so much comes from. my son. it's like child afghan you know it's on al-jazeera. the girls go a little still a little. a anger and frustration and living on the terror rating connelly protesters armed with petrol bombs take aim at banks. i'm tempted al this is all just sara live from doha also coming up donald trump's coronavirus briefings are back and he's vowing to seek damages for china's handling of covert 90. the pandemic is far from.

a warning not to ease coronavirus restrictions too fast or it could lead to a new wave of infections. nicola gage on the outskirts of sydney looking at how this trailer is expanding another coal mine these time under one of the city's reservoirs raising concerns about water ringback quality. for tests in lebanon against the economic crisis have turned violent demonstrations defied a coronavirus lock down fighting with security forces throwing petrol bombs and vandalizing banks in tripoli and their beirut people are angry about the plummeting currency and soaring prices the tory case may be what this report. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack

a bank in the capital beirut the value of their money is decreasing at an alarming rate. chart and all monday the anger at the central bank's policies and a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country i demonstrators in tripoli into the neben on blocked roads and forth with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters. 2 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 boat 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 mare 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 100 on that. those in power say this is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging financial stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh cell amy 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 over the weeks of the most. common going to see maybe in there basically removing the issues. but it's not all on his wall or somebody. the. money transfer offices and banks no longer discuss dollars and people are deprived of much of their 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 risk. victoria gate and be out you sara . yes present donald trump took to the podium again to hold a coronavirus briefing after calling them off of the weekend has come under fire in recent days for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a family and the state's only begin to ease restrictions he's unveiled new plans to help ramp up testing ellen fisher reports. after questioning the point of his daily coronavirus briefings because of critical media coverage after not holding a briefing over the weekend after initially canceling the one on monday the president appeared in the rose garden to update the country he revealed plans to help states to ramp up testing to reopen the country where releasing additional guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for

a phased and very safe reopening a blueprint describes how the state should unlock their full capacity expand the number of testing platforms establish monitoring systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct contact tracing a number of states have announced plans to reopen although no one is expecting a return to what was once normal we're taking steps to understand it's going to be a new world but we have to be realistic that we can't wait 18 months to have a vaccine and just tread water people want to see forward progress in georgia and other states some restaurants are reopening some movie theaters are also back in business but all under serious restrictions we are in our tables so everything is seen as after her missing person to her interaction. and then also making sure that . we've got the paper menus that are disposable versus or or place that plastic ones that we've used to store some places like washington d.c.

have renewed their own orders at least until the middle of next month and people seem to be complying across the country that are also reports of people ingesting disinfectant after the president asked last week if it was possible that could kill the virus. his comments led to widespread condemnation and his decision to hold the briefings over the weekend asked about on monday he brushed off the question knowing that other states government we're hoping specifically said they seen a spike in people using disinfectant after your comments last week i know you said they were stark i can't imagine why i can't imagine why any responsibility you know i don't know i can't imagine i can imagine that the president now believes the u.s. is on course to see your own 703-0000 deaths from the virus figure up by 10000 on his previous prediction alan fischer al-jazeera washington. president also suggested he may seek damages from china for its handling of the virus we are not

happy with china we are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the source it could have been stopped quickly and it would have spread all over the world that we think that should have happened so we'll let you know what the appropriate time but we are doing serious investigations democratic strategist john nothing says president trumps recent address was more an attempt to regain some credibility. not surprising to see him back at it because he certainly wouldn't have left it where he left it last week at the start with simply become that he got the hook after his parents week where he suggested in just being some sort of household cleaning products where he was widely not only criticized let the there he was laughed at all over america and everybody was completely appalled that essentially he would have left the state because he had done a terrible so he had to make this up again he brought with him closed impressive

corporate executives to do some talking and to raise him so is it if there wasn't a lot of news coming out of this particular event he probably wants to put that last week behind him and he wants to still hold center stage but he doesn't have a lot of wonderful news to report he's talking about testing which we're all glad to hear him say he sort of harking back to the old days of high stock market numbers and low unemployment numbers even though a lot of americans were economically struggle personally even in that circumstance but he he's he's out there because you cannot be out there but he doesn't have good news for us. the number of people across the while the fact of what the coronavirus is now pos 3000000 and with it has come a warning from the well health organization it says the effort to stop the spread is have an impact on the fight against other diseases that many hands of children and missing out on vital vaccinations every year more of them

$116.00 me then in front of buck's united quote $86.00 person of all children born globally but that out is still more than sort of teen meaning children of our own the woman who missed out on vaccination we know that the number will increase because of 9 to. already polio vaccination campaigns have been put on hold and in some countries routine immunization services are being scaled buck or shut down as european nations begin to ease their lock downs w.h.o. has repeated its call that they must track and trace all suspected coronavirus cases but one came as italy announced a phased reopening of its economy the u.k. says it's too soon to relax any measures and the hayward takes a look at the situation across here 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 on as clearly as anyone and so yes i entirely share your religion's it's the government's urgency. and yet we must also recognize the risk of a 2nd spike more than 21000 people have now died from corona virus in newquay hospitals and 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 for 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 can't fully 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 france's poorest suburbs the lock down and restrictions on movement in communities where people often living 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 it is you know so it's difficult because people are suffering from there is suffering from. economy and social impacts there is optimism in

some parts of europe that 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 jump. transport. elsewhere some families are seeing one another for the 1st time in weeks albeit through the glass put together all the same m.o. he would al-jazeera. still ahead here on al-jazeera why mez across colombia of blocking the government's decision to ease lockdowns restrictions. and authorizing it may fall for this tell you where gangs are being pushed on notice after almost 60 murders and just today.

hello it's been pretty hot friesen clean the 2nd half of the drive in place because the women went up from the site now it's in the north you think it should be cool well it's not that much cooler citizen feel they were in the middle thirty's up to 40 still in dubai and not much cloud in the sky and it's not much wind left or the the think there will be an increase in the wind but the directions pretty variable to be honest the circulation here just around riyadh just developing would suggest you get bring the heat up once more so this is spring variable weather but it's certainly not cooling down it's on the hot side of things it's nice and warm but there is a better description up in the vans in iraq for example baghdad's at 35 that's on the high side to the eastern med does not contain another storm system so we're quite issues just the temperature to think about. that weather rains been heavy recently it's maybe moved away the heaviest stuff is now if you like congo but the focus showers could well increase again on the coastal towns and here in toronto burundi and uganda less so when else entirely not so in kenya and somalia but the

emphasis is moved a little bit further west south of all this you'd expect quiet weather night and most of southern africa and that is the case of those obviously something running at moments through south africa and johannesburg is just one city that will get some pretty big thunderstorms. but. when covert 901st struck china and began to spread across asia. some in the west criticized countermeasures as to harsh or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a jersey or. were removed

or. dorothy are just there are her top stories this hour demonstrations in lebanon against the dire economic situation of turn violent people through petrol bombs and vandalized banks in the northern city of tripoli. despite coronavirus lockdown the lebanese pound pharmacy devalue and prices have soared. u.s. president donald trump is back to hold an coronavirus briefings unveiling plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity you know briefings over the weekend to trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. and the number of people infected with corona virus across the world has

passed 3000000 the world health organization is warning this still a long road ahead countries begin easing restrictions. on living in warlord holy for half that has declared the end of all peace talks with the u.n. recognized it says the. political agreement to a change 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 hostiles forces. tez more now from tripoli he says half 1000 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 that ignited a 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 control that 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 his forces 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 were calling on have to take over.

power in the country. president chavez have confirmed the north korean leader is alive saying he wished him well for days there's been uncertainty about the health and whereabouts of kim jong il he hasn't been seen in public for more than 2 weeks trump said he had a good idea of how camus doing but he can't talk about it for now. has become the 1st u.s. state to cancel its democratic presidential primary because of the covert 19 pandemic the vote which had already been perspired was meant to take place in june meanwhile governor andrew cuomo is said to extend the lockdown in many parts of the state beyond may 15th restrictions could be relaxed in some areas if there is sufficient tracing and hospital capacity you want to reopen the region what is the health care capacity in that region how many beds will you have available if that number goes up how many i.c.u.

beds will you have available and are you contemplating what's going to happen when the flu season kicks in september where we could potentially now be dealing with cope with cases on top of cases you have to test for both and possibly have hospital capacity for both of the seris kristen salumi has more on new york's plan for a gradual of me. the governor says he is working on criteria to open up parts of the state possibly after may 15th those shelter at home orders will stay in place at least until then after that he is going to be considering things like hospital capacity testing capacity tracing of active cases capacity and so on on a county by county basis he says that it's likely the 1st sectors of the economy to reopen will be manufacturing and construction but in areas that have

not been highly affected by the virus so parts of the state where there are fewer infections fewer fatalities will likely reopen sooner than places like here in new york city where they have seen well over half of the $280000.00 cases reported statewide so he is talking about a. an opening that will be very cautious and very slow considered on a county by county basis throughout the state but also in coronation with neighboring states because he says if one opens quicker than the other that could send people running over state lines and so on and so forth so it's only the very beginning of a plan and it will not start until may 15th but the beginning of a light at the end of the tunnel for people who are wondering how long this can and will continue. gerry's president says coronavirus lockdowns and cities including

lagos and a bhutto will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states is to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in the commercial capital lagos the state's governor says this is because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase those who fail to comply will be punished geria has close to 3800 confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 deaths. is the nigeria country director for one it's a global movement campaigning to end poverty and preventable disease by 2030 she says a lockdown won't control the spread of covert 19 in nigeria. the government started by a 2 week lock down standard to number 2 i think because of the structure of our economy we can't have them locked up and can't copy and paste what's happening in europe or america and you have to look at the facts presented. and they need to go out but we have to protect ourselves now people mats and gloves and things for health workers

are important but you have to understand that africa imports 94 percent of our products so there has to be concerted effort to ensure that we have more production things like math so there are enough for everyone we don't have an option right now people are being creative and making mass but we do need the standards especially for healthcare workers that impact disproportionately. we can't sustain on lockdown so we do have to make plans the last. protected. mayors across colombia have moved to block a government decision allowing some people to go back to work the country remains on lockdown until the middle of next month but the construction and manufacturing sectors have been allowed to restart local leaders say it's too soon and have taken matters into their own hands asunder reports from. building sites in the colombian capital remain despite the announcement by president that construction

and manufacturing were due to gradually restore and monday. that's because late sunday night the mayor of bogota managed to postpone the return to work of almost a 1000000 people in this city alone now you here's a thought how much nobody starts working tomorrow nobody no businesses no construction sites the only thing starting tomorrow is the richest tree of the businesses to approve their protocols. the political infighting shows just how difficult it is to safely restart work in populous cities like with. the measure might delay reopening spring another 2 weeks as companies wait for their security mobility play. to be approved by the city. something no worries intrapreneur who are eager to restart. we had already informed our workers and it was a surprise to find out that we couldn't work and that we had to fill a lot of new paperwork will be wilted it's clear the different levels of government

are not working together and this damages everybody. has been in full lockdown for over a month which has helped slow the rate of infections but has also badly hurt explora citizens. for the government the biggest worry lies here in the public transportation system which they say can't operate past 35 percent capacity to avoid putting people at serious risk some workers say safety must remain paramount but if you're not going to pick up some things that were expected to start today but instead will work in her mental longer it's tough but it's worth it to avoid the worst health crisis economy. is finding the right balance will be difficult the neat to allow people to start working is very high and local governments and the national gallery need to balance is the act in the trick try to avoid a large increase in the number of people contagion age it or. basically create social

embrace coming from the lack of this conundrum is not alone. in argentina are also trying to ease some restrictions to restore part of their economy while also extending the lockdowns it shows just how scared everybody is to botch what the restrictions have achieved so far. it's a strain here has reopened beaches as it slowly lifts restrictions to curb the spread of covered 19 sun said the beach at bondi beach and to neighboring beaches. they were closed a month ago after people broke social distancing. and environmentalist astray are furious over the expansion of another call the development is putting it on one of sydney's drinking water supplies raising concerns about possible contamination

reports. this reservoir is one of 5 main water catchment seen gracious me supplying drinking water to millions of people surrounded by protected land it's a haven for many threatened plants and animals soon it will also be home to coal mining peabody energy has been allowed to extend its metropolitan meaghan underneath the war nor. this region approvals from my opinion you're informed from some perspectives that to negligent approval has improper 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 environmentalists 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 worsened in a strongly last year leading to some water shortages catherine read old lives nearby in his collected more than 10000 signatures opposing the extension the government hasn't responded to the petition. strict conditions are in place to protect the environment people are angry about this they're horrified that 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 to go ahead 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. salvador security officials have been authorized to use lethal force against gang members following a surge in violence in the state of emergency has been imposed in the country's prisons with an mates now locked in their overcrowded cells all day long or been many reports. security prison is on 24 hour lockdown. with social distance 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 up in a prison. following the recent spike in murders some of the most dangerous gang

leaders have been sent to saw a tree confinement too strict their access to the outside walls and most of this is film they made. they will not receive sunlight they will be in total confinement 24 hours a day in the 7 maximum security prisons that they are in this country this was an order from president now you book a holiday we are complying with that order. the state of emergency came after 53 murders were reported throughout the country at the weekend in northern england regular assault 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. of

salvador has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world many linked to the illegal drugs trade. president look at he said the rate has fallen dramatically since he took over in june he moved him post tough measures on street gangs known as math. and the crew of ours lockdown has helped other reduce the murder rate curfews and travel restrictions 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 since many of the knocked up is simply looking for something to eat all of the president says he's made history say he. gani does it take you beyond the kroon of ours emergency lethal. nor birdman the al-jazeera.

this is al jazeera and these are the top stories demonstrations in lebanon against the dire economic situation have turned violent had bombs were thrown banks vandalized as people rallied in the northern city of tripoli and near beirut despite a coronavirus locked up. u.s. president donald trump is back to hold in corona virus briefings unveiling plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. another 51 vectored with corona virus across the world has passed 3000000 the world health organization is warning that there is still a long road ahead it's recommending that any loosening of medicine measures should be done gradually and cautiously we continue to urge countries to fly i

usually test and treat all cases. to eat sure this declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the part of the meek is far from over. nigeria will relax coronavirus lockdowns and several cities including largo also the verge of starting on may the 4th but all non-essential travel between states has been bad wearing face masks outdoors has been made compulsory and largesse the jury has close to 3800 confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 deaths. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera 8 after this straight away. talk to al jazeera we want your thoughts were

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