man mine is on trial from rape to genocide the government stands accused of committing atrocities against their own people. one on one east investigates on al-jazeera. 'd the united states overtakes israeli to become the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world. live from doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera the u.k. is warned that the peak is yet to come its deaths top $900.00 for a 2nd day and the government is criticised for how it's handling the pandemic so returning home hundreds of venezuelans who fled economic hardship in their country

are forced to go back because of the pound and in other news it's the 30th anniversary of the apollo 13 mission one that became a story of survival against all odds. so the numbers now tell us that the united states has more coronavirus cases than any other country its tally has surpassed italy for the 1st time on saturday it means 20000 americans have died with the epicenter still in new york but all 50 states we must say are in a state of emergency for the 1st time which allows them to use federal funds during the pandemic elsewhere india 1300000000 citizens continue to stay home until the end of april the prime minister is expected to announce an extension to the lock down there and then europe well this is interesting the hardest hit nations are actually starting to ease some of their restrictions for monday spain will allow

nonessential employees to go back to work it is reporting a falling death rate there and is allowing some stores to reopen. we're going to start with the united states though in new york where the state's governor says for the 1st time there has been a drop at least in intensive care admissions you can see that the numbers somewhat . stabilizing but it is stabilizing at and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain new york is not only the hardest hit state it is also bearing the financial brunt of the nation wide lockdown we have this report now from christensen lamey. it's been called the crossroads of the world but these days no one is going anywhere just ask taxi driver nicolay hent hear people talking.

about it he says his few customers are mostly hospital workers now that all but essential workers are expected to stay home new york the center of american culture and commerce now has more corona virus cases than any single country even the famously busy grand central station is eerily quiet during normal times 3 quarters of a 1000000 people would pass through here each day now as empty as public spaces our hospitals are full and overflowing. public hospitals in particular have been overwhelmed statistics show that while the elderly or those with preexisting conditions make up most faith tallies minority communities have been hit disproportionately hard. and doctors and nurses are under tremendous pressure a shortage of protective gear like masks and downs is only adding to the strain for

nurses like sarah dowd who came out to demonstrate being kind of thrust into the situation without everything we need without the resources we need to do the best job possible and. that has a psychological affect the feeling of being helpless scenes of refrigerated trucks as makeshift morgues and funeral homes struggle to contain the enormous loss of life have been traumatic even for notoriously tough new yorkers the city and state officials have lashed out at the federal government for not doing more to coordinate the response on bidding on a machine that illinois is bidding on in california is bidding on in florida is big and we were bidding up each other while social distancing appears to be slowing the spread of coated 19 nearly a month of school and business closures are taking a toll leaving thousands of small business owners struggling to survive like jeff

george who owns a martial arts studio the biggest thing is continuing to be able to pay the rent and pay the utilities and pay the employees right we want to we want to be able to sustain them as much as we and. that's important to me. still new yorkers like eric kerry and his wife are finding ways to bring people together from their rooftop with music even if for now they can't get close inspired by scenes in italy and spain they've been holding a nightly socially distanced party cannot wait to have a big party after this invite the whole lot over to our lovely roof deck and be able to have everyone there and enjoy a song and a drink together but officials say that time is still weeks if not months away kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well parts of the philippines capital of had its 1st day of mass testing but the rest of manila and the rest of the country

indeed are still waiting for a national plan remember it's a catholic majority country under strict quarantine that easter could challenge that stock to jamila under going in manila high jamila take us through what could potentially happen today i mean easter sunday such an important day in the in the catholic christian faith will definitely as you know if you know the last bastion of catholicism in asia is in the philippines and we were driving around police allowance for stories were doing and we saw that churches of largely remained close that's something that's really unimaginable for the philippines easter celebrations are usually one of the biggest upper christians here but you know starting last week palms sunday there have been smaller celebrations smaller parades by priests in different parts of the country but the you know the faithful catholics are not allowed to take part in it largely dear just allowed to serve in the hierarchy of

the catholic church year as basically instructed the catholics to stay at home and watch online masses but there have been exceptions it remains to be seen what will happen today but most likely what we're seeing basically are mostly online masses and a few other concessions in the streets tell me about mass testing then. i mean as we say the 1st state day that it's happening in the capital but it's a big country there's a lot of people this is going to take a long time to roll out. well yes definitely i mean something there's been growing clamor for mass testing kemal but it's something that the government says niti time 1st not only because of the ability of the kit but the ability of laboratories that can process these kits for testing so far around 15 laboratories have already been recognized by the department of health can process but mass testing essentially means millions need to be tested so at this point for example one of the stories we

did recently was a story about a local city decided to do a localized target at mass testing which means given what they have they are going to start testing those are called persons under investigation persons and they're monitoring and those who have been cleared for him to have been exposed to people who have the coronavirus the coronavirus but again this is just one city and that the worry here for basically is that there may be a growing outbreak in the shantytowns in you know in manila one of the most condensed even asia and it's harder and harder basically to fight it out just how big the spread is unless the mass or are calibrate the target that mask those things actually happen that's something that the government hopes they will be able to do start with in the coming weeks there are years that there will be a peak of cases are well within the middle of may but so far the lock down for the entire region of the song and it come up to miller island oregon with all the

updates from the philippines thank you health officials in the u.k. say the outbreak there is yet to reach its pages the death toll creeps closer 210000 the government has repeated its warning to the public to stick to the long term restrictions over these 2 weekend even though there is a nice warm weather forecast. don't figure highlight the gravity of this national emergency. the devastating impact of this virus and the unprecedented but necessary action that we are taking to tackle it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives but my message to anyone still refusing to do the right thing is clear if you don't pay your part our selfless police who are out there risking their own lives to save others will be unafraid to act all experts on the front line eroding countries to roll out mass testing of covert 19 in order to stop the spread current

screening methods are complex and many countries are struggling with resources but one researcher at the imperial college london says he may have found an easier way jonah has more. well the spiraling death toll here in the u.k. has led to ever more urgent questions aimed at the government did they act too slowly in instituting the lockdown 3 weeks ago could more lives have been saved had they rely for too long on advice to wash hands and sing happy birthday twice as the prime minister boris johnson regularly advised were there other things that could have been done there are shortages of personal protection equipment still being reported across the national health service here and of course testing is a saga of its own here at imperial college in london a team of engineers have invented new technology to build a portable personal test that will produce rapid results in just around an hour as opposed to the day or 2 that it currently takes let me introduce chris thomas who he's regis professor of engineering here at imperial college chris thank you so

much for joining us can you tell us a little bit about your test and how it works. as you probably alluded to the fact is that it takes so long to do a test today from the time the sam please take has to then be transported to the oratory the laboratory has to pick pettit has to extract the d.n.a. r.n.a. it has to amplify it and all that could take 48 hours throughput from the patient to the result so there's a desperate need for faster tests that can be brought to the community d.n.a. knowledge which is a spin from imperial college with the technology partnership in cambridge together we've been vented this technology which we call the notch cartridge that this entire the poetry that i spoke a bag all within this little device affected be all that petting all those machines everything. in this small little bit of technology that's really good it means now

allowed complete brought to the patient that's at the patient going to the lab this can all to me be used as a home test the patient can take this. simple impact we use pediatrics watch very small and and friendly they can be certain into the austral i know eyes watering for tying tiny bit but it's worth it it's worth it few seconds once the time has been taken it think goes into the back of our little cartridge then the little clip on the back and this is it the r.n.a. of the fire us or the pilot is loaded into the into the captured research as in china have discovered airborne traces of the virus can travel up to 4 meters away from patients had been previously thought it was only to meet as the study has to surface and samples from wards which were treating infected people at a would harm hospital researchers found the virus was mainly concentrated on the floors and some medical staff picked up off the shoes dr james char is

a senior research fellow and the head of epidemiological modeling at monash university and explains now why not all countries are following the world health organization's advice especially on mosques we previously had the understanding that it's been predominately droplet and finite transmission which means that it can transmit on objects it can last up to 72 hours on surfaces and it's possible that that is one of the reasons why it's it's spreading more rapidly and those new results from china will have to be interpreted with what we previously understood about the virus and one of the one of the biggest reasons why it's transmitting so rapidly is because it's so frequently asymptomatic we have people who are asymptomatic for a period of time up to some days before they develop symptoms or who remain asymptomatic entirely through their the duration of their owners and i think they're important factors as well. our coverage continues in a moment. as well as this is the world's biggest water fight called off in

southeast asia. and mines in darwin's ease some restrictions on movement and trade after imposed a nationwide lockdown 2 weeks ago. how low it has been particularly hot in a dusty sandy when it came out of the empty quarter in the u.a.e. and qatar and this part of saudi arabia as well the temperatures have been as high as 14 in dubai they may well be on sunday but this is a southerly breeze is a northerly opposing it and i think we'll eventually find things cooling down in fact the cloud it's visible in the satellite picture is the cold front which is showing showers in iran might show an occasional thunderstorm elsewhere but there's not really very much impetus for that to happen of course temperatures to the north of that particularly in the levant are much lower but the sun is out now and it

isn't improving situation in what's been the case the last couple of days and it carries on improving on monday whereas the chances under storms around qatar bahrain this eastern part of saudi is quite significant from monday down to 26 degrees that looks quite a wet day for the surface and the showers i should go south now more regularly in tanzania in kenya in ethiopia and of course all points west with now this breeze is quite notes from west just turn up and run up the coast of somalia then we start think of when the monsoon rains were right for the time being let's just think of tanzania as the wept lace and of course kenya remember orange tops and dark blue those are the big thunderstorms and they are big. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure there. sometimes we risk our lives in taking the threads with care that saving lives is a dangerous job as

a vaccine so it's only good with 24 hours there are patients waiting because medicines who must be in pain lives earth risk a week ago one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road at that can do it with weapons. risking it all guinea on al-jazeera. these are the latest developments with the corona virus pandemic and more than 20000 americans have died after contracting the virus the u.s. has now surpassed death toll it leads the world in fact the highest number of fatalities new york is the epicenter with more than 8600 deaths. but the state

governor says the situation is stabilizing there's been a drop in the number of admissions to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak. look at main man now which will celebrate new year next week but celebrations will of course be muted because of the virus the studies have been cancelled and people are being told to stay at home but as far as the reports it hasn't stopped some workers trying to leave the cities and head back to their hometowns. days before the myanmar new year starts and this bus terminal is packed people are leaving yangon for their hometowns despite government vies to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus here ali yes i am worried about the coronavirus that's why i have to take precautions like wearing a mask using hand sanitizers and washing hands everyone's doing it myanmar has one of the lowest number of reported coronavirus cases in southeast asia about tough

it's cases i'm gone the biggest city and commercial capital while the government has banned public gatherings travel is allowed raising concerns about spreading the virus everywhere. they brought the tickets in advance these are the people that go home every year since the factories they work in a closed they don't have a place to stay and the are gone the owner says only half his normal number of passes out on the road fewer people are traveling this year mostly migrant workers and no tourists the myanmar new year. yes 10 john is usually celebrated with much fanfare and merrymaking it's also known as the water festival but they'll be no water fights public concerts or street parades this year nonessential businesses have been ordered to shut only one person from each household is allowed to go out for medicine health care of food for many the restrictions are

a financial burden for we need really wasn't you know it's not good for business as we can't work if we can't work we have nothing to eat i get paid for each day of work others are slightly more optimistic. we have to follow the government's order during thing in festival the government made the order because the world is in serious trouble so they have to protect the country it's for all of us. like many countries around the world myanmar is relying on everyone to stay home to break the chain of transmission florence louis al-jazeera. 2 weeks after zimbabwe imposed a nationwide lockdown it is now easing some restrictions the country's already facing its worst economic crisis in a decade and now these measures are threatening the livelihoods of people how to mid-town so with more from harare. some relief was the barbarians who rely on

relatives living abroad to send the money for days some people haven't had cash to buy food and other essentials it's forced the government to ease a 3 week coronavirus lucked out that means money transfer agencies can now open but only 3 times a week they're opening it will is a lot of creation model for families was most of these guys are relying on not just what are the images which is a big big contribution of over 720000000 here stuff comes to the desperate a form of coming into the into the country it is this initial the nationwide lockdown has affected many sectors of the economy brian unger makes and sells sculptures mainly for the foreign markets he can't do that now. as you can see police quote. we saw. the visitors were coming to view. in a country facing its worst economic crisis in

a decade soaring inflation storage is a foreign currency food and electricity global travel restrictions have left places empty more than $2000000.00 visitors came to zimbabwe last year most traveled from the parts of africa europe and the u.s. the money they brought in support of thousands of locals working in the tourism industry not many families are struggling. some businesses are trying to get by fresh in a box deliver supplies to people's houses customers order online so they can stay at home and try to keep safe a lot of more stuff afield to come into work obviously because of the distancing. the other object is that a lot of people are now using our services you know people are socially distancing and isolating their homes and so the delivery service business is really sort of become a lifeline for a lot of people who depend on us to bring their village for. the government has

removed other lockdown restrictions farmers can produce at markets but social distancing and other precautions against a coronavirus are difficult to maintain like many african countries zimbabwe is battling with how to stop the spread of corporate 19 without damaging an already crumbling economy. well than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency financial relief but the lockdown restrictions affect the economy there the government's trying to streamline the process the payment process at least after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups and former workers are in touch with a claim under $1000.00 a month but health authorities of appeal to the public to stay home after large gatherings are reported in several big cities and prisoners have rioted at a jail in southern bolivia inmates say the conditions inside are ripe for the spread of coronavirus prisoners gathered on the roof calling for face masks and proper health care riot police then used tear gas to try to stop the protest many

bolivian prisons are overcrowded and the government has announced some people on low level charges will be released to reduce the risk of an outbreak. emergency restrictions to stop the spread in colombia are making things even more difficult for refugees who fled the economic crisis in venezuela many of lost their jobs in colombia and face the tough choice of staying and trying to survive or to go back home where conditions are even worse and the reports from the colombian capital bogota. fleeing on foot carrying all their worldly possessions the highway out of quarantine has become dotted with hundreds of homeless hungry venezuelans attempting to walk back to their battered country. sallis in their family worked as street vendors but with the lock down they ran out of money and ended on the streets and there was no one left to sell to how were we supposed to survive and.

the police even perhaps it us from being outside we live hand to mouth day by day how can we pay the daily rent how can we ate. in recent years more than 4000000 been square other south american countries escaping the economic collapse in venice where last time it managed to earn a meager but decent living thanks to reese who worked in a car wash leaving was an agonizing decision. there's nothing left to do here we lost our jobs and we can't count on getting help from the government until 2 weeks ago when the lockdown started migrants in difficulty had access to some form of assistance but since then shelters migrant centers and soup kitchens are all closed leaving them with no help at all. the government has increased the number of cash transfers to some struggling families but it's not enough as mayor

said that at least for now the temporary shelters being built in the city were exclusively for vulnerable colombians. the doors of cattle equally for. closed with no official date for reopening father wills says the fear of contagion excessive number of people in need left him with no other option. we don't have the resources nor the space to deal with this precious the mayor and the government passing responsibility to one another because the number of people and leaders are simply too high. back on the highway stop to catch a breath and firm up their bags the estimator will take them 15 days to get to the border. they know the situation back home will be equally tough but at least they say they'll have a roof over their heads and their family nearby to help as much as they can.

turkey has put its most populated areas under a 2 day curfew to try to contain the spread of coronavirus the long queues outside the supermarkets after announcement was made 31 cities are infected including of course istanbul and ankara bakeries hospitals pharmacies and factories making medical equipment are examined singapore has banned teachers from using the video conferencing platform zoom to hold lessons remotely the government says it's in response to very serious incidents court there one of those according to local media involves men making lewd comments during a lesson with teenage girls obscene images have also appeared on screens the company said it is committed to making it a safe and secure platform for educators but singapore is just the latest in a growing number of countries companies and agencies have banned the app because of cyber security issues. tonight the story we want to bring you now 50 years since what nasa describes as

a successful failure that is the apollo 13 mission which never made it to the moon and an explosion on board left 3 astronauts fighting for survival the lessons learned though have inspired a new generation of astronauts as my cannon are reports. a barely audible outer ring was an iconic craze that became part of popular culture . here we can. say again please can we have a problem. the launch was routine this was to be the 3rd moon landing and the mission commander james lovell was on his 4th trip into space. and i was just temperament 35 hours of this pleasure. occurring ok now it's everybody keeps an explosion in an oxygen tank destroyed the outer panels of the command module and shorted many of the intricate electronics

keeping the craft in orbit the idea of the moon landing was abandoned the success of the mission was not to be measured by survival the astronauts used to luna model as a lifeboat well dozens of scientists back at mission control worked out how to repair the systems keep the astronauts alive and get them back to earth and a way to make this. video into the home. using nothing but that. is good or. belittle to. the world was transfixed by the drama taking place in space. will come back. for a few days old division was forgotten as millions around the globe will be astronauts as safe return home. and 50 years later

a new generation of astronauts inspired by lessons learned from the apollo 13 mission members of massa's autumn is program which is designed to put a man and woman on the moon by 2024 followed by a mission to mars we learn more from our failures than we ever do from our successes. up in space astronauts on the international space station continue their work remembering the apollo 13 mission in a video conference and paying tribute to the scientists on a striving to keep them safe in the face of a pandemic has changed the way that mission control operations worked they're actually doing hand over between shifts between 2 different rooms to minimize the contact but yet here they are person varying and through their ingenuity in their professionalism we're going to return a star earth safely just like their predecessors did 50 years ago i think apollo 13 was a very good example. of always expecting. the

unexpected. when i saw the persian streaming out in the blossoms by this time that the less we sunk in the pacific ocean we would be successful. a 50 year old message that resonates in a world sheltering from pandemic mike hanna al-jazeera washington. how fast they are on al-jazeera these are the top stories more than 20000 americans have not died after contracting the coronavirus the u.s. has surpassed italy's death toll and now leads the world with the highest number of fatalities new york is the epicenter in the u.s. with more than 8600 deaths the state governor says the situation is stabilizing

though there has been a drop in the number of people who admitted to intensive care for the 1st time since the outbreak began you can see that the numbers are more it. stabilizing but it is stabilizing and horrific rate. 783 people 777799. these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible. and the u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions. parts of the philippines capital has had its 1st day of mass testing but the rest of manila and the rest of the country indeed are still waiting for a national plan a catholic majority country has been under strict quarantine but there is

a challenge this easter sunday to that. of 30000000 people in brazil of signed up for emergency financial relief as they lock down restrictions affects the economy the government's trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim $101000.00 a month. and prisoners of riot headed to jail in southern bolivia inmates say the conditions inside are ripe for the spread of coronavirus prisoners gathered on the roof calling for face masks and proper health care riot police used tear gas to try to stop the protest any of these bolivian prisons are overcrowded and so the government has announced some people on lower 'd level charges will be released to reduce the risk of an outbreak after that with the headlines on al-jazeera risking it all is next join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing the but the institutions frequently don't the system

itself is set up to benefit those who understand there are people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom on iran.