jobs at a faster pace in the great depression what can government do to help and who is falling through the cracks. counting the cost on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. glamour shall carry this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes one month on from the declaration of a pandemic we go back to where it all began what markets of asia that are being blamed for the crisis. a rush to the shops in turkey ahead of a lockdown taking effect across the country. cameroon launches nationwide testing officials brace for a search and confirmed cases. google and apple are developing an alert to let you

know if you've come in contact with someone who is infected but does it and french on privacy. and he does them through the schools fee for president giani in france you know warns against restarting football leagues while in england which stems throws off the food they wages to help ease the pressure during the coronavirus crisis. it's one month on from the krona virus being declared a pandemic the crisis is engulfing the united states it's reported the highest number of dead in a single day more than 2 102102 be exact half a 1000000 americans are infected in the situation is expected to get worse before it gets better the virus is widely believed to have started in a market trading wild animals and will haunt china has now banned the sale of wildlife for food but the animals remain on sale for medical purposes as

politicians are among those calling for what markets to be permanently closed the washington reports it is not that simple and a warning some viewers may find some of these images in this report disturbing. before his customers arrive palace ponto spends the morning preparing his most popular dish it's called a traditional best meat curry popular in some parts of indonesia he's followed this recipe for decades but the recent outbreak of covert 19 has got him worried so the beginning of a i've been reading the news about this virus i wonder is it the same type of bat that we use i've never worried about disease until now maybe it has to do with how we prepare the meat. the trade of live wild animals for food medicine clothing and more has gone on for years but as the world grapples with the outbreak of code 19 the risk it poses to public health is now under scrutiny. it's believed the virus

most likely emerged from this market in ruhani probably involving bats but also possibly other animals such as penguins the market in rouhani is still closed and the beijing government has issued a temporary ban on similar live wildlife markets elsewhere in china but there are many similar markets around asia trading wild animals like this one in indonesia north sea the way sea province that's snakes and other wildlife as well as dogs and cats are all sold here and live in cages stacked on top of each other. when you have different animals in such close contact it is possible for cross species infections to happen other diseases can also be transferred between species and then infect a human. ending the exotic wildlife trade completely is almost impossible many people with livelihoods depend on it and the trade goes on in many corners of the

well animal rights activists say wildlife conservation isn't just about saving animals live but humans tune. people have exploited nature and wildlife they catch them from spaces where they should be free when you combine that with poor hygiene markets it is a risk a modest still unknown about this virus and exactly how it began but what is clear is that this isn't just a global health crisis but an environmental one to jessica washington to syria jakarta to her as the founder of free land a counter trafficking organization he joins us from bangkok appreciate your time very much what are some of the challenges to to to banning what markets well 1st of all it's not just wet markets but markets remember are basically out there are super meat markets people go there to buy fish also chickens ducks etc but in china until now anyway there have been wild animal sections in those where

market so you could also buy in addition to the caves and chickens you could buy you know maybe turtles snakes bats or other kinds of animals but really all kinds of wildlife markets across the region and even across the world are ticking time bombs they all have the potential of transmitting a virus it just takes one infected animal to jump to a person and then we get something like hope that 90 what are some of the cultural issues though. well again it's it's a global issue people tend to look at this as a china virus or a china problem china is the number one consumer of wildlife in the world but united states is the number 2 consumer of wildlife who are in the european union as is 3rd so again any kind of wildlife market even online platforms could be hosting animals that have

a bunker which we have no immunity so you know in china they're buying them to eat in europe they're buying them from maybe perhaps like the united states so it doesn't matter let me stop you there on the u.s. so the u.s. is making demands of other countries what can and should the u.s. be doing about this us should not be pointing the finger at other countries especially china united states needs to take care of its own wildlife problem. they had you know over 30000 people in products one of the animals suspected of transmitting corona virus imported into the u.s. and there's other kinds of animals all kinds of animals that can transmit as or not it can see so what the u.s. really needs to do is team up with the superpower nemesis china and make parkers because these are the 2 countries more than any others that can do something about this they can dismantle the wildlife trafficking supply chains that are pretty these animals not only into the wool hunt supermarket across china across southeast

asia and even into parts the united states all right estefan gal star and founder of free land thank you so much for your insight on this we appreciate it. after more than $3000.00 deaths china is now easing restrictions it's a trainee report to beijing neighboring countries are still battling the contagion . celebrations outside one hospital the city where the virus 1st emerged at the beginning of march china appeared to have passed the worst of its corona virus outbreak president xi jinping visited the epicenter and who by province touting a downward trend in infections in hong kong public servants began to return to work and in south korea leaders expressed cautious optimism as clusters of infections linked to a church in daegu city came under control and in taiwan and singapore infections remained lower birth governments were praised for controlling numbers without

confining people to their homes experts say admitting patients to hospital early helped many asian countries curb fatalities as well as. trees. and as cover 1000 cases rose in the middle east and the west much of asia closed its borders imported cases became the main threat japan however was an exception a spike in cases that saw the tokyo olympics perspired until 2021 in china and many parts of asia life is slowly returning to. the countries such as the philippines and indonesia experts say the worst is still to come and as much of the world remains locked down tens of millions who by province have finally emerged from there as their message to the outside during dark times the ruled will once again

be bright katrina you al-jazeera beijing. and south korea electronic response were to be fitted on anyone defying quarantine rules health ministry says more monitoring is essential for people self isolating after returning from abroad and mass plastic gloves and sanitizer will be compulsory for voters in wednesday's parliamentary election some patients and medical staff of already cast their ballots and early voting polling stations have opened outside treatment centers and hard hit areas the number of daily deaths in spain has fallen for a 3rd day in a row 510 people the smallest jump in 19 days this takes the total number of fatalities to more than 16000. turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day lockdown to try to contain the spread of the virus people rush to grocery and convenience stores after that announcement $31.00 provinces are affected

including the biggest cities of course as istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and workplaces making medical equipment are exempt the lockdown is stupid and on sunday night turkey confirmed 98 more deaths from the virus on friday bringing the total number to more than a 1000 simcoe solo joins us live now from istanbul so sinan this you know the world's been dealing with this for a few weeks now why why just now are these restrictions coming happening in turkey . well her show turkey is actually one of the countries that took early measures against covered 19 virus however when it comes to announcing a lockdown especially for an economic capita like istanbul with more than 15000000 people they have been out of the lead because turkish president and the government actually has believed that the economies that countries' economies will should keep whirling which means that logistics and supply lines shouldn't be cut because there

are 80000000 people and especially stumble is like the locomotive of the turkish industrial and turkey let's keep in mind that is a transit country for all international logistics from its to west so that's why they have in korea itself i was salacious and they they banned people below 20 years old and a bold 6 to 5 years old from going out schools are closed cafeterias restaurants they have been all shut down and spin weeks and all international flights have been suspended even the rest excites are suspended in a way as well however because the weather has been nice in the last 3 days people have been going out more and even yes if they were shell friday it was like a regular friday in a stumble and the main and news bulletins they have criticised this crowd in istanbul as well as especially in the old sound that we call historical peninsula

the traffic was heavy yesterday that's why it was a sudden unprecedented an announcement of a lockdown yesterday and the circular was not announcing what tennessee as the lockdown was and i'm so at the beginning people didn't know that the bakeries health centers medical pharmacies would be opened that's why they flocked to the supermarkets as i said they have 15 plus 1000000 population is someone you have millions of syrians in istanbul and life is continuing in a way that small. i there was a bit of a chaos another bit of a but actually a great carols last night and then the interior minister important people that the bakeries would be open i would take is a country that has suffered many military coups many curfews especially during the eighty's people are used to that but still it's a panic because people have families to feed people have children and the economic conditions in turkey is not as good as before and that's why many people don't have budgets to stock food or supplies in their home and especially the basic fees like

bread is necessary this want people that have flocked in the supermarkets but since the early hours of today it has been quiet in major cities like stumble the capital people are at home and this is for 2 days for now but many say that many believe that the governments will need to extend this for all coming to weekends as the weather is coming back here and it's as difficult to stop people from going up the show or attend because hello live from istanbul center thank you as i mentioned it is now a month since the world health organization declared the virus outbreak a pandemic there's still no back seen for kovan $1000.00 or any specially developed treatment however there are spend some success and containing the spread now that warning countries against lifting restrictions too early and case they trigger a 2nd wave from the reports. an unprecedented response to

a virus unknown to the world just a few months ago now on nearly every continent country and street people's lives are being affected dramatically by covert 19. it originated in china but by march it was clear the coronavirus was a global problem. italy ordered a national lockdown 2 days later the world health organization made a red declaration deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the a lot of mean levels of in action. we have that for demand to be an assessment that 19 can be contacted are used as a pandemic when the w.h.o. declared a pandemic all march the 11th there was a total of 118000 cases globally 94300 people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and

iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the united states has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated health care systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the millions of people in poor countries with far fewer resources. most governments have decided to now at least drastic measures on necessary to save lives no matter the cost many have implemented unprecedented lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus so health care systems are overwhelmed the aim is to flatten the curve that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time china has done it you can see that malt here in purple and in italy and. spain the number of you confirmed cases has been trending

downwards raising hopes the worst is over compare that to the united states and the u.k. where the number of new cases has been going up almost every day governments are warning of a potential 2nd wave of infections when the lockdowns lifted. china was able to slow the spread of the virus after around $21.00 days of lockdown it appears it has taken it to a similar amount of time. is the world waiting to find to gates the coronavirus and will we have to wait many more months for our lives to return to normal scientists say we're in uncharted territory victoria gate to be al-jazeera a suburb of the philippine capital is mass testing residence for kovan 1000 as a national plan continues to be delayed big focus will be on people from poor communities without access to good health care the government has been under fire for delaying plans to start mass testing nationwide the philippines has reported

more than 4000 cases and 220 deaths so far hundreds of cases have been confirmed in cameroon but health officials fear there may be many more that are unreported so now it's launched nationwide testing many reports. health work is even come rules raised to contain the spread of complete $1000.00 infections go to go testing is underway in several regions of the country and for good reason. the virus has been spreading here and all forces here the number of infections could be higher than reported. on the fos day of this operation at least 100 new cases were discovered. in the key. there is one a group of health workers in the field $25.00 suspected cases were in the same time another group is cleaning and fumigating suspected areas every community leader is involved in the process. the number a surgeon infection seen in the 1st week of testing is raising concerns among the

population. but imo it's the fear of death that's got to everyone if you get the virus you'll be put in quarantine for 14 days with no chance of leaving her on but there are bills to pay $1.00 must earn to do that and that starts social distancing is the hardest of all we also fear african governments may not contain this pandemic this will result in total chaos in africa at the end of it all we may not be able to do anything but cry and lament. like many african countries cameron's health care system isn't prepared for that but the bank experts say if infections get out of control here it could be catastrophic. they'll fall just in the city of a moving head to convert the city's stadium into an isolation and treatment center they anticipate a rise in infections and not everyone in the city is willing to be tested for the virus a source of concern for health officials along with plans for testing

a decontamination of public spaces is also on the way. but that's not enough to calm some cameroonians. if western countries with all their facilities and equipment counting huge losses what do you say of africa when infections reach a peak it is really scary for everyone i'm waiting to see but to be frank things don't seem right the more you think about it the more you want to give up the. african union and other regional bodies say they're working with individual governments to provide supplies to deal with the pandemic but for institutions and states struggling to fund their operations it's hard to say if that support will come soon enough to avert a major health crisis on the continent amid the grease. out of the battle against another virus efforts to eradicate ebola in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in 2 months died from it 48 hours

before the government was due to declare the latest outbreak over the 20 month long abella epidemic has killed more than 2000. chad's president says troops will no longer take part in military operations outside the country and the army has ended a major offensive against iran in which more than 50 soldiers were killed more. you know when it was made on national television the president. and then seeing that no charge in troops will be deployed outside of chad and this comes just after the president led on the ground in the offensive against booker in the lake chad area days ago he announced that he was frustrated with his counterparts the nigerian president. and the nigerians troop inability to talent pool in the region china is the 2nd largest contributor in troops in the un

peacekeeping stabilizing force in mali where armed groups such as al-qaeda affiliates. and the state in the greater sahara are stepping up their operation and so the country in the sahara region is at a tipping point france is struggling it has been several aerial operation 83 in the last week to try to stem the violence but the announcement that china is pulling out its troops doesn't bode well for the good for the region and there is fear that there could be more violence as chargin troops return home. there's been an escalation of fighting in the disputed kashmir region and recent days pakistan claimed to have shot down an indian drone while india says 5 of its soldiers have been killed along the line of control in a moment we'll hear from our correspondent was but new delhi on what action the indian military has been taking for suspect to hide or who is in islamabad so let's

stand say has been happening in the last few days. according to the county military spokesmen in the last 24 hours have seen an escalation of the fire they say that this coming from the indian side which also includes artillery and mortar fire. has resulted in several civilian casualties we have also been speaking to our contacts in pakistani administered kashmir who live close to the area and they said that the last 24 hours had indeed seen heavy fire coming from the indian side including $105.00 millimeter already very round and radius around more. against targets now these are normally very heavily populated areas particularly on the site we've also been talking to the military analysts say where the stand is responsible for they're still read

that it is the other site and they say that it should be remembered that a significant number of targets on the troops have now been dead. and that they did not in the interest of either country to escalate tension that at times when both are facing an existential threat the pakistanis have been saying that every time they did an attack on indian an indian administered kashmir that they blame pakistan for sending in. however they said the known fact is that the people in kashmir themselves are unhappy with the law down that it has continued even before this make broke and that defeated a local reaction that is happening in india and administered kashmir. higher there and islamabad thank you delhi now that's where our list but from is live what is m.d.'s say about what's going on. well pretty much what

pakistan is saying but this saying it the other way round richelle the indians are saying that the pakistani army attacked indian post and villages in the district of on the indian side of the de facto border between the 2 countries which is known as the line of control that this happened on saturday morning just 12 hours after more mortar shell shelling and firing into the sectors of the same district per inch. on friday night and that this saying that the indian army responded be fishing leave without elaborating now this follows as you mentioned there were 5 indian soldiers who were killed on sunday in what the indian army calls and anti terror operation in which they say that 5 so-called terrorists were also code and following that the indian army yesterday on friday released a drone footage of what it said was a major retaliation that struck again what it calls a terrorist launch pads ammunition dumps and pakistani territory now local media

the media here here are saying that the indian government doesn't often release footage like this but it has to be said that the indian government did something like this in february of last year when things were very tense between the 2 countries the most tense that they had been in years and the indian account of the damage it had inflicted was widely debunked by independent international satellite imagery but that's not something that you sheer about much here and in fact anyone who points to it is called anti national if not a lot worse so as always with india and pakistan this is a battle of nationals as much as it is the cross border firing as come on say unfortunately this is happening at the same time that both countries and much of the world are also fighting coronavirus and prominence to modi said just a few weeks ago in fact a video conference with other south asian leaders said that we have to work together to fight coronavirus all right let's get ron in new delhi thank you.

our time for weather now with jenny so cross the u.s. kind of a little bit of everything and exposure and a lot of some things are exactly father going to talk about a winter storm because it's not even winter as it is it's a spring but there are many many winter weather advisories posted at the moment now everything's been happening 1st of all into the northeast i want to say everything i mean huge amounts of snow this is been coming down from last few hours into maine you can see it just really quite persistent this is a course of the morning after trying to clear up you know just as big branch here that have been many many thousands of people without power because a lot of the trees of comes and of course brought on the power lines at the same time head to the south a long way south away from maine into pennsylvania and again a dusting of snow so as i say we're dealing with all of this but not only that in new jersey so to east of pennsylvania along the course the coast this huge fire already about 600 hectares have been burned winds up to 80 kilometers an hour and that is a problem with that israel fuel in that fire now through saturday put the colors on

his you can see where the warm air is all along the south along the gulf coast we got some very warm air these a sense of it on a storm is continuing to develop meanwhile to the north coming up the northern plains that most of what you can see over the blue that is snow on its way south and this way the cold air once again is funneling in and of course once you've got this warm moist air to the south the cold air behind it you have this clash of emesis and that's when you see these severe storms and look at these temperatures 16 is average and 20 will need south today by the time we get to monday 4 degrees and snow richelle pretty much throughout the week to come jenny thank you very much . still ahead on al jazeera and the faces of the current virus crisis we'll look at italy's battle against the pandemic. tropical island could be the answer to getting australia's rugby league season back underway peter while the details in sport. much.

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watching al-jazeera reminder of the top stories this hour the u.s. has recorded more than $2100.00 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours the highest single day toll anywhere in the world more than half a 1000000 cases have been detected the largest number of global. turkeys but its most populated areas under a 2 day lockdown to try to contain the spread of the virus rushed to shops after that announcement 31 cities are affected including istanbul and ankara. in a suburb of the philippine capital as mass testing residents for kobe $1000.00 as a national plan continues to be delayed the country has supported more than $4000.00 cases. italy remains the country hardest hit by the pandemic with almost

19000 deaths at the pressure on hospitals and intensive care ward says easing the nationwide lockdown has been extended it to the beginning of may but some shops will be allowed to reopen starting on tuesday takes a look at italy's worst crisis since the 2nd world war. the coronavirus didn't start initially but the country quickly became the european face of the struggle against covert 90 remains the nation with the highest number of. the disease started to spread in small towns in northern italy in february and by the time quarantine was imposed it was too late in long bloody one of the best health systems in the world was quickly overwhelmed and the army had to be called in to help with the bodies exhausted doctors were fighting a new disease which claimed not just lives but social contact as

a matter of. going on this is not this is a. very. very. very demanding but this is will be. and the belief. will be he says. and not the same. as the death rates soared italy imposed a strict lockdown to curb contagion and life changed beyond recognition the world looked on aghast is it really became the 1st european country to close the schools non-essential shops and to tell people to stay home. some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world emptied overnight and images of the pope praying

alone in st peter's square. it would have been unimaginable just a few it's only my. singing from balconies may boost morale but it does little to ease the enormous economic damage that such a strict and lengthy lockdown has inflicted speaking to al-jazeera prime minister just at the call they called for solidarity. to think that the european union must show a swift and unified response to the replications of this pandemic we have to provide answers about politics finance and economic policy because it's in our interest and the interest of other countries the stuff in our only concern italy but also spain and all countries the face economic and social problems e.u. finance ministers have agreed a rescue package for member states damaged by the coronavirus but it may still not be enough for a country that had financial problems even before the pandemic we still where there

are the wave of the all recession and now these eating especially you know the small and medium size italian companies. talian manufacturer sector is still number 2 in europe and number 6 in the world so pretty robust but it's made up of a network of small companies and they are going down fast. there is cause for optimism infection rates suggest have reached the peak of the crisis but italian still face several more weeks of law. the 700 children who came together from italy and europe in a virtual choir will never forget this period of their lives their singing about hope in the face of adversity in the hope that soon and the world win the battle against the karuna fire.

on sarah. a record 980 people in the u.k. have died from crown of virus in the past 24 hours that is the biggest job in daily fatalities across europe this brings the number of dead in britain to nearly $9000.00 the government says there are signs restrictions are working but public anger towards their slow response that is mounting so for more let's go to china hall who is in london. john almost a 1000 people these numbers have been consistent for quite a few days why did the government seem so relaxed seems such a hard time have such a hard time getting on the same page. what it's been a long month here as it has been everywhere and i think a very steep learning curve for this government i imagine boris johnson the prime minister will for a long long time be haunted by the pictures of him continuing to shake hands in

public just a matter of well several weeks ago now the cheltenham festival attracting hundreds of thousands of people allowed to go ahead as it was at a time when mass gatherings of that sort were banned elsewhere in europe i'm standing outside imperial college in london here in south kensington where a team of scientists and researchers were hugely influential in the government's decisions when it finally decided to institute the lockdown they produced a report about a month ago now saying with unconstrained community transmission in the absence of a lockdown of the sort that was in place in italy and elsewhere the u.k. might expect up to a quarter of a 1000000 deaths that prompted urgent government action some say delayed action and the lockdown came into effect on march the 23rd well now as you say 3 weeks on almost we're seeing these terrifyingly high daily death tolls 180 people reported to have died to the afternoon of good friday that's yesterday these are numbers

never seen at any stage in italy or spain in a single day certainly a record here as well and prompting as you say questions about whether the government simply acted too late and why whether it relied for too long on advice to wash hands and sing happy birthday twice as the prime minister repeatedly did well the health secretary matt hancock a supporter pointed to relative population numbers the u.k. he says has a greater population and therefore inevitably might expect larger numbers he said they followed science all the way through and that they instituted here the lockdown at the same relative moment in the u.k.'s epidemic these are questions that may well come up in some sort of an inquiry in the aftermath of this crisis for now the government's messages. lock down he's working that point to the apparent flattening out of community transmission rights they appoint point to the apparent drop in hospital admission rights and they say if people stick rigidly to

these lockdown measures and they're expected to be extended next week well then within the next couple of weeks perhaps these awful death tolls will start to come down. and london at imperial college china thank you. iran is one of the countries hardest hit by cope at 19 as the worst affected in the middle east that's nearly 70000 confirmed cases of the virus or more than 4000 people have died. more from tehran. weeks into the pandemic health officials confirmed what many iranians feared the coronavirus had been spreading through the population undetected since january the month before the parliamentary election there is little doubt now the election contributed to the spread of the virus days after the 1st cases were confirmed in the city of february 19th iran's deputy health minister showed obvious symptoms during a media briefing later confirming he was infected in the days that followed kobe $1000.00 spread quickly through the ranks of government still president hassan rouhani initially downplayed the crisis during the 1st meeting of

a task force he set up to respond to the outbreak he predicted the emergency would be over in a matter of days. iran's enemies of pausing to scare our society and push the country towards a shutdown as of saturday everything should return to normal. 2 months in the government reports thousands are dead and tens of thousands infected. iran has asked the international monetary fund for a 5000000000 dollar emergency loan to fight the virus the government here says the white house is blocking it since day one of the outbreak iran's leaders have had to weigh shutdowns for the sake of public health against the cost to an economy stifled by u.s. sanctions. foreign minister divides the reef has described america's maximum pressure campaign as an economic siege that makes it more difficult for iran to do its part to fight the global spread of the virus something that he says could make over 1000 a forever pandemic even amid this pandemic the u.s.

government has a bench for the refuse to lift its on and collective punishment making it virtually impossible for us to even bother you medicine and medical equipment the trumpet ministration reimposed economic sanctions after pulling out of the nuclear deal in 2018 health experts have warned the coronavirus remains a serious public threat but by order of the president life begins to return to normal in parts of iran this week the capital to the economic engine of the country is expected to see businesses reopen by the end of april it's a country or small and medium enterprise make up a bulk of the economy and financial experts have warned president rouhani prolonged closures will make social unrest and street protests inevitable iran's government is making a desperate choice at a time of a global crisis the health and safety of its people versus the wellbeing of its economy it's a decision that many iranians say the country could afford to put off if it wasn't

for the economic pressure from 2 ascensions. governments across the middle east and north africa have taken drastic measures to curb the spread of this despite the un's call for a global ceasefire in the region faces more uncertainty amid ongoing armed conflicts and declining oil prices reports. this is mack out of the saudi authorities imposed a full lockdown is lannes holiest site is always packed with pilgrims so while the year but these are extraordinary times from morocco to saudi arabia governments have imposed restrictions curfews or closed borders to combat covert 19 jordan is under strict indefinite lockdown saudi arabia has the highest rate of infection in the region while algeria the highest

death toll. in the absence of vaccines to prevent infection or florence's hope confinement will limit the spread the number of laboratory confirmed cases might be far less the ban the actual numbers of cases due to a limited this think about it is in in some countries taking all these winds into account it is doing poorly to expect the case go to flatten. we must be ready for all scenarios and member states should always be for the war get to know but despite the measures taken so far local stock markets are plunging and or oil prices are low as the pandemic shows no signs of anding soon the region is bracing for long term economic damage some of the oil exporting country are ordered the are to fly joe situations such as iraq and the country on this. day are very and these kinds are very. exposed to social and rest and even some country in the

g.c.c. will face challenges such are so that every old man barring. declining just got revenue on a rising budget and balance of payment deficit but this is where covert 19 might leave a lasting impact it libya troops loyal to war more to hell if i have to have been targeting hospitals used by the tripoli based government to contain the spread of coronavirus in yemen and the saudi u.a.e. coalition announced a cease fire citing the pandemic you have the public health crisis with an economic crisis where people are losing their jobs they might have mass mortality with people dying on the street i think that will have quite a significant impact on how people view governing bodies but it's the syrian refugees and displaced who might be affected the most forced out of their homes

stranded in the border or confined to crowded camps in neighboring countries they're wary about an outbreak getting out of control about our al-jazeera. apple and google are teaming up to develop technology to alert people when they've been close to anyone infected with chronic virus it's a rare collaboration between american companies whose operating systems power 99 percent of the world's smartphones their technology uses unique bluetooth signals if they have the tracing technology turned on phones within about 2 metres of each other can record anonymous information of one of the phone users then test positive for kovan 1000 apple and google will be sent an encrypted list of phones they came close to alerts will be triggered if there is a potential risk the company said they are taking privacy concerns into account and no g.p.s. location data or personal information will be recorded. balkan as a digital rights activist it joins us now court ireland via skype we appreciate

your time very much 1st of all apple and google teaming up what what's behind that well i mean it's scary when you think about the fact that these 2 companies basically dictates how humanity communicates in the digital age between them you just said in your opening they control that much 9 percent of mobile communication their operating systems are on one stop percent of the phones so then teaming up is very worrisome for a number of reasons you know not least of all because google's business model is to track people google's a surveillance calculus google makes its billions by tracking every move you make on and off the web when you use their services collating all of that information and using it to manipulate your behavior does how they make money so it's very worse is there a way that that something like this could be done in a way that could allay some of your fears some of your concerns. sure i mean for

one thing let's understand that this is not a magic bullet no app is going to cure code at 19 and we should be looking for that we should be looking at you know increasing testing we should be looking at getting you know the frontline workers the protective equipment they need all of these not technology nonsexist things that can't be provided by silicon valley we should be looking at those beyond that can we do this in a manner that protects privacy we could do it in a decentralized manner where there is no centralized server a lot of this processing takes place on the phones even and google and apple's proposal but it gets sent to a centralized server we could remove that centralized server if we wanted to and only alert the people that are involved we could do that but that sort of solution is not going to come from big tech that basically are the epitome of centralization themselves they are these trillion dollar centers so it's not going to come from that what why are they doing this i mean i think it's fair to say most corporations aren't necessarily benevolent why are they doing this. well no no trillion dollar

company is your friend of course this is you know this is this is great for them because especially in silicon valley silicon valley sees itself as the savior of the world so of course what is the savior of the world bank do they're going to do this and they will you know assuage your fears they'll say oh but you know we're apple that we never tolerate we're not china you know we've never tolerate the kind of things that china does or singapore does but then you know it turns out hey if you're a saudi arabian man who wants to track his wife there's an app for that and apple's ok with that so let's say that the implementation today protect your privacy to some degree what's going to happen tomorrow with this we call this slowly boiling frogs you could have a frog into a boiling pot of water it will jump right out you slowly heat up that frothy you're going have a cooked fog at the end of it so what's this going to lead to in the future so today it's often we're not china we never make you you know make you use this but what happens to. morrow when it's on every i was device and every android device

and we start using the walk downs and we say to people you want to go back to work you can but here's a cab yox you have to turn it on you have to open to it you know but you get your choice you don't have to go to work it make you want to go to work you got to make a good point that it is a very slippery slope i'm sure we'll continue this conversation rob thank you very much for your time to take away for a shot at it's the 1st anniversary of the ousting of sudan's longtime president omar al bashir soldiers arrested him following months of nation wide protests to morgan reports whenever well i would watch as we just from lost his pro-democracy fits him at sudan's army headquarters a wave of nostalgia hits her she says every day held a meaning but the one that overwhelms her is the memory of april 11th the did the president of 30 years on what in bashir was overthrown i was so shocked at the same time it was like. i was like more than had even a word to describe how i was feeling no one could believe that would have been

because we were in the street and we were fighting. and bashir but we didn't believe it's going to be like from down that easy. i protest against bashir and his government sponsored in december 28th sparked by shortages in bread and fuel and they quickly turned into demonstrations demanding he step down. to security forces responded with tear gas and my communication in april define protest as taught to us to turn at the army headquarters in khartoum and other cities across the country days later the military stepped him. since bashir was out that there's been major changes in the political scene the former ruling party which he founded and led and till a few weeks before he was overthrown is now disbanded and the government committee is investigating the party's leading members but with the revolution which had freedom peace and justice as its top demands some feel that change is slow to damp still faces charges of basic necessities and

a severe economic crisis it has still not achieved complete peace and stability bashir is now in prison after he was tried and found guilty of corruption for people like me from dar for where the world led to an arrest warrant being issued for bashir from the international criminal court the justice is slow in coming out of the government. or the situation they do not want to. be they do not want to. stop the criminal. or the people who killed our mission in darfur politically the new government sworn in in august is facing challenges it's struggling to get sudan of the u.s. list of countries sponsoring terrorism which it says is affecting its economy the state of it has led to protests the forces of freedom and change which represented the revolution movement blamed the protests on bashir and his party. we in the

f.s.a. know that members of the former ruling party are still working to come back to power but our revolution is still going on and we won't disregard any information we get because we don't want this revolution to fail we don't want to be like the government in 9099 which was warned there will be a coup by ignored and were eventually overthrown those who protested against bashir say they will work hard to make sure the new government succeeds a year on from when change began the path of transition to a new sudan remains long and filled with challenges morgan al jazeera how to. still ahead on al-jazeera a liverpool football club legend test positive for coronavirus it will have all the details in sport. eyes only tests. and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to

cope with the number of coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action will get them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator very relieved people in depth analysis of the dates global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera award winning programming from international film makers as the bodies of its yeah we are going to wipe insect life if we carry on this work out just the arrest sets the stage there is no longer you know even if he is no longer an excuse giving voice to the voiceless so we went out for a long haul ex-pats and discussion that culture still exists in your filthy batting that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera.

for sport now with peter michel thank you so much president giani in france you know i was warned against restarting football too early amid the coronavirus pandemic the majority of leagues have come to a standstill but some like germany's bonus league or talking about a restart in may. health comes 1st i cannot stress this enough no much no competition no league is worse risking a single human life everyone in the world should have these very clear in their mind it would be more than irresponsible to force competitions to resume if things are not 100 percent say you have to wait a little longer so we must do so it's better to wait a little bit then to take any risks english premier league club west ham united

have announced their players are deferring their wages because of the coronavirus crisis additionally some board members as well as manager david moyes are taking a 30 percent pay cut where stamps say this will make nearly $40000000.00 available to help pay the non-playing staff members salaries liverpool's club legend kenny dalglish has tested positive for corona virus the 69 year old was admitted to hospital for an infection and returned a positive test despite showing no symptoms when the english league with liverpool as a player and as a manager formula one's renault has put the majority of its british based software on unpaid leave because of the pandemic their drivers daniel ricardo and esteban o'connor have also taken pay cuts employees at engine factory near paris have also been placed under a reduced working share do australia's national rugby league insists its government

has backing to restart the season at the end of may that's the spot concerns from some of the country's health chiefs who say they haven't been consulted they have been several proposals including basing all teams on a tropical queensland island as a form of self isolation league was suspended on march 23rd and would be the 1st to return to action in australia if the plans go ahead earlier we spoke to n.r.l. journalist connor and started by asking why the n.r.l. is pushing so hard for a comeback. it's really a matter of revenue fold a game it is well documented that many of the clubs are in financial difficulty should this competition not go ahead. the game is hugely reliant on broadcast riots and that means that now we're not playing games and having no clinton it means that the large percentage of revenue that the game would not only enjoying simply isn't there the other being attendance at games as well that's not

possible at the moment in addition to that they want to get the game back up and running because the eastern seaboard of the strelley across new zealand there's a lot of people involved and a lot of employment wrapped up in games like in our else in our island is a really interesting concept and again it comes after the fact that we need to find a solution to be able to continue the coming season resurrect season 2020 the n.r.l. island concept is really about closing the play is officials and the administrators of the game off from the general community their day to day lives including their families placing them in a hub or a bubble so to speak sorry but tension island off queensland for example it would it would be a training everything would happen on the island and when it came to game time the place to be transported back to the mainland and playing at 2 in the main stadiums in queensland which is quite a ways a 1000000000 times of an island that maybe up to take up to 1500 guests it's one of

the options but i think the arrows preferred option at the moment is to be able to use the precinct at sydney olympic park that was where the sydney 2003 games were held has a lot of training facilities existing and a number of hard hills or buttons at the moment so that seems a largely cool solution particularly given that so many of the clubs are already based in sydney so you have to plan succeed for preservation of sport in australia would provide a tremendous président. well spoil it at the moment there's not really any lot of sports the opportunity here in astronomy is to provide some content that the rest of the world it's also about providing some lessons on how it's a best practice of how the sport can be re-introduced once the restrictions around coronavirus lessened hell everyone saying that it's a very fine balance for as long as strongly would love to say some of the sport back up and running it's a really fine line because if the protocols borders high and there was an outbreak

or a cluster infection around kids at 19 it would prove disastrous taiwan's domestic baseball league was supposed to start on saturday but it didn't get off the ground and for once coronavirus wasn't to blame bad weather for the game between defending champions records and monkeys and china trust brothers to be called off and it meant the drumming robots and sign holding mannequins they brought in to create an atmosphere the absence of the fans went under appreciated by the players and the home of n.f.l. super bowl champions the kansas city chiefs this pay tribute to medical staff this is the arrowhead stadium on the left lets in blue to thank health care professionals and across the road the government stadium which hosts baseball's kansas city royals got in on the action to. well you were there from no i'll be back again a little bit later with more sports news michelle turner thank you very much and

richelle carey thank you for joining us for this news hour keep it here much more news on the other side of the break a snotty exit. crossing borders breaking boundaries recording injustice fighting inequality from africa and asia to europe to use exile as if i were more i mean the father of street every very grown up for me is one country al-jazeera world meets for refugees who've come to your touched people's lives and made a difference. the hard road from home photographers and activists on al-jazeera

it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. there are people in the world who want all forms of verification to just go away so we need people fighting against that we either tank to see. it's a fake review may be in syria but in a different way risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major

global players we've been targeted by cyber attacks from russia there are dangers to this kind of relic. truths in the post truth work and on 00 ready. one month on from the declaration of a global pandemic we go back to where it all began the wet markets of asia that have been blamed for this crisis. hello again i'm the star of the a tale and this is al jazeera live from dakar also coming up a rush to the shops in turkey ahead of a lockdown taking effect across the country. cameroon launches nationwide testing officials brace for a surge and confirm.