this is investigating the united states military world and in the u.s. election primaries are sometimes democratic nominee joe biden strives to reach the official delegate threshold made on al jazeera. we cannot war alone. leaders from around the world unite in the fight against covert 19 but the u.s. is conspicuously absent. alarms the whole raman you're watching over there live my headquarters here in doha also coming up the u.s. president's under fire again for tarting unproven treatments for the virus. and testing times in the u.k. the government faces more criticism over the way its handling the pandemic.

or. muslims around the world are urged to observe social distancing at the start of the holy month of ramadan. welcome to the program leaders from around the world have announced that they're teaming up to develop and deliver a coronavirus vaccine will be accessible to all the program it's being called a landmark collaboration work will start with a global pledging effort next month aimed at raising $8000000000.00 the un and politicians all stressed the need to make any vaccine widely available to everyone there was a notable absence of course from the meeting of the united states which says it has no official involvement the. chief said it's important that all tools used for fighting the virus are available to everyone. but experience has stored as that even when tools are available they had been not been equally available

to all we cannot allow that to happen today doubly sure is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the axis $19.00 accelerator or the act accelerator this is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development production and. distribution of vaccines diagnostics internet beauty export corbett 19. french president went on quite emphasize the importance for the world to unite behind the initiative. we're now going to continue to mobilize all countries of the g. 7 m. the g. 20 for them to back this initiative i hope that we will be able to reconcile this initiative with china and the us because the fight against covert 19 as

a common good for humanity this shouldn't be any divisions between countries we need to join forces to win this battle while diplomatic etta james bays joins me now from the united nations and of course we mention that glaring omission of the u.s. at these proceedings changed at a time when the world needs global leadership. a global crisis and if you look at times past and you have the world trying to come together and get some unity the one country to be expected to see there and probably be one of the 1st speakers would be the united states and probably the u.s. president but that's not to be on this occasion of course because this meeting was coordinated by the world health organization and president donald trump has picked a fight with the world health organization he says that they were not transparent enough in their dealings with china early on in the pandemic demick and he's cut new funding to the w.h.o. so in those circumstances the u.s.

i think couldn't take part and haven't taken part in this meeting but clearly there's a great deal that the u.s. could bring to the party in terms of the u.s. is medical and scientific knowledge and the funding because the next phase of this is going to be the funding they're asking for $8000000000.00 from around the world because obviously if you're going to try and fund vaccines and testing and treatments then those are not being given as a charity by the pharmaceutical industries are going to have to have funding to make sure that poor people and poor countries around the world can access them and of course part of the u.s. this criticism has been that the w.h.o. has been to china centric but china is only filled the void to the u.s. you might say has withdrawn from its sort of american 1st policy. absolutely it's very evident to me in the last few years that something has changed

here in new york at u.n. headquarters but in the wider u.n. system and i think 2 things one china is certainly getting more involved it's going for more jobs it's getting more senior jobs in the u.n. system and it's finding its voice china used to have very quiet diplomacy now china is being much more assertive in pushing back to the u.s. in part that is as you say so because the u.s. used to play a very very big role still plays a role in the multilateral system but america 1st has meant i think that the u.s. has ceded a bit of a role and china has filled that void james bays our diplomatic editor in new york thanks very much for joining us all millions of potential workers have become eligible for coronavirus testing if they show symptoms the british government has made it part of its strategy to fight the pandemic but it's faced criticism over

the slow rolling out of mass testing challenge is live for us there in london of course varying testing stations have come online a rotary but are you really seeing that sort of he work or footfall passy. no i mean not say that this place behind me chessington world of adventures a closed amusement park shuts in the last few hours for the day but even when it was open it did match the look that much different to how it looks at the moment there was barely a trickle of cars coming through here the busiest period was just after the lunch break when there was a small queue but certainly not the kind of intense traffic that you would expect. a time like this. in a situation where the government is trying to reach by the end of the month it's targets of 100000 tests being done every day it is very strange this disconnect

between what is to trade as a kind of. national crisis the lack of testing and the quiet desolation of places like this with very few people actually coming through use these tests and. it's quite confusing and quite unclear why these centers are not being used more than more than they seem to be. the government has rolled out it's now testing here to not just health care workers and care workers who work in retirement. but to police officers to careers to people who work in supermarkets to teachers the essential workers that have been drawn up on the list who are keeping the country running at the moment so and still face the greatest risk i suppose from catching coronavirus that is the way they think they're going to reach 100008 day but it's hard to see

how they're doing that at the moment. in london thanks very much. brazil's justice minister has resigned over what he calls political interference in another blow to present all scenarios government sergio morrow who is a former anti corruption judge stepped down shortly after balsara sacked the federal police chief the president is under fierce criticism as brazil struggles to cope with the corona virus outbreak it's the worst affected country in latin america argentinian prisoners have staged a protest after a prison officer tested positive for coded 19 inmates the sirees jails are demanding transfers and sanitary control over worries that they're trapped and vulnerable to infection at one point they threw sharp objects from the roof.

well of course it's an ongoing and developing situation we can join the correspondent trees a boat in buenos aires for the very latest obviously a developing situation what more do you know at the moment. well what we know roll right now is i'm right here in front of a pivotal prison a group of prisoners took over at least 2 floors of this prison many of them you can see them right at the top of the prison there have a blanket that's been painted where it says where you can read we do not want to die in here they've been banging some scrap metal among other things and we just saw that the police was firing tear gas inside the prison and what the prisoners are doing is basically throwing the back onto the streets we've been seeing also lots of of the relatives of those who are inside this prison coming around here extremely worried about the ongoing situation and apparently what sparked what's

happening in this prison right now is that one of the guards inside the prison tested positive for what he says that he was isolated but still this is not enough for the prisoners here who are asking for those who are at sensitive ages who wave to be fought on to highest arrest and they say that they won't stop with this protest and till many of those who are over 60 years old are transferred we've been seeing several incidents around for zones in argentina in this past few days prisons in this in the greater of what a society is at least 8 of them have prisoners inside who are currently on hunger strike and this this whole situation with coronavirus of course deteriorates the conditions inside schools and even more for that update thank you trees about in one designs. still ahead here on al-jazeera the biggest shipment in years of saudi oil is on the way to the u.s.

but it may not make it we'll tell you why and staring into space for 3 decades we look at how the hubble telescope has contributed to our understanding of the universe those stories after the break. how it welcomes another look at the international full costs looking largely funded dry across northern parts of china and the korean peninsula at the by a little bit of cloud here that will slide through through the next couple days we can see some showers just creeping into western parts of japan as we go on through saturday but for the most part fine and i warming up in tokyo to around 19 souses a 20 therefore saka 22 celsius for beijing further south you notice there are some showers around into southern parts of china but not as many not as widespread not as heavy as they have been recently and it will turn somewhat dry still as we go on

through sunday much of the region actually fine and dry my cast your vote shower there into southern parts of well south received some showers still a chance of the odd shower as it warms up for the 24 celsius on saturday as usual scattering of showers across southeast asia indonesia is largely looking fine in try malaysia will see some lively showers shouts pushing up through the mill a potential toilet also seeing some rather wet weather from time to time nothing like the really wet weather that we still have in play across bangladesh the northeast of india the showers becoming a little more extensive a little more widespread for eastern parts of india as we go on through saturday some showers to the southwest and also franca. a history of guerrilla warfare a place on the global stage. the pira gaining strength the revolutionary zeal

knowing no bounds but did a series of violent acts by their splinter groups damage the palestinian cause or ensured survival chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. but the market watching al-jazeera be celeron the reminder of our top news stories global leaders have joined the world health organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs tests and vaccines against covert 19 but there was a marked absence with the united states announcing that it would not be getting

involved in the u.k. millions of key workers have become eligible for coronavirus testing if they show symptoms of the illness the british government has faced criticism over the slow rollout of mass testing. but argentinian prisoners have staged a protest after a prison officer tested positive for cave at 19 inmates at the one desiring his jail are demanding transfers and sanitary control over worries they're trapped and vulnerable to the infection. medical experts in the u.s. so once again warning about the dangers of donald trump using his position to tout unproven treatments he's been criticized after discussing the possibilities of injecting disinfectant and using ultraviolet ultraviolet light to fight the virus and now the food and drug administration has warned against taking and the malarial drug the president was promoting saying there is a risk of heart rhythm problems alexy o'brian explains. it was the

headline that dominated president donald trump's daily news briefing and most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have been killing the virus both surfaces and in the air promoting a theory that sun heat and humidity appear to shorten the life of the corona virus that research is unconfirmed and it may prove not to be true but that didn't stop president trump broadcasting it to millions and going one step further and then i see the disinfectant but not see that in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do something like that. by injection. or almost a cleaning suggesting disinfectant could be used inside the body but it sounds it sounds interesting to me that's prompted a warning from health authorities and the makers of popular kleeneze lysol and day show that no one should ingest bleach disinfectant or any other hygiene products

the us st is for disease control says it saw a spike in calls to poison hotlines last month because of people's exposure to such chemicals which can be harmful even to our skin there's no serious the yaquis. is there you know i think i'm here by that we haven't studied we don't do that within that lab our labs it's not the 1st time president trump's used his podium to push what he calls potential cures for the virus there are promising therapies produced by gilliatt and that's. where m.d.'s are valar. deaths of or hydroxy torak when. and. the z. pack i think is a combination probably is looking very very good and about according to early trials in china the drug has failed to treat covert tain and it's too early to know

about hydroxy clark aim is not a medical or public health expert and he doesn't pass on the advice of is true medical and public health experts and i think most people are smart enough to know that they should be taking medical or public health advice from president trump they should be listening to expert opinions as for trump's hate and some theory the world health organization pointed to examples where the virus has spread around the equator and southern hemisphere they evidence is not providing supporting that theory so i'm sorry we cannot but the summary is going to have the effect that many people hope what will the president is convinced he's giving hope to millions i'm not a doctor i'm here to present ideas but many health professional say those ideas could prove dangerous and brian al-jazeera. oil producers deal with the supply and lead a band caused by the global pandemic the biggest saudi oil shipments in years is on

its way to the united states but some u.s. politicians are calling for the tank has to be turned around because domestic oil storage is expected to be filled up soon as john hendren reports. a flotilla of saudi oil tankers is slowly steaming toward the united states and into a chilly welcome for a u.s. ally it's indicative of how desperate these petro states are to sell their oil to find a place physically to find a place to plant 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 is 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 to produce. 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. crude. oil 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 the saudi human rights activist. has died in prison i missed international call him

a fair list champion for human rights it was prosecuted multiple times for his work in 2013 he was given an 11 year sentence on charges of breaking allegiance to the ruler and inciting disorder saadi human rights group says home it was transferred to hospital several months ago when his health deteriorated the group also said the doctors recommended and heart surgery but saudi authorities returned him to prison . a unilateral ceasefire in yemen has been extended for one month that's according to a spokesman for the saudi u.a.e. coalition the original 2 week truce was declared after the u.n. security general called for a global ceasefire because of the corona virus qatar's reported its highest rise in daily inspections after $761.00 new cases were confirmed on friday bringing the country's total to more than 8 and a half 1000 health officials say the outbreak was or has entered its peak with more than 500 infections recorded daily over the past week 10 people from or have died

from covert 19. early results from mali's parliamentary election show the governing party won the most votes but not enough for an outright majority the rally family party is cemented to have taken 43 seats out of the 147 available voting in the 2nd round went ahead last sunday despite the global pandemic campaign was marred by violence of the kidnapping of an opposition leader just over 23 percent of registered voters cast their ballots. muslims across the globe are marking ramadan the holiest month for the year but while traditional rituals include gatherings for food and prayers many people will have to forgo the coronavirus lockdowns saudi arabia announced to islamize holiest mosques in mecca and medina will be closed during ramadan the kingdom has the highest number of cases of covert 19 in the gulf . but the government in pakistan has decided to keep most open during ramadan

people gathering to pray must observe social distancing measures but there are concerns the number of infections will rise to hussle latest from the capital islamabad. doctors have certainly made a play and they've said that the government and the clergy must reconsider that decision because of the threat that disband them a quarter spiral out of control as far as pakistan is concerned and they say they will not be able to handle that situation now earlier the buggers arnie's imposed a lockdown they closed all the mosque and told people to stay away and prayer to home however then the cleric cleric day took matters into their own hands there started defying go in or does that put pressure on the government that they would not listen to the government and that of course led to our top talks between the president and the clerics the government then a buckling under pressure and allowing them to hold these congregational prayers

including dharavi prayer which i held that night and in the month of ramadan and that of course attracts a large number of people that said really as that every day's social distancing measures on your dog and what we have been able to find today and that people have not been paying any attention to that some of these religious leader do a scene in large crowds announcing the beginning of ramadan and that of course showed that there is no attention being paid to safety measures or indeed a lot of bridges there are meant as far as the people are concerned and apprehension that this could all lead to an escalation and a number of corporate 19 cases here in pakistan. every year during ramadan more than 20000000 workers leave indonesia's capital to travel back to their hometowns before the muslim holiday of either the outbreaks of covert 19 has now disrupted

that centuries old tradition as jessica washington reports from jakarta. the bags are packed and they've paid for the tickets but this family won't be traveling anytime soon nearly all domestic and international travel in indonesia is now on hold until june yeah well yeah i always travel before it's the only time i can see my family i'm sad but there is nothing we can do we must follow the government's instructions on a normal day a station like this one would be packed with people and it would be even busier in the lead up to that won't happen this year stopping people from travelling to their hometowns should help slow the spread of the virus but it also brings new challenges for those who've lost their income and say they can no longer afford life in indonesia as big city. hours before the ban came in this was the scene at one jakarta bus depot social distancing gave way to desperation thousands of people

trying to get out of the capital before it was too late barring the army because of the announcement from the president about the travel ban many people panicked here is the epicenter of the covert 19 outbreak in indonesia and these travellers could spread the virus to provinces with no proper health facilities but many here feel they have no choice anyway is one of them millions of low income earners have lost their jobs because of the virus the factory eddie works is shot indefinitely his rent is 50 dollars each month and he can't afford that now anyway. the corona virus outbreak has made this ramadan different to previous years i lost my job i'm very sad i can't live in jakarta without a job i can't afford it so i decided to go home before the ban this virus hasn't just disrupted the annual homecoming of millions but their livelihoods too just to

washington al-jazeera to come to. now for 3 decades the hubble telescope has been pairing deep into the universe and beaming spectacular images of distant galaxies back to earth does not marks its 30th anniversary lee harding reports on hubble's contributions to science and how they've changed the understanding of space 54321 and. they started discovering how the place. window on the universe public is the 1st major optical telescope sent into space taking images from above the distortion of the atmosphere in light pollution nasa has called it the ultimate mountaintop when the possibility of a telescope in space opened up astronomers jumped on the idea scientists have used hubble to observe the most distant stars and galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system its most famous photo was taken in 1995

a so-called deep field image showing areas of the universe as they were billions of years ago during 3 decades in orbit hubble has influenced many people back on earth it's my job to make things up for a living and constantly use my imagination but hubble and the dedicated scientists behind it take all of that a step further i've been fortunate to work on shows like you are val that star the actor i spent almost 2 decades on star trek a space is kind of. like you know when you look at this is gifted to us. changes not just mine changes. hubble orbits the earth once every hour and a half giving us a great witness in space hubble was also the 1st telescope designed to be visited in space so astronauts could carry out repairs but early in its mission engineers

found a problem that shocked them the images sent back to earth were blurred. we don't. just like i think. the spacecraft just going out of its misery. after 12 years of construction at a cost of billions of dollars astronauts were sent to space in 1903 to fix a faulty lens for your bar or your record. that mission was a success and fantastic images began to be transmitted back to earth when people talk about the legacy of hubble. i think among its greatest legacies will be. helping humanity understand that you know when things go to space we can in fact they're not it's not hopeless if there's something wrong we can service them and in many cases if we make some preparation to do that. but hubble does have an expiry

date scientist estimate it should last another 5 years or until it solar batteries stopped working until then hubble can build on its legacy revealing yet more images from far depths of our universe well you heard in al-jazeera. deserve of me so romney a reminder of our top news stories global leaders have joined the world health organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs tests and vaccines against covert 19 but there was a marked absence with the united states announcing that it would not be getting involved argentinian prisoners have staged a protest after a prison officer tested positive for covert lowing team in may to jail him when designer resolve demanding the transfers and sanitary control over worries that

they're vulnerable to the infection trees a bow has more outside the prison. group of prisoners took over at least 2 floors of this prison many of them you can see them right of the top of the prison there have a blanket that's been painted where it says it where you can read we do not want to die in here they've been banging some scrap metal among other things and we just saw that the police was firing tear gas inside the prison and what the prisoners are doing is basically throwing. the back onto the streets we've been seeing also lots of the relatives of those who are inside this prison coming around here extremely worried about the ongoing situation brazil's justice minister has resigned over what he calls political interference in another blow to president john bolton or as government so tomorrow who is a former anti corruption judge stepped down shortly after both sora sacked the federal police chief. the saudi human rights activist. has died

in prison and amnesty international called him a failed us champion for human rights and it was prosecuted multiple times for his work as a human rights group says hamad was transferred to hospital several months ago when his health deteriorated the group also said that doctors recommended urgent heart surgery but saudi authorities returned him to prison and at least 12 have been killed in an attack on the park in the democratic republic of congo several more people were injured in the the worst in the park's history from home to half the world's population of mountain gorillas and in the last 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed protecting the animals those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here. to stay with us.

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