we should not have to change our culture for oil and gas crossing the high peaks of the arctic circle to investigate people in power at the edge of the earth on al-jazeera. russia reports another record daily rise in corona virus infections pushing its total beyond $20000.00. hello i'm sam is a than this is al jazeera live from the hole so coming up proves to experimental covered 19 vaccines for human trials plus. when somebody is the president of the united states the authority is told. donald trump declares he'll decide when

the u.s. economy reopens but state governors say nothing will change until it's safe. and why rwanda is locked down is triggering accusations of human rights violations. russia has reported another recall daily rise in new code with 19 cases more than 2700 infections it's pushed the total beyond 21000 the government says 170 russians have died. let's go live now to neve barker he's going to update us on the situation in general in europe but let's start 1st of all with a more specific situation in russia another day another report of cases rising

higher and faster than the day before. that's right oh well according to the kremlin the number of new cases is going up incrementally between 16 to 18 percent but of course it's very very difficult to judge the exact data across russia's a vast territory it's 11 time zones wide from blood of all stock at the far east to the capital moscow in the west and there are very different approaches into how to actually deal with the problem especially when it comes to policing the restrictions we've seen tight restrictions introduced in moscow so people aren't allowed to go to work streets are empty shops are shut we're also hearing that a new digital permit scheme is going to be introduced for anybody who wanted to make a trip by any sort of vehicle in moscow some concerns being raised by human rights groups about aggressive digital surveillance being introduced that could

potentially last longer than the pandemic when it comes to what the kremlin has been say they are deeply worried about the next 2 weeks particularly in moscow we've seen large queues of ambulances forming outside hospitals the health system is publicly funded it is largely good it has a a solid reputation but it varies widely across russia's huge territory in standards and quality and it's going to be very very difficult to roll out particularly protective gear across such a vast area very very quickly nevertheless the russian government have ordered the building of 18 hospitals with a capacity in total of 95000 beds the government there saying they already have 40000 beds ready for what they assume will be an influx in covert 19 patients very soon talking about influx of patients it's quite a very situation across europe some areas like the u.k.

france still struggling with covert 19 other areas beginning to ease the lockdown. both roy inferred responses and also very data coming in just to start with where we're hearing that the death toll in england and wales up until april the 3rd was actually 15 percent higher than initially recorded that disparity is largely because of deaths being reported from within the national health service and deaths also taking place outside hospitals in community centers in old people's homes if you collate those numbers than what we're really looking for looking at it is an increase in the death toll in total around 21 percent of deaths in england and wales up till april the 3rd were listed on the death certificates as being related to covert 19 so a jump in the figures when it comes to the restrictions we're seeing some countries ease them denmark that introducing restrictions 12 days before the u.k.

has continued to have its borders closed but school children will be allowed to go back to school if they're under the age of 11 so schools and kindergartens heavy industry workers will be allowed to go back to work in spain and italy some book shops and shops selling killed children store clothing will be allowed to open very soon in austria and norway where hearing there that some small shops and small businesses may soon open and there is also some talk about possibly opening restaurants and hotels in the near future a different story though in france we heard from the president a man your macro on monday confirming that the lock down there were mainly in place for another month this only a few days after the french government said that the country was entering a deep recession by need barkha there from london. china has approved human trials for 2 experimental coronavirus vaccines as it

fights to prevent a 2nd wave of infections state media announced one vaccine is being developed by a biotech firm the other by the china national pharmaceutical group the country is now trying to contain imported cases especially from neighboring russia so clark joins us now live from hong kong so what do we know about these vaccine trials so far well this announcement was made by the shin one news agency earlier on shoes day and that's a government controlled media operation based in china but we've had confirmation from china's nath a national health commission that's a press conference that holds daily that's confirmed that china has approved 2 experimental coronavirus vaccines that will now enter a clinical trial and those vaccines will be developed in partnership but number one a beijing based biotech group and the other partner is a hand based pharmaceutical group we also can confirm though that china's already approved another clinical trial and that approval of the green light was given in

march and it's already started its 2nd phase of that particular clinical trial 500 people have volunteered to sign up to that in the 1st phase of this it looked at the safety of this particular vaccine the 2nd phase is now introduced a placebo control group so now we have 3 particular vaccines that are being tested in china and the national health commission has said that it will only it has to clear a number of conditions before it can enable mass production of these vaccines or deal with the crime of virus infections have been so much more new cases in china what do they say about the fears of a 2nd wave emerging. well the national health commission has confirmed on tuesday that i had 9 you cases have 0 infections have been come out of china as of today but the clear area the focus now is russia and china's largest source of these infections we've had $409.00 come out of russia into china over the last few weeks and the key area that we're looking at is the north east of the country this is an area

a province called how long this particular province it borders russia and achieved a 79 of those 899 cases were citizens traveling from russia back into china chinese nationals so as a result number of strict conditions and border patrols have been put in place in this particular area we've got health checks being made of all people coming from russia into china this is mandatory coronavirus testing they've also got a public gatherings have been banned in a number of cities across that particular province and 28 day quarantine rules have also been put in place the chinese also deployed a number of its medical teams from the south as well as from where han at its resources to this particular area trying to curb or deal with the spike in the number of infections and we've also seen images of i makeshift hospital that's being built so this region is clearly the new battleground in china as they try and stop a 2nd wave of infections dealing in that country thanks so much so clark updating us from hong kong india has extended its lockdown for another 2 and

a half weeks until may the 3rd prime minister narendra modi's those restrictions could be partially ease though in areas with no infections india has recorded more than 10000 cases and at least 350 deaths your. up when they are hard for those who will not let their areas become a hotspot to have a low possibility of turning them into a hotspot these places will be allowed to carry out important activities from april the 20th a detail guideline will be released by the government tomorrow on this friends from april the 20th the provision of this limited relief in specific sectors has been made in keeping in mind with the livelihood of our poor brothers and sisters. turkey is releasing tens of thousands of prisoners as part of measures to stop the virus spreading parliament approved the law earlier on tuesday but rights groups have criticized the move saying detainees charged under antiterrorism roles are not included the u.s.

president has used his latest coronavirus briefing to play a campaign style video montage and outrun the cloud here alone has the total of thora t. to decide when the u.s. economy reopens death toll there is now approaching 24000 as the world's highest john hendren reports from chicago. president donald trump is determined to open american homes and businesses even over the objections of some states when somebody is the president of the united states the authority is total and that's so it's got to be hoed 36 total it's the states closed the governors of new york and illinois dispute that saying they want to end shelter at home orders based on science and they say the science isn't clear on that yet we want to get things back to more normal as soon as we can but one thing that we have to pay attention to is what direction are these curves going and what are the what is the advice that we're

getting from again the scientists and the doctors who know more about immunology and about you know all the issues of covert 19 then you know then a an elected official is not a doctor you know fiery 2 and a half hour news conference president trump excoriated journalists you know you're a fake so whatever they're doing it smirked as he showed a montage of news reports that he said underplayed the threat of the virus in denied he had any problem with his point man on the pandemic even after retreating a twitter post saying fire found not everybody's happy with anthony not everybody's happy with everybody it happened one day after the man at the center of the controversy anthony said fewer people would have died if the u.s. administration had acted sooner it was found she said that was it but for choice of word this i did on earlier you know i'm doing. everything i do is voluntarily

please don't even imply that. the president was especially irate over a new york times report saying he ignored warnings of the pandemic in bungled the early response for 80000000 americans there was good news in the white house briefing with more of them out of work than any time since the great depression treasury secretary steve minucci said they could expect long awaited stimulus checks of up to $1200.00 apiece direct deposited in their bank accounts on wednesday. the spectacle eclipse the results of the wisconsin election announced one week after the state forced voters to gather at polling places despite the pandemic the man the president assailed throughout his news conference his chief rival joe biden won handily john hendren al-jazeera chicago. well in the news i had a disease back home 2 fronts in the democratic republic of congo over 19 and developing. how greece's dependency on tourism is proving

a weakness during and then again. how we got the usual scattering of showers across southeast asia some of the showers there into malaysia into indonesia i had also some showers now starting to show their hand across the philippines south and indeed across a good part of indochina so i will see some wet weather coming into thailand as we go on into wednesday scattering the showers into northern parts of the philippines now some of them all going to be on the heavy side well where sunshine and showers but they are there nevertheless and the similar picture as we go on into thursday some very wet weather once again into indonesia one of today's shaz scraping the far north of australia just around the top and maybe to northern parts of

queensland much of ours is fine and dry because high pressure dominating down towards the southeast was talking of the war one there in adelaide probably the last woman we're going to say for a while 30 celsius on where to stay falls back to just 20 degrees as we go what is to thursday but as you can see it is lousy dry to see quarter to showers just creeping their way into where victoria porfiry for example could catch a few showers a shower sliding over towards that eastern side of victoria so melbourne could also see a little bit of wet weather eventually we will see the cloud of rain making its way towards new zealand but the for the time being is fine and dry with highs of around 20. when diplomacy fails and fear sweeps then the borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division and it's not effective instead of being an obstacle to it don't waste it became another

obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides was of shame on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching out to 0 time to recap our headlines russia has reported another record daily rise in new infections with more than $2700.00 the government says $170.00 russians have died the total number of cases now more than 21000. china has approved human trials for 2 new experimental vaccines against the corona virus as it fights to prevent

a 2nd wave of infections. india has extended its 3 week lock down to may the further prime minister narendra modi said it could be used in areas without and thanks. leaders of southeast asian nations have held the special online summit to address challenges caused by the pandemic they discussed measures to cooperate in health care in economics over 20000 cases and 800 deaths of the reporters across the nation. rwanda was one of the 1st countries in sub-saharan africa to impose a lockdown but human rights campaigners have accused security forces of using heavy handed tactics to enforce it catherine sawyer reports. security forces are making sure people follow lockdown orders in the capital kigali anyone who doesn't can be arrested and fined. with valid reasons such as visiting a hospital and market trance for food have their temperatures checked before being

allowed to proceed alone or there are people who do not understand the problem they just come here to walk around we continue to tell them to stay at home they can infect the whole population here those who come to buy food must respect regulations. of social distancing is critical but difficult to implement this landlocked country has one of the highest density of population in africa most of the 12000000 people here are poor at the start of the lockdown police shot dead 2 people they said the man attacked a police officer soldiers have also been accused by several slum dwellers of human rights abuses including rape the random military says it's investigating and has arrested some soldiers. security forces in several other countries on the continent such as kenya south africa and uganda also been accused by human rights groups of using excessive force on civilians while enforcing government

restrictions. and. now this. soldiers only fight wars. volunteers are distributing food paid for by the government to the most vulnerable families across the country with towels and other businesses are shutting down and thousands of people are likely to lose their jobs problem is that there is no show security for those that we have to send home. so they will have no support financial support. already today 80 percent of my staff is home for now the

government plans to ensure transmission of the diseases leamy ted poor families are fed and the lock down is respected randoms we talked to remain hopeful they survived the genocide in 1904 prevented their ball epidemic in neighboring democratic republic of congo from crossing the border and they say this crisis will also come to pass catherine soy al-jazeera. the democratic republic of congo is fighting several diseases is struggling hospital system was under pressure from cholera measles ebola and now coronavirus how about a reports. 12000000 people live in kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo. last week the government put the city on the lockdown to call. for. restaurants and charges are closed public transport in and out of the capital is also restricted but people here say the closure of some food

and vegetable markets has affected them most. we haven't been able to access the main market in the city for about a week now we have no way of restocking our shops i doubt will be able to survive these measures for another week. in the going but district health workers a clinic up a government building where several people including a government minister tested positive for the virus. they say the lockdown is necessary to stop it spreading. if you don't become logged on all of can just half an hour for all of us reasons but we do believe that the current log done will help control deepen demick in the city's main epicenter it seems like these are becoming . the sellers say these alternative remember does prevent quote on a virus infection and country of the virus. you know never to drink some mad from leaves and roots and becoming popular with local people while there is no

scientific evidence that this alternative remedies can work some here swear by that if it can see and say oh no no little king the medicine from this plant is effective against almost every ailment this is what we prepare to use instead of going to the hospital every time we fall sick as long as we take it everything should be free from the crown if i had it. apart from covered 19 the democratic republic of congo is also battling the mississippi to make killed more than 5300 children since early 2019. they also thought the 1000 recorded cases of colored. on a 2nd link to a ball after 2 months without new cases the public health system is already weak here and with all these diseases many are asking whether it can cope. i'll just. of a head of the world health organization has again warned governments against

lifting restrictions too quickly saying only a vaccine can stop the virus the way down is much slower than the way up that means control measures must be lifted slowly and with kontrol it cannot happen all at once controlled measures can only be lifted if the right public health measures are in place including significant capacity for contact tracing. take a look at some other news around the world libya's u.n. backed government says it's captured for more towns on the warlord khalifa haftar is control this is in addition to 3 towns taken on monday prime minister firestarter raj says his forces will continue their advance mahmud up there had reports from tripoli. residential areas in the libyan capital targeted by

indiscriminate shelling the u.n. backed government says forces loyal to the warlord $34.00 hefted are attacking the city. reaction to their defeat in the west of the country. people in the coastal city of sobriety cheating the liberation of the city by the government forces. and other nearby cities including sort of mine and she let have been also recaptured by the government forces. after supporters all controlled those cities for the past 3 years were driven out in 24 hours after heavy fighting. this with take over all of those cities sees government forces changing their strategy from defensive to a fun civil moved the balance has shifted tradition and turkish aerial support and turkish training has helped the g.s.a. and now they've reached parity or even supremacy in the air and they are

undercutting the l.a. supply line on all directions. sobran about 80 kilometers west of tripoli is a key city whoever controls it can move on many other cities in the west it also makes again 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 groping 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 deal 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 beg the government is another setback to have 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 hafter his forces attacks in southern tripoli but with continuing the shelling of residential areas it seems that all calls for the escalation have gone unheard. mahmoud up to.

tripoli north korea has fired or is believed to be in several cruise missiles off its eastern coast the suspected short range projectiles were launched from one province into the sea of japan it's the latest in a series of tests conducted by pyongyang in recent weeks u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed former rival joe biden for president during a joint live stream the backing comes less than a week after sanders dropped out of the race he hopes the move will unite the democratic party head of the presidential election in november. today i am asking all americans i'm asking every democrat american every in the pendent i'm asking a lot of republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy of course to make certain that we defeat somebody who i believe and i'm speaking just for myself now is the most dangerous president in the

modern history of this country. greece usually prepares for its peak tourist season at this time of the year but the pandemic is leaving the biggest attractions deserted. reports that stashed hopes that years of recession could be ending. scene the most square in front of parliament is the beating heart of athens now a picture of emptiness even more extreme than that scene when the nazis rolled into town 8 decades ago the one operating hotel on the square is the plaza and even it doesn't look very open. we are operating at 16 to 18 percent occupancy mostly with international crucial cargo flights and some people have chosen to leave in the hotel permanently. at the airport international passenger traffic has stopped only a handful of domestic flights still take off and land and that has cut off the

lifeblood of the economy greece had $34000000.00 visitors last year 3 times its population they generated an estimated income of over $50000000000.00 that's more than a quarter of the economy and gave jobs to almost a 1000000 people this industry is greece's powerhouse and was key to its recovery from a decade long recession the country was set for a repeat performance this year. by the end of february we had already booked half our capacity for the year now much and i put the last in everything for the summer has been cancelled we don't even know if the airlines will operate. the industry hopes to salvage something of the season and is asking the government to lower sales tax from 24 percent it's the highest in the mediterranean a remnant of greece's decade of austerity and it wants europe to allow vouchers valid for 18 months rather than cash refunds for canceled holidays but the month

remains a problem coronavirus is still ripping through greece's main markets. germany france and the united states so we know there is a huge problem from the international markets. yes but it's us says greece will focus on attracting visitors from the middle east and the balkans where governments have so far successfully quelled to the spread of the virus the government is spending more than 5000000000 dollars subsidizing businesses and employees so they can get back to work again when the situation improves it's a gamble the to return to normality will be a matter of weeks not months jobs are open last al-jazeera athens. there's the threat of falling ill isn't terrifying enough indonesian village is using ghost to

try and scare people into following containment roles people in keppel wrapped in white cloth are patrolling the streets reminding people they shouldn't be out of their homes playing roles from local folklore saying represents the trapped souls of the day. and there's take you through some of the other stories we're following now russia has reported another record daily rise in new infections with more than 2700 the government says 170 russians and died the total number of cases now more than $21000.00 from london need barker explains the challenges for russia. policing any kind of restrictions on people's ordinary daily lives is going to be very very difficult indeed what we know about though a kind of restrictions that are in place in the big cities like moscow and st

peters were we know that people are advised not to go to work we know that also president vladimir putin of the last few days has rushed through parliament a piece of emergency legislation that would put punish any flouting of these restrictions with the possibility of a 7 year prison sentences you do get the impression that the russian leadership is starting to wake up to the reality that this could be a dire and chronic situation for the country's health service of china has approved human trials for 2 new experimental vaccines against corona virus as it fights to prevent a 2nd wave of infections and india has extended its 3 week long down to may the 3rd that the prime minister narendra modi's said it could be eased in areas without infections south east asian leaders have met via video conference they agreed to fight together against what they described as the grave us public health crisis in

the 100 years cases in countries that make up a.z. and have soared to more than $20000.00 over the past month turkey is releasing tens of thousands of prisoners as part of measures to stop the virus spreading rights groups have criticized the move saying detainees charged under anti-terrorism laws are not included turkey is imposing a new lockdown next weekend u.s. president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the rate of new infections is the thing to slow corona virus has killed more than $23000.00 americans in other news north korea has fired what are believed to have been several cruise missiles off its eastern coast these suspected short range projectiles were launched from one province into the sea. it's walls of shame now. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own world.

in 1998 the good friday agreement was signed brokering a peace deal between republicans and unionists in northern ireland. nearly a decade later al-jazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city . the film you're about to see was 1st broadcast in 2007. there's not be a lot to laugh about in northern ireland over the last 40 years the old man.