where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who come after. purpose. this one is ours. a major cut in all production comes into force but will it be enough to shore up world markets. i'm sam is a. live from doha also coming up u.s. democratic presidential front runner joe biden speaks out for the 1st time about allegations he sexually assaulted a staffer. india extends the world's biggest lockdown by 2 weeks but some restrictions are east. and jerusalem is our compound the slams 3rd

holiest site is closed during ramadan because of coronavirus restrictions. now an agreement among the world's major oil producers to cut out for that comes into effect on friday it follows a collapse in global oil prices spurred by a slump in demand because of the pandemic and it seems the deal to cut out what may have only happened because president donald trump reportedly pressured saudi arabia plying the u.s. may withdraw its military support for riyadh the savage raid as 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cut reports suggest president all trump told muhammad bin sole man that u.s. forces stationed in the kingdom could be withdrawn if saudi arabia did not stop flooding the market with cheap crude within days riyadh announced production cuts and ended its oil price war with russia. 20 members including in norway have already announced cuts and 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 got them to cut. maybe. what they say can they say 10000000 but i think it's 15000000 barrels 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 a 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 fall 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 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 $35.00 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. the there. is director of energy it policy advises an energy and mining research advisory he says it'll be a while before we see the impacts of the production cuts. 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 thus on the back of the original breakdown of the deal the size of the car so pretty staggering from a 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 month but there is there is a real issue into that as well in terms of the storage capacity filling up around the world and where they're coming. countries and companies can actually produce and sell our oil i think the the data will start to be visible over the next couple of weeks there's early indications there rusher is making the cuts you can see for on the shipping loading data i used an oil tanker trucking and analytics firm oil and gas and they're sharing the russian production in may

has already started to fall. by thinking it's going to take a few weeks to see the evidence of the large declines coming through in terms of less tankers leaving countries like russia leaving other big exporting oil uses u.s. presidential hopeful joe biden is seeking out for the 1st time about allegations of sexual assault involving a former employee the former vice president biden told m s n b c he did not assault then staff or tara reid when she worked with him in 1993 and the time he was a senator but i'm joined now by white house correspondent kimberly how to choose life from washington d.c. so kimberly how much is that you know depends now what comes out of the national archive. yeah amid mounting

pressure from within his own party the former vice president joe biden is now speaking out about those allegations they stem back to 993 when joe biden was a senator and capitol hill tara reid was an aide in his office and she told friends that the former vice president pinned her against the wall and sexually assaulted her now her friends corroborate this claim but it is an allegation that joe bided denies you know it is not true i'm saying on a critically never never happened didn't never happen. do you remember her do you remember any any types of complaints that she might have made i don't remember any time to complain she may have made it was 27 years ago and i don't remember nor does anyone else that i'm aware of and the fact is that i don't remember i don't remember any complaint ever having been made.

now joe biden is calling for the national archives to release terrorists complaint he says if it exists he says he's never seen the complaint before he also says he never asked for a nondisclosure agreement from the woman making this allegation he says that women have a right to be heard but at the same time he also says that any sort of complaints one of this nature deserves to be scrutinized. well from the very beginning you know i've said believe me women means taking the woman's claim seriously when she steps forward and then vetted look into what this is that's true in this case as well when we have a right to be heard and then the pressured rigorously investigate claims they make always a poll that principle but in the end in every case the truth is what matters in this case the truth is the claims are false how does this look like he could be for

the by campaign can believe well certainly he needed to speak out there were concerns within his own party but at the same time when you look at the standard that exists among prominent u.s. politicians you can't you know discount the allegations against president trump back in 2016 more than 20 women allege that he had in appropriately behaved against them sexually these are all things that the u.s. president denied on the campaign trail and then became president now for his part u.s. president donald trump did speak about the allegations against joe biden late on thursday he said that biden should respond but he also said that he could be falsely accused something that trump claims he knows a lot about again referring to the allegations against him he also said that he feels that there is a concern that if false accusations given the fact he believes that his supreme

court justice brett kavanaugh was also falsely accused during his confirmation hearings now in the midst of all of this the vice president joe biden does have some prominent democrats that her in his corner particularly the house speaker nancy pelosi there she has not responded since these statements came out this morning but i can tell you that she was speaking on his behalf prior to him making this very public statement she said that he is a person of integrity and she is satisfied with biden's denials. kimberly how could their white house correspondent at least 10 people have been injured in an attack on an ammunition warehouse east of homs in 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 not clear who was behind the attack a chinese journalist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for vilifying the

country's governing communist party changi rann was arrested in 2018 after posting articles accusing local officials of corruption he'd been fired from a number of state newspapers before eventually publishing his work online the sentence comes as critics accuse the chinese government of using the pandemic to further tighten its grip on media israel's largest bank has been fined nearly $900000000.00 after admitting it helped u.s. taxpayers hide their assets abroad american prosecutors say bank had concealed 7600000000 dollars and thousands of secret swiss and israeli bank accounts the fine is the 2nd largest since 2008 in the wake of that year's financial crisis washington launched a crackdown on foreign banks assisting american citizens of volved in tax evasion.

still ahead i'll just era. taking the field bodies into storage would do 2 weeks just never have an unprecedented surplus for nigeria causes concern for an economy heavily dependent on oil revenue plus. south africa eases some coronavirus restrictions in an attempt to revive its faltering economy. however got more hot weather pushing across northern parts of china warm weather that's going to make its way across the korean peninsula and on towards japan lost the clear skies here and those clear skies allowing the sun to burst what club do have is generally aced some clout there just into central parts of china as well and that will gradually make its way further east which as we go on through

saturday heading towards see korean peninsula southern parts of south korea at least in the eventually it will push towards the south of japan take a $28.00 celsius in that warm sunshine of a hot one in beijing at around $34.00 degrees as we go on into sunday cools off a little in beijing wetter weather coming across south korea foss out of japan and linking back into central southern parts of china hong kong all the time staying hot dry and sunny name all across southeast asia the usual rash of heavy showers coming through here some lively showers anywhere from the philippines pushing right through malaysia pushing over towards parts of thailand and beyond we got some wet weather around the andaman sea pushing up into myanmar up towards bangladesh once again more heavy and thundery showers coming through here elsewhere it is generate dry some showers into the far south west of india and turning rather wet too as a funnel by sunday.

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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 us democratic presidential hopeful joe biden has addressed sexual assault allegations against him for more a former employee claims biden sexually assaulted her and 993 biden says it never happened at least 10 people have been injured in an attack on an ammunition warehouse east of homs in western syria state media say a number of explosions were heard at the facility located in a military camp. africa's largest oil producer nigeria relies heavily on oil revenue for its economy but the huge surplus in global supply is causing further damage. reports from the capital of. it's been a particularly difficult year for nigerians who are all dependent economy is

struggling low prices and cuts in production resulted in huge loss of revenue but more worrying for africa's biggest producer is the damage the current glut will do with fuel storage facilities the options for nigeria like many small and medium sized produces is to give away its oil or shut down somewhere else where 52 days in office dented nobody has ever been taken to the beyond into storage which includes that's never happened why did mr brown when can just come back to work i'll be 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 people companies that you've had to shut down can i do wells if i can bring back do with what happens next for your pain of

somebody that you could call 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 cuts experts warned 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 products. the ability to from the party at some. and that'll work too much and it has. to be. a little. international. and that's why it's really

transmitted into crisis or importance and that really turns me on. a little even by an average nigerian a black focused but could even get worse if the current market chart continues for a long time our media trees al-jazeera reporter india is extending what's been the world's biggest lock down by 2 more weeks but restrictions in some areas will also be eased starting monday elizabeth purana is live in new delhi to tell us more about it so put it all into perspective what exactly is included in the new guidelines. so as of may the 4th the change is that in green zones all buses will be allowed to operate with 50 percent seating capacity in green and orange zones what are called green and orange zones all taxis are allowed to operate with one

passenger and isn't all industrial and construction work is allowed in red zones in rural areas now in the last nearly 6 weeks of india's lock down the government has divided the country into green orange and red zones depending on the number of cases and the stage of transmission and in the last 10 days we have already seen some easing of restrictions in certain industries most notably agriculture and all the businesses which support it and the government has said that that is going to continue along with those main points that i mentioned but what won't change is that there is no rail travel with just one exception there is no interstate movement no non essential interstate movement all educational institutions will remain shut so too will hotels restaurants shopping malls sports complexes and

no political social or cultural gatherings and also there will be no easing of restrictions and red zones in the rural areas and that actually encompasses most of the major cities including delhi. so we understand elizabeth the government has drawn up plans to bring home millions of indians now. yes a few days just a few days after agreeing that migrant workers will be allowed to will be transported rather back to their home states and buses the government has said that it's actually going to use trains to do so because buses simply aren't enough given that there are millions of people in india have work in different states to where they're from we saw the 1st such train take off from the southern state of telangana are fighting morning to the state of just kind and the plan is that the everyone is going to be tested before they get on trains that trains will only

carry numbers to ensure social distancing that they will be disinfected often and the government has done this some people will say really late because the plight of migrant workers has been one of the biggest failures tragedies of india's lock down so many of the daily wage and is and what we saw in the lock down was in force that they lost their jobs they could no longer afford to pay rent and hundreds of thousands of them began walking off and hundreds of kilometers to get home tens of them died so we finally do have a place for them after 6 weeks and protests by some of them in many places around the country and this is going to be a mammoth task given again there are millions of migrant workers in india. thanks so much elizabeth for random. may the 1st is recognize this labor day honoring the struggles and gains made by workers around the world but this year there's little to celebrate as millions of people find themselves suddenly unemployed 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 until next week or the nationwide curfew remains in place. south africa has started easing 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 that is in johannesburg with more on how the 1st day of easing restrictions is going. this is the main highway between johannesburg and. and police have set up one of the largest road blocks 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 $7000.00 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 most fictions 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. crowds have gathered in beirut small says square as anger grows over lebanon's financial problems 1st day the government approved a range of financial reforms but that hasn't stopped calls for mass demonstrations against the government's handling of the economy so in a holder is in beirut where protesters say the government's plan has done little to address that demands. people are angry their economic situation is only worsening living conditions are worsening you talk to people here and there is really fear about the future a lot of uncertainty pointing to the labor minister on the occasion of the labor

day she announced that 30 percent of registered companies have been shut down and that 20 percent of those companies have reduced the salaries of employees by half and i can give you other government figures on the social affairs minister is saying that 70 to 75 percent of the population of some 5000000 people need help 45 percent of the people live below the poverty line and 22 percent live in extreme poverty so it just shows you how dire the situation is the economy the financial crisis is the worse than the kids the government presented a rescue plan but that plan involves seeking international assistance from the monetary fund people here say that this is not the answer borrowing more money is the answer but the government really doesn't have much of a choice years of bad management years of corruption that is being blamed for the situation in lebanon is in today but going to the i.m.f.

is just the 1st step lebanon will have to meet a lot of conditions tough conditions in order to get the money urgently needs the prime minister saying that there's a better day that's what he told the lebanese people but at the same time he said those days are going to be difficult. at a time by forces loyal to libyan. all of her have to is killed at least 2 civilians in tripoli earlier the un recognized government care about airstrikes over half the military convoy south of the capital the government of national accord has rejected a cease fire called for by the warlords for the month of ramadan. wahhabis in libya's capital he says how if i have to has suffered major losses in recent days on the front lines the government forces have been carrying out airstrikes 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 to us forces in the city of the horn and in southern tripoli the government military sources also say that they targeted. individuals have to prove have to individuals and military vehicles in other words here is about 150 kilometers to the in the southern west of the capital tripoli the government of national called on the other hand says that it is rejecting get any. truce announcement or proposal by have to unless it's been good anted and sponsored by the international community they say that given the fact that have cannot be trusted and he rejected many cease fire proposals in the past for the 2nd friday of ramadan jerusalem's alex a mosque compound remains closed in the streets of the old city under usually quiet

palestinians living in occupied east jerusalem having to adjust to a new way of observing the month are a force that explains. holy month that islam is 3rd holiest site in the courtyards around the locks a mosque in the dome of the rock a empty mass prayer band to help stop the spread of the coronavirus usually tens of thousands of worship as many from the occupied west bank who come here each day to pray the effects of 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 he says business is holding to nothing as customers save their money and there's no familia ramadan to make up for it. we white 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 in thoughts of religious observance a competing with anxiety of a job and finances that is very even here in the city 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 to 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 for sit out his era occupied east jerusalem. past take you through some of the headlines here now does iran now 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. u.s. democratic presidential hopeful joe biden has addressed sexual assault allegations

against him a former employee claims by been assaulted her 993 he says it never happened. no it is not true. it never never happened didn't never happen. do you remember her do you remember any any types of complaints that she might have made. i don't remember any tried to complain she may have made it was 27 years ago and i don't remember nor does anyone else that i'm aware of and the fact is i don't remember i don't remember any complaint ever having been made at least 10 people have been injured in an attack on an ammunition warehouse east of homs in 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 israel's largest bank has

been fined there lee $900000000.00 after admitting it helped u.s. taxpayers hide their assets abroad american prosecutors say bank concealed 7600000000 dollars in thousands of secret swiss and israeli bank accounts india is extending what's been the world's 'd biggest lock down by 2 more weeks restrictions in some areas will also be starting monday the long down measures began in march labor marches around the world that being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic 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 it's the stream now. al-jazeera is here to report on the people often ignored but must be heard how many other

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