i think russia's foreign policy is too soft. russian grangeville between not. russia or knowledge easy. the coronavirus death toll in the united states a passes that of spain even as president trump continues his war of words with the world health organization. hello again. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up around 3 premier praises the sacrifices made by health workers in an address to the nation. forming infections the number of people recovering from covert 1000 in new zealand is now

more than new reported cases. a ceasefire in yemen's war the saudi u.a.e. coalition announces a 2 week break. now the united states has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the coronavirus for the 2nd day in a row as officials warn that the outbreak is yet to peak the total number of fatalities there is now 14817 surpassing spain to become the highest the 2nd highest in the world after italy now even as that toll mounts president on trumpet yet again criticized the world health organization mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . a long line of ambulances queued outside a new york hospital and officials say the peak of the pandemic has still not been reached it's not expected to hit the city for several more days. against the

backdrop of the most deadly days since the virus hit the u.s. president trump continued his feud with the world health organization accusing it top initially minimizing the threat of the virus and responding sharply to that agency's director general who said that politicizing the virus could lead to more body bags please don't politicize this wondrous. it exploits the differences you have at the national level if you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags then you do it if you don't want many more body bags then you'd be framed from politicizing it if you're losing more body bags i think we would have done.

and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together made a decision against the world health organisation i can't believe he's talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be china's way that's not right it's not fair to us and honestly it's not fair to the world president trump continued to endorse the use of the anti malaria drug hydroxy korak when ignoring the warning by many specialists that unsourced medical advice could prove dangerous zinc they say is ink the shit is zinc so as to be

recommended by doctors physicians but they say zinc i want to throw that out there because that's where they seem to be having the best. result and while the president was volunteering anecdotal medical advice new york city continued its preparations for what is to come fall and setting up a field hospital in a downtown church hoping against call predictions that it will not be needed mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has accused western countries of mishandling the pandemic accusing them of being arrogant in their dealings with iran in a televised address he said the situation has proven to be a big test for both people and governments he also praised his country's health sector of all jews even if the apex of our national pride is from health sector putting their health on the line and they have been suffering while being away from

their families even during the holidays they were not able to be with their families and have to deal with this turn numerous errors and lack of sleep oh let's not bring in the on skype from tehran for us then this was supposed to an annual religious address but the supreme leader spent a substantial part of his speech talking about the coronavirus and also the importance of upholding islamic values at this particular time was there a particular public health message in the. well we really this is a significant occasion in the calendar year for iranian muslims and he took the opportunity to really address the country's morale this is a nation that's seen some of the worst of this global pandemic it is very hard hit and at the same time has remained under old u.s. sanctions and seen new ones come into effect since the public health crisis began here several months ago many are in quarantine the economy is in a bad shape schools are closed businesses are closed so he really took this

opportunity to address moral saying that iranians should lean on their faith turn back to religious basics to find strength and solace but also prepare going forward for what is likely to be a continued challenge and the whole point of it here was is that he wanted to address many questions that there have been about iran's handling of the corona virus outbreak here in the country and he wanted to put to rest any questions there might be about how iran's performance is stacking up against the rest of the world it has been criticism both internally and externally about infection and death rates and generally the response being too slow but he made it clear if there was any doubt he said that iran has dealt very well with what he described as a modern plague and even though iran remains in the in the thick of it he said that iran has come out of it and he also as you said honored the many medical staff that have participated in responding to the virus but he also said that the people have really stepped up the common people the public he praised them for helping each other for neighbors taking care of neighbors for cooperating with the government

something that had been a challenge in the early days of the outbreak and you really wanted to point forward and say people should not necessarily question iran's policy at this time there's also been a lot of people here that have said it is time now for iran to step back from its aggressive policy towards the west perhaps towards the united states and he addressed that specifically saying that if anybody thinks that that is the way forward their mistake in reducing animosity will not reduce the hostility of iran's rivals speaking of policy as i see iran's president has on a honey has also said that the risk economic activities well from necessity as a pleasant is the country ready for that. well whether they're ready or not medically something that the health ministry has even pointed to in recent days one health ministry official speaking to a government state news organization saying that the health minister acknowledges that perhaps the government has different social political economic security concerns that the health ministry does not many people say that practically

speaking this could lead to a 2nd wave but the leaders at the top there is a political will amongst the senior leadership to move forward they've done a cost benefit they've weighed the economic health of the country against the public health and they feel the need to strike a balance whether that's practical whether they can achieve both dealing with the coronavirus while maintaining some sort of economic activity that is really a question that remains to be seen but it is one that they are willing now to ask the government is going to move forward april 11th things will begin to normalize across the country that normalizing will begin in tehran province and in the capital a week later and really the supreme leader in his speech sort of pointed forward and gave 3 instructions to the country saying that despite the fact that they will be normalizing economic circumstances coming up in the fasting month of ramadan the islamic calendar month of ramadan there will be no public gatherings and he told people that the 2 things to focus on is to have

a surge in production keep making things pointing to the fact that economic activity certainly will move forward the supreme leader assad so he also told people to make advances in scientific production and research so really a key a key indicator from the supreme leader himself that things will begin to normalize whether they can get a handle on the public health crisis or not and of course and with more than 4000 deaths iran does remain the west head country and that mentioned there for us and tehran thank you. well spain's prime minister says that country is close to reversing the coronavirus curve now more on those latest developments in europe from paul brennan who is live for us in surrey england paul spain has for some time now been optimistic about its trajectory but i see they're also planning on extending their lockdown how does that compare to the approach of other european countries. well certainly the knowledge that coronaviruses going to be a marathon and not a sprint has been shared across the european continent the italians and the spanish

have been the hardest hit as we know but the other northern european countries are also now experiencing what the spanish and italians did perhaps one or 2 weeks ago and the talk at the moment with easter approaching is whether or not a coronavirus lockdowns or partial lockdowns how long they need to be in place what form they need to take and how what the exit strategy might possibly be now spain's prime minister petra sanchez has been speaking today ahead of a vote which will probably extend the state of emergency in spain here in the u.k. we have the prime minister boris johnson who is actually still in the hospital spent his 3rd night in intensive care on weapons day night and we haven't actually had a official communique as to his latest condition and all we know is what was said by the chance there yesterday which was that boris johnson was and i quote improving sat up in bed and apparently engaging positively with the clinical staff

but rather frustratingly we haven't had an update this morning as to what kind of an and night the prime minister has had but the the foreign secretary who deputized as for the prime minister is going to be chairing what we call the cobra meeting it's an emergency meeting it will have the leaders of the 4 devolved governments in it it'll also have security chiefs and medical chiefs looking at what the british strategy should be and the government is under pressure here as to exactly what its strategy is labor which has a new leader in secure star my wants to know from the government what is your strategy i don't need dates i don't need to know exactly when by what date you think restrictions might be lifted but give us a flavor at least of what your strategy is so the government is under pressure here program and that what's in your plan developments from sorry for us thank you paul . let's take you to some other news now the saudi u.a.e.

coalition has announced a 2 week long cease fire in yemen starting on thursday now hours after that announcement residents in marriage that's near the capital sana say a missile fired by the who sees his a building in the city center there have also been reports of raids by saudi jets now it is hoped that the ceasefire could lead to the 1st direct talks after 5 years of fighting while the u.n. special envoy to yemen has welcome to the move calling it a critical moment mohammed a lot of has this update from summer. since the midnight people expected that the ceasefire will take place but according to news agencies that the ceasefire will hold its place by thursday's noon but so far more than 10 rays that have been carried out by saudi fighter jets in different regions of yemen especially in iran also in iran and inside saudi territories and also others inside the problems which

is in the border with saudi arabia many people hope this cease fire will hold will spill its place and also will. will continue to support the peace talks that have been. that have been brokered by the united nations in order to bring both warring sides to the table to discuss how to resolve the differences peacefully and also to help the collapsing health care sector to confront confront also and tackle the. coronavirus in case it emerges in yemen especially that the minister of health during a session for the parliament he appealed to the wall that yemen yemen's health care sector has only $1500.00 beds available for 4 patients but he also put shocking figures that the in case the coronavirus millions in yemen at least 2x8ww yemenis could contracted the disease within

just the span of 2 some weeks. still ahead on al jazeera millions of indians who wanted to wear masks in public including those in the 2 biggest cities delhi and mumbai. was was on living in fear of the day and why some in indonesia don't want coronavirus victims buried in their towns. or. how the weather in europe the stuff that comes out of the sky really is to around the edges so portugal and spain covered in cloud that frontal system across the british isles and through scandinavia in actual fact been quite warm recently it norway and sweden the amount of snow that forward so

a couple of weeks ago is almost all melted so there's been a flood risk here but the temperatures around about lived in oslo with the heart of europe now seeing temps in the middle twenty's that's rather woman than you might expect on those early april nevertheless unfortunately in spain and portugal clouds and rain has kept things on the cold side but reads only 14 degrees but by contrast if you take paris as an example the temperature here is in the middle twenty's or in the high twenty's for the next 3 days something like 10 degrees above the average certainly very warm feels a shame it can be enjoyed and in contrast the breezes coming to the east and that has kept libya and egypt cool the amount like 60 long the north coast but that breeze comes all the way down into sudan and we've had temps in the middle forty's and so help in the last 4 or 5 days and i don't the low forty's so that breeze having an effect it's quite a strong rock got the temperatures on his show and by colors that breeze is strong enough to pick up the dust and the sand.

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and again i'm the stars here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths for a 2nd day this comes as president donald trump and the head of the world health organization have entered into a war of words over the handling of the pandemic. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has condemned western countries in their dealings with terror on during the pandemic and he praised his country's health care sector in a televised address. the saudi u.a.e. coalition has announced a cease fire in yemen amid to the coronavirus outbreak it said to last 2 weeks and will come into effect on thursday the coalition has been fighting who the rebels since 2015. now new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions just in the next few hours ordering all citizens arriving home from abroad into quarantine for 14 days prime minister just says the lockdown measures all working announcing the

lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks foreigners have been barred from entering since march 20th and the country's been shut down for 2 weeks well for more on this let's go live now to our correspondent sean bettis in or planned charlotte despite the fact that things do seem to be going well there more people recovering than getting infected the country is introducing even further measures. and so they have a very strict mission so no foreigners have not come into the country what's their eva for about 3 weeks now this is not next to the new zealand citizens themselves as of midnight tonight and just over 3 hours anyone coming you know we've walked off the plane and taken to government run quarantine facilities the government taken over a number of hotels all cleaned people put in those 14 days to ensure they're not harboring the virus the only thing they will be able to join in that time is to go for war not pry into these militias the last few weeks new zealand is coming back and have been told to sell lights basically have come off the plane and had to

convince immigration officials that they can remove themselves from society stand by for the 2 weeks by themselves since it approached the approach was a lot about trust and citizens politicians now saying that there's just too much at stake to trust people to self isolate and not bring the virus into the community and the stakes are getting high every day so use eland as in a week lockdown period we're halfway through that at the 2 rate mup right now and that the missions are incredibly restrict to some of the most restrictive in the willows you can only leave your house if you're going to a supermarket to a pharmacy or happened to be in a scene to but it's a want to go for a swim not allowed there hiking no cycling far away from your house and a lot to drive in the rear even to go through if you have to stay in your locality and people really don't want to undo any of the progress that that may seem caissons down 4 straight days now down to 29 as of tuesday the number

recoveries from coronavirus that she based the number of people being inflicted for 2 days this week so people are seeing a lot of progress he's not just put it today. and the face of the greatest human have that we have faced and over a century kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide wall of defense as a government we have had pandemic notices we've had powers that come with being in a nation will emergency where you have the greatest power of all you made the decision that together we could protect one another and you have you have saved lives charlotte how is just then draw downs approach being received over there so she's taken to an incredibly aggressive assertive approach keep in mind that when you zealand's lockdown came into play on day one you zealand only had 280 cases and don't do so in the globe things very minimal and yet we ended up with

some of the most restrictive nations in the world she sits today in the chris conference that the night before she decided to put this lockdown in she was told there was a very narrow window that the modeling showed that places were prized exponentially within days on trek italy so she decided to take those quite restrictive missions citizens in new zealand had been watching the news had seen how bad it got in other places and so it has been quite a high rate of compliance people are prepared to stick this number another 2 weeks . so the post signs with the case it's been going down so they're sticking to the rules and 16 people have been breaching the lockdown shot about us there for us live in or can thank you very much challenge. well hundreds of millions of people in india have now been told they must wear face masks when going outside and that order applies to people and its 2 biggest cities delhi and mumbai as well as

the most populous state of origin pradesh now with masks in short supply world wide the indian health ministry has given instructions on how people can make their own at home india has nearly 6000 cases of infection and at least one $178.00 deaths elizabeth per annum is in new delhi and has been explaining how the new measures will be enforced the biggest cities of mumbai and delhi in fact the whole territory of delhi will to predict the stage of which is home to more than 200000000 people and madhya pradesh have all made wearing face masks compulsory there's also a shortage of face masks in india so authorities have said that people can wear homemade masks or even a piece of cloth but it has to be doubled up that piece of cloth will do we've had increasing concerns in india that with the number of coronavirus cases rising that there is a lot of spread happening from asymptomatic peoples of people without symptoms

passing on the virus without knowing and authorities think that wearing face masks will help mom buy has said that anyone not wearing the face mask will be punished with a minimum of 6 months in prison meant that might be because mumbai and the state that it's the capital of maharashtra have the highest number of cases in the country now i can tell you that any time i've gone out for the last 2 weeks to say buy groceries i've been stopped by every police officer who have come across and i've been told to put on a face mask a grocery stores won't let you in unless you're wearing a face mask and some even gloves so this was already something that was happening in a lot of places but now authorities have made it compulsory and punishable to. welfare of the coronavirus is causing problems for those trying to bury their dead in indonesia from jakarta jesco washington reports in some towns in indonesia is about the coronavirus can quickly turn into rage this ambulance was on its way to the

local symmetry in bonn humans carrying the body of a covert 19 patients. turn back the men say they don't want the body buried in their town this is the fate for many victims of covert 19 alone and isolated in their final hours and i wanted in death. was. the local mayor tries to get the protesters to disperse. to the risk of getting the virus from a dead body living can talk. the talk and not to have explained this over and over again undeterred by reassurance from local leaders similar scenes are playing out across the country and at least 3 provinces the bodies of those who died from covered 19 had to be moved to other cemeteries because of community and. traditional burial practices have to be put aside for now bodies a disinfected and wrapped in layers of sanitized plastic before burial.

local administrations are preparing extra plots across they communities in jakarta there were more than $4000.00 burials in march a huge spike compared to previous months. indonesia has one of the world's lowest rates of coven 19 testing their fears many people have died not knowing whether they had the virus. some families do have that certainty the choose to ignore it. it's not clear why the hospital released the body of this covert 900 patient to her family but they are wrapped her body promptly the world health organization says bodies of covert 19 patients are generally not infectious but it recommends families avoid touching them this outbreak isn't just changing how people live but how they die as well jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta.

now in france the school break has begun in parts of the country the easter holidays coincided with warmer weather and the french government is worried that people will attempt to go on holiday they're warning people not to break the lock down and risk spreading the virus reports. at a railway station in paris french police step up patrols on to france's strict look down rules only essential travel is permitted but french authorities are concerned that the start of the school break and warmer weather could tempt some people to leave home to go on holiday but we put in place new measures in the point where officers to prevent all hold a travel because it's not permitted france is in its 4th week of confinement for people in the city staying indoors isn't easy and some of begun to linger outside in the sunshine a little longer than allowed but. you can't stop people from going out they can

cover their faces and minimize risks but personally i think the government like governments in many countries misinformed us and did not anticipate well enough in the southwestern city of bordeaux police are tracking potential holidaymakers from the air they using helicopters to increase surveillance of roads and the region. motorways. we saw him stop some people near the verse act toll road they were trying to go on holiday they were questioned by a colleague on the ground who are backing us up in the sector one hour from bordeaux the picturesque village of tone would usually be busy with tourists at this time of year officials in southwest france say that most people seem to be abating the lockdown but the extra checks and surveillance by police will continue throughout the holiday period the french government says the lockdown is working that is preventing the country's health system from being overwhelmed it's warned that if people start breaking the confinement rules now the collective efforts made

by so many over the past weeks will have been for nothing natasha bottler al jazeera opt out suit on france. well as the corona virus spreads across the united states there is a growing movement towards mail in voting ahead of november's presidential election but as john hendren reports republicans and led by president trump are opposing the idea. after a chaotic and dangerous day at the polls in wisconsin there is a growing call for a virus proof november election since it will probably be moving to both by mail she wants that provision in the next stimulus bill. this is the scene few want to see again wisconsin voters on tuesday gathering by the thousands to cast their ballots during a deadly global pandemic all belief by saying a lot of them being out here about a man and being afraid to take on the fight a little with only 5 of 180 milwaukee polling stations able to open many was cons

and voters including a nurse just off for shift did not get to the front of the serpentina lines to cast their ballots at all. i must say yeah but. i wish i had been asked to balance that but i didn't know it was going to be obvious yet now across the u.s. many democrats are calling for standardized mail in balloting zone nothing like wisconsin's election which critics call irresponsible an undemocratic ever happens again mail ballots early balloting if in fact it turns out in places around the country they decide you can't do in person voting this is something we should be planning for now so that if it's needed we're ready to go in november but the move has some high profile republican critics the president of the united states among them bill bell it's a very dangerous thing for this country because the cheaters trump who himself voted by mail in florida last month added on twitter it doesn't work out well for

republicans. most americans want their government to require a mail in ballot in the nov 3rd presidential election with americans in much of the world confined to their homes a reuters ipsos poll released this week found 79 percent of democrats and 65 percent of republicans agree with the idea. with a republican controlled senate behind him the president might succeed in blocking an expansion of mail in voting that leaves the potential that if the coronavirus lingers or surges again in november the chaos of wisconsin. could play out across the u.s. john hendren al-jazeera chicago. let's bring you some breaking news now from iraq the latest prime minister designate. has resigned he had until april 15th to form a new government well let's go straight now to smyrna fulton he's live for us on the phone in baghdad simona and do we know what's prompted this. well as nanos of

the has just announced his resignation and this comes after mounting opposition by various political parties to his candidacy initially there was a lot of opposition coming from some of the shia parties who saw him as being very close to the united states but in addition to that yesterday we saw 1 also opposition coming from some of the outer bloc in parliament including from the kurds and sunnis which is a clean made his candidacy tenable now we expect that the president may nominate another candidate today somebody who has been put forth as a potential prime minister by several parties his name is the fuck outta me what is ironic here is that he too is seen as somebody who is rather close to the united states so one would expect that he would face similar opposition from some of these

parties so this entire process is becoming increasingly confused the confusing and muddled and political infighting and this is what some people to believe that it is increasingly unlikely that the political establishment will actually manage to agree on a new prime minister that the chances that the current caretaker prime minister the mapi who resigned back in december as a result of wide spread anti-government protests might actually remain in office but it remains to be seen what will happen whether the president will actually in a successor and we expect more announcements on that today well we'll be bringing you more on that as we get it but for now and the news will continue here on out of there shortly.

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