with the eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on which is iraq. this is al-jazeera. the whole room and you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in coming up in the next 60 minutes iran denies beating and torturing afghan migrants trying to cross the border. legal challenge israel's high court hears a petition against the coalition deal between rivals turned. also the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus and on world

press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role. and a leading voice in the fight against corruption says corona virus has created a perfect storm of opportunity for criminals a lack of action and income is making athletes more vulnerable to illegal approaches. welcome to the news afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied a warning that alexia brian's report contains them just disturbing images from the start. 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 brother's ventry iran 30 days ago yesterday we heard that the very ground the iranians do with 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 a random tasting 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 want to generally give their tax for testing because they don't trust the government infrastructure and there's not much the government can do efforts 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 because some trying to escape the country's problems has proven just as deadly brian al jazeera nicholas bush appears on emergency response officer the international organization for migration in afghanistan joins me now via skype from kabul good to have you with us on the program sir before we talk about the wider issue of code covert 19 across the country let's just begin with this incident at the border a great deal of anger on the afghan side but what do you know about the incident because i believe you had representatives looking after the survivors. indeed that's correct we had a group of migrants crossing into iran on friday they were deported after this incident took place over the weekend we provided them with overnight accommodation and some humanitarian services that are transit center in the city of herat.

unfortunately it would seem that at least $23.00 migrants lost their lives in this particular incident. in terms of representing them and looking after them they are representative of those who left iran some would say they're in iran blame them for spreading the virus that's not confirmed any shape or form but will sort of procedures have you know started to put in place the migrants who are wanting to turn back from iraq or most recently those that came from pakistan. so together with the government of afghanistan's ministry of public health and the world health organization there is ongoing surveillance at all major border crossing points with iran the international organization for migration has a network of transit facilities that we work from to provide post arrival

supporting including health screening and service services upon arrival what sort of problems does this create for your organization when dealing with migrants both in the areas and in the rural areas who are trying to move across a very fractured country. well certainly in the present context where conflict is a major concern and then in addition to that we have a corona virus spreading throughout the country. the health and safety of our staff members is is of concern and also trying to provide protection support to returning migrants is a further consideration for us especially in the month of march when we had over 100 $60000.00 migrants crossing in a single month when each sovereign country around the world is not free trying to look after its own people sometimes countries like afghanistan who often appeal for aid. and have done over the decades can be ignored can you give us an idea about

you talk about working with the regional authorities is there enough infrastructure in place and if not what do you think the country still needs in terms of trying to keep a lid on the covert 19 outbreak certainly in afghanistan. as you mention low resource environments like afghanistan have an extreme challenge ahead of them and the united nations including i.o.m. are doing our best to support infrastructure in the country who are in scene measures are now in place and 34 of 34 provinces so there's movement restrictions the health system is doing its best to respond but as you mentioned there is a low level of investment in terms of facility based care testing in particular is in short supply so although 8 new laboratories have been established by the world health organization in the last several months testing remains a critical gap and so official statistics are well below. what we believe to be

a large outbreak in afghanistan for the very latest nicholas bishop thanks very much for joining us from the international organization for migration in kabul thank you thank you. so to europe now where spain has recorded its slowest daily increase from the new coronavirus in the middle of march the country has recorded 164 deaths in the past day and it brings the community death toll to just over 25000 with more than 217000 confirmed cases spaniards have been enjoying getting out as restrictions have been eased and russia in contrast has recorded its highest daily rise of covert 19 infections another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive that's despite of course let's go over now to london where we can join neve barker our correspondent there who's following events for us certainly the office of national statistics was quite quick to

talk about the numbers but couldn't be quite specific hard to pin down really because the numbers are still increasing and it makes for grim reading on sunday. yes that's right so ian diamond who's the head of the office of national statistics talks about the difficulty in calculating the numbers but looking at the figure that came out on saturday of 28130 war and he believed that that number could be significantly higher closer to 30000 given the way in which the number is calculated the official figure is calculated by the number of people who die having tested positive for covert 19 and does not include people who die later with covert 19 listed on their death certificate so there is something of a numbers disparity that is contributing to all of these difficulties and so

indictment also said that he didn't feel that it was very productive comparing one country against another because of the different ways in which countries calculate their deaths it may take time for instance for different sectors of society to share their figures with central government in capitals like rome or or here in london it takes time for the full extent of the impacts of covert 19 to to be no nevertheless here in the u.k. for the past week or so there have been growing concerns that the u.k. will surpass italy as the worst affected country in europe but it means that the government can't put a foot wrong it's ramped up its drive to increase tracking and tracing it saban to hire 800000 officials to be involved in that tracking and tracing by by mid may to help identify people who do have the virus and what kind of contact they may have come into with with other people all of that in an effort to really close the net

on the virus and eventually sooner or later restore some normality to people's lives indeed of course the prime minister boris johnson is trying to get to some sort of normality in the job itself the prime minister but he's been speaking great detail about his experience in hospital on sunday just tell us more. you know he's going to accounts in one of the sunday newspapers and he talks about how initially he was quite reluctant to go to hospital despite his long bout suffering from the virus but he's very grateful for those who forced him into st thomas' hospital just over westminster bridge not far from here he said when he arrived there he was given leeches and liters of oxygen in intensive care he said he was conscious throughout so i was very much aware of all the machinery around him he said he was incredibly frustrating knowing that the figures on those machines were going in the wrong direction he said he was also privy to the kind of

conversations that were being had around him as well preparation perhaps for for the worse he said the doctors were working out exactly how they may communicate his his possible demise to other officials and to the nation at large office oh what he has learnt and what the takeaways are from this experience he said that he has bounced back revived hoping that he will now be able to start work on bringing the country at large back on its feet as well. for the update thanks for joining us from london. well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including you've got mail how china has created one of the most sophisticated delivery systems in the world. and thousands of palestinians kept out of israel because of the crowed a virus outbreak returned to work and installed the rugby league team on a one way mission in australia and one of the story in sports.

israel's trouble coalition government hasn't been sworn in yet because it's already facing a major legal hurdle a petition to the high court argues the power sharing deal between benjamin netanyahu could party and benny gantz as blue and white party is illegal the pair reached an agreement after 3 inconclusive elections in just 12 months that new york who 1st failed to form a government after a vote in april last year it was the same story again in september the 3rd in decisive election in march this year saw them join ranks well another issue at the high court has been that in the eyes indictment on corruption charges which includes bribery fraud and a breach of trust how the force it has more from west to receive them. 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 are that they're 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 lawyers for netanyahu quite aggressively on

whether it really is right for someone under indictment who hasn't yet formed an official government is still a caretaker to be prime minister of israel. 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 and hardly need saying that the stakes in all this are exceptionally high the look 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. gyptian security forces say they've killed $126.00 fighters during a raid in the northern sinai peninsula the operation was carried out after an explosion hit a military convoy in the region on thursday killing 15 soldiers

a group of philly aged with lysol claimed responsibility for the attack. at least 5 security personnel and 2 fighters have been killed during a gunfight in indian administered kashmir it happened in the town west of sugar security forces say they were responding to a call of civilians being held hostage for several months there's been near daily fighting between the indian army and those opposed to indian rule. there's been an exchange of gunfire between soldiers on the border between north and south korea multiple shots were fired from north korea towards a guard post inside the demilitarized zone according to officials in seoul south korean troops fired back with 2 shots no injuries have been reported a bolivian air force plane has crashed killing 4 spaniards who are being transported to catch a flight to their home country the plane came down minutes after takeoff on the

outskirts of trinidad in the amazonian region it was being flown by 2 military personnel who also died the plane was taken coronavirus test samples to the city of santa cruz nearly 2000 families in western kenya have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfall caused the river to burst its banks it's the rainy season in kenya which lasts from march to may the government says more than $120.00 people have died because of flash floods and landslides. but tens of millions of people in china were confined to their homes during a strict coronavirus lockdown now all restrictions have been eased many are afraid to venture outside even for basic supplies but thanks to china's vast home delivery network drivers on logistic companies are helping the economy or people stay indoors katrina you has this report. boxes of toys toiletries and kitchen staples these packages are being sorted scad and sprayed

with disinfectant before being delivered to customers all over they change the current a virus pandemic has seen an increase in the use of delivery services across china the more customers choosing to shop from the safety of their homes you know if we have more to deliver in the past we've also seeing crist in deliveries of staple food like a rice flour and the oil. supplies too like a facemasks and a cleaning products 2 weeks carver 1000 forced the closure of businesses across china but delivery hubs like this remained open throughout the crisis tens of thousands of packages the 1st has at this distribution center every day and most customers will receive the items within 24 hours of ordering. companies have adapted to the outbreak by limiting contact with clients. smushed lockers are used

to deposit parcels in residential compounds analysts say the widespread use of digital platforms has enabled china to develop one of the most sophisticated delivery networks in the world. china now has over 90 percent of these towns covered by home delivery service is an industry of faster speed intensive labor and a wide coverage. during lockdown millions of chinese residents relied on food delivery drivers like these to survive. the infections have eased and restaurants have reopened many customers still prefer takeout home delivery is convenient and essential i don't know what i would eat if i didn't have home delivery at the distribution center delivery drivers have their temperatures checked before starting daily rounds face masks and vitamins are provided a reminder of the risks they face while for many buying online shopping safely for

others it means putting their orange health on the line to treat you al-jazeera aging well the u.s. is reportedly considering return of 3 measures against china for its handling of the krona virus pandemic the move could worsen already strained relations between washington and beijing as 100 reports. president donald trump is reportedly looking for ways to retaliate against beijing for the deadly virus that emanated from china they could have stopped it but they didn't it's something that is going to have to be dealt with they have to solicit white house managers are said to be meeting to discuss options that according to the washington post include a lawsuit seeking damages or one of the president's preferred penalties new tariffs . on wall street stocks plunged over tariff fears. there's little doubt the virus began in china's rouhani. and banks goes down early

enough that this disease would spread its fair to all process work that this is not a time for asking for compensation or putting it it is economic system and one country this is time where scientists do work together the global pandemic has turned a complex relationship between 2 world powers into a simple one outright rivalry the krasnaya passing iraq. right. now sad. because there aren't. should have been stopped at the source has been fuming about china saying china either knowingly spread the virus or failed to warn the world of a pandemic that has stalled the u.s. economy and dimmed his reelection prospects well there could done it the u.s. and china have had complicated interactions since the handshake in 1972 between

president richard nixon inbounds the dung that began a profitable but troubled relationship. the state of missouri isn't waiting for the federal government it's already suing china for economic losses and there are private suits including a class action suit by florida businesses that seeks reparations on behalf of thousands of people. china calls this suit political farce distributing a cartoon video that accuses the u.s. of failing to protect its people for a month. he said it was dangerous. now in china and in the u.s. the prospect of new economic penalties leaves relations between the superpowers at their lowest point in the 21st century john hendren l.g. 0 chicago and saudi arabia's stock market has slumped by nearly 7 percent after its finance minister said the kingdom would take painful and drastic measures to help its economy dan says the actions needed to face the double shock of the pandemic

and low oil prices government projects will be slowed down to reduce spending saudi arabia's that to a $9000000000.00 budget deficit in the 1st quarter as oil revenues collapsed now the philippines has barred all incoming international passenger flights for a week to tackle kovac 19 it wants to free up quarantine facilities for returning overseas workers some 24000 have already arrived home many after losing their jobs because of the pandemic they'll need to complete a 14 day quarantine at government centers the number of cases that has topped 1000 and there have been 607 deaths on sunday. still ahead on the al-jazeera news why many muslims in sudan are struggling to put food on the table join the holy month of ramadan. was in school the icelandic strongman who's more than living up to his reputation.

was. hello it's not by a draw in the arabian peninsula in particular least not in yemen in fact in the capital has been some pretty big showers recently more flooding in santa and that's likely to be in the forecast and the western side of saudi as well there is cloud elsewhere others a fairly dry picture temps is of course a rising this time of year and the humidity depends on the wind direction in places like there has red to here about 37 degrees which is high side but not unusual for the time of year dry up in the levant until you get to later on today then those showers run in again from the eastern med cut the catch northern egypt as well temperatures in the low twenty's fairly dry picture for most places obviously it is

certainly africa now you don't see much cloud in morocco robots temperatures dropping about 10 degrees monday 24 is rather more normal $32.00 is not which is sunday's temperature and threats of the sahara desert course is just a breeze this time the years hot in the sahara were up in the low forty's which is where we should be in chad and the jack there are showers of course running into this part of africa tropical africa and nigeria they are back and the certainly along the coast further west abby jan's got showers or thunderstorms every day. in countries like mine people have been killed too because we united states have privatized the old public function was this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they came to britain to be told to help to the past bombs do you know you will rumsfeld

this meeting saddam isn't that interesting. shadow on al-jazeera award winning programming from international till may cause as the bodies of its yeah we are going to wife insert life if we carry on this work out just the arrest sets the stage that is not longer exist your naivety is no longer an excuse giving voice to the voiceless so are we ready to go for a long pull ex-pats and discussion that culture still exists and you are still combating that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera.

bookmarking watching al-jazeera is news with me said iran the reminder of our top news story is nearly a 3rd of people in afghanistan's capital could have contrived to cope with 19 that's according to a study by the health ministry suggesting that infections in kabul could be far more widespread than previously thought. also russia has recorded its highest daily rise of crude a virus infections another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive and that's despite 5 weeks of restrictions this rolls new coalition government is facing a major legal challenge the supreme court is hearing arguments against the power sharing deal between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader and again it's. clear an expert 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 turn you could terrorists on world press freedom day we call on governments and others to get into their generally skin do their jobs throughout the coverage 1000 pandemic and beyond is the band then express it has also given rise to a 2nd pandemic of music from ation from harmful health advice to wild conspiracy to use. the press provides the n.t. that very far it's scientific fact based news in the now is but says the bend then it began many journalists are being subjected to increase restrictions and punishments seem please for doing their jobs. terry says lockdown mirza shouldn't be abused an excuse to crackdown on journalists while europe still has the most media freedom in the world reporters without borders says the middle east and north africa continue to be the most dangerous places for journalists to work $346.00

journalists are in prison worldwide with china saudi arabia and egypt attaining the highest number of them al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein has been imprisoned without charge in egypt for more than 1200 days there are concerns for his health during this pandemic i was there director general moustapha swathes has written to world leaders are getting them to call for the immediate release of mahmoud is saying and all other journalists. well india has dropped 2 places in the world press freedom index reporters without borders says a communication blackout of indian administered kashmir played a role in that shift its report calls the area a vast open prison yet india's government maintains there is nothing short of absolute media freedom elizabeth reports now. for 4 years must but the law has been documenting life in indian administered kashmir the photojournalist says she joined the male dominated field so that she could give

a voice to women and children in conflict zones but muster it says 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 sort of like do is i don't know i'm not affiliated with any political party or do what i'm applauding 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 mondrian body says the school was heavily affected by the situation and indeed administered kashmir with the government shutdown telecommunications for several months after provoking the region's special autonomous status that made it difficult for

journalists to report on what was happening i don't. spent 9 months in jail after he was posted 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 gaps yes i have. believe the government says it's open to criticism but that there are limits to free speech we have. somebody. like. 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. requires the checks and balances of institutions and the press and. the danger of failing to be a constitutional democracy maybe a democracy in the sense that the majority of the world's in some senses but it is not a constitutional democracy. police are investigating the case against mussarat who says she wants stop working despite facing up to 7 years in jail if convicted reporters without borders says india slipped to places because of constant press freedom violations including police violence against journalists also cited what it called coronated hate campaigns on social media again critical of the hindu nationalist ideology especially their women elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi. also reporting from somalia where journalists continue to face arbitrary arrests physical attacks and censorship a recent amnesty international report says harassment and intimidation against

journalists is so deeply entrenched they make somalia one of the most dangerous places to report from mohammed are reports. in the somali capital mogadishu a group of journalists has gathered to protest against what they say is an attack on freedom of speech by their government and later today we are standing here to protest about the arrest of our colleagues as somali journalists we demand justice for all reporters behind bars the constitution is quite clear that no one can be detained for more than 48 hours without being put on trial. according to human rights watch somalia authorities of detained 3 journalists and prohibited a local radio station from broadcasting in a local dialect in the past 2 months. one of the detained journalists is mohamed up to have new editor of hicks radio he was arrested on march 7th after reporting on police brutality in the capital. his family says they've been denied access to

their son so it's very worrying the cave labelled my son a terrorist for only practicing his profession i appeal to our national leaders for the release of my thought on he was our only breadwinner and we haven't seen him for a whole 2 months i wanted justice for my son. journalists unions in the country often protest about the outdated pennell court which came into force in $96.00 to fall it includes a number of vague and overly broad crimes including criminal definition of fending the onan prestige of the head of state in assaulting a public officer or institution all charges frequently laid against journalists what we are seeing in these nice or nice weeks now he's. an organized campaign to criminalize journalism but would you journalist is he in court because of the media right or because the right to freedom of expression and speciously use of criminal movies which are already outdated and draconian such as bell could have somalia we

was in after $964.00 according to the committee to protect journalists somalia is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists they often face threats and attacks from government officials private individuals and the group al-shabaab the right groups ace impunity for the killing of journalists remain the norm with at least 6 to 9 journalists killed since 100121 was somalia's civil war began in hama the al jazeera. courtney rogers the advocacy director of the committee to protect journalists joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us live on the program and can just begin with you in the u.s. perhaps it's never been a more timely moment in your country's history that journalism is under scrutiny at several levels be a partisan or not is perceived neutrality in what is a polarized political landscape how do you see it in 2020 well we are

really concerned about what the press freedom situation is in the united states because it has been a lot of pressure building up over the past few years and what we've seen is that the coronavirus pandemic has really created a perfect storm we actually just released a report on the trump administration in the media to look at the past 3 years in office we did a similar report on the obama administration the press and what we found is that trump administration has really stepped up the prosecution of news sources has continued to undermine the credibility and utility of independent journalism i'm trying to undermine its role in democracy harassed and threatened individual journalists both in person during briefings as well as online and created a situation where journalists are under threat and under a lot of pressure in the united states indeed and that's what brought me to that next question about the truck presidents and their relationship between politicians

and also journalists and the neutrality that you would hope to see in the reporting but also how journalists are perceived by the public how much is that shifted and how difficult is it to tell a story now in america. well i think it's really challenging because there isn't necessarily agreement about what journalism should be or whether this press should be impartial and neutral or balanced and trying to ensure public health and we're at a real moment where you have to question about whether just reporting who said what is sufficient for journalism when you have world leaders and others giving inaccurate information contrasting advice to experts when we're in an in a situation when you know the facts are developing when we're in a novel coronavirus from anything that it's really unclear what the truth is

journalists are in a very precarious position where on the one hand you know they need to report the news on the other hand sometimes that news is contradictory to public health but they are doing the best that they can they continue to ask hard questions and questions that need to be asked and unfortunately we've seen in many cases that they are attacked for doing so especially women journalists indeed if we take this conversation why don't i one free press coalition is highlighted the problem of journalists doing the job from code gets done to egypt from vietnam to pakistan journalists really detained on sometimes baseless charges how do you as an organization continue to fight the cold because in some shape or form you have to try and communicate with host governments host politicians to try and get access and an understanding of what to join this is being charged with being detained for . exactly so we are the organization that recommends the 10 most urgent cases to

the one free press coalition which is really an unprecedented example of media organizations coming together to use the power of their spotlight to highlight these cases and that is one of our techniques to bring about pressure public pressure on government officials around the world because we know when journalists appear on that list that puts them under a level of scrutiny we sent a letter to world leaders who currently have journalists behind bars calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all journalists behind bars which during our last census was more than 250 in more than 30 countries because in prison you cannot socially distance you can't practice good hygiene and in many prisons as in egypt and elsewhere you have to have family members or others bring new necessary supplies and food so these these journalists who are in prison just for doing their job are at are essentially facing a death sentence if kovan 1000 start spreading we've also written individual

letters we partnered with more than 175 organizations on it through the press campaign we have more than 10000 signatures on the free the press petition on change dot org calling for the release of these journalists and of course we have regular count communication with governments and with officials in the u.s. in the u.k. and canada who have their media freedom campaign calling on them and to push their diplomatic colleagues to release journalists and we're also trying to raise the importance of protecting the future of press freedom by putting in prescriptions and and safeguards in place on these new surveillance regimes that are being rolled out to help track their own virus so we have to both be looking at what can we do immediately to protect the process but also what safeguards to be put into place to make sure that journalism survives this crisis tony writes from the c p j thanks so much for joining us from washington d.c. . thank you now the parents of murdered american journalist daniel pearl are

appealing the acquittal of 4 men in the case last month a pakistani court overturned their murder and kidnapping convictions saying there wasn't enough evidence against them pearl's parents say they're standing up for justice not only for their son but for all pakistanis perle was beheaded in 2002 while working for the wall street journal in the port city of karachi we have find an appeal of this decision to the new supreme court reinstated. just not only for. all of the you. so they can. be free of violence and terror and really. increase in home where me thousands of palestinian laborers are returning to work in israel for the 1st time since crossings were closed in march because of the pandemic that 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 that abraham 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 it 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 corporate 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 are 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 infections 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 coverage 90 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 we're expecting those workers to come back in 3 weeks or so in time for the islamic holiday over at the footer 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. nearly 8000000 people in sudan's capital khartoum are marking the fasting month of ramadan under lockdown but with the country facing an economic crisis stocking up for the moment has been hard for many especially the families who rely on day to day income of a 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 hard to me 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 and it's expensive to even get to the marcus we can't afford many things especially in bulk these days we managed to have food to break our fast food sometimes we go to bed without a full dinner before the next day's fast so this hike in market prices has been more difficult to bear since her husband stopped working a day laborer he says since the lockdown was imposed no one has called him to offer work. the last of the year before the lockdown i would in about a 1000 or 1500 pounds a week by doing construction in different parts of carteret 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 the tomb factories rely on daily labor which is no longer an option so they're 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 our friend goods at below market prices. we're distributing goods and social support to the poor and the families affected by the lockdown this will continue in the coming days according to the sheer joy of the support is meant to reach 560000 in khartoum state in need of support and then there are those in other categories also in need of assistance and we will reach them after supporting the vulnerable. so odd and her husband say they're 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 reopen some schools from

monday as it further eases coronavirus lockdown restrictions the move will affect about a 3rd of districts which have been consistently free of the disease but president rouhani is urging iranians to maintain social distancing the country is the worst hit in the middle east but on saturday it reported its lowest daily roys in new infections in more than a month and the parking lot into herat has been transformed into a drive through cinema bringing some relief to residents who've been self isolating cars are disinfected before they go through to watch one of the 2 shows screened each night the outdoor movie theater has been operating since restrictions started easing earlier this month. well still ahead on the news our. urban music loses one of its most cherished ambassadors we look back on the life and legacy of algerian singer it here. and in sport when empty stadiums can still

create fertile ground for match fixes and is here with that story after the break. a lot of game of salad being in control don't know what it's tremendous for the country so i think and he was determined to conclude you do salute at the point of the sword to avenge its people slaughtered 88 years earlier he smashes the frankish on captures the king of jerusalem he sees is the true cross and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective the result 3 unification on al-jazeera. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the sound

of us all for settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. to back it up a spot on his under thank you so much so the newly reelected out of world rugby says it's impossible to know when the international game can resume for mainland caps and bill bennett one of votes a lead rugby for another 4 years a $100000000.00 relief package has already been announced to support struggling nations. you have to do it we don't know if it's going to be. into

trouble that's all that we don't know. how to get it. you don't know whether you can start behind closed doors we don't know. that from country to country. so. it's not really the issue but it's just extremely difficult. to put a market and we will now the rugby league team being dubbed the nomads has arrived in australia the new zealand warriors were given special exemptions of fly in and will be able to train during a 14 day isolation period as they prepare for the restart of the national rugby league season it's hoped games can start again at the end of this month it's unlikely the warriors will be able to return to new zealand as holy season ends and that's then 6 months from now in october

a leading voice in the fight against corruption in sport believes corona virus has created a perfect storm of opportunity for organized crime fred lord of the international sense of the sport security says a lack of income is making athletes more vulnerable to approaches the global movements of many anti corruption bodies have been restricted during the pandemic allowing organized crime to increase its activities in march bookmakers were defrauded into offering bets on a football competition in ukraine the catch was these were so-called ghost games the tournament didn't actually take place and with most sport canceled many professional athletes are in isolation facing an increase in spare time and a downturn in income. a lot of these athletes will be in relation to this punishing come due to the lack of sports play employed but also provides opportunity now for organist to take the top of my need to do the research and work out who might be looking to identify for todd light a sports contact all on it's a criminal enterprise so you only have

a person who's involved in actually fixing the match this will be the person that might go on the ground and look at dinner for who might he want to manipulate what games are available and and what possible targets monthly so that he'll basically drop a criminal business plan and then he might make an approach to a financier and by basically make his case to sort of say this is what i paid to do this is the people that we could probably manipulate and this could be the return on investment and then the financier will then invest into that so normally that is 2 parties involved we've got to flip this and actually look at the positive side is we've been in a position where she went out organized criminals have not been up to move so really this is the mind point right now where we need to look at ensuring that international organizations law enforcement they they get into a situation where they're prepared to share more information and that the movements and the tracking of organized criminals as sport comes back on the line you guaranteed you're going to get organized crime following in their footsteps as well so it's time to be vigilant to be aware and exchange information so we can started

getting a jump back on organized criminals who are involved in the manipulation sport. now the world's top pole vaulters are using their own back gardens to give fans some live athletics to watch some kendricks one of the plants this and that runner level and they are taking part in what they're calling the ultimate garden clash the live challenge is being streamed from their respective homes the rivals are vaulting 5 metres as many times as they can in 30 minutes. the chief executive of premier league team bryson says he's not in favor of playing games at neutral venue paul barber believes the move could damage the integrity of the competition liverpool just see wins away from winning their 1st title in 30 years clubs you to meet again next friday to discuss if a plan to restart the league in june is actually feasible but it is the last man standing in terms of european football league's slots beating the moment skewed to go top of the table and no fans are allowed in the stadiums so some enterprising

clubs are selling virtual tickets to new fans from overseas in return buyers get a photograph of their face placed on a mannequin in the stands. and an icelandic strongmen is more than living up to his reputation by. i. 6 have told you on some best known for playing bridge over manson in the t.v. series game of thrones has just broken the dead lifting world record the 31 year old previously won the world's strongest man competition in 28. i'm extremely proud you know i'm just really happy is the group is more combat or the cruel people we always were going to lose. i did everything in cold to be able to lose words i pulled a few holes to feel good to know. ok that is how your sport is looking for nascar

bikes very much andy. one of the best known figures of indigenous bubba music has died the algerian musician known by his stage name as a dia used his songs to address social and political injustices laura burton manley takes a look back at his life and career. will be remembered as a musician who campaigned to keep the berber culture alive his music inspired by the indigenous north african culture. born to $949.00 at the end. of a speaking region in the central at the snout and about. his musical prowess began to be recognized by his colleagues in the gas and oil field where he was. here in 1976 he released a new version which soon became

a hit 12 white it tells the story of the daily life and culture of rural algeria. the lyrics speak of an old man telling his family stories from the culture the song has since been translated into various languages. since then it is a use the platform of his rising to campaign for that culture and identity to be remembered. with more music as you identities featured famous musicians from around the world including manage child folk singers can matheson and dan a brass and french singer charles as their for. the hear he's teaching as a boy his beloved language. when you belong to

a minority you start believing that you're vulnerable that the powerful can eat you up because even though your culture exists it doesn't have the means to develop and survive so when someone like this offers to work with you it fuels your will to survive and even though you're already strong it makes you stronger. p.t. you went on to rise and form other albums including now she says to him yes lafrance to canoeists and the quintessential indian. he performed in festivals and concerts walter white with us to police an acoustic guitar it here has made the birth of language and culture known and loved all over the wallet.

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of al-jazeera is to deliver news on ball for people who is subject to the decisions made by the powerful when you look at all how to feel about will the general election in the time of the fall for the old anything when you see big groups of people walking through your they're all individuals with children the law apes but with back stories this place has become a complete crock so of course there is simply no way to put all these people you have to hear all of them and to treat them with something that in respects. he had it all. the fashion the success and the popularity. and then he gave it all up. for the love of his homeland. football rebels delves into the realm of footballing legend rashid makushi. to fall to the algerian national liberation front with his feet. and the f.l.n.

team on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. random testing brings worrying results from the government fears more than a 3rd of kabul's residents could have covert 19. part of the whole robin watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes they made a deal to work with each other but will israel's high court approve the new coalition government. and the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight.