people and power goes to the north german city where a humane approach to integration is proving surprisingly effective assimilation. on al-jazeera. a sleeping giant the desolate streets of new york because the u.s. puts nearly 3 trillion dollars into fighting the effects of current of our. this is al jazeera live from doha with extensive coverage of the coronavirus crisis including. muslims around the world are urged to stick to social distancing guidelines at the start of the holy month of ramadan. we look at what's

being done to keep hong kong school students safe while they sit there most importantly. and why shipment of saudi oil heading for the united states is causing controversy. well the figures are getting more mind boggling by the day on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the world's biggest economy the united states is tracking towards 50000 deaths and 1000000 100000 confirmed cases the president donald trump is set to approve a bill worth nearly half a trillion dollars that's to fund hospitals and virus testing and to keep small businesses afloat it was agreed in congress over 2 sessions with members standing apart and wearing masks it's the 4th aid package so far means the united states will have spent almost 3 trillion dollars to prop up its economy. the pandemic has left more than 26000000 americans out of work in just 5 weeks all the jobs created

since the end of 2009 recession have been wiped out that's one in 6 united states jobs trump though says the economy will bounce back quickly and some states like georgia are preparing to reopen for the 1st time in a month later on friday. economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and that's happening as we speak and it's actually very exciting and. people are just it's just thrilled to see it because our country has to get back to work they want to get back to work you see that whether it's a demonstration or just in talking to people they're going to get back to work and they're going to get back to work very fast all right let's hear now from roseman jordan who has more on the millions of jobs lost 4400000 u.s. workers filed for unemployment last pushing the country's unofficial jobless rate to nearly 13 percent it's more evidence the cold that $1000.00 pandemic has damaged the u.s. economy i do longhand. and with my. hat

in hand is very well you know. the gentleman from ask congress is voting this week to spend another half trillion dollars to help small businesses and hospitals but when it comes to helping state government reeling from the loss of business and personal tax revenues the republican leader of the u.s. senate says that's not going to happen yeah i'm a i would certainly be a. route. so there is no good reason for it. my guess is their 1st choice would pay for the federal government to borrow money generation to send it down to them now so they don't have to do that that's not something i'm going to be in much more money if the governor of new york state who is a democrat called mitch mcconnell's comments outrageous. yes airlines are important yes small business is important so of police and fire and health care workers who

are the front line workers and when you don't fund the state then the state can't fund those services fictional sense to me what's more new york's economy is the 3rd largest in the u.s. and in the top 15 worldwide which means its survival as a financial and cultural center is key and u.s. president donald trump's decision to suspend immigration for 60 days on economic grounds could hurt the u.s. is ties with other countries indian officials are closely studying the order since hundreds of thousands of their citizens many who work for u.s. firms could be affected all that matters though to connie boyd in north carolina is her own economic future who say we're going to go back really not enough is going to be the issue next you know name is specified in that job they just don't know. the only certainty right now the economic pain is worsening rosalyn jordan

al-jazeera to indonesia now where the government has announced it will temporarily ban all and see travel until june that's to avoid the coded $900.00 break. all of the new measures come into effect on friday that's the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan despite government warnings of social distancing many all still attending press indonesia is the world's most populous nation. because you know this is our ramadan why ship the holy reward is different if you pray and i'm off to go on but if i'm going to not only the k.t. is not touching other people so during the prayer i keep distance with other people not touching that we take care of ourselves so hopefully this way we can keep wishing and avoid in fiction. well with many countries facing lockdown restrictions the pandemic is forcing some muslims to change the way they mock ramadan. as a reporter. for hundreds of years muslims used to go out

into empty fields looking at the sky to figure out when the down begins these days their clerics here in pakistan and elsewhere use telescopes to get 1st sight of the new moon once spotted ramadan starts. it's the holiest month in the calendar when muslims stop eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. the fasting allows worshippers to devote themselves to their fate and remember the sufferings of the poor. but during the unprecedented coronavirus emergency muslims are abandoning many of providence traditions and rituals. they won't be able to invite their loved ones the neighbors or the 4 to join the evening fast breaking meal known as if tara as covert 900 spreads restrictions are being

forced governments have closed borders imposed curfew years lockdowns and encouraged social distancing to contain the contagion islams holiest site in mecca is usually teeming with worshippers from all over the world during ramadan it's closed this year as part of the sunday government's campaign to curb the virus spread getting people everywhere to observe social distancing in one more than won't be easy. the highlight of ramadan is the night of destiny where muslims believe their holy book the koran was 1st revealed to the prophet mohammad and where the gates of heaven are open muslims spend the night in contempt lation and prayers in mosques a ritual they are being asked to perform at home this time islam's most

sacred month meant to encourage unity praying together and breaking their fast together may end up being a month of relative solitude. tens of thousands of students in hong kong are sitting important academic test during the global pandemic strict health measures are in place to ensure 52000 people are safe as students had to wear masks and undergo temperature checks schools have been closed for most of the year with students learning online instead. well despite the precautions some students say they are still concerned about the health risks sarah clarke has more from a testing center in hong kong. this is one of the $350.00 examination centers set up across hong kong with the final year 2nd the students taking their final end of year exams these tests had been put on hold but the government gave the education bureau the go ahead just last week after decided that the number of coronavirus cases had been falling and it was safe to allow small groups together now

a number of tough social distancing measures have been put in place to avoid human to human contact the students and the teachers have also been trying to deal with emergencies we would like to try i'll be back to do whatever we can to make sure that. the proper exam that the have been spend. to be one of the memorable moment no regrets despite the 2nd precautions that have been put in place some students have told others here that they're concerned about large groups gathering in one place the risk of an outbreak of the crime of us but if the government records a spike in the number of cases in hong kong these exams would once again be put on hold. china has prosecuted a billie's in citizen for alleged interference in hong kong's affairs hong kong was the sites of widespread proved to be protests last year the police in man was accused of funding hostile groups in the united states they also say he colluded with foreign forces to interfere in hong kong. now as oil producers cut with

volatility because of an abundance of supply and low demand the biggest saudi oil shipments in years is making its way to the united states but u.s. politicians are calling for them to be turned around with domestic oil storage expected to be filled up soon and there are reports that the kingdom is exploring whether those tankers can be rerouted to if washington bans them $100.00 as this report. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the united states and into a chilly welcome for a u.s. ally is indicative of how desperate these petro states are to sell their oil to find a place physically to find a place to place their oil with the coronavirus driving all prices to historic lows all u.s. oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month the saudi move to occupy much of that precious storage space on the u.s. gulf coast has been called by some industry insiders an economic pearl harbor

a hostile attack on u.s. soil a coalition of 13 u.s. senators from energy state goes even further calling it economic warfare texas senator ted cruz writes on twitter 20 tankers filled with 40000000 barrels of saudi oil are headed to the u.s. this is 7 times the typical monthly flow my message to the saudis turn the tankers the hell around cruz says the longtime u.s. ally is exploiting a pandemic to kill the rival american shale oil industry some analysts say he's right what the saudi arabia rightfully doing as any other oil producer is to get rid of the competition and competition in this case is expensive oil shale oil expensive but use. u.s. leaders have long nurtured strong bonds with saudi leaders even since the rise of shale oil helped the u.s. overtake saudi arabia is the world's largest oil producer $3000000000.00 the fact

that saudi leaders are now willing to risk the anger of their american allies suggests they believe the world's oil glut won't end anytime soon with much of the world on lockdown few drivers on the road and fewer planes and ships are using fuel oil prices are so low they briefly hit negative territory this week at the chicago board of trade that left some sellers actually paying virus to take it off their hands now many producers are simply storing it and waiting for prices to rise. the u.s. can hardly turn the ships away the saudi government owns them ot the oil refinery in port arthur texas america's biggest issues with crude that refinery you know. market oil you know you must just buy your own oil even as american politicians lament the saudi incursion the ships sail ever closer john hendren

al-jazeera chicago. well there is more a coronavirus coverage coming up on al-jazeera including a surge in infections as more start to feel the effects of the outer. places because some quotes weather just pushing into spain and france is because through the next couple of days but we are still going to see want to 2 showers nevertheless still got a little disturbances there in the mediterranean bringing some sherry rain further north is fine and dry loss of warm spring sunshine still in evidence that sunshine stretching all the way up into scandinavia where wilton little colder these weather systems will just come 1st the temperatures to stockholm near the average getting back to around 10 or 11 celsius is be going into the weekend to 13 there for oslo

chance of some showers just around the baltic states towards that western side of russia father tries to warm into central passed $23.00 celsius in vienna paris still getting up to around $25.00 degrees but notice want to showers into central so parts of france around the pyrenees and the old showers still in place there across spain and portugal east will become a little more widespread as we go on through saturday so we could see further heavy downpours at times elsewhere the showers little more widespread it's essential as the fronts and western side of russia down across ukraine much of the med will be fine and dry as is the case across northern parts of africa will up towards the northwest of course we are going to see a little more cloud sliding through here and that will introduce further heavy rain into northern parts of iraq. i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number of her own virus failure to take really aggressive action at

them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. her. well i'm going to watch al-jazeera for mind of our top stories this hour and the united states government will be spending nearly 3 trillion dollars to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that's off the politicians in the house of representatives passed another $484000000000.00 in relief. saudi arabia may be forced to reroute

tankers sailing to the united states filled with $14000000.00 barrels of crude oil u.s. politicians according to them for them to be turned around i would domestic oil storage expected to be filled up soon. and muslims around the world are getting to march 1st to have anyone from the. countries facing down the streets in his community credit cards up break many communal religious practices up and down its mission. but not to the outbreak united states and people in the state of georgia and other states are preparing to return to work despite warnings from the medical community president donald trump says that georgia's decision to begin in easing its lockdown is in violation of guidelines released by the white house and gallica as its ripple . across the state of georgia non-essential businesses have remained closed for a pandemic that's already claimed close to $900.00 lives there are some signs the outbreak is flattening but with only

a few days of data health experts are warning it may be too soon federal guidelines recommend a 14 day sustained were duction encoded 19 cases something georgia hasn't shown but the republican governor is pushing for a partial reopening given the fray verbal data enhanced testing and approval of our health care professionals. we will allow to fitness centers bowling alleys body art studios barbers cosmetologists hair designers nail care artist s. decisions their respective schools and massage therapist to reopen their doors this friday april the 24th business owners have been losing income for weeks that many a confused by conflicting information and health risks despite being told to engage in minimum basic operations the test part community market is not open and that's

where i make most my money and they have to stay close and they should stay close because if you lose anybody's life over money that's wrong but you know the southern states small but vocal protests of growing as unemployment lines get longer these people gathered outside the capitol building in alabama to make their voices hood but stay at home orders remain in place across the southern states here in miami beaches and businesses remain closed and not likely to change for weeks to come govern the camp of georgia is a close ally of president trumps as is the state's governor run the census both have been praised for their reaction to the coronavirus and even as president tom encourages protest as he thinks georgia is acting too soon the president's praised to govern a campus a very capable man now he's publicly disagreeing with his plans that they can wait a little bit lonely just a little bit not that much because safety has to predominate we have to have the. so. i told the governor very simply that i disagree with this decision but he has

to do what he thinks is right despite the hardships faced by business owners in georgia and other states many remain cautious about exposing themselves and others to the coronavirus many will ignore the governor's advice others may feel forced to take risks as the economy continues to falter and gallacher al-jazeera. brazil is reporting its highest single day death toll with $407.00 people dying from the virus takes a total to more than $3300.00 at least half of those in the state of south polar brazil's epicenter for the pandemic the president. has dismissed scientific advice and has led a number of anti lock down protests cases in ecuador have almost doubled to 22000 after a backlog of tests were analyze it is now the 2nd worst hit nation in the region after brazil the government has begun storing corpses in refrigerated containers as morgues fill up a could or has nearly 600 confirmed cases. and hospitals in peru are increasingly

strained after cases surged past 20000 there that is double the number of last week bodies are being kept in hospital hallways and medics say they're being forced to repeatedly reuse masks but in uruguay some schools in rural areas are reopening after being closed for months but attendance will not be made mandatory the decision was made after a year of quiet began seeing it to climb in the number of daily infections john holdren has more on the challenges facing latin american countries. if we talk about pap so salvador de costa rican central america who managed to keep the case told relatively down they'd say that was because they acted firmly and quickly to try and resolve this but then you mentioned there peru which has had a really explosion in the number of cases and that country was also praised internally and externally for trying when the president tried to get rid of it

fairly early on as well but on the street that hasn't quite worked out for them as well as they'd hoped to push it's all the factors as well he groups are mentioned ecuador which is had so many cases and why it killed its biggest city when it just had people being left on the streets there was no way to put them and it's been said to him back a start country and a lot of flights to spank where there was obviously a lot of cases as well so that one so. it could involve with the time to there and you get brazil which is the worst affected country in the region we definitely have to say the pats it was a correlation between that to remove the president in brazil he's sort of starts from coronavirus was very has been very last a day. south africa's president says he will gradually ease a nationwide lockdown study early next month cyril ramaphosa says some parts of the economy will be allowed to reopen and has called on all south africans to start wearing masks outdoors he says strict quarantine restrictions will be lifted slowly

to reduce the risk of a spike of infections beyond thursday the 30th of april we should begin a gradual and phased recovery of economic activity we will implement. what we call a risk adjusted strategy through which we take a deliberate and cautious approach to the easing of current lockdown constrictions latina from johannesburg and for me to miller explains what these measures will mean for south africans the president to use the sadrist to outline 5 key phases of a lockdown or a reopening of economic activity and an easing of restrictions and moving from level 5 with south africa is now which is you know at the end of that spectrum the

the harshest restrictions so far south africa would move to level 4 which the president has said would then still include some pretty tough restrictions for south africans but i think the key difference would be the reopening of economic activity and even then companies would be forced to only allow a 3rd of their workforce at the places of employment at any given time now borders in south africa will remain closed besides repacked rating south africans will be no travelling between individual provinces for south africa all gatherings will remain prohibited by the government but sides funerals so there is some change but i think not the kind of relief millions of south africans were hoping for given that's all that rika is now entering the 5th the week of a very strict lockdown the united nations says that israel's plan to annex parts of

the occupied west bank violates international law and deals a devastating blow to a 2 state solution the comments of a security council meeting followed the u.s. secretary of state saying it was up to israel's new government to decide whether or not to do it diplomatic editor james ray's has this report. israel's new coalition government a deal between benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz means the possibility it will annex parts of the west bank is now much more lightly i now give the pork that mr nickel i could not get in a virtual session of the u.n. security council the man in charge of middle east peace efforts for united nations said that would be a disastrous step for peace in the region mr president. the dangerous prospect of an accession by israel parts of the occupied west bank is a growing threat if such a home were implemented it would constitute a serious violation of international law deal

a devastating blow to the 2 state solution close to not over your will of negotiations and threaten efforts for advance regional peace the palestinian ambassador riyad mansour made it clear it was time for an international conference on the middle east the international community must it beauty it and demand a halt to all annexation measures do not fall prey to the pretext crafted by israeli officials now the excuse of the pandemic to divert attention from these crimes israeli counterpart danny down on said while his country had been helping palestinians during the covert 1000 out break the response of been what he described as hate and anti semitic incitement. one security council member the ambassador of indonesia told our jazeera in an interview that israel shouldn't be contemplating illegal action at any time but especially not your pandemic it

becomes a double your party a meaning the issue of occupation and also an issue of an emmy so i think the international community to make things as to ensure that there are. are the necessary assistance the necessary humanitarian assistance and also to ensure also that the occupy and paul are on place with the many you and i solution it's pretty clear among the security council the u.s. is the only country that would not object to israel and axing parts of the west bank however can the other members of the security council take any action to stop it while the u.s. is a permanent member and almost certainly it would block any resolution using its veto power james pays out 0 at the united nations. now then getting a new toy can be a source of joy for a child but in their own economic sanctions make it harder to get consumer goods so

one man is doing his best to put a smile on children's faces the same as ravi has more now from tehran in downtown tehran there is a small shop where the pieces of broken toys are put back together again. we're giving new life to old things has been a family tradition for nearly 50 years if you are someone you love have a favorite toy that needs fixing there are people here who are able to help fund. this doll belongs to my daughter thankfully they repaired it because it was very expensive we're under sanctions and it's a canadian product if we could send it back they would exchange it with a new one but here we have to bring it to be repaired. many of the toys that come through the door have sentimental value for the owner but sanctions have made good quality toys hard to come by what is available is expensive so iranians also find it cheaper to repair than replace we enjoy living

a life back to something that is broken and it gives you a good feeling the brothers are often the 1st to see the broken toy they say there is no manual for this kind of work older toys mostly mechanical are easier to fix newer ones require a working knowledge of electronics circuitry online research spare parts they can't buy they make in house whatever it takes so disappointing a customer does not seem to be enough so we're on our way to meet the men started the original toy dr. rob is in a 7 stone because of the coronavirus he doesn't come into the main shop and the sons and all the front end of the business while he continues to repair children's toys from his workshop at home. began his career at his father's workshop in iraq he opened his own business after his family moved to iran in the 1970 s. the money. my father used to repairing gramophone as

a kid i always spent my time with him i used to see the mechanical movements in the gears and i loved them so i used to buy broken toys and repair them then my father helped me fix them seeing a girl or boy happy when their toys are repaired brings me joy. this room in a small house and old to ron is a sanctuary for lost and forgotten toys once perhaps a child's favorite thing now a little worse for wear. but table they all get a 2nd chance. his work he says requires patience and creativity. and from gramophone still aerial drones 3 generations of the family business is a reminder what is broken can be fixed zain bus ravi old jazeera to iran or from toys to pets says restrictions keep people at home in australia adam will shelters and see

a significant increase in adoptions residents can leave their homes for exercise and many are using the opportunity to walk the dog pet owners also say their dogs and cats help them cope with feelings of isolation it gives me company say during the day off and if i've kind of painting meetings for a while any notice i've stuck to come over to where i'm working and kind of put these poor happens they add like a pack now. so this is out there these are the top stories and the u.s. government will be spending nearly 3 trillion dollars to respond to the coronavirus pandemic that's off the politicians in the house of representatives passed another 400 $84000000000.00 in relief more than $26000000.00 americans have fall for unemployment in just 5 weeks but president donald trump expects the economy to rebound. economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get

open and that's happening as we speak and it's actually very exciting and. people are just it's just thrilled to see it because our country has to get back to work they want to get back to work you see that whether it's a demonstration or just in talking to people they going to get back to work and they're going to get back to work very fast saudi arabia may be forced to reroute tankers sailing to the united states filled with 40000000 barrels of crude oil u.s. politicians are calling for them to be turned around with domestic oil storage expected to be filled up soon there's a global oversupply of oil with low demand because of the corona virus outbreak. it was limbs around the world are beginning to mark the 1st day of the holy month of ramadan with countries face he looked down the stretch and because of coronavirus many communal religious practices being done in seclusion tens of thousands of students in hong kong a city important academic test during the global pandemic students wore masks and underwent temperature checks schools have been closed for most of the year with

students learning online instead brazil is reporting its highest single day death toll with $407.00 people dying from the virus takes a total to more than $3300.00 at least half of those in the status are power brazil's epicenter for the pandemic the president. has dismissed scientific advice and has led a number of anti lock down protests. cases in ecuador have almost doubled to $22000.00 after a backlog of tests were analyzed the government has begun storing corpses in refrigerated containers as more. china has prosecuted a believes in citizen for alleged interference in hong kong's affairs hong kong was the site of widespread pro-democracy protests last year leading man who's accused of funding hostile groups in the u.s. . today with headlines got more news here right after inside story. as corona virus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on

joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he beat john trump joining us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al jazeera. how much of a threat is coronavirus to the world's food supply is there a serious warnings of a global shortage as the pandemic spread so how can the availability of food be safeguarded and can a famine crisis be averted this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard. widespread famine a biblical proportions the u.n. is warning covered 19 could call.