the book east of the ivory coast. hosted by eric cantona football rebels begins with a look at the life did you talk about the football and succeeded with politicians not. on the ice for you. now just. fighting talk from britain's prime minister as he returns to work after his personal battle for the current. this is the moment when we have begun to get to wrestle it to the floor. and i look like this is our dear life from doha also coming up a days from loosening the law down italy lays out a timetable for reopening the country. desperate but defiant bangladeshi workers

breached lockdown orders for much. exploiting the pandemic china has accused is accused of furthering its ambitions in disputed territory like. so britain's prime minister has returned to work bowing to lead from the front in the fight against corona virus or as johnson was diagnosed with the virus a month ago and spent 3 days in intensive care in his 1st speech since leaving hospital he says the u.k. starting to turn the tide in tackling the outbreak johnson has pledged his government will outline plans for easing restrictions but warns of the risk of a 2nd wave if this virus were a physical assailant an unexpected and invisible mug which i can tell you propose we experience it it's then this is the moment. when we have begun

together to wrestle it to the floor i know it is tough and i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the n.h.s. for the prime minister made no mention of the various criticisms of him and his government about let's recap of what he did say medics across the country say supplies of personal protective equipment or p.p. has been insufficient the target of $100000.00 tests per day has not been met written actually tested fewer than 21000 people in the past day and there's concern the death toll is likely to be far higher government numbers refer only to hospital deaths but do not include deaths in the community and care homes so corona virus has now claimed more than 20700 lives and u.k. hospitals with more than 152000 confirmed cases so let's pick the generally joins

us live from westminster in central london says it's a made no mention of the various criticisms leveled at him but sooner or later he will have to face them. he will have to face them i mean one has to wonder whether that will be sooner or later make as you say possibly it'll have to wait for some sort of comprehensive inquiry once this is all over certainly for now i think people will be pleased to see their prime minister back at the helm here in downing street his 1st day back at work on the steps of course porous johnson into a storm of controversy of questions of criticism not least aimed at him and his own government's handling of this crisis perceptions of a slow start a delayed response at the beginning as the death toll as you mentioned there hospital death toll ticks well past 20000 there are still persistent shortages of personal protective equipment for health care workers on the front line the testing

target again as you mentioned they're nowhere near the government's. target of 100000 a day by the end of this month but by perhaps i think the most pressing concern right now is. of this lockdown britain into its 5th week now of severe lockdown restrictions there are signs of public restlessness it's all doing terrible damage to the economy there are widespread calls for clarity from the government over how and when it will be eased what the government's plan is whether the government even has a plan i think boris johnson took the moment his 1st step into work back at work here on monday to try to put his best foot forward here at downing street he emphasised the positives in this crisis that was the biggest challenge the u.k. has faced since the 2nd world war he said we're making real progress the n.h.s. wasn't in fact overwhelmed as many people see it and we're beginning to turn the tide but to answer those questions when will all of this be eased the lock down restrictions the damage to the economy he said now is simply not the time he's

worried about a 2nd wave he's worried about a big 2nd spike that could be even more damaging to the economy with even larger numbers of deaths he urged the public to contain your impatience very well thanks very much of a journal reporting there from london. well germany has come back to the spread of krone virus by making the wearing of mosques compulsory while on public transport free masa be made available in cities nationwide for the past week germany has the 4th highest number of confirmed cases in europe of fewer than 6000 to died which is follow the neighboring countries italy is preparing to emerge from the longest coronavirus lockdown in the west from next week people will be allowed to visit relatives and some businesses will reopen it seen the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world after the united states on sunday the daily toll fell to its lowest level in more than a month however the prime minister as you said says people will steal still need to wear masks and observe social distancing will be equipped with my job if they're

committed to a legal so for me for the wholesale sector will restart but it is obvious that we'll need a market and therefore from 18 if we expect to reopen the retail sector from then we are also planning to reopen museums exhibitions and libraries and sport teams can resume training we also hope that june 1st will be the date for the reopening of bars restaurants beauty salons and hairdressers basically all personal care activities at this point not to francisco jump attorney who joins us live from milan via skype 'd and francisco tell us more about what's happening for italians on may the 4th us. well the prime minister does appear can turn now to last night how the country will enter now and phase 2 of the pandemic italy will try to restart the economy without pushing the curve of the infections up again factories and building sites in italy were reopened from may 4th this was the biggest

announcement people will be allowed to leave their houses to go to work and also to visit their family social gatherings are and away still bends and it's not possible to move from region to region sporting activities could be now practice also far from home but people need to do to do it on their own and have to keep the distance from each other parks will reopen but it won't be possible to meet others their shops museums and libraries can reopen from may 18th so if the new wave of cases will be allowed will be avoided other businesses will follow restaurants bars and headdresses will open from june 1st qantas said that the reopening is allowed on condition that all companies involved strict respect new security protocols in the workplace wearing protective masks become mandatory in or

enclosed spaces anyway schools will remain shots until september and this will gave families childcare problems for many months to come absolutely 0 speed of the extremely difficult times say the least for italians and for italy what is the general sentiment now as this glimmer of light is emerging the beginning v.z. of restriction. well i feel that from yesterday there is a kind of frustration because. many people are expected to return to a sort of social life from the 4th of may but this will not happen for sure because the lockdown restrictions for personal freedoms are still on where they where there are still on you can only go to visit your family members but not know gatherings are allowed. there there is also confusion because some of the things

that were announced yesterday are not very clear so probably in the next days 'd something will be explained more like for example if people can go to visit their. partners or just their family members of course there is also some relief for those who. too much could open too soon but this this will not happen for sure. of course what many command stores are saying is that nothing was said about how the health system will be managed in this 2nd face nothing was said about the conflict tracing gap that the government that the government is working on or has been working on for months for to once it is unclear how the new infections will be identified and how the sick people will be isolated to avoid infecting family members we can say that basically this phase 2 is very similar to

the phase one orifices go appreciate that thanks very much indeed for jump attorney thank you. workers are being warned the existence of the company is threatened by the crisis for airlines a letter from the chief executive 213-3000 staff once the company's bleeding cash immediate action is needed to recently. global oil prices a 40 again with storage tanks nearing capacity around the world the price of u.s. crude drops below $16.00 a barrel as global lockdowns continue to cause a slump in fuel demand supply cuts by leading oil producing nations have so far been able to offset the collapse in consumption and investors fear of a repeat of last week's events when u.s. crude drops below 0 for the 1st time the united states has extended a waiver for iraq to import iranian gas and electricity despite american sanctions on tehran but this time it's been granted for just 30 days whereas previously

tensions were more than 90 washington is pressing iraq to form a last government and to move towards energy self-sufficiency iraq relies heavily on iran to surprise its great. workers desperate for money and $1.00 of the world's biggest garment industries are defying coronavirus lockdown orders they're returning to work in bangladesh saying they haven't been paid for months countries expects to lose at least $6000000000.00 worth of exports to make up for some of it textile workers are saying mosques medical grounds and other in demand a personal protective equipment i guess has recorded more than 5400 current of r.'s cases and 145 deaths time a challenger is following developments from the capital dhaka. the prime minister has a stimulus package of $588000000.00 now this was promised some time back many of the work has been protesting for the last several days many haven't been paid for months some are on the brink of starvation now they've been asked to join some of the factories that lets 1000 plus factories are opening all across the country is

in a limited way. because they're under pressure from international buyers to fulfill their obligation many buyers on the other hand have cancelled their order resulting in billions of dollars of loss another factor of main concern for the garment workers are their safety and of course their salary as you just mentioned garments on have a short they'll get paid and it's guaranteed by the government and i spoke to one of the activists and leader for the garment workers she said the main concern is safety and of course their salary as well and because many of them work in close compartment $3400.00 workers in each floor they live in a densely populated area sometime in slums if an epidemic spread it is a potential time bomb for the workers. still ahead here in alexandria demonstrators defying coronavirus curfews in lebanon to continue protest against a worsening economic crisis. the world to come. to not only.

the broadcaster in pakistan playing a critical role in getting information out about the pandemic. hello the things that really warming up across central areas of china skies the last couple days and the all clear skies in the forecast all this massive crowd you can see taking the rain well to the east of japan where we may well just see wanted to shout slightly to northern areas of home she central regions to maybe into and also still pushing across into the time as they're coming up a little bit as a part of 14 celsius your high on tuesday meanwhile 30 celsius in beijing and then right on the south coast as clear skies again increase the temperature in hong kong 2827 on wednesday may be just the chance of a shower the but of an onshore flow as you can see but these clear skies meaning

the to much is continuing to rise in japan so $23.00 and take it nothing like the temperature in beijing for the next 3 days got temperatures in the low thirty's 32 by wednesday and the average for april is 20 degrees a whopping 12 degrees above the average the story really in india of course is the heat particularly through the interior and then these very strong at times thunderstorms really erupting as we go through tuesday across the north the northeast again bangladesh in some very heavy downpours but really study right the way down into desha andhra pradesh still of course down into carola tunnel naughty but all the while it is hot and dry through the interior 41 in our pool. for. more on the most un's initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for a $50.00 buckle and with the muslims now moved from merely reacting to taking

action putting the western crusaders on the defensive with hindsight this is seen as a breakthrough as a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective at the so to revive on a jazzier. but again you're watching out to 0 remind of our top stories this hour and a britain's prime minister has returned to work after being diagnosed with the corona virus a month ago boris johnson says the u.k. is beginning to turn the tide in tackling the outbreak but more of the risk of a 2nd away. the daily death toll from coronavirus in europe's hardest hit countries

fall into its lowest level in more than a month italy plans to begin easing restrictions in a week's time. and hundreds of factory workers in bangladesh have defied and nation like coronavirus lock down and turn to work manufacturers are exclusively saying mosques medical grounds and other in demand 1st of. all schools and universities in some parts of china that were closed because of the pandemic are beginning to reopen students who have been welcome back to class in the capital beijing but social distancing measures will continue cheering lessons students in the city will hunt for the outbreak began or start heading back to school as early as next week. a song released by china to highlight his partnership with the philippines against the covert 900 up break is being criticized as propaganda has been disliked more than 100000 times on you tube many filipinos say the lyrics are a thinly veiled attempt by beijing to assert its claims of the disputed south china

sea. its report. the video is on you tube and the song is called essent that got which in the filipino language means one scene the song was written by china's ambassador in manila. the video is supposedly dedicated to those who could tribute it to the 19 fight in the philippines and china but it's causing outreach here mostly from filipinos who say the message is subliminal and insulting. calling this one see they say is this graceful because china continues to encroach philippine territory in the south china sea but the chinese are saying. that you know we've. almost. so what there is.

that. it was released just a day before the philippine government launched 2 diplomatic complaints against china chinese navy mounted a radar gun at the philippines biggest people warship in the spratleys china also declared some of the philippine territory there as belonging to hina province on the chinese mainland the philippine government says international law and its sovereignty are being violated china's leaders are facing widespread criticism for its cover up of the coronavirus crisis it also denies supplying defective virus test kits and so it is building up its response even going as far as highlighting what it calls as failures of other governments to respond to the virus emergency some chinese diplomats tweeted accusations that the u.s.

is responsible for the pandemic in the philippines anger against china has been growing for years chinese who operate illegal online gambling it to teens have been implicated in murder and human trafficking in the philippines and the ramming of a philippine fishing boat by a chinese ship and then abandoning 22 filipino fisherman infuriated many others a few months ago contributing to low approval rating of china here critics say that it will take more than just what they call a propaganda video to improve china's image both here and abroad dugan al-jazeera manila well richard hey daryn is a columnist and the author of asia's new battlefield u.s. china and the struggle for the west pacific and he says that china is using its control over the distribution of medical supplies to further its geo political agenda. what we have seen in the past 2 months or so what these

is what many critics see as a brazen act of strategic opportunism for instance and what we're seeing also here is what you can call offensive charming so on one hand china easing gaging in a face mask the placebo going around the region giving p.-p. east and medical equipment and mass to indonesia the philippines and different countries who are struggling with this epidemic which of course originated from china but at the same time we see also china in march and increasing in april has also stepped up its efforts in a jason waters to dominate those waters for instance we see the chinese sinking of vietnamese fishing boat after ending 2 augers now harassing immolation west capella drillship activities oil exploration activities we see china further militarizing the artificially created islands like me and deploying munster coast guard ship to discard arsenal and all of this let's be very careful all of this is happening while the neighboring countries including top generals in the philippines have

caught the virus and had to be drawing to quarantine and more importantly the u.s. navy and the pentagon had to put suspension on overseas deployment and in fact one of american aircraft carriers u.s.s. roosevelt is now completely grounded because of the epidemic outbreaks create a new strategy vacuum that's how a lot of china to push the envelope in an even more accelerate the moment. el salvador security officials have been authorized to use lethal force against gang members following a surge in violence during the pandemic prisons have been ordered to place members of rival gangs into shared cells in a bid to break up lines of communication it's also impose a 24 hour lockdown in correctional facilities the country suffered $24.00 homicides on friday and another $29.00 sunday. iran plans to reopen some mosques in areas that are deemed to free of coronavirus the government will start labeling regency that white yellow or red depending on the number of deaths or

infractions mosques in white zones will be able to resume services iranians have already returned to shops and bazaars as the government tries to revive its battered economy the country's president says regions will be classified on a case by case basis do i have to show that 14 now would. after 2 weeks because there are no deaths no new cases it is then up to the minister of health to say according to its our criteria that this area this county this sector is white and other areas can be yellow or red so we will divide the country on the basis of white yellow and red protesters in lebanon have been defying a long time and curfew to continue anti-government protests the demonstrators blocked roads and fought with police while denouncing the worsening economic crisis last week lebanon's currency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the central bank governor to resign in horror as more from beirut. lebanon's currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the lever lost at

least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. the central bank is either incapable or directly instigating the dramatic drop. those in power say there is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging financial stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh selami believe the ruling alliance led by hezbollah is trying to take control of the central bank which implements u.s. sanctions against the iranian backed group mr sunday me is perceived as. an american ally inside lebanon that does not mean that mr sam raimi is not

responsible and i'm his one of 30 policy was wrong but definitely we're phrasing it cool it. is part of. our game taking place. money transfer offices and banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of their savings due to informal capital controls. hard currency international donors won't help unless politicians reform the states that means giving up resources they've been accused of using for political gain. all the while people are losing the value of their money protesters are reviving a movement that began in october not just against the central banks policies but a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the streets these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground. but if their careers and the game.

it's seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and it's putting lebanon stability at risk center for their beirut. a radio station in pakistan is holding clinics so that people living in remote areas can get information about the pandemic if enough to relax here bright. the airwaves in northern pakistan once carried lectures by the taliban one preacher was even given the nickname mullah radio. but now the station in swat valley is broadcasting a very different message so i want to. stay home and stop the spread of the coronavirus if a lucky man. if you made your isn't use of the people in this area is not long ago it was used by the pakistani taliban to enhance the movement we found it very useful it's easy to reach out to the masses and solve the health issues using our

radio clinic. puc to inquire radio reaches further than the local newspaper and television stations deep into the foothills of the hindu kush the radio clinics were launched last month to increase awareness about the virus education locals while keeping them indoors programme you need to do clinic the purpose of our program is to provide life health services to patients who aren't able to go to the hospitals because of the lockdown doctors of specialties are invited and they give advice to anyone who needs help. from patients like hoshi who has had trouble and that makes him especially vulnerable to the virus. i was very worried about my health but then i learned about this radio service it was a wonderful experience for me i called the doctor and he helped me out. hoshi delhi is home with his family like tens of millions across pakistan where shutdown began last month. there being thousands of cases and dozens of deaths and it's feared

a lack of taste may be concealing the true number of infections. doctors are angry that mosques of been allowed to stay open during the muslim fasting month of ramadan. they were wrong that if the virus becomes widespread here its impact could be catastrophic overwhelming a fragile health system that has just 3000 acute care beds for a population of 200000000. in normal days hospitals were brimming with people but after the lockdown it was impossible to go to any clinic or hospital this new radio health program has helped many from their homes because they can just call. this one time pirate radio station now a lifeline for this community. brian al jazeera. more than a 1000000 people in australia have downloaded a mobile phone tracing app to help coordinate the spread of the virus was launched

on sunday the software uses bluetooth technology to connect with other phones so users can be traced and contacted if they were exposed to cope with 19 they would veil as a cyber laura experts at the university of new south wales and he's warning the op may not be as safe or as useful as a government yes. they've put a lot of effort into marketing and promotion and certainly they've tried to make it feel like a national obligation to do this and look it may be when we get to the bottom of it that it may be useful and safe to to use our concern really is that they've left out a lot of the information if you're looking for informed consent. you need to know not only what we'd like it to do and promises that will do the right thing but also one of the limitations what are the risks that sort of things and unfortunately

that sort of information which would include design specifications the software source codes the technical protocols and. privacy impact assessment that would be involved why the consultation with everybody likely to be affected that sort of thing has not been released now and you know in that sense it's very disappointing when it gets to the questions about. whether this is voluntary or not. they've gone a long way you know in the last week to saying it's absolutely not and there are proposals for a law that whenever parliament gets again which could be women sometime soon that they will legislate in ways that. do protect it and that ensures that it's mandatory. the fact that so many of the entities involved with this were paid a week ago to float the prospect that if if we didn't do the right thing if we didn't get the right answer that it would be made mandatory that really you know

the cat among the pigeons. a huge piece of artwork has been unveiled in the swiss else which aims to inspire hope during the global pandemic french land artists who called his art work beyond crisis and it spans 3000 square meters across grassland in the west and switzerland town of light and it was spray painted using a mix of coal chalk. so this is our dessert these are the top stories and britain's prime minister has returned to work after being diagnosed with the corona virus a month ago boris johnson says the u.k. is beginning to turn the tide in tackling up the ones of the risk of a 2nd wave if this virus were a physical assailant an unexpected and invisible mug which i can tell you propose we experience it it's then this is the moment when we have begun

together to wrestle it to the floor i know it is tough and i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life and be overwhelming of the n.h.s. the daily death toll from create a virus in europe's hardest hit countries has fallen to its lowest level in more than a month italy plans to begin easing restrictions in a week's time. hundreds of factory workers in bangladesh have defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown and return to work many factories are exclusively sewing masks medical grounds and other in demand for personal protective equipment . because being a warmth the existence of the company is threatened by the crisis for airlines and

a letter from the chief executive to stuff once the company's bleeding cash and immediate action is needed to resize and. label oil prices a 40 again with storage tanks nearing capacity around the world the price of u.s. crude dropped to below $16.00 a barrel as global lockdowns continue to cause a slump in fuel demand investors fear a repeat of last week's events when u.s. crude drop for the 1st time. the u.s. has extended a waiver for iraq to import iranian gas and electricity despite american sanctions on tehran but this time it's been granted for just 30 days whereas previous extensions were for more than 90 iraq relies heavily on iran to supply its power grid you know stay with headlines got more news here on al-jazeera right off the inside story africa.

will again be divided into 2 countries again separatist 5 united arab emirates to self rule in the south state of emergency what does that mean the efforts to end civil war this is inside story. welcome to the program. yemen's complex civil war has been going on for 6 years it's aggravated decades long.