to many coming to this place is the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports on obvious reasons as the world battles potential new pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the moon to many documentaries and life means. the united kingdom extends its lockdown for at least the next 3 weeks to counter the coronavirus. so robin you want to live my headquarters here and also coming up the queues keep getting longer another 5000000 people registers jobless in the united states in just a week. in nigeria more people are being killed by security officials and forcing covert 19 rather than dying from the virus itself. and hungry and exhausted

hundreds of writing guard rescued but the others starve to death on a refugee boat. welcome to the program the british government has announced it will extend its partial lockdown to curb the spread of covert 19 by at least 3 weeks foreign secretary dominic rob says social distancing measures must continue in order to keep the number of cases from rising the advice from sages that relaxing any of the measures currently in place would risk damage to both public health and our economy patrick and chris will be able to go into further details on all of this shortly but based on this advice which we very carefully considered the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next 3 weeks. our correspondent is live for us in london while the lockdown continues in the public

well we'll just have to live with the new reality a little bit longer. yeah the high streets like the one you see behind me this is a certain high street here on the southern outskirts of london places like this will stay as quiet as they are now for at least another 3 weeks that's because the governments of the scientists that have been advising the government think that it's just too soon to lift these partial lockdown measures now just briefly outline what those are you can gather in groups in public of more than 2 people unless you're from the same family living in the same premises and you can't go to your work unless there's no other way to work from home. shuttered businesses like all these ones you see behind me restaurants cafes except. what the government has said

is that although the the numbers of infections seems to plateau ing and actually might be going down we're already that if you lift these measures that the restrictive measures too quickly then you might get another peak now opposition parties particularly the labor party have been saying give us an idea of what the exit strategy for this lockdown is the government hasn't done that yet but what. rob did do in this press conference was outline the 5 criteria that there are for lifting the the measures and he went through them and you have to be sure that the n.h.s. the national health service can cope with the critical care of very seriously ill people you have to have a sustained fall in the daily death rate you have to have a sustained fall in the number of infections you have to know that there's enough testing and personal protective gear to be able to deal with future demands. he has to be clear that there is going to be no 2nd peak and what we've just heard from

the government is not clear that the any of these criteria been met yet of course another question that the government needs to respond to is the worrying development that some are saying that ethnic minority groups seem to be more affected by covert 19 rather than white communities. yeah i mean here is a couple of statistics for you ethnic minorities and black people in the u.k. will not lead in the u.k. in england and wales make up 14 percent of the population but in intensive care units where there are caring for people with hiv 19 coronavirus minorities black people make up a 3rd of those in those beds be the 1st 10 doctors to die from coronavirus in the u.k. we're all either black or from ethnic minorities so that gives an idea of how

disproportionately people from these communities are being hit here and obviously the big question is why and that's i think why the government has said that it's going to do a report an inquiry into this there are various theories you know the black and i think minorities tend to be poor communities poor communities tend to suffer more from the disease of poverty in the western world like diabetes and heart disease that makes them more vulnerable to 19 you also have black letting minority people working in jobs that make them more vulnerable such as in the health care sector and you have them living in parts of the country that have been particularly badly hit like london and like the west midlands so these are the kinds of possibilities that the that the this report this government report might be looking into to work out why it is that black and ethnic minority people are suffering so much from the 19 for the update there in london for us thank you. let's cross over at the

atlantic because in the u.s. another 5200000 people have lost their jobs in the past week and that means that least 22000000 have made jobless claims in less than a month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic well in a few hours time president donald trump is expected to release guidelines on how when when to reopen some u.s. states but in the meantime the workers who are especially worried about how they'll pay their bills the time to give them has the story from chicago. if there was ever a boom time in the chicago neighborhood no one living here now remembers the cove at night seen pandemic has shattered the already precarious lives of the many hourly workers in west tumbled park i'm scared scared more of a sector like i don't know what's going to happen next i don't know what my next move is going to be less than 2 weeks ago jose monte was operating

a forklift and trying to save for an emergency now a global coronavirus emergency has arrived and like millions of people he's been furloughed indefinitely. bunty i joined hundreds of chicagoans waiting outside for several hours to get a week's worth of donated groceries those in line told me the money saved on food must be used to pay for rent and medicine munty he says he can survive without electricity or gas he's worried about getting evicted from his apartment and becoming homeless i gotta take it day by day because if i don't and i'm going to lose my mind for the 1st human being just in. a group of nuns in a priest the size of a football team and run the mission of our lady of angels food pantry where the need has more than tripled the last few weeks church services are cancelled unable to offer a smile or a pat on the back to people seeking solace in crisis they're trying to minister via

phone and e-mail in this is the time that the learn to write it for us to all re-evaluate the most important things in our lives determine for ob our great but we should be for our lives for the gifts that god has given us their lives their family their friends the greater chicago food depository distributes food to a network of 700 pantries and programs in the chicago area spokesman greg trotter says the pandemic is an unprecedented challenge a 3rd of their programs are operating grocery store donations have decreased and fewer volunteers are showing up yet the demand is soaring we're very concerned that this is the longer this goes on the worse it's going to be for armors vulnerable neighbors back in was tom ball park several chicago police department s.u.v.s arrive with a drop in crime city wide the officers loaded boxes of nonperishable food into their vehicles to deliver to the elderly and disabled it's yet another way the

community is responding to the coronavirus pandemic to ensure those overburdened by economic struggles are not forgotten. natasha going to. chicago at least 18 people have been killed in nigeria by security officials who were enforcing strict lockdown measures last month the government put restrictions in several major cities to counter the virus that was extended for another 14 days on monday evidence just how small from the capital abuja 18 people have been killed and 8 of them were actually killed by allegedly killed by correctional officers i mean the prison officers in the northwestern state of can do in a state than the police were accused of killing 7 individuals army allegedly responsible for 2 of the deaths and our local community in forcing the lock down in southeast nigeria was also responsible for one killing one individual now security

forces in nigeria have been accused separately by individuals or osment during this the during the lockdown in several states which see in security forces mountain roadblocks in towns and cities checking cars checking for identities and all of that and in the process we were told there were reports from various parts of the country alleging that several abuses had been carried out by the security forces apart from the usual demand for bribes are people who were harassed and in the case of the 18 people these were people who were shot for either allegedly violating the law gun order of one of france or the other. health officials across africa stepping up their response by rolling out more than a 1000000 coronavirus tests now the consulate to struggle to get its hands on medical equipment as other countries fight for supplies experts are concerned the already weak health systems in some countries will be overwhelmed and the african

centers for disease control say the new tests will start next week. a situation where at least 24 refugees have died of starvation or the boat that's been adrift for 2 months hundreds of others were rescued by the bangladeshi coast guard on wednesday after their boat failed to reach malaysia their child very possible. out of the darkness figures emerged m.s.e. added exhausted their eyes a measure of the horrors they've experienced. clutching their children or what's left of their belongings their stagger ashore the final step almost too much for some. at least 2 dozen growing are refugees are say to have started that on boat after their boat failed to reach malaysia and drifted for weeks. and my mother died in the boat load of us brothers and sisters are still a lie but one of my brothers is missing. the un's refugee agency has sent stuff to

help describing the survivors are extremely malnourished and dehydrated thank you are still a miraculous we suffered a lot we were drift for 2 months believe the people died there were more than $500.00 of us now there are only $400.00 families the bangladeshi cause god said it got a tip off about the boat finding it after 3 days start off at southern coast and. we entered malaysian waters 3 times but they didn't meet us and many of us died in the haze and sweets there were too many on board women and children. to dhaka tribune newspaper is reporting the boat was turned back from malaysian waters because of coronavirus restrictions. the coast guard says it's looking into whether the group was fleeing myanmar or the crowded refugee camps in bangladesh. the un says there are the world's most persecuted minority but also the law just stateless

group denied citizenship by me and mark where many have lived for centuries hundreds of thousands of running guns have crossed the border since 2017 when me and mars military launched a crackdown against them. those camps are locked down they don't even have internet services they don't have adequate health services the children can't go to school and so people are making a dangerous and perilous voyage to try to get to a better life in malaysia malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future maybe certain incident the one many here where hoping for time to children dhaka bangladesh. well still ahead here on

al-jazeera i'm teaching an empty tables china small businesses assert to continue suffering through until next year. and wait thing for takeoff wants thousands of pakistanis to be left stranded a crew of those stories after the probe. hello there friday not a bad day hopefully across much of the middle east to simplify the rain across areas of the arabian peninsula working there i said me across into iran but that will continue to work eastwards across into afghanistan and pakistan as we head through friday the eastern and the mad want to see more showers and stiff winds coming in from northern areas aside but by the time we get to south a that rain developing again particularly heavy into southern areas of iraq across into and again as similar areas really into saudi possibly pushing on in towards

qatar as well kick people the temperatures a little bit lower and as a chance the thunderstorms just $25.00 in doha $33.00 celsius across into riyadh and then the rains particularly heavy across the d.l.c. also some very heavy amounts of rain developing into southern areas amaze and be trailing all the way across once again into tanzania some very heavy amounts of rain and really becoming very extensive right the way across towards cameroon similar story really is a head through saturday you can see those rains really gathering in the gulf of guinea and then we've got more scattered showers rewrite the way down again into more central and eastern areas a south africa and all the while more rain showers through eastern areas of madagascar it's warming up there in cape town you got a high there for you on saturday 25. eyes only test. and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to

cope with the number coronavirus 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 done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching our desire with me said a reminder of our top news stories british foreign secretary dominic rob has announced lockdown restrictions will be extended for at least another 3 weeks rob

says he's been advised that relaxing measures too soon would risk damaging public health and the economy at least $22000000.00 americans have registered for unemployment benefits in the last month as a result of the pandemic that's after another 5200000 filed jobless claims in just the past week. and in nigeria at least 18 people have been killed by security officials who were enforcing strict lockdown measures last month the government ordered restrictions in several major cities to counter covert night. now the news the united nations in yemen and voice says he expects the country's warring parties will formally agree to a truce in the immediate future what gryphus says he's been negotiating with both sides for the past 2 weeks our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations we certainly have had positive developments in the past but this is a moment i think where yemen faces

a very very precarious future with the threat of covert 19 with the threat of further escalation of violence we've had a call as you won't be aware from the u.n. secretary general for a global ceasefire well what marty gryphus has now made clear is that following of that call he has actually had very productive negotiations with the sides in the conflict not taking place face to face of but virtually and he believes there is a window of opportunity over the past 2 weeks or more since there. i have been in constant negotiations with the parties on the texts of these agreements on the detail on the wording of these agreements we expect them to agree on formally adopt these agreements in the immediate future so it sounds very positive indeed but it is worth telling you some of the other information put forward to the u.n.

security council there's been no stopping the violence violence has continued to escalate throughout this year there is there are real worries about the humanitarian situation on the ground some 13000000 yemenis rely on the u.n. to help them and the other problem other than the specter of code 19 is the fact that u.n. funding is running out the urgently need money and other world health organization saying 80 percent of clinics will have to close in a matter of months if they don't get more funding so a very difficult precarious situation for yemen really staring down at the worst case scenario and because of that though it looks like this might be a moment where diplomacy can take hold china is expected to release its quarterly g.d.p. figures on friday and analysts are not expecting good news the world's 2nd largest economy has slowed to a standstill because of the outbreak and small businesses are amongst the worst

affected that's katrina a year reports now from the capital beijing. empty chairs at empty tables this beijing restaurant once served $200.00 customers every day but because of the coronavirus pandemic it's now struggling to survive on a joe towel was forced to close the u.s. themed dyna for almost 3 months you know when you're here. there is no cash flow if we aren't open and cash flow is the most important thing for a restaurant we are still paying for the rent and stuff wages plus there are accommodation in beijing we've taken a really big heat small and medium sized enterprises have been worst hit by the health crisis local curve in 1000 infections have eased in china and life is slowly returning to normal. but many businesses have been forced to close for good this restaurant was once bustling with customers but since the beginning of february

it's been quiet foreign business owners are also suffering they're requesting more financial support and an end to the ban on foreigners entering the country we need there really. measure sure to relieve your region it's a matter of life. for these companies actually need. some retailers attending to of logging on live streaming to sell products but for many such efforts to adapt to the outbreak won't be enough and analysts don't expect the world's 2nd largest economy to bounce back before 2021 right now the biggest challenge chinese authorities there is actually to stabilize on employment because our there is a weak demand from domestic market and also foreign markets chinese appliance make a high sense laid off over 10000 workers this month following a drop in sales more than 20000000 people nationwide are expected to lose their

jobs by the end of the year joe tao is doing everything he can to retain all of his staff he started offering home delivery and reopen to the restaurant this week albeit under strict conditions. are no more than 3 people could eat at one table and they have to sit at least one metre apart beauty's cones only accommodate half their capacity doses all he can do is wait for economic stimulus measures for a coronavirus a vaccine and for customers who often now few and far between between e.u. al-jazeera beijing. now the international military and financial committee says it will continue to review the demands on its resources it's also highlighted the needs of poor countries with weak health systems that.

can support one of the. most we. will really. leverage their comments in the direction of google trust. people gene and only you should as an. observation we were told. by agency and. put. in the world who the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the european union with more than 22000 deaths of all delay in praise europe's collective response of the past few weeks but admits e.u. countries were initially not ready. yes it is true that no one was really ready for this it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy needed a helping hand at the very beginning and yes for that it is right that

europe as a whole offers a heartfelt apology but saying sorry only counts for something if it changes behavior and the truth is true that it did not take long before everyone realized that we must protect each other to protect ourselves. in canada the number of covert 9000 cases continues to rise in the countries 1st nations communities are preparing for the worst indigenous communities have high rates of poverty and preexisting health problems and that makes the most vulnerable to the virus they had must have been meeting members of the. nation. inside her small stone in the kota home krista hunter lights a braid of sacred sweet grass krista's husband is battling cancer and she hopes the traditional cleansing combined with meticulous cleaning will keep him safe from

corona virus but the realities of life in her indigenous community make her anxious . to communicate this in my own language in a nice week that this person who is chronic or. respiratory issues. how do we protect them as a family unit when you've got so many people come and go historically indigenous populations are hit hard when disease enters their communities overcrowding water shortages limited access to health care and poverty are just a few of the long standing issues indigenous populations suffer from disproportionately high rates of preexisting health conditions that render us a boner to communicable disease things like diabetes high blood pressure respiratory illness cardiovascular disease while many indigenous communities are unprepared for the deadly pandemic the stoney nation has launched an emergency command center inside their resort and casino

a cold 1000 hotline provides information in english and the stony language food hampers ensure people don't have to drive to nearby towns for supplies and in-house teams focused on finance operations in the just sticks meet with band councils regularly it's the business continuity part of it it's a den of fine essential services it's keeping infrastructure up and running you know the water works the water treatment plant the garbage the everything going that's a big part of pandemic planning with 10 to 15 people living in one house local classrooms have been converted into a 150 bed center for those needing isolation but as the number of indigenous communities reporting cases of coburg 1000 grows leaders are taking more drastic measures many 1st nations across canada have already blocked access to their reserves and many more are debating how to control who comes onto their land it's one way these communities are looking at to try to prevent the spread of the corona

virus. the canadian government has promised more than $220000000.00 to help indigenous communities during the cold that crisis leaders here say they hope that no community will be left behind david mercer al-jazeera on the stunning the coordination canada. tens of thousands of pakistanis have been stranded abroad awaiting repatriation flights from the government pakistan citizens will soon be brought back from countries like the united arab emirates a man called his will. as a moment with his family but not with some of his relatives. in the united arab emirates desperately wanting to come back to pakistan you can only speak to them on the phone and. i recently came back to pakistan after spending 20 years in the u.a.e. but now my nephew and other family members are stuck there they are desperate to come back but unfortunately due to the incompetency of our government there isn't any plan for the repatriation they are least bothered about the plight of

pakistanis stuck in the u.a.e. or elsewhere. some 35000 people have registered at the pakistani embassy in. the u.a.e. will allow them to return home but pakistan must provide a crippled traditional flight something it hasn't done so far but the pakistanis are angry at the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister iran current of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government of barbara starr is fully scenes of the situation being faced by our combat units and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your way he and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermost in the mind of the government of pakistan in a comprehensive plan for exaggeration all our national moves is being made the box

the only government to set up a quarantine facility on its border with afghanistan to house nearly 1500 people who were recaptured recently it wants to show this is a successful aspect of its response to the pandemic but pakistan like many countries is struggling to cope with a global emergency and things are moving slowly which is frustrating many who are worried about family and friends stuck abroad m.r. carney. police in new delhi have rescued hundreds of daily wage workers migrants who have been living under a fly over after losing their jobs they've been provided with food and taken to a night shelter the lockdown has left millions across the country out of work under an able to return home india has so far reported over 10000 cases and 414 deaths. there's a rush to sell gold in thailand as the price of the precious commodity continues to rise people have been queuing up outside gul shops in bangkok the pandemic has cut

the incomes of families so many are now selling their gold to get cash to cover their living expenses. and strict work from home measures are being observed across the globe and it seems that those rules also apply to all of the world's best known street artists banksy has crafted his latest piece in his own bathroom the work the room the wrecking rodents were posted to the elusive artist social media account along with the line my wife hates it when i work from home what surprised. you what your desire of me as a whole run here in doha our top news stories begin with britain and its foreign secretary dominic robb has announced lockdown restrictions will be extended for at least another 3 weeks rob says that he's been advised that relaxing measures too soon would risk damaging public health and the economy but very clear advice we

received is that any change to our social distance social distancing measures now would risk a significant increase in the spread of the virus that would threaten a 2nd peak of the virus and substantially increase the number of deaths it would undo the progress that we've made to date and as a result would require an even longer period or the more restrictive social distancing measures at least $22000000.00 americans are registered for unemployment benefits in the last month as a result of the pandemic and that's after another $5200000.00 fall jobless claims in the past week. in nigeria at least 18 people have been killed by security officials who are in forcing strict lockdown measures harassment the government ordered restrictions in several major cities to counter with 19. health officials across africa are stepping up their response by rolling up more than a 1000000 coronavirus test the continent has struggled to get its hands on medical

equipment as other countries fight for supplies experts are concerned the already weak health systems in some countries will be overwhelmed the african centers for disease control say the new tests will start next week and more than 2 dozen rangar refugees have died of starvation on the boat that's been a drift for 2 months off the coast of bangladesh nearly 400 people on the vessel were trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by a bang the coast guard on wednesday the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e.u. with more than 22000 it's of course you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com and back with more news in half an hour next on al-jazeera it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us.

the number of corona virus cases is still rising in europe but some countries old ready easing lock down is it too soon and how can we deal with the risk of a 2nd wave of infection this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith measures to stop the spread of coronavirus are affecting the lives of billions around the world shops closed public gatherings and.