on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every. coronavirus cases reach 1000000 worldwide u.s. president donald trump reassures desperate states that medical supplies are on the way. to the end so i am fully back to go live from doha with al jazeera is continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic playoff years in china of a new wave of infections people in the city of new han are to avoid going out to the us we visit the soup kitchens in argentina slums that are helping put

a meal on the table for those living under lockdown and in other news under pressure venezuela's opposition leader is accused of a coup attempt and several of his associates are detained at. the end thank you very much for joining as the u.s. has recorded the world's worst single day of the coronavirus pandemic with close to 1200 deaths on thursday at the same time more than 30000 new cases where recorded wartime powers are now being used to get urgently needed equipment out to desperate hospitals resin donald trump signed a defense production act ordering private companies to make masks ventilators and other medical gear new york's mayor is urging people to wear face masks in public as a city remains america's kovac 19 hot spot our white house correspondent kimberly how get reports on the measures announced by president trump to tackle the pandemic. as

the number of corner virus cases in the united states continues to rise so does historic unemployment as a result the u.s. president announcing 350000000000 in small business loans to help small businesses retain employees who are staying at home right now as a result 1 of social distancing the u.s. president also saying americans can expect guidance soon and whether or not they should be wearing face mask when they leave their homes now there is in the midst of all this still strict social distancing guidelines and stay at home orders in a majority of u.s. states that is something that is in place to try and help stop the spread but it is not just the united states that to struggle in with the increasing number of coronavirus cases iran of course is also being hit hard i asked the u.s. president whether he thought this might be a time to ease tough economic sanctions on iran in order to help the people fight

the virus he said. eva braun. senior continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact they're so hard hit with chronic fire their very hard to pull their hair in a lot of ways they are there. with their economy with their military and with obviously the virus they very hard it would you consider easing sanctions to allow medical supplies to get. distributed but we know that sanctions hit the people not the government will have anything as to if they want to read word love to me and would love to settle the whole thing but i doubt they'll be it's a realistically how does a person in tehran pick on a colleague i think they love america i think the iranians love america i think they'd love to be free i think they'd love to have just some of the things that we have you know i remember many years ago friends of mine were always in around they were doing real estate deals and when they were building beautiful buildings. well

over in the corporate houses it was they were very successful and then one day there came to an end but you know one of the people who read they remember that was a long time ago but not so long ago they remember it and i'll tell you they love america they love what we stand for. and we're not looking for shit we're not looking for government takeover government changing no this country's been through that many times that doesn't work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe concerned about what i write is what i did as you know i put it out very publicly with respect to iran and said if they need help with respect to the virus we'd love to sit with the greatest medical professionals in the world would let their cities are you encouraging perhaps to to lend their support because there are many countries that he only encourages his kids and. they've been a very hostile country they made a deal that president obama should have never made it was a short term deal giving a $150000000000.00 giving them $1800000000.00 in cash green filters to europe and

more responsibility. if you. have a moral responsibility to help them if they ask if they if they needed help i would certainly consider different anything she says they need help with us up to the united nations i'm talking about us and what happens is if they want to help because they have a very big case of virus a very very big case it one of the worst on earth if you believe what you're reading and i happen to believe what i see and what i know and if they wanted help we give them help even as president trump pushes back on the suggestion of easing sanctions the calls to do just that are growing in the united states the latest coming from former vice president joe biden who insists that now is the time to ease sanctions in order to make sure that the people of iran get the medical

supplies they need. now concerning about a reserve of infections in the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak in china has prompted a warning to people in the city of one to be vigilant and stay indoors there's get the latest from sar croc who has an update on the situation across asia for as sarah is so wide and where this outbreak started really not out of the woods just yet no it's not following another latest figures we've got coming from china's health commission we have 31 new cases reported on friday and 29 apparently are imported cases of the crowd of us in fiction other questions globally about the genuine nature of the accuracy of china's calculations but of course china's denying its conseil these figures and you mention we're here and this is of course the epicenter of the crowd a virus outbreak the people there are being allowed to move around and travel within the city it's still sealed off and won't reopen for people to exit the city until but people within the city can move if their health status is considered but

the city's community should say commerce chief has said he doesn't want people to travel or leave their homes unless it's vital or necessary in this is simply a concern about a 2nd round of this epidemic hitting han and the province now also on friday china has announced it will have a national day of mourning on saturday this is to try and remember all those lives lost they'll have their flags at half mast not just across the country they're also have the flag at half mast across the embassies and consulates globally they've also said they'll suspend all recreational activities on saturday for this national day of mourning and the economic impacts are of this pandemic on asian economies is already being felt. yes we've got the latest forecast from the asian development bank it said that asia's growth is expected to slow and of course this is not a surprise but they put a figure from 3.3 percent to 2.2 percent due to the global pandemic of the current

virus infections it's at the industrial economies in the region they will fare better and it's put hong kong taiwan singapore and china in that basket it said that the region will be weakened what by what they describe as external environments and that of course is what's happening in the united states and the european union now an example of the growth slowing is one particular case we have hong kong's biggest airline it's certainly one of asia's biggest airlines cathay pacific on friday the c.e.o. is told stuff to prepare for further cuts and further cuts to passenger flights as well it's currently got 3 long haul flights each way it's going to reduce that to just 2 an example that they sightedness made to this start said one day this week they had just $582.00 passengers on a normal day before the crowd a virus outbreak that had as many as $100000.00 passengers per day traveling on that airline other c.e.o. has also said that he and management staff will cut their pay by 30 percent from now until december but they want stuff that be further cuts to come sara thank you

very much for that live there from hong kong and hong kong is closing bars then club starting on friday after a spike in cases there the shutdown is expected to last 2 weeks as a government ramps up its social distancing efforts the city has more than 800 confirmed infections and the government says dozens of cases have been linked to bars. the number of cases in the south korean city of di grew dropped drastically for the 1st time in more than a month the city has a single digit increase with 9 confirmed cases south korea's 4th biggest city has been the country's at the center for coronavirus with the notches share of cases linked to a church the total number of confirmed cases in that is now more than $10000.00 in south korea. a cruise ship with 6 passengers on board has docked in florida after it was initially turned away at least 2 onboard died from the corona virus around $200.00 are showing influenza like symptoms the cruise ship and its sister vessel

came ashore in fort lauderdale florida after days of negotiations and gallagher reports from miami. the holland america cruise line company called the plight of its passengers a humanitarian situation but after days of uncertainty the zon dominant sister ship the rotterdam a finally docked in florida is on dom's journey began in argentina in early march but after passengers began to get sick chile and several other nations refused to let them disembark almost $200.00 people now have flu like symptoms for elderly passengers died on board at least 2 testing positive for covert 19 well good afternoon initially officials in florida cited health concerns the state's governor saying foreign nationals were not welcome following coordination with several agencies it was finally agreed to at the ships into u.s. waters there are also many other people on board who need our help maybe not the americans that are human beings and they also need help returning to their country

. this is. such a great country let's hold the principles that make us a great nation and be compassionate inhumane to other people healthy passengers were transferred to the rotterdam those with symptoms of the corona virus will be treated at local hospitals others are flying back to their respective countries on chartered flights in all there were around 2 and a half 1000 passengers and crew earlier this week u.s. president donald trump spoke about the stranded travelers lot of canadians a lot of british on the ship and they're coming to take the people that are on the ship back to their home and the carriage is coming in the u.k. is coming and we have a lot of and we have americas we have some people that are quite sick for these people this is the end of a nightmarish journey that was supposed to last 2 weeks saw some passengers will remain on board while they're treated others are not so lucky crew ships have now

become a symbol of fear ever since the coronavirus pandemic was announced the grand princess was stranded off the coast of california for days while officials squabbled over its fate while those on daum on the rotterdam have now been allowed to disembark here in florida it's estimated 9000 passengers on 10 cruise ships remain at sea on the gallacher miami florida and u.s. democrats have postponed nominating their candidate to take on donald trump in the presidential election later this year they've pushed the democratic national convention convention back by 5 weeks saying july would be too early to hold a safe in person gathering event is not scheduled for august 17th 2 democratic candidates are still in the race to take on trump in november former vice president joe biden and if i'm on senator bernie sanders early i spoke to see who is an associate professor of political science at emory university and she explained how

this will affect the campaigns. this is definitely a short term loss for the democrats joe biden who at this point is the leading presidential candidate was gaining momentum from those early contests that were held in february and in early march and so his march towards the nomination has kind of stopped in its tracks and been postponed until elections can resume so there will still be elections next week unless they change between now and then but a lot of contests have been postponed until may and until june so joe biden when they actually win the number of delegates that he would actually need to secure the nomination until june. both parties hold time and or hold their convention things label them rain or shine in peace time and were time so the idea of postponing am and a convention is not unusual and i think given the public health aides that it sees that have been raised by qubit 19 this is certainly a a wise step it's not delaying it so much that it will start the traditional general

election campaign cycle which historically in the united states started after labor day so after the 1st weekend in september but it certainly requires a certain level of nimbleness rise to the head on al jazeera we look at the unintended consequences of australia's ban on foreign visitors to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to why europe's homeless are now facing starvation as the virus continues to spread. hello and welcome back it will be up nicely here in the arabian peninsula we'll look at maximum temperature 31 and on friday pretty warm conditions on the other side of the potential 38 in mecca but rising to 40 degrees ahead on through into software to stay still the risk of showers across northern parts of iraq moving

through into iran to tehran could see the old shower in the course of stuff about highs of 20 degrees remember on the eastern side the mediterranean at least the time being weather conditions looking friday quite a feat a pleasant day in beirut with highs of 25 degrees celsius we've across into africa we got some heavy showers showing across. well so some heavy downpours across parts of tons and they are. moving southward for more southern portions portions of the continent we're looking at some heavy rain for about 6 to ending southwards through namibia and on into south africa a large drawing pretty woman 30 degrees as about some contrasting with just 17 in johannesburg weather could be some showers few showers likely on the east coast of madagascar but i think front on the reef should largely stay dry and move the forecast through into saturday again still some showers likely be affecting johannesburg maybe not quite as warm 26 but it should be dry i think for when talking to maybe a heist here of 25. but

. when diplomacy fails and fierce we then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven barriers are built to impose division and it's not effective instead of being an obstacle to a don't waste it became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. the end

welcome back a reminder of our top stories on al-jazeera the united states has recorded the highest one day death toll of the corner virus been demick anywhere in the world nearly 1200 deaths were reported on thursday president donald trump is now using wartime powers to get the needed equipment out to desperate hospitals china has recorded for new deaths on thursday all in the epicenter of the current a virus outbreak concern about a resurgence there has prompted a warning to people in the city to stay indoors and hong kong is closing its bars and clubs on friday as it ramps up its social distancing efforts the shutdown is expected to last for 2 weeks the city has more than 800 confirmed coronavirus cases dozens have been linked to boss. not to australia where fruit and vegetable growers are warning that global travel restrictions could put their harvests a risk the industry relies heavily on for neighbors to pick it's trying to use but the government's effectively closed the border to stop the spread of the fires

they're going to gauge as a story from sydney. harvest is 2 weeks away on prep goth reese postmen farm it's the busiest time of year with only a small window to pick the sweet fruit before it's trucked to markets but with the spread of coronavirus disrupting the multi-billion dollar industry he still doesn't know who will hire here to get the fruit off these trees and into the packing shed we still haven't worked out our labor supply it's changing actually every day brett's one of thousands of farmers now figuring out what the strategy is travel restrictions maine for their business and income when it comes to fruit and vegetables most farms employ seasonal foreign workers here on a short term visa the majority are backpackers but with foreigners now banned from entering a stray leah and movements restricted inside the country the question is who will replace them when the visas of those already here expire we rely so heavily on our

days of work is now seasonal work. to be involved to get. the industry is looking at whether a strongly ins laid off in other sectors due to the cross' like hospitality could stepien farmers say the logistics of that happening are complex they want the government to ensure the thousands of foreigners already here can outstay their visas to ensure food supply continues we need to keep them here in australia because this is not going to last forever and when it's over we need to make sure that our farmers can continue to pick their crops at a time when people are being told to stay indoors the other issue is making sure the movement of thousands of workers doesn't lead to a cluster of coronavirus infections this is a relatively small property of a 5 wakes to 100 tonnes of persimmons will be picked by about 16 paypal but in the coming months tens of thousands of workers will be needed right across the strayer

and farmers need certainty about where they'll come from so. as we. reconsider no plans reconsidering whether they plan as much as they are going to weather this isn't because of uncertainty around labor supply out before corona virus spreads guthrie battled the threat of bushfire drought like others he's hoping government intervention will help the industry until the process is always nicola gage al-jazeera sydney. russian president vladimir putin has extended the nonworking period until the end of this month to curb the spread of coronavirus russia reported more than $700.00 new cases in the past 24 hours bringing its total to about 3500. school to stop the up break of the virus we have taken the decision to continue this period of the non working week until

the end of the month and to support the health workers with their wages the situation is changing we have a huge population and the coronavirus has already become a serious threat. well aid workers across europe are warning that the homeless at risk of starvation because of nationwide lockdowns the virus has also led to the closure of hundreds of day centers and shelters need for some london. as europe cities empty the homeless are no longer invisible but they are a risk of being forgotten. everybody's very scared everybody would tell everybody the. palace seize power. there on the streets for many reasons abuse addiction mental illness they're already 20 times more likely to contract tuberculosis or other lung diseases and now there's the coronavirus. but it's hunger that brings them here to

a charity handing out food since the lot down help has been in short supply. there's a lot less food because there isn't such hotels that shut these people that you contribute to us normally they give us food surplus food these are extreme situation these are very dangerous times. even before this pandemic struck the number of people sleeping rough has been going up in nearly every single country in europe now an estimated 700000 people are sleeping on the streets across the continent up 70 percent in the past decade. 300 rooms in london hotels own by the intercontinental group have been booked for the next 2 months to help homeless people self isolate but there are thousands more in need. in spain the army and red cross have set up temporary shelters with hundreds of

beds and here in the french town of card the film festival venue has opened its doors to the destitute but these are only temporary solutions that aid workers fear could worsen the spread one thing we have to be really careful that we don't. come up with solutions that actually made things. grim increments people together. in one city settings. we now treat irish is going to create massive. ground. in the italian city of naples locals have been filling baskets with food and lowering them from their balconies those who can ask to put food in those who can't afford to eat are encouraged to help themselves. tally and police have handed out fines to some homeless people for breaking curfews despite many shelters cutting capacity or

closing altogether. across europe aid workers are urging all thora to use to show leniency how can you stay at home they are sick when you don't have one need barker al-jazeera london. in argentina the virus is also hitting communities hard the lockdown in the capital where no size means people are out of work and out of food traceable has been meeting some of those who are struggling. these are busy days for father. he runs a parish in the slum in when a site is people like him are on the front line in the fight against the spread of call 1000 argentina's poorest areas. there is a lot of need here but it's never met the good side is the change in mentality that shows us that people no longer think only about themselves and it is only as a community that we can survive what's going on it's imperative we help each other

out especially for the future. is part of a group of slum priests that have historically worked with pope francis before he became the leader of the catholic church this parish has a kindergarten a school and over 8 soup kitchens in the slum of 70000 people gloria cooks every day to feed the elderly even though she's 70 herself she says it's about helping her community demand for food has increased sharply in recent weeks. that we miss our freedom and now we are in prison and this makes us feel bad we can't work i can't see my family we can't go to church and hug each other everyone is sad argentina has imposed a mandatory lockdown that will last almost a month and drastic measure that aims to control the spread of cove in $1000.00. thousands of people have been detained for violating the quarantine but in places

like this one the situation is different staying indoors is not an option for many of those living in the slums of one aside it's because they have to come to parishes like this one to find and daily meal most of those living here have lost their jobs because of the current lockdown and that means that they depend on the government to survive. in spite of a major economic crisis and the possibility of default on the sovereign debt argentina's cash strapped government has increased financial handouts to help those in need the government says there's been an increase of 3000000 people in need of government assistance and he works in construction but he has been without a job for weeks. we don't have work we can't do anything there's no money and we're trying to find some help with food and things for my 3 children we're trying to stay at home but it's very very difficult for us argentina is a test on whether at all to lock down will help prevent the spread of disease

a major challenge in a country where millions of people are already need. when a site is now the pandemic has forced the postponement of international climate talks which were to be held in scotland in 7 months time government leaders were expected to follow up on last year's partial agreement in madrid to set more targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions the venue for november 26th meeting in glasgow is now being turned into a temporary hospital for coronavirus spacious. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is back in isolation after the country's health minister tested positive for covert 19 young men and his wife was also infected are in quarantine and are said to be doing well as yahoo had already been in isolation for 2 weeks after one of his aides contracted the virus but now has festered negative. let's take a look at other world news now on al jazeera and venezuela's opposition leader has

refused to appear before prosecutors 'd on charges of a coup attempt 5 of those associates have been detained in what is seen as an attempt to intimidate the opposition analysts say via arrests are in response to u.s. pressure on nicolas maduro us government the sea and human reports. this video shows the news walen secret police taking away and that he had one of 5 people close to opposition to why the law and snatched from their homes on monday it was victim cd andrew. and tuesday morning 2 more members of the idol's team were taken away only and that eb yankee has been released. this was the lead up to a summons by prosecutors against wide law on suspicion of participating in an alleged coup attempt. prosecutor general says why the law had been summoned to appear on thursday with guarding the seizure of a weapons cache in neighboring colombia that was supposedly to be smuggled into the

news wayland to overthrow the government. lied all refused to appear at the summons and tweeted that he will remain firm despite what he calls the cowardly kidnapping of his close associates the increased pressure on the opposition comes just a week after the u.s. justice department indicted president nicolas made little for alleged drug trafficking. and now the white house has ordered enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the caribbean just off the coast of israel and to conduct these enhanced operations the president has directed the deployment of additional ships aircraft and security forces to the united states southern command area of responsibility to modernise information minister calls it an act of aggression. that we repudiate the statements from washington meant to distract attention from the covert 19 tragedy taking place in the united states and that i am steward take us with infamies and 3 and with tensions between washington and caracas escalating

rapidly one wonders how far the united states will be willing to go to keep their man in venezuela. out of prison you see in human al-jazeera. play again i'm fairly battle with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has had the highest one day death toll of the pandemic anywhere in the wild nearly 1200 deaths were recorded on thursday president trump is now using wartime powers to get originally needed equipment out to desperate hospitals. we're now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that $100000.00 test a day and these are accurate tests and then moving rapidly which is more than any other country in the world both in terms of the raw number and also on

a per capita basis the most the f.d.a. is also authorized the 1st coronavirus antibody test developed a cell execute step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system china meanwhile has reported 4 new deaths on thursday all in was high on the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak concern about a resurgence has prompted a warning to people in the city to be vigilant and stay indoors hong kong is closing its bars and clubs on friday as it ramps up its social distancing fs the shutdown is expected to last for 2 weeks the city has more than 800 confirmed cases dozens have been links to bars the number of cases in the south korean city of di who has dropped drastically for the 1st time in more than a month confirmed cases are in single digits 9 on thursday the city has been the

country's at the center with a larger share of cases linked to a church the total number of call for armed cases in south korea is non-war than 10000 the commander of a u.s. aircraft carrier has been fired from a spose softer raising the alarm about an outbreak onboard more than 100 sailors tested positive for cold 19 and the captain asked for permission to isolate most of the 5000 crew the acting navy secretary said the captain was removed for demonstrating extremely poor judgment. and in other news venezuela's opposition leader has refused to appear before state prosecutors to answer questions on was described as an attempted call one by dole was summoned following an investigation into the seizure of weapons in neighboring colombia that's it you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera more news as always on our website al-jazeera dot com coming up next walls of shame. a story of popular resistance political intrigue. and betrayal.

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