al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. the us president says he encourages governors to follow a measured approach to reopening states that warns against opening to rally. their i'm the stars here today and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the world health organization warns against complacency as many of vulnerable countries across the globe have yet to feel the full effect of the pandemic. a milestone for iran but a cause for concern for the u.s.

as the country launches its fast military satellite into orbit. and on the 5th anniversary bad day what lessons can be learned under lock down to help fight climate change. under locked out to help fight climate change. in about a worst case scenario we have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does go back it's not going to come back and i've spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was all trumps comments come on a day when the world health organization says the pandemic is fall from over and that in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning most of the epitome exceed western europe appears to be stable or declining. although numbers are low but together it's not great but we will not go through what we

went through for the last 2. presidents. understand the united states for a 7 year period of them but how can you say that you know it won't come back in the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst case scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back it's not going to come back and i've spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was all trump's comments come on a day when the world health organization says the pandemic is fall from and that in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning most of the epitome x. in western europe appears to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend you know africa central and south america

and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and some that were affected early in the pundit know starting to see a resurgence in cases and in all the developments the e.u. says it wants to build what it calls a humanitarian aid bridge to move essential aid and equipment to parts of africa hit hardest by the virus well mike hanna is in washington d.c. for us and has been monitoring that president trump's press conference mike a hugely wide ranging press conference there with what appeared to be some inherent contradictions about the white house's approach the had the pandemic and how it will progress in the coming months. well indeed the news conference starting late say often do going into the evening news times president trump trotting out the director of the c.d.c. robert ridgefield to explain

a comment that he'd made earlier in the day and uncomfortable moment as president trump described it as he was completely misquoted saying that it was fake news well the directors then explained exactly what he said and did confirm that he was quoted accurately in the body of the washington post report which is the initial source of the reporting there could have been some argument about the headline however the director did confirm that in the fall or winter it would be far more complicated than it is now with the corona virus coming back and coinciding with the normal flu season the direct explained that he was speaking about it in the context of preparing americans to get the flu vaccination because he said it was critical for the gators to immediately know whether it was a case of flu or a case of corona virus but president trump has been pushing back against these comments throughout the day and continue to do so in the briefing you heard him

there saying that there may be some members of coronavirus who come the fall come the winter but we'll deal with that whereas the he's director of the c.d.c. is saying that there's a very real danger that the situation could be more complicated than it is now with the coincidence of the coronavirus and the full onslaught of the flu season would make a massive problem president continuing to push back on that and might despite his seeming support of the anti lock down protests that we've been seeing over the last week i see the president on his now also criticizing certain governors for reopening too quickly. well indeed yes the governor of georgia in particular who many speculated had opened a number of facilities to please president trump given that president trump had been offering support for many who were protesting against the ongoing lockdown however now that the president has changed track as it were he's criticized the

governor publicly for some of his actions in particular opening up things like tattoo parlors his style as barbers saying that it is too soon to do this this should be a phase 2 opening not a phase one so once again he's criticizing governor for doing something that the governor which would appear thought that president trump wanted him to do i must mention another very important point that arose out of the news briefing and that is that president trump has confirmed that he has fight he signed that immigration or order executive order prohibiting certain categories of immigration into the united states we still do not have the full details of the actual order although the white house has released a statement saying that this is to protect american jobs to protect the american health system is saying that it is aimed at people who are seeking recipients in the united states but we will get more details in the hours to go and it will

continue following that very closely indeed mike had that for us in washington d.c. thank you mary. well u.s. health officials say the outbreak began in the country far earlier than previously thought now cases reported in california back in january had been mistaken for the flu the 1st death in the u.s. is now believed to have happened on february 6th rather than the one recorded in washington state on the 29th well as you've been hearing officials are also warning of a 2nd wave of infections in the winter during the flu season while new york the epicenter of the u.s. corona virus outbreak is increasing its testing capabilities to better understand how many people have been infected and just who can return safely to work governor andrew cuomo says that restrictions could remain in place until they know more about the virus christensen in your reports. with strict social distancing measures in place new york has seen its corona virus infection rate slow the state has

recorded about a quarter 1000000 cases overall a 3rd of all of those in the united states governor andrew cuomo says more testing will be necessary to safely loosen restrictions you don't know how many people were infected you don't know what is happening on the infection rate spread all you know is the hospitalization rate so testing will give you 1st of all more data on how fast the an infection is spreading and how fast it's spreading we're going to know while diagnostic tests like this reveal an active infection blood tests can reveal who's developed antibodies thought to offer some immunity for the disease to recent studies in california suggest exposure to the corona virus and therefore immunity may be more widespread than thought but scientists caution it's too soon to draw conclusions it's really important and if we're going to be making conclusions about the prevalence in a larger population that we have to sample that population without introducing

extra bias so while that say is important we should not take that as a i am a word for true prevalence in our communities new york has begun ramping up its capacity to be able to process $40000.00 coronavirus tests per day this group the department of health also began approaching people outside of grocery stores like this to randomly collect 3000 blood samples and test them for antibodies in the rush to do more testing the accuracy of some brands has been called into question and experts from the world health organization as well as the top administration say the antibodies themselves need further testing nobody is sure but with antibodies is fully protected against having the disease or being exposed to some of the turkish. issues aside. but as the economic cost of fighting the disease continues to mount state authorities are under enormous pressure to find

a pathway out of the lockdown as safely and as quickly as possible christian salumi al jazeera new york. now the united states has called for iran to be held accountable after terror on successfully launched its 1st military satellite iran's revolutionary guard says they're now able to monitor the well from space the trumpet ministration has warned in the past that tehran is using its space program as a cover for missile development from tehran's reports. on wednesday morning the will to news of a secret operation carried out by the islamic revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. the newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives iran's military new strategic advantages or that. it is

a necessity for such powerful defense forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they don't have a place in space today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i.r.g.c. putting the satellite into orbit gives us a technological advantage and it's also a powerful asset in the intelligence war. iran has put satellites in space before but the success of the noor comes after several failures in recent years it's expected to be used for intelligence gathering secure military communications navigation and reconnaissance whatever leaders need to support from the sky iran's military assets on earth and the satellite isn't the days only technological development. the difference between the satellite and previous ones is that it's propulsion the uses a combined solid and liquid fuel only

a few superpowers have this capability and only a few countries the rest are consumers of this technology. it's a proud moment for iran's revolutionary guards. the group suffered a major setback to its reputation after the accidental shoot down in january of ukraine international airlines flight 752 all 176 people on board were killed since the beginning of the 21st century iran despite diplomatic and economic isolation has managed to develop the technology ness. serry to elbow its way into an elite club along with rivals like the united states and israel as well as allies like russia china india iran is one of only a dozen countries in the world with the home grown rocket technology to launch its own satellites into space seen basra the old 0 to one well u.s. secretary of state mike pompei was calling on the united nations to say if the want to violated any security council resolutions

a designated terrorist organization or launched a missile today and leave to the part of defense to talk about the details about that but when you talk about the u.n. security council resolution 2231 i think every nation has an obligation to go to the united nations and evaluate whether this missile launch was consistent with that security council resolution i don't think it remotely is and i need i think iran needs to be held accountable for what they've done well mike has also commented on the israeli plans to annex the occupied west bank legislation could be introduced as early as july for the an explosion of israel's illegal settlements in the occupied palestinian territory by comparison as it's a decision for israel's new coalition government to make we're glad that there's a now fully formed government in israel as for the adaptation the west bank. there's rallies will ultimately make those decisions as that's an israeli decision

and we we will work closely with them to share with them our views of this in a private setting. well the palestinian authority says it will no longer recognize any agreements it has with the u.s. and israel if an expansion plans to go ahead talk a lot imagine yeah you had did that would be your money yeah we told all concerned at the national parties including the u.s. administration and the israeli government that we want to stand with cross hands in his oil announced the next ation of any parts of our lands and we'll consider all agreements and understanding between us in those 2 countries totally not while the united nations had previously condemned israel's plans for an accession the spokesman for the secretary general says it's not clear if pompei is comment gives israel a green eyes i'm not in the analysis business but what i can tell you is that. we have in the past both the secretary general and his or mr blodgett all 3 have

expressed great concern about possible antics a shared utilize unilateral moves. or major position and i do expect mr lighton of to take this to brief just to say more on this at his briefing this week in the security council while the annexation of large parts of the occupied west bank was a key issue in negotiations between benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz while they were forming a unity government has high force that explains from western recent. there is this new israeli government as of monday evening the unity emergency government as they're calling it in which benny gantz the former leader of the opposition joined benjamin netanyahu allowing him to stay in office he said because of the current emergency with coronavirus a but as part of the negotiations which led up to that announcement he gave way on or what had been

a key issue being the annexation of large parts of the occupied west bank it had been understood that he was seeking a veto trying to ensure that other voices were brought into the picture before any move was made an exception in clearing israel's neighbors in the region and also european nations but that is not there in the deal that was announced indeed it says from july the 1st benjamin netanyahu can bring up both the cabinet and to the israeli parliament the knesset and so that combined with the fact that there is the signal from the united states from this very senior u.s. government figure in my palm peo does suggest that things are moving in that direction there is supposed to be still this mapping plan a joint team of u.s. and israeli officials delineating exactly which parts under the plan that was announced in january could be annexed by israel but it seems pretty clear that as far as my compos concerned the ultimate decision will be up to israel. still ahead

on out as there. are to communities and canada as isolated northup for ways to protect themselves from the qur'anic. hello there they're all. developing across southern regions of the united states but the same time the systems have also worked their way up into the northeast and we have seen some pretty strong gusty winds up into maryland this is the state of play with the trees coming down on the train tracks so that certainly was a bit of a clear up operation the winds have been pretty gusty not a bad day generally all day maybe just want to. read the bulk of the weather is going to in the southeast yet again and this could give rise to some more severe

thunderstorms just 22 in atlanta with that rain in those thunderstorms and then again as across the northern plains and pushing across into the central plains we have got most of those cold abbott cool act coming down showers maybe just a little bit of sleep but really it should be a case of rain i want to show along these western coasts out towards the pacific northwest not rain will work its way steadily east was as we go through the day on friday and then down across the caribbean and central america with a system 1st of all clearing away from the southeast as it does. down across the gulf of mexico pushing their shot down into northern central florida will see one of the shots across cuba and across into hispaniola and that is to go on into friday some rather heavy rain developing particularly across into punishment 29 in panama city. and discover how such. communities south believe.

i'd like to go to the world. i will be able to prove myself and my townsmen. and my stone. dislike chart. on al-jazeera. or where. the. others. hello again understands your take and a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has signed the executive order suspending immigration to 60 days he's also dismissed the possibility of

a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the year trump's comments follow well as health organization spokesperson saying that the pandemic is far from over and that in some parts of the wild outbreaks only just beginning. iran's revolutionary guard says they have successfully launched a military satellites into orbit for the 1st time and strong criticism from the u.s. which says iran space program is a cover and missile development. and u.s. secretary of state might compare says an exciting parts of the occupied west bank as a decision for israel's new government to make the palestinian authority says if those plans go through they'll cancel any existing agreements with america and israel. now the amount of money being sent home by migrant workers from low and middle income countries is expected to drop by about 20 percent this year that's a loss of almost $110000000000.00 according to the wall bank eastern europe is likely to be the west hit region with migrants from romania bulgaria ukraine and

other countries by economic slowdowns then there sub-saharan africa countries there are expected to miss out on almost a quarter of the money from people working overseas and in south asia families relying on transfers from migrant workers will fall by more than 20 percent last year migrant workers from low income countries send more money home than what their countries received in both foreign investment and aid well let's now speak now as he is a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council's south asia center and he joins us live from alexandria virginia via skype should i want to pick up on that last point that remission says represent about 3 times the amount of aid received by low income countries so how do poor countries cope as these remittances problems are not only cope but also try to recover from this global downturn with the pandemic. well there's a double whammy at work and no one to talk about. also

a word of caution these are just the official statistics and a lot of the remittances are under the radar they are sent through private channels and by some estimates are roughly equivalent to the official throws some for instance india is the largest recipient of remittances in the world something close straightly $1000000000.00 a year from the rest of the world goes to india like a son gets close to $16000000000.00 and there's probably an equivalent amount of the girls privately which is not recorded in official statistics so this will have a huge effect secondly there is the issue of the drop in oil prices which is slowing down the economies particularly in the arabian peninsula in the gulf and that is going to have a long term effect on how many workers are going to be needed by those economies and how many workers will be sent home and this is all also going to hit the most

vulnerable countries the hardest including fragile states like somalia haiti south sudan and others like india he was saying rely on remittances they'll also be emerging from these lockdowns that we've seen that have been so hard for the poorest in society so talk us through the practical implications here. well there are 2 things one of course as people start and once a line start functioning and industries and construction work starts ending in the gulf and you're a bit arabian peninsula a lot of these workers will up their force have to return or the 2nd issue which is much more critical for the longer term is for these societies to be able to absorb workers who've been the underclass in these societies they have been exposed to a much more conservative islamic regime and they will find it difficult to adjust to the more spiritual sufi kind of islam which prevails particularly in some of the

asia so there will be social conflicts and political conflicts on top of the economic difficulties caused by the return of this diaspora lou but i want to ask you a little bit more about the economic consequences here not only for the workers and their families but for the economy as more broadly for developing countries who are trying to emerge from the global recession that we're seeing start now and what does it mean now for those countries and terms of trying to continue developing and supporting not only the workers but other people in society. well there face again problems on 2 fronts one is domestically their own economies of europe lock down and will take a great deal of effort and encouragement and investment in order to recover it will be a slow recovery it is going to be negative growth particularly in countries like pakistan and maybe even india and then in buckets though and just to give you an idea of the

remotely efficient remittances are roughly equivalent to the export middle of the country there are traditionally when international assistance arrives it helps countries expend their exports but if the developed countries of the word are slowing down their economies are slowing down they're not going to be able to absorb imports from these developing countries and in some of the export led growth which is often very very by multilateral organizations like the world bank and the international monetary fund is going to be a very hard sell for governments in the developing world indeed some very tough times ahead should general was there from the atlantic council speaking to us from virginia thank you for joining us on out of there. the vast optic territory of none of it and northern canada is one of the few places in the wild largely untouched by the 19 it has isolation on its side but it's the lack

of access to health care makes it vulnerable to any outbreak danya lack reports. nunavut his home to just under 40000 people scattered across an arctic landscape the size of western europe most are indigenous in a week and they live in preparing his conditions few jobs expensive housing and by the standards of a rich country like canada minimal health services in the remote hamlet of igloolik north of hudson's bay there's only a 4 bed health center to serve 2000 people we have house system that is already at asset beyond capacity really you know and that it can really earn much more and so when something like this comes late you're really close. even in the territories largest town of cali weed there are just 7 ventilators in the most basic of hospitals proper intensive care can only be accessed after

a 3 hour flight south to the canadian capital ottawa the people of new interviewed are also far more likely than other canadians to have preexisting medical conditions that are aggravated by code 19 so higher levels of diabetes chronic lung disease. p.d. chronic obstructive lung disease you know given crowd of artists has to target people with underlying health conditions it's very concerning so none of it has effectively gone into its own version of social isolation no casual outside visits are allowed returning residents can only come home after they've cornered for 2 weeks travel between communities is only permitted for medical or other emergencies even a low number of covert 1000 cases would be catastrophic up here that's why there's a lot of local support for isolating the entire territory it's not an easy position to be in so i'm very happy with what the leadership that we've seen on that the

federal government that needs to step up assists and provide the basic human rights that everybody just serves and the territory. even before this pandemic in the near shutdown of the global economy none of it had lower life expectancies and higher rates of poverty than most of canada remote and cut off at the best of times this is a land that's hoping that coated 19 leaves them alone with their existing problems even as it ravages the rest of the world daniel like hill just 0 now huff a century ago the fast day mobilized millions of americans to fight for the protection of the planet and the sea amid the global pandemic the battle has particular importance hasn't truck reports earth day a question of survival with c.b.s. news correspondent walter cronkite. good evening you think day in american history as i live today the grainy story of the day half

a century ago fashionable 5th avenue was off limits to automobiles and april 22nd 1970 across the united states more than 20000000 americans took part in the original earth day that was one in 10 of the population of 170 in the united states pollution have become a really serious problem simply breathing in the air in many of our major american cities it's like smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day rivers are catching on fire birds are going extinct and and there was a great upwelling of protest against that and it developed into a protest movement that continues to this day empowered by its early success and it led to an era in which we passed a clean water act in a new age of species act of marine mammal protection act and toxic substances control act we banned leaded gasoline we banned lead in paint it was just a remarkable period of environmental accomplishment. 50 years on the threats posed

by the climate crisis are even more pressing. for one thing it's evident modern day pollution has made thousands more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic we know actually the climate change is one of the drivers of condom ics as well as being superior destruction. it is here to produce enough food to protect our cities from fights and storms and drives. now on earth day there are calls to seize the opportunity to recalibrate after the pandemic has passed. i think we're seeing a ramping up of focus within the financial world and i would say some really interesting and positive signals it really in in the last few weeks from governments saying that they are going to actually come out of this crisis you know way that leads to a green much green a much stronger economy. given the variety of threats we face much depends on how

we come back from cave 19 because it's become very apparent where humanity treats the world as a way of reflecting how the world treats humanity they knew that back in 1970 9 o'clock al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines u.s. president donald trump has signed the executive order suspending immigration for 60 days he's also dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the trams comments come on a day when the world health organization has warned that the pandemic is far from over and in some parts of the wild outbreaks are only just beginning iran's revolutionary guard says they have successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the 1st time and it's drawing criticism from the u.s. which says iran's space program is a cover for missile development u.s.

secretary of state mike compares as an ex in parts of the occupied west bank is a decision for israel's new government to make the palestinian authority says if those plans go through they'll cancel any existing agreements with america and israel spain's parliament has approved a government proposal to extend the state of emergency for 2 more weeks in the u.k. the government's been forced to defend a proposal to test 100000 people a day by the middle of next week. u.s. health officials say the outbreak began in the country than previously thought cases reported in california back in january had been mistaken for the flu well those are the headlines join me for more news here counting the cost stay with us. throughout history behind has come together in our darkest moments this is a moment for pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world you could actually see that every generation has its moment this one is ours

ringback. hello i'm darren 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 the biggest oil production cut in history but album on a case of the persian gulf about to blow their wealth and just how low will oil prices go.