needs as they overcome the extremes. risking it all afghanistan on al jazeera. more than 40 people die in a venezuela prison riot inmates are angry about the lack of food and water during the coronavirus and then. i don't know about this and this is the al jazeera live from doha also coming up half of u.s. states begin to reopen but new york's governor is refusing he says the current death rate is terrifying. spaniards are allowed outside to exercise for the 1st

time in weeks as infections and deaths decrease. and alive and apparently well is finally seen in public after weeks of speculation about his health. situation a lot in america's overcrowded prisons is growing increasingly desperate as governments try to prevent the corona virus from spreading in venezuela more than 40 people have been killed during a riot it started over the demand for relatives to be allowed to deliver food to inmates and it's a similar situation in brazil where their prison riots over a ban on visitors it's the country hardest hit by the pandemic in latin america and the last 24 hours nearly 5000 new cases and more than 400 deaths have been recorded . and in argentina there have been protests about the transfer of hundreds of prisoners to house arrest some violent offenders have been released because of

their age or underlying illness since there is a poll has the latest on the riot in venezuela. human rights organization and demanding a full investigation into what went on in the city of one out it is in the state of portable with about 450 kilometers away from the capital caracas apparently and according to government sources a group of prisoners tried to escape they brought down the fence that surrounds the prison they were armed and it didn't end well there was a shootout between prison guards and the inmate the warden of that prison and it up being stabbed venezuela was one of the 1st countries to impose a lockdown in the region and because of that lock down visitors have been restricted visitors are crucial for many of those for inmates in venezuela mostly because they depend on the food on the medicine on hygiene products someone other things we know that some prisoners have been demanding on the situation inside of

venezuela's prison among other things there was another protest there's been a history of protests in venezuela in the past in the state of georgia with that last year 29 inmates were also killed and that's why in a way human rights organizations are demanding an investigation because opposition groups are saying that there was a riot that there were protests because of the conditions inside the prison while the government is saying that the prisoners were trying to escape or to resist following the situation across latin american forces now got more on the protests as violent and maids are released into the community. the sound of full time pants against the release of prisoners in argentina. has resonated in dozens of cities across the country. in the last weeks discontent in argentina's penitentiary system has been on the rice 1000 has prisoners in the demanding better prison conditions or house arrest. but victims of those under arrest to refrain of being

victimized for a 2nd time if some prisoners are released from. my sister was raped. during a birthday party right next door he told her to remain quiet and he'd given money then we received a phone call from the school because my sister was crying every day now he has been released. one got a lost 13 year old sister was raped by baby. the 68 year old neighbor. was released a week ago because he's considered to be at risk of called 900 made it almost family relive right here next door to the 13 year old girl he raped last year and even though he's not serving his house arrest in this location neighbors say that he's able to move around freely and fear for their safety even though almost as in detention 20 blocks away a few days ago his family threatened one carlos and his family they were armed. we

were talking to local media and his grandson came out with a weapon inside he was going to kill us my sister is afraid he'll come back and write her i'd like to tell the judge that relates to what would he do if the same thing happened to him there are currently over $90000.00 prisoners in argentina they're requesting nonviolent inmates i'd risk should be put under house arrest going to going to are they waiting for blood to be spilled who are human beings isn't there right to life local media reports over 2000 prisoners have been put under house arrest but argentina lacks the resources to control with angle money towards their staying home if the. understand coronavirus is affecting the world and we need to sit new conditions on how to treat prisoners parameters that cannot be violated we need to improve prisons and maybe release those who've been involved in violent crimes right now men are out thank you and that's why thousands of people protested with pots and pans

a message to the judiciary so their safety won't be at risk that is how will. this . well. 66000 people in the u.s. have died from corona virus so far testing has shown that over 1100000 people are infected nationwide despite this governors and nearly half of the states have begun to posturing reopen in a bid to help the economy by brown's reports. military jets flew information over the marble monuments of washington d.c. and over a hospital in baltimore 'd in a symbolic salute to doctors nurses hospital workers and others on the front lines fighting the pandemic despite the ceremony health workers in many parts of the country say shortages of personal protective equipment continue in a hopeful sign for hard hit new york city the last covert 1000 patients were

discharged from a convention center that had been converted into an emergency hospital the javits center treated more than 1000 people with the disease. and the u.s. navy hospital ship comfort its service is no longer needed sailed out to new york harbor despite the glimmerings of hope new york governor andrew cuomo said the virus continues to steal hundreds of lives in the state each and every day that number has remained a big noxious lee and terrifyingly high and it's still not dropping at the rate we would like to see a drop. in california where governor gavin newsom has ordered all beaches closed protesters complain about not being able to swim sunbathe and serve there in the minority a new poll shows 70 percent of california residents approve of new sims actions in

controlling the pandemic while president trump headed off to camp david for the weekend the white house announced late friday. that it would replace the government inspector general who wrote a critical report on the trumpet ministrations response to the outbreak the report said the administration failed to coordinate distribution of desperately needed medical equipment while i think it's a beginning at that seeking to stifle criticism from nonpartizan experts fits a pattern of behavior over drug the data shows he has also refused to allow the government's chief infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci to testify before a committee of the democratic controlled house of representatives next week rob reynolds al-jazeera an experimental antiviral drug has been approved for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the u.s. 1500000 vials of and this of it will be distributed to hospitals from monday the

regulator gave its approval after a government sponsored study showed the medication shortened patients recovery time by about 31 percent and slightly improved mortality rates. to 7 weeks of lockdown spaniards have been allowed to leave their homes to exercise the country has been one of the hardest hit in the world but the numbers of infections and deaths are not decreasing spain's prime minister has urged caution though and says mosques will be compulsory on public transport from next week so yogi a go has more. the taste of freedom in spain for 7 weeks people here in jail with one of the strictest social restrictions in europe now they're allowed to exercise outdoors most adults can walk or play sports during set our was in the morning and evening restaurants remain closed for now and people using public transport will have to wear a mask spain had one of the west outbreaks in the world even though it is over the

peak of those fatalities the prime minister announced that the state of emergency would remain in place for another 2 weeks. we are winning the battle against the epidemic but with a very high cost on lives and sacrifice is the virus has not left the virus is still out there chasing and we have to be ready to react and logically to govern these transitions to that new normality. the fronts the state of emergency will remain in place for longer until the 23rd of july travelers including french citizens returning home from abroad will have to south quarantine for 14 days. the next few weeks and months will be about learning how to live with the piracy that is what this draft law presented during the council of ministers by the prime minister meeting today is preparing. while some countries are seeing the light at the end of the lockdown the streets of moscow are distinctly empty this weekend

this is the ground 0 of the corona virus pandemic in the country and there are alarming signs that russia now has the 2nd highest spread of covert 19 overnight into saturday a spike of nearly 10000 new cases of the disease reported the highest daily rice since the start of the pandemic in the country mostly in moscow with a male one that up to one in 50 residents could be infected affecting even the prime minister he highly shootin who announced that he tested positive for coverage 192 days ago. the country has been in lockdown for 5 weeks yet the infections continue to grow exponentially the worst may yet come sunny diagonal al jazeera beauty business is in austria to be creative to ensure they pass hygiene standards for their 1st weekend back in business this is not what official looks like in a world with covert 19 beautician martin

a 2nd reopened her sallow in vienna on friday treating clients from behind a plastic screen while wearing protective equipment austrians have flocked to beauty and alec tronic shops as their long times eased this weekend but there are concerns the move could cause infections to rebound germany italy and spain have joined other e.u. states in supporting the suspension of legally required air travel refunds during the pandemic they've called for airlines to temporarily offer voters instead of all refunds when the trips are cancelled airlines across europe including the fun side air france k r m a sought to state ballots as locked and so force them to ground their fleets. and still ahead on al-jazeera by india's muslim minority is being targeted as corona virus spreads.

hello we got something of a change in the weather across northern parts of china now a little more cloud starting to push its way and it will turn a little colder as this system makes its way towards beijing for example more clout so into the korean peninsula southern parts of japan and then we got this area of wetter weather just sliding in across southern parts of china pushing out into the open waters there south korea seeing some rain will see some rain is some positive plan ahead of that so ok fine and dry temperatures here but around 26 celsius it cools off a little as the rain makes its way on the other side of the mountains 22 celsius we want to showers around as we go through monday but it brightens up behind so with 24 degrees 22 there in beijing slowly losing the heat that we have seen recently but still warm enough in shanghai at around 30 degrees celsius that little pulse of wet weather pushing into the a west of china we'll see some rather wet weather to affecting parts of southeast

asia we got some live showers just around thailand's northern parts of somalia big storm say you can see the white cloud tops there as well but the biggest thunderhead same place and rather live ish i was too for a time just around popular new guinea and see the showers continuing here as we go on through the next couple of days indonesia's not too bad it was lucky fine dry and sunny. when covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. some in the west criticized come to measures as too harsh or too weak. but have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group endemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on

a just leader. george al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour more than 40 people have been killed in a prison riot in fairness where the protests started over the demand for relatives to be allowed to deliver food riots in latin america's overcrowded prisons have been increasing as coronavirus restrictions are put in place. a number of deaths from corona virus in the u.s. has now risen to more than 66000 so far testing has shown that over 1100000 people are infected despite this around half of states have begun to partially lift social

distancing measures. spaniards have been out in force as that would allow to exercise in the open air for the 1st time after 7 weeks of lockdown at mosques will be compulsory on spain's public transport for next week because more restrictions are eased. a 5 day public holiday is being celebrated in china the grand bazaar on the northwestern city of our own chief was packed with people close together but many wearing masks people also had their temperatures checked on arrival official statistics show this in jiang region has not seen a case of the corona virus in more than 2 months. well asia's government says it's detained almost $600.00 migrants and refugees in an effort to contain the pandemic but rights groups say they've been unfairly targeted and they're concerned they could contract the virus while in detention or as the reports will call them poor. hundreds of migrants and refugees including children rounded up in a raid in kuala lumpur on friday they're being held in detention facilities migrant

rights group. has criticized the raid as inhumane and counterproductive arguing it won't deter migrant and refugee communities from getting tested at a time when the world is still struggling to contain the pandemic but the government is defending it as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus state this week that there are still on documented migrants their status remains the same the laws of this country haven't changed these people broke the law when they entered the country illegally in recent weeks foreigners have been the target of hate speech with some malaysians blaming them for spreading the coronavirus hostility towards the rangar and undocumented migrants appear to have been set off by several events. this suburb outside kuala lumpur home to a large population. was placed under lockdown more than a week ago to curb transmission of hiv cases there are social media posts telling

the room they're not wanted here there were at least 5 online petitions some of which have since been taken down urging the government to expel the refugees from malaysia malaysians have also directed their anger at the ethnic minority after rights groups criticised the government for turning away a boatload of refugees last month for north john been a month and her family these are worrying times they escaped from scituate kind state in myanmar in 2012 after into communal riots between buddhists and muslims killed 200 people and displaced more than 100000 others. life here hasn't been easy malaysia does not formally recognize refugees they can't work legally or go to school she says she's heard rumors about the malaysian government wanting to send the right back religion there it made me think back to our journey here we were at

sea then human traffickers picked us up and they kept my husband for months because we couldn't pay it was only after 8 months here when we were finally registered with the un as refugees that i felt safe what if we have to go through that again. the coronavirus and malaysia's curbs on movement has already put north john's family in dire financial straits now the fear of being detained hangs over that florence louis out 0 quality report. in india muslims have been attacked after an ledges gathering in the capital led to a rise in corona virus cases many are blaming the minority for the spread of the disease comes as the government rejects of approach by the u.s. commission on international religious freedom which named it country of particular concern elizabeth put on the reports from new delhi. mohammad the names mother drops on to put on his bruises the 35 year old says he

was attacked by a group of men when he was out something vegetables on his cot. after asking my name to said you're a muslim you've destroyed the country you've sprayed. and then started beating me with sticks there were 5 or 6 of them. community leaders in the neighborhood of altar but they stay told al-jazeera that muslims have been harassed and attacked since a gathering of islamic preaches in delhi led to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. since car window was broken in the middle of the night he says he's been receiving phone calls from relatives telling him about rumors that his son attended the event and daddy. rumors of being spread around that the corona virus is being spread by the jamaat going to the police investigating the incidents there just some of the attacks on muslims around the country analysts say that while other groups have broken lockdown drills muslims are being targeted it's. islam is being said to be responsible

for having what he waited these people to go and infect. the hindu country that is the kind of narrative which has been very. soon after 2000 people removed from the headquarters off to the group that organized the gathering in delhi in late march many media outlets blamed it for the spread of the corona virus 50 percent of all the cases across india in the last one week only and only because of the public ijaz marco's so who are these people television channels and social media showed fake videos of muslims breaking lockdown guidelines and social distancing norms hashtags such as corona jihad and corona terrorism began to trend on twitter here earlier this week a legislator from the governing body of the age on the party told his constituents not to buy veggie. from muslim vendors.

muslim vegetable vendors are spitting on the vegetables putting saliva on them and then selling the vegetables so i told them that we can't do much about that but don't buy vegetables from them. mohamed said he abandoned his cash and ran away from his attackers. have to do something to survive but i can't go back there what's the use they might beat me again the father of 4 is the family's only earning member the u.s. commission on international religious freedom has called n d a country of particular concern for the hindu nationalist t.j. he was reelected last year india has rejected the report but the us body is just the latest to criticize the government for its treatment of muslims last week the organization of islamic cooperation asked india to take urgent action against the growing tide of islamophobia in the country elisabeth al jazeera new delhi. a 3rd province in yemen has recorded its 1st case of covert 19 taking the

nationwide number of confirmed infections to 10 the governor of thais province says he's closing the borders for 2 weeks with the exception of food and other essential goods is also ordered mosques and markets to close and is banned large gatherings the u.n. says it's likely the virus is spreading undetected in the country iraq's army says 3 policemen have been killed and 2 others injured after i saw fighters attacked a police station in the city of baquba it's the latest in a round of violence has taken place over the weekend the vehicle of a top commander was targeted in a separate city for one soldier died and at least 10 members of an iraqi paramilitary group were killed in separate attacks. the global fall in all prices has left many governments really mean but iran's president says his country's economy is able to cope better than most thanks to being forced to diversify because of u.s.

sanctions has morphed into one. on the day u.s. oil prices fell farther than ever before iranian media seemed to relish the news many say the united states has used oil like a weapon against iran for years and its effectiveness was ending iran's president said u.s. sanctions had helped his country become less susceptible to the tumbling market iran he said is now less reliant on oil how many. rich countries including us were hit by the situation some more some less don't we will be hit list in other countries iran has spent years trying to move away from an oil based economy but still sells oil through back channels i guess. if we want to say that iran's economy was not affected by the oil price drop i think that's wrong it has definitely been impacted but if other countries fell from the 10th floor then iran fell from the 2nd floor because iran has already fallen in the past

due to sanctions. iran is trying to make up for lost oil revenue by manufacturing more goods it can sell abroad as well as building up other industries such as plastics mining and agriculture the government says non oil exports to china and neighboring countries have increased but oil and gas are still vital to its economy iran has expanded refining capacity in recent years and unveiled a new oil field in the southwest of the country. it also has a large domestic market because of u.s. sanctions iran has been unable to freely sell its oil the government has for years been trying to diversify the economy to get away from depending on oil as its main source of revenue but one of the things that leaders said they had to do was remove state subsidies on things like gas to ease the government's financial burden. in november last year the price of petrol at the pumps doubled in some cases tripled overnight it sparked the worst protests since the 1979 islamic revolution

the death toll from the violence security crackdown that followed is still unclear when global oil prices fell earlier this month some on social media began asking for the savings to be passed on to them now that the oil price is equal to the price of dirt shouldn't the price of gasoline and other crude products go down too said $1.00 gasoline in the u.s. and europe is cheaper than iran joked another a common saying here is that prices go up never down and there's another financial pinch coming the latest government budget includes a plan to increase revenues by raising taxes the same but. hundreds of israelis are stays another socially distanced protest against a unity government deal they're angry that prime minister benjamin netanyahu remains in power after creating an emergency government to battle the corona virus outbreak it formed a coalition with benny gantz as blue and white party the rivals agreeing to

a power sharing deal to end a year of political deadlock. with the movement for quality government and israel's demonstration is because of the corrupted coalition deal the 2 assigned to morrow will be at the supreme court and the hope that it will cancel ateneo his appointment because he's a nice mint. egyptian filmmaker shadi hubble has died after being held in prison for 2 years without trial. a music video mocking president of the c.c. when it went viral and social media he was taken to the notorious tora prison it's not clear what caused his death he was 24 years old well of korea's leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks state media broadcast images which appeared to show kim opening a fertilizer factory u.s. president donald trump shared one of the photos on twitter saying he's glad kim is back and well speculation had been rife about the leader's health and whereabouts

as robert bright reports from seoul. in good spirits and seemingly in good health after disappearing from public view for nearly 3 weeks north korean leader kim jong un reemerged in style to open a fertilizer plant. the pictures on state run television said to be from an event on friday seemed to be north korea's answer to world the growing speculation about kim's health. online news sites and some news organizations have been quoting sources that said kim was gravely ill even brain dead after a surgical procedure gone wrong. it had led to concerns about a possible power vacuum and instability in the nuclear armed state and focused attention on kim sister kim go joan who attended this event as a possible successor to him. she came to the world's attention as the point person

in north korea's charm offensive during the 2018 winter olympics in pyongyang she continued to feature prominently as the smiling facilitator in the subsequent into korean dialogue and in the historic summit meetings with the united states. one. and. only. in south korea intelligence officials had urged caution about the health rumors saying they haven't detected any unusual activity the pointed to a serious crisis south korea's unification ministry has condemned what it's called groundless content saying the speculation has caused unnecessary confusion and senior political figures here who do even suggested that kim might have died off

facing strong criticism. opening this large fertilizer plant and not wearing a mask while being cheered by large crowds they also be part of north korea's wider message to the world that it's feeding its people that it doesn't have any cases of the coronavirus and the kim was very much alive and did charge robert bride al-jazeera so. this is all just here these are the top stories more than 40 people have been killed during a prison riot in venezuela the protests started over the demand for relatives to be allowed to deliver food the military says soldiers opened fire on a group of armed prisoners last long as prison in portuguese a state rights and not america's overcrowded prisons have been increasing as coronavirus restrictions are put in place there is

a ball has more from what i say this apparently according to government sources a group of prisoners try to escape they brought down the fence that surrounds the prison they were armed and it didn't end well there was a shootout between prison guards and the inmate the warden of that prison and it up being tapped and venezuela was one of the 1st countries to impose down in the region and because of that lock down visitors have been restricted visitors are crucial for many of those for inmates in venezuela mostly because they depend on the food on the medicine on hygiene products some one other thing spaniards have been out in force as they were allowed to exercise in the open air for the 1st time after 7 weeks of lockdown but mosques will be compulsory and spain's public transport for next week as more restrictions are eaves. police in malaysia have detained almost $600.00 refugees and migrant workers 11 areas where coronavirus cases surged last month triggering accusations that foreigners are spreading the

virus rights groups say they could be held for months in dangerous the cramped conditions a 3rd province in yemen has recorded its 1st case of covered 19 taking the nationwide number of confirmed infections to 10 the governor of thais provinces says he's closing the borders for 2 weeks with the exception of food and other essential goods is also ordered mosques and markets to close and he's banned large gatherings iraq's army says 3 policemen have been killed and 2 others have been injured after i saw fighters at saks a police station in the city of baquba the vehicle of a top commander was targeted in a separate city where one soldier died and at least 10 members of an iraqi power melcher group were killed in separate attacks those are the headlines these continues here on al-jazeera after inside story goodbye.

tracking the pandemic that are not some governments want to use small phones as tools to contain the spread of corona virus critics are worried about the risk to previously and security so how should we manage these concerns this is inside still . hello welcome to the program i'm been it's to try and stay ahead of coronavirus governments all over the world a look.