be the hero world needs right. washer. the sleeping giant of new york's desolate streets as the united states puts nearly 3 trillion dollars into fighting the effects of coronavirus. this is al jazeera live from doha with extensive coverage of the pandemic including . muslims around the world to stick to social distancing guidelines at the start of the fasting month of ramadan. we look at what's being done to keep students safe in hong kong while they sit the importance

of names. and toilet of iran's mr fix-it and how he's bringing more than just dolls to life. well the figures are just getting more mind boggling by the day on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the world's biggest economy and with yet another stimulus bill set to be approved by the u.s. president the government will have spent nearly 3 trillion dollars as it deals with the economic fallout the latest relief package was agreed to in congress during 2 sessions with members standing apart wearing face masks it is the 4th aid package so far will support small businesses well the pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in just 5 weeks trump says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to rise in some states like georgia well they're preparing to reopen their economies 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 they 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 to us and told now who has more on the millions of jobs lost 4400000 u.s. workers filed for unemployment last week 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 if i do long can't stop. me and with my. hat in hand is very well you know. the gentleman from s. 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 in favor of allowing the bankruptcy route it saves some cities and there's no good reason for the bay of ailill my guess is their 1st choice would be 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 favor of much more money in 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 fiction or sense them. 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 not is an issue next you know name is specified in that job you just don't know the only certainty right now the economic pain is worsening rosalyn jordan al-jazeera well in indonesia the government has announced it will temporarily ban all and see travel until june to tackle the outbreak. all of.

the new measures come into effect on friday that's the start of the muslim fasting month of ramadan despite government warnings of social distancing many are still attending prayer as in the days are the world's most populous muslim nation. because you know this is our ramadan worship the holy reward is different if you pray and i'm off the numbers and running on automatic a 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 worshiping and avoid in fiction well with many countries facing lockdown restrictions a pandemic is forcing some muslims to change the way they observe ramadan. as more . for hundreds of years muslims used to go out into empty fields looking at the sky to figure out where bomber done begins these days though clerics here in pakistan and elsewhere used 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. praying together and. together. being. relative to. all their affairs that infections in pakistan could rise rapidly during ramadan the

government has decided to keep mosques open and people gathering to pray must follow the measures but doctors have urged the government of muslim leaders to reverse that decision for more on this let's bring in islamabad and this is the thing isn't it to what degree will millions of worshippers follow through on the social distancing rules being asked of them. absolutely and what we've been saying is that the killer cleric who actually threatened the government that day would take matter and then go dead on hand if they were not given permission. basically crowding. seeing crowds gathering around them and that god blows all of that sort of distancing out of water but they did also important to note that it's a budget sunny medicare to association the doctors have warned and they've told the

government that death to pride that the government and the critics have come to such an arrangement which could lead to an expert insured rise in the number of cases according to the water and dog and i j should a preventive measure that your taken if escobedo north followed by get on board have over $200.00 been confirmed colbert cases by mid july so that did indeed a stark warning people in pakistan are saying that they're all over the islamic wars people are staying away from the march because of the threat of this pandemic and that right in the number of go where 19 infections why did that double gets on the critics have got to wait where date and why did the pakistani government had actually allowed them to do this because this is indeed a ticking bomb and also we are told that the pakistani prime minister had no court and no joy in meeting of all the provincial minister now on that in order to meet membered death sentence for all but if you read about this on people thought he had

the government provincial government that that had actually enforced ready strict laws down measured by the crowds bhagavan did this right that discord all aid to more trouble to iraq i'll leave it there for the moment thanks very much to mohamed atta reporting from islamabad thank you. well tens of thousands of students in hong kong a sitting important test during the global pandemic a strict health measures are in place to ensure that 52000 people are safe students will mosques and had the temperatures checked schools have been closed most of the year with students learning online instead despite the precautions some students say that still concerned about the health risk because more for testing center in hong kong. this is one of the $350.00 examination centers set up across hong kong with the final year sick of 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 i was psyched 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. them above all more money 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 citizen of belize for alleged indifference in hong kong's affairs hong kong was the site of widespread protests pro-democracy protests last year the man was accused of funding hostile groups in the united states he's also facing allegations

of colluding with foreign forces to interfere in the affairs of home. still ahead here on al-jazeera the biggest shipment in years of saudi oil is on the way to the us it may not make it that can tell you why. and it's venezuela's government celebrates its few cases. the cave of 19 dogs is asking if the numbers reflect reality. however we've got some quality weather pushing into spain and portugal live for the next couple of days to the fish i was in the forecast mind you down into the southeast of here we've had some rain has some snow away with the great mountains that so pushing further east with so we'll see the disturbed weather sliding across turkey cyprus seeing some of the cloud and rain as well china as well underway as

well up into scandinavia we see temperatures stockholm recently getting up to 1718 degrees but have a hive around 11 celsius on friday northerly winds tucking in here so was turning a little cold and that cooler air will sink down across a good part of north eastern europe over the next couple days but lotty dry for the time being fish i was there it's a central parts of fraud some showers across northern parts of spain over towards portugal and the showers becoming more widespread as we go on into sas day by sas station i was there it's essential areas of france as well some wetter weather as a system makes its way down across ukraine 3 poland western parts of russia danceable central areas of the med it is generally try and find the eastern side of the med to see babel at this area cloud spilling over towards the levant another area cloud into northern parts of morocco and that's going to bring increasing rain here as we go on through the weekend.

as the world battles the corona virus and millions of infections staff had tested positive for the corona virus with countries in lockdown and the threat of a major economic crisis to kill it unlocked a global g.d.p. could be around 9 trillion dollars we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe prosecutors say they're also seeing price gouging on vital medical supply coronavirus and special coverage on al-jazeera. what yards are a reminder the top stories this hour the u.s. government will be spending nearly 3 trillion dollars to respond to the coronavirus

pandemic that's after politicians in the house of representatives passed another 484 $1000000000.00 in relief. muslims around the world are beginning to mark the 1st day of the fasting month of ramadan with countries facing looked on restrictions because of the outbreak many communal practices have been done in seclusion. district health measures are in places 52000 students in hong kong said important academic tests students are wearing masks and had temperature schools have been closed for most of the year. all right as oil producers cope with volatility because of an abundance of supply and demand the biggest saudi oil shipments in years is making its way to the united states abouts u.s. politicians are calling for the tankers 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 sent if washington does ban them $100.00 has this report. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the

united states and into which really welcome for a u.s. ally is indicative of how desperate these petro states are put to sell their oil to find a place to find a place to place their oil with a coronavirus driving oil prices to historic lows all u.s. oil storage is expected to be filled in the next month this 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 hostilities back 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 buyers to take it off their

hands now many producers are simply storing it was 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 it usually crude. refinery you know. market oil 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 let's move on to brazil which is reporting its highest single day death toll with $407.00 people dying from the virus and that takes the total to more than $3300.00 at least half of those are in the state of south brazil's epicenter for the pandemic president jaya both sonora has dismissed scientific advice and it's led a number of anti look down protests all cases in ecuador they've nearly doubled to

22000 after a backlog of tests were analyzed is now the 2nd worst hit nation in the region off to brazil the government has begun storing bodies in refrigerated contain as as morgues fill up ecuador has nearly 600 confirmed deaths and hospitals in peru are increasingly strained off the cases past 20000 that's double the number of last week bodies have been kept in hospital hallways and health workers say they've been forced to reuse mosques but the decline in the number of infections i've seen some schools reopening and rural areas if you close for months attendance will not be made when day 3. venezuela says that robust testing and tougher measures have led to one of the lowest rates of coronavirus in the world having just over 300 cases in a country of 29000000 people but some doctors warn the numbers are being drastically under reported stories about the reports. they see more of

a sales food on the streets of kut yeah i working class neighborhood in caracas the ongoing economic crisis and the lock down are having a big impact in her life. but i think i mean there are some real only working 3 hours a day i understand they are doing it to protect our health but i am a single mother of 2 children and my eldest daughter and his son also live at home i think the situation will get worse every day. to cuti forces on the streets are trying to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of covert 19 but people are becoming more and more desperate every day. on thursday reports of looting and clashes with security forces in several states around the country so how dire the situation is. covered 19 may generate fear among people but surviving every day is the main worry for many release of government figures show that venezuela has around 300 confirmed cases of covert 1000 president says the country has tested over 200000 people

with the help of the chinese government is a let me tell a 1000000 plus one that is the medium term goal we have to reach a 1000000 texts at this stage we carried out 250000 but we have to reach 10000000 trees to comply with the complete protocol of the world health organization. there are 2 types of testing being done the b.c.r. that test the virus genetic material and the rapid tests that are less sensitive than the p.c.r. . that's why doctors like to say the virus may be severely underdiagnosed in venezuela that it seems the only. limitation of the amount of tests prevents you from doing lots of them but it may be greatly under-reported what we think the government is doing is mixing p.c.r. tests and rapid tests you cannot mix pairs with apples the numbers reflect different things. venezuelan hospitals are already struggling with shortages of

almost everything only 70 percent of them have running water and so we spoke to all scott i'm now asked a doctor in the state of fans what he says he supports the call by opposition leader why evil to pay extra money to health care workers that fight 19 may go to school i'm all you a doctor like me gets $1.50 a month and that's why my interim president one guy will use some resources to give $100.00 a month to those who qualify and work in the health sector the money comes from accounts that have been recovered from the government and will be paid as virtual money for 3 months venezuela's health care system is already stressed to the limit the spread of covert $1000.00 can easily make it collapse. i'll just. the world health organization is warning the number of malaria deaths in africa could double this year malarial campaigns in the distribution of insecticide nets and medicine have been disrupted by coronavirus damages. in governments to keep up

the fight against malaria or risk seeing the worst death toll in 20 years. south africa's president says he will gradually ease a nationwide lockdown starting early next month so around opposers says some parts of the economy will be allowed to reopen and has called on people to start wearing masks outdoors he says straight quarantine restrictions will be lifted slowly to reduce the risk of a spike in infections as measures in the philippines have been extended until the middle of next month to contain the spread of the virus a quarantine moves will continue until it continue in the capital manila until may the 15th the restrictions will be eased in low risk areas the president reagan to turkey has threatened to impose martial law after 2 soldiers are scorching a 2 villages were killed. but. if the lawlessness continues killings here in killings there and it's happening all over the

philippines maybe i will declare martial law because n.p.a. fighters are primarily crapping help intended for the people plus supplies and food meant for them i'm warning everybody and putting the armed forces and the police on notice that i might declare martial law there will be no turning back. the united nations says 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 at a security council meeting follow the u.s. secretary of state saying it was up to israel's new government to decide whether to do it or not our diplomatic editor james bass has this report israel's new coalition government a deal between benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz means the possibility it will an expanse of the west bank is now much more lightly i know you're. 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 this 1st. 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 the door to review all 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 during a 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 meetings have to ensure that there are. are the necessary assistance the necessary humanitarian assistance and also to ensure also and that the occupying power on place with the many u.n. resolution it's pretty clear among the security council the u.s. is the only country that would not object to israel an exciting part 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 al-jazeera the united nations getting a new toy can be a source of joy for a child within iran economic sanctions and make it harder to get consumer goods so one man is doing his best to put a smile on children's faces same as rob because more from terror. there is a small 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 and said listen to this doll belongs to my daughter thankfully they repaired it because it was very expensive under sanctions and. if we could send it back to 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 sentimental value for the owner but sanctions have made good quality toys. 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 good feeling. brothers are often the 1st to see the broken toy they say there is no manual for this kind of work. is mostly mechanical to fix newer ones require a working knowledge of electronics circuitry online research spare parts they can't make in house whatever it takes it disappointing a customer does not seem to be an option. starting to be a loser. he's in a 7 stone because of the virus he doesn't come into the meat shop and the sun's 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 for them to me a good home a fun time unit 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 repaired and 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 all to her ron is a sanctuary for a lost and forgotten toys once perhaps a child's favorite thing now a little worse for wear. but on sub us 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 of what is broken can be fixed zain busser aviel jazeera ron. all right time for an update of the headlines here on al-jazeera and the united states government will be spending nearly 3 trillion dollars to respond to the coronavirus pandemic itself the politicians in the house of representatives passed another $484000000000.00 in relief more than $26000000.00 americans have filed for unemployment in just 5 weeks the president donald trump expects the economy to rebound. our 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 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 muslims around the world are marking the 1st day of the fasting month of ramadan the country's facing lockdown restrictions because of the outbreak many communal practices have been done in seclusion. strict health measures are in place as 52000 students in hong kong sit important academic tests students are wearing mawson had a temperature checked schools have been closed for most of the year hong kong has more than 1000 cases and has reported at least 4 deaths. cases in ecuador have nearly doubled to $22000.00 pounds after a backlog of tests were analyzed it is now the 2nd worst nation in the region after brazil the government has begun storing bodies in refrigerated containers as morgues fill up or could or has nearly 600 confirmed deaths. hospitals in peru are increasingly strained after cases surged past 20000 that's

double the number of last week bodies have been kept in hospital hallways and health workers say they've been forced to reuse masks. philippine president roderigo to turkey has threatened to impose martial law in after 2 soldiers are scorching 8 of villages were killed strick district a lockdown measures in the philippines have been extended to the middle of next month to contain the spread of. south africa's president says he will gradually ease a nationwide lockdown starting early next month so reposes says that some parts of the economy will be allowed to reopen and has called on people to start wearing masks outdoors tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to enforce restrictions. headlines got more news on al-jazeera right after the stream that. talk to al-jazeera squawked your thoughts were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build united states

of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. by other me ok and your in the stream home edition welcome to my house today i should be asking you what's in the show because this show is a q. and a about the clone a virus and sub-saharan africa we've had your tweets in already thank you very much for those but also on you chiefs i just jump in the cheap shot ask your questions and you can also be in the streams conversation today i want you to meet the panel i think you're going to be impressed still to regina introduce yourself hi i'm gina i am an infectious disease specialist and i work in johannesburg at the arm institute.