it's an isolated area and so. we follow that daring journeys 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 a lack of food or water during the coronavirus pandemic. i wrote about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up half of u.s. states begin to reopen but new york's governor is refusing he says the covered death rate is terrifying. israel opens a crossing allowing fastens of palestinian workers back to work. spaniards are

allowed outside to exercise for the 1st time in weeks as infections and deaths decrease. 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 riots in latin america's overcrowded prisons have been increasing as coronavirus restrictions are put in place that is a book reports. prisoners from indiana penitentiary taken to a local hospital and dozens of them were hurt after a shootout at the prison located in the city of 190 around 450 kilometers away from us relatives were anxiously waiting outside and i thought that it a muscle it and we want to know what really happened to our relatives we've been waiting since noon and we still don't know anything human rights representatives

have not turned up or anything like that i want to know what happened. pictures shown in local media show dozens of inmates dead the government says they were trying to escape but human rights groups say they were protesting for food and want a full investigation into what happened. since venezuela imposed a lockdown to prevent the spread of covert 1000 visiting rights have been suspended prisoners rely on their relatives for food and medicines. but it's not just in venezuela and rest has been on the rise in latin america on saturday in my now state capital of the state of a mass on as prisoners kidnapped 7 guards. then set the prison on fire or 30 say they were trying to distract security forces to dig a tan and then escape the incident lasted for about 5 hours. this operation was a success we had 7 hostages and all of them are alive there were no casualties on

the police side in mates there were people injured but nothing serious. violence is a regular occurrence in brazilian prisons as rival gangs fight for control. but the situation is different this time prisons a latin america are overcrowded and lacks any taishan a ticking time bomb for the spread of covert 1000. what's going on is that prisoners are afraid because prisons are overcrowded conditions are bad in brazil for example there is no running water so how can you ask inmates to wash their hands restricting visitors is also a problem because it's a lifeline for inmates that depend on them to get food hygiene products. human rights groups say we do using overcrowding is needed to reduce the spread of disease. but it poses a major challenge for countries where resources are already running short. that is

how will. win while venezuela has eased his restrictions for the 2nd weekend allowing children and senior citizens to go outside for a few hours president nicolas maduro stressed the importance of wearing protective masks and social distancing. if you got a lawyer i want to confirm to all of venezuela tomorrow saturday and sunday we will have more flexibility for boys and girls and for older adults people over 65 on these days saturday and sunday pay attention wear your face mask your hat protection we have gloves if possible. ecuador is trying to step up testing as it struggles to contain the outbreak more than 27000 people there have contracted the virus and more than 1300 have died on saturday the international monetary fund approved $643000000.00 worth of emergency aid but ecuador's government says it needs more support. well in 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 many hotham states have begun to partially reopen in a bid to help the economy rob reynolds reports. military jets flew information over the marble monuments of washington d.c. and over a hospital in baltimore 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 19 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 services 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. it 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 for it from 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 viles of run disappear will be distributive to hospitals from monday the regulator gave its approval after a government sponsored study showed the medications shortened patients recovery

time by about 31 percent and slightly improved mortality rates. israel has reopened a crossing allowing thousands of palestinian labor goes back to work but there are fears of health risks because of the outbreak last month private employers were accused of dumping palestinian workers who showed covert 19 symptoms at checkpoints rights groups criticized israel for the failure to ensure the safety of the workers on into it with him is joining us now from bethlehem needa given the fact that this was a certain amount of confusion and tension the last time this is this happened what's happening now. so what's happening today is that israel is allowing today and 2 more around $40000.00 palestinian workers to go inside israel for work we've been told that this is a part of an agreement with the palestinian authority that these were because they in israel for acehnese 3 weeks which is time for

a 4th of the islamic feast that is time equality so they should restating there and then coming back it's important to note that this has been a difficult decision to make by the palestinian authority on the one hand you're talking about 2 thirds of the infections that happened in palestine are from workers than those who are around them but also you're talking about a segment of the society the brings in their own 2 point have 2 and a half 1000000000 in revenues each year to the palestinian authorities in reconned economies so we told that this is one of the local community checkpoints where palestinian workers going wrong to go into a checkpoint inside israel we've gone that route to our we found that there are so many ruled blocks and that the workers had to detour and go into other places we've actually seen some of them holding holding their blankets and leaving to go through

this really military checkpoint now these people manning this local community checkpoint of to lose that they've they're banning movement now that they know that their road ruled blogs but it is expected that the road food 2000 palestinian workers will cross into new israel over the course of today and tomorrow as we mentioned before some of the private employers were accused of century dumping the workers when they were discovered to be suffering symptoms of covert 19 is there any sort of protection against that happening this time. there aren't really any protections as you know palestinians live under israeli occupation most of these workers hold permits to allow them to go inside israel and usually in normal situations they would go in and come back on the same day now

after the break out of coffin and 19 there has been an agreement between the palestinians and israelis that these workers should go in and pay for at least a month some of these workers have told us that they couldn't find proper accommodations so they won 5 of them have actually managed to stay there and even during that time where the movement was banned food workers into israel some of them have actually managed to cross via different means and not necessarily through the israeli army's checkpoint so it's there's no guarantee that these workers this time if they were proven to have contracted the virus the going to be even treated in israel so it's a wait and see it's definitely a scene vest angered many palestinians seeing that those workers are being dropped off a checkpoint waiting for the palestinian ambulance to come and pick them up so we might be seeing some of these scenes we don't know really needed him bring us up to date from bethlehem and we appreciate it indeed i'm sorry it's. still ahead on

al-jazeera while iranians have heard you drive to put the foot down over the price of petrol. i'm back on duty in the north korea's state t.v. shows can jump on now after weeks of speculation about his health. hello we've got something of a change in the weather across northern parts of china now a little more cloud starting to push is why 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 certainly 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 plot to storm say you can see the white cloud tops there that's where 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. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their

dreams of century are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drive them home. in the 2nd of 2 films on these contrasting experiences people and power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same crown. gambia back home on al-jazeera. you want to know does it out of mind over the top stories this hour more than 40 people have been killed in a prison riot in venezuela 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. israel has reopened a crossing allowing thousands of palestinian laborers back to work but there are fears of health risks because of the outbreak last month private employers were accused of dumping the workers and showed virus symptoms of checkpoints. number of deaths from corona virus in the us has now risen to more than 66000 so far testing shown that over 1100000 people are infected despite this around half the states have begun to partially lift social distancing measures. ok let's stay with the u.s. the pandemic is forcing meat processing plants across the country to slow down production or close entirely but president donald trump is not one vote a wartime law ordering plants to stay open to avoid any shortages alan fischer as more. empty shelves might become the new normal for

a while some stores have run out of meat and there's no sign of when they'll get you deliveries more than a dozen meat processing factories have been forced to close because of covert 19 the system requires workers standing close together in a pattern repeated across the country one gets sick many others inevitably fall in neat asa sink. the work by its very nature is very crowded people have to standard very closely together as they're working on the line to processed it isn't it that are going by very very quickly the closure of factories for missouri to colorado from virginia to south dakota creates a real problem in the supply chain farmers know have thousands of animals they need to feed and how use not something that budgeted for we've got to be able to move to move our cattle further along in the process and right now there's a bottleneck our supply chain that's really causing a lot of issues and some concern for our producers donald trump is so concerned

about supermarkets running out of meat that he's used an old war time law to keep the meat processing factories or what he's designated them as critical infrastructure but unions are concerned that that might mean what kids' safety is put it risk they're worried federal guidelines will be ignored one expert says a see what force means less threat to the food supply if you're looking at risks of outbreaks if we don't practice these infection control steps measures or on the other hand we're looking at some possible reduction in food supply but not necessarily shortage so it's really necessary to prevent the outbreak so that we process in the 70s can continue to operate the u.s. government says it expects the shuttered factories to be back up and running in days not weeks but those in the food industry say the impacts of dealing with the virus will last months alan fischer al-jazeera falls church virginia. germany italy

and spain have joined other is used states in supporting the suspension of legally required air travel refunds joining the pandemic they've called her airlines to temporarily offer vultures instead of refunds when trips are cancelled airlines across europe including the air france caroline have sought to state bailouts as lockdowns to force them to ground their fleets the office several weeks of lockdown spaniards have been allowed to leave their homes to exercise the country's been one of the hardest hit in the world but the numbers of infections and deaths are now decreasing spain's prime minister's urged caution though and says mosques will be compulsory on public transport for next week so you're going to go as more the taste of freedom in spain for 7 weeks people here 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 wild 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 secor forces 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. in france the state of emergency will remain in place for longer until the 23rd of july travel is 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 pirates 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 coded 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 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 are getting creative to ensure they pass

new hygiene standards this is not what a facial looks like lines treated from behind a plastic screen whole beauticians wear protective equipment austrians who flocked to shops as the lockdowns eased this weekend but there are concerns the move could cause infections to rebound. a 5 day public holiday is being celebrated in china the grand bazaar in the northwestern city of rome she was packed with people close together but many wearing masks people also had their temperatures checked on arrival official statistics show the scene john region has not seen a case of the corona virus in more than 2 months. 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 it also in order to mosques and markets to close and by and large gatherings. 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 the vehicle of a top commander was targeted in a separate city where one soldier died and earlier at least 10 members of an iraqi paramilitary group were killed in separate attacks similar holton is in baghdad she says these are the most brazen attacks by arsenal fighters in the last year. well it is the deadliest attack that i saw has carried out in iraq over the past few months or even a year resulting in the death toll of 10 people as you mentioned earlier and it comes just days after the group tried to stage another attack in kirkuk on the intelligence headquarters so what we're seeing is that i saw is now resorting to directly attacking the security forces which is something that we didn't see over the past years what we've seen until now was i saw for example planting improvised explosive devices in rural areas or trying to intimidate or terrorize civilians

living in remote areas but these attacks on security forces there are a sign that i saw is more emboldened and capable of actually launching these operations now it appears to have happened last night is that the group attacked a checkpoint of the popular mobilization forces killing 6 people in daraa gunfire and up subsequent military operation to respond to that attack 3 additional people were killed in. in addition to that one other member of the popular mobilisation forces was killed so that's that the death toll of 10 what is important to say here is that the one of the 10 people who were killed are members of the so-called tribal popular mobilization forces these are sunni members of local communities who are drawn from the tribes to try to defend rule areas the global fall in oil prices has left many governments reeling 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 simba xabi reports from to iran. on the day u.s. oil prices fell for the 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. . actions 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 was hit by the situation some more some less that 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. 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 but 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 to said $1.00 gasoline in the us 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 zain but. egyptian filmmaker has died after being held in prison for 2 years without trial. music video mocking president. when it went viral and social media it was taken to

the notorious told a prison it's not clear what caused his death it was 24 years old all of them 1800 families in kenya have been forced to flee their homes out to heavy rainfall lead to a river bursting its banks it's the rainy season in kenya which last from march to may the government says at least $116.00 people have died due to flash floods and landslides. it's been flooding for 3 days now i think the government is not even aware but now we're telling them we are asking if there are any plans to assist us only 2 boats are here for a back you waiting people. are things have been spoiled in here for example the fridge deep freezer and the cookers cooking pots have been swept away by the water . north korea's leader kim jong il and has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks state media broadcast images which appear to show kim opening a photo lies a factory u.s.

president donald trump shared one of the photos on twitter saying he's glad kim is back and well robin wright 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. one. in south korea intelligence officials had urged caution about the health rumors saying they hadn't detected any unusual activity appointed 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 don't 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 may 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 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 a muslim is present in portuguese a state rights in latin america's overcrowded prisons have been increasing as

coronavirus restrictions are put in place there is a bull has more from what i said. parent and 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 the 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 hour and a half of states have begun to partially lift social distancing measures. israel has reopened

a crossing allowing thousands of palestinian laborers back to work but there are fears of health risks because of the outbreak last month private employers were accused of dumping workers who showed virus symptoms at checkpoints 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 from next week as more restrictions are eased germany italy and spain have joined other states in supporting the suspension of legally required air travel refunds joining the pandemic they've also called for airlines to temporarily offer vote chose instead hundreds of counselled airlines across europe including lufthansa and air france kalim have sought to state bailouts as lockdowns or force them to ground their fleets those are the headlines coming up next on it's the listening post who by. the latest news as it breaks with

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