that you could read any of the so because of course the assumption being that the dance away the prejudice would play out there you're a protestant your go to pakistan that is what is happening on an everyday basis. in the in. the. coronavirus long time restrictions begin to be easy in the united states but experts warn moving too fast could be disastrous. play watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the back to will also coming up . prominent pro-democracy activists are released on bail in hong kong accused of organizing mass protests. bodies piled up on the streets and inside shipping containers how the corona virus has overwhelmed at what doors largest city plus.

1000000. dollars of the world to music raise funds for health care workers around the globe. thank you very much for joining us protests against sweeping stay at home orders across the u.s. are putting more pressure on state governors to ease restrictions meant to combat the spread of the coronavirus they're being spurred on by president donald trump wants to get the economy back up and running addressing the media on saturday he said they were positive signs the virus had passed its peak but experts are warning that moving too fast could prove disastrous and you got to get reports from miami. after weeks of stay at home otis hundreds flock to the reopened beaches in

jacksonville florida the medical of this controversial move as essential activity even as a state hit more than 27000 coronavirus cases it's what authorities call a pathway back to normal life. but in other parts of the u.s. the scenes a very different across the country a small but growing protest movement is calling for restrictions to be eased from utah to wisconsin in both republican and democratic led states people are taking to the streets urging a return to normal life we are still a free country at least for now and people have to make a decision and that's their personal decision if they don't want to be 6 feet apart or 7 peter peter parker i can't i can't dictate to that to them despite declaring that individual governess are in charge president donald trump seem to encourage the protests in a series of tweets on friday all 3 states have democratic governor as his tacit

support is seen as deeply political in a time of crisis i know it is there are a lot of protests out there and i just think that some of the governors have gotten carried away you know we have a lot of people that don't have to be told to do what they're doing they've been really. doing everything we best and in new york the epicenter of the pandemic measures to ease restrictions still far off the state's governor says this is no time to play politics how does the situation get worse and get worse quickly if you politicize all that emotion. we can not go there that's where works so hard when anyone raises any political agenda to me i work so hard to distance myself from it. some states are beginning to ease restrictions many are still battling the coronavirus and testing is in short supply the desire

to get back to some kind of normal is clear the careful approach to doing so vital thank you very much a nation divided it was perhaps inevitable the politics would play a part no matter what challenges lay ahead throughout this crisis the mantra has been we're in it together but any sense of unity now seems to be falling apart conservatives believe the cure is worse than the disease others and used to be a more science based approach the fact remains many states a yet to peak in their coronavirus cases the decisions governors make now will be crucial but that hasn't stopped some trying to score political points gallacher al-jazeera miami florida and the u.s. president is also being accused of still king islamophobia after he raised questions about social distancing roles in mosques during the month of ramadan a white house correspondent kimberly hocket has more. there are increasing questions about a retreat by u.s. president trump on saturday accusations he may be stoking islamophobia in the

united states the reach we read let's see if authorities enforce the social distancing orders for mosques during ramadan like they did churches during easter i asked the president about this retreat here's what he had to say i think at the back going to live in mom's been followed so i think she said a call with her mom so i just had a call with ministers rabbis we had a tremendous go with the faith leaders no i don't think that at all i am somebody that believes in faith and it matters not what your faith is but our politicians seem to treat different faiths very differently and they seem to think and i don't know what happened with their country but. the christian faith is treated much differently than it was and i think it's treated very unfairly now when it comes to enforcing social distancing the department of justice did take on the case of at

least one church in mississippi where worshipers attended in their automobiles with the car windows rolled up the department of justice said that these worshippers were simply exercising their right under the 1st amendment of the u.s. constitution now many in the united states watching very carefully to see if this same effort will be applied when it comes to those who may want to celebrate during ramadan which begins in the u.s. on thursday. elsewhere spain's coronavirus death toll has passed 20000 it's a 3rd country to mock the unwelcome milestone after its in the end the u.s. had reported another 565 deaths on saturday but the toll continues to rise and snow a pace and tests have also shown a no infection rates only a half what has it in the trade center brain take one quantum a. shift hospital is close to treating more than a 1000 patients from mr federal sanchez says the last column and to extend the

state of emergency until may 9th and will relax a confinement for children before that it's. not tookie has replaced iran as a country with the highest recorded number of coded 1000 cases in the middle east more than 82000 infections have been confirmed close to 3800 of those cases were diagnosed in the past 24 hours another round of weekend curfews has been imposed covering most of turkey meanwhile authorities in iran have allowed some businesses to reopen with the government saying it's time to shift the focus back to the economy as in basra he reports some terra. 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 it's a new 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 toward them 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. south america now in guatemala has suspended all flights carrying migrants being deported from the u.s. after some of them tests of positive focal that 19 more than 40 migrants are known to have the virus guatemala's president says flies will be halted until the u.s. could prove deportees were virus free more than 230 deported migrants are now being held in mass quarantine there's a growing concern that people could bring the coronavirus to remote and vulnerable communities now health care facilities right across latin america's worst affected countries are being pushed to their limits the corona virus outbreak in brazil is putting hospitals under increasing strain while in ecuador's worst hit city the

system is on the brink of collapse or reports from one side. coffins laid one next to the other in watch akil the capital of war yes province called weed 19 has left thousands of people dead here in the past few weeks not only against the just father was one of them but when he went to the overwhelm or to recover him he opened a body back to find the person inside wasn't his father. i told him to write the name of that man that's not my dad where is my father i asked they told me it's impossible to find him so come inside the morgue and see if it's him we open the body bags and some of them are women but my dad wasn't there. coronavirus has cost the health care system in was a queue to collapse the government revealed this week that almost 6700 people died the 1st 2 weeks of april when there is normally 1000 the problem is that most of those who died were not tested experts say that figures in latin america may not be

realistic because there is not enough testing accessing testing kids it's a major challenge for most governments in the region more data is what will allow countries in latin america adapt to what is happening on the ground and investigate . and carried out by a consortium of universities and researchers revealed that brazil is likely to have 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus that is being officially reported by the government this video from analysing the state of our mass on our shows bodies lying next to patients being treated folk over 1000 hospitals in brazil's major cities are struggling to cope. but i came to the hospital with my brother and after that i did not receive any other information the clothes he was wearing were the clothes he kept a lack of hospital beds intensive care units and medical gear has been a major cause for concern not only in brazil but also in the region that's why

experts say testing needs to increase to prevent the spread of the virus. i think testing needs to be more aggressive than in europe or southeast asia because we have a population that has preexisting conditions like diabetes high blood pressure and it's not only affecting their lowly testing is what allows you to plan accordingly if not it's like driving in the dark most governments in the region say testing is a major challenge because of lack of logistics and resources and with cases on the rice it's a struggle that for most countries has just begun. still ahead on al-jazeera warlord honey for have ties under pressure in libya. government forces making advances. and decision time in mali lections will go ahead despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader.

hello there things are looking fairly calm across much of the middle east has seen quite a rush of heavy thunderstorms of course over all few days there is some cloud on its way east was heading across towards iran so we could you see want to light showers on sunday but really apart from that it is mostly clear and find how much is a feeling pretty good as well 28 celsius in doha but very warm across dubai with a high of 36 there is still the charles one or 2 shots across into yemen on sunday of course we've had that flooding the this past week and then as we go through monday unfortunately more rain does develop across will central and western as a soggy again some heavier rains pushing across into western yemen so santa again could be impacted and elsewhere there to the north it is fine as well so will be baghdad with a high of 33 the rain's a fairly extensive across central africa particularly on the gulf of guinea and if i quite heavy still along this coast of the towns near pushing up into kenya up

towards somalia and also into ethiopia some heavy rains as well sunday across eastern sections of madagascar they will stay in the 4 calls as we go through monday as well the rains further to the north and some heavy downpours into northern areas of angola as we start the new week but all the while we've got basically the conditions across south africa but it does become a bit cooler on monday in cape town on shore breeze just 90. alaska's phone north pristine environment that's become a battleground with the trumpet. in a strange and keen to let oil companies start drilling some in its remote communities are tempted by the promised wealth we live here we make the rule not their own but others bitterly opposed we should not have to trade our culture for oil and gas crossing the high peaks of biotic circle to investigate the people in

power at the edge of the earth on al-jazeera. the a in the world. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories pressure is mounting on u.s. governors to ease coronavirus knock down holes protests encouraged by donald trump have been held in several states for the 3rd day in every. spain's coronavirus death toll has passed 20000 this is the 3rd country to mark the unwelcome milestone after each league and the united states and turkey has replaced iran as a country with the highest recorded number of coffee 1000 cases in the middle east more than 82000 infections have been confirmed. let's turn now to other world news

and 15 of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy politicians and activists have been released on bail hours after they were arrested they're due to appear in court next month accused of organizing illegal anti-government protests last year did it go palin has the latest from hong kong. there has been much international interest and what is happening here in hong kong with the u.k. and the u.s. government have questioned the validity of these arrests particularly mentioning martin leno he has is very well known both in the international community and of course here in hong kong and very well respected not just amongst the democracy camp but also among people who support beijing he has said that he doesn't believe our he doesn't blame the hong kong government for his arrest he says that he believes it's beijing that is behind the directive to round up these a prominent pro-democracy activists he also says that this is all part of the

communist party trying to tighten its control on hong kong now as far as reaction from the probating camp here that has been mostly muted that mostly just echoed what the hong kong government has said mainly being that this is all being done in accordance to the law and this is not politically motivated but i must mention quite an interesting developments now that chinese state media has mentioned the arrest of all these prominent people on the micro-blogging site that way both the chinese government doesn't usually like any kind of discussion on how constant mock received democracy movements or anyone to do with democracy in hong kong but they seem to have allowed much chatter about this and predictably the kind of comments we're seeing are mainly from people who support the arrests who are calling for greater restrictions on hong kong and also are calling for greater support of hong kong's police. in libya the u.n.

recognize government and its forces a battling to recapture a stronghold of warlord highly for half time in the tally ation have to us forces intensified shelling on residential areas in tripoli a move that the law has reports. rockets launched by forces loyal to war literally festive injured civilians in civil district of libya's capital. the barrage of rockets was in the retaliation for the offensive by those backing a deal and that ignites the government in tripoli to recapture the whole now. the city around 90 kilometers south east 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. where. government forces say they killed some pro half the fighters and captured dozens of prisoners in saturday's advance on top of whom. we had fallen from several axes we captured a number of the 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 their 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 horner is seen as crucial because if it falls into the hands of the internationally recognized the government signals the dell windfall of have to his forces in the entire area. tripoli. an investigation is underway in chad after a fighter jet on the tarmac accidentally fired a missile killing 5 civilians including children this is the moment the rocket shot out as the aircraft prepared to take off from an airbase in the capital the missile went through a fuel truck and narrowly missed a french fighter jet before hitting a house next to the airport. soldiers in the southern african nation of list so to have returned to their barracks after the prime minister ordered them onto the streets to in his words deal with rogue individuals promise to bonnie's under increasing pressure to step down over accusations that he

murdered his estranged wife in 2017 to bonnie appeared in court last month but was not charged on friday the constitutional court ruled against the 80 year olds decision to suspend parliament calling the move irrational apollon read a bit as a journalist in this hotel he says sending soldiers into the streets is the latest in a string of controversial decisions by the prime minister. the prime going to star announced a provocation to parliament now to regain sion means 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 snap elections or to terminate the parliament but was one of the bills and but then he used the 90 s. at reason to terminate the palin meant 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 palin meant to its original state before it closed dock those been a series of this thing he tried to fire the police then the police boss we had actually started the investigations off which saw him go into court also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers in town indeed the citizens will come up to unusual movements he made the statement in television this morning that there will be that movement that and people should not be worried but 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 cause of law to try and undermine their stuff in it and put it in in the stability of the can voters in malia being called to the polls on sunday for the 2nd round of

legislative elections despite the kidnapping of an opposition leader and of recent upsurge in violence. reports. wanting to bring change to mali is what brought 1st time parliamentary candidate how much to politics fear is what is preventing him from campaigning in his constituency in the central region where al qaeda affiliates are telling people not to vote because brother is in the moment was abducted days before the 1st round awarding to those taking part in these elections . i am scared i had to hide to visit my own constituents and i am scared because there is nobody to keep us safe i am scared because if they have abducted our opposition leader for more than 21 days now they could even a block the president they can take anyone they want. the government's mediator was kidnapped while negotiating for the release of opposition leaders who majlis you see who was abducted while campaigning in the country's north it's unclear which

group is behind the kidnapping but they're demanding around some of $80000000.00 for several weeks al qaeda affiliated to the slum was lee mean and these comics did in the greater sahara have been fighting each other for control of land and resources in mali's north and central region. is a full on the herder who's escape the violence joining hundreds of thousands of others displaced in the capital bamako they have turned this cattle market in slaughterhouse into makeshift camps. i am not afraid this sunday for my country and i am elected m.p.'s to find a solution in this conflict so we can go. diego fears the vote will be rigged in the 1st round he says no one dared to vote in his constituency but local officials say there was an 80 percent turnout with the ruling party winning the majority of the votes in the 2nd round of this election millions will have to brave the threat of armed groups and the corona virus

outbreak while the stakes for the country are high taking part in the vote has not just become risky and dangerous it can also be fatal nicholas hawk al jazeera. on the corona virus in the u.k. government has admitted there is a shortage of crucial mosques and health care staff well and 15000 people have now died in hospital from culvert 9000 in the u.k. a medical workers are criticizing a government suggestion to reuse personal protective equipment olbermann has more from ashford on the outskirts of london. control to see about the amounts of stock of this personal protective equipment this p.p.a. has been growing in recent weeks and essentially building to a crescendo in the past couple of days we had the health secretary matt hancock he's the government minister responsible for health reporting for parliamentary committee on friday saying he wished he had a magic wand that he could wave through to generate more people even he just

couldn't because the global marketplace was so scarce at the moment but the pressure that's coming is because of anecdotal evidence from the frontline that staff who are treating 1000 patients are having to do so compromising their own safety their old college of nursing the union for the nurses said that 51 percent of the staff that they had surveyed had been asked to reuse supposedly single use protective equipment now the response of public health england which is the body which represents the governments the government's stance in this has been to say well we're going to reassess our guidelines and perhaps watered down the guidelines maybe they don't need to be so stringent so you can reuse stuff they said that some compromise was needed to optimize the supply of p.p.a. in times of extreme shortages but the saturday daily news conference from downing street the communities minister robert general admitted that the simply wasn't enough at the moment to go around 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 that supply can prove very challenging but we are making progress that what we're talking about here is the long sleeved disposable fluid repellents gowns that are used in the intensive care units and you can imagine just how much demand there is for those not just here in the u.k. but around the around the world there is a general said a new delivery arriving on sunday but these $84.00 tons that are arriving from turkey which involve some 400000 gallons he said it was pointed out to him by a reporter that the rate the n.h.s. is using those downs at the moment that amounts to about 3 days of supply so that it's really not that much asshole so this is not just a health care issue anymore it's a real political hot potato for the government and they're getting a lot of criticism as a result of what is perceived to be

a locker for planning. some of the biggest names in the music industry have joined forces for an online charity concert on a health care workers around the wilds victoria good to be has a story. my. he's performed for huge crowds in stadiums but on saturday night stevie wonder sang from his living room the fans watching him that as superstars of the music world were united in a common cause in a time of crisis. this time our leaders that we needed to strengthen the health care systems all round the world so that crises like this never happens again. the one world concert organized by lady gaga and the charity global citizen is the biggest

music events is the coronavirus shutdown concerts and spurred a flurry of live streamed performances by quarantine musicians who have been humbled by the bravery and selflessness of doctors nurses and other key workers. to those in the food industry the livery workers mail carriers and sanitation means working so that we can be safe in our homes we thank you for your self mr. black america disproportional long to be the essential parts of the workforce i do not have the luxury of working. this concert is being compared inevitably to live a the 1985 benefit organized by bob geldof to raise money for starving ethiopians the question of how much concepts such as these benefit the people they aim to help is always quickly debate is but organizers say this concert is about entertainment and solidarity at a time when many people are living under lockdown what i'd like to do tonight if i

can and just give him the permission to pharma. was bringing. down a man now and. the concert has raised tens of millions of dollars safe on the u.n. scale $1000.00 response fund it will say that it is detention on health care workers who in many people's eyes other real stars victoria gaijin be al-jazeera. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera pressure is mounting on u.s. governments to ease corner virus knock down walls with protests encouraged by president trump out in several states for the 3rd day in a row from saying some states will begin easing restrictions as any as monday florida as already started doing that as andy gallagher reports now from miami.

while this is in jacksonville in the north of the state and the city's mayor basically declaring that going to the beach and swimming in the ocean were part of essential services so those beaches did reopen in the last 24 hours and were immediately crowded by people who've been locked away for the past few weeks i'm not sure whether it was policed in any way whether people were staying in groups of 10 or less but this is really going to the heart of what's happening in each of these states is becoming a politicized thing. housewares spain's coronavirus death toll has passed $20000.00 distant 3rd country to mark the unwelcome milestone after its v.m. the us prime minister federal. quantum and to extend the state of emergency and till may 9th turkey has replaced iran as a country with the highest recorded number of cold 1000 cases in the middle east more than 82000 infections have been confirmed a curfew has been extended by 2 days to contain the sprayed the british government

has admitted there is a shortage of masks and gowns for health care staff more than 15000 people have now died in the u.k. from govt 19 medical workers a criticizing a suggestion by the government to reuse personal protective equipment in other news 15 of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy politicians and activists have been released on bail hours after they were arrested they are due to appear in court next month accused of all the nies ing illegal rallies during months of anti-government protests last. an investigation is underway in china after a fighter jet accidentally fired a missile killing 5 civilians including children and miss i went through a fuel truck and now really messed up a french fighter jet before hitting a house near the capital ought jam enough those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll have more news for you right after people in power stay with us. a policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman thought that she could selectively goods and

what people it's changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences are creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree to star as a ship or money to get other people to be disturbed station al-jazeera examines the politics of population control. alaska's far north as one of the world's last pristine environment but now the trumpet ministration wants to let oil companies through as campaign is take on the white house the energy industry indigenous communities are divided between those who will job's and those who want to preserve a unique landscape and way of life reporters zoe daniel went to find out more.