through the criminal organizations making big profits and asking why the west is turning a blind eye to man made on the waste trail on al-jazeera. the on. al-jazeera. i love i'm how my hit see it and this is the al-jazeera news r o y from london coming up. another day of grim numbers for this city and spain as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across europe. and the u.k. is sunny saturday and draws out a lot of people who shoots be staying in sight. as the u.s. becomes the center of the global pandemic the states and the federal government to

bait a broader locked eye. and the street sensi isolation is in force but the still one place long queues and when a series sit kitchens. will have all those stories for you in just a moment but 1st we are getting reports of a rocket attack on the saudi capital riyadh according to scientists state television a missile was intercepted over the city will say the media are also reporting that a missile hit the southern city of jesus and on the red sea near the border with yemen we will bring you more on this story as it develops. now the number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise for it spain and italy

remaining at the center all of the pandemic the death toll in spain passed 5000 on saturday now in italy it's now twice that they were in the hardest hit countries in europe but saturday also saw the highest day on day increase in deaths in the u.k. now that's highlighting concerns over the trajectory of the virus especially as fears grow of a 2nd wave of infections in asia where the pandemic began around the world are scrambling to deal with the wave of cases expected india poncy is where we coaches isolation wards well in the u.s. a navy hospital ship is heading toward new york city the epicenter of america's i break we begin our coverage with this report from paul brennan. such is the scale of this crisis there is a risk that the numbers start to lose meaning and the deaths become minister to

sticks to be noted but scarcely more and but in italy there was no escaping scenes like these on saturday in st joseph church in syria the coffins containing $45.00 coronavirus victims laid out in rows to be blessed this group just half of the 90 parishioners these priests have attended in recent days mr they took ill about it the authorities no longer knew it with coffins. the saddest thing is that these bodies were left so naked so alone. there were people who died when no one could see or hear them without the possibility to talk to their loved ones so that anyone who could comfort them that spain now has more than 5000 dead from the virus with more expected the emergency military units is undertaking an extraordinary task to disinfect care homes and hospitals train stations and city center streets. meanwhile spanish medics struggle to avoid being overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients falling ill combined with their own fatigue and shortages of staff and

prepared. as the numbers dying and infected rise relentlessly across europe restrictions and stay at home orders are turning busy cities into ghost towns those who venture outside face being stopped at police checkpoints risk heavy fines. russia has begun what it calls a non-working week is shops and bars ordered to close tourist attractions a shot to dramatically reduce crowds in the center of moscow and in ireland new tighter restrictions came into force on saturday all public and private gatherings of any number of people outside a single household or living us are prohibited the virus might be in your household already so please don't spread it to somebody else's back at some joseph church in 70 ad say the ceremony is finished and the military transport takes over no gleaming hearses no flowers no weeping relatives just a solemn convoy and

a final salute from a roadside policeman told brennan al-jazeera. well francesco jumper tony as a journalist based in amman he says some bereaved families in italy have to wait until the crisis is over and the locks and lifted to say their final goodbyes. it's incredible we never thought one month ago that we would have been in this situation now we're coping with bass of course who doesn't have. parents or relatives in the hospitals just has to stay home and everyone is respecting these measures but for those who cannot see their friends or family members dying and cannot mourn them and funerals the situation is this really incredible it's also more shocking what is happening with medical workers because for the 1st weeks they didn't have the right equipment. to work so

a lot of them have probably spread the virus and infected themselves that and also other people and in some some regions will have to explain why or why this happened then the government. the u.k. government has again i urge people to abide by them astray actions and stay home but as jonah hole phones and lungs and many seem to be ignoring that message. well we're 5 days now into the latest set of restrictive measures imposed by the government on monday night people are asked to stay at home as much as they possibly can to go out only when absolutely necessary to visit the supermarket or the pharmacy or to exercise in parks like this to take the dog for a walk and to do so only for a short a time as possible now there's lots of evidence that the majority of people are taking all of this quite seriously but quite a lot of people appear not to be with crowds heading into parks and recreation

areas beauty spots and so on in the decent spring weather i'm on the brow of primrose hill here and you can see quite a lot of people simply sitting back and enjoying this view of the london skyline there among the joggers and cyclists and dog walkers and people out with their kids kicking a ball there's a farmer's market operating at one end of the park and down there at the bottom end of the park there's a very pretty high street where the wine shop is open and the bookshop and the butchery and coffee shops and delis offering a very limited service and there's a lot of very clear social distancing going on people aren't being openly irresponsible but still a lot of people about the police have new powers of course to enforce the lockdown for the moment they're not choosing to do so with a heavy hand but one police constable we spoke to earlier said he was very frustrated by all of this he simply said that most of these people shouldn't be here at all it is a worry as britain looks down the road just 2 or 3 weeks away now the

epidemiologists tell us towards the peak of the crisis here with the health service desperately trying to scale up to be able to cope it all depends on lockdowns working to flatten that peak and as a the evidence here i think will be of some concern. on the gago joins us now live by skype and sunny heard there from joan are people still. in london and this is the government give rather startling measure of what success that look like in the. well that's right how to and with the director of the english public health system saying that if they would keep the numbers of the dead down to 20000 then they would have done very well in this in this epidemic and that just gives an idea of just how much they're expecting the national health service

to be operating the amount of people they're expecting to deal with will be seriously would be needing require medical attention in the hospital and this is again. really a race which they're running against really to try and make sure that the hospitals are well stocked that they have enough capacity bearing in mind of coles that the u.k. national health system in terms of its capacity for intensive care units is one of the lowest in the euro now with this they're having to pay all full lot of catch up that try to make sure they have the pharmaceuticals to try and make sure that they also have a personal safety equipment those working the doctors the nurses the of the health workers and also basic things such as her unsanitized as they are the government is trying to sort of cut the red tape to make sure that there is a not hand sanitizer in the country so people can at least conduct their works safely as well all of this of course is the criticism to the fact that the u.k.

did not do as the w.h.o. high group recommended and that was to test test test from today on woods that they are paying the amount of health workers who are going to be tested at certain locations such as drive through for example one place in london is out of combating a famed pop into an area where health workers can just go in and get a quick test done but if you compare the numbers the u.k. wants to have 10000 tests a day done in from from monday but if you look at germany they're already conducting 500000 tests a week with the aim of. oh i'm tired by the end of april a lot of catch up for the u.k. today. reappears of a little glitch for the audio there so here so we will leave it there for now i thank you very much indeed for bringing up to date and know that sends the united states a number of known coronavirus cases their assault well sword well past 115 thousands

more than 1100 people across the country have diets new york remains the worst affected state american health care workers are appealing for more protective equipment to treat a surge in patients and soul ready mission hospitals to their limits a president told trump says he's considering imposing a quarantine in some regions some people would like to see new york quarantine because of god bought new york jersey maybe one or 2 of the places a certain part of the war and the optic get about that right now. we might not have to do it but there's a possibility that some god today will do a large short term 2 weeks on new york. probably new jersey just hard to get out of it. let's get more now from rob reynolds see joins us live from the sun to this by skype of course from president trump's comments there

a quarantine of new york looms large even the supportable and if so how effective would it be given that the virus has already spread to all 50 states. well those are really excellent questions the. certainty is that new york has worn a disproportionate share of the coronavirus deaths you mention 1500 it's risen above 1600 nationwide and of that about 750 approximately are in new york itself now president trump meet these remarks on his way down to norfolk virginia to bid farewell to a hospital ship and route to manhattan he said he had consulted with new york governor mario andrew cuomo but governor cuomo when he was asked later on about whether he talked to the president said he hadn't yet discussed anything

about a quarantine and he didn't really know what that meant so neither do any many experts in the law of health and quarantine who the federal government through the centers for disease control has the authority to quarantine individuals who might be carrying disease but there's nothing in federal law that would allow the president to impose a quarantine on whole states and it's really unclear as you mentioned whether that would do much good it does seem like closing the barn door after the horses left several weeks if not months ago so we shall see what the president tries to do but it's unclear that he has the legal authority to do what he's talking about and let's look nairobi at preparedness and that you mentioned governor cuomo he's been ramping up efforts across new york state just bear this out today so not on what is

happening than not just that because the u.s. doesn't like this is fast becoming the global epicenter and i. yes really in many ways it has become the global epicenter hala because it's the number of cases here is higher than in any other single country so the situation is spotty it's a huge country some states have very few cases others like new york california washington have many more cases there are emerging epicenters terrible situation going on in new orleans louisiana where public health officials think many people may have been infected during mardi gras celebrations several weeks ago also in florida and we're seeing other hotspots in other cities around the country there is certainly a lack of equipment ventilator equipment is the key president trump says that

he's going to be ramping up the production of ventilators immediately. boasted that he forced general motors to start making them right away but health experts say these are complex pieces of equipment that need parts imported from about 15 countries around the world so it's not as simple as just starting to make a generator excuse me a ventilator from scratch so there are widespread shortages we had nurses in new york city today actually out in front of their hospital protesting saying their supervisors are asking him to reuse gloves and masks and they say they're not safe and comfortable doing so. came up reynolds that brain is on the very latest live from los angeles thank you. lots more still to come on this soldier's ear in news

our including south africa struggles to keep the nation under lockdown as coronavirus patients refuse to stay in quarantine but in china the city where the outbreak began begins to open back up. as several of the world's most cash strapped countries are particularly threatened by the kona virus and argentina 2 years of economic recession has put unemployment rates at almost 10 percent now the country has imposed some of latin america's strictest locks and measures life noted see buenos aires and so we can speak with to raise a poor and series a before we get to the situation in buenos aires itself there is another cruise ship situation which has been developing over the past few days ship that indeed

set off the well as they are is where you are just tell us a bit more about that if you would. well what we know right now it's called the cruise ship and it belongs to the whole in the america line and has around $1200.00 passengers and over $500.00 crew members it left to argentina on march 7th it went towards the south towards patagonia the southern part of chile and later on it begun going up it's currently off stop off the coast of fine and are stuck in limbo off the coast of panama 4 people have died in that ship because of coral now virus and around 140 people have flu like symptoms and could test positive i'm told that only on thursday they started receiving some type of kits in order to start testing people on board the ship is currently asking for permission to cross the panama canal but it's not being allowed because it's

complying with health ministry that does not allow any type of ships to cross the panama canal if they have positive virus people right there so what we're being told is that the plan is to get those who are still healthy into another ship and take them towards fort lauderdale but it's not clear yet what is going to happen to those who are ill inside the ship. let's move on the situation in argentina itself where so in their country with vast economic challenges but the to appear to be taking the coronavirus crosses quite seriously no. very seriously indeed and he says what we're seeing in most countries in latin america that have imposed very early on argentina was one of the 1st ones mandatory quarantine for those for its citizens in forcing it telling people to remain in their homes not to go to work it's being enforced by security forces on the streets

i'm not sure if you can see but streets are empty this days in one side if it's not the same situation ongoing in brazil right now precedent for example joe you also not only saying that to the media it's exaggerating the whole situation he's prioritizing the economic situation in brazil and this has in a way generated a political conflict in the country because he's being opposed by governors that were once he's allies of the governor of so paulo the governor all of real they join nato who are asking people to remain in their homes in order to prevent the spread of the virus in argentina however this is expected to have a very big impact this quarantine he says they're expected to have a very big game back on the economy because of the economic situation in this country that is on the verge of default. the streets of argentina's capital when a site is are empty these days after the government imposed a look down in the country but soup kitchens like this one cannot afford to shut down. constanza easy and says the amount of people coming year has doubled in the

past few days and the local guy called mia people used to come here and sit down they could take a shower and spend some time things have changed but the amount of people coming has doubled many can't work and can't survive with the lock down and others live on the streets. here argentina's economy was already struggling with recession and the possibility of default on its sovereign debt before fighting the covert 19 became a priority for this country's government life is difficult for many in argentina his days as a rise of unemployment from poverty and the impact that the lock down cost by the corner virus is having and the economy for many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day job or certainty that he will be out yes but it's not just the poor that i belong affected the most are going on silas works as a taxi driver in the city he says he's worried with the impact over 1000 could have

in the country but he's unsure how he will survive if the lockdown continues he's 60 years old and this taxi is the only way he has of making a living. or you're going to get your big moment situation is very very serious i have to pay a rent and i cannot make any money i'm not sure what is going to happen we are authorized to be on the street but there's more people. even though the lockdown is supposed to last until the end of the month the government might extended for a longer period it has also warned private creditors that argentina's economic recoveries uncertain and that its debt crisis could be prolonged due to the coronavirus pandemic. and going to mean minister monolingual man says the priority right now is. assisting argentine families with extra income to survive for the next few weeks you know going oh my god you can only characterize it as minimal because the lockdown in this leaves a lot of people with anguish and desperation but we want to make sure that every

person that lives in argentina is protective of the situation. president i'll bet the farm and this is he's prioritizing saving lives over the economic situation those who need the government's help say it's the only way to survive in the weeks ahead i really must. well and recession is almost certain not only in argentina but worldwide and this is definitely going to have a bigger impact in countries like argentina and those who are in heavy debt and that's why the international monetary fund the world bank are requesting debt relief for this type of countries also for example n.g.o.s and human rights organizations are asking an end of sanctions to countries like venezuela for example that are not only in debt but i'm going through a humanitarian crisis in spite of this argentina for example in argentina's case it's almost certain that there's going to be a default people are talking about

a big government is discussing an idle force the biggest impact is going to be amongst this country's most vulnerable to raise a blow brings all the very latest from across latin america really thank you very much indeed. now 49 deaths have been recorded across the african continent disappoints the relatively low number many countries are taking early action police in south africa have been struggling though to enforce a 21 day nationwide lockdown came into effect on friday at midnight that people are only allowed out of their homes to buy groceries or for health or marriage and seize alcohol sales have also been banned but large crowds have been gathering in perth time shifts social distancing is almost impossible because of the cramped living conditions where freedom miller is in johannesburg she says it's been a challenge for the government to get people to self isolate. people who have been tested positive for covert 19 i'm not observing

a quarantine that the government to sit should didn't happen you're not going into isolation and it was interesting hearing from a political leader in the local province and this is after a man from we're talking the province where we are now was tested positive travel to live pope interacted with several people were seen socializing and this political leader then says we've given people the freedom to stay at home if they're found to test positive for corona but it seems are not observing that so now we have to arrest them and force of quarantine this is also the case in the problems of course room at tulkarem and was just a positive for corona i had received who then continued to see clients before the lockdown and he since be charged with attempted murder and it's understood that he's been in touch with a priest 27 people so trying to enforce the slap down trying to make people observe

a quarantine or isolation hasn't been easy as there are many many people in south africa who are doing what they're supposed to do but when we look at certain sittings in townships places where people haven't been able to get to school was to buy the food they need and you know the lockdown cramped conditions as you mentioned but people also standing back to back in very long queues social distancing is just not an option or while numbers continue to grow globally the city where the pandemic began is opening its doors to near arrivals people are no load into 100 there are still fears of an imported 2nd wave of infections sarah clarke has more on the situation across asia. life in here by province is returning slowly to normal more cars are back on the streets police are on patrol but it's health checks not traffic fines being issued. i'm here to pick up my 2 children and we are going to see one program the 2 children have been in who wins the traffic is

very small china has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors starting this weekend even those with visas or residence permits will be denied entry only diplomats and flight crew will be exempt chinese and foreign airlines will be limited to one flight a week because of fears of importing a 2nd wave of the virus from a brought up to 65 days in lockdown for its 11000000 residents the city of blue hand has downgraded its signal to low risk traffic can now into but no one's allowed to leave the city until april the 8th government workers a sterilising train stations preparing for the arrival of the 1st inbound trains. a long time no see would have been discriminated against because i'm for a new hand but i hope people don't treat the people awful hand like a fire if it's a full hour joins with china is winning the battle i read the news on the train

that china is now trying to block people from coming here and preparation this will help us get back to work and i'm proud to be chinese. walked retesting stations are in operation at south korea's airports to enforce tight health checks on arrivals the government reported 146 new cases on saturday that's the highest number in a week with a rise in imported cases from europe and the united states and japan confirmed a record daily increase of more than 50 new cases following a surge in infections in tokyo this week japan's prime minister shinzo is appealing to millions in the capital and surrounding regions to avoid non-essential travel until april 12th here in hong kong the government has been forced to tough new. is to encourage people to stay at home from saturday all cinemas gymnasiums and time at benny's will be closed for at least a fortnight and public gatherings will be limited to 4 people as the city tries to stem the number of local transmissions. al-jazeera has obtained pictures from

inside one of the government's quarantine sentences one person held there after being in contact with a flight crew member who tested positive says rooms were sterilized protective gear wasn't provided and health checks were random hong kong's health to pop the reply is that it's followed the guidelines to clean and sanitize all quarantine facilities sarah clock out 0 hong kong. so it's come on the news are staying ahead of rumors and misinformation at a time when both of these things could be fatal and india's isolation thrown into chaos is why can't workers try to flee to major cities. hello there if had some very nice sunshine and some pretty good warm weather across

much of central and northern europe that is about to change but we have as a side had some very nice weather some good sunny skies in berlin and germany same story across into ukraine as well but that is set to change you can see it through sunday the clouds spreading its way southwards this line of rain showers on behind this we have so much cool to see what it does that's how much is as you can see sunday 11014 vienna the same across into care but my goodness by monday as that front flies through the cold air plunges south just look at it just. 4 in zurich really fading light winds again a very strong easterly winds as well really impacting much of the u.k. and that could bring some showers certainly by about choosing long as coastal areas and very unsettled in the south western european peninsula and after pressure sitting off the coast of portugal that will spread the rain and still plenty of rain throughout much of italy and also working its way across the greek islands and then northern sections of africa because of those systems in the med we will see

some more rain sunday is not about across into morocco the rain beginning to carry away from there but really quite heavy through the northeast of algeria much of tunisia and on its way to libya so keeping things cool and wet in tripoli with a high of 60. in 2010 al-jazeera gained exclusive access to a young family in the gaza strip. fighting forecast for this sick child born with a medical condition curable by routine surgery but cooled in the red tape of a health can't bureaucracy. rewind born in gaza on al-jazeera. overthrown and exiled their point gotta say it will all this race

let me tell you an intimate film about the struggle of the elected leader of madagascar to return to his country and reinstate his presidency he knows that the truest fish by and we. know today think sheesh is that all along with look for a change this return of a president on al-jazeera. the on the on the old. quick reminder of the headlines here on al-jazeera we have a developing story this hour sorry the state television is reporting a missile was intercepted over the capital riyadh another missile has reportedly had the southern coastal city of g.

sand on the red sea near the border with yemen. a number of corona virus deaths continues to rise across europe spain reporters another daily high with 832 deaths or more than 10000 people have died in italy. the number of new coronavirus cases in the united states is sort of well past 115 fires and president donald trump says he's considering posing a quarantine on new york the worst affected region in the u.s. . well let's return to that developing story the missiles intercept sits over the saudi capital and let's bring in the editor of arab digest below or he joins us live via skype from glasgow good to have you with us here on the use our this is of course a developing story details are still coming in but if these missiles

do you were hearing from saudi a state media that missiles have been intercepted what would be your initial read on the situation here is likely to have been behind this. well i think it very clear that the movies who are behind it who these have been engaged in a sense of over the past couple of weeks they've just taken al jocker governorate which is the next door to saudi arabia in the north of yemen they're threatening another governorate matter which is the. oil producing region of yemen and so what they are running hard and fast right now so i think it's it's very clear to me at any rate that these will come from the who these this is a message if you will to the saudis that you are vulnerable to us and we have the

capability to hit you pretty well anywhere we choose a guy who gives out fired many many many missiles into saudi arabia over the course of at least the last 2 years and some of them have been intercepted others have fallen perilously close to there so that riyadh airport others are still of these need and problems. around go because the least so the who these are sending a message share. it with me appear to be so anytime so if the this strike and the fact that they've managed to get missiles if this is indeed the who sees the match to get missiles up to riyadh which is next door to yemen what does this say about the the strength of the cities right now just to suggest that they are gaining momentum gaining in strength at this time. yes i think it does and i think they who this have already shown they have the capability to fire missiles at

great distance and and hit and other and other parts of saudi arabia not just the that portion of saudi arabia that's adjacent to yemen and i think that they are as i said on an offensive they are staking out a claim now knows where this only we do know the saudis are very anxious to find a way out of this war. younger brother inside iran is been attempting to find a road to peace not very successfully at all this i think simply raises the ante the saudis of course are engaged in an oil price war with the russians they themselves are dealing with the coronavirus issue that they are in a situation where the who these i think of judge that we can as i said send them a reminder that we're here and we can hit you pretty much anywhere we want to the good news i suppose is that at least one of these was intercepted so that the

saudis are have the ability to take out these missiles previously they were showing themselves not particularly good at that you recall the attack on the ramp up is the least last september pinpoint attack really which the saudis simply did not wake up to before was far too late so the saudis i suppose you could say the good news out of this for them is that they did at least intercept the one missile. and you mentioned earlier that the message that he sees for perhaps sending at sea the site is that you are vulnerable 'd we are in the midst of this appalling coronavirus pandemic where everybody it would appear is vulnerable. what do you make of the timing of this attack given that we're all so consumed by this deadly pandemic that's been the entire goal well i think the trying is

it's quite ruthless isn't it. who these themselves yemen is facing a growing of oil earliest prices though they do not seem to be particularly concerned in any way about the civilian population that aren't showing that you know germs that their way in which they with help manage area food and medicine they clearly see this as an advantage to play regardless of the situation with growing a virus either in yemen or in saudi arabia ok below the editor of arab digest great to get your thoughts thank you so much for your analysis thank you for joining us there live from glasgow as turn back to other news now in a misinformation spread on social media has been blamed for the deaths of nearly 300 every meehan's it's reported they died recently after drinking methanol because

they falsely believed the alcohol protects them from the corona virus and women affairs and other people were left critically ill in the past 24 hours some $139.00 iranians have died from the cologne a virus that increases the total number of reported fatalities to more than $2500.00 with around $35000.00 infections same is in teheran but more on the toxic methanol. the spread of this information that perhaps consuming what is essentially industrial alcohol what is essentially pure alcohol that is not designed for consumption it's designed for industrial use this chemical agent people believe or been led to believe either through false information or not enough proper medical information especially in low income areas many people have been led to believe that consuming this alcohol will either prevent or cure them of the coronavirus obviously this is untrue and we've seen hundreds of people poisoned thousands poisoned hundreds killed in this process and medical professionals that

we've been following on social media or we've spoken to say that this is certainly something that is continuing to compound what is a real public health crisis so this is one of those things that we're seeing is sort of a side bar but a very important problem that is making the response to the coronavirus harder for the government for health professionals operating here to treat coronavirus patients in the country but it really does give you a sense of how desperate people are becoming in the becoming desperate because the infections continue to go up we've seen yet another spike today in the number of cases 3076 another huge number it started in the few hundreds then in the 1000 figure it's broken to and today it's broken the 3000 figure mark as infection continue to rise the death toll has remained steady between 12140 for the last several days. well around the world there have been several reports of people self

medicating against the coronavirus taking their medical advice from social media or rumors so does the world health organization say that possible treatments for coronavirus simply there aren't say any yet there are no known cure is vaccines for the infection and the w.h.o. is warning against misinformation. we also need to ensure that using unproven drugs does not create a shortage of those medicines to treat diseases for which they have proven effective the history of medicine is strewn with examples of drugs that would on paper or in a test you but didn't work in humans or were actually harmful let's talk now to tom phillips he's the editor of full facts and leads a fact checking team and joins us by skype from london good to have you with this on the news where we've heard about how dangerous it can be to to follow advice

misinformation but just give us a sense of a difficult it is to actually separate the facts from fiction particularly given some of the challenging statements of leaders worldwide. yeah i mean this is a real problem because obviously this is a new virus and so there's a lot that we don't know about it or that medical experts can only surmise due to its similarity to other viruses so there's genuinely a lot of real uncertainty and in a situation like that it's very possible for misinformation misleading information to circulate often that's based on partial truth but is blown up way out of context or misunderstood in some kind of way that leads it to become potentially quite dangerous it doesn't eat and the reason i mentioned the reason i mentioned the conflicts going from asian from world leaders because we are getting world

leaders here perhaps not taking it seriously we've heard the president of the united states saying hydrochloric we nurse some of the malarial medications can be could potentially help people are desperate some but we've heard a lot of people going very very sick following these claims so what advice would you give people like their own on how to separate fact from fiction what exactly should they be looking for. so the key thing is always to go to a trusted source for your medical information the world health organization as you just said is an excellent resource for it the local health services in each country has a really good health service or the n.h.s. is a really good resource for this we've actually written a guide on for that dorg on how you can do your own bit to just fact check claims that you may see on social media before you share them all and i think it's a really important thing to say that it's really natural in a scary situation like this for people to want to share information that they think

could maybe help protect their friends their family but i think it's worked before you hit the share but i'm just taking a moment to wonder what might be the case if it's not true because if the information isn't true then you run the risk of doing more harm than good and quite given the polarized times that we live in how worried are you that. the threat of misinformation simply can't be contained because we do hear of leaders were always you're criticising. normally when you would advise people to go to a trusted media organization but when media organizations are consistently being undermined not just send the united states also in the u.k. i mean i worried are you that this is simply uncontainable. so i don't think it's uncontainable but i think it does require everybody to play their part so that includes governments political leaders includes the media and it includes all of us

in the general public as well. this isn't new information bad information like this goes round in every medical you know public health crisis this is not remotely new this is been the way for centuries the ways that it spreads are new but the basic fact of misinformation and rumor isn't new at all so we have combative before we can combat it again but it really does require everybody to play a role both to take things with a pinch of salt maybe but also to be responsible in the same way that we're all being responsible for not spreading the virus itself we can also take that kind of responsibility to not spread false information ok everyone has their parts of play at thank you so much indeed for joining us there tom phillips there from for fact you can get that rest of information of course on the web site for fact thought org

now the 21 day locked away and in india is not only affecting one of a quarter 1000000000 citizens but also hundreds of thousands of migrant workers many are attempting to leave major cities after the government locked and left them without jobs or pay for the potential mass migration could undermine or tents to prevent the spread of the virus some workers attempting to make the czerny foods well our india correspondent elizabeth purana is a new delhi she says there's a mass migration happening all over the country. so thousands of my current workers are on the move on foot leaving delhi and that's just the capital region many are also on the move around the country attire families from the very old to babies being carried or walking as they try to return to where they're from india has something like 120000000 migrant workers people that work in different states to where they're from and after the government ordered all bus and train services

stopping nearly a week ago where many migrant workers feel they have no choice but to walk on many of them are daily wage earners they have to work every day to survive they no longer inning money they can't pay their rent or their company accommodation has been shut down now they're walking along highways along train tracks with no access to food restaurants are obviously closed everything's shot they have no access to basic sanitation yesterday we had 300 migrant workers crammed into the back of to contain a trucks trying to cross the border between the states of cullen donna and. so after nearly a week of ordering all public transport to stop the state of their put their started carrying migrant workers home in buses something like 200 buses every 2 hours and still so many people are waiting and that gives you

a scale of the problem and that's just between delhi and the state of with or for the ish delis homeless shelters are completely overflowing with people and the delhi government has decided that it's going to convert public schools into shelters from sunday to cater for so many people all of those who are now homeless jobless and homeless. a cassock stands economy already hit hard by collapsing all prices is no facing the impacts all the coronavirus pandemic the government hasn't failed a response package including pumping billions of dollars into the economy and imposing sweeping strict sions in the major cities over forrester walker has more. as it stands army has isolated the 2 main cities the capital. and el monte. the commercial hub has closed the business still

a smidgen over sent her hairdresser's home yes that is the director of these beauty salon my main concern is my stuff but i'm really worried. because everyone has a family and they have children to feed to be honest i'm very worried i'm even ready right now to pay them from my own savings. she tell you how do you like president. has promised the support package worth $10000000000.00 for the economy including help for the businesses like stellars. a minimum wage and a 3 month tax and loan repayment break for small and medium enterprises. but oil rich kazakstan doesn't have the funds it once had crude prices have slumped thanks to the price war between saudi arabia and russia because a colony is being dealt

a 2nd blow by coronavirus. the man has declined then accordingly the price is going down even further it was have been r.k. if the price was falling but the man was still there we could have bastid by selling but both are falling and that makes the situation much worse doesn't stand has weathered crises before its currency and its fortunes rising and falling with the price of oil this week its influential 1st president nursultan nazarbayev called on the wealthiest to donate to an emergency fund a sign of how serious this crisis has become robin 1st year water al-jazeera. so to come here on al-jazeera let us learn the lesson the universe is desperately trying to teach us. things go on a run on the wall to think about the impact we're having on the earth. and mollie's election to go ahead so on sunday despite the kidnapping of the main opposition

leader. from the outages here in london broke out that entire t.v. special guest in conversation when you say a lie a 1000000 times that becomes the fact you then can create whatever narrative you want on from uninterrupted and i realized i was working for something that would evolve you know being a part of the creating as maria ressa meets christopher why the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy a studio unscripted on al-jazeera. full of struggles full of pleasure. when police look at it at him or what i said to him a little bit not of the goodness of the way that on the wrong parts about the but i mean the writing of what appears to be an intimate look at life in cuba for his work a mom there with her like i say your cable but but the comment that little you took

my cuba. on al-jazeera. the. car. has turned away from the kona virus for a few moments bring out satan some of the day's other news and taliban leaders in afghanistan say the government's nearly announced peace negotiation team doesn't represent all factions so they refuse in talks with them the group committed to talks last month by signing a deal with us and ending the 19 year war u.s. forces have committed to leave the taliban agree to a prisoner exchange with government troops health captive. after

a 6 year delay mollies parliamentary election as she's take place on sunday the president hopes the votes will bring peace after years of conflict but the main opposition leaders think kidnapped nicholas hoult reports. where is sue myla c.c. it's a question his party members are asking since mali's opposition leader vanished on wednesday he was campaigning in timbuktu for the parliamentary election when gunmen attacked his convoy several of his entourage were killed but he was kidnapped along with 11 of his aides israeli john living in fact they were kidnapped by an armed group whose identity we do not know they are armed men for us yet on identified we must be clear on there. while no one has claimed responsibility for the attack security forces suspect an al qaeda affiliate. while mostly mean which is active in northern mali 2 western hostages were released in northern mali earlier this month

after 15 months in captivity. yes you do know it is a joint at the release of the prisoners kidnapped in bikini faso but held in mali is taking place without any negotiation. the al-qaeda linked group says it's willing to negotiate a peace agreement with the government but its 1st demanding $15000.00 french and u.n. peacekeeping soldiers in mali leave in the parliamentary election be cancelled. candidates have avoided campaigning outside the capital because of fear of attacks by armed groups and many voters fear venturing out because of the threat of the coronavirus outbreak still president. announced on wednesday that the election will go ahead as planned. the general of the movement's election will be held on march 29th that is to say this sunday and in script respect for the barrier measures the government will do everything to make it happen. but most registered voters have not picked up their electoral cards and hundreds of thousands have been displaced

from their homes by the violence in north and central mali with attacks by armed groups a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of covert 19 and now in the disappearance of a leading political figure many millions are wondering whether it's worth the risk to come out and vote because hawke al-jazeera and the lights on major landmarks around the world will be switched off for 60 minutes on saturday night to mark arthur and as under schapelle reports the serious coronavirus pandemic is making the event particularly significant. a symbolic annual event with powerful images earth hour has been a moment for millions of people to come together and think about our impact on the world around us this year's event takes on new meaning as billions take part in another shared experience in the night with all that is happening with the current virus allowing us at tanis into a super special activity with your household you can prepare

a continent and that is the fact that in the evening which of all of the trinity injuries have company and why not talk about all the wonderful gifts that mother nature has to offer you know the things that we look forward to doing once that isolation is lifted and we can all be out there with again and enjoy the wonderful world we live and let us learn the lesson the universe is desperately trying to teach us at the time that we're spending in isolation not of being vague in situations like the why we're in the moment we look for silver lining. there is one in terms of the climate. reduced levels of pollution due to the corona virus and then it all started breathing again and it's a sure sign that we need to have are going to how we do things when things go back to home or satellite imagery from china has also demonstrated the reduced human activity is leading to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. something environmentalist

say is benefiting planet earth as cities and economies come to a halt so we're survive. the well many of our landmarks office buildings and apartment blocks go dark for 60 minutes 7600000000 people are being forced by events or mother nature to realize what else just isn't working. has always been our equal knocking people across what showed us on the dirt each other and for that and that we all did and so this when you think he will so whether. you have. needed to nature adjoining the local and i mean we are ways that was as a need and help. nature which are hell while the. organizers say now more than ever is the time to unite to safeguard our future and the future of our planet and chapelle al-jazeera well as look at some other unintended consequences

of the various locked and so vulnerable species of sea turtles has benefited from an undisturbed nesting season thanks to the doctor and in india phases of all of ridley's are a source of arrives on the beaches in india's eastern state of addition to dig and lay their eggs here people and the push to get the beaches clean have led to improve moments this year in another instance of nature recolor gaming space these spotted deer are seen running across an empty street in eastern india the pack enjoyed little traffic and went uninterrupted spy cars. and chicago's aquarium remains close to the general public during the walk to its resident penguins have been given a free rein of the place shedd aquarium pool said videos of the world cup or penguins and join the exhibits from a human perspective. so good news at last that's it for me for the news

or to stay with us i'll be back with more of the latest news. in response to global warming germany is gradually shutting down its coal industry but is it happening fast enough we don't have any time to waste anymore we can't wait so we're taking direct action to call for the immediate phase out of culture as climate change activists challenge communities reliant on the industry for jobs people in power who will win the cold war on al-jazeera.

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a voice tell us what you think and your conversation could be a lot right here in the space we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfection on al-jazeera. reports of an intercepted rocket attack on the site of capital riyadh a 2nd saudi city was also targeted. other than how the hit seen and this is al jazeera boy from london also coming up another day of grim numbers from both italy and spain as the colona virus pandemic continues unabated it's across europe. and china the city where the outbreak began begins.