and the i for you. now does it. the us is always of in fact the people all right the world this has been going on for a number of you can't be allowed to report from an international perspective crikey your mobile audience how this could impact your life this is an important part of the world and our leader is very good at bringing the news to the world from here. a warning to the world from the world health organization the coronavirus pandemic is far from over. so rahman you want you'll just ever live my headquarters here in doha also coming up back at work after his own violence battle the british prime minister says his country is locked down must stay in place. and asked to make compulsory in africa's

biggest city with penalties for those flouting the rules. and demonstrators defy curfews in lebanon to continue protests against a worsening economic crisis. welcome to the program the world health organization has issued a warning about corona virus and some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the number of confirmed cases across the globe is nearing 3000000 the w.h.o. says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases with $21.00 countries reporting shortages of some vaccines now this was the director general in geneva just over an hour ago. we continue to urge countries to find isolate test and treat all cases and trace every contact to ease

sure this declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the pandemic is far from over or british prime minister boris johnson has returned to work after he was infected and says it's too soon to ease the lockdown in the country there been more than 150000 cases and more than 20000 deaths in the u.k. johnson spent 8 days in hospital 3 of them in intensive care after being diagnosed with the virus a month ago he believes progress is being made but is warning of the risk of a 2nd wave if this virus were a physical assailant an unexpected and invisible mugger which i can tell you propose to experience it is 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. jonah hill has more damning street in london. rallying reassuring he did attempt to talk up a sort of positives up to now not easy under the circumstances chief among them of course bob simpson the simple fact that the prime minister is back standing behind a podium addressing the british public outside 10 downing street a real achievement that in itself even if he does return to step straight back into a whole series of controversies of difficult questions and criticisms leveled at him his handling of the crisis in the early days his government's handling of the crisis while he's been ill the perceptions of a slow rip's response as the death toll the hospital death toll ticks way past 20000 possibly much higher even than that there are still gaping holes in p. p. e.

protection equipment for health care workers on the front line the testing targets are nowhere near being met and louder and louder calls for all sorts of quarters for quite when and how this lockdown is going to be lifted as it tears into the british economy here although many different difficult questions for the prime minister to grapple with he put his best foot forward here trying to emphasize the positive the progress that has been made flattening the curve up to now the n.h.s. the health service has not been overwhelmed as many feared we're approaching he said the point where we turn the tide but to those people asking when the lockdown will be lifted where there was disappointment the time is not right now he said the numbers are too high the risk of a 2nd wave still far too great and dangerous his message to the public to businesses to members of his own party even calling for the lockdown to be lifted contain your impatience there's still a long way to go now the families the front line health workers who dive

coronavirus in the u.k. will receive payments of $75000.00 britain's health secretary said it would never replace the loss of a loved one but the government wanted to do everything it could to support grieving families. they dedicated their lives to caring for others and i feel a deep personal sense of tutti that we must cafe van loved ones and as a government we're looking closely at other professions that work on the frontline against coronavirus who don't who also do not have access to such schemes to see where this may be required turkey has announced it's sending medical aid to the united states and the present recipe or the one has announced an extension of restrictions so consider as our correspondent live for us in istanbul saudi authorities make another significant decision to try and control the virus

and sector so because the number of cases as kind of that belies and going down action the government says that they have seen the light at the end of the tunnel there but they will keep up. keep up imposing the lockdowns as at least for the weekends before this weekend they're going to merge may 1st friday with the weekend and as far as the announce that that the cabinet meeting today they will continue to impose those a weekend if 48 hour lockdown until the holy month of ramadan and iran may 20th $324.00 it is still the shops that victoria's shopping malls are all closed we have we are hearing that the finance and treasury miniseries. is urging the shopping mall so often but they have some concerns about that as well and turkey it also continued to bring bring back its citizens living in if it did not always see this

country is back to turkey due to holy month of ramadan and. there are big. signs places in some cities across 30 actually in 2 or 3 cities and this is the situation in turkey they are not in favor of a full lockdown for a long period of time as they wish the economy should be if functioning it but it seems that these weekend lock downs are working so and especially turkey citizens are in favor of lockdown despite some violations this fight some. improper behaviors by the by the citizens especially in a still more it seems to be working and the number of the patients in the i.c.u. unit is on the number of the recoveries on the daily basis it is going higher and higher every day but of course everybody is afraid that given the positive positive picture it people might be actually giving up on social measures like social

distancing wearing man sent and that's why all signs board health ministry signs board members all doctors are urging that each citizen should be ready should act responsible should keep social this since she'd keep wearing masks and follow the follow the electrons that imposed that is imposed by the government for the thank you senate considered in istanbul italy is preparing to emerge from the longest kind of virus lockdown in the west from next week people will be allowed to visit relatives and some businesses will reopen it's seen the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world after the us votes on sunday the daily toll fell to its lowest in more than a month prime minister just says people will still need to wear masks and observe social distancing. francisco jim to tell me more from milan on how the reopening plan will work. prime minister the peckham turn now last night how the country will

and 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 eataly were reopened from may 4th does 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 or any way still bend and it's not possible to move from region to region sporting activities could be now practiced 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 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 contests said that the reopening is allowed on condition that all companies involved strict the respect new security protocols in the workplace wearing protective masks become mandatory in no enclosed spaces anyway schools will remain shots until september and this will give families childcare problems for many months to come. well germany is combating the spread of chroma virus by making the wearing of mask compulsory while on public transport free masks have been made available in cities nationwide for the past week well germany has the 4th highest number of confirmed cases in europe fewer than $6000.00 have died which is far lower than neighboring countries. nigerians living in the largest city in lagos are being warned that they'll be punished if they don't wear masks when outside the state's governor says the compulsory precaution is needed

because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase nigeria has around 1200 confirmed coronavirus cases with 40 deaths and interests as the latest from a butcher. legace is the epicenter of this virus this pandemic by the way and this is the 1st state in niger even before the federal government declared a lockdown on 3 states in lagos state in the south west of the country and the administrative capital here so if we look at the legal situation we will understand the reason why the government is taking such measures in recent times over the past 4 days with the daily infection rate doubling and in some cases tripling over the past 3 or 4 days so for the state government this is key in sort of halting the wild spread of this virus in the state but this is also the economic capital of nigeria it could be signs of things to come it could be that the state is preparing to. probably use some restrictions we understand the been some riots here and

such in areas of lagos because of the continuous state has been its 7th week of 5th week of lockdown by the way and it has brought. residents a lot of people pressurizing the government are putting pressure on the government to ease the restrictions so that people can go out to work. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. china's dedicating to the fight against covert 19 is being condemned as insulting and authorizing lethal force will tell you where gangs are being put on notice after all the 60 murders in just 2 days stay with us here and i'll just say.

hello that want to hear more in the forecast rain just across northern areas of the middle of the crowd in the last year as. and this is clearing really quite rapidly away from iran says you go through to say we're going to see some rain showers heavy at times pushing that way through central areas of afghanistan and again a few more showers across areas of turkey that's the south across the reagan peninsula touches have come back down again so that is some good news fading a little bit of cloud around through central northern saudi some strong winds as well and this is one the reason of course the temperatures have come to get back to seeing the like a little bit heavy at times. and as i say we have got these areas academy could just see one of 2 showers in the day but says he wanted the high in doha. in dubai across into southern africa 1st of all south africa the rains here back in the forecast of the vengeance on choose a very heavy amounts of rain pushing on through johannesburg at about 18 celsius

clarified further to the south. just sitting off the east coast so that will continue to spin continue to bring some showers and also some fairly gusty winds along these coastal areas and then the central region. again fairly heavy across into tanzania and showers across into madagascar. is really. treats and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action. for informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like even if there's one ventilator very relieved in depth analysis of the dangers global headlines india turning up to the spread of coronavirus and the inside story on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera which means the whole roman a reminder of our top news stories the world health organization has issued a warning about krone virus and some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the w.h.o. says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases with 21 countries reporting shortages of some vaccines. 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 walls of a risk of a 2nd wave of nigerians living in the largest city lagos are being warned that they'll be punished if they don't wear masks when outside the state's governor says

the compulsory precaution is needed because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase will stay on the african continent in libya there has been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar has been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya mahmud of the head is in tripoli and has the latest. ases early in the morning where been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with a government of national accord say that have those forces have been shelling get several areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the are to now have those forces the art of be used in the ains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get several areas

including the government forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of enzyte a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today old saw a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random rocket launcher they have their forces in the vicinity of a would get a bully town about 25 kilometers east of the capital tripoli recently have those forces have intensified their attacks by random rockets again as to many it is the areas in southern tripoli especially after their defeat in western libya after the last the whole coastal way over the course of the road that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian border in western libya the lebanese

army has dispersed protesters who are blocking one of the main roads in the capital beirut demonstrators have been defying the law and curfew to voice their own grow over the worsening economic crisis last week alone balloons cogency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the central bank governor to resign similar has 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 a lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. the central bank is either incapable absent or directly instigating the dramatic drop in the heart of the don't have that. 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 so i mean me is perceived as. an american ally inside lebanon and that does not mean that mr said made me 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 very time. money transfer offices in 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 state 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 the accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the street these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground. for what their careers earned and in the game of the both of them it's seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and it's putting lebannon stability at risk then after their beirut. now a song released by china to highlight its partnership with the philippines against the covert 19 outbreak has been criticized as propaganda it's been disliked more than 100000 times on you tube that many filipinos say the lyrics are i thin me veiled attempt by beijing to reassert its claims over the disputed south china sea going to has the story. the video is on you tube and the

song is called essent that 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 to contributed to the 1000 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 c.b.c. is this graceful because china continues to encroach philippine territory in the south china sea but james i say. that you know. so what there is. because.

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 activities 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 cheer critics say that it will take more than just what they call a propaganda video to improve china's image both here and abroad duggan al-jazeera manila. israel supreme court has banned the government's intelligence agencies from tracing the phone location of those infected with coded 19 these security services had been given emergency powers last month to tap into cell phones of suspected cases but now the court says the government should come up with at least a temporary order to allow the practice in the next few weeks the country has reported around $15000.00 cases and at least $200.00 deaths in greece around

$500.00 asylum seekers have lost their shelter after fires in their overcrowded camp fire fighters on the island of some all say the main camp for maine's intact 2 fires started during what's described as an internal dispute between the migrants and refugees to the americas now el salvador security officials have been authorized to use lethal force against gang members following a surge in violence during the pandemic a state of emergency has been imposed in the country's prisons with inmates now locked in their overcrowded cells all day long laura birth mentally reports. is ok maximum security prison is on 24 hour lockdown but the out with social distance new rules don't apply to inmates. crammed together they're banned from any contact with the outside world the government says almost 13000 gang members and locked out enough south who is presently. following the recent spike in murders some of the

most dangerous gang leaders have been sent to confinement too strict their access to the outside walls and most of this is you know they make glare they will not receive sunlight they will be in total confinement 24 hours a day in the 7 maximum security prisons that are in this country this was an order from president naive ok we are complying with that order. the state of emergency came after 53 murders were reported throughout the country absolute can in northern england regular thought we have taken the decision to mix and imprison in each of the cells the different groups of the criminal gangs that are causing so much damage to the country the government will not bow down to any terrorist structure. the president tweeted he's ordered prison guards to use lethal force as a form of self-defense and urges opposition parties to support his directive. and

self-taught has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world many linked to the illegal drugs trade. president the kerry said rate has fallen dramatically since he took over in june he moved the imposed tough measures on street gangs known as matter. and the crew of ours lockdown has helped other reduce the murder rate curfews and travel with directions help hot the rates between february and march a country wide lockdown was imposed the march 22nd 2 brights groups warn massive crowding in prisons lately to an epidemic inside. as well as gang members the international crisis group says many of the knocked up to simply looking for something to eat all of the president says he's made history safe he also says gang leaders are taking advantage of the growing of ours emergency with lethal results norbert the man the al-jazeera. or to asia now where joggers in singapore have to

be aware of this still saying stay home. stay where i was 3 years roaming the city's parks urging everyone to stay home during the lockdown the government originally designed the robot for security surveillance but it's turned into a vigilant ambassador for social distancing singapore has extended its lockdown until early june practice. the radio station in pakistan is holding on to a clinic so that people living in remote areas can get information about the pandemic alexia brian has the story. the airwaves in northern pakistan once carried lectures by the taliban one preacher was even given the nickname radio. but now the station and swat valley is broadcasting a very different message so i want you 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 their health issues using a radio clinic. packed 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 radio 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 and. 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 and maybe concealing the true number of infections. doctors are angry that mosques have 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 is just 3000 acute care beds for a population of 200000000. in the present from your 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 us. this one time pirate radio station now a lifeline for this community. brian al jazeera. the restoration has started on not to done cathedral in paris after a pause during the krona virus shutdown the 1st step is ensuring construction crews are protected from the virus while they repair the fire damage from a year ago but despite the delay the staff say plans are on track to reopen the famous landmark in 4 years' time. you're watching al-jazeera with means the whole romney a reminder of our top news stories the world health organization has issued a warning about coronavirus some of the hardest hit countries look to lift restrictions the number of confirmed cases across the globe was nearing 3000000 the w.h.o. says the pandemic is also affecting the fight against other diseases. we continue

to urge countries to find i usually test and treat all cases and trace every to e sure these declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the pandemic is far from over britain's prime minister has returned to work after being diagnosed with the virus a month ago boris johnson says the u.k. is beginning to turn the tide in tackling the break but warns of the risk of a 2nd wave. and the families of frontline health workers who die of coronavirus in the u.k. will receive payments of $75000.00 britain's health secretary says it would never replace the loss of a loved one so far 82 national health service staff and 16 social care workers have died of the virus turkey has announced that it's sending medical aid to the united

states to help contain the virus the turkish president also said that he's extending weekend lockdowns in the country until the end of the holy month of ramadan the daily death toll from coronavirus 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 and nigerians living in the largest city lagos are being warned that they'll be punished if they don't wear masks when outside the state's governor says it's a necessary precaution and is needed because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase and days of heavy shelling are continuing in libya's capital a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed forces loyal to the ward cleaver hafter are accused of bombarding residential areas in tripoli those are the headlines and back with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour but next on our desire it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us.

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