i gather in this one news organization and this diversity of perspectives is reflected in our coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on and that's a key strength of al-jazeera. random testing brings worrying results for afghanistan government fears that more than a 3rd of couples residents could have kept it 19. but on it this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a look at how the pandemic and an economic crisis and leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. they made a deal but was it legal israel supremum court begins hearing a case challenging the new coalition government. the u.n.

warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus and on world press day press freedom day insists the journalists are crucial to battling. so they've officially recorded less than $3000.00 coronavirus cases but afghan officials are worried about just how bad the rate may really be random tests on several 100 people in the capital kabul but it's painting a disturbing picture it suggests that a 3rd of the city with a population of over $4000000.00 could be infected russia's numbers there on the rise it's reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors the country is reporting a decline in coated 19 deaths with 164 fatalities the health ministry says

infections have been the lowest in nearly 7 weeks. well the pandemic has caused tens of thousands of afghans to cross the border from iran that's the region's worst hit country but some have also been trying to go in the other direction looking for work and now afghanistan is accusing iranian border forces of drowning a group of afghan migrants to stop them from crossing over iran has denied the allegations a warning and brian's report contains some disturbing images from the beginning they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. the iranian border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan their distraught relatives and the afghan government want says.

my brothers went to iran 30 days ago yesterday we heard that they very drowned the iranians to the included evil and threw them into the water iran's foreign ministry has denied the allegations and says the incident happened inside afghanistan it could trigger a diplomatic crisis between the 2 countries at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has seen an exodus of afghan migrants leaving iran and returning home at least 265000 afghans have crossed back from around this year some blame them for bringing in the virus iran has the region's worst outbreak but despite this some afghans continue to look for a better life they're trying to escape conflict and poverty decades of war have left afghanistan's health system woefully unprepared for a major outbreak of the virus. there are about $3000.00 confirmed cases here but it's feared the virus is spreading fast after random testing in kabul suggested

a 3rd of the people in the capital could be infected my assumption from conviction is that we have way more than that people who are suffering with people who are not going to. voluntarily give their tax for testing because they don't trust the government infrastructure and there's not much the government can do if it's by the government to persuade people to maintain social distance haven't been entirely successful partly blamed on low rates of literacy in a densely packed city activists warn of a horrific human tragedy in afghanistan if the virus becomes widespread to some trying to escape the country's problems has proven just as deadly brian al jazeera the number of people who've died from corona virus in the u.k. is nearing that of europe's worst affected country italy the british government announced more than $600.00 deaths on saturday taking its toll of his total death

toll to just over 28000 prime minister burgess johnson has said the u.k. has passed the peak of infection is due to outline how the government will ease restrictions in the next few days. and nearly $8000000.00 people in sudan's capital of khartoum and marking the fasting month of ramadan under lockdown but with the country facing an economic crisis stocking up for the month has been hard for many especially for families who rely on day to day income ever morgan has more. it's time to prepare the evening if star me but so odd and her daughters are in no rush there's not a lot to be cooked so i says she wasn't able to stock up on food before sudan's capital how to tune went into lockdown 2 weeks ago and while people are allowed to shop for essential needs during a 7 hour window she says she doesn't have enough money to buy everything she needs but. things have become very expensive the prices of oil flour and sugar have all gone up under it's expensive to even get to the market we can't afford many things

especially in bulk these days we managed our food to break our fast food sometimes we go to bed without a full dinner before the next day's fast this. market process has been more difficult to bear since her husband stopped working a day to labor he says since the lockdown was imposed no one has called him to offer work. before the lockdown i would in about a 1000 or 1500 pounds a week by doing construction and different parts of cartridges but now there is no public transport so i can't go and look for work and no one wants to hire people because of the virus. the lockdown was imposed by the government to contain the spread of the corona virus or corbett 19 but even prior to it sudan has been witnessing a rise in the price of basic commodities because of a long running economic crisis but the economy has taken a steeper downturn over the past few months with the value of the sudanese pounds seeming to drop each day against the dollar presses have become affordable for many

in heart some factions rely on daily labor which is no longer an option so they are forced to live with the little they can afford sudan's government has announced that it will distribute basic commodities to those in need during ramadan it's also launched programs offering goods at below market prices. where distributing goods and social support to the poor and the families affected by the lock down and this will continue in the coming days according to the show joel the support is meant to reach 560008 in need of support and then there are those in other categories also in need of assistance and we will reach them off to supporting the vulnerable so i had and her husband say they are yet to receive any assistance for ramadan and they say if the lockdown which is due to come to an end in a week is extended they're not sure how they'll survive beyond that with no job and no income he will morgan al-jazeera. to israel now where the new coalition government is yet to be sworn in but it's already facing a major legal challenge as judges at the supreme court have started hearing

a case that argues it is illegal to separate petitions have been lodged against the power sharing deal between the could party of benjamin netanyahu and the blue and white party benny guns and the arrangement was reached between the former rivals after 3 inconclusive elections in a year kerry forces has more from west jerusalem. there are 2 things that the israeli high court passed that liberates on on monday they will decide on whether the deal struck between benjamin netanyahu and his former rival benny gantz is in fact legal the way that it gives both men a sort of a co-equal status taking turns as prime minister but keeping that prime ministerial status something that netanyahu wants to continue to fight off his corruption charges something that dance wants to ensure that he will be given power in 18 months time but sunday is a day on which they're deliberating on whether netanyahu is eligible to form a government as prime minister while under indictment the indications from the

court of it there sketching out of position which does suggest that there is a huge amount of momentum towards that situation now after 3 inclusive elections after it's clear that there is a majority in the knesset the israeli parliament for netanyahu and dance to have this power sharing government but still the court is also saying that it has the right to rule and it is questioning the lawyers for netanyahu quite aggressively on whether it really is right for someone under indictment who hasn't yet formed an official government still a caretaker to be prime minister of israel to be ash it is a matter with a wide range of discretion the political considerations a such an important part of this decision and therefore it is improper to interfere in a decision of this kind made by the members of the knesset. it hardly needs saying that the stakes in all this are exceptionally high the lid could party of benjamin netanyahu says if the judges rule against any part of this deal that's it it's off

and they will go to another round of elections and indeed if the signing in of this unity government doesn't take place by thursday then the time limit on this whole deal will expire and again that would send israel to a 4th round of elections. if thousands of palestinian laborers are returning to work in israel for the 1st time since crossings were closed in march because of the pandemic this follows an agreement between israel and the palestinian authority last month some employers were accused of dumping palestinian workers at checkpoints after they showed covert $900.00 symptoms rights groups accused israel of failing to ensure workers' safety it him is in bethlehem and says despite the health risks the workers are an important source of income for the palestinian authority. thousands of palestinian workers are returning to their work in israel after a agreement has been made to allow them to go there and stay there for a couple of weeks this has been a daily commute for many workers but after the outbreak of coverage 19 an agreement

has been made for them to stay in israel a similar agreement was made a couple of weeks ago but some of those workers said that they couldn't find suitable accommodation so they came back according to this agreement around 40000 palestinian workers are expected to cross into israel on sunday and monday they are workers in the agriculture industry and construction sectors they are important for the israeli economy and they're also important for the palestinian economy they generate around 2 and a half $1000000000.00 into the palestinians weak economy every year so it's been a tough decision for the palestinian authority to make on the one hand around 74 percent of infractions have come from workers and those around them but at the same time they're crucial for the economy that has already taken a heads because of closures because of covered $900.00 on the way here we've passed

through 2 palestinian checkpoints manned by palestinian security forces and they said that they're only allowing entry to those who have originated permits and they can prove that they can stay in israel for a month now work spec to get those workers to come back in 3 weeks or so in time for the islamic holiday over it will filter and this is going to be the real test for palestinians they said their movement is going to be coordinated with the palestinian authority to ensure that they don't spread infections if and so it's going to be a challenge for the palestinian authority which has already managed to kind of control the outbreak of course as 90. still a fair analogy there how the situation in kashmir is countering perceptions of press freedom in india. the deadly prison riot in venezuela spawn's international calls for an investigation.

of. how the temperature in beijing is about to drop fairly rapidly now it's been war than it should be for a while this surprisingly is a frontal zone that goes all around the world it tends to move north and south and then disappear this time he was coming south and it's cold there for 20 degrees north 32 south of that is the prophecies no rain that develops in china goes out through japan it's done that quite a lot so far but it tend to stay out of the waters just grazing japan the forecast monday and tuesday isn't a wet one over it is in china dark blue or is just a heavier rain it's definitely there that's more us where it should be there's a big spread of showers the south of that southeast asia is be very sundry

increasingly so in the philippines and more recently in sumatra kayo singapore as seen in java in fact off the coast of java the circulation there shouldn't amount to much but it's an indication of active weather at the time which isn't a surprise because you sit should see that rain coming up into southern by a bangle eventually isn't there yet the number is pretty monsoon showers not be pretty beefy ones in bangladesh and eastern india and they are otherwise it's a fairly dry picture all those rain in the play in the north of what is hot. in uncertain and isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story not so much the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look this reality has truly belong exposing the ticks try to manipulate their rhetoric and play but

they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight guides of the media are just 0. but again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder about top stories this hour nearly a 3rd of people in afghanistan's capital could have contracted curve at 19 that's according to a study by the health ministry suggesting infections in kabul could be far more widespread than previously thought. or russia has reported a 50 percent jump in the rates of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 cases recorded in this. israel's new coalition government is facing

a major legal challenge the supreme court has started hearing arguments against a power sharing deal between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader benny gantz. now more than 40 people have been killed in a prison riot in venezuela the protests started over the mon 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 warning viewers may find some of the images and tourism report to. prisoners from in general penitentiary taken to a local hospital dozens of them were hurt after a shootout at the prison located in the city of one. around 450 kilometers away from us relatives were anxiously waiting outside. a musket 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 we want to know what happened to. pictures shown in local media showed 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 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. set the prison on fire or 30 say they were trying to distract security forces to dig a tunnel an escape the incident lasted for about 5 hours. this operation was a success we had several hostages and all of them are alive there were no

casualties on the police side in which 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 presents a latin america are overcrowded and lacks any taishan a ticking time bomb for the spread of covert 19. 1000000000 dollars 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.

saudi arabia market has slumped by a 1000007 percent after its finance minister said the kingdom would take painful and drastic measures to help its a common economy. he says the action is needed to face a double shock of the pandemic and low oil prices government projects will be slowed down to reduce spending so to. arabia slipped to a $9000000000.00 budget deficit in the 1st quarter as oil revenues collapsed. iran is set to reopen some mosques and schools from london is it fair that eases coronavirus lockdown restrictions the move will affect about a 3rd of districts which have been consistently free of the disease president hassan rouhani is urging iranians to maintain social distancing the country is the worst hit in the middle east on saturday did report its lowest daily rise in new infections in more than a month. well the global for all in oil prices is pushed many governments to the brink but iran's president says his country's economy is able to cope better than

most because u.s. sanctions are forcing it to diversify the reports now from terror. 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. only rich countries including us were hit by the situation some more some less don't we will be here at least 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 protest 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 the same but. the u.n. experts on freedom of expression says he's received alarming accounts of retaliation against journalists who are reporting on the pandemic david kay says governments must stop intimidating the independent press and that's been echoed by the u.n. secretary general and tony could tear gas on world press freedom day we call on

governments and others to get inside their generally skin do their jobs well to cover the 1000 pandemic and beyond. as the pandemic spreads it has also given rise to a 2nd pandemic of museums from ation from harmful health advice to wild conspiracy to use the press provides the n.t. that very fights scientific fact based news and analysis but says the bend that it began many journalists are being subjected to increase restrictions and punishments seem please for doing their jobs were terrorists as long term measures shouldn't be abused as an excuse to crack down on journalists while europe it still has the most media freedom in the world reporters without borders says that the middle east and north africa continue to be the most dangerous places for journalists to work $346.00 journalists are imprisoned worldwide and china saudi arabia and egypt detailing the highest number of journalists. up and hussein has been imprisoned

without charge in egypt for more than $1200.00 days there are concerns for his health during this pandemic and as are there it's a general staff of iraq has written to world leaders urging them to call for the immediate release of mom and hussein and or other journalists indeed. well india has dropped 2 places in the world press freedom index reporters without borders has a communication blackout of indian minister of kashmir played a role in that shift his report calls the area of vaso open prison that india's government maintains as nothing short of absolute media freedom and this with his report. for 4 years has been documenting life in indian administered kashmir the photo journalist says she joined the male dominated field so that she could give a voice to women and children in conflict zones but must read so she was shocked when police used what rights groups court of oppressive law and accused her of posting content against the country to disturb law and order these allegations are

baseless i don't know any political agenda i'm not any activist i don't i'm not any source i don't oh i'm not affiliated with any political party or do what i'm uploading are the reality of me. must write as one of several journalists the indian government has accused of carrying out what it calls anti national activities. reporters without borders has ranked india 142 out of 180 countries in its annual press freedom index the montra body says the school is heavily affected by the situation and indeed in the middest of kashmir with the government shutdown telecommunications for several months after revoking the region's special autonomous status that made it difficult for journalists to report on what was happening although i don't know what i have. spent 9 months in jail not to have a portrait on the increase in soldiers there he was never charged. over. this

gap you are a terrorist i'm a patriot you are an anti national i'm a nationalist the gaps that our government and media have created how do we remove those gaps or gaps yes i. believe what the government says it's open to question. but that there are limits to free speech we have only. the love. making is somebody. the editor of one of india's few publications that is still critical of the government says press freedom us to be protected. so a constitutional democracy put it to work requires the checks and balances of the institutions and the press and india to be the danger for failing to be a constitutional democracy it may be a democracy in the sense that the majority rules that the mob rules in some senses

but it is not a constitutional democracy in the real sense of. police investigating the case against mustard who says she wanted stop working despite facing up to 7 years in jail if convicted reporters without borders says india flips 2 places on it and x. because of constant press freedom violations including police violence against journalists it also cited what it called coronated hate campaign from social media against journalists critical of the government's hindu nationalist ideology especially if they're women and as a problem al jazeera new delhi. at least 5 security personnel and to find have been killed during a gunfight in the midst of kashmir it happened in town west of security forces say they were responding to a call of civilians being held hostage for several months has been near daily fighting between the indian army and those opposed to indian rule. the parents of murdered american journalist daniel pearl are appealing against the acquittal of 4

men in the case last month the pakistani cause overturned the murder and kidnapping convictions saying there was enough evidence against him pose parents say they're standing up for justice not only for their son but for all pakistanis was beheaded in 2002 working for the wall street journal in karachi. we have find an appeal of this decision to the new supreme court reinstated. just not only for. all our dear friends. so they can leave in a society free of violence and terror and raise their children in peace and harmony nearly 2000 families in western kenya have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfall led to a river bursting its banks it is the rainy season in kenya which lasts from march to may the government says more than 120 people have died because of flash floods

and landslides. i believe in an air force plane has crashed killing 4 spaniards who were being ferried to catch a flight to the home country the plane came down minutes after takeoff on the outskirts of trinidad in the amazonian region it was crude by 2 military personnel who also died the plane was taking credit for his test samples to the city of santa cruz. brazil's former justice minister has been questioned for 8 hours by police over allegations of political interference that he made against president jaya paulson are so sure mauro quit last month after the president fired the head of the federal police he says about an hour i was seeking a replacement he would provide him with intelligence reports the president denies the allegations and icelandic strongman is more than living up to his reputation ah. that is have for be own son best known for playing gregor the mountain in the t.v. series game of thrones seas broken the deadlifting well record by lifting 501

kilograms 31 year old previously won the world's strongest man competition back in 2018. i'm extremely proud of me happy is a great. are the proving people wrong. going into this. i did everything in the power to be able to pull this which i pulled to a feel good to know. all right let's have a recap of the headlines here on al-jazeera and nearly a 3rd of people in afghanistan's capital could have contracted cope with 19 that's according to a new study by the health ministry suggesting infections in kabul might be far more widespread than its limited testing can detect russia has recorded its highs daily rise of corona virus infections another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive as despite 5 weeks of restrictions the

number of people have died from corona virus in the u.k. has nearly reached that of europe's worst affected country italy the british government announced 621 more deaths on saturday taking its total death toll to just over 28000 and the prime minister boris johnson is due to outline how the government will ease restrictions in the next few days israel's new coalition government is facing a major legal challenge the supreme court has been hearing arguments against a power sharing deal but between benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz ari force it is in west jerusalem and says the court has 2 main points to consider. one of them is the ability of benjamin netanyahu to serve as prime minister or at least to form a new government as prime minister while under indictment the corruption cases court trial in 3 separate corruption cases is due to start later this month the 2nd category is as you're saying the legality of this deal it shows just how much

mistrust there is on both sides on netanyahu side and on benny gantz a side that they have cut had to come up with an extremely complicated deal that really challenges some of the precepts of the israeli constitution thousands of palestinian laborers are returning to work in israel for the 1st time since crossings were closed in march because of the coronavirus pandemic the united nations secretary general says journalists have been facing more restrictions and punishments and start of the pandemic a world press freedom day al-jazeera director general is urging world leaders to call for the release of margaret hussein he's been detained in egypt since 2016 without any formal charges you know today with headlines here and on syria coming up next it is the listening post by fire. talk to al jazeera we want you will force well when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen now

through the war saying you'll be in to go build united states of you will not be with you we meet with global news makers and about the stories that matter don't go to 0. pristine shape also not official shelters which. was not just not saleable sinatra's still maintained credit to finance. so i am afraid i speak out the property to come away from actually. hello i'm richard gere's virgin you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week brazil both are not all and the fake news contagion that colors the coverage of covert 19 the world health organization took too long to get the word out on the virus but the story is more complicated than it seems.