for 30 years the red cross has provided a lifeline for afghanistan's physically disabled one on one east made through remarkable paid risking their lives to help the decided to in afghanistan on al-jazeera. i don't loans that will allow the s.b.a. to make $300000000000.00 disaster loans all 1st small businesses more relief could be on the way another multibillion dollar stimulus bill passes the u.s. senate. daryn jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we must 1st take care of the american worker take care of the american worker. donald trump stands by his

plans to keep immigrants out of the u.s. for 60 days he says to protect american jobs. just days away from a surge in the number of infections mexico reaches the most serious phase of the company plus. i'm scott highland country to bury thailand where the economic impact of covert 19 on the critical tourism industry is hitting hard with no visitors one elephant camp is struggling to keep the animals fed. the number of reported corona virus infections worldwide stands at over 2 and a half 1000000 more than 177000 people have now died from the virus the u.s. has the highest number of cases and deaths with over $2700.00 people dying in the last 24 hours while the politicians their roles are battling the economic cost of the pandemic the senate has passed and the $500000000000.00 relief bill to help the

struggling small businesses it also aims to provide more funds to hospitals and for testing the bill now goes to the house for a vote. this gives us another $310000000000.00 for the p.p.p. we look forward to the house passing this tomorrow in being up and running quickly after that this also gives us $50000000000.00 for disaster loans idle loans that will allow the s.b.a. to make $300000000000.00 of disaster loans all 1st small businesses. also allows us as the president said more money to hospitals and unprecedented amounts of money for testing and again i think we understand hospitals not only the hospitals that have been impacted by coronavirus but more importantly many hospitals that have been shut down and making sure that the doctors and nurses get money. president trump says an unprecedented executive order to hold immigration for 60 days will be signed as soon as wednesday he says he wants to protect

american workers by posing immigration will help put unemployed americans 1st in line for jobs as america reopens so important it would be wrong and unjust for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad we must 1st take care of the american worker take care of the american worker. well he's also promising to help bail out the oil sector as prices for u.s. oil dipped below 0 for the 2nd time in just 2 days. as reaction from wall street in new york. was an ominous sign for those hoping wall street had turned a corner in recent weeks the 2nd straight day u.s. stocks slid at the opening bell as the chaos in the oil markets weighed heavily on investors' minds and apparently on the mind of the president as well as the dow

lost nearly 500 points to kick off the trading day president donald trump sent out a tweet promising financial support for u.s. oil producers monday's historic crash in the u.s. oil price deep into negative territory continued to send shock waves on tuesday with other oil markets also falling brant crude the international benchmark dropped to its lowest price since 2002 the problems are many 1st too much oil is being produced much of it sitting in oil tanker ships off shore with nowhere to go does almost no. storage needs to be. before the new production can be brought into an assumption into its existing right now so. be are looking at your yes from now before begin see a normalized station and with uncertainty about corona virus and no vaccine or proven treatment on the horizon the market remains uncertain it was barely

a week ago a record deal to cut production by producing countries including recent rivals saudi arabia and russia it was meant to alleviate the pressure on prices but he clearly didn't work it's another blow to president trump a keen backer of the u.s. oil industry in texas q e z n n and north dakota all states trump won in the last election the future outlook for oil remains poor crude is traded based on speculative pricing meaning how much traders think or oil will be worth at any given point in the future on tuesday the futures market for us oil in june dropped to under $10.00 a barrel with the u.s. economy still shut down nobody driving to work flying or traveling in a realization that it will remain like this for weeks if not months to come.

out to say to new york well let's speak to john h. jones in fort pierce florida he's a political strategist and a former national security advisor to u.s. senator chuck schumer john so how significant is this latest financial relief package and how far will it go to help small businesses which are clearly struggling in this pandemic. it's significant it is big it's a building block for where the united states economy is going to need to go just short of what will be needed next month is an even larger economic stimulus bill this bill has billions for testing billions for hospitals which are basically the front lines of this war on the coronavirus and it also shores up money for small businesses not to mention the disaster loan relief and grants so it is a building block but where the u.s.

economy needs to be but quite frankly we're also going to see how the markets respond to this tomorrow something congress and other president are looking at he called the corona epidemic with the pandemic had. not just be stabilized the u.s. economy but the world economy as well so what you saw today was. sometimes too rare bipartisanship by republicans and democrats to work together but today they work together to build some consensus in the senate and we'll see this bill passed in the house this weekend on a about hopefully yet john that's an interesting point you make because as you say there are significant amounts of money allocated to hospitals for testing but of course this is something that house democrats apparently have to fight for as it was initially excluded by republicans. well look. what we

have is what we usually have in these types of negotiations republicans are in most cases pushing what they see is beneficial to the u.s. economy that or in small businesses the democrats are more focused on what's been happening. every day middle class folks in america not to mention those some lower socio economic backgrounds who are going to be the hardest hit by the pandemic and this was in the goshi a sheet and i'm sure leader mcconnell saw. what would eventually happen which is a compromise whereas republicans pushed efforts pertaining to small business support and democrats were adamant and successful in ensuring that money would be there or hospitals and for testing look republicans across the board had been very adamant that they want to see the economy open up again democrats across the board understand that all right they've also said in order to do that we

have to have nationwide resilient testing in place john what about donald trump's latest move to stop immigration for 60 days i mean trump says look it's to save jobs and control the pandemic but let me ask you is it likely to have any impact on growing unemployment in the u.s. or even public health look at the end of the day presidents from have not been shy by the fact that he's got a government by tweet you can see that how he announced this. effort to. so this band immigration has already been scaled back yes to green cards anyone. who has ever gone through that process tell you that's already have been the process to begin with to announce an across the board immigration suspension will in many ways just to begin the stabilize american farms who are busy with the effort under this pandemic making sure american state bed so i think look

. president trump speaking to his campaign promise that he be back in 2016 he's speaking to his base he's speaking to his letter written and you got it right now that this is a poll that has really been fully under on out as john just a final point to you i mean immigration is a political hot potato isn't it i mean trump has played the immigration caught over and over again many critics say this is just a distraction for the criticism that he's getting of a his handling of the crisis he plays the immigration car. time and time again because of time and time again it has worked for him in terms of rallying his base but right now if you look at where every day americans are at war republican who are democrat they're looking at what can be done right now. in implementing a solution to this pandemic what can be done right now so that testing initiatives

and small businesses or can be implemented as expeditiously as possible so that some relief they seem down the line so again if there is something that plays in the world that witter it plays to the base but it not not necessarily does not speak necessarily to your every day middle income middle of the road not a partisan vote on to john judge we have to leave it there thanks very much david for getting your thoughts jon jones that thank you stay safe. now the governor of new york state andrew cuomo has met president trump at the white house where the to discuss the need for more federal help to increase testing for coronavirus new york is the worst affected state in the u.s. with over 250000 thanks ins and the 15000 reported deaths is the 1st such meeting between the 2 who have often spad publicly during the course of the outbreak this time they say they had a productive and honest discussion about increasing the state's testing capacity and budget issues and earlier in the day

a group of nurses protested outside the white house demanding more personal protective equipment some of them held photos and read out names of colleagues who had died after treating coded 900 patients all the 9000 american health workers have tested positive for the virus so far. now mexico has entered what it calls phase 3 of the most serious stage of the pandemic the number of reported infections 9000 with nearly 900 deaths meanwhile the government has passed a nor granting amnesty to those who haven't committed serious crimes is to keep the prison population down and lower the risk of an outbreak by reports. of mexico's covert 19 contagion could be only days away mexico's deputy health minister warns the national health system could soon be under the greatest pressure from the virus. today we want to start phase 3 of the pandemic remembering that we are in the phase of rapid ascent where a large number of cases of infections and hospitalizations will accumulate and we

must continue to maintain social distancing so that sees a minimalist as much as possible. for mexican health officials phase of the reverses to the point where the virus will spread the fastest hitting its peak in the 1st half of may. the announcement also coincides with another major public policy change the passage of a new amnesty law which will oversee the release of thousands of low level offenders from mexican prisons. this will allow us to release people from prison who have not committed serious crimes those who are sick or elderly this will allow us to carry out a humanitarian gesture for. human rights organizations have warned that mexico's overcrowded prisons or a ticking time bomb for contagion of coronavirus those familiar with the legislation however say that while the new law is an important milestone in social justice it will take months to implement many of the impact on covert 19

containment will likely be minimal. i think this is an important war that we've needed for a long time because of all the injustices that occurs but one thing should be clear that this law will not contribute to the deep pressurize ational. the penitentiary system in the context of code 19 it but it could help in the future and the future pandemics. also bracing for the worst of the virus for tens of thousands of migrants among them asylum seekers stuck in mexico under tough new rules imposed by the trumpet ministration governors across the on monday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he would be temporarily suspending immigration to the united states mexican officials say they don't expect this latest executive order by the white house to have much impact on existing code 19 containment policy which already restricts migration and includes a partial closure of the us mexico border monreal. mexico city. time for

a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back serious questions are being asked about the true number of virus related deaths in the u.k. . and refugees and migrants are going to quarantine in green stuff to more than a 100 people test positive for the virus more that stay with us. for. how i welcome to have a look at the international forecast in place so we've got some quality weather now into the deep south of the u.s. southern parts of florida as well following on from massive is storms something of a brief rest by tash they have got more wet weather gathering a keen sullenly wind pushing in across texas but in that moisture in from the gulf of mexico need to say that really wet weather setting in across that eastern side of texas as we go on through where to stay pushes right up through oklahoma pushes

right up into the central plains and that will continue to drive its way further east was into the appalachians as we go on through the next couple of days then said brace yourself for more severe storms possibly with some tornadoes but the skies come back in behind but the peppering of showers there over the higher ground . up towards the northern plains to the west coast it's fog in dry warming up an ally to around $31.00 celsius with plenty of sunshine so the temperature will see across the caribbean slushy fine and dry here not too much in the way of any collapse where the catch is that a cloud you will see want to see showers just coming into hispaniola maybe into jamaica you might catch the old shouty insecure before time lest the sight of the ration is logic dry but we have got a few shots the costa rica and also the panama. bigger and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's happening with the smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoy the taste of it and not get the

harmful effects of what smoking does between 20132014 alone we start tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison ysaye versus conventional cigarettes which one do you think is healthier my opinion i think they're both dangerous take no on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera the u.s. senate has passed on the $500000000000.00 relief package to aid struggling small businesses and also provide more funds for hospitals and testing the bill will now

go to the house for a vote. this president donald trump says the executive order to hold immigration for 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says it's aimed at protecting american workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus and damage and mexico has ended what it calls phase 3 of the most serious state pandemic the number of the fulton sections as a past 9900 deaths non-essential services up and shut until the end of may. some european countries gradually ease lockdown restrictions the picture is quite different in the u.k. the death toll there is continuing to rise and the government's facing growing criticism of a lack of protective gear for health workers need barker reports now from london. an intensive care unit in scotland. where the youngest to test positive has only just been born. the medics here are traumatized by what they're dealing with.

2 or for the stuff to. the north. hurt so far and now research by the office of national statistics suggesting the actual death toll in england and wales in early april was 40 percent higher than the number reported by downing street. those daily government figures don't include deaths outside hospital in care homes hospices or in the community they also classify what counts as a covert 19 deaths in a slightly different way there are concerns the u.k. could soon have the highest number of deaths in europe putting pressure on the search for a vaccine human trials will begin at oxford university on thursday this is uncertain science but i'm certain that we will throw everything we've got at developing a vaccine the u.k. is at the forefront of the global effort we've put more money than any other country into the global search for

a vaccine the crisis is now also defining the shape of britain's democracy with m.p.'s making plans for a virtual parliament the proposal allows up to 120 m.p.'s out of 650 to join the debate by video conference a further 50 will be in the chamber sitting spaced apart there are some who believe the parliament should close altogether given boris johnson the prime minister's recent bout of coronavirus but others insist it must remain open to continue scrutinizing the government technology offers a compromise. but it doesn't provide easy answers on the rising number of deaths elsewhere in europe germany where infection numbers have fallen sharply carmaker voles vagrants began preparations to restart production as some kind of for the country's foreign minister said normal travel in europe is unlikely to happen this year italy's the latest hard hit country to announce it would begin lifting some restrictions starting in early may and in austria restaurants churches and some

schools will reopen in 3 weeks time the world health organizations warned governments that lifting lockdowns must be gradual these are europe's 1st tentative steps towards normality. nieve barca al-jazeera london at least 150 asylum seekers have tested positive for the virus in greece the hostile outside which is home to nearly 500 people has been in lockdown since april 16 when a pregnant woman contracted the virus is the 3rd migrant facility in greece with confirmed cases of covered 19 is john psaropoulos with an update on the situation there. the government placed this hoto where these 470 asylum seekers are being kept under quarantine last thursday because on that day a woman who works at the hotel cooking and cleaning for these people tested

positive on sunday one of the asylum seekers tested positive and that was an accidental discovery she is 6 months pregnant and had gone to hospital for a checkup so now everyone in that facility is being tested what makes that different from previous cases because there have been 2 asylum seeker camps that have also had infections in the past is the quantity the number of people infected presumably because they're living in close quarters. we had a case of 28 positive tests but in a camp that holds about 2000 we had 4 positive tests and a 2nd sample that holds 1400 so to have roughly a quarter or more of the population of this hotel infected means that it is by far the biggest outbreak among refugee populations in greece so far the government is taking precautions as well because this is exactly the kind of outbreak they're

trying to prevent and i have to say on the whole they've handled this fairly well for example in the supremely of the present camps on the highlands of east asia and they have put preemptive measures in place people working in the camps have been pared down to skeleton crews the asylum services have stopped working so that neither interview is no interviewees and inspecting each other both camps are being ring fenced in order to prevent people coming and going from them freely as they have been until now. well the virus has brought thailand's tourism industry to a whole as it's estimated that it will lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions on lockdowns and the impact on the elephant camp has been devastating the owners are running out of money to feed the animals it's got highly reports now from canton a brewery. the elephants of the tower we charge can't enjoy their morning river back and washing away the dust cooling down from the searing thai summer but unaware that their future is uncertain the mom or caretakers are keeping their

routines as much as possible despite missing the last 3 weeks of the tourist high season like all non-essential businesses in thailand the government ordered the camp closed because of covert 90. don't run long so cohen has run the business since he took over from his father 20 years ago when it was started as a refuge for stray elephants the revenue from the visitors mostly foreigners usually covers the 30 $1000.00 it takes to run the camp each month but now he's struggling along the way i told my stop that we have to fight and together the camp is not a sheen you can't just simply tun it off a managing living beings my staff and my and if and i contest him to stop them wrong says that there are many other people in his community harder hit by the pandemic than he is with funds from previous tourist seasons he's able to keep the elephants that for now but that might change he might need to ask for donations if

he's not able to reopen the park over the next few months one way he's offsetting costs local farmers are allowing the more hoops to chop down banana trees for the 25 elephants to the feed on the soft tree trunks as drought has prevented them from bearing fruit. the camp is the only home assume kit mate he shot taken has ever known both his parents were working there when he was born he's now raising his own family on the camp and the other markets have taken pay cuts more than time called i'm worried about many things the elephants my family how am i going to feed them how am i going to pay my bills. with little time to prepare the elephant camp has been blindsided by the corona virus and even if it reopens it's unclear if it will be able to survive. i can't see when this outbreak is going to and i have no idea what tourism industry would look like you know the next few months but i think it would be like this for a while i have to carry on tired fishes estimate that the flow of tourism dollars

will be down 60 percent this year so dumb and those at the camp will have to carry on and most likely in the next few months they'll also need to find other ways to get their next meal it's got harder al-jazeera conscionable. to lebanon now where demonstrators have returned to the streets to protest against the government's handling of a worsening financial crisis unemployment and inflation are on the rise in the state is near bankruptcy the lockdown to contain coronaviruses making things worse so now the reports in the capital beirut. protesters are returning to the streets reviving a campaign to topple lebanon's. hardships this time they're demonstrating in their cars due to fears over coronavirus it's been a while we're away from the streets because of the. really. it's been 6 months since nationwide rallies against corruption and

mismanagement began a new government was formed in january but it was appointed by politicians who protesters blamed for wasting and stealing public funds. where. we know where they are. politicians have denied claims of corruption the rally coincided with a parliamentary session that protesters fear is. that protects politicians instead of holding them accountable. and the state. government. and frustration with. tens of thousands have lost their jobs in recent months others have had their salaries reduced and the majority of those who still get paid to receive it in the

local currency. has lost more than 50 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market over the last 6 months have not just been losing their purchasing power they don't have access to their money in the banks informal capital controls have. in place since the verb are as foreign capital inflows slowed people no longer have access to dollars look at us aid when people get older they cannot depend on the money they save for retirement money is becoming worthless at supermarkets. a 3rd of the population was poor in 2019 according to officials that figure is now 45 percent many of them live in the impoverished north making a living has become harder under lockdown. most of the people have become poor and the treasury is empty their evolution is on going and the politicians will pay the price. of the protest movement lost some of its momentum earlier this year but as

prices of basic goods and unemployment continue to rise that could change. beirut facebook has to buy and their 10 percent stake in india's digital giant geo platforms that's an investment of more than 5 and a half $1000000000.00 the biggest foreign funding in india's technology sector geo has more than 318000000 subscribers and the movie seen as a joining of forces between facebook and india's richest man mukesh ambani facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of what's up with geos small business initiative india is what biggest market with 400000000 users in sports baseball has returned to south korea with closed door practice games being televised nationwide l.g. twins took on the dusan bears in seoul to begin a 2 week one of exhibition games for the 10 teams in the calea the league has also announced it will begin the $144.00 game regular season on may the 5th. now for the

1st time in over 50 years spanish giants boss alona say they'll sell the title rights to the stadium to raise money for the fight against corona virus the club is now taking offers from companies interested in putting their name on the new cap for a year the money raised will be invested into research projects to find a treatment a $99000.00 seat stadium has never had a title sponsor since it opened in 1957. talk a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says the executive order to hold immigration for 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says it's and protecting american workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. by pushing immigration will help put unemployed americans 1st in line for jobs as america reopens so important it would be wrong in a just for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor

flown in from abroad we must 1st take care of the american worker take care of the american worker and the u.s. senate has passed only $500000000000.00 relief package to aid struggling small businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and testing the bill will now go to the house for a vote in mexico non-essential services have been shut until the end of may the government has moved to what it calls phase 3 of its emergency response to further restrict movement because of a rise in the number of cases mexico's registered nearly 9000 infections and more than 700 deaths. the coronavirus death toll in the wales could be much higher than the government figures indicate the office for national statistics says by april 10 it had recorded more than 13000 deaths in england and wales. at least 250 asylum seekers have tested positive for the virus in greece the hostel outside canadia

which is home to nearly 500 people has been in lockdown since april 16th when a pregnant woman contracted the virus is the 3rd migrant facility in greece with confirmed cases with 19 so africa's president has announced a $26000000000.00 relief plan to support the economy which slipped into a 2nd recession in 2 years serving a poor unveiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation food shortages and poverty levels are risen sharply since nationwide restrictions began last month the virus has brought thailand's tourism industry to a halt it's estimated to lose $24000000.00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions on lockdowns and the impact on elephant camps has been devastating owners are running out of money to feed the animals those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after techno stage and thanks for watching but for now. throughout history him unkind has come together in our darkest moments and

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