now all jews are. entering. the u.s. president's accused of inciting rebellion as he supports calls to liberate some states from a coronavirus lockdown. alarms the whole roman you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes flattening the curve the indian state of carolus says it's containing the pandemic by enforcing tough preventative measures. the

city's prime minister says the army on to the streets today after the courts ruled against his decision to suspend parliament. and hong kong police arrest some of the most prominent pro-democracy figures months after mass protests. welcome to the program more than half of humanity 4500000000 people are under some form of restrictions as the world fights to slow the coronavirus pandemic and the debate for many governments is how tough the rules should be and how long should they last well it's causing debate in the us which has the highest number of infections and deaths with 22000000 people unemployed president trumps putting pressure on some democratic governors to and we quote liberate their states from lockdown but he's been accused of inciting dangerous acts well iran was already in economic trouble. the outbreak hit businesses in the capital tehran and are

reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections the country has reported almost 5000 deaths well in the u.k. more than 15000 have now died and medical workers are criticizing the government suggesting that they use personal protective equipment the country is facing a critical shortage of p. p. as it's known for doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients let's begin in the u.s. and of course those accusations that the president is quote for mental domestic rebellion while washington state democratic governor says that trump is spreading lies in signaling his support for people to protest against lockdown rules hundreds of joined rallies across the country demanding an end to the shutdown and this is how trump has used twitter to urge supporters to liberate 3 states a day after he said it was up to governors to decide when and how to ease those

restrictions well eric ham is a political analyst in washington d.c. and he says trump is trying to pitch an economic comeback ahead of the election. president's primary calling card since he got to like it was his ability to handle be economy the president has always gotten very high marks on his handling of the economy and that has always been something that the president has focused on very heavily and something that he's held very dear but now that the united states appears to be heading into a recession just as the president is ramping up force all important reelection what you're seeing now is the president very protective and very sensitive to that issue so the president even if you go back to just 2 weeks ago the president wanted to see the economy open during easter weekend but of course that did not happen so the president is keen to try to get the economy going get the economy open as soon as possible but right now what's standing in the way of the president doing that are

these governors who are now implementing shutdown orders and if you look at places like new york california and some of these other states these are very large economies in the case of california california seen as one of the largest economies in the world so the president is pushing back on this even at the same time he's implementing these uniformed guy lies for states to follow so it's only creating more confusion but also the president recognizes the vulnerabilities that he has as it relates to the economy now the u.k. government has just given up days amid criticism from health workers about a lack of personal protective gear and says that it's trying to source small we've got to do more to get the p.p. that people need to the front line this is an extremely challenging situation as you say there's massive global demand for the equipment this is a global pandemic but we are trying to do everything we can to get the equipment

that we need we're trying to source more internationally that is difficult to. there is a great deal of demand for it in the security of that supply can prove very challenging but we are making progress there and in fact today i can report that a very large consignment of p.p. is due to arrive in the u.k. tomorrow from turkey well paul brennan joins me now from ashford west of london of course the government speaking there talking about the fact that p.p. equipment is on its way protecting frontline medical staff in hospitals and care homes has been the pivotal debate this well past few weeks now in the u.k. and dissent is growing. yeah it's built up particularly over the past 7 days we have a health secretary with the government minister for health care in front of

a parliamentary committee on friday saying he wished he had a magic wand to just wave around and create more p.p.a. but it was a very challenging task in a global such a global demand for us and now we have the community secretary at the government daily press conference essentially admitting that it's very very difficult for the government to get the supplies that are required that's a livery that he spoke of his 84 tons of people some 400000 surgical gowns it was it sounds big but mediately after he announced that one of the reporters pointed out that the rate that the n.h.s. uses those downs that's about 3 days supply so it's really not that much now as far as the debate itself goes it's been building because well it's all in my head the long sleeve disposable fluid repellent gowns that are used in the i.c.u. in the intensive care units across the national health service in the u.k.

that running in supply the chief all of the n.h.s. providers which is the umbrella representative organization for the hospital saying that they could run out of those gowns within 24 to 48 house sense by close of play on sunday unless more supplies are found on the royal college of nursing that's the union which represents the nursing staff says that 51 percent of the members in a survey that they've done this week 51 percent have been asked to work in contact with coronavirus patients without full protective equipment the response of public health england was to change the guidelines essentially watered down the that the tightness of the of the guidelines saying the compromise was needed to optimize the supply of p.p.a. in times of extreme shortages but as i say this is becoming not just a health care issue does not becoming a real political headache for the government indeed for the update thank you. some health experts have all that iran's capital may be reopened too soon but the

government says it's time to shift the focus back to the economy from time has more on the easing of restrictions. after nearly 2 months of being closed because of the coronavirus businesses in the iranian capital are waking up from their hibernation for main street shops like this in open areas the city's prime real estate it is business as usual but for covered markets where there are bottlenecks where dense crowds can gather the government says it's still too dangerous to open up any of the shops in those spaces but the traders we've spoken to in teheran is back alley bazaars they've told us that not only have they not made any money for months but it will take many more months to get back on their feet they say they too need to pay their rent and meet their expenses let alone try to turn a profit and that they hope that the government lifts the remaining control measures entirely in the coming weeks now president hassan rouhani has championed the idea of what he calls smart distancing things start going back to normal but

people simultaneously maintain strict rules of hygiene but iran's deputy health minister who contracted coby 1000 himself in recent days he said that iran is the country's achilles heel a weak point when it comes to fighting this fire its and government figures do suggest that the infection and death rates are going down and everyone here also hopes that it stays that way but the government has now effectively shifted the onus to put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue there is toward them so people here are ready to go back to work it's more crowded in downtown to her on than it has been in weeks but there are also skeptical voices in the government that say the rush to reopen could backfire and that people in the country should be prepared for the possibility of a 2nd wave of the virus had to african our military has not returned to their barracks after the prime minister told of them. the streets in his words to restore peace and order now it comes a day after the country's constitutional court ruled against thomas them ban his

decision to suspend parliament the 80 year old leader is under increasing pressure over allegations of links to the murder of his a strange wife pulling another beza journalist in lady round on the border of a suit to and south africa he says sending soldiers into the streets is the latest in a string of controversial decisions by the prime minister. the prime going to start announced appropriation to parliament now to regain sion means end of term for whatever bills were already in parliament and one of them was that deal that would suggest that he does not get the powers to go to his majesty to call for a snap elections or to tell the parliament that was one of the bills and but then he used the 90 in reason to terminate the talent of course his junior so went to the courts of law to challenge it and it was only yesterday that he lost

that means he is now ordered to reinstate the parliament to its original state before it closed in doubt there's been a series of this thing he tried to fire the policeman the police boss. we had actually started the investigations of which saw him go into court also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers town indeed the citizens will come up to and usually movements he made the statement in television this morning that there will be that movement that people should not be worried but what he meant what he said that statement is that there has been a few people who are abusing the freedom of speech who are now using it in the courts of law to try and undermine their stuff in it and written in the study of the can. well still ahead here on al-jazeera all keith after is under pressure in

libya government troops advance on his forces and are scientists in california trying to repurpose drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic. however i mention the cherry blossoms been blown off the trees through a good part of japan frankly this is pretty active spring right in. second or the 3rd system is on its way through it's windy then it's wet and the wind changes direction the sun comes out briefly the next system is already winding up and this is east of shanghai on sunday that will make its way through home shoe giving a fairly miserable day i think to tokyo as on monday and the next systems already while that's part of the systems winding up in southern china it probably isn't going to reach as far as hong kong hong kong's phone cost is

a quiet or 41 morning and night was occasional showers but no more than that fed humid as well the south that was french as of course the trend is the heaviest to be moving further north and further west but we see them showing up in the sudden past the philippines they're still there in java which means that jakarta is not out of the with the top you could well get a shower or 2 the full cost of jakarta is not a dry $1.00 but it's trial than it was with thunderstorms asked in iran is the time of year now to watch out for a big showers in bangladesh and heavy rain in the northeast of india there in the forecast is kabul shockey time as a violent thunderstorms that definitely there in the forecast the next 2 days in baghdad. join africa's largest trade and investment bank in the wanda i.e.t.f. gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and baez and more

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has the highest number of cases and it's. the u.k. government says it's doing its best to source more personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and that's after coming under growing pressure following new guidelines to tell medical workers to reuse some p.p. . soldiers in the suit to have now returned to their barracks after the prime minister ordered them on to the streets to in his words restore peace and order tamas them barney is under pressure to step down of allegations that he was involved in his a strange wife's murder. to north africa where forces from libya's un recognized government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord khalifa haftar they've also captured 4 of have to supporters while advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of the who is the target of government troops after they regain control of 7 coastal cities earlier in the week it's been a year since have to launch his offensive to capture the capital tripoli well

mohamad of the wired has the latest from the from the capital. the decision made by the government to move on the city of horner. has been taken after they took control of the west of libya the last week and they say that if they take control of the whole now it means that half the forces lose the whole west of libya eyewitnesses in the vicinity of the city of that when i say that the areas there have been shaken by heavy explosions we know that the government forces have been exchanging heavy fire with have those forces in the vicinity of that hole now since early morning and now as a kind of the activity action of retaliation have to this forces have started shelling get it is the initial areas in tripoli in supervision and also were slim in the city center random rockets have been dozens of random rockets have been launched by have those forces landing in populated areas and also in the vicinity

of 80 get airport. neighborhood government forces say that they have captured a number of have to his forces and they have destroyed a number of military vehicles in terms of this fresh offensive to take control of the city of lahore now the police have arrested 15 of the best known pro-democracy politicians and activists in the whole cold they're accused of illegally organizing the largest anti-government protests ever seen by a former colonial power britain says it's concerned about china's continuing erosion of home calls freedoms devika poland has more. the list of arrested reads like the who's who upon const democratic movement among them are present and former legislative councillors prominent activist a man known as the father of democracy in hong kong we are here to 81 year old martin lee is one of the architects of the basic law the city's many constitution

which essentially safeguards the territories autonomy he had stepped away from the political spotlight in recent years but was vocal about his support for the protests last year. before i have no regrets for what i've done i feel proud to walk the path of democracy these outstanding young protesters. it's the 2nd time this year businessman and media tycoon jimmy lie has been arrested. they have been arrested on suspicion of organizing and taking part in illegal assembly the government has released a statement saying the arrests were made based on evidence and were in accordance to the law since that government is coming out to remind them that you have since you have to see the end of. a mask and continue and you've been i'm a crisis during all of these i have to make. on

the list of the movement the arrests come up to a week of turmoil in the legislative council members tussled with the opposition democrats for control of the weekly meeting agenda in an unusual move china's representative office in hong kong waded in to denounce the pro-democracy group the beijing liaison office monitors developments in hong kong and reports back to the chinese government but for the 1st time it's stated it has the right to supervise local affairs and is exempt from across in the constitution which restricts interference from any department directly under beijing's control. that's provoking we need fierce amongst democracy supporters already alarmed at china's tightening grip on hong kong since last june more than $7000.00 people have been arrested for their involvement in the protests many are charged with biting which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. this year there has been

a law in the protests mostly due to the current virus pandemic the government has banned all gatherings of more than 4 people to enforce social distancing but protesters and democracy activists say government leaders are making the most of the distracted public along with trying to wipe out the virus wiping out any dissent is the aim to they say if you go palin our desire of hong kong. well let's return to our lead story of the coronavirus pandemic while a lockdown has been announced in sudan's capital khartoum it's set to be in place for the next 3 weeks not the decision was made as the health ministry announced a sharp increase in people who've contract with covert going team reported 30 new cases in the last day or so bringing the total number of those infected to 6610 people have died have a morgan has been following developments from the capital car too. saturday is the 1st day of the total lockdown that has been announced by sudan's government on the

capital's state's how to tomb and right now most of the streets are empty but that has been the scene since 1 o'clock local time prior to that from 6 am to 1 pm local time the government has allowed people to be able to move freely to be able to buy the essential goods but what it has done is made sure that the 3 parts of the capital. khartoum center people cannot interact between those 3 sections of the capital without specific special farm permits granted by the government so they are trying to minimize the movement of the people to make sure that those who are infected and are asymptomatic do not come in contact with other people and that would minimize in their hopes the number of infections which has been rising over the past few days despite warnings by the government that it does not have the infrastructure to cope with the surge the numbers of gone from 32 on friday to 66 saturday morning and the government has been saying that they do not think that they would be able to handle the number of cases should they rise even further

which is why the prime minister made a plea to the u.n. to be able to assist with the number of cases despite that we see a lot of people still out on the streets there are people who are still defying orders on friday people have gone to the mosque despite an order from the minister of religious affairs telling people not to go to try to minimize the spread of the virus so despite government efforts there are some some people who still deny the fact that the government is in country and that is taking a toll on the number infections highrises 15 percent fatality so far from the number of people who have tested positive and that is raising concerns between some civilians who know about the virus and between the government who has admitted repeatedly that it doesn't have the infrastructure or the capability to deal with it. well the southern indian state of carolina which has just confirmed 3 deaths at about $400.00 cases is being hailed for its fight against the spread of the virus and brian has more. carolina has its picturesque back waters

and pristine beaches but now there are no tourists in these houseboats instead they are being converted into isolation wards for coronavirus patients we have had extensive discussions with. all the. it needs. some of india's 1st confirmed cases of the virus were here in kerala as some of the millions who work overseas returned home at one point carol i had the most cases in india now that's changed which the states leaders put down to intense efforts to break the chain of transmission distracted you was just testing and also. trace all the day for the last fortnight test. was traced. but. that tracing is happening and call centers like this using technology such

as geotagging to monitor classed as of cases we had to follow 10000 people nearly 10000 people every day to know whether they're developing any symptoms or not. the communist run state says it's also been stopping the spread of the disease by ensuring workers who've lost their jobs still have a roof over their heads nobody can be almost there for the workers. i don't. fight any. suckers. ground admissions of goldman sachs to put a. i'd also in for read and for everyone. restrictive measures have seen 1300000000 indians and lockdown causing a humanitarian crisis for the poor and daily wage earners many have left their home villages and states to find work in the cities some such as they saw in the capital

new delhi say they haven't eaten for a week before police help them at the money that i used to work in weddings and parties but now everything stopped. back in kerala the annual monsoon rains in a few weeks and the fevers that often come with them could make fighting the coronavirus more complicated and except ryan al-jazeera. will staying in the region some hardline clerics in pakistan are defying a ban on gatherings of more than size people in mosques over the spread of the virus the reports from the capital islamabad. these are unprecedented times a nation of over $200.00. 1000000 people who are predominantly muslim it is also a difficult time because of the ban on congregational prayers large markets like these situated in islamabad are closed to the public and now the religious leaders

are warning that they will not obey the orders of the government and will continue their doors congregational prayer the president of pakistan has made a plea over at our online radio conference with the religious scholars he's off them to send their proposals by deeds emphasize their deeds are indeed challenging time for you but. this is a moment that is both fateful and historic a pandemic is spreading across the world and we have to decide what precautionary measures should be adopted for the month of ramadan and what measures should be adopted for mosques. the religious leaders from across the country were present and the governor how again they were now of god to be sending their gold on how to go about arranging those prayers during the month of ramadan which is less than a week away it is also going to be crucial on how pakistan deals with the contagion

of their spend day make there are of course advisory that large gathering and congregational prayers are ignored me hated in their country but there are a lot of people who are reported that question a will the government have to use force in. ordered to are in for good of the government already added will be able to find a nominee and it kept a bird. no university research in california say the results of an antibody study suggests a corona virus in the u.s. state is far more widespread than thought stanford university found the infection total could be $50.00 to $85.00 times higher than what the government says it is more than $3000.00 californians in santa clara county were tested in the 1st large scale study of its kind if accurate the results indicate the fatality rate from covert 19 could be lower than estimated. for scientists worldwide who are searching for a vaccine but developing one that within a year could be regarded as unprecedented so what if existing drugs could be

repurposed for covert $900.00 treatment and be ready within weeks rob runnels explains scientists at the quantitative bio sciences institute at the university of california san francisco have been working nonstop since january their goal identifying existing medications that make human cells resistant to attack by the corona virus we're trying to do is to repurpose those drugs and compounds. to help fight this corner viral infection it's called host directed therapy the host in this case is us 1st scientists had to extensively map the viruses genetic code in the parts of human cells that it latches onto and we identified 300 in 32 different human proteins that we're talking to the approximately 30 different. proteins so these are proteins that we think the buyers needs in order to hijack

our cells so from this analysis we identified 69 different drugs and compounds 27 of which are f.d.a. approved. and we need to test those to see what effects they have on infection unfortunately labs in san francisco didn't have any virus cultures to run tests on that's when the global cooperation kicked in we broke down silos across different parts of the world you know working with paris and new york and then all the people in england and seattle and san diego and in china and we've been shipping them our drugs and compounds and they've been testing these dr kroger and is hopeful and effective drug will be identified within weeks and since the drugs are already approved they wouldn't have to undergo a lengthy testing process instead they could be available for patients right away the example of urgent cross border multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration is

a model for fighting future outbreaks dr grossman says when the dust settles on company team i would love to see us put in an infrastructure where we can move quickly across the board you know breaking down the silos so that we're be in a better position to tackle call the $22.00 or call the 24 hour another buyers' there are millions of trillions of viruses on earth and far fewer sign. it's given those odds all experts must work together for the sake of humanity robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. we want you all to 0 it means the whole drama remind of our top news stories the governor of washington state has accused the president of the us of for mentoring domestic rebellion that's after donald trump took to twitter encouraging americans

to protest against lockdown measures in several states the u.s. has the highest number of cases and deaths over in the u.k. the government says it's doing its best to source more personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and that's after coming under growing pressure following new guidelines which tell medical workers to reuse some. paul brennan has more from ashford. towards the tail end of this past week it's really built up to a crescendo it's no longer just a health care issue it's become a real political hot potato when the government here in the u.k. is getting considerable amounts of flak for it i mean they're kind of a confluence of several different things the chairman that the head of the public health care providers. and he's the chairman of the n.h.s. providers who look after represent hospitals basically said that gowns the fall downs that are worn in intensive care will be exhausted supplies could be exhausted within 24 to 48 hours. soldiers in

a suit to have not returned to the barracks after the prime minister ordered them over to the streets to in his words restore peace and order tamas them bonnie is under pressure to step down over allegations that he was involved in his a strange wife's murder. forces from libya's even recognize government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord cleef and after they've also captured 4 have to supporters one advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of that huna is the little target of government troops after they regain control of 7 coastal cities earlier this week and there's been a wave of arrests in whole cold at least 15 pro-democracy politicians and activists have been taken away by police for their role in last year's mass protests among those detained are some high profile opposition politicians those with headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next its people in power stay with us.

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