forms put in place since the program was full rewind continues with the heart of darkness we were following orders we send young people to fight these wars put them in the most complex situations you can imagine and have them make life and death decisions rewinds on al-jazeera. the u.s. president says his government's strategy to slow the spread of coronavirus is working but the number of new day infections remaining flass. i'm convinced now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up italy and spain begin their 1st steps that easing some coronavirus restrictions. these decisions must be based 1st on foremost on protecting human health the

w.h.o. warns governments around the world against abandoning knock down restrictions to early. libya's internationally recognized government really takes control of 3 secedes from more than likely to hostile. the number of new infections in the us is not growing as fast as before that's according to president donald trump and his top disease expert dr anthony fauci more than 23000 americans have died of the virus so far with those 857-7000 reported infections trump has been defending his strategy to contain the virus even as places like new york city of running out of swabs for testing and urging doctors to only test patients who are gravely ill. america's continuing to make critical progress in our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new

infections remained flat nationwide flat hospitalizations a slowing in hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence their aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done turning to europe and spain is allowing hundreds of thousands of non-essential employees to return to work and italy is also easing its restrictions france however is extending its nationwide lockdown until may the 11th the world health organization says countries should be cautious about lifting restrictions and that now is the time to be vigilant and careful the way down is march slower than the way up that the means control measures must be lifted slowly and we control it cannot happen all at once controlled measures can

only be lifted if the right public and measures are in place including significant capacity for contact tracing. john hendren joins us now live from chicago so john we had earlier there from president donald trump what else did he have to say. well the president was very aggressive in defending himself there been a couple of developments over the past couple of days that have gotten under is skin the new york times just late last week did a story in which they end numerated a specific email chain of senior executives and senior officials in the trumpet ministration who is called the red dawn e-mail chain named after a movie that sort of apocalyptic movie and in that e-mail chain one official after another warned the president that this pandemic that began in china could become a major problem here in the united states and could conceivably overwhelm the

health care system and peter navarro the president's trade aide also suggested that it could hurt the economy here in the u.s. and it was not until march until the president suggested shutting down businesses and keeping people in their homes and there's a lot of criticism for that but he continually pointed to the fact that in january he shut down travel from china and went on to defend himself saying a lot of people would have said let's ride it out apparently he thinks another president might have done nothing he went on to say we would have had hundreds of thousands of people dead we've done this right the problem is the press doesn't appreciate it and he specifically excoriated individual members of the press went on to say our country is going to be opened and it will be successfully opened on tuesday he is expected to announce a new what he calls

a reopen our country council and it's expected to have a lot of the mill your names jared cushion or his son in law cushion or the treasury secretary who is speaking as i speak in the white house briefing room stephen nugent current commerce secretary wilbur ross the national economic advisory council director larry. so a lot of familiar names there not a lot of medical officials not a single one in fact that has been leaked so far but the president is talking about reopening businesses he was specifically asked if he wants to hold to a time line of may 1st for recommending that states open their businesses and he said he was not going to feel that question right now so what did president trump have to say about the picture nationally about the flattening of the curve as it's not. where the president is preparing a picture of dramatic improvement in terms of how the virus is affecting the united states and in fact he's got some support there in new york andrew cuomo the

governor there says the worst is over here in chicago on easter sunday just a day ago the governor here j.b. pritzker said we were beginning to see a leveling off and he repeated that today chicago is another hub chicago detroit the san francisco bay area washington state and what we're seeing is those 1st wave major cities that were hit on both coasts of the united states are seen to have at least a plateau ing of cases into deaths there although the death rate has been 10000 in new york alone so the president is preparing a picture of things improving and he says he wants to get people back to work very very quickly. thank you for that update there that's john hendren live for us and chicago a u.s. navy sailor has died delta cats in corona virus he was one of hundreds of crewmembers who became infected on an aircraft carrier the captain of the theodore

roosevelt was fired for writing tests come on this begging for help to stop the spread on board so after the acting navy secretary resigned for calling the captain stupid and naive criticizing the crew for hailing him a hero. let's take a closer look at the situation in europe now john mccain has the wrap up of developments for us from then. for many thousands of people across europe this is the reality of the coronavirus for many millions more it means locked down and the loss of their freedom of movement and for many weeks that's been the case in france now it's a president says it must stay that way a lot longer. don't look on this good morning to force hospitals a saturated everywhere in france in the french overseas territories the system is under strain there and the epidemic is not yet under control so we must continue our efforts and continue to respect the rules the more they are respected the more lives will be saved that is why the strictest lockdown must continue until monday

may the 11th. but elsewhere monday meant a return to work after weeks in lockdown as here in madrid because in this and a few other sectors of the economy the toughest restrictions have been lifted and some spanish politicians say now is not the time to relax the vigilance even to this small extent and in most other regards the existing lockdown will remain in place for much of the next 2 weeks in italy a small number of stationery shops book shops and children's clothing stores can reopen from choose day because here the number of new infections remains considerably lower than joining the worst days last month but as in spain the mortality rate remains high the point pope francis referred to in his easter monday address at the vatican or g. recorded. during this easter week i would like to remember with closeness and affection all the countries

strongly affected by the coronavirus some with large numbers of infected and dead in a special way italy united states bahrain france the list is long. and many other countries are worried too the latest figures from russia show the infection and mortality rates are on a steep upward curve. as we can see the situation is changing almost every day unfortunately it's not changing for the better the number of infected people increases and there are more through big cases as well the upcoming weeks will largely be decided that means that all are actually including prevention measures that should be optimized here in germany the abundance of intensive care and wide scale testing have helped to keep the mortality rate much lower than in much of the rest of europe which explains why some politicians now

want to relax the restrictions sheer so as to reduce the economic damage as much as possible because some projections suggest that in this quarter alone the economy may shrink while most 10 percent. if the lockdowns are to us we should get the 1st news of it on wednesday and go to merkel will discuss the problem with the prime ministers of the 16 german states dominic kane al-jazeera berlin criminals are adapting their methods to exploit the covert 19 crisis cyber crime is on the up and expected to increase in new europol report identified cyber crime fraud counterfeit goods and organized property crime as categories of particular concern in canada scammers are trying to get victims bank details through forward text messages promising them government funds in the u.k. crime has fallen 21 percent but britons have been caught and out of $2200000.00 pedophiles are particularly active online criminality also continues to adapt

fraudsters are exploiting coronavirus as a new acquisitive crimes with losses to victims already exceeded $1800000.00 pounds and the perpetrators of sickening online child abuse seeking to exploit the fact that more and more young people and children are at home under online. study where speed is the chief executive of global cyber risk she joins us live now from washington d.c. via skype thank you for your time what is some of the most concerning things you're seeing online during this time. it is a very active time for cyber criminals they are taking advantage as you just noted of the situation of people wanting information of people seeking products or goods that would help them counter the coronavirus so there's been

a rash of emails they shing emails or spam emails that if you click on link you can get mad were loaded into your computer there has also been a number of thank websites that have been pretending to be for example the white house or the world health organization and when you visit those sites then you can click on something and also get malware into your computer. there are also a number of companies that are that are being hit with attacks because the criminals know that computer rooms aren't being manned and the cyber security people are working from home and they probably don't have as close a view and watch on this system as they normally do plus you have the compound of problem of all these people many of them were not prepared to work from home so they're using home computers they use the computers that may not be up to date they

may be shared with family members and therefore all of the operational shifts have just created problems with that with access controls not being what they should perhaps they are using a private network to log in and the criminals take advantage of every one of these problems and so this cyber crime as risen and the cyber criminals are very active right now what is some of the things that people who are working from home should be doing basic things that people should be doing to protect themselves as you say they can no longer rely on their teams that might have been working in the office to keep themselves safe from mine. well they should make sure of course that they have and a virus software of today they should make sure that there's their software that they're using whether it's microsoft or apple is the latest version because that will help protect they should also make sure that they have w.p.a.

to turned on for the encryption of their connection and they if there is a virtual private network connection that they can use to log in to their company that is the best path because it's a secure line and a company should be sure there are people using. more time factor authentication now if the company hasn't rolled out that that's a bit harder but there are more type factor authentication options that you can use from home with your own computer and getting a code that you can enter and so you know that it contains the cocaine to your phone you internet code in all of those things will help make sure you have a secure connection that's really helped i think there's a those are things that people do need to be paying attention to thank you for your time we have to leave it there judie westby their chief executive of global cyber risk thank you. leisure. concerns about

a 2nd wave of infections in parts of asia has recovered patients test positive for the 2nd time cause. heart here being cancer your piece right now again may not be here to morrow when you come back here. we hear from the front line. there have been some very severe thunderstorms across southern regions of the united states in the last few hours this massacre you can see continue to work its way across the southeast pushing up towards the mid atlantic but the damage has been extensive across several states mississippi was particularly hard hit this is the. of suddenly one particular tornado but as many as 39 have been reported and you can see the damage that they actually reach as many as 13 people died in this outbreak of tornadoes by choose day it is

a much improved picture as you can see much clearer still around and the tools and again it's a fairly calm quiet day out tools the west good weather right the way down the west coast and time which is really beginning to improve out across much of california 25 celsius and i by wednesday what we might see though wednesday is a few more thunderstorms not so hopefully as severe but developing into the fall pushing across into florida but really the bulk of the country staying fine and dry we have got more of that sleet maybe some snow pushing down from the north it is still cold across the central plains but the time which is again beginning to improve although it's still feeling pretty cool up into the northeast just 5 celsius the in toronto in canada 9 degrees in new york. but. there are people in the world who want all forms of verification to just go away people fight against. we are trying to see if it's

a fake video may be in syria but in a different country they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global players we've been told to fight cyber attacks from russia there are dangers into this concourse belling can't thank troops in the post truth weren't on our jazeera. your geologist there are a reminder of our top stories this ol us president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the race of new infections is beginning to slow down and 23000 americans have died from the outbreaks of song with more than half

a 1000000 reported infections. in europe italy and spain are easing restrictions they sing some nonessential employees returned to work in france extending its lockdown until may 11th. the world health organization is urging caution over countries lifting their lockdowns too soon. chief says now is the time for countries to be vigilant. of their concerns about a 2nd wave of infections particularly in some asian countries in south korea 116 people have tested positive for the virus for a 2nd time after initially being treated and then this at a time when the prime minister says that the government's preparing to ease some restrictions on social gatherings and china has reported 108 new infections the highest in 6 weeks all but 10 people who arrived from abroad half of those the chinese nationals returning from russia which is seen a surge in the number of infections cities near the border are introducing strict

quarantine for incoming travelers more now from rob mcbride in seoul on those apparent re infections in south korea. 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 with their 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 they have gradually been 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 had had tests either in hospital look at clinics at 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. a village in indonesia has taken to using ghosts to try to scare people into social distancing locals in the village wrapped in white cloth or patrolling the streets reminding

people they should not be out of their homes the volunteers are playing the role of what's known as a poking and intonation float folklore said to represent the trapped souls of the dead. turkey's president says they'll be another 48 hour lockdown imposed next week and to contain the outbreak there all major cities were put under an initial 2 day lockdown for the 1st time on friday but a last minute announcement caused panic buying the government says this time it's putting additional measures in place to make sure there's no chaos again. a study released on monday suggests brazil could have 12 times more cases of corona virus than what's being officially reported president diable sonando has repeatedly clashed with state officials of his response to the virus to raise a boy is live for us and when is it is now so talk to us about this study to resolve what exactly did it reveal.

well this is a study that in a way compared the ratio of the amount of people that died at the ratio of the amount of people that survived and also excluded those who are still start fighting where the disease they compare that with the figures of the world health organization and they came out with a figure saying that brazil should have at least 12 times more the number of people that have been infected in the country so that will be a much higher figure but the one brazil actually has and they see that the reason this is happening is because there's very little testing and also because of the amount of time it takes for people to get back their results and this is happening as pressure on volatile natto is mounting there is big divisions in the country there's a fight between their president and his health minister who essentially get. bored so maddow is against lockdowns against a social isolation while saying that that's the only way to fight the virus in brazil on sunday monday that during an interview he said that the brazilian

government needs to give a clear message to the population because people are confused he was very clear when he said people do not know who to listen to whether to the president who is calling to open up the cities and or his health minister who are spoiling for a social isolation and this is happening a big political crisis well the president is directly confronting with the governor of so a lot of real the nato with the supreme court congress among others and there is a very long has also been raised over the rate of deforestation in the amazon and that could be linked to the coronavirus crisis what can you tell us. well there was a report today from the space research institute from brazil that said that if you compare the deforestation in the country especially in the amazon region from january march january february and march from last year it's 50 percent more than

what this year is there's 50 percent more and the government sources say that that style rectally related to deforestation illegal miners and law and that's happening in indigenous territories there's around 850000 indigenous members in brazil 3 of them died last week and there's lots of fear that this could increase in the next few weeks one of them was a member of the general money indigenous tribes he was a 15 year old teenager he was infected the gentleman we try for example are very much afraid about what's happening right now we spoke to some of their members and they were telling us they be do not have any doctors to deal with this situation they're located right at the border between brazil and venezuela there's 26000 members of them and already back in 1960 is that 980 s. they lost around 50 percent 15 percent of their population because of the spread of measles calls mostly by illegal miners are so of course right now they're very much

afraid that something similar could happen right now with coronavirus thank you for the truth of all the live from boehner said. forces loyal to libyan warlord who for half done have fired rockets at residential areas in the capital tripoli the attack comes after the internationally recognized government recaptured 3 cities from half the us forces in the past 24 hours of modes of though i had reports from tripoli residential areas in the libyan capital targeted by indiscriminate shelling the government has forces loyal to the warlord pretty for attacking the city in reaction to their defeat in the west of the country. people in the coastal city of so brought on the liberation of the city by the government forces. other nearby cities including sort of mine and have been also recaptured by the government forces. after the forces all controlled

those cities for the past 3 years were driven out in 24 hours after heavy fighting . the swifty kovar of those cities sees government forces changing their strategy from defensive to a fund sieve moot the balance has shifted troop fished rooms and turkish aerial support and turkish training has helped the g.s.a. and now they have already or maybe even supremacy in the air and they are undercutting the overlay supply lines on all directions sobrante about 80 kilometers west of tripoli is a key city of a controlled it can move on many other cities in the west it also makes a gain in control of the international coastal highway easier a key link between tripoli and the tunisian border government forces other anti

have to forces can now link up with them the united nations has been calling on the warring sides to stop fighting and focus on the responding to an amazing number of covert 19 infections we are concerned about all of the continued fighting. from whichever side including of course the latest shelling but we as you know have been asking for the parties to cease fighting it's very clear that right now there are the 1st signs of growth in 1000 and factions in libya and we need to make sure that they can set aside their all military offensive and and work together in terms of being able to allow for us to to deal with with the pandemic before that comes out of control and so that is where our prayer priority lies coronavirus is opening up a new front in libya and the fall of these cities do they you and back to

government is another setback to how after after he lost the strategic city over the last june. by eliminating the threat to tripoli from the western direction the government forces say they can now focus on repealing the house to the forces that tax insolvent tripoli but with continuing the shelling of residential areas it seems that all calls for deescalation have gone on her. tripoli. new york is dealing with the largest number of infections in the u.s. putting and enormous strain on its hospitals and medical workers melanie malloy is on the front line of the city's virus epi center brooklyn and queens she explains that many precious she's been facing both at work and at home i'm on my way to work and i have just had a very nice and cathartic in sparty in my car which is

a good transition to work from home because i had a little bit of a stress warning and with my children trying to get them set up for home school i am a widow so i don't have a partner to help me with them and i don't want to send them to my in-laws or make parents because they're getting older and some of them have health conditions that might put them a little bit more risk for coated. her myself. most of our parents are taken out by . you can't leave on their own and who are on the ventilator with everybody. almost everybody in the public. now even though a lot of very well put out by we have a full i.c.u. we have every patient in here on a ventilator but he. looks like he's having a lot of respiratory distress he's breathing at like 40 a minute he's got

a non reprieve they're on but he looks really bad so we're going to congress for tori down and we're going to be hammer going to put him on a ventilator everybody has coronavirus. people also have heart attacks at the same time sometimes it's kind of the congress 2nd. class families over. there was that the worst. it's hard to bring back some of your patients you know they may not be here tomorrow when you come back here tomorrow is going to be tough because i am going to home school all day and i work overnight and hope i can get a nap in at some point but like i said it's just me so really depends. result is there are these the top stories u.s.

president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the race of new infections is starting to slow more than $23000.00 americans have died from the outbreak so fall with more than half a 1000000 reported infections america has continued to make critical progress should our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remain flat. nationwide flat hospitalizations a slowing of hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence there are aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done in europe italy and spain are easing restrictions letting some nonessential employees return to work however france is extending its lockdown until may 11th while to help organize ation is urging caution other countries lifting their lock downs too soon the w.h.o. chief says now is the time for countries to be vigilant the way down is march

slower than the way up that to means control measures must be lifted slowly and we control it cannot happen all at once controlled measures can only be lifted if the right public roads measures are in place including significant capacity for contact tracy forces loyal to libyan warlord who fired rockets at residential areas in the capital tripoli the attack comes after the internationally recognized government recaptured 3 cities and 20 files for news off to people in paul stay with us. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own.

greece has a proud reputation as the birthplace of democracy of government by the people for the people but to the ethnic to kish minority of ptrace in the country's north east who say they've suffered decades of discrimination from the state that's not have it seems today we've been to investigate.