they were subject to decisions made by the recently nowhere to put all these people the individual street children the lawyers with such tools this place has become a complete trap you have to hear all of them and to treat them listen to this in respects ready. so much death has been caused by their mistakes donald trump cuts off u.s. funding to the world health organization saying it is badly mishandled the coronavirus can damage the president's opponents say he's just trying to deflect blame for his own failures. but don't know everyone come on santa maria and this is the world news from al-jazeera an election in the time of a pandemic south koreans had to the ballot box with their masks gloves and

sanitizer and also how global financial shock is threatening to under half a century of economic growth and stability in latin america. everyone accusing it of failing its basic duty u.s. president on trampas halted his country's financial contributions to the world health organization he says the w.h.o. not only mishandled the outbreak but even covered up how it was spreading out of china the un though says it is the worst possible moment for money to be withheld and drums critics insist he is attempting to shift blame away from himself we'll start with this from mike hanna in washington. in what has become a pattern president trump used his podium to break reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave and you could have it out with that. just allowed me to

introduce a number of prominent members of big business the construction labor workforce international union of operating engineers jim callaghan north america building trades union shown regard is a lot of friends of mine laborers international union of north america terrio sullivan and to sharply criticized the world health organization announcing his administration would suspend funding had the w.h.o. done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out china's lack of transparency ironically president trump is on the record praised in china for its transparency in dealing with a virus having what was described as a friendly phone conversation with president xi at the end of march and subsequently tweeting we are working closely together much respect once again president trump appears to be ignoring the principle of the separation of powers

legal experts argue that he does not have the right to suspend funding that has already been approved by congress another constitutional crisis is looming and despite repeated cautions by the country's health experts president trump insisted mitigating measures could be eased to look at this in a number of u.s. states by the beginning of next month. but he walked back an earlier contention that the decision was his to make by confirming that the question of lifting restrictions or not would be left to individual gov the white house would still provide guidance we're going to pick a date we're going to get a date that's good but it's going to be very very soon sooner than the end of the month the summer day that new york city announced its most dramatic rise in the fatality rate so health officials for the 1st time included the deaths of those presumed to have died of the virus even though they have not tested positive for

this increase the death toll by more than 3700 in a single day driving up the number of people killed in new york city to more than 10000 and increasing the overall u.s. death count by 17 percent to more than 26000 thank you all very much stock figures that not even the president's action against the world health organization can distract from mike hanna al-jazeera washington president trump's political rivals at home were quick to react to the u.s. democratic national committee put out a statement here's part of it trump is willing to put global health further at risk to try to deflect blame from his own failures the american people know the truth it was trump who ignored the warnings for months earlier we heard from lawrence gostin who's a professor at georgetown university also director of the collaborating center on national and global health law he also believes the u.s.

did not act quickly enough the united states had ample warning. very early on said that the world had to brace itself and to do confinement. contact tracing testing quarantines. world health organization. similarly. disclosed the genetic sequencing of the virus and the president and everybody in america could see as a tsunami of cases were sweeping across china and then east asia then to europe and then finally to the united states so we had so much time to prepare and we just didn't. we'll move on now to really an indication of life having to carry on voting underway in south korea's parliamentary election it is the world's 1st national

ballots to be held during the pandemic the voters are required to wear masks and gloves and to maintain their social distancing more than $10000.00 people have been infected there and over $220.00 have died is rampant riot at a polling station in seoul it's funny robert had so much talk about will the u.s. election go ahead and that's in november meanwhile south korea is pressing ahead right now how are they doing it. i mean there is a. point of pride here in south korea a south koreans will tell you they have never missed an election even during the korean war 952 they held an election so while a number of ballots local ballots around the world in various countries have been canceled or postponed they were determined to go ahead with this current coronavirus or not but they are taking special precautions were at a smaller polling station in downtown seoul 'd we haven't seen a huge number of people here some of the. busier polling stations are out in the

biggest. in the residential district but all of them are the same all put in place the same precautions when you come in to the polling stations 1st of all you have guy did down an entrance where you have to keep one meter separating you from the person behind on the person in front and then as you go through you are already assumed to be wearing a mask of course you have your temperature taken interesting really if you have a fever or a temperature you're not turned away but you are sent to a special voting booth of your own and then everybody has their hand sanitizer put on they have to throw away gloves in order that they can go and then get their ballot go into the booth and then cast their vote interestingly also in the way that you cast your vote here in south korea is that you have a chart play small stamp inside the voting booth you take your paper you take your ink chop and then choose your. candidate but what the people here have a tendency to do especially the younger voters is that they will as

a mark of having achieved their votes they will also put a check up on their hands you take a picture of that upload it to social media just to show your friends that you have voted well he's not very happy about things like that at the time of pandemic so what they're also doing is that voting centers like this one if they really want to show that you have voted they will give you a piece of paper to say oh but you have cast your vote. usually at this point i ask you about what are the key issues for voters. i'm wondering if there are any or is it just coronavirus. it is pretty much a coronavirus even some of the issues you often have in south korean elections namely what north korea is up to at any given point in time that seems to be largely gone by the wayside when you talk to people they talk about the economy their livelihoods but of course all of that is impacted by coronavirus so you can't

separate one from from the other so it is very much dominated by that and i think that will pretty much influence the way that people vote here remember this is not a presidential election it's for the national assembly but people will be swayed on whether they choose those members of the national assembly and the parties who support the liberal president whose popularity has gone up through all of this or whether they will support the opposition to him but i have to say that given this national crisis in the way that the country does seem to have come together it is a lot harder for those opposed to president really to make a much inroads in this part thank you for all those updates rob mcbride in solo on believe it or not election day. sweden now which is reported a sharp rise in coronavirus debts and 114 confirmed on tuesday which was up from 20 the previous day overall about 11000 people have tested positive and more than a 1000 died sweden has taken

a far more liberal approach to the pandemic resisting the national lock downs which other countries take number of new cases in germany has risen again after declining for 4 days another 2400 infections reported bringing the total to more than 127003200 germans have now died. so what we see there is that the outbreak is far from stabilizing in europe but still some countries are easing their containment measures after weeks of lockdown spain italy austria they're all allowing some businesses to reopen or brennan has more on that . after more than a month from the government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be raised europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown many italian bookshops stationary stores and children's clothing shops were allowed to reopen on tuesday albeit with strict conditions but in a country which has seen more than 20000 fatalities from the virus the relief is mixed with fear but. i think the right thing is to prevent every possibility of

infection obviously one needs to balance this with the need for normal life to resume but always remembering that the risk is still very high. the. better to be alive and poor if the shops that reopen are totally safe that both workers and customers then i am in favor i worry that there will be a lot to do to get to that stage though italy is not made up of just large companies with big space as they can easily be organized shops in austria are also reopening for the 1st time since mid march and although shoppers are being urged not to stampede to the sales there is a sense of optimism among vienna's retailers. hoffnung yes actually we're in good spirits the people have been locked up until now and we have already received some requests by phone and email or in the mood for some addresses yes we're hopeful that. our approach over the coming months is going to be very clear as much freedom

as possible as much restriction that is necessary but let me add should the biggest develop in the wrong direction we will of course hold the emergency brake which we have in place should it become necessary. accurate data is crucial. knowing how and when to apply that emergency break the virus is ripping through the continents care homes where elderly residents are particularly vulnerable to infection but in the u.k. the government's daily death and infections to to stix only include hospital patients and new data suggest the real totals are much larger care home providers say the suggestion that u.k. government statistics are under estimating coronavirus deaths by some 15 percent are themselves under estimates hit c 11 of britain's largest operating 329 homes including the one behind me said the virus is now present in 2 thirds of its

residences and that the deaths of one 3rd of its residents in the past 3 weeks of involved coronavirus that's more than 300 people. britain's coronavirus restrictions are being reviewed this week with a decision by thursday on the current evidence there's no possibility that the u.k. will be joining its only austria in spain starting to lift its coronavirus confinement orders paul brennan al-jazeera sorry. our coverage continues in a moment we'll look at why some people fear corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected. be considered. a virtual birthday party and living in quarantine pushing people to come up with some creative ways to get on with life.

hello there although mixed picture across much of europe however the touch is a beginning to come back up across areas to the west you can see it out some clear skies in the last day as no also across the central and eastern areas that is where the rain and also the snow continues to be this is southern poland the last few hours as you can see quite a dumping of snow actually and it's going to be very cold of course in the overnight hours now that line of rain with the some snow is on its way steadily east was a go through wednesday pushing across into western as russia tailing down across the black sea i mean more showers into these northern areas and western areas of turkey but really in the wake of that system it is beginning to come back up meanwhile to the north a very strong westerly winds pushing more rain and snow across into areas of norway and then into the southwest spain and portugal more showers possibly some strong damaging winds and even the chances and damaging hail as wild plays throughout wednesday but then as you see by thursday some very heavy rain pushing in across

these western areas of the barren peninsula particularly heavy across into portugal much of europe fine and dry few more shots to the north and also an area of rain pushing into western areas of russia morricone algeria continue to see more rain showers on wednesday but meanwhile across into egypt warming carro. i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus pushed failure to take really aggressive action we put them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one ventilator 3000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india doubling up to nip the spread of a lot of r.'s in the inside story on al-jazeera.

but it is to developments in the coronavirus pandemic now and donald trump is suspending u.s. funding for the world health organization he says it botched the initial response to the pandemic critics though to say he's deflect blame from his own fate it's voting has begun in south korea's parliamentary elections the world's 1st national election to be held during the pandemic voters are required to wear masks and gloves and to maintain their social distancing and sweden's reported a sharp rise in corona virus deaths and about 114 confirmed on tuesday up from 20 the previous day about 11000 people have tested positive and more than a 1000 died it's. the international monetary fund the i.m.f.

and its predictions of a massive global downturn is forecasting latin america will plunge into a recession that could set back more than 50 years of economic growth and stability of the 635000000 people who live there and in the caribbean at least a 3rd could lose their livelihoods because of the pandemic latin america editor of the sea and human with more now from santa. alexander galavis is trying to make enough to cover one day's expenses selling secondhand electrical goods on the street it's illegal but he has little choice made and i thought the police many a city police are let us work because it's going to get worse if we can't sell now we'll have to go deal later. my particular i listen to what they say there's nothing worse than kicking someone when they're down and that's exactly what call the 1000 is doing to latin america. i was away but all the restaurants close so now

i'm trying to survive doing this just to pay the rent and. the pandemic plot the region on an already poor 40 with anemic economic growth rising crime and social unrest that. and by severe inequality the forecast now is even more bleak. greece in various standing we extreme. to me and so and extreme. to 210000000 people in a. very human these fears failure. the biggest problem is unemployment and many latin american countries are too insolvent to provide viable economic rescue plans for small and medium sized businesses. venezuela ecuador argentina and most to central america and deep in debt already but all without exception will have

a hard time keeping their heads above water even after the pandemic subsides between 19952015 tens of millions of latin americans wos home poverty and into the lower middle class many of them were able to buy apartments like the ones you see here now these are precisely the people who stand to lose everything i mean the i.m.f. predicts the region will suffer its worst recession in half a century a lot may depend on if and when latin america's main trading partners china the u.s. and europe recover nothing is certain to disappoint except the region's main weakness a structural inequality that will take much longer to cure than the pandemic. you see in human al-jazeera santiago. the world health organization says it is extending its designation of any bold outbreak in democratic republic of congo as a global emergency 3 new cases including 2 deaths were reported in the eastern city

of beni the democratic republic of congo was expected to announce an end to its 2nd deadliest ebola outbreak just this coming weekend it is an epidemic which killed more than 2000 people since august of 2018. in occupied east jerusalem is concern corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected the number of reported cases rose to 41 this week but health workers fear the actual figure may be double that is from harry forces. so at this hospital in occupied east jerusalem an improvised new ward has been set up 16 beds readied to isolate patients who test positive for coronavirus already 3 patients who have tested positive have been sent to hospitals in west jerusalem after an infected man from a nearby neighborhood visited his elderly father hear all spittle director says the israeli government has failed to help prepare you stew slim's health system to

tackle the pandemic not enough protective equipment and 23 ventilators between 3 hospitals serving 350000 people this is too little i mean the. people our population in egypt please please please because you know if there. goes out of course there is nothing we can do that he surely could we can do the israeli health ministry has said coded $1000.00 patients from east jerusalem could be treated in the west of the city and that a major outbreak isn't expected but in recent days cases here have started to spike despite attempts by local committees to enforce lockdown measures. the israeli occupation was not happy with this and they clashed with the groups i think israel must understand that we all humanity are in a war against corona and is not the time for issues like who is sovereign here drew slim has the highest coronavirus numbers of any city on the israeli health

ministries list it's been reported that ultra-orthodox jewish neighborhoods account for about 3 quarters of them israeli officials say palestinians have largely abided by the lockdown restrictions they may also have been protected by a younger average age and fewer contacts with people who've been overseas but there's also been a lag of some weeks between testing facilities being set up in jewish areas and in palestinian ones more and more testing centers like this one are opening up for residents of occupied east jerusalem but the concern is that the delay is still preventing health authorities. from getting an accurate picture of just how widespread this disease is palestinian israeli politician ahmed tb has demanded greater testing capacity now he's calling on palestinians to use it putting aside anyone he's about social stigma we as if he does ship. doctors physician health ministry in order to convince people that. it is wrong not to be it is right. and. for the sake of yourself and your community this

week the israeli government committed to provide testing 415-0000 palestinians living in parts of east jerusalem cut off by the separation wall after a court petition by palestinian israeli rights group more densely packed communities where the scale of the spread has been so far unknown are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem we will take you through some other world news now in libya is un recognized government says it now controls the country's west coast its forces have taken a number of towns and cities from the warlord only for hafter and are setting their sights on a key airfields had reports now from one of the seized tons of brother. life is gradually getting back to normal in the coastal city of sobriety in western libya forces loyal to the internationally recognized a government are taken control civilians who fled the city when have that his

forces seized it 3 years ago but now returning home. we don't want military rule we rose up against a dictatorship in 2011 not to have another one now we want a civil democratic state that's what we've sacrificed for on monday have forces were driven out and lost control of many areas in the west of the country before the pulled back to a debate is so the. this is the operation of health of his forces and the city of it has been hit by a government war plain as infantry forces crossed into the city. so brought this location is important because it's along the international coastal highway that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian border the west coast cities are also imposed and because they dominate the gas pipelines that supply your top in

response to their defeat in the west of the country have to those forces have been targeting residential areas in tripoli the indiscriminate shelling of civilian facilities is raising international concern we are very concerned about. about the situation. yes collation of violence in libya i think it's frankly alarming we see in any area close to to truly we have seen we've seen the destruction of health facilities and frankly for the last month for more than a year we've been calling out of not only the destruction but sometimes the targeting of health professionals the government forces say they're mobilizing to move towards a with a debate is which has been used to buy half thirds or planes to target southern

tripoli. so. former u.s. president barack obama has endorsed his 2 term vice president joe biden in his bid for the white house in a video message obama said he believes biden is the candidate that america needs to help it recover from the pandemic biden's former rival senator bernie sanders has also endorsed him after dropping out of the democratic party's nomination writes that these biden to take on donald trump for the white house in november. if there is one thing we've learned as a country for moments of great crisis it's that the spirit of looking out for one another can be restricted to our homes were our work places were neighborhoods or houses of worship it whole so has to be reflected in our national government the kind of leadership that's guided by knowledge and experience honesty and humility empathy and grace that kind of leadership doesn't just belong in our state capitals

and mayors offices it belongs in the white house but joe biden is also facing further allegations of sexual assault a california woman previously accused biden of touching her neck and shoulders when she worked for him in 1903 she now says he also sexually assaulted her the same year biden's campaign team denies all the allegations. straight a's high court has ruled a warrant used by police to search a journalist's home was invalid police raided 2 journalists hundreds of last year including that of news corp and editor. they were investigating the publication of classified material but the court declined to order the seeds material be destroyed ukrainian authorities say a forest fire near the chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out if i came within a kilometer of the site of the world's worst nuclear accident environmental

activists are accusing the government of covering up the severity of the situation saying there was a radiation risk a 27 year old man accused of starting to fire has been arrested. no. coronavirus and living in quarantine or under some sort of lockdown has been people have had to make big changes to their daily lives but around the world many have been adapting and finding creative ways to pass the time so new houston is one mother in the u.s. has documented their family's experience in quarantine here is their story. so i'm . pretty sure i didn't want to it's probably take me about 3 weeks to get into this. you know just to kind appreciate things like this. science project together. so on a day after. learning trying to get through the end of

6 very. unhealthy. we should all be too occupied in one still doing college work and one to. be considered hot cakes right cousins virtual worst day party lives in a way that suppose even that. a. take away their. something funny one new york hospital battling the pandemic has received some much needed back up. and up 46 nurses from right across the united states were given a surprise welcome by stuff at north well health which is the city's largest health care provider that they are training to help treat it 19 patients new york state as

we've heard has in its sets of 200000 cases of corona virus and more than 10000 people have died. i might have traveled i just feel like this is a calling that i felt several weeks ago i left family kids grandchildren behind to come out and help these people that need our help i've never been more proud to be a nurse and this is by far the most rewarding career i've ever had in my life and i'd like to thank them for welcoming us so much. we will take you through the latest developments donald trump suspending u.s. funding for the world health organization he says it botched the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic but critics say he is just deflecting blame for his own fate is. one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other

nations they were very much opposed to what we did fortunately i was not convinced and suspended travel from china saving untold numbers of lives thousands and thousands of people would have done it. voting has begun in south korea's parliamentary elections this is one of the world's 1st national elections to be held during the pandemic voters are all required to wear their masks and gloves and to maintain social distancing sweden has reported a sharp rise in corona virus deaths another 114 confirmed on tuesday which was up from 20 just the previous day about 11000 people have tested positive in sweden and more than a 1000. number of new cases in germany has risen again after declining for 4 days another $2400.00 infections were reported on wednesday bringing the total to more than 127003200 people have died in germany in

occupied east jerusalem there is concern the corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods and doing so when detected the number of recorded cases rose to 41 this week but health workers fear the actual figure may be double that. now the w.h.o. says an ebola outbreak in democratic republic of congo remains a global health emergency 3 new cases including 2 deaths have been reported in the eastern city of bam the country had been expected to announce the end of what was the 2nd deadliest of all outbreak that was going to happen at the weekend more than 2000 people have died since the epidemic broke out in august of 28 team and former u.s. president barack obama has endorsed his 2 term vice president joe biden in his bid for the white house backing comes less than a week after bernie sanders dropped out of the race for the democratic party nomination you are up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is next . throughout history humankind has come together to prevail in our darkest moments

this is a moment for pretty much the opposite side laying low saving humankind by really really not getting near to every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after. this war is ours. what impact has coronavirus having on the world's climate and planes grounded and thus trail production reduced and emissions decline are there lessons the pandemic and teach us about living with nature moving forward this is inside story. welcome to the program i'm richelle carey.