and there just one column there is why they shouldn't every people have no exactly fatima bhutto meets marc lamont hill i very much thought i was going to look at a bad movie studio unscripted on al-jazeera. we don't want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected so that we can do our job. front line health care workers say the government is letting them down as the number of dead surpasses 10000 in the u.k. . alone give bell this is all just air live from doha also coming up. we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any anywhere near the numbers that we need. a cry for help from the mayor of new york after the u.s.

records more deaths than anywhere else in the world. global leaders in oil production agree to lower house versus demand falls just the pandemic also. will take you around the world one of the most unusual celebrations of easter in modern times. more than 130000 people have now died of the new coronavirus and of the 1800000 people worldwide have been infected in the u.k. the number of dead has now surpassed 10000 private sabbar stunts and is recovering from corona virus and is out of hospital after several days in intensive care he thanked health workers for saving his life the critics say his government is letting down from line stuff by failing to provide them with the right protective

equipment united states has more confirmed cases and deaths than anywhere else new york state alone has reported 758 more deaths and its lead is a criticizing the white house for failing to do enough testing on the 20000 americans have died so far and the world's largest oil producers have agreed to the biggest production cut in history to protect the industry from the impact. of the our break saudi arabia russia and several other oil producing nations made a deal to reduce production by nearly 10000000 barrels a day for may and june and across europe cities that were empty this is to weekend as the pandemic grips the continent and the hayward reports on the situation there and in the u.k. britain's prime minister boris johnson left hospital to continue his recovery at his country residence he was discharged after a week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital after a week in which the n.h.s.

has saved my life no question it's hard to find words to express my day he paid tribute to those who looked after him. i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risking this deadly virus the number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with corona virus in the u.k. has now surpassed more than 10000 the u.k. government says record amounts of personal protection equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable i'm sorry if ministers feel that they have supplied adequate p.p. to n.h.s. staff but that's simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and

it's just our don't want to be seen as heroes we're not martyrs and we don't want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected so that we can do our job. across europe people are grappling with this crisis the number of deaths in spain rose again after a few days of dropping slightly no wonder then that there's no letup in efforts to try to stop the spread of the virus and corona virus is stalking francisca homes killing some of its residents care workers here face a grim task trying to reassure the living while dealing with the deaths. at the paris funeral homes and private funeral homes are completely overwhelmed so it means that some corpses stay 3 full days in the bedroom on the bedroom floor. this weekend should have been one of coming together for many families and friends tomorrow easter instead many of europe's capitals are empty the landmarks deserted the church is closed the pope delivered his easter mass in

a much scaled down service at the vatican $100000.00 people usually gather in st peter's square to listen italy remains the epicenter of europe's coronavirus outbreak other places so beating the full force of this human disaster and he would . turn into the u.s. senate leaders in the worst affected state new york continuing to blame the federal government for a lack of testing results says among other things john hendren joins me now live from chicago john so even in new york's a twit shows he said is the worst part of the country the head passing continues. that's right kim it's been a somber easter across the u.s. but especially in new york new york has had 7000 deaths out of the 21000 in the u.s. as one out of every 3 they've got about one in every 5 cases of coronavirus in new

york state and they're crying out for help the criticism has been rising especially from the mayor of new york city bill de blasio says they don't have the tests they need and they don't have all of the funding and support from the federal government this is a little of what he had to say. we pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing up front in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we never got that help we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any anywhere near the numbers that we need but we will not stop we're continuing the conversations with the white house would seem demanding the testing we are the epicenter of this crisis we must have the testing to help us move towards that next phase where we get out of widespread transmission across a virus and move to a low level transmission on to something better. john one thing has been the response to the suggestion that the country could start to reopen as early as may.

well it's already easter sunday this was the 1st state on which president trump targeted for american 'd businesses to open back up but here in chicago throughout the u.s. in every major city there still on lockdown we are nowhere near being able to do that right now and again to trump has set that date of may 1st when he would like american businesses to go back to work but there are a lot of experts who really question whether that could happen his own director of the food and drug administration was on the sunday morning talk shows saying he doesn't know if that is even possible and then you've got governors like andrew cuomo in new york who wants to reopen new york for business but he says he wants to do it cooperatively with new jersey and connecticut because they both they all share the same labor pool and cuomo had some hopeful note says well in his daily

briefing this is a little of what he had to say. it's been disorienting everybody is suffering on a lot of levels people are afraid people are anxious their own distress everywhere they turn. normally you go home for solace you go home for peace. but it's even difficult at home in this period with so many questions so a lot a lot of pain a lot of suffering. but also when things are out their worst sometimes people are at their best. andrew cuomo speaking with a little of the eloquence of his father mario cuomo who was also governor of new york some years ago crying out for more material from the federal government but also talking about how new yorkers are now rising to the level of this crisis new york still remains the worst hit of all those states each day it seems here in the

u.s. we crossed a grim new milestone on friday it was 5 100000 cases of coronavirus on saturday it was 20000 deaths now the cases have already reached 530000 the number of deaths is close to 21000 every day it seems to get worse but we're hearing from governors andrew cuomo in new york j.b. pritzker here in illinois saying they are beginning to see a plateau in of some of those numbers so here on easter there does seem to be some hope thank you for that john hendren there live from chicago. italy has ordered a group of refugees and migrants rescued by a charity vessel necessarily on to a quarantine ship around 150 people mainly from africa and the middle east with picked up by german n.g.o.s cia but the current polls are fears that access to courts have a virus infections on hold people on board will now have to undergo health checks

but no decision has been made about their final destination italy has banned all charity boats until at least the end of july. and the impact of the pandemic and international lockdowns have had severe impacts on the global economy reducing the need for oil with a grinding to a halt the u.s. energy information administration says demand for petrol by american drivers is the noticed in decades norway based energy research center stat energy full cost the change in demand from april last year to now could be as much as $27000000.00 barrels per day the price of brant crude oil has fallen from more than $67.00 a barrel in december when the virus was 1st detected of a 21 dollars this month jeff colgan is a professor of political science at brown university and author of the book petro aggression when oil causes war he says russia's compliance will be the key to the

deal working all eyes now turn to compliance in the past the gulf monarchies saudi arabia kuwait and others have been reasonably strong on compliance but the big question here is about russia it has promised to come to reduce its production and its record of doing so over the last few years is not as strong as what opec would like to see president trouble of course is going to claim credit for the deal but actually it's really not clear that he was a major factor the major thing that he tried to do was to bring mexico to the table but mexico held firm and refused to be a part of it and so in fact this deal was largely done between saudi arabia and russia and president trump is doing what president trump does which is to try to claim credit for. iran has recorded 117 deaths in 24 hours that brings the

nationwide death toll to over 4400 president hassan rouhani is urging people to continue to follow social distancing measures as i mentioned the number of infections soared to more than 4400. still ahead on al-jazeera. after standing stone on trying to have a child for my husband to not be able to be together with was devastated when. people around the world struggle with being separated from their loved ones because of the pandemic. and catholic churches in the philippines lifestream easter sunday mass is locked down forces worshippers to stay at home. hello another wet spells on its way through japan not

a big surprise i know however to follow the tail end there's not much in china so we got a couple of dried days here but this is quite a significant swirl the strong winds coming on to the north coast being big way big waves the blue of course is the rain that runs right home should touch for goes off shore soccer's got a couple days of rain to come disappointing 11 degrees but clearly the rain goes and the wind dies down and it will be up to about 70 by wednesday and the should be a bit more sunshine might suggest certainly on the south coast of the coast of honshu sunshine behind there isn't a hint of increasing rain potential somewhere in southern china even maybe in hong kong we see a bit we'll see a bit of an increase in he would say the shots have been abundant through an easier on leaving job alone not only observe but in the forecast in-born is good orange top says a big thunderstorms that maybe the concentration increase is further north in thailand cambodia and sudden vietnam rather fewer showers in sumatra and even

peninsula milly's but there is a massive cloud coming across the southern part of the bay of bengal towards that could be wet the next day or so but for most of india it's just rising temperatures . are. crossing borders breaking boundaries recording injustice frenching inequality from africa and asia to europe use exile. groups treat every very good for me is one country al-jazeera world meets for refugees who've come to us touched people's lives and made a difference. a hard road from have to tell gryphus and activists on al-jazeera. why the is the. the i.

want you all just there are mind of our top stories this hour in the u.k. the number of reported deaths caused by the coronavirus has soared above 10000 by mr boss johnson has been released from hospital after spending 3 nights in the i.c.u. he thanks doctors and health workers for saving his life. the number of fatalities in new york is continuing to rise state leaders are calling on the trump administration to provide more days to kids united states has more confirmed cases and deaths than anywhere else. in the world's largest oil producers have agreed to the biggest production cut in history the demand for oil has plummeted with the krona virus crisis and respond saudi arabia russia and several other oil producing nations made a deal to reduce production by nearly 10000000 barrels

a day from may and june. libya is waging 2 battles the civil war which is that the country and the fight against the new coronavirus and some communities are complaining about the lack of help from the internationally recognized government people are relying on donations volunteers or any other help they can find that's one of the wellhead reports from tripoli. this is what lockdown looks like in tripoli the government has put a curfew in place restaurants and cafes are closed down education suspended sushil gatherings banned and movement between cities restricted but the number of 19 is creeping up or authorities say they're doing what they can to prevent further infections but some municipalities are critical of the government's measures to prevent a bigger break. we've not received any support from the government as of today

a budget has been dispersed by the central bank but some municipalities receive double their portions others received well think it all communities are trying to fill the gaps where they say the government has failed this hospital in the city of misrata has been donated by a local businessman to treat coronavirus patients. and students in the city are using 3 d. printers to produce safety gear for medical workers in tripoli these young volunteers are relying on do nations to conduct. campaign. that are cleaning go home for elderly as well as markets banks and hospitals. we do it out of our humanitarian values we've also launched campaigns to raise people's awareness especially in slums in areas where there are foreign wages the isolation of this house for elderly people which has

a natural ventilation makes it less exposed to infection and the vulnerability of the people living here makes them a priority in the senate haitian campaign run by the volunteers but schools that have been turned into makeshift camps for those displaced by the war create a bigger risk of infection the government is actually butin the lack of financial support to the oil blockade by forces loyal to the warlord belief or have to do so in communities across the west of libya volunteers are doing what they can to protect themselves and others from the virus. tripoli all disney world in the u.s. state of florida is fighting to furlough about $43000.00 workers the chrono virus and back the temporary layoffs began on april 19th at a part of an agreement between disney world and the service trades council all

employees are expected to be called back to their jobs eventually. let's take a look at how the endemic has affected easter celebrations around the world will begin jerusalem where for the 1st time in nearly 100 years easter mass was celebrated without a congregation or force or. easter bells ringing out from the church of the holy sepulcher in the courtyard below weight of the custody of the church key a responsibility passed down through his family for more than 850 years bill is that. this is only the 2nd easter in history when the city has been attacked like this in 1349 a play closed the doors of the church for several months the catholic patriarch of the church arrived to conduct the mass with a reminder of the easter message that life will prevail the coronavirus lockdown as utterly changed the face of easter in jerusalem usually this square would be thronged with christian photograms from around the world waiting to celebrate mass

in the place they believe jesus christ rose from the dead. instead the congregation this year was a virtual one the service streamed online and broadcast on t.v. easter usually brings tens of thousands of pilgrims to the old city but now foreign tourism has been banned businesses are closed at the nearby sin george hotel the only guests are those being quarantined free of charge israel's hotel association says the pandemic could cost the industry more than a $1000000000.00 we are always fully booked there 131 a year. last year hundreds of thousands of images visited will settle. for days. over this year due to their pandemic. 0 pilgrimages it's also the week of the jewish passover last year this was the scene at the western wall on sunday the pres were strict to a handful including it was noted with some surprise the u.s.

ambassador to israel. the main possibilities. it was marked earlier this week with no large family gatherings singing from balconies filled the gap that were credibly uplifting. with their families. but were part of a broader neighborhood a broader community of palestinian christians in the occupied west bank of also had to adjust their practices praying from home in church bethlehem is locked down the church of the nativity of limits and. it hasn't been this sad since the israeli army blockaded the church during the 2nd intifada without people and in such isolation this ancient places borne witness to so many extraordinary religious events if you would have predicted just weeks ago that april 2020 would mark another are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. try to hold reports on how believers are adapting during the pandemic with many religions being forced to

readjust their ways of worship welcome to the kitchen on easter day the archbishop of canterbury as you've never seen him before justin will be broadcast to easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table as an impromptu alter. church of england rules announced some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now playing. and others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their homes to. sophie what was it like for you delivering the easter sunday service from your front room to me personally there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldn't be in the church and the i couldn't be with our community but also that sense of hope that actually in what we were doing

this morning meant that we could bring people together and we could offer them what the hope is of easter this is the church where the reverend sophie brewer would in ordinary times have presided over the easter sunday service it's so and martin's in kensal rise and it's a building that has stood for well over a century through 2 world wars and countless other crises and its doors will of course again be opened once this crisis has passed it isn't just christian churches that are empty their bells fallen silent so our synagogues temples and mosques jews are observing the celebration of passover and monday marks the start of the sikh festival of vi sarky it is so difficult to be on your own but sir you really need to connect with other people and especially. when you pray in there in a collective way because you know. that was all meant by elected.

at a time of uncertainty in spiritual need large numbers of following services online in some places faith leaders report larger numbers of the normal 19 has altered almost every aspect of the lives we lead faith is no exception jonah how al-jazeera london. a priest in brazil has gone to extreme heights to carry out his depressing reports for took a helicopter ride of a reducing their order to bless the city from the air many people in the deeply catholic country are staying home to stop the spread of coronavirus and rio's across the redeemer statue has been lit up to on a health workers on the front bones brazil has latin america's worst outbreak with more than a 1000 deaths. in the philippines priests in the predominantly catholic country also held virtual church services to me there are the reports from manila. a

barrister negus is now homeless he was a construction worker until the government imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of cruel virus a few weeks ago his family had already left the city and he found himself stranded and alone he was surprised when we told him it was easter sunday he said the day we all seem the same to him the love of the novel that i prayed last night i decided to hail mary i hope things get better soon i'll just tweet who believe the lockdown so i can go back to work easter is usually one of the most festive celebrations here but this is how it looks like now churches have largely remained closed and empty almost unimaginable in the philippines the last bastion of catholicism in asia the so-called enhanced community quarantined in the region of luzon has forced

more than 50000000 people to stay in their homes it's a time of great uncertainty people are scared of contracting the virus and of not being able to put food on the table millions of filipinos don't get paid if they don't work. the government says it is doing its best to speed the payment of cash grants to millions of people but not for those who are homeless although good friday and easter services are banned father flavia has got special permission to hold a service at this makeshift shelters really. he says their ordeal now is a reminder of the importance of what jesus represented compassion and love. the homeless out of you to give with this as a reminder that such people exist and they should never be forgotten most especially in this time of fund. for now the streets outside the church in manila

are a sanctuary for the homeless they say they may not be able to enter its grounds but they'll continue to lift their prayers up to god hoping that there must be a better way similarly dogon manila. a large portion of the planet's population is now living on the lockdown because of the pandemic for many the worst out of the crisis is being cut off from the people they love sunny gago has some of the stories. life under lockdown silence and isolation and for many in this pandemic there is the anguish of being forcibly separated from loved ones all over the world families have been wrenched apart some because of the devastating affects of the disease. others simply because they were away from home at the wrong time. and i have just like. 19 good he found herself stuck in ukraine with her newborn baby who was delivered

by a surrogate that like her husband had already returned to the u.k. both of them were arranging travel documents for their son when the lockdown struck it was really heartbreaking because yeah after spending so long trying to have a child for my husband to not be able to be together with was devastated. and you know for learn lee because of the baby and i was not planned to isolate him so we were we were just in a little apartment together marooned for weeks in a state of uncertainty they eventually managed to get the documentation they needed and most importantly a flight back home stopping over in germany 1st probably never before the family was finally reunited if england realized conny was diagnosed with coded 19 lost in hospital for a pre-planned procedure she enjoyed the virus and have fears without her loved ones

around able to comfort her i'm not allowed any visits. a current speak because i don't have anywhere so i don't really have a conversation with my family and i can't see them either so we'll that was the hardest part was. well she's isolated in this room and you know i didn't have anyone near me when it was one of these limits way you need someone the most they don't to send the national. they communicated with me even if i could it. kept me at ease as much as they could and and it's also you know you do see people going home as well you see out of it going i miss lalage and you just in those moments like that's what you have to take you have to take the positive oh man oh they were up stairs maybe and she did rhea still needs to isolate from my husband for a bit longer. really didn't is ready. but now at last he can be there for. his support in

a time of need sunny i egle al-jazeera london. he's performed for huge crowds around the walls but on easter sunday a tiny antenna on the telly sang to simon's he's held a special concert is least famous storm a cathedral in melbourne to inspire hope during our break it was streamed to millions of people around the world. oh yes. this is all just there on these the top stories in the u.k. the number of reported deaths because of the corona virus has soared above 10000

from mr ross johnson has been released from hospital after spending 3 nights in the i.c.u. . in the last 7 days i have of course seen the pressure the n.h.s. is under. i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the health care workers with every description physios radio group was for mrs who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harm's way kept risking these deadly virus it is thanks to that courage that devotion that duty and that love that are in h.s. has been unbeatable. top infectious disease expert in the u.s. dr anthony felt she says he can't guarantee that it will be safe americans to vote in person during november's presidential election united states has more confirmed

cases and deaths than anywhere else in the world some u.s. leaders are calling on the trump administration to provide more testing kits. the world's largest oil producers have agreed to the biggest production cut in history the demand for oil has plummeted amid the chrono virus crisis in response saudi arabia russia and several other oil producing nations made a deal to reduce production by nearly 10000000 barrels a day from may and june. he says sunday's celebrations have been very different the sierras st peter's square and the vatican is usually packed with around 80000 worshippers because of the lockdown in l.a. the traditional mass service by pope francis was watched by millions online. you know today those are the headlines the news continues here on algiers there are inside story that go way.

and. as dr virus spreads worldwide some medical equipment is in for supply even in developed countries and in some airports shipments are reported to have been hijacked so how is that hampering the fight against the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they cost less than a dollar masks or so scarce are being snatched up during the kobe $1000.00 pandemic .