struggling to cope with a number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action with them behind the curtain and in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. al jazeera. are on our intel of this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. one in 10 american workers lose their jobs as the coronavirus pandemic takes an ever deeper toll on the global economy. but there are glimmers of hope in europe as leaders agree a deal on support for the worst hit states. the number of global deaths grows another 800 victims in the u.k.

alone a sports stadiums turned into hospitals. and a cease fire comes into effect in yemen but the whities say it's just a stunt. the number of worldwide coronavirus deaths is edging closer to the 100000 mark as lockdowns continue to threaten the global economy there are signs that any recovery in the u.s. economy the world's largest is going to be slow as consumer confidence collapses and unemployment skyrockets and europe leaders have agreed a trillion euro economic support plan they say will prop up businesses governments and help people meanwhile the number of dead around the world is rising rapidly in the u.s. more than 1200 people have died from corona virus in the past 24 hours with the u.k.

adding more than 800 victims within the last hour the british government says prime minister boris johnson has been moved out of intensive care as his condition has improved he will remain in hospital 2 weeks after testing positive for the virus or economic toll of the virus is growing in the us with news of the latest number of unemployment claims one in 10 working americans have now lost their job since the coronavirus pandemic. forced the closure of all non-essential businesses in the past month have now been 3 can take you weeks of surging claims for unemployment benefits a total of 6600000 people filed a 1st time unemployment claims for the weekending april 4th this with a slight decrease from the previous week's count of 6900000 the latest data nearly 17000000 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when unemployment was near a record low john hendren joins us over skype from chicago said john a really bleak picture on the jobs front that's right lauren

a lot of those job closures as closures of so-called non-essential businesses have really taken their toll and not just on service workers the unemployment rate is now between 12 and 13 percent here in the u.s. in just in the past week that's gone up by a couple of percentage points and there are some analysts who are forecasting that that will hit 15 percent one man called it the great recession 2 so these are huge numbers not seen in the united states since the 19 thirties and many of those who have been asking for those unemployment benefits have been unemployed so quickly that they haven't been able to receive their benefits yet in our as you know a lot of people here live from paycheck to paycheck this is a sampling of the just some of the industries affected in just the state of texas food services manufacturing mining agriculture forestry health care waste management transportation and warehousing and that is not an exhaustive list many

of the new hotspots now are not on the coasts as you originally saw on that 1st wave it was new york washington state and california will now it's hitting the midwest here in chicago where i am and also in detroit that is in the state of michigan we put together a story on that and take a look. detroit famed for its riches to rags to riches story is really. really really. the coronavirus threatens to undermine the motor city's rapid recovery from a 2013 bankruptcy detroit's t.c.f. center was scheduled to house in north american international auto show in june it was expected to bring in 400000000 dollars now instead beginning thursday it will begin accepting patients of a 1000 bed emergency coronavirus hospital this facility specifically for holding

patients they're going to be negative pressure in here just like a hospital room so the patients can use actually join if needed they will be born to the other which is the motor city is just the latest virus hotspot to make the demoralizing conversion from commercial hall to crisis medical center it's a model the u.s. army corps of engineers has pursued in coronavirus hotspots around the u.s. from new york's massive jacob javits convention center to illinois the largest city where engineers have been installing thousands of beds in a matter of days chicago's mccormick place is north america's largest convention center but the conventions are all closed in illinois under a statewide lockdown order so this sprawling complex is now with 3000 bed hospital devoted entirely to coronavirus throughout neighboring michigan the virus is moving fast our numbers are climbing exponentially we now know it was

a matter of time that if covered $1000.00 would come to michigan we took aggressive measures we've been on the front and aggressive measures that states have been taking but we see that's astronomical rise 7 years after the bankruptcy that brought motown's engine back to life the virus threatens to bring that progress to a grinding halt. john hendren chicago. now of course every institution here in the united states has been struck with jails in prisons have been struck as well as those of course are large gatherings of people the new york times tallied more than 1300 cases but the largest hub of coronavirus cases at any institution what so ever in the united states is now here in chicago the cook county jail is home to 401 cases of coronavirus people that have tested positive that includes 251 inmates and 150 staffers they've all

been in close quarters i have been inside of that jail when we 1st story. and seen how closely those people lived together and you can see they're living in bunks how easily that virus could spread from one person to another so those inmates actually filed a lawsuit asking for all 4500 of them to be released but a judge ruled just today that that would not happen refused to release them but did set rather strict standards for the jail to keep on sanitation and testing we'll hear more about how that virus is it affecting the united states during the white house briefing in the next couple of hours john 100 thank you very much indeed for more on the economic impact of coronavirus in the u.s. . is that labor economists and associate professor at the u.s.c. of minnesota he's also a former senior economist on the u.s. president's council of advisors he joins us from minneapolis via skype thank you very much indeed for being with us wondering if you could give us a bit of

a historic context for the scale of the job losses in the u.s. at the moment. well the speed of the job losses and the size of them it's just unprecedented and so you know we've lost about 17000000 jobs at least in the last 3 weeks and you know we've never seen anything like this that multiplied by 30 times and i think if you do some back of the envelope numbers here there are now there is a smaller share of americans working. at any time in her history back to the as far as records go more than 70 years and and how hard is it for the system to cope with that we've seen in the pictures of all the donors and people lining up to to claim benefit how does it to scale up and provide the services when the numbers jump this quickly i think it's it's very difficult you know this again the volume of people trying to access these benefits has multiplied by by 30

times compared to the baseline and so any system will struggle with that kind of change in volume who the systems are not designed to scale up that fast and again like never in american history if we had. such a need for these things to scale up so fast that even during the great recession we lost a total of. you know it took about 6 months or more to reach the number of claims that we 'd reached in the last 2 or 3 weeks and so tell me a bit about the it we were on march 25th the u.s. senate passed a 2 trillion dollar coronavirus rescue package and it was designed to to be able to kind of keep some people people on payroll is the following idea to do the numbers of people claiming benefit now suggest that the furlough system hasn't been taken up in in great numbers or will or what what's your interpretation that. yeah i mean

i think that we don't see a lot of take up of this short time. compensation we see a lot of layoffs. and hopefully we're going to be able to get more support to people who've lost their labor income and hopefully will get support to small businesses so that they can maybe keep people on payroll you know they're still if we fall in a very far away very quickly. but we still could fall farther and you know until we deal with the underlying public health challenge the real risk and pointed you make of the new measures announced by the central bank today will they much difference will they make i think the fed has been very aggressive and recognize this. early and has put in place a lot of very innovative measures to support the economy and is moving with one character you know with more speed than. we've ever needed or seen in

the past so you know i think congress has been moving to and hopefully will continue to move because the economic scale of support that americans need right now is is out of scale with what's been done and it's just moving fast and we need to make sure that families and businesses can bridge through this time when we need them to remain idle and that they don't deteriorate so much that it will be hard to recover when we're in it in a position to kind of restart get back towards normal aaronson gena thank you very much indeed to feel announces thank you thank you only as the 200 mentioned we're standing by for the daily news conference set from president trump and at the white house coronavirus task force is the scene live in washington will be heading over there soon as it starts. now the e.u. has agreed to

a more than one trillion dollars to made available to member states fighting the coronavirus the french finance minister has described the economic plan as the most important in the block's history the deal comes on a day of hope for member states as germany and spain signal they've reached the peak of the pandemic and the hayward reports. the rise in new impaction seems to be slowing in spades the country's hospitals though are still overwhelmed and after weeks of loss and more deaths predicted trying to keep coronavirus a day in public spaces is. under residents are reminded they should stay at home that. spain will remain in lockdown until april the 21st but the prime minister says the risk now bring the hope. after weeks of this fight which has been from the moments agonizing we see how the fire the pandemic released is starting to come under control the figures are encouraging we have reached the peak of coke at

19 and we are close to the beginning of the descent. in germany the lock down appears to be working with landmarks empty deserted even you know and that's the latest coronavirus numbers in germany a reason for some heart the increase is flattening and the current number of infections is lowering a bit if we count the people who are recovered and those who lost their lives more than 18000 people have died in italy it's squares remain empty the impact of weeks of prescriptions is clear to see for those families hardest hit the government says loan and mortgage repayments will be suspended and there are questions about who will help pay for the pandemic. italy is an integral part of the e.u. the e.u. must show a strong swift and unified response to the repercussions of this pandemic we have

to provide answers about politics finance and economy because this is in all of our interests this does not only concern italy but also spain and all countries that face economic and social problems and those questions are being asked across europe it is grappling with this crisis from the north to the south nowhere is untouched by. by. the happening deep divisions though inside the e.u. about how it should be financed days of talks have no resulted in an agreement held by the french finance minister as the most important economic plan in the history it will allow credit from the blocks bailout fund to go to the worst affected countries until the crisis is over this emergency plan will shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. when the house crises abates we need we will need to spur the economic recovery he needs it is imperative that we brought together.

the many families in europe easter weekend which usually market time of togetherness coronavirus will mean many will now spend it apart remembering those who they've lost and that he would out of their. financial analyst filipe legrange he explained why e.u. ministers had struggled to reach a deal. well obviously northern europeans tend to think of themselves as as frugal and they tend to think of southern europeans as profit and they don't therefore don't want to share a bank account it's slightly more complicated than that but really at base that's what it's about but nobody is actually talking about neutralizing all debt they're talking about a common physical effort a temporary calm and physical effort which has to be large in order to respond to the economic emergency but will be time limited and will be for specific purposes like medical assistance or indeed helping to spark a recovery when the pandemic passes i think it's absolutely crucial because of the

threat. of post-crisis us territory and a financial crisis neutralized and indeed because of the political acrimony you know at a time when thousands and thousands of italians and spaniards. have have died there's a feeling that northern europeans are blaming them for their plight and that has gone down very badly indeed. the u.k.'s prime minister has been moved out of intensive care after being treated for corona virus 1st johnson is still in hospital but the government says he is recovering nearly 8000 people have died since the outbreak began the country is bracing for several more weeks in lockdown after officials warned they can't lift any restrictive measures until the virus is under control barker reports. shuttered shops and silent streets in london's usually thriving heart extending the u.k.'s long isn't just

a health care decision it's a political and economic one to the restrictions are costing british businesses billions and the prospect of a deep recession looms arriving at number 10 the foreign secretary dominic you standing in for boris johnson whilst he's in hospital struck down by the virus chaired a meeting of the government's emergency cobra committee to decide whether to extend the 3 week lock down a decision won't be made until next week but now the message remains clear the most important thing right now is that people continue to follow the government's going to us until we've got the evidence that the virus is firmly under control so that means please do stay at home to protect our n.h.s. and to save lives. after all the efforts that everyone's made after all the sacrifices so many people have made it's not ruling it now this is the 1st coronavirus crisis meeting to take place without the country's chief decision maker

the prime minister the committee normally meets here at the cabinet office in boardroom hence the name cobra but it's now taking place largely remotely senior politicians and scientists have been looking closely at the data to decide what to do next the prime minister's condition is said to be improving on thursday these be moved from an intensive care unit into a hospital ward where he continues to receive close monitoring he is described as being in extremely good spirits. but it could be some time before he returns to downing street with medical experts saying he could be off work for weeks from. despite the rising death toll in the u.k. the number of people being admitted to hospital with cope at 19 and entering intensive care is leveling off it's hoped after 3 weeks of social distancing measures the number of people dying will stop rising to the figures are promising but lifting restrictions too soon could be catastrophic at the current situation we

don't hand any treatment iris we don't have a vaccination and we probably don't have. we. say 50 cent estimate said we hope you know everything up and we just opening ourselves up. in big heat and his concerns about soaring numbers of sufferers this led to more preparations the national stadium of wales is being transformed into a field hospital to cope with the rising demand for beds and another famous sporting venue manchester united's old trafford stadiums be in place for a reserve list as a temporary blood donation center the team's players recently agreed to donate 30 percent of their wages to local hospitals. there's a men's pressure to ease the lockdown but the government must strike a balance between what's proportionate and potentially reckless leave barca

al-jazeera london. but you know there is still ahead as the death toll from the virus rises in florida many of the u.s. states elderly residents question the slow response of the governor. and aid agencies warn that restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the virus are hindering their vital work. and as the oil cartel opec and their allies have reached an agreement to cut output in a statement the group says it will reduce oil production by $10000000.00 barrels per day starting on may the 1st for an initial period of 2 months or prices have plummeted by around 30 percent after lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus cut demand prices have also decreased because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia who of apparently managed to reach

a deal yemen's hoofy rebels have told al jazeera that the unilateral ceasefire from the saudi u.a.e. led coalition is a media and political stunt that the group says they want a more comprehensive un negotiated cease fire they added that the unilateral cease fire is designed to undermine any u.n. process and has already been violated by the coalition there about money reports. i hold in military operations in yemen. but in the days and even hours since will cease fire came into effect all too familiar scenes of violence across the country injured people taken to hospital after shelled the port city of her date or more injuries to entail of the heavy shelling the who the say the saudi u.a.e. coalition is the bomb targets in all jails hedger and cider. although the coalition called for a ceasefire spokesman told our just era they have not agreed to it so long as the

siege is not lifted they have all rights to their missile systems a maritime an air defenses including the drone looking to target their military installations and industrial sites is nothing but a continuation of your the coalition is just manipulating words either a total cease and halt the still sees an end to the siege or the war will continue the saudi vice defense minister khalid bin solomon said on twitter that the kingdom is taking responsibility to bring stability to the region but some analysts believe we are in the u.a.e. a looking for a face saving way out of an expensive war they cannot win and the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffiths has called for all parties to urgently cease fighting and make progress towards peace. more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began 5 years ago the u.n. hopes a temporary ceasefire could be extended the warring sides are expected to hold

a video conference to discuss halting ground air and naval attacks but millions of people are on the brink of fun and millions more suffering from displacement in their homes and disease u.n. officials hope the law in fighting means they can prevent another dangerous disease from entering the country coronavirus. they fear yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and it simply would be able to cope with another outbreak nor about a man the al jazeera. one as our diplomatic editor james bays joins us live from the united nations so what are they saying there about this. some confusion of a hope it's just the teething problems for a ceasefire clearly we have the who thing is proposing their cease fire we have the saudi coalition with their ceasefire who these saying they thought the saudis were

putting up a ploy for them then saying that the ceasefire had been breached had been air attacks pike taking place i put that idea a breach to the un spokes person as i say he said he hopes that that might just be initial problems and then the full ceasefire will come into force but he added this the secretary general very much welcomed the announcement made by the kingdom of saudi arabia on behalf of the coalition it was clear from this the saudi announcement that this was made in response to the secretary general's own call for a global cease fire mr griffiths is meeting with all the parties involved to seize this opportunity to make sure that this is not a wasted opportunity and he will be meeting and he is in discussions with all the relevant parties. well here at u.n.

headquarters where there's a very small staff working the flags flying at half mast in solidarity with the people of new york of course where the u.n. is based and where so many people are losing their lives the u.n. security council has been meeting the meeting organized by here but and basters attending virtually for this meeting remarkably their 1st meeting on covert 19 although they discussed it in relation to other countries specifically on the virus taking place and the reason it's taken so long is there's real divisions behind the scenes the security council still hasn't put out a statement on covert 19 divisions between east and west the sort of divisions you normally expect particularly between the u.s. and china the u.s. whenever they've talked about a resolution or a statement wants to call it the will hand virus and that is causing problems there are also problems between permanent and nonpermanent members well they have been briefed by the u.n. secretary general because of the divisions that's been done behind closed doors

they have now agreed to release a transcript of what the secretary general said and i'm told they're very strong comments we can expect to read in the next few minutes there is also the possibility that the current president of the security council dominican republic will speak publicly but again with the u.n. security council i'm told one member at the moment is blocking release of a public statement will have to wait and see james bay thank you very much indeed the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak as james mentioned new york has recorded its highest single day death toll with 799 deaths in the past day well the 6200 people have now doubt died in the state governor andrew cuomo says that that number will continue to rise. it's gotten to the point frankly that we're going to going to bring in additional funeral directors to deal with the number of people who have passed if you ever told me that as governor i would have to take the actions.

i couldn't even contemplate where we are now. statewide orders to stay at home throughout the us a seen as pivotal in cutting the spread of the virus but florida which now has more than 15000 cases has been criticized for not implementing those measures sooner and got a report on the crucial decision governors face. bracing for impact in a peaking coronavirus cases expected next month florida is preparing for what could be a brutal onslaught almost a quarter of the state's population is over the age of 60 placing millions of its residents in the high risk category many of florida's iconic destinations and now deserted but the statewide order to stay at home came long after other states already enacted similar measures during the almost 2 week debate on whether to issue the order the number of coronavirus cases here rocketed on april the 1st one

month after the state's 1st confirmed case the order finally came given the unique situation in florida and i'm going to be doing an executive order 'd today directing all floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home critics of dissenters who was initially worried about the impact on the economy say it's too little too late supporters of the republican governor say was a measured step by step approach on march the 23rd governor dissenters rejected the idea of a lockdown by the time he gave the order at the beginning of april the number of cases here that increased 5 fold that delicate balancing act between saving jobs and saving lives is one many governors and now facing whether the delay here led to the loss of life is a debate for the future and a highly politicized one it's also a stark example of the life and death decisions leaders and now having to make dissenters has been criticized for excluding religious gatherings from his order

tampa mega church pastor rodney howard brown was arrested over defying public health orders the arrest warrant being signed by dissenters critic andrew warren well social distancing is the only arrow we have quiver is the one thing we can do right now to actually fly current and we know that it works we want to do it in a responsible but aggressive in a way and so the next day we'll signals we're getting out of tallahassee. on your minds that process health experts say all spittles in florida will be strained by the summer as the death toll rises but politics should be put aside for now we will come out of this but we need to come as a nation need to come to. the. orcas. and be ready for this and wait and be ready for the company and fast florida faces some unique issues a screw ships with sick passengers don't crops rot in the field and unemployment lines grow but the focus now is on saving lives and gallacher al-jazeera miami

florida. watching the news out live from london still ahead thousands of afghans in pakistan rushed to the border head of its planned closure to contain the spread of the current environment. and the french government warns that growing of our spears not holiday edging families to stay at home over the east to school break. the. head of their pension nice warm sunshine across central areas of europe we've seen this also days i will say a few more as well now we've got high pressure in control it is keeping all this cloud the rain out of the west and also to that also some very nice sunshine this is southern poland you can see the lovely spring practices and the mountains in the background on is being pretty nice out across into the northwest of spain however

that is set to change the cloud is on its way it will bring the rain is a go through friday it could be quite heavy at times but again these are northern areas elsewhere across europe it really is most u.k. skies a little bit of cloudy can see that area some showers pushing into western areas of russia and a little bit unsettling northern sections of the u.k. and those coastal areas of norway which actually will become rather more unsettled as we go through saturday some pretty brisk winds coming out little say and some fairly heavy rain showers at times but elsewhere it is mostly fun and tries to listen she. across central areas aspirants are keeping the time of images a little bit lower but it calls like this i'm about paris these how much is all well above the average in fact 12 degrees above the average in paris all the time we get to soften it as good as sunny skies on a clear. 24 day and that is against an average of 13 degrees so that is what we're dealing with over the next few days very warm some very nice sunshine as a top inches above the average.

for. april on al-jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the corona virus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from around the world. and i'm telling stories from across asia and the pacific one i want to bring you inside the well tonight 910 as the democratic presidential race narrows how will the corona virus outbreak impact the u.s. election campaign i didn't get to be investigated when planning kept creep independent general i'm back here in the global fight against. the u.s. will count this population and a once in a decade census with coronavirus concerns will it get the full picture april on al-jazeera in the age of the coronavirus information is more important than ever what i want to use to investigate the battle for truth in china and beyond.

amount of top stories here now to 06600000 people in the u.s. filed unemployment claims last week as the pandemic forced the closure of non-essential businesses nearly 17000000 workers have lost their jobs in the u.s. since mid march. the use agreed to make more than one trillion dollars available to member states fighting the coronavirus french finance ministers described economic plan as most important in the box history. and the number of deaths across the world from coronavirus right virus is rising rapidly and is fast approaching the

100000 mark 1200 people in the u.s. and more than 800 in the u.k. died in the past 24 hours alone. the growth of our supposes a major threat to vulnerable populations around the world but humanitarian agencies say restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the disease also making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid to those who need it most manage i'm jim force. in syria the closure of schools because of the coronavirus pandemic is affecting far more than how children learn. it's also making it much harder for them to. we estimate that around 368000000 children around the world are at this moment not receiving school meals because their schools are. the u.n. world food program and other humanitarian groups are doing what they can to

continue distributing food for the syrian children and their families in many cases these are the poorest families that really depend on the fact that their children are going to school but getting much needed supplies to vulnerable populations is posing a challenge travel restrictions and border closures are making it much harder to deliver aid while workers on the ground in refugee camps like cooma in northern kenya are introducing new physical distancing measures to protect people against the spread of covert 19 and. in cox's bazaar bangladesh where around 1000000 rohingya refugees live physical distancing is nearly impossible humanitarian agencies however say they are trying their best in the delivery of the humanitarian assistance itself and we have to be very very careful and ensuring that we don't become part of the problem but at the same time that we are responding to people's needs and hopefully preventing as much impact as possible in

places like the camps in bangladesh where they are the most vulnerable people in the world. it's not just the threat from covert 19 causing concerns humanitarian operations that are already happening before the covert 99 break need to continue there are people who desperately need that assistance and those operations are there for a very good reason because people depend on it. at a time of growing uncertainty for aid workers one thing is clear the obstacles they face and delivering help are already great they will likely become greater damage in july of 0. 0 the world bank is warning that sub-saharan africa is set to fall into recession for the 1st time in 25 years because of the pandemic the continent's 3 biggest economies are expected to bear the brunt of angola's or reliant economy

as a ready been hard hit by falling oil prices as it struggles to recover from a 2014 recession south africa has had to shut down its economy in response to the outbreak its central bank says the direct impact of a $21.00 day lockdown has been a 2.6 percent economic decline and the i.m.f. has revised nigeria's g.d.p. growth rate for this year down to 2 percent after initially saying it would grow by 2 and a half percent often interest is in nigeria's capital a budget he says the impact on west african economies is already showing. that nigerian government for example has cut down its forecast for this year and it has also been forced because of low oil prices to revise this 2020 budget taking of more than 14 percent of the budget of simply because it doesn't have enough resources to fund government activities for business and it's the same thing in many west african countries the problem now is such that the recession will hit

nigeria and many of african countries especially in west africa very hard simply because these are countries that have bought up so much in the past and there will be little to borrow from a lot of countries will be struggling after this pandemic to rebuild their own economies and they would be willing as they used to to loan these countries a lot of funds or resources to help them with their economies now if you look at a country like nigeria for example where the growth rate has been reversed revised unemployment is mounting by the way it's expected that some companies either government or private will start by workers in the coming months or in the coming year so the situation is so bad here that the government struggling to deal with the problem government has already borrowed so much from from external boards it's looking to borrow more from international bodies like the world bank and the international monetary fund. brazil's president has gone on television again to

defend his response to the coronavirus pandemic and encourage people to return to work so i have also narrow criticized state governments for imposing containment measures saying the consequences of combating the virus cannot be more harmful than the disease itself has faced widespread criticism and protests for downplaying the crisis brazil is latin america's worst hit country with $823.00 deaths and more than $16000.00 cases. masoud has more from sao paolo including boston hours comments that state governments didn't consult the national government before and forcing social containment measures president to confirm that his orders and directives to the ministers and his government the federal government of brazil is to return to work he said that he believes that most of brazilian people want to return to work and he told the governors the full

responsibility for this is in the actions that they took regarding the social isolation he said that they didn't ask or consulted the federal government for those measures that they took in their states at the same time president to support and supported again the use of the treatment of secure queen and he said that although it's not approved by the w h o he think that using this treatment may be historical this isn't for the. brazilians lives argentina is extended nationwide quarantine measures resident are better hernandez says strict controls will remain in place until april 23rd security forces are patrolling the street to make sure people stay at home japan's capital tokyo has reported a record rise of 181 new corona virus cases in

a single day. 5300 people have been infected across the country as the outbreak spread and despite a partial state of emergency with urges are hoping to contain the virus without imposing a mandatory lockdown which could deal a major blow to the world's fair and largest economy. you didn't as introduced tough border restrictions ordering all citizens arriving from overseas into 14 days quarantine as prime minister send are then announced the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks saying the lockdown measures are working foreigners who are not residents were banned from entering on the 20th of march and the country has been shut down for 2 weeks and one person has died of the virus there. and the face of the greatest threat to human health that we have faced in over a century kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide wall of defense as a government we have had 10 do it notices we've had powers that come with being in

a missional emergency but you held the greatest power of all you made the decision that together we could protect one another and you have you have saved lives hong kong's court of appeal has ruled that a controversial ban on face masks is unconstitutional health experts have been calling for the masks to be made mandatory to tackle the corona virus outbreak on kong's chief executive kerry invoked a colonial era law last october adding face masks at the height of anti-government protests many demonstrators would cover their faces to hide their identities. the indian government says its strategy against the corona virus outbreak is succeeding more than 2 weeks after imposing the world's biggest lockdown of foreign ministry official says that without a nationwide shutdown india's total number of cases would have reached 820005 next week a minister narendra modi is due to decide within the next 48 hours whether to extend

the lockdown beyond tuesday at least 169 people have died from the virus and nearly 6000 have been affected. thousands of afghans a rush to pakistan's border talk um as they scramble to return home before the crossing is closed on friday officials are struggling to control the wave of people returning to fears that the number of deaths and cases of covert 19 in afghanistan could spike called on pakistan to now afghans who'd been left stranded in the country to return home after it shut its borders because of the corona virus outbreak 14 people have died from the virus in afghanistan and more than 440 have been infected florida has more from islamabad. there were thousands of odd to chaos and pandemonium on the pakistan of one border door come as how the. anxious to return to their country crossed many running. after

the border security forces were not able to control the crowd how the end of those people have now already crossed into online if done it should be remembered that pakistan is the key did stick a supply route through of run a town that had been supporting the war effort and also sending supplies food machinery petroleum products to that country their trade between the 2 countries started over $2000000000.00 but even today a day ago what a $1000000000.00 now the pakistanis have opened their border on the request of the avalon government allowed of one 3rd of them who were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned more than it needs yet we are grateful to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to say good wasn't it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to

afghanistan without that has sort of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. before you go across also interestingly the foreign office that pakistan will also be now opening guard border for movement of trade to go to. truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear. protection equipment they will have to change drivers on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver is ready to take all that had also been agreed because of the desperate situation enough. although if i get on to the loud the of one student done home the other ones on the other hand have not been allowed to plug a tiny. dog and i've run it on to come back to iran and also grow the border because

of the friend i make there and the other ones really i'll be hoping that some sort of trade resume but it should also be understood that progress on its own the largest number of one refugee then you read in the words is there why did family tens of thousands of people travel both sides of the border to be able to keep in touch with. one is on. board and keeping the logistical supply lines open so wide for defense come order to go to of one if done in problems the school break has begun in parts of the country the easter holidays coincide with woman weather and the french government is concerned people would attempt to go on holiday and break the nation wide lockdown in the 11000 people who died from the virus in the country with more than 82000 cases to report from. at a railway station in paris french police step up patrols under france's strict lockdown

rules only essential travel is permitted the 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 and deported more officers to prevent all hold a trouble 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's motorways. we saw in 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 up to 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 lock down but the extra checks and the vanes by police will continue throughout the holiday period. the french government says the knocked down 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 be for nothing natasha al-jazeera up to suit all in france. still ahead on al-jazeera. uganda's president releases them workout video to encourage citizens to keep fit and stay indoors during the pandemic.

take it now at some other stories we're covering iraq's spy chief who's been appointed prime minister designate the 3rd person to occupy the post this year was different how do you meet now has 30 days to present a cabinet to parliament for approval he has to tackle a pandemic the struggling economy and i agree protesters who forced out his predecessor's so many fulton reports from the capital baghdad. on

thursday at 9000 feet became the 2nd prime minister designate to withdraw his bid in just 6 weeks from iraq's leadership crisis the fact that yes one of the political agreement is important iraq is living through a catastrophe and there should be a political consensus that we can convince the political powers to reach an agreement and we found it difficult for this government to pass in the parliament. for now the consensus seems to have converged around another man within an hour of sort of his resignation president barham saleh surrounded by leaders of major political parties appointed most of the me iraq's intelligence chief as the next prime minister designate. the previous terms were accompanied by a lot of acute struggles and disagreements and between us and the political blocs today the political blocs national and social patriotic sectors have chosen mustafa qadri me for this position. government has 30 days to form

a new government and although he seems to have secured widespread support at the moment that could quickly change many iraqis question whether he is the one who can put an end to months of political uncertainty the crisis began when caretaker prime minister abdullah abdullah mattie resigned last december after widespread anti-government protests constitutional deadlines to find a replacement were repeatedly missed because a fierce political infighting last month president saleh took matters into his own hands appointing a man i was a few as the new prime minister designate the move drew stern warnings from iranian linked armed groups who regarded sort of feel as being backed by the us their political wings in parliament accuse the president of overstepping his authority and put forth their own candidate mostafa to me that. there was no way to exhibits because he didn't come from the political blocs we have a parliamentary system the majority of the political blocs should agree to nominate

him. as negotiations to form the new government continue iraq appears rather less as it tries to steer its way through a deepening political economic and health crisis iraqis are angry at the political class for not acting class enough as if they keep going with their conflicts we want this we want that there will never be a government because all these parties. they want to fill the post with one of their own and there's a growing feeling that caretaker prime minister other of the may weather this political storm on our ticket makes us they want to appoint a new prime minister they will prolong this crisis and keep. in power because you please everyone. in march he said he had no longer act as caretaker but has never to less continued to chair government meetings the protests that forced his resignation have all but gone away as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic and with that the prospects for systemic political change are growing increasingly

thin simona 14 al-jazeera but that. chad's army says it's killed a 1000 boko haram fighters in an operation near the lake chad border region an army spokesman says $52.00 of its soldiers died in the offensive to force the armed group out of the country their permission was launched after a book of her own attack killed nearly $100.00 chaldean soldiers last month. one of the un's top human rights experts is warning that changes to egypt's anti-terrorism laws could lead to more rights abuses the recent amendments include tougher penalties broader definitions of terrorist entities and imposing the death penalty on those found guilty of funding terrorism the u.n. says the new measures could result in more arbitrary detentions torture and disappearances it's calling on egypt's government to comply with international laws . for new to the near lawn is the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism she says in order to combat terrorism effectively it's fundamental

to respect the rule of law and human rights. egypt has been in a permanent state of emergency for a number of years so we've had the occasion of the consistent use of exceptional law which is of course having a significant effect on the protection of human rights layered on top of that are a series of legislative in ackman starting in 22015 some of which directly relate to terrorism but many of which build on that 2015 terrorism law and essentially expand the ambit of counter-terrorism regulation in ways that are extensive they're far reaching they relate to a whole range of fundamental rights practice freedom of expression freedom of acts of assembly a fair trial and of course the practice of these laws over the past 5 years plus and has increased our concerns about arbitrary detention enforced disappearances

and the use of torture inhuman and degrading treatment so the list is very long and i think it's deeply concerning that you have the state which is currently leading the global counter-terrorism strategy review process egypt as one of the 2 cold facilitators of that process and in a context where we need global leadership on the fundamental reality that countering terrorism will only be effectively done when we fully protect and enforce the rule of law and human rights to change the coronavirus pandemic and it changing lives in many ways including the way many of us speak the oxford english dictionary has published an update to reflect the words and phrases now commonplace in the english language with 19 is a brand new entrant phrases including flatten the curve social distancing and self isolate have all been added because of the new way they're being used. uganda's president has released a home workout video to encourage citizens to stay inside during the pandemic.

well you know you're very was 70 donned a gray tracksuit and ran apps around his office before proceeding to do 30 push ups the 75 year old shot the video on twitter to demonstrate how to exercise in a confined space for 7 he says too many ugandans are exercising outdoors crowding urban areas and putting themselves at risk people throughout the u.k. of flocked to their gardens and balconies to preorder the national health service for the 3rd consecutive week as the country deals with a growing corona virus outbreak. and search you don't nic robertson act outside the front of the foreign office in london he was accompanied by the chance of extract her she soon ask numerous landmarks when it opened grew to mark the event for the london eye joining in as well as the shot skyscraper. so that's it for me our. other recommended more news thanks for watching.

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