned 2020.

our sports correspondent. thanks very much lee well let's take you to a live event of the organizing committee of the olympic games is holding a press conference right now following announcement about a did want to couch this whole postponement as saying that it would be a complete olympic games when it is held eventually potentially in 2021 not only the summer games but also the paralympic games and he said it would be held as a victory against coronavirus well let's speak a little more about the ramifications of this for japan with our correspondent rug bride who's in seoul rug clearly pressure has been mounting for this decision over the last few weeks and has appeared to push back against it repeatedly what finally got him over the line today. that's right i mean even until about a week ago he was still insisting that they would still go ahead but he was i think he'd think that this phrase of having the olympics take part take care take place in their entirety meant that he was thinking about some sort of postponement and in

the hope of still staging this this crowning event of his premiership but he was under increasing pressure and i think this was inevitable in fact polls that were conducted in japan with ordinary people in the street seem to indicate that about 2 thirds of japanese people expected this announcement set to come but it is a blow for him politically for his credibility these games are very much based games he went out and won these games many years ago for japan they were going to restore japanese prestige on the world stage after decades of economic decline at a time when riches seemed japan become the world's 3rd biggest economy not the 2nd biggest taken being taken of course by rivals china so it's going to restore japan's prestige shinzo out day as the country's longest serving prime minister this was going to be the crowning moment of that premiership and i think it would have been hard for him to carry on can try trying to tough it out and it's just

that they go ahead japan may well have the coronavirus under control with only a little more than a 1000 cases across the whole country if you discount the cruise ship that had hundreds of cases on board but of course to try to organize games bringing hundreds thousands of athletes officials spectators supporters from hundreds of countries across the world countries that haven't even had the coronavirus visit them yet would have been wishful thinking at best and probably an extremely irresponsible move that would have had more political damage for in a place called damage but also call it an economic ramifications matter for japan. to take a bull thing now this is even more bad news for the japanese economy rather. the japanese economy was already suffering i mean it had a disastrous yen last year it had the effects of typhoons there was a controversy over the introduction of a sales tax and fact the last quarter of last year already saw

a contraction we're expecting another contraction in the 1st quarter of this year which means a technical recession and the gains we're going to in theory at least trying to stop japan slipping further well that seems to be gone now we are expecting economists here are predicting that without these games then you're going to see a further contraction of the economy as japan as everybody else is suffering from the effects of the corona coronavirus and of course the japanese the bank of japan is already putting together massive stimulus packages of billions of dollars to try to support the economy and a benefit from the olympics is at least a year away so that japan is economically in for some very tough times by bar for us on file thank you very much for that update on. well let's move now to the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic to europe where there has been a rapid increase in the number of cases now spain's death toll has sat with another

514 people dying the country's highest daily increase so far now in total nearly $2700.00 people have died in spain with nearly $40000.00 confirmed cases and all of those cases more than $5000.00 health workers who are fighting to contain the outbreak the country is now under lockdown and foreigners have been banned from entry but in china restrictions are being lifted and if you buy a province the place where the outbreak began more than 60000000 people there have been under lockdown since late january and they'll be soon allowed to travel again now the one exception is the city of woo him that's the worst affected area and in india the lockdown is only just beginning nearly a 1000000000 people have been ordered to stay in their homes nationwide cafes are in place and domestic flights have now also been banned that's in addition to international flights india has reported now more than 460 confirmed cases and 9 deaths while let's speak now to moscow herrera who joins me from madrid last i want

to start with these very disturbing numbers of health workers getting infected 5400 is that just because they don't have the protection they need that. they have the 40 you know people infected all coronavirus they are health workers they have been demanding immediate believe. grown of our. blood on the one in less than 24 hours we need to remember but believe people are fighting in the wrong line or we're not. and monster we've also been hearing about discovery is very grim discoveries of bodies left abandoned in care homes what steps are now being taken to prevent this from happening. well spanish army spain has been taking over. i have been deployed to nationwide and have been taking over several tasks like this infection disinfecting train stations airports

and care homes these care homes have had been isolated since the beginning of the of the coronavirus out outbreak because early people have been considered the most vulnerable as they are higher higher risk for more serious complications far from coronavirus so after yesterday the defense minister mari thought of those admitted in an interview to a spanish television that the army the army had found dead people in the us care homes and dead bodies in the bath. and these people of van jones by the staff had to take care of them this has led to. to an investigation from the prosecutor's office and most i also want to ask you because these numbers just keep growing and the government has clearly bracing for an even fatter absentia talk us through the preparations you're seeing in the thread and beyond. well the situation in the do it is quite critical but it has become the epicenter of the spanish

outbreak there more than 12000 people in that state are out of the nearly 40000 of coronavirus cases nationwide or hospital to your are overwhelmed they're doubling their capacity and patients are being diverted to improvised topi hospitals like the one we have in the fam out which is expected and expectant centers that the army built with 5000 beds in like took 48 hours other peoples are diverted to medicalize hotels but i think the worst the worst case here in madrid is that the madrid municipal funeral home has closed down due to the lack of protective equipment so we're taking i mean they're taking all the bodies to a block of the yellow an ice rink all the bodies of the dead bodies are being taken there so they can keep them because of the low temperatures and more train and ice rain while that's not a herrera who was speaking to us there from the dread thank you melissa hall from

lock down in the dread to lockdown in milan let's bring in francesco jan but tony he is there for us francesca the city has been under lockdown now for more than 2 weeks the numbers of infected and dying still huge let me ask you how people are coping not only in terms of practical considerations but also psychologically. well tyrants are taken very seriously the measures imposed by the government in the region but there has been a change in the mood of the people in the 1st week of the lockdown everyone was outside on balconies singing songs like the national anthem or like bella. and those videos where everywhere on the internet they were and people were applauding and making chance for doctors and nurses but after after a week where the positive numbers kept growing the people of that home didn't see

any results in their efforts and so nobody had anything to cheer for anymore basically and in milan away and in other provinces specially benteke and more and british are here a longer de harvested region discouragement and sadness started to feel in so now that the trend the numbers since a couple days seems to be changing in a good way and we see the light at the end of the tunnel but the tunnel is very long and we don't know how it's going to last and longest no less saw francesco we've also been talking about the government's approval rating which i see is shot up since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis now despite the criticism that we've been hearing from abroad it seems the talents are broadly supportive of how the government's been handling all this. yes the rating approval of the prime minister counters never been so high even if there were some. criticize him and for

the way he managed communication a road or if he signed some unclear decrees and he held some night late night press conferences and he didn't where he didn't reply to questions from journalists but. still there is a deal between citizens and authorities the citizens no debt can stand all this all this lockdown they can stay home and they can respect all the rules but they need to know that the government is doing everything to make this and as soon as possible and the fact that the data that we have the number of deaths we are having from the civil protection's could be not totally reliable is not easy for people to understand and to accept people are trying to stand together francesco jenga tony there for us in milan thank you francesco well let's now go to london where we can speak to nadeem bob bennett and i believe you're on oxford street as i recall

usually you can hardly move for all the people there but i say it's a little quieter these days are people now actually following social distancing recommendations. good question you're right this is usually even on a weekday full of shoppers tourists on britons alike look at it now it is almost empty there are some buses going up and down the road but with virtually nobody on board we see cyclists moving around and quite a few pedestrians now a lot of the people that we've seen on the streets are people like her the so-called geek economy workers delivery writers for example delivering food to people's homes and bits and possibly businesses and we've also seen shops which sell food and banks open they're allowed to under the new rules are certain other businesses like post offices even bike shops to keep maintaining people's bicycles so they can get around because one of the pressure points has been public transport

and just in the last couple of hours a main rail union has called on the police to actually check that everybody who's getting on trains and on the grounds in central london central london are actually members of his sensual services like health workers members of the emergency services there have been quite worrying pictures again on social media of crowded carriages one of the problems is that construction workers are still having to go to work many of them a self employed and they're not sure what provisions the government is going to make to ensure their income if they don't stay home so there are all those different types of workers on public transport increasing the likelihood of spreading coronavirus so yes people to an extent are staying home in suburban areas it's very quiet as you get to central london though it's obvious that many self-employed people for example plumbers and the like a driving around in their vehicles getting to where they need to be. the big

question though is that for many people they're not sure exactly if it's a lockdown people are still asking themselves can we go to the park the gov. yes for exercise once a day but still a lot of questions from the public a freak so an indian bob that live for us on the streets of london thanks very much nadeem well as restrictions increase in the u.k. seemingly the restrictions are starting to come off millions of chinese in the province where the corona virus outbreak actually began at midnight on tuesday qubit will start allowing some people to travel just as many other countries are introducing more drastic measures our correspondent katrina you is in beijing for us katrina talk us through the easing of these restrictions mean this must be coming as a huge relief to the residents of who may. it definitely is the sow's ear so in general $23.00 we had this lockdown when nobody could come into her brain nobody could leave 2 months later that seems to be finally lifting from midnight which is in about 3 hours here people will be able to

drive their cars again in the streets of who babe will be able to travel freely between counties and cities get on public transport you can now enter who by if you or your declared to be healthy and most importantly if you have a green code certifying that your virus free you can also technically leave the province now there is a cab at the moment there still aren't any public buses trains or planes but there are some chartered buses and trains bringing loads of workers to factories and other poor places around the country we do know though that 3 airports in kuwait province have announced at their opening this week and there seems to be some flights from leaving who bayed from this weekend so it seems that people will soon be able to leave on their own accord but another important caveat is it's still up to provinces to allow. residents in and for example many provinces we've heard that shanghai has it's still got a high alert level it's still closing its borders potentially beijing is definitely

still off limits to anybody from kuwait because they're still very careful about spreading infections there in the capital city katrina we saw hong kong ease some of their restrictions and then are facing what looks like a potential 2nd wave of infections and i see that china is maintaining some very strict national restrictions even though they seem to be relaxing some of the domestic ones. that's right the last thing that the government here wants to see is a 2nd wave of infections and although they seem to be confident that the domestic transmission seems to be under control they the reason these who'd be restrictions but their focus has now been moved to imported infections we know that nationwide there are about 430 or so imported cases mostly people who have been infected outside the country in places like the u.k. spain italy iran bring those viruses in those infections into china so what has happened in many cities all international travelers must undergo testing for the

corona virus and they gene beijing is a city where the most protective all international flights have been diverted away from the capital they must land at 12 alternative airports around the country for passengers to be squee screened and then quarantine potentially if they have the virus as well as inside the country there are lots of checkpoints between borders between provinces and between cities in beijing in particular is increasingly tightening restrictions around people entering different residential and office compounds and people are becoming more wary of travelers and indeed people started to take more precautions in terms of taking people's details noting temperatures and even some businesses are becoming also suspicious of some foreigners that katrina you there live for us in beijing following developments for us thank you katrina well as we've been saying as some restrictions are ending in china other countries are preparing for the worst most of india's states are now under lockdown

nearly a 1000000000 people have been ordered to stay at home nationwide curfews are in place domestic flights have been banned in addition to international flights india has now reported more than 460 confirmed cases and 9 deaths our correspondent elizabeth brown is in new delhi where police are now taking action against people disobeying the lockdown. we had police officers go into an area called chain bar it is perhaps the most well known protest site against those on the ongoing protests against the government citizenship law is the most well known one police went in after 7 o'clock and dismantled it detaining about 9 people because people aren't allowed to gather anymore in more than groups of 4 the only circumstances under which people are allowed out in many parts of the country now to get groceries to go to the pharmacy some people in banking are allowed to work and so to health care workers and hospitals no one else's and as you said much of the

country's. public transport transport system is completely shut down indian railways passenger trains can switch in the end of the month only goods commercial goods and produce are being transported all buses all interstate buses and most buses in fact cancelled all metro services no taxis so of course this is having an impact not just on people getting around but all certainly while the government is trying to make sure that essential goods and projects can move we're already hearing from. you know people like vegetable vendors that they're not actually able to get as much produce as they need not just for people to survive but for themselves to survive their daily wage earners like so many in india who need to work every day to survive. well as other countries locked down in the

united states president ronald trump says he is considering how business is on to reopen a soon as possible despite a rapidly growing race of infections there are castro reports. the streets of manhattan are empty reminiscent of the days after 911 but within new york's hospitals doctors say they're under siege the number of cases across the country has soared we don't get control of this in the next 2 to 3 weeks our hospital system to be overwhelmed under mounting pressure from state governors president trump says his administration has shipped 8000000 respirator masks he's also signed an executive order to prevent the hoarding of critical medical supplies but if you are sitting on it on a warehouse with masks. surgical masks you will be carrying a knock on your daughter more than 100000 americans are under orders to stay home

despite the growing number of cases trump says he hopes to reopen the country soon we're not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem started out as a purely medical problem and it's not going to go beyond that just not going to allow that to happen meanwhile congress remains at a stalemate over a nearly 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the republican plan stalled by senate democrats the bill still includes something that most americans don't want to see large corporate bailouts with no most no strings attached the government is also fast tracking experimental drug treatments one endorsed by president trump as a possible game changer against the corona virus has not been a proven effective in a clinical setting and in arizona a man who self medicated with a drug to treat his coronavirus has died. hi joe castro al jazeera maryland

well now it's time for the weather and staying and also america we are i think it is not for good news unfortunately you know the the winter storm which the satellite picture shows the beautiful curl of cloud running up to labrador coast now it left a day of snow in connecticut in the north east of the u.s. just what is just a here for the boston on that sign there that doesn't snow much really in march total snow doesn't stick for very long but the storm itself is once again going to run up past nervous scotia and towards. newfoundland which means another wet and windy time for this is part of a system which gave dro destructive storms when it was over texas not a few days ago about 3 days ago so the system still links back over the southern states and just west of atlanta headed home he was going to make some difference to people probably in tennessee that the blue and briefly the orange the. forbes of

the southern states is rain and it's thunderstorm tart right its big thunderstorm taught rain lightly here it is we have big hail once again probably damaging stuff so for example the forecast for nashville to choose day is dying to degrees but it's severe thunderstorms that's later on today it then becomes rather far into the air becomes rather less humid the rain itself keeps moving eastwards to follow the course of the current storm just as you want to feel rather miserable. all still ahead on al-jazeera why the global health crisis has spurred a surgeon. in turkey. and this. is a prime minister benjamin netanyahu are accused of preventing a columnist from doing its job. april on al-jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the corona virus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from around the world.

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and again i'm just on the attack and a reminder about top stories this hour the 20 twentieth's tokyo lympics have now been perspire and the announcement was made within the past alibi the japanese prime minister shinzo always says he's off the i.o.c. fast and up to one year was fine and the end of. spain's death toll has saddest with another $514.00 deaths nearly $2700.00 people have now died there in total and more than $5000.00 post whackos who are infected who were fighting to contain the outbreak. president all trump says he's considering how the u.s. can reopen for business as soon as possible despite a rapidly growing rate of infections on monday u.s. politicians again failed to pass a trillion dollar bill to stimulate the economy. while let's not go live to the

u.s. where markets are just tightening today gabrielle is on the as they're tracking all the latest developments we have been hearing some big talk from president trump over the last 24 hours or so how have markets been reacting. well the new york stock exchange just opened a couple minutes ago and it opened with a huge jump about 5 percent the s. and p. 500 is jumping everything is in the green as i'm looking over at it right now. this is because of expectation that washington will get this huge stimulus deal done on tuesday and that's why you're seeing the market reacting to this traders at the wall street had been wanting this done as soon as possible to get any sort of confidence back in the to the u.s. economy the federal reserve as you remember over the weekend lowered interest rates to nearly 0 percent in an unprecedented move and then on monday the federal reserve

stepped in again with about $900000000000.00 in bond buybacks trying to shore up the markets but they're also looking for washington to do something and that is this senate bill that they are appears it looks like it might get done on tuesday and that's why you're seeing the new york stock exchange jumping so high but at least on the initial opening bell but let's not mistake anything about it all of the gains in the market the last 3 plus years the trump has been in office have been wiped out officially all gone the entire market stock market here in new york has lost about 30 percent of its value in the last time period here that we've been dealing with this coronavirus you might see behind me the trading floor of the new york stock exchange and you might be able to tell that there is nobody on it that's because the floor of the new york stock exchange

continues to be closed to traders as everything has moved to elektra onic trading this is all part of the wider shutdown of new york city trying to keep people out of businesses out of anywhere and it's affecting of course the new york stock exchange as well this is the 1st time in over 225 years that the floor of the new york stock exchange has been closed to traders. that live for us at the new york stock exchange thanks very much for that game. well jordan has arrested more than 1600 people in just 3 days for breaking the nationwide cathy and slowing the spread of the corona virus the country now has reported 127 cases of the 19 but no confound deaths we can speak to michael saffy he is an international correspondent at the guardian newspaper and he's joining us now on skype from amman michael you've been living through this and this is one of the most stringent block downs in the wilds talk us through what life is like there at the moment well it's very quiet as you say we've been stuck at home now for days but be no leave for any

reason at all not for groceries not pharmacies not a visual walk around the block but actually 2000000 people under house arrest now you would have to say so fast there is a high people seem to understand why this is necessary and. the list say that in other countries this sort of confusion over what is allowed and what's not in jordan there's no confusion nothing's allowed no one's allowed out the house everyone gets that except for those people who would be none arrested so far but i disappoint we simply sit and wait for the run of instructions from the government about when we are allowed to eventually leave our house again will you say a few people have been arrested but it does sound like i mean it's over hundreds we're talking about people who've left their homes and and been taken into custody how strict are they being at the moment i mean can you go down to your car can you go out and buy food and get any of the basic essentials that you need. well you

can't leave your house at all you can take your car anywhere i may be left questions of whether you can take your garbage out if you leave something in the car you go and get it generally they think that they can do things like that but anything that involves leaving your house to go somewhere else is completely bare you don't have to say those rules have started to relax today because they just started to trial system to deliver things like bread water and gas to people so i've just been out to the front of my house there are people all up and down the street waiting for water delivery trust the bread delivery trucks you know unfortunately what we're seeing here is is too crowded as these buses full of bread show up people from a neighborhood will crowd around to try and get some breaks for that day because that defeats the purpose of the lockdown so if the system that we're seeing has a few cases that hopefully won't be government will be able to iron out next 2 days and this is a scheme that stella bring not only bread and water but also

a medication i believe to a population of something like $10000000.00 people and do they have the resources to do that and how is that being rolled out it is the military involved are they asking for volunteers who is who is running this. well and when it comes to pharmacies for example we've been told to actually call a local pharmacy you know area and they'll send someone out to dispatch any kind of medicine that we need but just for reference i recall 81 another local pharmacy hoarding it it's been a busy winds it's about 7 am this morning i think to stay that way for the rest of the day because people are worried they desperately want to make sure that they could even if they're in need medicine today they can stock up and it is made by the latest today the line has been busy all day hopefully that demand dies to the next few days and people will start to be able to get what they may but as i say this is a giant experiment we're in the middle of it and some parts that might work but clearly other parts of it might not indeed michael sofie there correspondent for

the guardian newspaper speaking to us from the lawn stay safe michael. well the syrian government has imposed cathy hughes and banned public transport after it confirmed its 1st case of corona virus there the health minister says all necessary measures have been taken and the 20 year old woman is in quarantine there have been unconfirmed reports of infections for weeks or 30 days have been denying a cover up humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in syria could be catastrophic one of crossed the border in turkey the demand for sanitizers and hygiene products has caused prices there to soar the country has nearly $1600.00 confirmed cases and has seen $37.00 deaths and as an across the only reports from istanbul men's coloring is also a high in demand. carrying the bill to law school loans it's important for both hospitality and hygiene in turkey it's not only popular because it's small minds

lemon cologne is the kidnap sentence or exerts for turks struggling to control the spread of coronets virus after the 1st diagnosed case was announced earlier this month panic buyers supermarkets and pharmacies demand for the germ killer has leapt 5 fold the other field as the global demand grows turkey stocks begin to melt as well and it affects our prices we're doing our best to resist us but we don't know how much longer we can continue turkey is dependent on foreign suppliers for declawing which contains 80 percent ethanol the turkish government scrapped the requirement to add as a mill to gasoline for 3 months in a bit to boost disinfectant for the action to help combat the spread of corinna virus all exports of this infected ethanol and medical fabrics now need government approval because of the high demand that's home alone and senate sides are producing to say all coal is like gold nowadays that's why they decline requests

from a growth to meet the local market demand and they're urging people not to over buy in panic for a fair distribution. as well as school when others from pollution projects are meant for pretty small sums also prices have soared 70 percent there are people who are countries that were exposed to the pandemic earlier than turkey face domestic demand for sanitizers and disinfectants their experience told us to analyze our stocks considering turkey's population and the need for disinfecting the environment our domestic stock should be well maryjane under control pre-approval exports is vital now you can sprint sometimes told people to stay home for at least 3 weeks to stop the spread of or in a bar and announce the $15000000000.00 economic group of kids that includes postponing debt remains and reducing taxes in various sectors in turkey central bank cut and spend interest rate to try and reduce the impact of. turkey's major

tourism industry exports and consumers are all suffering as the value continues for c.n.n. console al-jazeera stumble home moving on to other news and the israeli high court of justice has ordered the speaker of the parliament to allow the blue and white posse to hold a vote on his replacement early adelstein has refused to convene the knesset and to hold a vote following the swearing in of the new parliament critics say the close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu edelstein is paralyzing the government as the vote could weaken the prime minister prime minister's hold on power of this month opposition leader benny gantz was tossed to form a new government well for more on this high for such as us live from west or east and how are you this seems to be a major breakdown in the functioning of israeli politics how does this all eventually get resolved. well that depends largely on the actions of the speaker u.-t. u.-b. edelstein he has this ruling now against his course of action have the 2 saying

that he must hold this vote by tomorrow wednesday. or be in breach of the law so far he has not said anything since this ruling came into force late last night he didn't respond in agreement to the request by the court on monday that he hold this saying that it was the knesset trying to supersede its powers or of the high court apologized trying to supersede its powers and. use its powers where they aren't supposed to be used in the knesset in an anti democratic way of course the other side of this argument is that edelstein's own behavior has been a democratic in terms of not having this vote where 61 members of the knesset obviously do want to a majority want to replace him so that the opposition lawmakers can start passing legislation of their own he's been criticized for doing this to defend benjamin netanyahu and prevent such legislation getting through harry what does all of this

mean finessing young and his ability to remain prime minister. well some of the key legislation that blue and white and its allies the opposition want to pass would prevent any prime minister or any member of the knesset who is indicted from forming a government now the understanding is that would take place from any further election so potentially a 4th inconclusive election if that were to take place if they don't form a government in the next few weeks however 'd it's clear that that would not just cause netanyahu problems going forward if there were to be another election campaign it would also significantly weaken his hand in what's going on at the moment and what's going on at the moment our attempts to try to form a government either with one of the 2 main blocks and sufficient support from other members of the knesset to form a government by themselves or what's being recommended by the president what netanyahu says he wants what dan says he wants a unity government between the 2 main parties knuckles netanyahu wants to go 1st as

prime minister dances reportedly said today that he would insist that he goes 1st in any rotational deal with the prime minister facing corruption cut charges that's always been his point of view and his key electoral pledge so if not and you know knows that if you face the 4th election he can't form a government and that we can see him and presumably that's why adelstein is doing all he can to delay such action in the knesset how a force that that ally for us in leicester thank you for that harry. 64 ethiopian migrants have been found dead in a truck container they died from asphyxiation 14 others who were in the container survived the migrants were discovered when the driver was stopped by police and listen local health workers believe they were being flooded into south africa. well there have been mass protests in guinea after a controversial referendum in parliamentary vote that opposition groups accuse president also condé of trying to amend the constitution so he can extend his stay

in office for 12 years protesters attacked several polling stations in the capital conakry delaying the start of voting in some districts now the u.s. is to cause a $1000000000.00 in aid to afghanistan after the afghan president and his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state mike pompei revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to kabul he strongly criticized both president ashraf ghani and his rival abdullah abdullah for failing to work together and have potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban pakistan's prime minister won the election with a promise to end corruption but some of em run cons ministers are accused of corruption related to a landmark transport project in the north or some of them today it has more from the shell. of a public transport system in a city of more than $35000000.00 people means is gridlocked every day but that's

supposed to change with a nearly $500000000000.00 rapid transport project locally known as b.r.t. construction began in 2017 but it has quickly become a liability for prime minister imran khan's provincial government. the delays in completion have become a nuisance for commuters and local businesses. that. we are facing a lot of hardships due to this road construction of b.r.t. is affected our business and even our lives there's dust everywhere and stead of providing convenience this is made our lives hell broke ingestions everywhere people have to wait for hours and hours it was meant to be a modern transport project but already it has missed deadlines multiple times and an internal investigation is found the divisions of the city kickbacks worth millions of dollars as well as corruption and internal inspection criticize the lack of a comprehensive plan for the project even the route was brought into question there are concerns about deviations from the original design which could impede or degrade the system meant for safety of the concert although the bank which provided

the lawn for construction says it has not carried out its own investigations yet it is aware of the allegations against officials of the b.r.t. project we do regular review was but we have not done any special in the investigation or inquiry as part of the regular review we have done some adjustments in the alignment in our own in $100.00 previously opposed mega projects built by his political opponents but in a change of direction which many see as a u. turn in policy he has stood by the bus project in the shower. there is no subsidy this is a profit making project the metro's built by others will cost billions every year citizens have taken the provincial government before the supreme court has heard how the cost of the project has risen by 17 percent but leaders still think that the court should not intervene. i don't think that the courts should question the b.r.t.

project on one hand we were told to complete the project at the earliest and on the other they are asking for an inquiry we don't know which one we should listen to and what we should do and that's the concern of the people of the shower that the government they elected appears to not know what to do next which i will enjoy without as they are shall. well still ahead and sports will be taking a look at how athletes will be impacted now the 28th in the top 2020 games and i suppose that's coming up a piece in the. business leaders just want to buy no brush paul.

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now it's time for sports and peace we finally have the decision we've all been expecting i think everyone saw it coming. as expected the 2020 tokyo olympics as officially been delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic after weeks of speculation the international olympic committee made the announcement after speaking with the japanese prime minister shinzo abbay and local organizers in tokyo the i.o.c. said it was to safeguard the health of the athletes everybody involved in the olympic games and the international community of a said holding the games next year would be proof of human victory over coronavirus . i'm joined now by our sports correspondent levy or wailings me what impact will this have on the overall sporting calender. well have major impact on the sporting calendar nothink the overall conclusion to come to straightaway is whenever these games take place in 2021 and it's most likely to be in the sun on its own it when

it is 2020 but it could still do you not ruled out in spain supreme if there's a an outside chance that the top and when that does i think sports are just going to have a deep breath and fit in to the master plan that comes up of course there's going to be some inconvenience of course there's going to base and divide but actually rehab these children times and the the word cancellation was a can be used so the fact they can go ahead means that if it does cause a problem with the calendar then we're going to have to forget it to get there how did bite got to get the kind of argumentative nature that usually goes on around the state and by the way to make it work on the big one that stands out it is is eugene oregon in the world at any championships you. run august 2021 now that looks like it would have to move if it didn't move why not bring it

forward and have it back and build up that you have those games championships 1st and then you get to share huge medals a lot of athletes in one year of coos again as broadcasted in the stakeholders. when the world is they fighting this this crisis this this pandemic could it's a sports event be rescheduled and find a way and in terms of athletes that have been preparing for these games for the last 4 years how likely is a better one year delay could completely derailed a dreams. well it does it does cause a huge problem be forget sometimes that it's it's a job for them and part of that job is the fine tuning in usually of 4 years cycle to pick jeremy and pigs and it causes the main thing to the majority of folks that are under the olympic umbrella now that individuals of course that train judges are in disarray health and safety is coming 1st 2nd and 3rd and actually huge just big

anxiety about how. things are going to go about their business with the possibility of a games in july that's going to wind up and now they're going to start thinking is it is helping is how can you use time it because it does give them a lot of preparation time it's really all war happened with the calendar the individual athlete they just obviously there's a pattern that we have through the solar cycle and that gets completely changed and they just as everyone in a more serious level is having to cut to new things in life because of coronavirus i think we're going to say some seismic changes to school and how it's all gray and how it's run and obviously the olympics is going to get on with the hearts of thank you they are willing as always good talking to you earlier we spoke to former olympic middle distance runner and our commentator steve cram he said it was the

right decision to postpone and not just for the competitors. the same way as the athletes go that big number sort of the world media you talk about somewhere between 10 and 15000 credits at meijer depending on where the games are held and maybe even more these days and you know they could stay in hotels all of the hotels rooms that have been booked many sometimes 234 years in advance because the other games get announced. a long way in advance and then in addition to. just the logistics the equipment the studios that get built in such a broadcast center to get built that were you know starts again years in advance and then the last 34 months really ramps up and that's one of the reasons why they needed to make a decision really good for may at the very latest for a lot of those people would have to go and start making those things happen and if they couldn't then there was no way you could broadcast the games anyway even if you want to have them take place it was becoming increasingly difficult to see any

way in which it could be held this year. you know you get this thing about the olympics it operates on so many different levels up probably 10 to think about the athletes and then the broadcast on just 2 levels you're not beat around the world who are trying to train for something that you know they're not sure about whether it's going to help or not and they're all in lock down many are in lockdown scenarios trouble has become a massive issue as well the basic timing is always an issue in all athletes and coaches trying to make sure they hit their peak and a little to get at the right time to was probably trials to go through it and then and then also get to the games in the best possible shape you know that process starts maybe even longer ago so not then has to be delayed. you think. meeting the big if that's 3 months later fine then you can cope with that a little bit but not knowing the toll this becomes a real issue and then on the other just practical level i think for the bus

majority. sportspeople you have the access to train you can select the access to your you know your medical support because if there aplus. and another's you know that's 100 on thing it's not something we can do online it's not something we can kind of replicate even things like you know we've seen marketing home games and things that are brilliant really are just not practical so i think it will be a huge sigh of relief lot of people will be a lot of disappointment but you know the olympics comes around every 4 years and some this will be their one chance to be up their best and you can always just postpone a year and be at your best in years time so you're going to hear disappointment for many brought think of the bus with people who will see it is at least a decision that's been made in the can i work towards your focusing on getting ready for the olympics next year if that's indeed what it's going. australia has

shut down its top football league with just over a month left of the season with increased social restrictions across the country the elite follows others around the world to stop playing definitely its last major sporting league in australia to hold its activities the game has existed since 1880 in australia and we've been through extremely difficult circumstances before we've been through world wars world war one world war 2 we've been through the g. f. c. we've been through financial crisis we've been through the spanish flu and the game has always come through because we are resilient and that to me. gives me great confidence that not only will this game survive but will come through on the other side even in a stronger position. so more pictures to show you here talking to managers a marine you know has been keeping busy during the football postponements he's been volunteering at a local london charity preparing food parcels and other essentials for the elderly

who are isolating during the pandemic and swiss freestyle skier. has been showing off the skills that i am he created a obstacle course to raise money for the fight against corona virus it's a long clip but he is the last 30 seconds. when i get home the start of the washing hands i mean i was a mess a very good to see that he had his hand sanitizer on hand and well that's it for me

. in this chair just a few minutes to stay with us i was at the. overthrow and exiled point. if you will. an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency. and the. return of the president on al-jazeera. centuries it was the remoteness of brazil's indigenous communities that protected them from the rapacious outside walls now it's what shields those who are encroaching on protected indigenous territory starting fires and threatening the residents of the

county pool and i had the 1st contact with the outside walls in 1978 and when i catch eager to kingham native language translated for us into portuguese remembers it well she says they brought diseases that decimated the community. we had a lot of land and we lived peacefully really with fear that are very few firsts the invaders are coming closer it's difficult of us to gauge why a place so remote so tranquil should not so so much to the rest of the walls indigenous people who live here would realize this but now is the smoke those the skies and the ashes pollute the river the rest of the world is beginning to realize it too. from the al-jazeera london pool contents to special guests in conversation when you say a lie a 1000000 times that becomes the fact you then can create whatever narrative you want unprompted uninterrupted and i realized i was working for something that was

evil you know being a part of our recreating our maria ressa meets christopher wiley the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy studio to be unscripted on al-jazeera. tokers a limb picks up her spurned shinzo and on says coronavirus has forced the games to be pushed off for up to a year. hello again i'm the stars here today and this is al jazeera live from dar also coming up spain prepares but even worse as the death toll surges again more than 5000 health workers are confirmed to have been infected. while the easing restrictions where the outbreak began the chinese province of quebec.