terrible natural disaster in a story that needed to be told from the heart of the affected area to believe that to tell the people story was very important of the time. or. the or. was. the u.s. overtakes italy and china as the country with the most confirmed cases of coronavirus in the world. hello welcome to our jazeera live from doha i'm martin dennis also coming out we all share this responsibility none of us can do it alone the e.u. calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise.

soldiers on the streets in south africa as the country enters a 3 week lockdown. and in other news venezuela's president indicted on charges of narco terrorism by a us court. the 1st the united states is now more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world is a passing both china and italy that says new figures show the shock cools to the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week i think it's a tribute to testing you know number one you don't know what the numbers are in china janet because you numbers and. i'm speaking to president xi tonight i believe you have a good conversation sure but you just don't know you know where the numbers but i

think it's a tribute to the testing retesting tremendous numbers of people in europe the number of new deaths is surged in spain and it's continuing to climb in italy leaders have given the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response well the rising number of deaths comes as the u.n. secretary general warned that humanity is losing the war against the virus he pleaded for a global coordinated response during an emergency virtual summit of g. 20 leaders and in south africa there is a 3 week lockdown that has just begun soldiers are patrolling the streets where exercise and even dog walking and now banned and according to johns hopkins university there are currently more than 526000 infections worldwide with over 23000 deaths all right let's talk to our correspondent rob

reynolds who's in l.a. in los angeles and rob let's go back to the daily briefing given by the president he is attributing this huge rise in the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. making it the new epicenter he's attributing that to more testing. yes martine the president has consistently put an upbeat spin on every new development in the pandemic in this case he says that the new numbers are a tribute to comprehensive testing and he boasted that the united states has now tested more people for covert 900 then south korea but leaving all that aside for the moment martin the number of really do tell the story and it's more of a horror story really than anything else more than 82000 confirmed cases here in

the united states as you mentioned making it the new global epicenter for code 91100 and counting people in this country have died from the disease in a single hospital in the borough of queens in new york 13 patients died of rotavirus in just 24 hours another number 3200000 that is the. number in dollars that is going to be spent on relief and recovery in a bill that was passed by the u.s. senate overnight that's going to go to the house of representatives where the speaker nancy pelosi assured for is that it would be passed easily and on a bipartisan basis that bill in addition to helping large corporations will also extend an unemployment benefits for those people who are applying now for their

unemployment relief and it will also give direct cash payments to a large number of american families for example people in a household making less than $99000.00 a year will get $1200.00 bent on their on the size of their family president. meanwhile also continued to say that he thinks it would be a really good idea to open up the economy to lift some of the state oh orders of that have been imposed around the country quickly he said that people are telling you americans want to go back to work and at the country has to be working again and soon didn't give any date a previously mentioned april 12th easter holiday at this time no date but of course that has been contra indicated by many experts who say it should be the virus that sets the timetable right allison makers and saying thank you thank you very much

rob reynolds there our correspondent live in l.a. now we can speak to robert scott he's a senior international economist with the economic policy institute and he's joining us live now from north potomac a maryland thank you very much indeed for talking to us i'm just wondering about what your thoughts are about the size and the scope of this emergency package that has been passed by the senate now back in the house of representatives is it fits the purpose will it do the job in the short term. well this is certainly large is the largest spending bill that's ever been passed by the u.s. senate we expect to be to be passed by the house and signed by the president tomorrow. but he's just a down payment senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said this is just a relief bill it's not even a simulants so there is much more that's going to remain to be done to.

repair the damage that's going to be done to the economy right as far as you're aware what we know about the bill savefile their job retention lenses loan forgiveness there are direct cash payments as well as on the expanded unemployment benefits what do you think might be missing to take a thinking about the case in the united kingdom where the government when they announced their relief package had singularly failed to address the needs of self employed people for instance. well they've done a little better on that front here there is a greatly expanded unemployment compensation it's going to give up to about $1000.00 a week to all unemployed workers now should include. i should say most unemployed workers but it will include for example the so-called big workers and people who are self-employed or who are over drivers and left drivers those kinds of workers will for the very 1st time get unemployment benefits and it will cover

those wages of those in the bottom half of the labor force right of course those who earn more typically are teleworking at home listening to protect most workers the next 4 months question is is there enough certainly is not enough for the states. and we need much more for medical relief for example the state of new york this is a tremendous increases in its medical bills hospital spending already is up about a $1000000000.00 they expect tax revenues to go down by 10 or $15000000000.00 sales tax receipts are down and yet they're only going to get 3 or $4000000000.00 out of this bill so they need much more right and it doesn't come states will cut spending and that will consider it to a spiraling down fall in the economy as i understand it one of the main sticking points was the democrats getting that this bill concentrated falls who muschamp on bailing out corporations rather than the grassroots what has that now been

ameliorated or indeed turned around so that a big companies are not necessarily getting that lion's share of this bill. about half of the money will go to workers either directly or indirectly including through loans to small businesses that will be it can be used only to retain workers and so called work sharing arrangements where workers would be furloughed and they kept them on the payroll they get their wages that's a very good measure but there is about $500000000000.00 system to go to bail out to corporations and there are very few controls very we controls on it spending and it could just go to boost stock prices or raise executive compensation so about a quarter of the package i think is. pure pork in the corporate sector robert scott thank you very much good to talk. now countries across europe are

ramping up their response to the pandemic as the death toll continues to rise among the new measures increased testing and further social restrictions e.u. leaders are calling for nations to work together and the foka reports. this is how spain's hoping to win the war on the coronavirus police are among the 1st to be tested but it's hazardous work for these medical staff a large number of those testing positive on health workers. in madrid where an ice rinks been turned into a makeshift morgue or hearses arrived on thursday the death toll has risen to more than 4000 overtaking china. and italy still europe's worst affected country to date have been temporarily stored in churches before being sent for combination army truck in a deserted european parliament chamber the commission president urged europeans to

show solidarity several you countries including germany and france of the exports of protective gear to avoid shortfalls at home ursula von deland warns the practice undermined europe's joint response to the crisis we all share this responsibility none of us can do it alone and certainly no member state can handle this crisis on their own and because in this crisis and in our union more generally it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves in paris health workers are conducting drive through testing in the streets france's death toll rose by 28 percent on thursday tracing the spread of the virus is vital for controlling it. president mccrone is one of several world leaders joining g 20 talks remotely hoping for a global approach to the pandemic it's on the same conference call the russian

president vladimir putin he believes russia can defeat the virus in less than 3 months with tough measures the country will suspend international flights from friday a moscow will close all shops except pharmacies and grocery stores a day later. in the british capital works continuing to convert a massive exhibition hall into an emergency hospital the number of people in the u.k. who have died from the virus has jumped by more than 100 in a day for the 1st time. the british vacuum cleaner make a dyson has now joined a growing number of technology companies developing ventilators to help the country's health care system. to a great. british woman stark account of having the virus has been shared online cara mannering is 26 weeks pregnant right here.

by. the british government's promise to ramp up testing by the end of the week with hospitals in london told to expect a continuous tsunami of patients scientists are warning many countries in europe that the worst is yet to come. out as they are. south africa has started a 3 week lockdown after a significant increase in infections it recorded a 6 fold rise in 8 days and that takes the confirmed number of cases there to more than 900 that's the highest rate in africa police and the military have been deployed to enforce a lockdown which includes bans on dog walking and sales of alcohol for me to miller is a correspondent in johannesburg and she says there's been some confusion about what the measure is exactly involve so africans have welcomed this lockdown they do

understand that it's necessary but i imagine that it will take a couple of days for many people to abide by the restrictions because there is a lot to get used to there are police and soldiers on the streets ogust are expected to support police activities but even as we headed to the slope down at midnight south african time there were a large number of cars on main highways like the in floor this is what i read that leads to neighboring muslim beat the government has said that transportation services especially with regard to goods like food will continue but that not anyone else can be on the road no one but essential services of people who work in the medical field to distribute food so they continue to be some confusion police have said that they will arrest people who don't abide by these restrictions possible 6 months jail time or perhaps a heavy fines so the coming days really will be

a test for south africans with regard to just how well the abide by the strictures . still to come here it out jazeera leading by example the island nation that's protecting a maritime region the size of germany from commercial exploitation. of . how i think or add to the danger from the point of view of tornado risk for the next day or so at least the last one that touched and we went through the southern states is that frontal since gone off shore the still more cloud to come we still got cold air of the northern plains that will eventually be to it with this push up of the morris chair from the gulf and the temperature in dallas is 20 times above average the same is true of new orleans and this contrast is what produces a line of blow here which could turn into quite significant thunderstorms some

point during the weekend it looks like rain and the cold he was just by tucked in a bit of snow that will ignore that and call it rain from athens told moving out through the midwest that line that streak there again to the southern states could turn pretty nasty is quite quite well for the caribbean them the breeze is still blowing quite nicely we've got significant rain likely in puerto rico some of this moron's in the outer caribbean and of course on shore breeze been some rain through nicaragua and costa rica mexico remains drawing and quite warm and sunny in south america the big thunderstorms that you sometimes get around the river plate have been there but in the forecast they know that before he was out for the andean chain improve particular could be thundery. frank assessments the one good thing about these bush bars is it really working out

the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping damo truck afloat right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the law is all about this argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian kota inside story on al-jazeera. let's have a look at the main developments in the coronavirus story the u.s. is now more confirmed cases than any other country in the world and that means

there surpassing china and italy it comes as new figures show the shock calls to the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week south africa's become a 3 week lockdown in an effort to contain the virus it has the highest number of cases in africa with more than 900 confirmed infections meanwhile in europe the number of new deaths is surged in spain to more than 4000 and is continuing to climb in italy e.u. leaders have given the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response to the pandemic. though in the french region of alsace coronavirus patients are being transferred on specially equipped trains to hospitals in other cities the number of confirmed cases in france is now past 25000 more than 1300 people have died president macro has called in the army to help even withdrawing troops from iraq the trash about to has more. high speed trains

converted into mobile hospitals health workers in eastern france slowed coronavirus patients into t.g.v. carriages stopped by doctors and nurses and equipped with respirators the region's critically ill patients are being evacuated to hospitals in western france to ease pressure on the alsatian region's overwhelmed health services. on wednesday the french president arrived at a new military field hospital in the eastern city of moore lose a facility usually seen in conflict zones but for a man who will mark rohr not out of place in peacetime he says the fight against the coronavirus is a war going on. when you engage in war you engage fully you mobilize together i see divisions and fractures in our country doubts people who want to divide the country when we should have only one obsession to unite to fight the

virus. it took the french army 4 days to build a network of tens that can receive dozens of patients in intensive care. it's a store because it's the 1st time we've built the sort of structure that's been created specifically for covert 19. is close to the german border it's plight is motivated its neighbors to help several hospitals in germany switzerland and luxembourg have offered to take in french coronavirus patients at a time when so many countries in the e.u. have shut borders it is a display of european solidarity. on wednesday german emergency services collected critically ill french patients and flew them to a hospital in freiburg. we're proud to be able to help our french colleagues our neighbors our friends and irrespective of our location this is about our duty as

humans and our desire to help as europeans. bells across france rang out to thank the nation's health workers for macro it's imperative that people unite behind him and support his actions in this moment of crisis he's convince them to stay for 2 weeks but he's now expected to ask them to stay indoors even longer. western france. india's government some veiled a $23000000000.00 stimulus package to help the country's poor during its lockdown millions of low income families will now receive cash payments and basic food supplies under the plan the government will also pay for medical insurance for frontline health workers 1300000000 people have been put into lockdown across the country to try to stop the spread of the virus. the health officials in syria's rebel held italy province a warning that 100000 people may die unless the w.h.o.

provides much needed supplies like ventilators and protective equipment the health directorate in the lab where fighting is ongoing is working with the white helmets and other medical organizations to try to weigh raise awareness in a bid to slow the potential spread there been no confirmed cases so far in the north west of syria but the virus is in neighboring countries dr michael ryan is helping to lead the world health organizations response to corona virus and he told his areas mohammed jam june the vaccines are coming but will take some time. and it's going to take at least a year to bring vaccines into the fight against this white house there are at least 30 candidates actually is currently being developed are already under under under trials in fact trials were started last week in the united states and further trials will be starting in china and other countries in the coming weeks that's a massive effort it's going to require a coordinated public private partnership to do that we will get vaccines but it's

going to take time dr ryan there's a lot of conspiracy theories out there right now especially due to the rivalry between the u.s. and china has the w.h.o. been asked to investigate claims that covered 19 was manmade we tend to look for these explanations in situations when we've such a. horrific event but the reality is and this has always been the reality is that we human beings have behaved in a way over the last number of years we've globalized the planet and with that globalization have become some benefits in terms of freedom of movement in terms of economy but we have stressed the environment we have invaded the animal human interface we have allowed diseases to cross into humans and when those diseases do cross from animals to humans those diseases can amplify and poorly equipped health facilities they can amplify in peri urban slums that can amplify amongst stressed

refugee populations and then they can spread because we are connected globally so the problem we have right now is manmade the problem we have right now is that we have left ourselves vulnerable to emerging diseases who the diseases themselves are entirely natural but the situation in which these diseases are spreading because we human beings have created the conditions in which these diseases can spread and cause as you see tremendous damage to our health systems to our economies to our social systems or more importantly deaths amongst those we love. some of that he's now in the u.s. justice department has charged the venezuelan president nicolas maduro and several senior officials with crimes related to what they call narco terrorism and drug trafficking they're accused of using the prices of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenues alan fischer reports we estimate that somewhere between

$2250.00 metric tons of cocaine are shipped out of that as well or by these routes a virtual news conference but for a very real target today i'm here to talk about the former maturer. and its direct participation in narco terrorism corruption money laundering and drug trafficking the series of charges against nicholas mcdougal the man who leads venezuela and some of the most senior figures in his government the justice department alleges that running a drug gang called the cocktail of the sons who do what with the fart rebels in colombia shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine into the u.s. taking bribes and shooting the profits madeira and his other defendants have betrayed the venezuelan people and corrupted venezuela's institutions while the venezuelan people suffer. this cabal lines their

pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption and this has to come to an end the charges will be seen as a significant escalation in the trumpet ministrations efforts to remove nicholas mcdougall from power it recognizes opposition leader one guy do as venezuela's president but despite support from washington and many of them as well as neighbors who do remains in the presidential palace he's overseen the economic collapse of one of the world's biggest oil producers with millions leaving the country but on twitter he remained defiant claiming the us and its colombia wanted to fill venezuela with violence and vowing he would not be defeated. in 1990 u.s. took military action to remove manuel noriega from panama accusing him of running a massive drug operation at this stage is unlikely mcdougall will see the inside of us courtroom he faces life in prison if ever convicted with us offering

a $50000000.00 reward hoping that might convince someone to send him its way alan fischer al-jazeera and washington. israel's opposition leader benny gantz has called for an emergency unity government after being elected speaker of the country's parliament the unusual move could lead to an alliance with his rival the caretaker prime minister benjamin netanyahu in order to tackle the coronavirus against told the knesset the israeli parliament that these were unusual times calling for unusual decisions it comes after israel's 3rd inconclusive election in less than a year resulted in no government. well an armed group has carried out a 2nd major attack in northern mozambique in just 3 days the attackers seized and destroyed a police station in the town of sanger that saying. province the town is close to another that was taken over by the group on monday the fighters and their locally as al-shabaab the venue not linked to the group of the same name operating in

somalia so the island nation of the seychelles in the northern india nation is pushing ahead with an ambitious program to preserve marine life and its territorial waters is setting up a vast protection zone where almost no human activity will be allowed victoria gave to me explains why the seychelles is an island nation threatened by global warming . so when it comes to saving the oceans it's leading by example. that it's protected a 3rd of its waters from commercial fishing and mineral exploration it extends around 200000 square kilometers an area larger than germany and it's doing so 10 years ahead of an international target set by the un this 30 percent really means that we we have done the right thing for the future generation. and

protecting. 30 percent of our world 1300000 square kilometers off. i mean it's a lot to a small country like seashells. the seychelles economy is largely dependent on fishing and tourism with some oil exploration and sand mining. the government says it works closely with companies to decide which areas to protect there was a lot of discussions and compromises made in terms of area where my serve is going to continue and there were even some areas which when i book. company considering that some of these areas are about as these. scientists say marine sanctuaries protect habitats and species rebuild biodiversity and allow ecosystems to recover going to be key for us to be able to manage our nations which bits need to be priority protected absolutely this is amazing abbate of the ocean is going to

be much better with that how was. this a shows responding it's marine sanctuaries through a so-called debt to nature plan a conservation group offered to buy up nearly $22000000.00 of the seychelles so for in debt it return the country will ensure these waters are protected for future generations victoria gave him the. right to have a 2nd of the top stories here about his era the united states is now more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world surpassing both china and italy that says new figures show the shock course of the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week. in europe the number of new deaths has surged in spain to more than 4000 and is continuing to climb in

italy leaders have given the block finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response to the pandemic south africa has begun a 3 week lockdown in an effort to contain the corona virus it has the highest number of cases in africa with more the 900 confirmed infections for me to miller has more from johannesburg south africans have welcomed us not down they do understand that it's necessary but i imagine that it will take a couple of days for many people to abide by the restrictions because there is a lot to get used to there are police and our soldiers on the streets police have said that they will arrest people who don't abide by these restrictions possible 6 months jail time or perhaps a heavy fines so the coming days will be a test for south africans with regard to just how while the abide by destructions

india's government has unveiled a $23000000000.00 stimulus package to help the country's poor during its lockdown millions of low income families will receive cash payments and basic food supplies under the plan 1300000000 people have been put into lockdown across the country to try to stop the spread of the virus health officials in syria's rebel held italy province a warning that 100000 people could die from the virus unless the world health organization provides help including protective equipment and ventilators have been no confirmed cases so far in the northwest syria but the virus is in neighboring countries the u.s. justice department is charged venezuelan president nicolas maduro and several of his officials for drug trafficking are accused of running a so-called narco state up to date those in the headlines rewind is next. we want your force world when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to

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