people as they get down to survive. risking it all. on al-jazeera. donald trump says he will temporarily ban immigration into the u.s. to protect it from the coronavirus and save jobs. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is a great time to buy oil and would like to have congress approve it damage control at the white house as fallout from the coronavirus pushes oil us all price into negative territory for the 1st time in history. the asian markets react strongly to

news of the collapse in oil prices will take you now live to hong kong for the latest. on the corona virus is spreading rapidly inside some of the world's most congested jails in the philippines. as coronavirus cases in the united states increase president trump says he's now planning to suspend all immigration in a tweet he said it was necessary to stop the outbreak and protect american jobs trump previously suspended travel from europe china and other nations john hendren has more now from chicago and why trump may have announced the plan the way he did . the president issued this tweet in the dark of night and he seemed to do that for good reason he could have made his announcement at his daily news conference where he talks about the coronavirus and all of the actions the administration is taking but by issuing this mysterious tweet late on a monday night he gets the morning news cycles where the newspapers 'd in the

morning shows talking about what he's had to say and then in the afternoon he gets another round where he explains what his policy is and then it gets to gestate and analyzed again and the president wants to show that he's doing something the centers for disease control just a month ago in a little known action. issued an order that allowed the united states to stop people at the border who didn't have the proper papers and because of a health problem in the country because of the pandemic that order allows them to send people back similarily no court hearing no chance for asylum they're sent back automatically and now the president is expanding that to include any immigration from anywhere. now for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices have crossed below 0 into negative territory they've just rebounded in asian markets to around $2.00 a barrel a drastic reduction in global demand because of the pandemic and lock down measures

means the world now has more crude oil than it can store and gallica reports. at the beginning of 2020 a barrel of u.s. crude oil cost around $60.00 then came the coronavirus pandemic forcing states toward a lockdown emptying streets closing businesses and shuttering factories across the nation demand dried up and the price fell to $18.00 on monday things took a catastrophic turn for the 1st time in history u.s. oil went into negative territory a doomsday scenario for the entire industry president trump called the drop interesting despite the crash hitting the stock market were filling up our national petroleum reserves through dziedzic you know the strategic reserves and we're looking to put as much as $75000000.00 barrels into the reserves themselves that would top it out that would be the 1st time in

a long time it's been tapped out would get it for the right price capacity though both online and see in the united states is filling up since march stockpiles in some locations have risen by 50 percent in some places the price of fuel is now at a 10 year low demand is down to 0 certainty when states will reopen and all this comes as a severe blow to president donald trump is going to great lengths to protect the oil sector working with both russia and opec to reduce production now the entire global industry is an unknown president in crisis the historic deal to slash production by millions of barrels a day involved saudi arabia russia and other oil producing nations but experts say another global effort is needed we're probably. down a 1000000 for a normal 10000000 barrels down to about 9 that probably needs to come down some more but all the other oil producing countries need to do the same until the the economy recovers the plunging price is

a driven by trading deadlines oil is traded on its future price contracts are due to expire on tuesday why is it virtually nonexistent some traders are now paying to get rid of oil instead of buying it the president says the industry will bounce back they got caught and there are a lot of people that are not too happy because they got caught so if you take a look at it you'll see it's more of a financial thing than an oil situation but because you take i believe in a month or so and go a little bit out it's a $25.00 and $28.00 or so it's largely a financial squeeze. if there is a silver lining those on the frontlines of the coronavirus will pay less to fuel because a recovery in demand for oil is now dependent on a crisis that in many parts of the u.s. is far from over and to go across jazeera miami florida asama been just saying it has more from doha on the impact the oil price drop may have in the middle east. it

has a number of repercussions for the gulf economies are predominantly for leaders to to saudi arabia which have been trying to control the way the markets have been acting to the amount of oil that it has been getting in the last few weeks you've seen saudi arabia going from the production cut to the block to a cut again and now you see that this massive drop in we are at a point in oil prices which wasn't seen in the last time before the likes of it was in 1946 that was right after the 2nd one war is going to have an impact on economies such as bahrain and oman which do not have the kind of deep sovereign wealth funds that other countries have but is going to have an impact on opec 2nd largest producer of such as iraq which has been struggling to pay salaries for its employees and these are state employees which have not been paid in full it is going to have an impact on the soldiers on the front lines that iraq is going to

have to find money not just to continue its fight against isis but also to continue its fight against the crew in a virus pandemic you have to remember that iraq is already asking for donors to chip in to help it meet this crisis so it is going to have impact which is going to be far and wide in terms of economics but it also going to have an impact on the political economy of saudi arabia we've just seen as a regional leader because of its currency that it has and not just with america and the russians but also in terms of how it dominates the region. for the big drop in the price of oil and of course the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to impact global markets difficult bolland joins us live now from hong kong davis so just talk us through how asian markets are responding to these collapse in prices. derren asian markets despite the slight increase in oil prices the slight recovery and the rebound in oil futures which indicates the direction of oil prices asian

markets are still taking no comfort from any of that basically they're listening to the wider message here and that is that the u.s. is good to have an uphill recovery in its uphill battle rather in its economic recovery and that of course will impact on the global economy and we're feeling the ripple effects here across markets in asia so almost all major markets are down japan's nikkei down about 2 percent hong kong's hang seng index that about 2 and a half percent china's markets though not so much of a drop around $11.00 and a half percent for the shanghai composite index now that's an a-list say that's mainly due to the fact that china is trying to take advantage of the oil price drops at this moment china is one of the biggest world's consumers of oil the biggest importer of oil and so they're snapping up bargains here they're in many trees set though they have no official figures it's estimated to be doubling as

they prepare for their own economic recovery from coronavirus and all the lock downs we've seen and did the away from the turmoil in the markets hong kong has extended its lock down williston for a further 2 weeks how is that being received. that's right that is it has been widely expected those lockdowns were expected to end or the social distancing measures were due to end in a couple of days but today the chief executive announced that for another 2 weeks people will have to continue social distancing their restrictions no more than 4 people gathering in one place restaurants though can extend their capacity a little bit while maintaining distances between tables at detainment venue leisure centers will still remain close and the hong kong government is bulking up its defenses against people arriving in from abroad to increasing their testing and their core and seen now hong kong that had 0 infections new infections yesterday

the government is warning people to remain cautious we have been here before earlier in march hong kong had 0 new infections for several days but then was hit by a 2nd wave asked people drop down their guard so the government says people still need to remain cautious or at a difficult part of the in hong kong didn't thank you but some european countries have started taking their 1st steps to ease virus lock downs in norway children have been allowed to nurseries small businesses have reopened in denmark but as more countries begin to relax their restrictions the world health organization is warning against complacency the bulk of the polls. morning one of their own medical staff at a hospital in madrid. the chief of surgery can track to the virus whilst treating patients. after the silence of. these medics is spain's best hope in the battle to save lives

a fight the country believes it's slowly starting to win thank you arriving in the capital 2000000 protective masks purchased from china by the spanish government they'll be shared across the country helping parts of spain's economy to reopen. builders are back at work some heavy industries operating again. these are carefully controlled steps spain's infection rate is now stable but the number of people diagnosed with the virus passed 200000 dog monday 2nd only to the u.s. . the world health organization urged countries to act fast on limiting the spread of the virus. without national unity and global solidarity classed as the worst is yet ahead of us let's prevent this tragedy it's

a virus that many people still don't understand. the slowdown in deaths in spain and italy has returned some optimism to europe's financial markets share prices edged higher on monday from their lowest since the 2008. but businesses are bracing for a lengthy global downturn. in russia the crisis is deepening with a lockdown entering its 4th week chairing a video meeting with the regional officials president putin when the worst is still to come. if. the peak incidents is still ahead and now we need to do everything to flatten this pete. the french government says it's making progress restrictions remain in place until at least may the 11th but there were social consequences to france's strict lockdown rules over the weekend police in new this clashed in paris his poor suburbs mediators have been sent in to soothe tensions.

the u.k.'s lockdown remains in place with the government saying it's waiting for the right data before easing restrictions the country hopes to start clinical trials for a vaccine next week. as countries consider their options here in portugal a reminder of how virulent coronavirus is a total of $138.00 refugees out of $175.00 house at a hostel in lisbon tested positive there are concerns about infection spreading quickly in other hostels where social distancing is difficult. europe's shuttered societies on very different parts relaxing things too soon too fast could risk a 2nd spike in cases governments are struggling to balance the health of their economies with the health of the people need al-jazeera. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back australia's 2nd largest

domestic airline has controlled the administrator as it struggles from the effects of the pandemic. frustrations of a coronavirus lockdowns in the u.s. plan to the streets many people are demanding an end to the restrictions and i return to work more on that stay with us. the skies over the raven peninsula are still pretty full of clouds and that's an extension of what's happening in kenya up $30.00 pm which is the rain's coming northwards and they've been so significant rain recently causing flooding in yemen that could be a few more showers have to clean the west obviously the something around riyadh moving towards bahrain and qatar this is during choosing eventually or moves across into iran as a few showers leaving things quieter but not absolutely quiet behind but the only

times are iraq in the event it's been warming up it's been generally quiet now admittedly the blue here in turkey that's fairly active sherry weather but it's not really coming south i don't think enjoy the sunshine running down for the same class it is produced flooding recently in kenya and interesting it is quite a lot of forecast rain in somalia including in the capital mogadishu this is been proven to produce flash flooding and this time of year it may well do so again it is the way it is time of year more or less now in the next month or 6 weeks. which means there's not much rain for the south much of southern africa is dry this time of the year cape town's no exception is not much cloud there and the forecast next 3 days is pretty steady fine weather for all. hong counting the costs the great lock down africa to sink into its 1st recession

in 25 years on its health service pack the strain of the pandemic and historic production cuts but what does it mean for the gulf economy class europe's colognes counting the costs on al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera president trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the u.s. he says it's to protect american jobs after the virus pandemic attorneys 22000000

find for unemployment benefits. for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices of crash below 0 as producers ran out of space to store their output early trading in asian stock markets to see that rise slightly to $2.00 a barrel lockdowns in response to the virus and then i produced a global slump and demand for oil an excess supply in the markets. the world health organization is warning against complacency in some european countries ease restrictions nest rules in norway have reopened and small businesses are trading again in some parts of germany and denmark. the pandemic has forced australia's 2nd largest domestic carrier into voluntary administration after the government refused to bail it out the day to day running of virgin australia is to be placed in control of another company wanted assets are assessed the airline had asked for an $800000000.00 emergency loan off the travel restrictions left more than $3000000000.00 in debt virgin has stood down most of its workforce with nicola gage

joins us live now from sydney nicholas so how significant then is the collapse of the gin australia and why did the government refused to help the company. well airlines around the world are under huge pressure right now so this will come as no surprise to anyone who's been watching this play out virgina strongly i is billions of dollars in debt and most of its fleet has been grounded to chico if it $19.00 and $4.00 weeks it has been urging the government here to help with hundreds of millions of dollars in laurens to try and get it through these crisis but that has been rejected. by the government on several occasions it says that it's not willing to buy a lousy company which is largely for an orange by large shareholders with big pockets so it would be a huge blow to a strike if virgin australia did collapse and nearly 10000 workers are employed

another 6000 on top of them directly indirectly work for virgin australia and this comes at a time when unemployment is rising because of coronavirus this is not something that the government wants to see happening there are already concerns from consumer groups on politicians that unless virgin is resurrected quantas will have a near monopoly in australia that's clearly bad news for passengers isn't it that's exactly right the biggest concern here other than the huge job losses would be competition being lost in the strangely an aviation industry if there is a monopoly of oil in the quantas what would that lead to there are concerns that they could be priced rises or the cancellation of some flight routes the government has been very clear that we do need at least 2 major airlines in these countries so it's up to the administrators to make sure that virgin australia can keep on

operating into the future the company has been quite optimistic today saying that there has been a lot of private investment interest in the company no redundancies have taken place at this stage in those few flights that are operating will continue so now it is in the hands of deloitte it ministre to this we will just have to say if virgin australia can continue as as one of the 2 major rail lines in this country thank you. both australians have a lock down measures have spilled onto the streets in the u.s. with some people defying official advice against joining protests that demanding an end to the restrictions but many are concerned the country isn't ready and fishes mills. some states see they're getting ready to reopen the u.s. is seeing an increase in antilock don't protests this one in pennsylvania one of the latest. small parts of the u.s.

are reopening beaches in florida businesses in texas but for some things aren't moving quickly enough seattle saw one of the biggest protests demonstrators angry at the governor's stay at home order trying to limit the transmission of covert 19 i really feel that our governor is overstepping his. is a 40 on this shutdown proclamation that is really hurting our economy this is the tour now this is a tool to keep us have home and i house arrest we're not on house arrest we don't have to suffer distaff we can barely ask what we can still distance from people i'm not on house arrest terry here in denver colorado some nurses protested the protesters blocking their cars people to go home but the demonstrators have even won the approval of the president even though their actions go against the guidelines in shooting by his own administration where you're allowed to protest i mean they they feel they watch a protest and they were all 6 feet apart and it was

a very orderly group of people but the washington post reports that the protests are not an organic realize ation of people's frustrations but they're being organized by a small group of conservative and right wing activists this acts of whole new aspect when we're talking about a contagious infectious disease can be passed by these very gatherings are here talking about lifting the restrictions that we have they have to understand you know regardless of what side of the political spectrum. you were on there this is a public health issue this is not should not be somewhere where it becomes a partisan issue many states are seeing there needs to be more testing before they can even consider opening up and they need help with that from the federal government and there's a new poll just out which says almost 60 percent of americans are worried the strictures will be lifted too soon leading to many more deaths from the virus alan

fischer al-jazeera. jails in the philippines are among the most congested in the world and that's making it difficult to manage the spread of coronavirus several inmates are tested positive along with some prison staff and analysts say unless conditions change cases will increase demand in durban has more now from manila. presence in the philippines hold more than 4 times the number of prisoners they were designed for and now dozens of inmates have tested positive for corona virus. many others have been placed under quarantine health experts say the situation is a ticking bomb. more than 450 jail facilities are holding over 136000 inmates according to government data and local police stations are often like this so could just did the prisoners take turns to sleep or stand

the situation with women's facilities isn't any better this week the supreme court had ordered judges to swiftly release prisoners based on a previous guideline to decongest jails these are detainees who have served longer than their minimum penalties and those are scase as have not moved it to lack of witnesses. the international committee of the red cross is training jail personnel on how to control covert 19 infections it is also setting up facilities that can quarantine hundreds of covert 1000 patients in the us on region. richard you have a 4.7 square meter circle area deciding to house $1.00 to $2.00 persons but then it accommodates $15.00 to $20.00 people so droplet infection is higher in these places of detention were physical distancing is practically impossible. with ortiz cancelled visitors early last month but that to spiel to prevent the spread of

infections or cockles on this. or precautionary measures are wearing a piece. on the authority of the i think we have there must i mean there are. at least $5000.00 prisoners die each year due to gang violence and diseases from overcrowding tuberculosis is the most common illness and makes prisoners even more vulnerable to the coronavirus this situation was already dire before this pandemic and now many expect it to get worse. duggan al-jazeera manila singapore has reported a record jump in daily infections with more than 1400 cases confirmed on sunday health officials say most of the new cases are among ex-pat workers living in dormitories the world health organization had praised singapore for its efforts in

containing the outbreak but the government's been struggling to stop the virus from spreading among foreign workers more than 8000 cases and 11 deaths have been recorded in singapore so far south korea's yonhap news agency says the government in seoul things kim jong il is not seriously ill well that follows us media reports that suggested the north korean leader was in grave danger following surgery speculation about his health has been growing since kim missed the birth anniversary of the founder of north korea kim il sung earlier this month. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main rival benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency coalition government well that decision a year long political crisis and prevents a 4th election the per say they will steer the country through the virus outbreak the government will last for 3 years with netanyahu serving as prime minister for the 1st half and benny gantz for the 2nd the palestine liberation organization says peace talks can only take place if the new government abandons plans to annex its

illegal settlements. a search is under way in western kenya for at least 22 people who disappeared during a devastating flood homes and markets were swept away after the rain triggered a landslide killing 12 people the disaster is in the same area where a landslide killed dozens of kenyans 5 months ago before. flying over this scenic terrain in western kenya it's hard to miss the devastation on the ground it was caused by a huge market light after to revisit past their banks it's been raining for days in the more mountainous areas and the impact is felt in this area the kenyan counties . and west palm courts. this is where markets too until i came crashing down. also destroying homes shops and restaurants hundreds of people like the town market on saturday afternoon. stanley corey ran

a butcher's shop and was hoping to sell 24 goats. all but 4 were swept away by the torrent of mad. i want people to leave this area. but they would not believe. the water i would give now we have lost a loved one. to go to the property this was a thriving trading center in a pound of about 3000 people mostly talk to said when they had rumbling up so watered down they ran for safety but others were not so lucky several people have died dozens are still missing rescue operations by the government red cross and other agencies is still going on among the bodies retrieved so far a 14 year old girl the area is difficult to get to roads were swept away and bridges downed without heavy equipment to help dig through the rubble young

volunteers use sticks to look for bodies the volunteers have also rescued several people including evelyn could toy. or so march or just let it take me i don't know how long i was ready felt like an hour i thought i would die every time i found a tree branch to hold on to the water would take me back and i just don't know how i survived she's among thousands who lost everything many a sheltering with neighbors who are on higher ground the same area was struck by another much light killing 60 people last november the government says the community needs to move to safer ground many like evelyn tallis they have nowhere else to go catherine sorry al-jazeera just gone western kenya. now the coronavirus lockdowns have been drawing wildlife into the abandoned streets of many cities around the world alone kangaroo hopped through empty streets in the

australian city of adelaide and in south africa penguins went for a stroll in a cape town and now thailand is seeing a record number of baby let a back seat to those hatching on its quite beaches after the number of tourists dropped nearly 50 percent. for a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera president trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the u.s. he says it's to protect american jobs after the pandemic led to at least 22000000 applying for unemployment benefits john 100 has more from chicago this is a surprise in the sense that it was delivered late at night not in his news conference where he could be questioned about it and that just happened hours ago here in the u.s. but this is fully in character for donald trump you remember that he had the ban

from immigration from muslim countries that was overturned by a court and modified and of course this is the president who his made his whole theme stopping illegal immigration and now in this case he is stopping illegal immigration you can bet that he'll be asked about that in the news conference tomorrow we expect to hear a little more on that when that happens for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices have crashed below 0 as produces a foster running out of space to store their output early trading in asian markets sort rice likely to just $2.00 a barrel lockdowns in response to the virus pandemic produced a massive slump in demand for energy is now an excess supply of oil on the markets . the world health organization is warning against complacency as some european countries ease restrictions nurseries in norway have reopened and small businesses are trading again in some parts of germany and denmark well the pandemic has forced australia's 2nd largest carrier into voluntary administration after the government

refused to bail it out the day to day running of virgin australia is to be placed in the control of another company while its assets are assessed and floods in western kenya have killed 12 people including policemen on a rescue mission a search is underway for others still missing the government says at least 4000 people have been displaced more rain is forecast and people are being urged to move to higher ground and the service is being held in sri lanka to remember those killed in a series of attacks on easter sunday last year suicide bombers targeted churches and luxury hotels last april killing at least 200 $79.00 people and injuring $500.00 others the former police chief and defense minister have both been charged with murder of failing to act on intelligence about the bombings. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost thanks and thanks for watching. an extrajudicial killing in a north african capital. i had someone breaking into our house because.

i heard people shouting that i saw 4 masked men and only their eyes and hair was showing. al-jazeera world hears read eyewitness accounts of the dramatic story of the assassination of major p.l.o. figure khaleel i was here in a secret israeli operation assassination in tunis on al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across sub-saharan africa nations turn to the i.m.f. and world bank to see them through the crisis.