strives to reach the official delegate threshold. on al-jazeera. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places. and really invests in that and that's a privilege as a journalist. this is al-jazeera. a lot i'm sorry say than this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a major cuts in all production comes into force but will it be enough to shore up world markets. i'm not unprecedented surplus for nigeria causes concern for an economy heavily dependent on you plus. it came out of china and it could have been.

president trump ram's up his criticism of china's handling of the pandemic but offers no evidence to support his claims. jerusalem's alonso mosque compound the 3rd holiest site closed during ramadan because of strict restrictions. and in sports the english premier league is stepping up plans for a return to action the league is meeting to discuss what needs to be done for games take a coffee in june. it's 10 g.m.t. friday a day when an agreement among the world's top oil producers to cut output comes into effect it follows a collapse in global prices spurred by a slump in demand because of the pandemic but the deal to cut out. came with

a lot of infighting between major oil producers or they met in vienna in early march to work out how to keep prices stable but failed to reach an agreement recommended taking $1500000.00 barrels per day off the market if russia agreed to cut production too but russia refused and opec's top producer saudi arabia retaliated by announcing a production increase instead the price war lasted nearly a month and prices dropped below 20 dollars a barrel on moscow rearmed resolve the differences and agreed to gradually come production by $10000000.00 barrels per day american producers very have been hurt most by the price for prices for u.s. crude collapsed on april the 20th and briefly went negative for the 1st time saudi arabia and kuwait say they've slashed their output ahead of the may 1st production deadline. and it seems the deal to cut our port may have only happened because

president reportedly pressured saudi arabia implying the u.s. may withdraw its military support for riyadh and salvage of aid has this report. oil and water do not mix but politics in oil bond very well there is no official transcript of the conversation between the u.s. president and the saudi crown prince which resulted in saudi arabia's latest oil production cut reports suggest president all drum told muhammad been sold man that u.s. forces stationed in the kingdom could be withdrawn if saudi arabia did not stop flooding the market with cheap crude within days riyadh announced production cuts and ended its oil price war with russia opec in g. 20 members including quit in norway have already announced cuts in output but questions still remain over compliance the us president has taken credit for the nearly 10000000 barrel cut by oil producers which comes into effect on friday i think i get them to occur. maybe when you say.

well they say 10 they say 10000000 but i think it's very steamy and. i even heard. saudi arabia and russia's failure to agree on price stabilisation lead to a $31.00 day price war which has resulted in a massive oversupply of crude that combined with the coronavirus shutdown of the world's major economies provided a perfect storm for the 1st time in history traders were paying to get rid of world stocks after storage ran out and u.s. crude futures dipped to a record minus $40.00 a barrel the international energy agency estimates global storage capacity could be full by mid june. with a powerful lobby and nearly a 1000000 u.s. hydrocarbon sector jobs at stake it's now an issue of national security for the united states we're also exploring potentially having the ability to store another several $100000000.00 barrels so we're looking at lots of different options were in touch with lots of people around the world and the president is determined that we

protect the national security interest and the job with flights grounded no one driving and factories closed analysts estimate the demand gap is in excess of $30000000.00 barrels even though some restrictions are slowly being lifted the energy market is gloomy and positive projections international oil price is estimated to average around 35 dollars a barrel while the u.s. price is expected below $20.00 a drop of 60 percent compared to last year major firms such as royal dutch shell out of readjusting shell cut its dividend for the 1st time since world war 2 norway western europe's biggest oil and natural gas producer wants to ease tax rules for oil firms to prevent a drop in investment there is the short term benefit for oil consumers the european central bank says inflation has declined due to the sharp fall in oil prices but slowing growth globally job losses and declining industry coupled with falling oil production doesn't bode well for the global economy some of. their

africa's largest all producer nigeria relies heavily on oil revenue for its economy but the huge surplus in global supply is causing further damage as al-jazeera has added dreams for ports from the capital abuja it's been a particularly difficult year for nigerians whose all dependent economy is struggling low prices and cuts in production resulted in huge losses. but more warning for africa's biggest producer is the damage the current clocked was due. with fuel storage facilities the options for nigeria like many small and medium sized producers is to give away it's all or shut down some wells what were 52 days and on president a lot nobody has ever been taking to the beyond borders into storage which includes that's never happened what it means when countries come back to work. so much

supply that the demand cannot compensate for that revenue shortfall some all have already forced the nigerian government to consider an almost 40 percent cut in this is spending estimate. 1000000000 dollars identity for companies that you've had to shut down can i bring back the wealth if i can bring back do with what happens next for you a bit of pain of somebody that you could all but that's not a permanent that judging the current cost of producing a barrel of oil in nigeria is about the same as the market price something produces an expert say isn't sustainable for a long period nigeria's oil company then m.p.c. says it's engaging its joint venture partners all companies to see how do a father cut production the country's current output is $1400000.00 barrels of oil a day and as producers desperately look to shop prices it's awful possible that nigeria will be forced to make products experts warn that the current instability in the oil market is said to father damage the economy nigeria imports

a significant amount of consumer goods including refined petroleum product i believe from the audience and michael. and that's. true. internationally. and that's what's much. more important and that's what. a lot of medium average nigerian. a bleak focused the could even get worse if the credit market continues for a long time. i'll just eat or a quarter and then there is director of energy policy advisers on energy and the mining research advisory joins us by skype from london good to have you with us so today by today the production cuts are supposed to kick in and there was the verdict so far they're working. good morning from london

so i think it's a little bit early to say whether the production cuts are working so far the. normally in the oil market data is quite far delayed when we look at the actual april data you saw production increases coming through so that's on the back of the original breakdown of the deal the size of the cut pretty staggering for many when you look at them in relation to april so i think there are going to be some countries that are going to quite reach their target certainly at the beginning of the mom but there is there is a real issue into as well in terms of story building up around the world and. countries and companies can actually produce and sell their oil there's a lot to unpack in that but before we do let's take one aspect of that if prices

don't go up don't go up pretty soon how long can countries like nigeria venezuela how long can they avert you know an even deeper crisis. so somewhere like nigeria it's already gone through one well downturn and i'd say it hasn't fully recovered from the last downturn especially when you look at some of the companies they had taken on the pull up they're. trying grow their assets grow production in nigeria you have some or all price recovery of the last couple of years but really not enough for those companies to get back out on a good 14 so i think a lot of the independent oil producers in nigeria as well as some of the bigger producers are going to suffer in the other issue with nigeria is that it doesn't have the internal refining. so it needs to export

a lot of its crude the the issue there is that the cost of actually transporting crude at the moment has skyrocketed there's a lot tankers are being used for storage so it's harder for nigeria to get that crude onto the international market. and it still needs to actually import products to supply its domestic messick market demand for that's going to be reducing so i think i think by the producers within nigeria on the tax receipts for the government. quite severely. the next couple of months what about the u.s. how critical is the situation becoming for us produces if as is seems to be the case according to reports the trumpet ministration kind of had to put at least part of its military support for saudi arabia on the line of saudi arabia didn't come up with some you know pretty serious cuts. well it's an interesting balancing act

from trump because if you go about your year also. putting pressure on on the saudis on a peg to actually produce more i'm hearing or prices down fast forward through 2 coronavirus crisis and lack of demand is now trying to get in supports all of a lot of the oil producing regions within within the us normally lower prices are also as a for the u.s. economy i think he's trying to balance the 2 at the moment while what you are seeing is. as well as a peck mandating cuts amongst the producers in the u.s. you're seeing a lot of the producers being forced to actually shut down because oil prices are getting down in so levels are lower than in cash costs you didn't say what prices briefly go negative so i think the you're seeing the oil prices have the desired

effect on us production by bringing it down. to levels which eventually should stimulate our own prices once again. do we know this point or how would we know if russia has made its share of the agreed cuts with. i think the data will start to be visible over the next couple of weeks than there are early indications the rusher is making the cuts you can say for all the the shifting lending data. and oil tracking analytics paranoia lexan they're sharing the russian production in may has already started to fall. but i think it's going to take a few weeks to say the evidence of the loss declines coming through in terms of last time he was leaving countries like russia leaving other big exporting oil

producers or i've got to get your thoughts on that thanks so much and. thank you. plenty more still ahead on the news hour including south africa eases some covert 19 restrictions in an attempt to revive its faltering economy libya's un recognized government says it's attacked walled city for half of those forces after rejecting the ceasefire. balance board how the pandemic is affecting grassroots sports in inner city schools across the united states details coming up later in the show. the u.s. president says he's seen evidence the corona virus originated in a laboratory in the chinese city of war han but he failed to give any further details donald trump said the release of covert 19 could have been

a horrible mistake he added it's possible china chose to avoid stopping the virus from spreading beyond its borders particle has the license. a conspiracy theory has been floating on the fringes of conservative media for weeks and now it's made its way to the white house you seen anything at this point that gives you a high degree of confidence that there would have instituted a raji was the origin of those fires yes yes a that was the president of the united states indicating he seen something that says the coronavirus was made in a chinese lab he didn't say if it was from a us agency or from cable television where he gets a lot of his information after reports that the cid ministration has been trying to get the intelligence community to find a connection to the lab the director of national intelligence issued this statement saying the intelligence community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the covert 1000 virus was not manmade or genetically modified and 2 weeks ago

the u.s. military seemed to make the same conclusion on the on the lab piece of that that's there's a lot of. rumor and speculation in a wide variety of media the blog sites etc should be no surprise to you that we've taken a keen interest in that and we've had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that and i would just say at this point it's inconclusive although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural some republicans have been trying to point the blame and public anger at china some even saying they should simply refused to pay china back for the u.s. bonds it holds the president though said he wouldn't go that far indicating more tariffs could be his response further straining the relationship between the $2.00 countries and the already stretched bank accounts of consumers in the u.s. who ultimately pay the price for those tariffs pedicle hain al-jazeera. al

jazeera as investigative unit has obtained exclusive video revealing a backlog of goods at china's biggest export hub or that's causing a delay in the supply of medical equipment for health care workers around the world long queues of trucks loaded with cargo or shanghai airport are waiting to unload at customs and hundreds of boxes are piling up in warehouses china produces nearly half the world's supply of protective medical equipment notably to the u.s. and europe but concerns are growing its quality control rules on exporting cargo is hampering efforts to meet demand for personal protective equipment well fall is executive producer of al-jazeera is investigative unit he joins us by skype from winchester in the united kingdom will good to have you with us so why are supplies stuck in china while the world desperately needs them. it's a very good question sammy i think it's the rule of unintended consequences in this

case china as you rightly said produces just about half of the world's protective medical equipment they exported very large quantities of it to europe back in march when the pandemic started to take grip unfortunately there were significant congress which had some standard or counterfeit goods which caused a huge amounts of critical focus to come on china very embarrassing for china as the world's manufacturer as a response to that they tightened up their export and quality rules now it appears from having talked to various shipping agencies in in china those rules have been applied in a very rigid bureaucratic manner and in a slightly haphazard way which is resulted in this enormous gridlock of masks surgical gowns ventilators all of the material that's so desperately needed currently by trying line workers in the battle against coke 90. well i just follow

. delve a little bit different to something you said there about sub standard protective equipment did any of that actually make it out of china according to what you know through your investigation i mean is there a possibility that people somewhere in the world are relying on faulty p.-p. . and it's on the record it's been widely reported italy spain holland i think the u.k. also returned significant batches of equipment which we seem to be not made of the materials they required for what's highly sensitive and difficult work which which requires good quality material is a barrier against a virus so that it's possible of course batches got through that when it returns but that the key thing is china actually did react to this did tighten up the rules but the consequences of that of causing may be far greater issues as we know you

know cargo stacking up hospitals health authorities desperately trying to get this equipment and failing to get it through the system because the red tape has become you know far more intricate and complex why are they dealing with that now i mean other rules in the red tape being changed to kind of find a balance between making sure nothing faulty gets out but also making sure that everything is in the held up well just last night some of there is a significant can't go pee personal protective equipment that was bound for a country which desperately needs it that was seized and impounded and held by chinese customs officials because they were they told the export of that the packaging didn't meet new regulations the exporter in this case had no idea the rules have changed and you know exasperated unfollowed the equipment was delayed yet further so there are efforts to get this moving but. from from what i'm hearing

from people on the ground there continues to be a slightly haphazard and very bureaucratic imposition of these rules which were designed to improve the quality of the equipment but it slowed down the supply well there's there's been concern if not accusations of countries playing politics with the supply of medicine and personal protective equipment have you found any evidence that in the situation you've been looking at in china we haven't found any evidence of politics being played we have heard a lot of anecdotal evidence of businessmen rushing in to see an opportunity buying up large quantities of p.p. the entire production runs from companies warehousing them and sitting on them waiting for the price to go up and that's not politics that's obvious it just sort of business. and that's a major concern now to governments and health authorities trying to obtain

equipment let alone export it in terms of politics we haven't seen any suggestion that this is political it looks more like europe by bureaucracy and sort of haphazard application of a policy or i could talk to you always well from there from al-jazeera investigative unit thanks so much for that well thank you. well south africa has started raising some coronavirus restrictions after 5 weeks of lockdown some businesses are being allowed to reopen from friday people can leave their homes to exercise the government says it will impose an overnight curfew and deploy more soldiers to ensure social distancing rules are followed for me the miller is in johannesburg with more on how the 1st day of east restrictions is going. this is the main highway between johannesburg and. i and police have set up one of the largest roadblocks in this area they're also soldiers here to ensure that people

aren't hearing to the lock down restrictions now south africa has eased the regulations slightly in that some businesses are able to open and a 3rd of the workforce are able to go to work but for millions of south africans these are the kind of regulations that they're facing police are making sure they're here to regulations and they're also on the lookout for cigarettes and alcohol because in south africa the sale and transportation of those items is still bad and police will likely see thousands of vehicles come through this roadblock during the course of the day they are about 7000 soldiers that have been deployed across the country but the government has also said it's made provision for up to 70000 soldiers to monitor the streets in south africa while the stiction

are being eased even just slightly the government has deployed more soldiers and police to ensure the people i'd hearing to the lockdown regulations and even those of africa has now moved to a level full one level lower than previously we're actually seeing more officials and more security officials monitoring the lockdown. may the 1st is recognized as labor day on the ring the struggles and gains made by workers around the world but this year those little to celebrate his millions of people find themselves suddenly on employed the usual marches have been banned in many countries that are in lockdown but in athens workers defied lockdown measures to rally for better conditions during the pandemic the greek government had asked the unions to hold off on demonstrations till next week all of nationwide curfew remains in place. crowds are gathering in beirut is anger grows over lebanon's financial problems

there have been calls for mass demonstrations on friday against the government and its handling of the economy on thursday the lebanese government approved the financial reform plan leaders have been under pressure to act after months of violent public protests so to hold the martyrs square in beirut i can see people behind you how the protests shaping up now saying. well it is desperate times in 11 i know you mention anger anger is mounting as economic hardships grow you talk to anybody here and they say they can no longer make ends meet the unemployment figures are on the rise yes the government eased the lockdown measures but the lockdown really as a result to try to contain the spread of coronavirus has worsened the economy because many people here rely on daily wages to survive many are in the informal

workforce so people will tell you that they can no longer find jobs let me just tell you the statistics according to government figures approximately 70 to 75 percent of a nation of 5000000 people need help and according to the government as well 45 percent now live below the poverty line 22 percent live in extreme poverty and today we heard from the labor. mr who said that 30 percent of companies that are registered have shut down and that 20 percent of the companies are registered companies are giving their employees half of their salaries at the same time the prices of goods it's on the rise the lebanese government announcing what they're calling a rescue plan but that plan involves taking international assistance from the my international monetary fund and the reaction of people has why should we be borrowing more money when this country is already heavily in debt that they believe that those in power should be going after corrupt officials they have hues of

stealing public funds now the prime minister say that this will be a turning point and that there is going to be better days ahead for the people but he did say the road will be difficult because resorting to the i.m.f. is going to involve a lot of difficult and tough conditions and it could mean more taxes and already many people here will tell you they cannot afford to survive any longer but the calls for change the calls for a new leadership began 6 months ago here in the martyrs square but 6 months really has done little as those in power those who have been governing this country for decades continue to cling on to that hour and then a hold of from martha square that. at least 10 people have been injured in an attack on an ammunition warehouse east of home soon western syria state media say a number of explosions were heard at the facility located in a military camp some civilians were hit by falling shells is no clear who was

behind the attack. libya's un recognized government says it's carried out airstrikes on a convoy of war forces it happened south of the capital tripoli after it has recently lost ground forces fighting for the government of national accord the g.n.a.s. rejected a cease fire called for by hafter for the month of ramadan libya's government says it doesn't trust hafter accusing him of violating previous sees fires the v.a. has been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader moammar gadhafi 9 years ago the many groups back one of 2 main rival forces the u.n. recognize government in tripoli controls the area in blue and fire as a sort of ours is in charge of the capital as prime minister or the wall of commands the self declared libyan national army and controls the area in red have to ally the administration is based in the eastern city of tal broke forces loyal

to him have been trying to take control of tripoli for a year mahmoud other than wired joins us live from tripoli now so is there a feeling there then that these are crucial days for holly for half the campaign to take tripoli. indeed they seem to be crucial sami especially with the many analysis in the west of libya saying that half that is. losing the momentum especially after his latest announcement of the. ruling the country by mandate as many people here say that a kind of an attempt to cover up his late defeat after they lost almost 6 strategic towns and cities in the west of the country the government of national

accord on the other hand it says that it is rejecting get any. truce announcement or proposal but have to his forces unless it's been good anted and sponsored by international the international community they say that given the fact that have to others cannot be trusted and he rejected many cease fire proposers in the past now on the front lines the government forces have been carrying out air strikes targeting get convoy of military vehicles and including the. trucks loaded with fuel they were on their way to have to us forces they were targeted by the government air force in central libya they were on their way to have their forces and the city of the hohner and in some of tripoli the government military sources also say that they targeted. individuals have to prove how to individuals and military vehicles in other words here

a debate is about at 150 kilometers to the in the southern west of the capital tripoli and as you know some of that that has been used by have those warplanes to target the government forces locations in southern tripoli now in the city of sabha another. that's not in favor of the i have to. many elderly people including young including civil society organizations and many people in the city of they made an announcement stating that they are rejecting what they call an attempt by have to us forces to be in a state the military rule in the country and they on the other hand support the government of national accord so generally speaking it seemed that the warlord who for have to is losing get momentum especially after the setback his forces suffered

in the west of the country or hold up through our home from tripoli. all right let's catch up with everton is the picture in where the world looking at a better hour is looking lovely sami are you live like this they bring good news you got some warm sun oh we love you for that we are really good news your to the card warm sunshine developing across spain just in time for the easing of restrictions for people getting out for their little bit of exercise they can have some fabulous weather to enjoy and a little treat for you a couple of rainbows have a look at this we've got largely clear skies across spain and portugal but further north you can see a fair bit of cloud not one rainbow but turned rainbow this double rainbow we saw in london southwest london yesterday and of course the rainbow has become a symbol of positivity hope and togetherness with the coronavirus going on so lovely picture here with the rainbow course it does mean sunshine and showers that's what happens as well the rainbows develop and you can see quite

a crop of play out there across much of central and northern europe particularly up into the north sea there across the british isles across a good part of germany pushing over towards the baltic states further south it is largely clear we have still got a few showers it must be said across northern parts of spain for the remainder of today but look at the temperature on the eastern side of spain valencia 32 celsius mercier 31 celsius and rising by the time we come to saturday largely clear skies lots of warm sunshine some 5 biggest weather to enjoy here yet further north we do have the showers continuing through saturday across many northern and central parts of europe pushing over towards the east and by the time we come to the end of the weekend we're going to see that wetter weather making its way out of the way brighter skies coming back in warm and dry for spain and portugal madrid could touch 32 degrees 70 beautiful going to call you mr rainbow you are you've got this positive vibe as lovely as you are off camera as on camera they were very much

a bit of bromance there are eyes still ahead on al-jazeera fears the global pandemic could be spreading undetected the cross. c.m.o. plus. the challenges facing india as follows as they struggle to sell their crops on the long down. i did sport of formal world number one wins a tennis title with a difference. landlady. told mines were time to turn up the volume on the untold story smelled way you don't know 6 examine the u.s. and its role in the world we're going to bomb the taliban in submission and bomb them to the peace table during gunfire coming from that direction we're going to get i mean holding the powerful to account doing this room has cancer and knows that someone that lives here dad can suffer. fault lines coming soon on al-jazeera. in countries like mine people have been killed too because we in the

united states have privatized the old money public function more this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they came to britain for be all to help the past bombs do you know you will rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't that interesting the shadow on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap those headlines an agreement among the world's major oil producers to cut output comes into effect on friday it

follows a collapse in global oil prices driven by falling demand due to the pandemic president also says he's seen evidence covert 19 originated in a chinese law board. he adds it's possible beijing chose not to stop the disease from spreading its no evidence to support back. libya's un recognized government says it's carried out airstrikes against wall so for half the us forces south of tripoli also says it's rejected the ceasefire by half term for the month of ramadan saying it doesn't trust. the u.k. government is expected to announce whether it has met its target of $100000.00 daily coronavirus test by the end of april that goal was set by the health secretary for testing them birds were lagging right up until the deadline prime minister abbas johnson earlier declared britain was past the peak of its outbreak

let's go live to neve parker he's in the british capital so names did they somehow manage to close the considerable gap in the last minutes. well the government's closing the gap very fast the last figures that were released were late last night so the government suggested that there were around 18000 tests short of reaching 800000 goal although a little bit later on this afternoon they let that go pass. over later on this afternoon whether or not they have actually reached to go over this is warm test facility here in east london under the otu center one of the biggest buildings in the world its car park is now a very active test facility we've seen a steady stream of cars arriving here over the course of the morning they arrive drivers passengers are registered they then go on to another tent where they're handed a test kit they park up do the tests themselves then hand over the swabs in

a sealed box to the staff here and in theory get their test results back. a matter of days many of these people are key workers frontline staff transport workers important infrastructure work is making sure the country keeps going on. working as normal the problem really is the slowness in which the government introduced testing there's been under increasing scrutiny for not doing more so you know we've seen how well. how well testing played out in germany where the death toll there is around 6000 as opposed to close 227000 here in the u.k. testing in germany was comprehensive it was widespread is definitely seen as one of the big factors a star why there is such a significant distance difference between the u.k. and germany but the promise from the government is that they will close the gap as

quickly as they possibly can the health secretary hancock as 100 pound charity bets riding on it let's see whether or not he makes that do it or not. all right may farka there thanks for that. in spain nearly 300 people have died from corona virus complications overnight bringing the death toll to over 24000 a country has over 200000 confirmed cases the announcement comes as authorities close the famous field hospital in madrid are able to do so because pressure on the hospital system in the region has decreased with new infections whoa. one of china's most famous landmarks has reopened its doors after being shut for months because of the pandemic beijing's forbidden city once home to china's emperors is allowing up to 5000 visitors a day the must maintain social distancing authorities in the capital have loosened

travel restrictions for a 5 day national holiday. more than half of the indian workforce is employed in the agriculture sector but the long downer stopped many of them from travelling to work leaving farmers struggling and the latest in our series on how the pandemic is affecting farming and food supplies al-jazeera has elizabeth for all and reports from india's most populous state of the pradesh. a hive of activity during a nationwide lockdown farmers been there week to a government procurement center in the state of the pradesh. it's a small victory for british who struggled to harvest his crops the season without the help of seasonal workers. the father of 3 says his family helped him cut the crop and register to sell it to the government for everyone feels to a lot of problems with the registration everything is shut so how and where are we supposed to do it we had no idea the children have some education so they were able

to do it on their mobile phones the government to sending alec tronic coupons to farmers with a date and time to bring their projects to the centers passion rural areas many don't have smartphones and internet connections to receive them and he is locked down couldn't have come at a worse time for farmers they're at their busiest between april and june when went to crop like wheat or harvested and the fields are prepared for some across to be. without the technology needed to register his cross public transport to take it to a government center or private market the pain that parties worried about how he and his family will survive i mean if we can't so the next crop as we need money from this harvest to buy season fertilizers. many farmers have seen their fruit and vegetables go to waste despite farming being exempt from the lock down the restrictions on people's movement and transport has led to supply chains breaking down. india has large reserves of grains but economists say extra stocks of rice

and wheat aren't enough it's also about pulses and fruits and vegetables and indian diets are already very poor of the managers and it's a very high so we need to ensure that that ideal for people splitsville both from a point of your food security as well as keeping the economy going it's very important that we support agriculture and gauntleted collapse. for governments as agriculture is functioning smoothly and there are no shortages of food but many reject that and with more than half of india's workforce employed in agriculture experts say it must do more to help farmers and secure the harvest for the next season elizabeth al-jazeera blanchett author for the. there's growing concern the coronavirus could be spreading undetected through parts of yemen containment measures have been stepped up after officials recorded the 1st 2 deaths on wednesday sharp reports. inside the walls of the hospital in aden

patients are dying of a mysterious respect her illness yes the u.n. says it's likely corona virus is spreading undetected in yemen doctors are on alert yet the patients results are negative at that in the. situation is very tragic during the last 2 days we've had 2 deaths and then 3 deaths as a result of infections in the wrist perjury tract and the strange thing is that the kurdish virus tests a negative but the symptoms of the cases the gest is a similar disease or the corona virus is present it was not diagnosed correctly. human recorded its 1st case of corona virus on a protein there were no further cases reported into wednesday nearly 3 weeks later here at aden german international hospital with 5 cases were confirmed humans health minister says 2 of those people dies human in its health system have been

ravaged by 5 years of civil who the u.n. has wound if coronavirus catches hold it will be catastrophic only half of humans medical facilities a functional the population is acutely malnourished there is a cholera epidemic and more than 24000000 people need aid to survive and. we expect the spread of more cases but we can mitigate the spread of people follow instructions was protective measures like wearing face masks social distancing staying at home and washing their hands regularly. after the new cases were revealed a brief curfew was in acted in aid in the city closed its mosques in moves and extended the shutdown of restaurants and markets a number of private hospitals and i stopped receiving patients. in the capital sana'a health workers have been disinfecting in fumigating the streets for more than a month this week they moved in to disinfect shops in the busy double salon. a place

. that has and wish to have after the suspected cases were discovered we hope that sterilization measures are intensified and people adhere to wearing masks and taking preventive measures human all reading the wounds not just humanitarian crisis trying to keep out of pandemic that may already be in the midst of dallas al-jazeera for the 1st for the 2nd rather friday of ramadan jerusalem's compound remains closed in the streets of the old city are unusually quiet palestinians living in occupied east jerusalem having to adjust to a new way of observing the month while dealing with the economic uncertainty of locked out how to force that explains. holy month of islam's 3rd holiest site and the courtyards around the mosque in the dome of the rock or empty mass prayer band to help stop the spread of the coronavirus usually tens of thousands of

worshippers many from new york the pied west bank who come here each day to pray the effects are being felt beyond this sacred site by the people who live and work in the alleyways of the old city lockdown has already brought serious hardship for us but he says business is holding to nothing as customers save their money and there's no familiar ramadan boost to make up for it. we wait for ramadan the whole year ramadan is different with its beautiful atmosphere there is a lot of work in ramadan but this year there is no work and there is no ramadan. foot traffic is down and thoughts of religious observance are competing with anxiety over jobs and finances and is even younger said i am 60 i have never seen anything like this my son has 6 kids he has rent to pay he's not working how are they going to wait and drink. as of this week the israeli government that controls jerusalem's occupied east has allowed more types of businesses to open but

as well as unlocked doors recovery requires customers some restrictions begin to be lifted shopkeepers here talk about a gradual return of some economic activity but very gradual especially given how few people comparatively are on the streets of the old city and all of this thrown into really by the fact that ramadan is usually one of the busiest times of the last year this was the scene at damascus gate as thousands headed into the old city to pray at. this ramadan the walk or islamic trust in charge of the mosque is telling the faithful to stay away. and we're in great pain right now this month as a month usually we have tens of thousands of people coming to the mosque and it reaches hundreds of thousands but for the sake of people's health the works decided to spin the prius. and so the prayers are instead being brought to the people online and on television in the hope that it will feel all the better to be

here for real with those tens of thousands of others for ramadan in 2021 harry forsett occupied east jerusalem. while some u.s. states are reopening parts of their economy in the hopes of combating the financial downturn from the outbreak florida alabama and arizona are among the more than 30 states planning to relax their stay at home orders i think some businesses including restaurants reopen but health experts are warning against relaxing measures too soon and the gallacher has more from florida one of the states now set to partially reopen. here in miami dade county which is accounted for about a 3rd of all deaths people are living through this there's 1200 deaths currently in the state of florida many of the cases across those 3 counties here miami dade county broward and palm beach so they are essentially still on a pretty restricted. category of what's going on here in the other states of

freeing up so it is that patchwork but i think overall people are supporting what the governor is doing and it's important to remember the governor is not saying these places must open he's deferring to people like the mare of miami there are of hollywood which is another city just up the road and local authorities in places like palm beach that is a very sensible approach although the governor here was criticized for being a little late on that lockdown but remember there's more than 30 states now that are planning to do this in the next few days and some of them are doing it in very different ways it's very aggressive in a state like georgia which is just north of florida places like new york and new jersey are forming a loose coalition the same thing with california and washington state so all the states are doing this very differently i can tell you that people here are desperate to get back to work about a 1000000 people have registered for unemployment in this state alone and certainly talking to those who have known here for a long time that run businesses they want to get back to work but they want to do it very very carefully so when the governor talks about baby steps that is

precisely what we're going to hear in florida and what more and more states will be going through in the next few weeks russia's prime minister says he's isolating himself after testing positive for corona virus. in is the highest ranking russian politician to be diagnosed his deputy will take up his duties more than 100000 cases have been confirmed of more than a 1000 deaths. still ahead of al jazeera in spalt top level football in portugal gets the green light to return fox here with that story.

all right will they they reopens falls how much will they reopen those take those questions to the lady with all the answers right salahi going to tell us right it's still up in the air sammy so we'll see if the english premier league clubs are meeting to discuss if their season can resume on june the 8th for that to happen players need to be back in training by mid may. liverpool are 2 wins away from winning their 1st title in 30 years the club has hit back at comments made by the city's own mayor he believes the resumption is a nonstarter due to concerns fans will still meet up in large numbers even if games are played behind closed doors in a statement the club said we have engaged with supporters groups who have informed us of their determination to respect social distancing measures and in the event of a resumption of football being announced we would continue to work with them in keeping with our collective desire italian football association looks to be on

a collision course with its own government the f.a. president says he will never sign off on ending the serious season follows comments by the italian sports minister who said it might be wise to write this season off clubs are meeting today to discuss their options a top flight portuguese football is said to restart at the end of the moment but hundreds prime minister has given the go ahead for games to kick off on may the 30th benfica are the reigning champions and 2nd in the table behind porto matches will be played behind closed doors. a portuguese international xiao a mario should be playing for his club football for lokomotiv moscow in russia the league is currently suspended and it's unclear if the season will ever be finished i don't know what's going to happen. i don't know what's going to happen in football in general i don't know what's going to be possible what's not going to be possible so. i'm excited for everyone also because i'm in loan to understand what's

going to be the situation and what the clubs. will be able to do so i'm just waiting like everyone to decide my life. in the meantime this is the reality for many players and teams around the world sports club just one of the many squads training remotely the cats are stars league has been on hold since mid march. le bron james is keen to get back playing basketball star took to social media to give his response to speculation that the n.b.a. season may be cancelled saw some reports about execs in asians wanting to cancel season that's absolutely not true nobody i know saying anything like that as soon as it's safe we would like to finish our season i'm ready and our team is ready nobody should be canceling anything many grassroots sports coaches in the united

states fear the consequences of the pandemic are hitting disadvantaged young athletes harlem across a sporting charity that helps at risk youth that inner city schools across the u.s. so it's a band that make the outdoor program has been halted and replaced with online sessions but many of the players involved do not have access to why fire safe open spaces at home coaches are struggling to stay in contact with them earlier we spoke to devon o'brien he's executive director of harlem lacrosse in new york he told us how their program is one of many to highlight social and economic inequality in the city. coated has highlighted and exacerbated a lot of the inequity that she really is with us. and that existing inequity in our city has also catalyze the spread of the virus just very effectively minority and low income communities are being impacted disproportionately relative to white more affluent communities in new york city. the deficits in resources the deficits and

opportunities that already exist for kids or into certain just codes in new york everything highlighted so you know it very personal level experience of trying to log in to a digital classroom on a cell phone in a shelter in the bronx body why 5 different then you should log in to their digital classroom in a home office with a laptop so a lot of the demick inequalities and gaps and resources that really been highlighted and there's a lot of barriers right now it's kids go home to their you know to the or you can vironment to engage in online learning there's a lot of barriers to their teaching and just to highlight another you know facet of the inequity here there's a lot of kids that have backyard they have reached the age is the may have rebounders they're able to go out practice and you know keep playing the cross and if you're living in public housing in new york city it's just not of these so you know we're organizing work outs we're organizing chalk talk to actions we're trying to keep engaging this order but it's much tougher in new york city is difficult if

you have to that are the virus and oral this is across these this is what a lot of our kids have been working for they were you know it takes grade they wanted to be a senior this spring they wanted to go to the city championships which prevents you 3 out of the past 3 years so a lot of kids didn't work their whole middle and high school careers didn't for this time and they're not able to get out there which is which is devastating. and former tennis world number one andy murray has secured his 1st title of the year from the comfort of his own living room murray won the virtual madrid open beating world number 10 david gough and was ok to reach the final murray had lost his semifinal against diego schwartzman but the argentinian had to pull out of the final when his broadband failed. crazy and that is all yours for for now sammy back to you. well that's it for this show something maria is back with another full forces so you don't want to go to fall

back and of course there's al jazeera in a bit. i usually test. and trace frank assessments it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really behind her informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one later 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india doesn't up to the spread of coronavirus in the inside

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