al jazeera. will add to. our. thanks. to new york's governor says he won't bow to pressure to reopen the economy despite his state recording its lowest number of corona virus deaths in 2 weeks. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up spain's death toll passes 20000 but its daily increase continues to slow. the u.k. government under fire for suggesting health workers reuse protective gowns a supply is running low. that's more positive news from the indian stage of care

that which says it's contained the outbreak that. hello pressure is growing on more and more governments over when their coronavirus knockdowns will be lifted or this despite numbers of deaths and infections continuing to rise spain has joined italy and the us in seeing more than 20000 people killed by the virus but officials there say the peak has passed the u.k. isn't far behind this number of deaths reaching 15000 a government minister has admitted that supplies of vital mosques and aprons are running short after warnings from hospitals we know of the indian state of carolina has added evidence to the mantra that testing is the way out of the pandemic it's claiming success with just 3 deaths. when restrictions were lifted is still

a big question in the u.s. some governors are rolling out plans to start lifting measures in their states after pressure from the president and his supporters that's not going to happen in the worst hit state new york where governor andrew cuomo warned he won't be reopening anything immediately that's despite the daily number of new deaths they're dropping below 550 for the 1st time in more than 2 weeks the national picture continues to show deaths and infections trending upwards we're not at a point where we're going to be reopening anything immediately but we are planning and in the planning phase yes different numbers would suggest a different strategy balanced by your point people in mobile and not only people mobile you could create a you know unintended consequences or governor quinn is in

a war of words with the u.s. president over how to respond to the crisis meanwhile the governor of washington state is accusing president trump of quote for mentoring domestic rebellion jay inslee says trump is spreading lies in signaling his support for people to protest against lockdown rolls of the past few days hundreds of people have joined protest rallies targeting governors and demanding an end to the shutdowns in several states more protests are expected after president trump used twitter to urge is supporters to quote liberate 3 states its cost to our white house correspondent kimberly how could it get any there still is pressure isn't there to lift the restrictions out all playing out. yeah initially these protests seem to have a bit of a partisan bent they were seemed to be trouble supporters who were targeting democratic governors but the protests are continuing to expand and now we're seeing not only popping up in maryland which just has a democratic governor but also in texas that has

a republican governor and the overarching message from these protesters seems to be very similar essentially their feeling that these stay at home orders by their governors have been too arbitrary and in fact may be overarching the other big argument in all of this is that the economic social and educational shutdowns have essentially done more harm than good yes well lives may have been saved other people are feeling significant costs that may be may cause lives or cost lives in the future now the u.s. president for his part has maintained that these protesters at least as of the coronavirus task force briefing on friday he said these were very responsible people but he is getting a lot of criticism from democratic members of congress former democratic presidential candidates including amy cloture who has leveled some very serious criticisms against the u.s. president we should point out that her own husband has coronavirus right now she has been speaking she says that there was never

a national strategy to prepare and she feels that because of this this cost precious time in terms of preparedness and potentially even lives so on the one hand you have these protesters saying that these restrictions are too much and then on the other hand you have some top democratic figures in the united states who say in fact that not only was this sufficient but perhaps it should have been done sooner and given to give us an idea of the picture the situation around the country in terms of numbers and infections and so on. yeah well the numbers just keep climbing more than 700000 infections in the united states now and in terms of deaths there are a few figures that are circulating anywhere from 31237000 deaths in the u.s. depending on which figures you're looking at but what we have in all of this in the midst of this is a concern about testing as the white house continues to insist as it did a month ago that if you want to test you can get

a test but that is still not true well some of the supply shortages of cut up there still is a shortage of medical workers necessary to add minister these tests and that's a problem that one that the current virus taskforce has acknowledged they've admitted openly look we only have enough testing for phase one of the reopening of the economy just to refresh your memory phase one means social distancing groups of 10 plus or more band and also a discouragement against nonessential travel but the white house admits phases $2.00 and $3.00 which relax those restrictions even more they're not ready for that so the u.s. president despite earlier saying that he had total authority over reopening the economy has of course tossed this to the u.s. governors but the other thing he's done on twitter recently is also tossed the responsibility of testing to the governors governors who say in many cases they simply aren't equipped and are looking to the federal government for support so far not getting it can really how to thank you very much indeed. well 1st it was italy

then the u.s. and now spain's death toll has passed 20000 it reported another 565 deaths on saturday the death toll there continues to rise at a slower pace and tests have also shown a lower infection rate earlier health workers in madrid celebrated as part of a makeshift hospital was closed after treating one of the 1000 coronavirus patients from misadventure sasha's says he lost parliament to extend a state of emergency until may the 9th that will seem relaxed the confinement for children. and he came over 15000 people have now died and the government has admitted there's a shortage of crucial mosques and gowns for health care staff and they're criticizing a suggestion that they reuse the personal protective equipment when treating coronavirus patients who brennan has more from ashland on the outskirts of london is 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 that kind of a confluence of several different things we had the chairman that 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 the grounds that the fall down is that a warning in intensive care would be exhausted supplies could be exhausted within 24 to 48 hours through college of nursing that a survey of $14000.00 staff and they found that nurses had been felt under pressure to work without wearing full protective equipment 51 percent of the nurses in that survey said they'd been asked to reuse items which were supposed to be disposable was supposed to be single use and on friday just yesterday in the face of this crescendo of criticism the public health england the governing body if you like came out and said actually what you guidelines yes you can reuse single use items.

2nd we can only lockdown is underway in turkey major landmarks were empty on saturday as istanbul and ankara came to a standstill $31.00 provinces are on the 48 hour restrictions in the effort to stop the spread of ads to existing measures telling people younger than 20 and older than 65 to stay at home the country has recorded nearly 1800 deaths and more than 78 and a half 1000 cases. a lockdown has come into force in sudan's capital khartoum for the next 3 weeks it comes as the health ministry announced a sharp increase in people who've contracted coded 1930 new cases have been reported in the past day bringing the total number of those infected to $66.00 so don has already imposed a nationwide curfew closed its airports and stopped all bus trips between cities the number of creative hours deaths in africa has passed a 1000 including a senior aide to nigeria's president of archaeology was president mohamed do biharis chief of staff here in his seventy's had underlying health problems

including diabetes when one of the largest city of lagos authorities have been struggling to manage crowds and in the nationwide lockdown shiria has almost 500 confirmed cases of code 19 and 17 deaths. at one point the indian state of carolina had the largest number of corona virus infections in the country but now it says it's contain the spread it's confirmed just 3 deaths a major success in india a country of 1300000000 people like sarah brown reports. carolina has its picturesque back waters and pristine beaches but now there are no tourists in these houseboats instead they're being converted into isolation wards for coronavirus patients we have had extensive discussions with. associations all voted. on. it need to get. into.

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 sites leaders put down to intense efforts to break the chain of transmission distracted pupils test tested and also to. 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 call 410000 people or 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 also there for the paupers. i'm a fight in the. ground. but also sort of. i've also you. read. or every word. 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 to let me think that they are used to working weddings and parties but now everything stopped back in kerala the annual monsoon rains a jew in a few weeks and the favors that often come with them could make fighting the

coronavirus more complicated and exam brian al-jazeera. still to come this hoffa. prime minister who is accused of murdering his estranged wife deploys the army saying it was to restore order. and a millionaire a forest and a 7 competition are among those arrested this phone call cracks down on the pro-democracy movement. and oh this is a very nice weather across all central areas of europe. that really the bulk of the continent has enjoyed some very nice warm sunshine on his example of that this is actually in prague looking across over the very nice revan now there is some rain around you can see it as we go through sunday it is working its way across the central areas pushing eastwards across eventually into areas of it romania but

really is out across the southwest this is where we're seeing the bulk of the rain and very heavy at times particularly through eastern i was a spain and also the southern portion of france and guess what it is on its way towards the central med so a very unsettled picture some very heavy amounts of rain to the north of that it is fine and dry and a nazi bad 15 in london which is actually the average in paris should be at about the same but it's not it's still staying very mild with a high of 23 degrees and also a woman up to the whole 16 celsius in and then northern africa very heavy amounts of rain as we go through sunday this is worked his way out to mauritania pushing across into hours of algeria and then working its way further tools the north but also the shadows heavy at times into these areas of morocco now as we go through monday it does really clear up towards the north but it gets all mixed up with that system in the central med so again some heavy amounts of rain pushing on into tennessee and still those coastal trials across into morocco.

and extrajudicial killings and the north african capital. i. someone breaking into our house think of. that i heard people shouting i saw 4 masked men only their eyes and hair was showing. 0 world hears read eyewitness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p.l.o. figo khaleel i was here in a secret israeli operation assassination in tunis on al-jazeera. and again are among our top stories here now jazeera protesters are back out on the

streets of the u.s. targeting their governors and demanding an end to the coronavirus shutdowns in several states that's despite a steady rise in deaths and infections around the country. spain's coronavirus death toll has passed 20000 but the number of deaths continues to rise at a slower pace mr petter sanchez says he'll ask parliament to extend his take a legend see until midnight. in the u.k. more than 15000 people have now died from coburg 19 medical workers are criticizing a government suggestion that they reuse personal protective equipment over fears of an imminent shortage. some hardline clerics in pakistan are defying a coronavirus ban on gatherings of more 5 people in mosques president are if he has pleaded with religious leaders to stop attending congressional prayers he's held an online conference discuss measures for ramadan which is only a week away as well as how to manage prayers at mosques the country has seen 7600

confirmed cases and 143 deaths linked to cave in 19. the holy fire ceremony marking easter in jerusalem has taken place in near empty streets due to the pandemic thousands of worshippers often lined up at the church of the holy secor where they believe jesus was crucified and resurrected this year only a handful of clergymen were there some wearing face masks. has been returned to some normality in iran's capital traffic was heavy in tehran on saturday is the authorities allowed some businesses to reopen but health experts have warned the government could be risking a spike in infections as it changes its focus to saving the economy famous ravi has more from tehran. after nearly 2 months of being closed because of the corona virus 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 cope with 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 put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue there is word and so people here are ready to go back to work it's more crowded in downtown to run 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. in other news soldiers in a suit to have returned to their barracks hours after the country's embattled prime minister ordered them to restore peace and order armored vehicles were seen on the streets of to tell us about a went on t.v. to say some lloyd force went institutions were undermining democracy comes a day after the constitutional court ruled against his decision to suspend

parliament a 2 year old to bonnie is under increasing pressure after police accused him and his current wife of the murder of his former wife. to be as a journalist in they brand on the border of south africa and issue 2 he says the army deployment is the latest in a string of controversial decisions by prime minister to bonnie. the crime going to star announced a provocation to parliament now to regain sion minced end of term for whatever bills were already in parliament and one of them was that bill that would suggest that he does not get the powers to go to his majesty to call for a snap elections or to attend in a parliament that was one of the bills and but then he used the crook 90 s at reason to terminate the talent of course his junior seau 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 pallant to its original state before it closed it down there's been a series of this thing he tried to fire the police man the police boss we had actually started the investigations of which saw him go into quite also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers in town indeed the citizens woke up to unusual movements he made the statement to television this morning that there will be that movement that people should not be worried about what he meant what he said in that statement is that there has been a few people who are abusing the freedom of speech who are now using it in the course of floor to try and undermine their stuff and commit an investor of the kindle libyan war on haifa have to appears to be on the back foot as forces from

the un recognise government and violence are a key stronghold and he's 10 of his soldiers were killed and dozens captured as he pulled back to defend the city of tire huna maladaptive ahead reports from tripoli . rockets launched by forces loyal to warlord khalifa have to hit injured civilians in several districts of libya's capital. the barrage of rockets was in retaliation for the offensive by those backing the deal and the kidneys the government in tripoli to recapture whole now. the city around 90 kilometers southeast of tripoli is have towards a major stronghold in the west of the country and the operations headquarters of the year long campaign to capture the capital. and. we've launched this attack to cut the supply line coming to their positions in southern

tripoli we advance to 27 kilometers inside the administers of borders of thought who are and are now in control of the area. with the. government forces say they killed some pro have to the fighters and captured dozens of prisoners in saturday's advance on top of whom. we advance from several axes we captured a number of their forces weapons and military vehicles the move was ordered by our operation room we will win the battle. damage unity of have to his forces fighting in the suburban of southern tripoli come from tara who now many of them abandoned the battle to seize tripoli to return home to defend their city the pullout has helped the government forces make gains in other front lines past us forces it lost many areas along the coast of western libya last week. the battle for

the horn is seen as crucial because if it falls into the hands of the internationally recognized the government signals the don't fall have to as forces in the entire area. tripoli the philippines government has vowed to respond after 11 soldiers were killed by an armed group linked to eisele the army says the soldiers were ambushed by around 40 fighters from the abu sayyaf group 14 soldiers were injured in a clash in the southern soon a province you track which lasted an hour is the deadliest in more than a year the abu sayyaf group has been blamed for kidnappings and beheadings in the south of the country police in hong kong have arrested 15 pro-democracy activists over the last anti-government protests last year accused of being involved in unauthorized assembly is the largest crackdown on the movement system sessions

began in june this year the problem reports from hong kong. the list of her 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. 81 year old martin lee is one of the architects of the basic law the city's mini constitution which essentially safeguards the territory's autonomy he had stepped away from the political spotlight in recent years but was vocal about his support for the protests last year. i have no regrets for what i have 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 seems 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 in that time of crisis during all these academic. meters 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 acoss in the constitution which restricts interference from any department directly under beijing's control. that's

provoking we need fears 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 lot of the protests mostly due to the current of our is pandemic the government has banned all gatherings of more than 4 people to enforce social distancing but protesters the 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 paul in our desire of hong kong. more than 100000 refugees displaced by fighting in syria have returned to rebel held it province and there is around aleppo the move comes after russia and turkey signed

a cease fire last month and amounts to more than one in 10 of the total number of displaced people at the border between syria and turkey but houses and other essential facilities in the area have been destroyed by fighting a civil cases of coronavirus have been reported 47 unaccompanied children evacuated from overcrowded refugee camps in greece have arrived in germany the last spend 2 weeks in quarantine it's part of an initiative to relocate over 5000 unaccompanied or separated minors from greece to other european union states oxenberg took in 12 children earlier this week human rights watch has called on greece to protect children in the camps from the coronavirus by leasing them or. dealing with a migration crisis should be a european responsibility this is the burden sharing and we should be able it's good to start with the most pressing problem which is a problem about a body part of the drug smugglers who set up

a fake food company to flout coronavirus restrictions have been arrested in southern spain 3 lithuanians were caught by the civil guard in malaga with 200 kilos of hash hidden inside tomato cans a fictitious company allowed them to travel during the national state of emergency and passport restrictions on their journey to lithuania or the 700 marijuana plants were also seized by the authorities. around the world entertainment venues have been shot but the music plays on in germany. so that they can enjoy a concert from a socially distanced comfortably run car $250.00 vehicles with no with 2 adults and a child and out in each into this performance by a local band in the western city of cologne their knee rule is that you have to enjoy the show without getting out of your car all the proceeds from a gig are going to stop at one of the city's hospitals. some people have been taking social distancing in sport to

a whole new level but this is probably not one strike home and these tennis players in the brewery are in northern italy at a game between 2 different buildings effort no contact between them but a strong chance at a call back hand could mean a call for new balls please. and you had some more on our website any time just that is al-jazeera dot com and you can watch us live by clicking on my bike or. or one of the top stories here on to 0 protests as a back out on the streets of the u.s. talking their governors and demanding an end to the coronavirus shutdowns in several states some areas are rolling out plans to start lifting measures after pressure from president trump and his supporters that's despite the steady rise in deaths and infections around the country in the worst hit state of new york governor andrew cuomo warns he won't be reopening anything straightaway. we're not

at a point where we're going to be reopening anything immediately but we are planning and in the planning phase yes different numbers would suggest a different strategy balanced by your poor people immobile. but not only are people mobile you could create a you know unintended consequences spain's coronavirus death toll has passed 20000 in reported another 565 deaths on saturday but now a number of deaths continue to rise at a slower pace and tests have also shown a low infection rate on his supporters sanchez says he lost parliament to extend the state of emergency until may the 9th people. in the u.k. more than 15000 have now died from coburg 19 medical workers are criticizing

a government suggestion that they reuse personal protective equipment the country is facing a critical shortage of p.p. the doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients the number of coronavirus deaths in africa has passed a 1000 including the nigerian president's top aide a backyard he was president who is chief of staff he had underlying health problems including diabetes geria has almost 500 confirmed cases of curve at $19.17 deaths and soldiers in a suit to have returned to their barracks hours after the prime minister ordered them to restore peace and order thomas to bonnie went on t.v. to say some law enforcement institutions were undermining democracy to ban is under increasing pressure after police accused him and his current wife over the murder of his former wife. they stay with us and listening posts is out next time louise feel.

terrible i need to hear you getting our objective is to kill a black people if i'm going to get hurt now been. laid off because they have taken the right approach another day another politician standing offish that time with. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that we're covering from home this week the casualty figures are climbing in the u.k. yet most of the british media are failing to hold the government to account locked in with covert 19 across the world prisoners are trying to get their stories out israel's.