as we examine the u.s. its role in the world. 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. hello i'm down 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. bribes nepotism and underground services how some baghdad businesses are surviving the lockdown. and the 2nd time

in a month the roads in a turn to reverse as heavy rain overwhelms the yemeni city. the u.s. senate has passed another multibillion dollar relief bill to help small businesses suffering from the coronavirus impact is the nation's 4th stimulus package this one is worth almost $500000000000.00 it comes as the number of reported corona virus infections worldwide stands at over 2 and a half 1000000 with more than 177000 deaths my kind of reports now from washington d.c. with many senators working from home the boat with taken by voice all in favor say aye. no yes appear to have it the intense negotiation between the white house and congress in recent days. at the core of our agreement is 320000000000 more for the paycheck protection program

which is already saving millions of small business jobs and helping americans get paychecks instead of pensioners. democrats successfully foretelling who $75000000000.00 for hospitals and $25000000000.00 protesting which had been excluded in the initial republican proposal we don't have enough chests that cry rings from one end of america to the other to urban suburban rural north east south and west we don't have enough tests well now help is on the way because democrats stood and fought for it president trump says he'll sign the bill when it passes in the house of representatives on thursday but in coming hours his signature will 1st go on an executive order limiting immigration it would be wrong in a jest for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor

flown in from abroad. we must 1st take your the american worker to give the american worker. the details of yet another ban on immigration and travel in the u.s. is yet to be made public no visas have been issued for weeks because u.s. embassies are shuttled around the globe and this week the restrictions on travel across the u.s. and southern and northern borders were extended for another 30 days president transfers the order will not apply to those visiting the u.s. on a temporary basis but rather on those seeking permanent residence critics argue that the move would have no impact on public health or unemployment but is rather yet another intent to decide who gets to be a u.s. citizen in the long term. administration officials have been working through the day and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president

means mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well president trump is also promising to help out the oil sector prices for u.s. oil dipped below 0 for a 2nd time and wall street didn't fare well either from new york his gamble is on. 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. storage needs to be 1st before the new production can be brought into an assumption into other times that's existing right now so. be are looking at your yes from now before begins the unknown lies 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 real producing countries including recent rivals saudi arabia and russia he 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 strong ones in the last election the future outlook

for oil remains poor crude is traded based on speculative pricing meaning how much traders think 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 realisation that it will remain like this for weeks if not months to come april zonda oh i'll just data new york or joe johns i political analyst he thinks trump's plan to suspend immigration is more about politics than helping struggling americans president trouble have not been shot by the fact that he's going to govern by tweet you. see that how he announced. every. spent immigration has already been scaled back to green cars anyone who has ever

gone through that process tell you that's already advanced the process to begin with to announce an across the board immigration dispensed with in many ways just to begin to be stabilized which american or farms who are busy with the effort under this pandemic making sure americans do that so i think look this is a president trump think that his campaign promises that he made back in 2015 he bases what he can through his electorate and you can see right now that this is a label that hasn't really been fully drawn out as. he played the immigration cards of time and time again because time and time again it has worked for him in terms of rallying his base but right now if you look at where everyday americans are want republican rule aren't democrat they're looking at what

can be done right now fix and implement a solution for this pandemic what can be done right now so that i think initiatives and small business support can be implemented as expeditiously as possible so that some relief is seen down the line. 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 infections a nearly 15000 deaths is the 1st such meeting between the 2 who often sparred 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 died after treating covered 900 patients or the 9000 american health workers have

tested positive for the virus so far. now as some european countries gradually ease lock down 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 over a lack of protective gear for health workers the baka reports now from london. an intensive care unit in scotland. where the youngest to test positive has only just been poor. the medics here traumatized by what they're dealing with. too early for the stuff to be probably the most. amount of 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 death 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 are fallen sharply carmaker voles vikernes become preparations to restart production some kind of for all sorts but 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 lock downs must be gradual they say europe's 1st tentative steps towards normality. needs barca al-jazeera london. time for

a short break here not just when we come back nations across latin america feel the crash and all prices could push the region into its worst of a recession and a warning from a new harvard study air pollution that adds to the dangers of coronavirus putting people at even greater risk more and stay with us. how i was still got some rather unsettled weather across parts of the middle a still caught down as we go on through the next couple of days but the big area clout there running right out of northern parts of the gulf for kuwait down into west saudi arabia right the way into that southern end of the red sea some places a cladogram still a possibility as we go on through wednesday so the eastern side of saudi arabia to the west or whether that's pulling over into iran and it'll continue to just ease over towards afghanistan patriotic as it does through thursday coming on into

friday further north of the some rather wet weather there into northern parts of iraq up towards the caspian sea still want to show us just looking to that western side of a yam and see that area of cloud and rime which pulls all the way down across the utopian hadas actually some nasty weather coming through hip to the possibility of the flooding rains then stays rather wet for a good parts of somalia the wet weather well that dries is why all the way down across a good part of the rift valley we've seen flooding recently to the eastern side of the democratic republic of congo and those showers for the great king across the eastern side of the rift valley over towards tanzania through kenya as we go on through the next couple of days with further flooding likely for the remainder of the week. as the world fights the corona pandemic we're learning more about this every day

it's a new package and join our global community as for how we come together to fight on soaring and your questions can i get on with you trying to see directly what's coming on on you tube as you're saying i'm concerned about the funny like probably nothing or a crisis and not keeping you up to date and we've seen countries retreat back and beaten back successfully the stream on his iraq. move. forward. welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here this hour the u.s. senate has passed on any $500000000000.00 neat 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. yes president donald trump says the executive order to hold immigration for 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says it's 800 attacks in american workers who lost their jobs due to the virus. and the death toll in the u.k. could be much higher than government figures indicate the office for national statistics says a potential had a record of more than $13000.00 deaths in the wales that's 41 percent higher than the government's numbers. to iraq now where the curfew imposed last month to contain the spread of the virus has partially been lifted some businesses are now allowed to open during the day the lockdown remains in place at night and during the weekends but even before the restrictions were eased the people had already found ways to stay in business so manifold in reports in the capital baghdad. at 1st sight businesses in iraq's capital appear to abide by the curfew that has been in place for over a month to contain the coronavirus pandemic but not on the close shutters and they

will slide open just enough for visitors to sneak in like many other businesses this barber shop has been operating secretly throughout much of the curfew. i'm forced to go out i have to pay rent tricity food and medicine for my elderly father a model how can i pay this is my work i don't have any order in corner. shop owners who defy government orders risk temporary detention the police turn up several times a day at these nurseries to arrest their owners this time they were let go after al jazeera arrived at the scene. normally they're taken to the police station where they must sign a statement promising in the further violations and sometimes the shopkeeper say they're pressure to pay a small bribe. this is heisman they said we have orders from the government but even if there are just no 100 times per day and put me in prison i will come back here to make money for food for my family

a ministry of interior spokesman denied that the police extort business owners from money but security forces also appear to be using the curfew to advance their own business interests this is one of baghdad's main transportation hubs and despite the presence of police to enforce the curfew there's a flurry of activity. we ask one taxi driver how he manages to pass through the city's many checkpoints he spoke on condition of anonymity going on with. me and it's because i'm a member of the security forces they facilitate the passing for their brother who is also a member of the security forces and life continues normally. a ministry of interior spokesman told al jazeera that security forces only function as drivers to facilitate the movement of citizens in need but many iraqis feel that those in power are taking advantage while ordinary citizens are struggling to get by. the

curfew in baghdad was partially lifted on tuesday meaning that some businesses can once again operate freely without the risk of penalties but there's also concern that the reopening could lead to a spike in covert 19 inspections we want to hold in al-jazeera but that. now corona virus and climate change are currently the 2 greatest threats facing the planet well now a new harvard study has found they may be closely linked the u.s. based research shows coronavirus death rates were significantly higher in areas where air pollution was even slightly above normal people with lung and heart issues are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the virus and exposure to air pollution can make both of those issues even worse well the study found that in the u.s. for every microgram increase in long term pollution the coronavirus mortality rate rises by 15 percent and that's alarming because in the u.s. alone more than $20000000.00 people live in areas where pollution levels exceed the

national standard well it follows another study which found that exposure to nitrogen dioxide from diesel cars could be linked to the number of deaths reported in parts of italy spain france and germany well v.j. lamaze a science fellow with the natural resources defense council in the u.s. he says the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels is now higher than ever. we're talking about millions of people around the world it's estimated by scientists that more than $5000000.00 people die early every year due to exposure to air pollution and so that's especially concerning in light of the current pandemic situation because we know that the same health problems that put people at risk of severe complications from covered 19 are the same problems that are worsened by long term exposure and short term exposure to air pollution the harvard study identified the risks associated with long term exposure to air pollution and so any short term gains that we might be seeing in terms of air quality are unlikely to outweigh the

long term health problems that are caused by exposure to air pollution in every country in the world we have plenty of evidence from epidemiology decades of research that shows that there's really no safe level air pollution and that we need to work hard to cut that pollution as much as we can and at the same time we can address the climate crisis because the same primary sources of air pollution are the same problematic thoughtful fuels that are driving the climate crisis so addressing the air pollution problem is really a win win for public health and the environment now at least 150 asylum seekers have tested positive for the virus in greece hostile outside printed he which is home to nearly 500 people have been under quarantine since i post 16 when a pregnant woman contracted the virus the government's now put the entire town and its 4000 residents on the lockdown on the surface of an update on the situation better. 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 are living in close courses. 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 whole 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. ecuador has reported over 10000 cases of the disease chips away at the oil producing countries economy the pandemic is overwhelmed north or it is in the largest city of. corpses of remained in the homes on the streets for hours from his mercy and newman rapping of all the developments from the region.

venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves but you'd never know it by looking at the endless patrol queues in the capital caracas. any of them but we've been in to queue since 11 last night and still there are more than 100 cars ahead. thing israel is or oil industry was already in shambles unprecedented low production u.s. economic sanctions and low prices made it hard to import chemicals needed to produce petrol now the little money that was coming in from oil exports is gone with the collapse of the market. venezuela isn't alone neighboring colombia and ecuador which is already deep in debt depend heavily on oil exports as does mexico with the number of infections from cold with 19 is rising sharply admitting that the crash in oil prices will hit mexico very hard president and there is. a load

tried to comfort his compatriots. i want to go on t.v. and give you all the security that we mexicans will be able to feed this crisis. on the 42 the world country and of the mexican people. the crown jewel of argentina's oil industry the vaca muerta shale gas formation is now practically paralyzed at a time when the country needed most to offset a steep recession and debt commitments here in chile the problem is the plummeting price of its main export copper but along with the caribbean islands this is one of the seal latin american countries the practice of practically no fossil fuel which means that the drop in the price of oil is actually a bit of good. yes. but not for long the u.n. economic council for latin america and the caribbean has just downgraded the forecast for the region even further everybody what we want to say is that this crisis will create the worst recession in the region since 914-1930 this is the

magnitude of it our forecast there could be even worse if the price of key commodities like oil does not recover soon to see a neumann al-jazeera sent. south africa's president has announced a $26000000000.00 relief plan to support the economy which has slipped into its 2nd recession in 2 years serum of course unveiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation food shortages and poverty levels have risen sharply since nationwide restrictions began last month we recognize that food distribution capacity of the government is not adequate to meet the huge need but is there isn't a since the start of the week to other news now police say the death toll in canada's worst mass shooting has risen to $23.00 in a pregnant 17 year old girl were among the victims the gunman had driven across the

province of nova scotia shooting people in different communities he went on finally told hours before being shot dead by the police investigators are searching large stretches of the problems other victims. hundreds of yemeni soldiers in saudi arabia have laid down their weapons and are demanding to go home they protested for a 2nd day about not being paid the 6 months not having a day off and more than 2 years the soldiers help protect the kingdom southern border from attack by hitting forces part of assad in that coalition that's wage war in yemen for the past 5 years. now i disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the prime minister has 4 other nations and relief organizations to help people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes the shot of business. it was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strange isn't it into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. thank you.

it is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own power through the city turning roads into rivers meaning with poor sound they had to be safe from the vehicles i was these boys trying to cheer up a woman a risk i seem to have compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then un had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000 families were displaced mussa also harbors invisible danger human is battling a cholera outbreak of disease spread through. some 400 kilometers north in the capital sana residents a cell which in what they can from floods a week ago he winds and rain killed 7 people injured dozens and damaged 16 refugee

camps in the neighboring government of marine. fuel the heavy rain destroyed everything we were to expecting and it came from the mountains and swept everything . why without warning rang to go codes buses everything in its path. and yet there is a potentially more ominous disaster on the horizon yemen has had just one case of coronavirus the u.n. his wound it would be catastrophic if it catches hold here only half of yemen's medical facilities are functional the population is acutely mo nourished and about 80 percent to $24000000.00 people need aid to survive mostly national companies including tetra pak and you know lever and donating tens of thousands of virus testing kits to yemen the shipment will arrive next week. a devastated health system and neglected infrastructure a symptoms of humans 5 years who with will continue is under negotiation we've all

noted the continued violence where mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties. to a nationwide. is far worse stable the schwarz's far those discussions are ongoing obviously challenge the circumstances. but that's that's what he's trying to do challenging circumstances prove that yemenis are is aleutian can't come soon enough shallow ballasts. now facebook will buy a near 10 percent stake in india's digital platform giant geo platforms the investment and india's technology sector of more than 5 and a half $1000000000.00 is the biggest in the foreign fund she has more than 380000000 subscribers and the move is seen as of joining of forces between facebook and india's richest man location bonnie facebook says it wants to link what it calls the power of whatsapp of geo small business initiative india has what sounds

biggest market with 400000000 users. tartuffe a quick check of the headlines here this hour the u.s. senate has passed on the a $500000000000.00 relief package to aid small businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and testing for corona virus the bill will now go 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 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 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 aimed at protecting american workers who've lost their jobs due to the corona virus pandemic the virus death toll in the u.k. could be much higher than government figures indicate the office for national statistics says by april 10th it had recorded more than 13000 deaths in the wales that's 41 percent higher than the government's numbers of around 9000. a new harvard university study has found there may be a link between air pollution and the coronavirus mortality rate the research shows the number of virus deaths was higher in more polluted areas in the united states. south africa's president has announced

a $26000000000.00 relief plan to support the economy slipped and its 2nd recession in 2 years serving a poor son veiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation food shortages and poverty levels have risen sharply since nationwide restrictions began last month the rescue package is about 10 percent of south africa's g.d.p. facebook will by a mere 10 percent stake in the investment of more than 5 an odd $1000000000.00 in india's i.t. sector the biggest small foreign funder geo has more than $380000000.00 subscribers but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in the stream stage and that's a lot of. talk. we want you all for swirl when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you have been to go build you know the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with

global news makers about the stories that matter. and you are in the stream at home edition welcome to my dining room table now today we are talking about people with disabilities and the impact that the coronavirus is having on them i have an excellent lineup of guests so i am going to get them to introduce themselves that. i am director of disability rights and human rights watch. good to have you in the stream and. all right. and disability rights. campaign up.