times change but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand the people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom of. the of. the world. the dollar store little silly little. protest as armed with petrol bombs target banks in lebanon as angus wells of a collapsing currency and surging food prices. hello again i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a new format and a new venue donald trump faces the media after a disastrous coronavirus briefing last week. election campaigning is underway in

burundi where the government's accused of downplaying the virus and intimidating the opposition. and libyan war cliff i have to reject the u.n. brokered agreement for a unity government. demonstrations in lebanon over the deteriorating economy have turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized in the northern city of tripoli and near the capital beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown that been on is facing its west economic crisis in decades its currency has plummeted prices have soared. reports. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of the money is decreasing at an alarming rate. and all monday the anger at the central banks policies and

a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country i demonstrators in tripoli knew the neben on blocked roads and food with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters. soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford anything anymore we are starving i sold my fishing boats for pennies enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i have a daughter in hospital she needs an operation and it's ramadan lebanon's currency has been depreciating for weeks bought in the past few days the near is 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. that. those in power say there's an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging financial stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh salim a 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 misters i'm amy is perceived as. an american ally inside lebanon that does not mean that mr so made me is not responsible and i'm his want to see was wrong but definitely we're facing a coup money transfer offices and banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of the savings due to informal capital controls. the crisis is seen as

a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and it's putting lebanon stability at a brisk. victoria gating be out you sara. now u.s. president donald trump is back to holding coronavirus briefings often missing the weekend in the wake of a storm of criticism to suggesting that disinfectants could be injected as a coronavirus remedy he's unveiled new plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity but while he's repeated the claim the testing is on track regional figures and many state governors would suggest otherwise today we're releasing additional guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for a phased and very safe reopening or blueprint describes how states you don't lock their full capacity expand the number of testing platforms establish monitoring systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct contact tracing white house

correspondent kelly health that says the president used that briefing as part of undoing down the control. it was also an opportunity for the u.s. president to grab hold of the narrative that has really spiraled out of control for him in the last couple of days that disasters public relations briefing that happened late last week when the u.s. president suggested injecting disinfectant or even shining u.v. light might be a way to eradicate cope with 19 in the human body will since then the president was not really heard from him and he has been criticized repeatedly for those cars and so this was a chance for the president to try to get control of the message to get ahead of it and well he did release this blueprint it was also an opportunity for him to push back on that mistake that many say the president may even giving information that was of a public health nature even though he has no qualifications in fact in the rose garden press conference the president was asked directly if he felt responsible for

any potential deaths of someone were to follow that advice now that other states got very specific said they seen a spike in people using disinfectant at your comments last week i know you said there were certain i can't imagine why i can't imagine or yeah it could be responsibility you know i don't know i can't imagine i can imagine that the president was also asked in this press conference about whether or not he following on the heels of germany might take punitive action against china for the fact that this were originated in china but of course has now spread into a global pandemic the u.s. president saying that in fact this is something that's under investigation and that in fact there is a plan to hold china accountable for a figure much larger than the one being pursued by germany. well as several u.s. states start to lift their lock downs one of the priorities will be repairing the food supply chain the outbreak has significantly impacted america's meat and dairy

industries with stuff getting sick and products going to waste and has. across the u.s. meat packing plants have been hit by the spread of the corona virus many of our the suspended or being forced to slow production with one of the biggest manufacturers warning that millions of pounds of meat will disappear according to the union that represents food workers 13 of their members have died and at least 6500 have been exposed to the virus many plants have been criticized for not doing enough to protect their workers. in agriculture to the picture is of an industry in dire straits farmers are unable to sell their stock as meat packing plants reduce production. that break in the food production chain is affecting some of the most vulnerable as lines for food banks grow across the country high unemployment rates are forcing

many families to turn to organizations like 2nd harvest cars lined up here 3 hours before the food drive started and kept coming an hour after it closed were pretty standard by the response to make that everyone heard about you know this is really a we're hearing about here and still reeling from. many of those fighting the virus on the front lines are also looking for help even as they put their own lives on the line to tackle the pandemic. back. every day. but just still trying to get the house. as a food production industry navigates a way to safely get production going again food insecurity is now a growing issue according to feed america the number of people facing food insecurity in 2018 was 37000000 the long term effects of the coronavirus could millions more to that statistic some economists say if businesses don't we by the

end of the month the effect will be catastrophic president donald trump is talking to industry leaders many from food production who face the task of feeding the country safely it's a delicate balancing act with those facing food shortages now among the high risk category and gallacher al-jazeera. and as european nations begin to ease their lock downs the w.h.o. has repeated its call that they must track and trace all suspected coronavirus cases that warning came as israeli announced a phased reopening of its economy but the u.k. says it's too soon to relax any measures then and the hayward takes a look at the situation across europe britain's prime minister back at work after recovering from coronavirus with a warning that there will be no letup in the lockdown yet i can see the long term consequences of looked done as clearly as anyone and so yes i entirely share

your agency it's the government's urgency and yet we must also recognise the risk of the 2nd spike. more than 21000 people have now died from corona virus in newquay hospitals in one of the world's worst outbreaks the government has announced that the families of national health workers who died from corona virus touring this crisis will receive a $75000.00 payout the number of tests being offered in the u.k. is being expanded but the government has faced criticism of the slow rollout of mass testing and there are growing prostrations and questions even within boris johnson's own party about how soon the economy can reopen italy has set a date to start easing its lockdown the longest in europe factories and building sites can reopen next week bars and restaurants company reopen in june while schools will stay shut until september. and many parts of europe are grappling with

the impact of this crisis. there is anger in some of prince's poorest suburbs the lock down and restrictions on movement in communities where people often live in cramped conditions has led to an arrest the police have been accused of being heavy handed in their approach racial slurs were allegedly used to mock a man trying to escape arrest last week. that we. was going you know all are against you but it seems like france is against. you know reaches you know so it's difficult because people are suffering from there is suffering from. economy and social. there is optimism in some parts of europe but the worst of this crisis may be over but the still no unified approach in how to keep safe going forward in most parts of germany people

have to wear face masks in shops and on public transport. elsewhere some families are saying one another for the fur. i mean weeks albeit through the glass put together all the same i mean he would. call nigeria's president says coronavirus lockdowns and cities including lagos and a bridge i will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states is still to be battened facemasks have been made compulsory in lagos the state's governor says that's because the spread of the virus is still in its early stages those who fail to comply will be punished nigeria has close to $1300.00 confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 deaths well still ahead on al-jazeera. growing your own how lockdowns on spying people to become more self-sufficient plus . nicola gauge on the outskirts of sydney looking at how the stroller is expanding

another coal mine this time under one of the city's reservoirs raising concerns about water quality. hello this developing heatwave in china quite a lot of china as well despite the cloud you see around here there's precious little rain which you might want to see in the spring there is some rain up in honshu and it's the same system gives you something in the far north east of china otherwise it's strong spring sunshine and such the reason beijing may stand out it should too because the average at this time of the year is $23.00 and we're around about 30 to mark for the next 3 days well take you actually of towards next weekend the record is $34.00 so not far off the definitely a heatwave and extends beyond beijing even hong kong is pretty much on the warm

side because the sun's not really obscured by anything there's cloud for the western union there is cloud trip across the law grad of northern near mt thailand for example in fact this whole area southeast asia sinks far more showers which is correct is tommy the rain should move really up from indonesia into this part of road and it's doing just that not every day but it's likely to happen the heaviest rain seems like to be in the far side of town and open into the malaysia of the next day or so but obviously there are showers elsewhere as you might expect as there are some pretty big ones potentially dangerous ones over bangladesh and the eastern side of india and india odisha could be pretty wet as well. boldin i'm told stories from asia and the pacific on the al-jazeera as coronavirus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe

biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he be strong with trump joining us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. the i. know again i'm the stars here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour demonstrations in levanon against the dire economic situation have turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized as people rallied in the northern city of tripoli and near beirut just spite a coronavirus. u.s. president all trumped is back to holding coronavirus briefings unveiling plans to

help states ramp up their testing capacity and there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. nigeria's president says coronavirus downs and cities including lagos and a bridge will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states is to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in the costs. while campaigning is under way in burundi ahead of presidential elections that next month the opposition says it's been the target of violence and intimidation in the run up to that vote which is going ahead to despise the coronavirus pandemic reports the order it's election time in burundi the country is still suffering from the crisis caused by the last 15 years ago complains of part gone ahead of next month's vote for the president and members of parliament be the corona virus outbreak. there's

no social distancing this rally of the ruling party we want the government through we. want them. definitely. rights groups say there's not much room for other views because the ruling parties used fear and repression against political opposition. president pierre and currencies are sitting on the right his group around the for 15 years he's now backing one of his closest allies ever reste. sitting next to him as his successor was on currencies his decision to run for a controversial 35 years ago that plunged the country into turmoil. the opposition said it was against the constitution to the street. protests were violently broken up by police. detentions disappearances and killings of activists

and government critics have been reported regularly ever since the opposition caught at the polls. in currencies or was declared the winner but this time opposition parties are running but this rally supporters of presidential candidates i guess on right other to hear him speak his party says more than 200 of its members have been imprisoned and supporters often beaten by the ruling party's militia where our people are attacked and there is no. judiciary or police prosecution which. can be conducted against the perpetrators but the opposition rallies again no keeping distance. coronavirus cases of on the rise would be hasn't been forced to lock down like some of its neighbors health experts could be a creeping disaster the electoral commission says it's taking precautions if.

people actually the coronavirus is a consumer indium we've been in touch with the health ministry who've responded positively to provide kits and other means to protect ourselves during and after the elections. party spared no expense on t. shirts flags and count. the people believe this election is a process that could result in it leaving power many are concerned they'll be more rights abuses and violence along the way. web al-jazeera. well back to the coronavirus pandemic and locked on restrictions in new zealand have been eased for the 1st time in almost 5 weeks it means that some businesses take away food outfits and schools can reopen but social distancing measures will remain the country of nearly 5000000 people has reported more than 1400 cases and 19 deaths prime minister just androgen says the tough measures have helped to limit the outbreak well

a strain has reopened beaches as it slowly lifts restrictions to cut the spread of private 19 sun worshippers hit the surf at bondi beach and to neighboring beaches in sydney they were all closed a month ago after people broke social distancing rules the government hopes that increased testing will help to keep the number of new infections alive the libyan warlord khalifa haftar has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government have to says the skyride political agreement which aimed to bring about a national unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and her son were killed by a rocket attack by have to us forces would otherwise head has moved from tripoli he says have to his comments could be nothing more than grandstanding. has been saying . big news but everybody here is familiar that this is not very significant especially has been repeating all the time the abolishment of

the libyan political agreement this high about agreement that brought about the current you and the recognize the government of national accord he has been always speaking here and trying to announce the end of this libyan political agreement to but this has been interpreted in terms of his last defeat his forces lost many parts in the worst of libya especially along the coast the coastal way highway that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders of that they controlled it for the past 3 years also his forces in southern tripoli have been retreating and the city of the horn his main a stronghold in the west of libya has been besieged by the government forces so on the ground have to have to have been losing on the ground so his speech today as a kind of as you know that couple of days ago. minor demonstrations not very

big demonstrations in the east of libya we're going have to take over power in the country now living under lockdown as inspiring many people to try growing fruit and vegetables in their back gardens in the u.k. demand to see this soaring now in the latest of our series of reports on how the pandemic is impacting farming and feed security charlie and reports from southeast england. watering her crops hilary pav it has repurposed her garden to grow vegetables to help eventually feed herself and her family during the coronavirus crisis she's one of millions of britons now sowing seeds to try and become more self-sufficient after realizing that food supply chains a fragile we've started planting potatoes with vegetables because again the solids suffer the wind so so hopefully in about 6 weeks we'll start to be self

self-sufficient i think and obviously there's going to be a problem with how projects is going to end up in the supermarkets because you know they can't get the migrant workers to come in those lockdowns so you know in the end there's going to end up being shortages i think you know in weeks to come so hopefully we'll be alright others without gardens are using what space they have to germinate tomatoes q cumbers and herbes with very little knowledge you can get a bumper crop of vegetable garden all of britain's wartime generation were told to dig for victory and responded with enthusiasm having britain's reliance on food imports by the early 1940 s. now households with time on their hands are returning to the garden the royal horticultural society has seen a surge in visits to its website seeking advice on how to grow your own vegetables fruit and edible plants well seed money factor is a reporting a massive rise in sales in recent weeks in supermarkets most panic buying has eased

but egg shelves are often still there considered a staple of the pandemic pantry live poultry breeders across the u.k. have seen their farms stripped of birds as families unable to find eggs in the shops turn to chicken keeping sussex poultry farmer liz andrea c. has now decided to stop selling chickens anxious that some might regret their impulse buys when the lockdown is lifted. love never had so many people kotex name like i said it takes me a good month to say how the stock that i get in and within a week i had sold all my some of my leftover february birds and my march bird so it was a huge panic i think for people to suddenly go oh my god i can't get my eggs the u.k. currently imports 85 percent of its vegetables from the european union but there are concerns lengthy quarantines could disrupt food supply chains starting to the

soil rather than the supermarket for fresh produce could ease that burden charly on the al-jazeera hampshire. musical tribute from china to the philippines celebrating a partnership to fight the corona virus has been criticized as propaganda some of the 160000 people who have disliked it online many of them filipinos say it's really part of a power play it to control the south china sea general allen duggan reports from manila. the video is on you tube and the song is called eat some that got witch in the filipino land which 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 could turn used to be philippine territory in the south china sea but joining. me now. 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 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. and veyron mentalists in australia angry over the expansion of another color line the development is over is putting it under one of sydney's drinking water supplies raising concerns about possible contamination. reports. this reservoir is one of 5 main catchments immigration sydney supplying drinking water to millions of people surrounded by protected land if i haven for many threatened plants and animals soon it will also be home to coal mining energy has been allowed to extend its metropolitan meaghan underneath the war nor. approvals from my opinion you are informed from some perspectives that to negligent a. conservative. metropolitan is one of the longest continually operating mines. using long wall mining methods where i section of coal is removed in

a single slice and it's an important part of the local community the company says the extension will protect more than $400.00 jobs and inject millions of dollars into the economy but environmentalist say mining in the area has already led to cracking groundwater laws and pollution were at the entrance but you can't really say much from here because the mine sits within a valley surrounded by bush land and most of its operations happen about 500 metres but on the surface and the company says from that far underground there's no evidence that it could threaten water supply. coal mining has become particularly controversial since drought conditions worsen in a strongly a last year leading to some water shortages catherine read olds lives nearby and has collected more than 10000 signatures opposing the extension the government hasn't responded to the petition but says strict conditions are in place to protect

the environment people are angry about. the horror for the mining is being contemplated under a major sydney water catchment under the drinking water. but i don't want this to go ahead the community doesn't want this. many people in the community are divided about the economic benefits of coal and its impact on climate change some say it's time for serious decisions to be made on jobs fossil fuels and the environment gauge al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines demonstrations in lebanon against the dire economic situation have turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized as people rallied in the northern city of tripoli and

near beirut despise a coronavirus walk down u.s. president donald trump is back to holding coronavirus briefings unveiling plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity now there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy our white house correspondent candy how has more from washington. this was a chance for the president to try to get control of the message to get ahead of it and well he did release this blueprint it was also an opportunity for him to push back all of that mistake that many say the president may be giving information that was of a public health nature even though he has no qualifications in fact in the rose garden press conference the president was asked directly if he felt responsible for any potential deaths of several were to follow that advice the president saying i take no responsibility i can't imagine why anyone would want to leave for have to

has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government says the scots political agreement which aimed to bring about a national unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and her son were killed by a rocket attack by have to us forces the british government says the risk of a 2nd spike in infections means the lockdown that will continue prime minister barak johnson issued the warning as he returned to work following his own fight against the infection which saw him spend time in intensive care and nigeria's president says coronavirus lockdowns and cities including lagos under bridges will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states is to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in lagos while those are the headlines next stop it's one i want to east stay with us here on al-jazeera. throughout history behind has come together in our darkest moments this is

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