play an important role checking in with ringback. countries across europe and asia start to ease pandemic restrictions for those concerned they could be moving too fast. u.s. crude prices plunged to record all blows over and a virus cranks global markets down again. sam is a band this is out to syria live from doha also coming up the end of a long political stalemate in israel the prime minister signs a deal to form

a unity government opposition leader banning guns. we still with you and we grieve if you. damage as prime minister pays tribute to victims of the country's worst mass shooting and death toll rises to 18. some governments in europe in asia are loosening lockdown restrictions as the number of coronavirus deaths falls daily germany has reopened some shops and schools nursery schools in norway are reopening to the czech republic denmark poland lifting the shutters on some businesses but european union health experts are warning the battle is far from over with infections nearing 1000000 now well india has partially lifted its lockdown allowing agriculture. factoring and

construction to resume as the country reported its highest single day increase in new infections in the last few minutes the world health organization warned the zing of lockdowns worldwide does not mean the pandemic is coming to an end ending the epidemic will require a sustained effort on the part of individuals communities and governments to continue cypress and controlling this deadly virus so called lockdowns can help to take the heat out of a country is a pita mic but they cannot and it alone countries must now be sure they can detect test i usually don't care for every case and trace every contact. paul brennan joins us live from the u.k. guilford in sorry so how is the drive to try and get back to something resembling

normal looking across the continent now. well let me talk specifically about the u.k. in the 1st place and i have to say that the latest from the downing street daily briefing is that people shouldn't really even think about a relaxation in the lockdown measures the partial lockdown measures that have been imposed here in the u.k. so far too early according to the chancellor she soon accu took the downing street briefing today because of course the prime minister boris johnson is still recuperating from his bouts of coronavirus he's away at his official country residence in checkers i think the other thing that dominated because it was p.p. and the personal protective equipment that many frontline staff are concerned is in very short supply it's a mixed bag across the country we've spoken to the people here at the royal sorry county hospital they say they've got enough but other n.h.s.

hospitals are concerned that their stocks are running low and the chancellor in that daily briefing spoke about a 1000000000 items being delivered the challenge appears to be getting it distributed to those areas that actually need it and the government has been under pressure as a result of deliveries that simply haven't turned up in saturday's daily briefing in downing street but the communities minister promised that 84 tonnes shipment was on its way from turkey would arrive on sunday and it simply never materialized and we're not exactly sure when it will materialize and even the government is admitting that it's not quite sure when it will happen so a mixed bag. saying that you know we're doing everything we possibly can but the anecdotal evidence from the front line remains the concerns are grave all right thanks so much for bringing their. some breaking news coming out of israel where the prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency unity government it ends

a year of political deadlock with 3 inconclusive elections under the deal the leaders will rotate the premiership with netanyahu serving as prime minister 1st gantz walls as deputy. force it joins us now live from west jerusalem so harry take us through some more of the details concerning those thorny issues that help things up for so long how they've been resolved. yes well we don't have the the full running list just yet of exactly what has been agreed to but leaks are making their way into the israeli media and it does seem that benjamin netanyahu will be pretty happy with the result of course number one he stays in office for the 1st 18 months under this deal he will be able to fight off his corruption charges or at least try to fight them off from the prime minister's office rather than as just a normal citizen of israel on the key issue for him of the judicial appointments

committee that had been a real stumbling block in these negotiations since benny gantz did this huge reversal last month after dedicating his entire political career for the last year plus to trying to remove someone he said was corrupt from office to saying that it was time in this emergency to work with him netanyahu apparently wanted to maintain a veto of the judicial appointments committee to have an influence on over over the senior judiciary in this country and it appears from the reporting that he's got that again says former ally in his broken up blue and white alliance is saying that this is giving the criminal defendant the right to choose his judges and also it's being reported that dance has agreed not to have a veto over any plans to annex the west bank or at least parts of the occupied west bank so those are huge concessions if they are borne out by what comes out officially in this deal and we haven't heard from either man yet we are expecting

a televised statements to follow as for israeli in voters well yes and you know has gone up in the polls during the course of the coronavirus crisis as he's been very much publicly front and sense of the israeli response so his personal popularity has increased the possibility of him winning a 4th election had it gone so that it also potentially increased and many voters i think will. just be relieved that after 3 inconclusive elections and this continuing crippling political crisis grinding on and on and there is now at least some kind of resolution but just to be clear harry there still remains a threat hanging over the head of the prime minister right how this deal impact that process the judicial process again in. indeed i mean he is indicted in 3 separate corruption cases those cases which you to start in in march they were put back by the growing

a virus crisis to late may it may well be that it's that the trial is put back again but these are very serious charges one of them. bribery and so that is something that could in theory land benjamin netanyahu in jail he has always wanted to fight off or attempt to those charges from the prime minister's office that it gives him greater public which intimacy perhaps gives him greater influence over the that the legal process as well certainly that seems to be behind it or at least part of the motivation to try to maintain control of the judicial appointments and so this gives him at least more time in office more leaders to pull and the imprints of the seal of office the that the prime ministerial residence from which he will be fighting off these corruption cases even if he does get convicted in the long run it would also allow him potentially to have

a greater public legitimacy in the populace at large his biographer actual sesar has been tweeting about this recently saying that this was a personal victory finessing yahud through his perseverance and his guy oh he's worn down benny gantz and there are many people who are writing off benny gantz his chances of the really being able to take over in 18 months even if there is legislation to do so many people saying that really east sacrificed his political career in the long run by agreeing to this deal that segues nicely the end of iran so that's my next point which is what does this deal named for gad's for many of his allies and supporters they say they opposed to netanyahu and now being seeing their hero forming a unity government within. indeed that was his key selling point throughout he was this in the way he was presenting himself was this upright former chief of the army someone who might be seen as a little bit dull a little bit less of the charisma and the showmanship that we've seen from

netanyahu over more than a decade but the feeling that many people maybe will be tired of that especially given the corruption. allegations and indictments now swirling around benjamin netanyahu he said that he was there to clean house to get rid of what he said was the poison that benjamin netanyahu was dripping into israeli democracy now some of the people who voted for him may well be pragmatists in this situation and. sort of allow for the fact that nets and spent benny gantz has potentially sacrificed his korea for what he's been saying which is for the good of israel for reasons of patriotism and statesmanship and the like that there will be many as well who feel that he's given up his key pledge to remove this man from office and having done that he now appears to have caved on any number of issues that were sticking points in negotiations as well and even if he has an equal number of ministers his is

remaining blue and white hart of the blue and white alliance has the same kind of numbers in ministries that might not do him all that much in the long term in terms of when he finally takes over if he does as prime minister this is very much still benjamin netanyahu government in many ways powerful so that they think us on the situation from western stance. back to our top story the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic well u.s. oil prices have dropped to their lowest level in 2 decades as concerned over coronavirus eclipse the deal to cut output the may futures for the benchmark has fallen to around $11.00 a barrel global demand has plummeted as lock downs and travel restrictions reduce the need for oil the crisis was compounded in march why a price war between saudi arabia and non opec member russia that ended this month when they and other countries agreed precedented counts in output of almost

$10000000.00 barrels a day to boost fire is hit markets but the spike that the world 'd is still oversupplied stoking fears prices could fall further john hendren reports. across american oil country the pumps are shutting down since the coronavirus lost much of the western world in their homes the floor has dropped out of the oil market is a gas station selling gasoline to 99 cents a gallon now you would think was great and anybody running there was a line of people there to record the question is were you going to allow the price of the benchmark american crude west texas intermediate has collapsed from $60.00 a barrel in january to below 20 in the past week across the u.s. the price at the pump is lower than it's been in years rick even at rush hour if you are vying the international energy agency says the world's appetite for oil hasn't been this low since $995.00. especially hit hard the fracking industry

that turned the u.s. oil industry into a net exporter since 2011 fracking companies which break rocks to find fuel need oil above $30.00 a barrel to make a profit it's not it's not just that it was a company you know it's the oil service companies it's the little towns in the oil patch that you know the motels the diners restaurants you know those types of things the ripple effect is tremendous when you go move out from the old gas company and all the ancillary companies that provide them services and parts so i'm afraid it's going to be ugly the 1st casualty came on april 1st denver based whiting petroleum declare bankruptcy if prices don't increase soon whiting will likely become only the 1st of hundreds of oil and related companies to do so right now and then they're like well it's. not we're not 80. we've got 80 you know maybe whatever. if i had

a situation so the oil industry waits and worries until all the pumps return to service john hendren al-jazeera chicago. so i have an al-jazeera china hits back over criticism of its handling of the covert 19 pandemic plus we report from kenya where flash floods of last several people dead and many displaced. hello there more rain and thunderstorms in the forecast across all central areas of the arabian peninsula lot of time has been streaming into that i'll see as and is actually coming down or coming up i should say really from the central areas of africa more rain in the forecast into yemen that will help patrol with the flooding situation there and look at these dark areas of blue in around re out that is where

we'll see some very heavy amounts of rain and it could drift further tools east and push once again across into cattle meanwhile through turkey wanted to show is that some heavy spells of rain that will work its way for the east as we go through wednesday and maybe wanted to scattered showers across into iran but it should be on the whole a drier day still one or 2 showers though down across into the fall southwest of yemen to say central areas of africa some very heavy amounts of rain through chooses to the southern areas of the democratic republic of congo and again across into tanzania and all the while those showers continue through kenya and to say pushing up into ethiopia and on into the southern sections of the arabian peninsula want to see showers along coastal eastern areas of the south africa on cheese day it should be a little bit dry on the whole by wednesday still sort of flushing with the coast there but temperatures are not too bad in fact warming up again in johannesburg 23 and up on cape town the 21.

i usually just treat and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like he did with his mind then to later very relieved in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. ruth.

come back time to update our headlines now germany is reopening some shops and allowing limited school classes other european governments are also taking steps towards normal life infection and fatality rates slowing. u.s. oil prices a fall into a 20 year low that's around $11.00 a barrel global demand has collapsed as what downstream magically drained the energy needs that's causing a lot of wall storage space running out israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu and his former political rival benny gantz have signed an agreement to form a unity government brings an end to a year of political deadlock rotators prime minister with netanyahu 1st. more now top story the krona virus pandemic or china is hitting back after australia raised questions about its honest handling the pandemic the top astronomy and diplomatic mery spain wants an international investigation into the origins of the virus and how it spread china's foreign ministry says it has grave concerns

over those remarks chinese authorities have been under pressure over the war why they dealt away rather they dealt with the outbreak of beijing insists it's always been open from beijing katrina you has more a reaction from the chinese government at the end of january there were some voices from one some doctors who tried to raise the alarm about the severity of this outbreak they were silenced and punished for doing so and for weeks the message from the chinese government was that this was under control that there was no evidence of human to human transmission and they were criticizing countries for closing the borders to chinese travelers and fast forward in 4 months and it's a very different story china has has not admitted that it was at any fault but it has said over and over again that it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was

saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign minister's comments that questions about china's parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the australian government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tend. brazil's president about so narrow is backed protesters calling for military intervention in a standoff with state governors on his handling of the pandemic his supporters gathered in the capital on sunday has been accused of undermining efforts to contain the virus he's calling for the economy to be reopened and is ignoring guidance on social distancing brazil has the highest rate of infections in latin

america. we don't want to negotiate we want action to be taken for brazil. the old way of doing things is behind us a new brazil lies ahead everyone without exception must be patriotic and believe and do their part so that we can give brazil the prominence it deserves the age of disrespectful behavior is over power to the people. there have been protests in russia's north a settler region against lockdown measures their raw demands for an easing of restrictions which many blame for rising unemployment police detained several protesters people also say there's a lack of information about the current virus response russia has reported more than 47000 cases so far and just over 400 deaths. new zealand is extending its month long lockdown by

a week then plans to ease restrictions they include a curfew and the closure of schools restaurants and bars just 9 new cases were reported on monday. the coronavirus emergency hit greece as it deals with the migrants and refugee crisis and after the aftermath of years of a stereotype caused by massive international debts but fatalities have been relatively low after the government imposed lockdown measures earlier than other countries now leaders are hoping for a quicker economic recovery 2 johns are up with reports from athens. says the coronavirus has been good for his business especially in the run up to easter and. people are stocking up on food because they're afraid of shortages but they're also sitting at home watching cooking shows and experimenting with new recipes. is one of the businesses considered essential by the government that

didn't have to close due to coronavirus customers have to keep their distance one per 15 square meters but for other firms it's a different story. the lockdown measures were announced on friday night i was able to pay my rent in such a morning and called my landlord to say i'm not going to pay you dismantle and a good thing too because i've been living off that rent for the past month greece is spending $15000000000.00 supporting affected businesses and workers until june it's locked down began early carnival celebrations were canceled in february schools were closed on march 10th a week before france and germany and 10 days before the u.k. people who don't live on the islands aren't allowed to sail there so ferries a traveling light mainly to keep trade alive all this has led to greece having a fatality rate of 9 per 1000000 much lower than the death rates in most european countries sources close to the prime minister say the government knew the national

health system couldn't cope with a major outbreak early measures would create a recession but so would a health crisis so the government opted to trigger an early recession calculating that this would save lives and give it a stronger economic recovery but some say there was another goal stemming from greece's decade long economic crisis. and. what we want to show. can respond to. an expected events and if we do so. well we believe that turn around and say you know what i. actually i maybe we will get over this image people that. experience. so i'll be able to get. the international monetary fund predicts

a 10 percent recession for greece this year followed by 5 percent growth next year if that assessment is correct coronavirus could mark a turning point giving greece the economic recovery many here want after a decade of economic crisis jumps at all plus al-jazeera athens. turning now to other news and the death toll from calendars worst ever mass shooting has risen to 18 the shooter was disguised as a police officer as he opened fire in the province of nova scotia on sunday bodies were found around the town of or to peak prime minister justin trudeau paid tribute to the victim saying the attacks and shaken the country. this happened in small towns quarter peak truro milford and infield are places where people have deep roots places where people know their neighbors and look out for one another there everyone knows of mountie because they're everything from police officers to social

workers to team counselors now these communities are in mourning and canada is in mourning with an interim told daniel lack says they so still trying to piece together what happened. these are tight knit communities indeed the province as a whole is fairly tight knit people do tend to know each other and all morning long we've been hearing details of people who knew the victims and and were just completely in shock this crime is completely unprecedented here it's still not clear exactly what happened but it seems a single shooter started off in one community where he had some vacation property set some fires shot people as they came out to see the fires and then dressed as a police officer and driving a fake police car drove almost 100 kilometers along roads in a busy highway stopping every now and then so the police are saying that's why

they're not really giving details on the final number of casualties we only know the dead we only know of one injuries so far an r.c.m.p. officer a police officer they are still investigating multiple crime scenes strung out across the entire province it's the sort of crime that you really couldn't make up it just seems too horrifying the senior investigating officer said it appears that many of the victims may have been targeted at random there may have been one or 2 who were known to the shooter but the rest of them just seem to have been very very very unlucky people who got in his way as he drove down the road shooting and setting fires we really need to learn a lot more before we can really speak to this and begin to explain it in never mind come to terms with it that'll take much longer. turkish prosecutors have published more details about the indictment of several saudi nationals for the murder of journalist ji it includes pictures and information about the alleged perpetrators

and testimony from turkish employees working at the saudi consulate in istanbul mr hi sean she was a critic of saudi rulers he was killed inside the consulate building in october 2018 sin and cos old lu is in the stumbles she says that jews fiance and family didn't pursue further legal action in saudi arabia this indictment was prepared early march on. in march and on april 11th it was accepted by the court so the court proceeding has been launched and it is it is an ongoing process in turkey turkey has extra that he has asked for extradition of those 20 suspects including al asiri the intelligence chief and sold on captain who's the special adeel to. crown prince who are very close to the crown prince mohammad and samar but there is another there's another ongoing judicial process in saudi arabia a country that rejects the xor that those people but here the court proceedings

will continue and they called the 1st civil complaint if you find a quote they go to market you just fiance the teacher as his family members avoided filing a complaint in saudi arabia probably because of the threats and fear. bring new rocket attacks on libya's capital is killed at least one person video shared on social media shows a residential area being struck on sunday after trying to capture tripoli for the past year i have to say forces fired on homes for the past week but days after losing strongholds in western libya to forces backing the internationally recognized government. search is underway in western kenya for 22 people who disappeared during flooding at least 12 others are confirmed killed or reported catherine soy says the disasters in the same area were a landslide killed 60 kenyans 5 months ago this was a thriving trading center in

a town of about 3000 people and i've just spoken to a trader who was selling go to save 2420 of them have been swept away by the water you tell them that when this water started. gushing down their men on saturday afternoon many people who saw what was happening went to safety but some weren't so lucky several people have died. dozens are still missing rescue operations still going on all this rock that you see came down with the water there were residential areas here as well all flattened houses submerged people still looking for their loved ones in this comes just a few months and in november last year another mouth like in this region killed 60 people same circumstances the government has is now feeding about 2000 and even more than 2000 people who have been displaced they have no food they have no what

they only managed to save themselves their livelihood is destroyed this saying that they do not know where to go now. some would say a page of bob dylan's handwritten song lyrics is priceless but it's not for sale and could break records nevertheless the one page sheet of lyrics to his $960.00 s. classic the times they are changing is covered in scribbles asking price of $2200000.00 would set a world record for rock lyrics in 2016 dylan became the only song singer songwriter other to win the nobel prize for literature. and let's take you through some of the headlines we're following now germany is reopening some shops and allowing limited school classes central government in

berlin has left it up to leaders in each of the 16 states to decide how much they want to reopen and when other european governments are also taking steps towards normal life with infection and fatality rates lowing the world health organization is warning the zing of lockdowns doesn't mean the pandemic is coming to an end it says governments must continue to suppress and control the virus but the focus on testing isolating and tracing every case u.s. oil prices have dropped to their lowest level in 2 decades over concerns coronavirus has eclipsed the deal to cut out for the may futures for the benchmark has fallen to around $11.00 a barrel global demand has plummeted due to long downs and travel restrictions some other stories making the headlines israel's prime minister and his main rival have agreed to form an emergency unity government it ends a year of political deadlock with 3 inconclusive elections under the deal the

leaders will rotate the premiership herefore said has more we don't have the full running list just yet of exactly what has been agreed to but leaks are making their way into the israeli media and it does seem that benjamin netanyahu will be pretty happy with the result of course number one he stays in office for the 1st 18 months under this deal he would be able to fight off his corruption charges always try to write them off from the prime minister's office rather than as just a normal citizen of israel. the death toll from the calenders worst ever mass shooting has risen to 18 the shooter disguised as a police officer opened fire in the province of nova scotia on sunday it's inside story now stay with us.

as economic pain starts to bite worldwide tears of the coronavirus pandemic many countries are now beginning to. reopen their economies but what are the risks of lips soften the financial impact of the pandemic this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan it's been described as the great lock down by the international monetary fund and it could have created the worst recession in nearly a century both rich and poor countries are affected by measures taken to control look or.