sure to control the virus and receive messages on the scene that we are you know so i was a nurse back home what i am doing is not all that different from my passion helping others. a milestone in south korea's fight against coronavirus one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. hello from doha everyone i'm come all santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera the libyan warlord had a for half turn out as a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shop $1600000000.00 people she half the world's labor force could be out of work and a promotion on his 100th birthday for

a british war veteran now after now. raise millions for the national health service . so the latest coronavirus developments around the world starting in south korea one of the worst hit by the pandemic in asia and for the 1st time in 2 months it has reported no new domestic infections this is since the outbreak peaked in february it means the totals that 10765 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped to more than 26000 after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly it means the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy there is some positive news though about a. possible treatment coming out of the u.s.

officials say their same progress in trials with the antiviral drug. the mortality rate is reported to drop from 11 and a half percent to 8 and america's top advisor on the pandemic dr anthony fauci says the average recovery time has gone from 15 days to 11 although with 31 percent improvement doesn't seem like a knock out 100 percent it is a very important proof of concept because what it is proven is that a drug can block this virus will return to that shortly but i want to start with rob mcbride in seoul as we say no new domestic cases i believe there have been some that have come into the country but still given where south korea was this is quite a milestone. absolutely kamau yes yes for the 1st time no new a local transmission people have been expecting this milestone for some time now for about the past week and

a half we've been getting daily figures of new cases of around 10 or so sometimes down in single digits and again most of those cases as we know have been people coming in from abroad and in the latest numbers we have 4 new cases but those were all people coming into south korea so for the very 1st time no new cases of local transmission which when you compare it with the peak of the outbreak here 2 months ago the end of february we were seeing figures of 900 plus new cases being recorded every day so it is something of an achievement as always though the authorities here are urging caution especially at the moment because we have quite a busy time here in south korea we have just happens several public holidays all falling very close to each other which when you combine it with beautiful spring weather that we are having in south korea and the fact that people have been cooped up i've had to stay put for literally weeks people are using this opportunity of

now through the weekend to take short breaks we have people taking domestic flights around south korea obviously it's very difficult to go on holiday outside of south korea and get back in again but they are going into large numbers to resorts around south korea we know that in some of the most popular resort some hotels are completely booked out but people do feel as though they have the confidence to do this feeling that they won't to be at risk of their contract in the virus they hope one of the most important holidays is happening this thursday it is birthday it is being celebrated at temples across the country but there is a difference this year in that a regular annual lantern festival that is held on the evening of buddha's birthday that has now been postponed pulled back a month it's being replayed. by a scaled down but smaller version and instead prayers are being held again with very strict distancing social distancing in place it has to be said that south korea's buddhists to adhere very rigidly to wall of the government instructions

when it has come to this virus from the very beginning but there has also been some very good news when it comes to national elections that are being held here exactly 2 weeks ago we had elections that were held for the national assembly this was despite warnings that you can't do this in the middle of a pandemic and despite precautions being taken people were warning that we could see a big spike in the number of cases record numbers of people came out to vote and we are now 2 weeks on from that we if there had been new cases we would have known about it by now but 2 weeks on 0 new cases which again is pretty good going in of light at the end of the tunnel there in south korea thank you rob mcbride in seoul . as you mentioned before the number of coronavirus related deaths in the u.k. has jumped to more than 26000 this is because the government is now including numbers in care homes for the 1st time in germany lockdowns are raising fears about

the state of its economy more from europe and stansell. despite 5 weeks of lockdown the u.k. reaches a grim milestone the death toll from corona virus is now the 2nd highest in europe behind italy the man standing in for prime minister boris johnson himself still recovering from coronavirus says this is down to the fact that deaths outside of hospitals were not being recorded in the daily figures until now we have recorded an additional $3811.00 deaths in total and i think it's just important to say that those additional deaths were spread over the period from the 2nd of march the 28th of april so that they don't represent a sudden surge in the number of deaths but secretary robert lee or face a grilling in parliament for a prime minister's question time where most m.p.'s took part in virtually not in person opposition leader cure starmer wanted to know why there were still so many

people dying of coronavirus in care homes and shortages of protective equipment for frontline health workers on monday the promise to set in his short speech that many were looking at our apparent success in the united kingdom but just the 1st secretary agree with me but far from success these latest figures are truly dreadful so he also asked when the government would announce a strategy for lifting the current restrictions rob simply said it was still too early but he will know because i know he's in the situation of the international evidence that germany has now have to think twice about easing up on the measures because of the risk of the 2nd spike germany's economy minister says he now expects economic growth to shrink this year by minus 6.3 percent meaning the country's deepest recession since the 2nd world war output is predicted to rebound by more than 5 percent next year. but that depends on angela merkel's government being able

to gradually lift lockdown measures from wednesday germans have to wear a mask when entering shops which began to open last week nose and mouth coverings are already compulsory on public transport but while this kind of travel is permitted international trips are very much off the agenda it's going to. the cabinet decided that global travel restrictions for non-essential one holiday travel will be up held until june 14th this is a decision that we have had to take because we are not at the point in our fight against the disease to be able to offer safe travels. meanwhile in spain one of europe's worst hit countries they've recorded a daily coronavirus death count below 400 for the 6th day in a row in the summer times there's reason to be hopeful catholics dancer al jazeera . now according to the united nations nearly half of the world's workers may lose their livelihoods because of this pandemic the un's international labor

organization the aisle as for kate's forecasting up to 1600000000 people in informal jobs could be out of work most have no welfare protection nor access to health care and can't work from home in the 1st month of the outbreak such workers lost 60 percent of their income manufacturing food services retail these are the worst hit of the industries what we find in report in this monitor is of the lives of the 2b2b informal workers of the world about 1600000000 have suffered massive damage to their ability to earn a living and to support themselves and their families if they are not able to go out and work for a day and earn some income day by day because that's how it tends to work their family won't eat they won't eat and their family will not eat and there is no social protection. now protests have been held in several lebanese cities for

a 3rd straight night and demonstrators still angry over the worsening economy in the southern city of sidon a petrol bomb was thrown into a lebanese central bank office and its chief has defended the bank's role though during this collapse of lebanon's currency germany has banned the iranian backed hezbollah group and designated it a terror restore going to zation police conducting early morning raids across the country and detained suspected members of the group germany's been facing pressure from the u.s. and israel to officially ban has a law. about this on scott from better tea is a senior public policy fellow and i jump professor of journalism at the american university of beirut rami if germany's been under pressure from the u.s. and israel to do this is that to say that that's why it's doing it or has this been something germany's been working towards anyway. well germany in all of europe kept an eye on hezbollah and its allies on this members on this friends and this is

something routine they had been banned the military wing of hezbollah had always been banned but now they're looking at the social and cultural and political activities the interesting thing is that the news came with really no details so if you look at the news reports they say suspected or possible members or supporters and that's a hint actually they have against maybe send but we don't know so i think the important thing is to ask the germans to put the evidence out there in public if you have people in charitable groups in mosques and schools who are actually helping a group that is those are made as a terrorist group that's important for people to know but if this is a political pressure a game that the americans and the israelis are doing which is typical then that's a whole different ball game then that this is something that hezbollah has dealt with for the last 15 years or so and it doesn't really impact them at all so the question is will what happened recently to bring this about this is something the

german government's going to have to explain as is almost always the case in the middle east there's a wider picture and sure what's the picture here is it is that syria and iran and hezbollah and all the of the interactions between all of these groups in countries . the wider picture of going back a few years is that 1015 years is that hezbollah has emerged as the most significant military group in the middle east that has been able to confront israel withstand its repeated attacks and fight it essentially to a draw there's a kind of unspoken ceasefire between israel and hezbollah in the south of lebanon 'd and the deterrence not just the cease fire that the israelis and hezbollah both are willing to fight an able to fight but neither of them want to get into a new fight because they know it will cause massive destruction mostly to the civilians so this is i think there's and to continue to try to weaken iran because

hezbollah is the most significant foreign policy achievement of the iranian islamic government. the islamic regime and the islamic revolutionary government and people have been trying to do this for the last 1520 years all over the world in north america and europe everywhere and part of this is maybe also partly driven by new so did desires and immorality desires to clamp down on iran and hezbollah has emerged as a favorite target for people as a proxy to if you can't attack iran then attack iran's allies and friends so these are all possible explanations the truth is as bold has been doing activities in the region in lebanon around the world at the social cultural political and sometimes military level for years and years and only they know really what is the truth rami khouri always a pleasure talking to you thank you. let's look at libya where the

warlord had a faster announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan has been trying to take over the capital tripoli for a year 0 has also learned that senior officials from the united arab emirates flew to sudan to discuss military support for have to well the details on the support from shallop and us. this is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on wins day mourning one person died and at least 5 were injured libya's un recognized government lay blame with warlord general after you'd always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the suspension of all military operations on our part and any breach of the suspension of military operations by terrorist militias who face an immediate and very severe response will be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused

tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. after control's eastern libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the waist and with it libya's capital tripoli but his forces have been pushed back in recent weeks the worry is just general haftar is not going to. or wind up a city. where we have to. rise up and get into. places. it's an intractable conflict with both have to and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations feel that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the united arab emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation include. the crown prince's brother flew into

khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u.a.e. could further support general hafta sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u.a.e. is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u.a.e. . the united arab emirates was also out on wednesday in human rights watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in nearly 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears the us is firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of hostilities lusts his ambitions to control libya fully remain shelob

alice. libya's state oil company says a blockade has cost over $4000000000.00 in lost revenue maybe it's only productions been shut down since january when locals and tribes in the east and in the south declared their closure they say the oil revenue was going to militias in tripoli the fields under blockade constitute more than 80 percent of libyan oil production in the news ahead brazil's supreme court blocks president jaya both sonars choice of a family friend for a new police chief that in the headlines. how it's all change in the weather across europe now lots of clouds spilling in from the atlantic are rolling into central and eastern parts big areas of low pressure

parting through so we have got some much needed rainfall making its way into central and eastern parts of the continent further south it is a little dry here that eastern side of the med you have want to see showers heading over to was great but essentially a lot of fine dry and sunny weather somewhat drier into spain and portugal as well but you can't without the possibility of a shower or 2 here the wetter weather is further north france seeing a fair bit of that wet weather pushing into northern parts of italy through switzerland southern areas of germany as well the u.k. also seeing some rather unsettled weather at the moment right across the british isles of france and on the other side of the north sea seeing some west of where the pushing into scandinavia i will drift a little further east would just be going through friday some more heavy downpours coming in for some i would tools the baltic states said denmark seeing some heavy rain they will speckling of showers there still in place across england scotland wales and into southern parts a little drier it must be said central areas of france still seeing some of that western weather but for much of southern europe it is fine and dry

a lousy father and right to across northern parts of africa showers in the process of clearing away with plenty of sunshine behind. throughout history human kind has come together to prevail in our darkest moments this is a moment for pretty much the opposite for hiding laying low saving humankind by really really not getting near it every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after this war is ours.

top stories this hour on al-jazeera positive news on the pandemic in south korea where for the 1st time in 2 months it has reported no new domestic cases strictures have been eased and brought us to been allowed to hold events marking with his birthday. germany has banned iran back to hezbollah and designated as a terrorist organization police are conducting raids and detain suspected members germany under pressure from the u.s. and israel to ban its belong in the libyan border city for half has announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan after us forces have lost ground to forces fighting for the un recognized government based in trade and. the us economy is falling deeper into one of its most severe recessions in 50 years struck by almost 5 percent after a decade of growth was wiped out in just 3 months and many are concerned the crisis caused by the pandemic is only going to worsen the support from chaper tansey. the

4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an idealized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $1080.00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers a 4th quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g.d.p. figures for april to june a projected to register a decline of around 30 to 40 percent with some financial institutions predicting much much worse the white house is still clinging on to the hope of a v. shaped recovery helped by a rapid reopening of the u.s. economy i think there's a tremendous feeling of optimism in this country and i think the 3rd quarters transitional that it would we're tranche. thing into but it's

a very transitional period i think it's going to do good but i think the 4th quarter is going to be fantastic but reopening the economy too soon and then facing an even deeper recession is a risk and i think fundamentally it's got. an eye on whether the u.s. is capable of actually putting in place sophisticated widespread testing crime scene which allows people to essentially go out and work and be in this community these maybe drawn out recovery runs out the federal reserve drain poll pledge to do all that could be done we're doing all we can to help american families and businesses whether this difficult period we will continue to use our tools to assure that the recovery when it comes will be as robust as possible interest rate cuts and trillions of dollars in spending by the fed have injected liquidity into the financial system along with the stimulus passed by congress markets have been

reassured in fact this street ruse after the g.d.p. figures were announced but there is more and more evidence that the money being spent is not reaching those most in need with unemployment now projected to reach 20 percent in june there are increasing calls for far bold action to help those who now find themselves without the money for rent mortgages health care and food she see al-jazeera. still in the u.s. dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smell coming from the vehicles it's unclear how many of the deaths were related to corona virus than 18000 people in new york state have died after contracting the virus brazil's supreme court has blocked the president from nominating a close family friend for the top police chief post president john bolton are fired the previous boss last week as a latin america addison the scene reports the ruling is the latest in a series of political. blows for. the guy millions of brazilians had overlooked.

in a sergeant eastern racist comments his religious fanaticism and duration for guns during his election campaign because they believed he would wage a war against corruption but no longer on the same day the bulls are now to replace the country's most popular anti corruption crusader former justice minister said joe models with his personal legal advisor the supreme court blocked his pick for federal police chief another close friend of the family the court argues the appointment would allow but not all inappropriate influence over law enforcement. is under investigation for alleged political meddling in police pros it's particularly sensitive since 2 of his 3 sons are also being investigated for bessel meant running a fake news network and other misdeeds the 3 deny any wrongdoing. the president whose middle name is messiah is also trying to brush off the soaring

number of deaths from cold and 19 a lamented but what he would expect me to do but i can't do miracles people waiting to receive emergency aid for the pandemic we're outraged like myself. when he says so what at more than 5000 deaths it shows a psychopathic character a person you can't trust any more continues to be crazy he's a new emperor nero of the world i don't have much more to add. also not his popularity has been plummeting since he fired the health minister for trying to promote social distancing measures now with the death toll surpassing that of china brazilians have good reason to be worried about their president's legal and political problems detracting from the more pressing issue of keeping brazilians alive you see in human al-jazeera. 7 people have died during a riot in

a prison in sierra leone after an inmate contract uncovered 19 prison is set fire to buildings before security officers arrived. and gods are among the dead the sick inmate was removed for treatments the pandemic has changed the way most muslims around the world are celebrating this holy month of ramadan in iran for example the food service industry has been hit hard many restaurants of closed and others have had to reduce their opening times looks about from teheran. for many iranians there is no better way to break their fast than with one of the country's most traditional meals are slow cooked stews of meat lentils and vegetables they're high in protein packed with flavor and affordable but this year sales are down because of covert $95.00 incident that the shuttle mission. there usually more customers a moment on and more profit coronaviruses had a big impact to close for 2 months but reopened recently with health protocols

people are still afraid we're waiting to see how it will go but there are a list customers. restaurants are closed most of the day in keeping with islamic tradition business hours in other sectors also reduced ramadan can be a time of lost income for food service workers and day laborers so traders sell homemade food on the streets to supplement their income. before the corona virus outbreak restaurants were already struggling months of political and economic on rest meant fewer customers. many small businesses have gone under many more are on the verge of doing so. because of the coronavirus i can't say exactly but we've lost about 50 percent of and we've been facing problems for months that this husband and wife operation had to fire their employees to stay afloat now they cook the food operate the till and deliver the few orders they get all by themselves

some days they only get 2 orders making just $5.00 they say reduced ramadan hours only make things worse. the government has ordered mosques shrines and places of mass worship to remain closed religious rituals in the time of coronavirus promise to be a more solitary affair of ramadan is also a time to be with friends and family breaking the fast at the end of the day with loved ones around the table of food helping those that are less fortunate these traditions are as much a part of the islamic month of fasting as anything else. iranians we met said gatherings a dinner tables are likely to be smaller this year i mean when you have everybody we haven't been inviting guests so the since the outbreak of the virus we haven't gone anywhere either and know if he's at all tired of this in a cave but if it did the difference this year is that we should stay away from

people we had many guests in ramadan for if time but now no one comes and this year iranians say they'll be praying especially for one thing an end to the coronavirus pandemic. now the british war world war 2 veteran who raised more than $36000000.00 for charity has got a promotion there is a letter here from the chief of the general staff become very you will point to become the only curlew of the army foundation college in harmony. captain tom moore received the honors on the of his 100th birthday was also given to military medals could raise the money by completing laps of his garden with the help of his walking frame really. know. how. to build a new world who could. totally take. the. funny

fans of indian cinema mourning the loss of a 2nd big name in just 2 days veteran actor vishy kapoor has died after a long battle with cancer he was 67 best remembered for his performance in the remand film bobby kapoor came from a family of actors who have dominated bollywood for most 8 decades he died just a day after a fairly fellow bollywood actor but a fan of han passed away after suffering a colon infection. half past the hour let's take you to the headlines positive news on the pandemic front and south korea where for the 1st time in 2 months there's been no new domestic cases instructions have been eased and people been allowed to hold events marking but his birthday or from robert brought in seoul. people have been expecting this

milestone for some time now for about the past week and a half we've been getting daily figures of new cases of around 10 or so sometimes down in single digits and again most of those cases as we know have been people coming in from abroad and in the latest numbers we have 4 new cases but those were all people coming into south korea's over the very 1st time no new cases of local transmission which when you compare it with the peak of the outbreak here 2 months ago the end of february we were seeing figures of $900.00 plus new cases being recorded every day so it is something of an achievement in the hall for the world's workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods because of this pandemic the un's international labor organization is forecasting up to 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could be out of a job most of them have no welfare protection no access to health care 7 people have died during a riot in

a prison in sierra leone after an inmate contracted covert 19 prisoners set fire to buildings before security officers arrived to control the situation the sick inmate has been taken away for treatment so the news for you germany has banned the iranian backed hezbollah and designated it a terrorist organization police are conducting raids and detained suspected members germany has been under pressure from the u.s. and israel to ban has a law. libya's warlord khalifa haftar is announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan after us forces of lost ground forces fighting for the un recognized government based in tripoli and protests of continued in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight night demonstrators remain angry over the state of lebanon's worsening economy those are your headlines the latest edition of inside story is next. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own column and that call means

a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in. was a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. back out on the story our testers in london on target government and financial buildings are angry at the failure of their leaders to deal with unprecedented hardships as the country slips further into crisis what can be done and what will the fallout both at home and for the region this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm richelle carey struggling to make ends meet and begging for food lebanese people have defied restrictions to contain covert night.