move. this will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week and they'll be a lot of death unfortunately. the u.s. president warns of america's toughest week in the battle against coronavirus. sami's a dan this is a live from doha also coming up back to work for some iran's president announces low risk activities will resume despite fears of a 2nd wave of infections. the u.k. recalls its highest number of deaths in a day from taking the pill to follow social distancing measures. the army of robots

helping to relieve the pressure on health workers treating coronavirus victims. u.s. president don't trump says americans should prepare for the toughest week yet in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic he says there will be more deaths in the coming days as the number of infections exceeded 312000 as of saturday 8 and a half 1000 people have now died trump is deploying the military to new york where the outbreak is at its worst we're going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. and it will be

a large number it will be will be telling them over the next version where they're going they're going into war they're going into a battle. the u.k. saw a record number of deaths with 708 people dying of the virus in one day as warmer spring weather arrives the government is urging people to remain indoors and iran will allow low risk economic activities to resume from saturday industrial facilities have been reopened and 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to the office that's this spite of warnings from health officials of a possible 2nd wave of infections one of the worst hit countries famous ravis into iran with more on those easing of restrictions. we've heard from health officials over the last few days and weeks that things can go back to normal too soon but the president when he made this announcement president rouhani began by saying that all branches of government are onboard with the plan that they have moving forward so

making it clear that the government is according to him speaking in one voice despite the warnings of normalizing too quickly from health experts saying that that could bring on a 2nd wave here president hassan rouhani did say that in terms of the details of what is considered low risk and high risk those announcements will be made over state t.v. in the coming hours but we can surmise that what they consider low risk is anything that doesn't compel too large of a crowd to form people can work from home they can open small businesses remember this country is a place where the majority of businesses are small to medium so really those environments will begin to see life coming back to life returning to some kind of normal he said that even though those shops and other organizations may begin to start their ins again they have to observe health protocols social distancing that still has to be the key element of how to go about doing this it's always going to balance between fighting a public health crisis and making sure the country's economy does not go bust and

he also acknowledged that iran and iranian people are still operating in unknown territory they don't know whether or not this will continue for a long period of time whether the country will become a kind of reservoir for the virus so he said things will be taken one step at a time but we have to remember that the country's main concern all along has been that the virus might do what sanctions could not which is bring the country's economy to a standstill and that's really what they're trying to fight against at this time. now the streets of iraq's capital remain unusually quiet as authorities there extend the nationwide curfew until april 19th most public places have been closed and soldiers have been deployed to enforce the law down hundreds of people have been arrested for violating it rock has reported more than $800.00 current virus cases nearly 60 deaths. move our attention to the united states now as president donald trump is warning new virus hotspots are emerging in

pennsylvania colorado and even the capital washington d.c. our correspondent mike calories in d.c. he says the peak of the virus there is expected within the next 2 weeks. new york contains roughly a 3rd of all infected people fatalities throughout the whole of the united states the death rate there continues to rise alarmingly and what's alarming too is that it's continuing to spread within new york itself a neighborhood like long island for example is showing a massive escalation in terms of recorded infections this just shows how quickly it can jump from barrow to bearer and then of course from state to state and this is what the governor andrew cuomo was talking about earlier on in the course of the day saying that new york it's the fire it's a blazing fire and that is the one that has got to be put out before it spreads to other states there's a great awareness from other states particularly neighboring ones of the degree of which could happen to them what is happening in new york state but one again must

mention as well it's not just restricted to the eastern side of the united states showing a massive increase in infections an area like detroit also showing a massive increase of infections so although in various parts of the united states the infections rate remains low to moderate it can change at any time this is the warning that we're hearing from the government scientists from the physicians who are advising the president the only way in which the rates can go down they continue to stress time after time after time is to practice mitigating factors thomas wrote the article coronavirus to why you must act now he warned of the potential spread of the virus in the u.s. he says managing the outbreak there is challenging. there is not one country here this really 50 countries the way he's managed because of the federal level not all the management has has been centralized the way. the management has been

centralized in nearly every other country here it's basically the states leading these and as a result it really depends on the states california washington states a really good job really early on the car the cart the brakes alaska for example is an amazing state that really 2 strong measures early on but then you have other states like florida. to go a long time before the the what they need to do and even now they don't have the measures they need to take and so you can see brewing in different states prices there are going to be worse than they did speak yeah i think here the precision is the enemy of insight there's plenty of models none of them are perfect but when you know ease if you have an outbreak and you're not on pointing it is going to explode and one of the things for example that is true in the u.s. is that we have very little testing if you don't have enough testing how do you know where the cases are if you don't know where the cases are how can you control

them that's for the testing but the same thing for a contractor it's one of the things that east asian countries do really well is they test a lot they know where the cases are they know where the potential cases are because they're tracking all the contacts that an infected person had we're not doing any of that in the u.s. we're letting the states handle this and many of them are not equipped to do it well britain's queen elizabeth is to make a rare address to the nation on sunday a day after the u.k. report of its highest one day death toll but there's hope in some parts of europe the outbreak has peaked john holl has this report. in a madrid hospital a virtual reunion for a mother and daughter after both had recovered from coded 19 was there they were your don't cry she says you only cry for something that is lost. and in another corner of spain's exhausted health system a 1st meeting for mother and child. gave birth

a week ago infected cautious steps now towards family life spain has europe's highest rate of infection but it's been declining for more than a week taking no chances prime minister pedro sanchez announced an extension to the state of emergency. this i announced at a council of ministers next. to extend for the 2nd time the state of emergency from april 12th to midnight on april 25th italy so badly hit by the virus in recent weeks may also be past its peak with infections slowing and germany has registered a slight decrease in the infection rate but not enough to ease restrictions no let up in the lockdown in france either where paris in the sunshine was eerily quiet. here in the u.k. a week or 2 behind those countries corona virus has claimed europe's youngest

victim a 5 year old said to have had an underlying health condition. sound today saw another record death toll with the peak and plateau expected to arrive in a week to 10 days what happens at that point in this lovely sunny weather depends very much on the extent to which people can maintain their discipline and stay indoors as much as possible a prominent scientist who advises the government explained earlier that the plateau when it arrives may either fairly quickly give way to reduced numbers or if the lockdown isn't rigidly observed now those consistently high numbers of infections and deaths could go on for weeks available evidence was promising with police and the government encouraging people to stay home you must stay at home to protect the n.h.s. and to save lives whatever the temptations this weekend please don't go inside to visit the lakes the beaches the countryside. stead in keeping your own families and

communities safe in sorry over a city that hasn't seen curfew since war in the ninety's teams of volunteers are delivering shopping and supplies to the elderly and vulnerable who can't leave their homes in the midst of crisis here and in many parts of the world community is flourishing jonah hill al jazeera london. a quarter of a 1000000 european union citizens are expected to be flown home massive repatriation effort by their governments 350000 others mostly tourists have already been airlifted from all over the world wide chartered airliners and military aircraft charlotte ballasts reports. it could be a hospital reception but as bolivia's out her airport the country's airspace is closed part of measures to contain covert 19 it came back to life on saturday after the french embassy organized an exception to get european tourists home but i meant

that. actually my return date had expired the airline had rescheduled it for the end of this month but we know this is going to take longer because covert 19 is spreading i found out about the repatriation flights and decided to return. to story repeats in peru where french spanish and belgian citizens all buses bound for an earful space this weekend. the german government has repatriated nearly 200000 of its citizens including this group in south africa on friday all flights have been grounded there but an exception was made this week. i actually think it's a good thing to tell you things they are people. because. that way we also know that half of them for africa e.u. governments have been relying on commercial airlines but with fewer flights every day the block is resorting to a mix of charset and military planes e.u. institutions are also helping to cover costs when their passengers have more than one e.u. country they focused only on tourists not

a used citizens living permanently abroad we had brought home more than 350000. 350000. 250 sours and remaining and many a parade. on the way things become more difficult every day in january daily commercial flights peaked at 118000 around the world now there are just 27000 or 100 yr lines have completely or nearly completely stopped service it's pushed the burden increasingly on to governments like france which seem to playing for more than $100.00 nationals to the indian cities of cochin in mumbai and chartered an air france flight to pick up nearly 200 swiss belgians germans and british people in moscow leave. some time and probably true leave simply because i'm not 100 percent sure that the information about the epidemic here in russia is

reliable unfortunately e.u. citizens looking for security harm even if home is where the global outbreak is at its worst shelob ballasts al jazeera. well still ahead on al jazeera how kazakstan in kyrgyzstan are getting crowded virus help from the rich and famous but questions too about where the money's coming from. and is lacking in america the next coronavirus hot spot we'll hear from experts who fear it is. but. we've got plenty of showers across southeast asia particularly into malaysia air into indonesia further north that for the philippines latif on a dry and dry to for a good part of india china there will be some bits and pieces of sherry right in

the heat of the day that's the situation on monday going on into cheese day maybe some heavy rain for a time into cambodia pushing across into southern parts of vietnam scattering of showers there continuing across much of the region will the parts of australia could also see want to see showers from time to time but for much of those it is fine and dry we have this system out towards a bunny watch that's going to continue bringing some very heavy rain and that is tropical sightline herald a nasty one this loss of very heavy rain flooding certainly likely as we go on through the next couple of days damaging winds as well frustrated drive we have got a few showers into the far north of the country but a bit of cloud to the southeast dry than it has been recently and some cloud over towards the u.s. this side of the country again tended to thin and break with more in the west sunshine coming through we can see some showers there into the the north of western australia some showers along the spells of right also sliding towards new zealand

over the next day or so well it's about in oakland with a high of 20. in 2011 al jazeera gained rare access to the pyongyang film academy and some of north korea's brightest young stars. what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine. a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the country's elites rewind north korea cinema of tweens and al-jazeera. to move through to.

come back here watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines u.s. president all trump is warning americans to prepare for the toughest week yet of the coronavirus pandemic he says there will be more deaths in the coming days with cases now passing 310000. iran's president has announced low risk economic activities can resume from saturday just real facilities have been reopened 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to the office. the u.k. is reported its highest single day death toll 708 people elsewhere in europe the resigns the outbreak may have passed its peak infection rates in italy and spain all slowing. china has released a prominent human rights lawyer from jail one qualm jang was serving 4 and

a half years after being convicted of subversion of state power so a clock has more from hong kong confirmation from his wife via twitter that he was released from jail at 5 am on sunday morning now the family had requested that he be returned to their home in beijing however the authorities have kept him in an apartment in june and province and that simply because he'll be in quarantine now for 14 days so he's yet to be reunited with his family now he was arrested in 2015 as part of a chinese government crackdown on human rights lawyers we know around 300 or so of those lawyers were either arrested or they disappeared and interrogated some even reported torture now this crackdown has been referred to as a 709 crackdown simply because of the date as a result that was they the 9th of july now when he said 4 and a half years of jail but he did this appear was incommunicado for about 3 years and as a result his wife heavily campaigned for his case to go to trial he's got the last

of those human rights lawyers to remain behind bars and in 2018 he wants to finally tried his case was tried after the campaigning by his wife and he was sentenced to jail but his wife the last time she saw him was it last year in june so certainly some good news for his family of the release of this human rights lawyer on sunday in china so introversion countries such as kazakstan and neighboring kyrgyzstan have called on citizens and businesses to donate to emergency funds for the coronavirus crisis but while the donations the world come some are questioning where the money's coming from robin for us to walk of reports. that. a man who loves expensive things seems mellow and rapper in q stone last month he claimed he'd spent $80000.00 helping communities in quarantine. accused on social media of publicists seeking his rant insulting the kick his public for their in

gratitude landed him in jail. private donors of testing kits masks and food have had a better reception from the get go but the powerful clan behind this health campaign are unlikely philanthropists the metro emo of so under investigation for money laundering up to a $1000000000.00 janet with a video widely shared on whatsapp says when trouble came all those calling us corrupt went silent it's very much trademarks and you know. old school actors like them aren't doing this on purpose in order to capitalise on this politically actually like a lot of people are appreciating it you know maybe saying that. there's going to be a different time when we get you know like our given our resources and well right now our country mighty and we don't care who is giving that money and that.

donations to support the government's fight against coronavirus have totaled over $700000.00 in kyrgyzstan but in neighboring oil rich kazakstan more than $30000000.00 has been raised. as the line up of anything when 1st president nursultan nazarbayev appealed to the wealthy his daughter did not her and her husband's timor coolie by have responded with $10000000.00. that's small change given their vast wealth last year swiss media reported that the family purchased this chateau on lake geneva for more than $60000000.00 there is no separate that really is well over the number of people who. is legal and legitimate there's a perception that it was grabbed that was stolen and so you couple already taken this money not legally. give them back and this is not enough.

on the higher topping the list in the region is man of whose becky stands president says the billionaire has given $20000000.00 towards the construction of a new hospital in touch can't regardless of its origins private wealth in central asia is helping to fight the virus and for some that alone is reason to be thankful robin for a steelworker al-jazeera in uganda a 14 day nationwide long down measures mean millions of people can go to work for thousands that means there'll be no food on the table the government is distributing aid to more than 1500000 ugandans it sees as the most fun of all the president has shut down public transport close the borders and urged people to stay at home to contain the spread. the united nations says latin america could become a major covert 19 hot spot the un's economic commission says the effects of the pandemic are likely to push millions into poverty the virus has been slow to hit

the region but the number of infections jumped sharply in march our correspondent allison the m.p. at airports from bogota. very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this pipe's these concerns of the despite the spike in new infections there the president of brazil jackie had both been out of keeps meaning my seeing the impact that these will have in brazil he continues to say that he's more worried about the economic impact there and so he's attacking mayors and governors who have imposed strict measures in a number of regions across the bridge dealing insisting these measures should and men will be able to go out to just for their essential needs buying food or medicines on monday wednesday and friday women he

said will be able to do it on tuesday there's day and saturday well on sunday everybody is expected to stay at home the president there said that even if the measures so far put in place have had positive effects he wants even less people on the streets and he hopes that this will mean that half of the people that go out to on a daily bases in peru will go out with these new measures here in colombia also the lockdown continues to looks like it has been able to reduce the number of contagions this was the government is saying however it is still very worried about a possible increase or spiking cases in the coming days or weeks the lockdown here will go on until april tertius at least for now but there are talks about a possible extension a lot of the worry here is for venice where my grants and hundreds of them i

started walking back to venezuela because with occur in lockdown they haven't been able to eat or pay for do a room. as the number of corona virus infections rises globally hospitals are generating large amounts of medical waste that's dangerous for people who collect it the world health organization wants governments to ensure they're properly protected priyanka go up to reports from hospitals and at homes to wherever they work doctors and nurses worldwide are battling what's described as the invisible enemy they should be using what's known as personal protective equipment including medical mask gowns gloves and eye protection some designed for single use and immediate disposal more cases mean more discarded gear more medical supplies used and that means medical waste on a scale never seen before the problem is really to to find. a place in the

area where we can store and parent already the containers that contain those. all those used and i mean 18 equipment this is really the main the main issue figures from china show that when the pandemic was at its peak in february 159000 tons of medical waste were disposed of in 6 weeks since late january 240 tons of that was from harm the lone every day china had to construct a medical waste plant to cope. with many patients recovering at home and some were infected but chill no symptoms workers who collect household refuse are also at risk. for have to tell people to avoid throwing trash in piles like that it would be better if they put it in bags that baby away touching as much as possible and be awarded the risk of getting infected with corona virus and other diseases. asked

the u.s. shore and other countries and recommending where he must not disposing of them safely increases the infection described. outside a surgical mask for 7 days as long as 7 so you don't. contaminate your side is the size of facing you so you rode it out. if you have health care workers it can't happen in the sky is the size of. the size . they see out. so you charge you. you know welds besieged by the fire is the expert advice is the health risk can be reduced but only if everyone follows the rules. 0. countries around the world are looking to all sorts of technologies to help contain the coronavirus mohamed explains doctors and nurses in italy need all the help they

can get including from tommy the robot. made goods. that robots like tommy operate in the most infectious wards staff here hope he'll reduce the risks of catching the disease by avoiding direct contact with patients. it allows us to use less protective clothing like masks and overalls which at this time are in scarce supply the advantage is there for double. the northern region of lombardy accounts for most of italy's known coronavirus cases here the robots help relay vital information between patients and doctors remotely and at any time of the day. share your time when you talk this robot helps us monitor some clinical parameters of the patient for example heart rate respiratory rate oxygen saturation blood pressure and also mechanical aspects of respiration. in galle in belgium

hospitals are testing whether robots equipped with ultraviolet lights can disinfect wards to keep patients safe even in hard to reach areas easily place and stuff and this infection the machine's ultraviolet light quickly kills bacteria we want to make sure that we touch every surface which by the lights and this can be done by the robot as it drives itself. to the streets. in india's southern state of thomas nadu robots are lending a helping hand by delivering vital supplies that will lead to good people and also available for the. giving in food and medicine to the patients so it's a very good initiative halley appreciative of others on security patrol in tunis he is capital but. this one dubbed robo cop is guarding empty streets ensuring no one breaks a lockdown imposed last month. spotting

unmanned drones is slowly becoming a regular occurrence many are being deployed as part of coronavirus awareness campaigns. as well as making sure that everyone stays indoors and maintains social distancing while the human touch remains essential in times of crisis robots are stepping in where people can't. al-jazeera. but head of the roman catholic church pope francis is holding easter celebrations in a practically empty st peter's basilica it's the most unusual celebration of the holy week in history the events usually held in a huge square right outside filled with thousands of people. and let's take you through some of the headlines here down just the other. now u.s.

president donald trump is warning americans to prepare for the toughest week yet of the coronavirus pandemic he says there'll be more deaths in the coming days as cases exceed $310000.00 trees being deployed to help we're going to be airing a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors and it'll be a large number it'll be will be telling them over the next very short period where they're going they're going into war they're going into a battle iran's president has announced that low risk economic activities will resume from next saturday industrial facilities will be reopened in 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to the office that's despite warnings from health officials of a 2nd wave of infections of people remain at home u.k.

government is urging people to observe social distancing as spring weather warms much of the country it's also announced there were 708700 8 rather deaths linked to the virus on friday that's the biggest rise in a single day the european union is flying home hundreds of thousands of citizens stranded abroad most of them tourists 350000 have been airlifted so far another quarter of a 1000000 is expected to land in. those are your headlines next on al-jazeera is rewind we're back top of the hour if you can stay up to date of course 0 dot com.

hello and welcome to rewind this week where rewinding to 2011 and an episode of want to one which had secured unique access to north korea's elite screen academy a school where young actors were trained in how best to extol the virtues of the country's then dia leader kim jong il.