in and the entrance to the city was who refuse they killed people in the streets in their houses and the crusades an arab perspective the facade one shot. on a. fighting intensifies in libya the internationally recognized government says has taken a 2nd city from the warlords. peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up with infections rising russia's president warns the outbreak is getting worse and says soldiers may be deployed to help contain it. a sailor who was on board a u.s.

navy ship at the center of a controversy which saw its captain sacked as died. and indigenous communities in malaysia take action to protect themselves from coronavirus. we will get to coronavirus shortly but 1st let's get you right up to speed with the developing story this hour out of new libya which is seen intense fighting the internationally recognized government is now saying it's taken a 2nd city from the warlord of the 4 have to involve phone footage appears to show fighters on the streets of some prata earlier pro tripoli forces entered the city of sort of man west of the capital after his fighters have been trying to capture the capital and overthrow the government there for the past year. joins us live from tripoli mark would just get us right up to date what's going on there.

will be to the government of national accord that says that it's a measure of advancement its forces have achieved today by taken control of both cities coastal cities in the west of libya and so brought us abroad to bear the way a key city in the worst of libya on the coast that has been under the control of have to the forces for the past 3 years the government forces say that by taken control of our uncertain man this way they can easily take control of the whole coastal city the highway also connecting get tripoli to the tunisian borders. is a key city because whoever controls can also move on many other cities on the west of libya and they can forces loyal to the government of national accord can easily join in the. berber forces in this city of as one hour and they can all

move or are on a word here as a stronghold for forces loyal to the world for have to end southern west of their capital tripoli also the government said that it has been preparing for this offensive over the past week and with help from turkish drones actually the air force has been playing a major rule and this battle it was a swift takeover the government says it's thanks to its. preparations over the past few weeks including the airstrikes by turkish drones targeting that have those forces locations in and around surprised once a month including the operation rooms now the government said that it now can eliminate the threat possible threats coming from have those forces in the west of tripoli so now the western directions of tripoli can be now secured the government

said that it's now. trying to focus on it he pelling have to his forces and their locations in southern area tripoli if the tripoli forces can sustain this if they can hang on and keep this significant 2nd city or we potentially here talking about the fall of africa well excuse me peter if you can if you can say that question once again if the tripoli forces have taken the 2nd city does that mean an end of her. as his in this role as self-appointed warlord we'll i don't think so because half of his forces that they still have their other strongholds in the west of the country including the city of who are and also there are other cities are divided between have those forces and the government forces

and the worst of the country but it is nevertheless it's a major setback to have those forces given the fact that it's the 3rd city have to as was a have been losing it since last june when they 1st lost the city of this strategic city of as n.e.n. but nevertheless it depends on the air at vance had weapons used by have to his forces as you know peter that have that his forces have been getting get advanced weapons from russia and the united arab emirates and also from egypt and they have been attacked in the capital tripoli for the past to year now the government said that by securing their possible threats from have to his verses from the west haven't they the actions of tripoli the government forces can now focus on only on defending already paling have had forces attacks on southern tripoli. when thanks very much. russia reporting its biggest daily increase in corona virus cases with

more than 2 and a half 1000 new infections the government says 148 russians have died with the total number of infections surpassing 18000 let's cross live now to our correspondent tracking all the european developments for us this neve need let's just focus in on russia those new numbers stacking up in a very bad way yes it doesn't look good for russia at the moment russia was quite slow to report its 1st cases but it looks now like the infection rate is going up pretty quickly according to the deputy prime minister it's going up on a daily basis at around 16 to 18 percent so in the past 24 hours we've seen an increase in 2 and a half 1000 reported cases we know that 18 people have died in the past 24 hours or bringing the total death toll to 148 this is russia's biggest jump yet so it gives

you an idea of how fast the virus is that decelerating across russia's vast vast territory we know the government has responded very quickly it's all ordered the building of 18 hospitals it says that $40000.00 beds are already available in total it wants to have around $95000.00 beds ready for coronas a virus of victims it's all the doctors to treat anybody coming into hospital with pneumonia symptoms to be treated as if they already have the coronavirus so assuming they will be put into specialist wards they'll be kept away from other people and some degree of contact tracing may be introduced as well but the words coming from the russian president are that this is very much the start that the worst is yet to come. maybe gives the image blow up a little mean it's a bit of deja vu as we can see the situation is changing almost every day unfortunately it's not changing for the better but the number of infected people is

increasing and there are more severe cases as well as i said already the coming weeks will be decisive. you would expect of course from a tough mightily to like lead to mere putin a robust response well on top of the measures to build hospitals and to shore up support for the country's publicly funded health service that is somewhat creaking the russian president has also said that any shortcomings in the fight against corona virus will be regarded as criminal negligence now having lived in russia for 6 years having been at the receiving end of its public health service i know all too well how much of a challenge this may be for the country in dealing with a surge in cases but it does also raise some concerns about whether or not some local administrations possibly even a hospital staff given the threat of criminal negligence may be inclined to bury the figures to hide the figures and that can only make the situation much much

worse and on a day to day level as well people are being threatened with 70 in prison sentences if they flout the regulations that have been brought in by the government you do get the distinct impression judging from the words coming from putin and those around him that the situation is deeply concerning for the kremlin may thank you. well the russian government has spent years as we've been hearing reforming the health care system to make it more efficient but critics say it's left hospitals short of beds doctors and nurses step in reports from moscow. this is one of 3 major infectious diseases hospitals in moscow a city of nearly 13000000 people 2 of its buildings were recently demolished when the covert 19 pandemic had already started last year moscow's mayor announced that a new hospital will be built here but it's unclear when. project go has 4 years protested against health care cuts. i think what's happened here is

a crime and maybe prosecutors should look into it i want to officially demand that prosecutors should get involved and find out why it meets the pandemic they demolish one of the major centers in moscow to could pack some statistics show that nearly half of all hospitals have been closed nationwide here in this video opposition figure ilyushin estimates 60 hospitals were closed in moscow alone the government calls it optimize ation of health care merging hospitals are turning them into poorly clinics in an effort to be more cost effective but experts say in reality there's often meant closing them down this hospital is close in 2015 and an estimated 400 medical workers lost their jobs. if they didn't close a hospital we could have received 570 patients that's how many beds we had officially i'm an infection ist this profession has its own specifics we know how

to follow an anti epidemiological regime they were no cases of into hospital infection and our hospital. medical workers around russia have been complaining about the lack of protective equipment and the heavy workload they are facing working with grown up patients yes lisa truss if the same happens us what we see in the south of europe we can fail to cope even in. asco i don't know how the situation will develop it's impossible to predict but this teaches that you can't thoughtlessly reform the health care system you should think what the consequences might be what risks appear as a result of it. mosco authorities have not responded to our request for comment a new infectious diseases hospital is rapidly being built outside the capital and extra bets have been added to existing hospitals but medical experts say details spittles lead to specialist 19 patients need. these matches might not be enough when russia reaches its peak of the epidemic that fasten al-jazeera. monday

morning in spain saw some nonessential businesses reopen after almost 3 weeks shut down another 517 deaths linked to the virus were also reported that's fewer than on sunday the loosening of the lockdown is being criticized by spaniards worried about a resurgence in the disease and more than 17000 have died so far with close to 170000 confirmed cases. one of the 600 crew who caught the corona virus on board a u.s. aircraft carrier has now died the captain of the theodore roosevelt was fired for writing to his commanders begging for help to stop the spread on board and the acting navy secretary resigned after he criticized the captain calling him stupid and naive the u.s. president donald trump has retreated a call to fire the country's top infectious disease expert it comes after dr anthony folks she said more lives could have been saved if the u.s.

the taken containment measures sooner mr fauji has also contradicted and corrected donald trump in the past including about what medicines may be effective against the virus live to our white house correspondent kimberly kimberly one of merchants that the blow back here to the death of the naval the sailor could be potentially very very big. there's no question there's already an investigation under way into this situation but in terms of the captain that was just missed from this aircraft carrier of the u.s. theodore roosevelt certainly sadly there is some vindication that he may receive from this at least in the realm of public opinion given the fact that he sounded the alarm he was very concerned about seeing corona virus ripping through not just his own ship but the cruise ships around the world who had been in many cases

debilitated by it so this is something that he was afraid of for his own ship of course he made this known publicly when he was not getting results from the higher chain of command within the u.s.s. within the u.s. navy and that resulted in his dismissal but his dismissal in fact was caught on video when he was leaving the ship he was cheered by the sailors who looked at him very admirably for essentially trying to save their lives but this is sort of a twist in turning story in the u.s. navy because the acting navy secretary then went made a speech to this very same crew called this captain that they revered. as stupid and he was then in turn dismissed from his job so this is yet another sort of aspect to this case that thou that we have this death this is certainly going to bolster the case of the captain that this was a need to sound the alarm but in the u.s. military readiness is everything the optics are everything and that's where he

seems to be getting the most criticism that he signaled this publicly something that you don't want to do from a military standpoint having said that he has also received some sympathy from u.s. president trump for his actions but again the u.s. president for now at least backing the decisions of the military and again that investigation into all of this still ongoing and other aspects of coronavirus where you can believe mr trump retreating. a tweet i think it was from the network which is like it's the right sort of faux news i guess that would be fair to say with the hash tag fine folks you know if he's getting ready to find who does he replace him with and is mr infectious diseases. yeah and he's been that since 1984 he's enormously popular in the united states has sort of said that he kind of made into a star the fact that he's been standing on the stage but alongside the u.s. president the white house briefing room but i can tell you that's not the case he

has been well known in the united states when it comes to being a top public health official for decades but now we see a very sort of overt difference of public opinion or rather difference of opinion between these 2 men and the difference in public opinion over how this situation given the fact that dr anthony found she doesn't mince words he's been very vocal about the fact that he thinks that much of this social distancing should have been done sooner he said as much over the weekend and that really caught the ire of the u.s. president as you point out he retreated very stark criticism of dr anthony found she with the hash tag fire found she and the question becomes now is the president intending to do that i can tell you that something that was certainly receive an enormous amount of pushback given the fact that he is well respected in the united states so we're sort of left wondering what's going to happen next and how these 2 men will stand on the stage moving forward there's no question the u.s. president's been much of sunday defending his response thus far but there are increasing questions and the trumpet ministrations response is under the microscope

given the fact that the president was in fact there are some signals he may have ignored intelligence there also some signals that he should have put in social distancing sooner but was reluctant to do so because of the strong u.s. economy one that he had counted on to help israel lection chances in november kimberly thanks very much plenty more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including south korea reporting more than 100 people who were initially cleared over the coronavirus of tested positive again plus. there's the in this is that as a possible opportunity for them to actually make more money health insurance in america how the pandemic is highlighting confusion across the industry.

we've got some quality weather pushing into japan that we've seen some very wet sand there windy weather swirling way the peri of low pressure here that's now in the process of pushing out into the north pacific process guys come back a bit high still a cool one there for northern parts of japan as we go on through cheeze they be quite a keen wind but as we go on into wednesday we'll see temperatures picking up quite nicely said 22 celsius for tokyo by wednesday afternoon not a dry weather 2 across the korean peninsula by that 70 while much of china you might cast your chair up towards beijing temperatures here at around 24 celsius spanish hours meanwhile across southeast asia and they are becoming a little more prevalent across the philippines and showers coming in here funny a sunshiny between must be said showers there into vietnam into cambodia and also into thailand then usual scattering a shastri malaysia and into indonesia well some showers still coming into the southwest of india carolus in some shallow some showers to

a possibility for rest franker over the next day or so the western weather is further north more than parts of pakistan pushing across into those more marys of in the afghanistan brightens up behind much of india is hot and dry temperatures in new delhi at 40 degrees. talk to al-jazeera we what we were force were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you know you've been to go build. you know at this stage of you we will not be with you we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on how does iraq when you see big groups of people walking through europe they're all individuals with children the lives you have to hear all of them and to treat them with some dignity and respect.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from the i'm peter davi your top stories libya's internationally recognized government has been making gains against the wall lot after the tripoli based government says it's retaking 2 cities from his forces. the russian president says the defense ministry could be called on to help tackle the virus crisis as it continues to worsen the country reported its biggest daily increase in corona virus cases with more than 2 and a half 1000 new infections. one of the 600 crew who caught the virus on board a u.s. aircraft carrier has now died the captain of the feared or roosevelt was fired for writing to his commanders begging for help to stop the spread of the disease on board at least 116 people in south korea who were cleared of the virus have again

tested positive 51 similar cases were reported there last week it is raising concerns within the government as it tries to stamp out infections mcbride's in seoul he says this is significant. it is a worrying development this is a phenomenon that epidemiologists in the center of disease control here have been studying for quite a while the months this large population of people here who got sick towards the end of february beginning of march who got the virus who were there not treated in hospital or treated at home and some 7000 of those people have recovered and as part of their their own going treatments of gradually being retested and worryingly there has been this trend of finding now more than 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they hit had tests either in hospital look at clinics

testing centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive 7 questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection that people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the infection again or more worrying they use a reactivation that somehow they were may not have been asymptomatic at they may not have been it's certainly on the face of it infectious but seem to have possibly still being carrying the virus in some dormant form possibly deep in body tissue that somehow has managed to become reactivate so it is a worrying trend here does that mean that there has been a problem in testing and does it mean certainly that there are many more questions about this virus that the experts simply don't know about it u.s. health insurance companies say they will cover testing the cost of testing and

treatment but some doctors say there's a lot of confusion about who will really end up covering the bills history have pretenses. for a pass when donald trump announced this earlier this week i met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all 'd co-payments for coronavirus treatments it just highlighted a particular confusion the u.s. faces as it deals with the pandemic alone among developed countries the u.s. health care system isn't universal but run by for profit health insurance companies even after the affordable care act or obamacare was passed in 201030 1000000 remain without health coverage and the number of under insured those whose out of pocket expenses for treatment is over 5 percent of their income has risen 50 percent over the last 9 years to an estimated 44000000 in fact when donald trump was speaking in early march no insurance companies were covering treatments now congress has forced

them to cover testing and some companies are covering treatment for a limited time but it's a confusing patchwork for patients that leaves many unanswered questions what if you just make it is your bill going to be higher. it it's impossible to that question in addition your coronavirus test is covered but your visit to a physician may not be if other covert diagnostic tests are conducted like a white blood cell count or chest x. ray that all actual coded 19 tests they may not be covered the millions with employer supplied health insurance may face large out of pocket expenses even hospitals covered by insurance companies perform procedures not covered by insurance and the list goes on in the best of times patients and doctors often don't know what's covered until the bill eventually arrives my greatest sadness as a physician is that i often don't have the answer to that question when someone asks me how much is this medication going to cost i often don't have the answer

especially with the added layers of a hostile ization the pandemic highlights another issue that was already a problem prior authorization insurance companies requiring doctors to prove the treatment is necessary a process that could lead to delays of one to 3 days in freeing up hospital beds crucial time during a pandemic a recent american medical association survey from the process led to death or disability in 30 percent of cases and that was before the coronavirus a prior authorization it's a question to the clinical saying are you sure and we don't trust you a little inappropriate for quick efficient compassionate care such practices have contributed to insurance company's massive profits since obamacare was passed and now according to former health insurance executive turned whistleblower wendell potter the industry's expecting to clean up as a result of the coronavirus they're saying this is that as a possible opportunity for them to actually make more money and to have

a net savings if you will and so i say some of the c.e.o.'s even told wall street financial analysts that they're expecting that because spittles and doctors are canceling a lot of routine care also the executives are saying to the. austral there if we have to spend more money that we added this year we were just raised rates for everybody next year that's what they do if they can get away with it because there is no other game in town it's a tremendous challenge this global pandemic how some specifically move cool characteristics here in the u.s. she ever turns the olders era washington. well the economic fallout from the pandemic is making it harder for international agencies to raise money among those the world food programme it says has been forced to cut rations for more than a $1000000.00 refugees in uganda after failing to secure additional funding from nairobi malcolm webb has more on how critical the food aid is for affected refugees with the un's world food programme has been calling for donations to help them feed

refugees in uganda since the end of last year donations haven't been forthcoming and while it is normal for the world food program to not receive as much money as it requests and this case the shortfall is critical that's why they're cutting rations by about a 3rd so that's going to make a hard life even more difficult for those 1200000 refugees in uganda these camps are not good places to live even at the best of times northern uganda hundreds of thousands of people who fled the conflict in south sudan a living there in a landscape it's dry for much of the time that farmed the land is not suitable for farming it makes it difficult when the bills produce their own food and so they depend on the food from the world food program which is now going to be cut. oil prices have risen after major producers agreed to their biggest ever output cut but gains were limited to mint the move will be enough to stabilize energy markets the

global oil market is oversupplied because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia as well as demand crashing because of coronavirus well life was tough for indigenous substance farmers in malaysia before the virus hit now they can't sell their products because of the lock down malays speaking people have a higher risk of catching a disease because of their lifestyle in florence living. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people on a ski which means original people in the main language are more vulnerable to disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition that someone like ameena think so now it's safer to return to the forest many indigenous communities

live in remote areas with no access to running water and electricity and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to live on and have little savings i mean the buying comes mostly from women grass i have lots of plants around my house it's not a steady income i'm like around $200.00 a month. but farmers have no means to get to the markets and have not been able to sell the produce. i can so in my produce now eliminate. chimeric economy prince which used to be my main practice the government has promised assistance to poor communities while the restriction order is in place the director general of the department of our asking development told al-jazeera that the agency has applied for and imagines he ground to help those in need but the center for our

concerns says not old villages are officially registered with the agency and those which are not will likely be left out the n.g.o.s one of several that are now raising funds for indigenous communities the donations are paid to local community coordinators to purchase food which is then distributed to the villages it's not a perfect system but it's one way to ensure that aid reaches those who need it most florence louis al-jazeera. this is al jazeera these are your top stories libya's internationally recognized government says it's taken another city from the warlord after us forces earlier the government said it to take on the cities of sort of man. after as fighters have been trying to capture the capital and overthrew the government there for the past year now. the russian president says the defense ministry could be called on to help tackle coronavirus crisis as it worsens the country reported its largest daily

increase in the cases of corona virus with more than 2 and a half 1000 new infections taking the total number 18306148 people are known to have died maybe gives the image for me it's a bleak teach the as we can see the situation is changing almost every day unfortunately it's not changing for the better the number of infected people is increasing and there are more severe cases as well as i've said already the coming weeks will be decisive one of the 600 crew who caught the virus on board a u.s. aircraft carrier has died the captain of the theodore roosevelt was fired for writing to his commanders begging for help to stop the spread on board the acting navy secretary resigned after he criticized the captain calling him stupid and naive at least 116 people in south korea who were cleared of the corona virus have again tested positive for it 51 similar cases were reported there last week is

raising concerns in the government as it tries to stamp out infections. some nonessential businesses have reopened in spain. another $517.00 deaths linked to the virus were also reported. the loosening of the law is being criticized by people who are worried about a resurgence in the disease possibly more than 17000 with close 217-0000 cases. a major producers agreed to the biggest. gains were limited. to stabilize the markets the global oil market is oversupplied because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia. a crushing coronavirus is next followed by adrian with a. short

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