jenny the world's attention is on controlling the virus for the rich helpless he didn't victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help. this is al jazeera. still raman you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a double challenge for afghanistan random coronavirus testing brings worrying results as the country risks a diplomatic crisis with iran also the u.k.'s death toll edges ever closer to italy as plans are announced to trial a new tracking app. and israel's high court hears

a petition against the coalition deal between rivals turned partners. also the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation countries fight coronavirus a world press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role. and the u.s. considers retaliation against china over the handling of the pandemic. good to have you with us and welcome to the news our afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from coronavirus random testing in the capital kabul suggests a 3rd of its 4000000 residents could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after dozens of 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 alexey o'brien'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 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 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 tasks 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 but spain and italy have recorded the lowest daily increase in deaths from the krona virus since the middle of march spain recorded 164 deaths in the 20 last 24 hours and it brings its death toll to just over 25000 it's a reported 174 new deaths. virus fatalities in the u.k. are nearing that of europe's worst affected country italy the british government announced more than $300.00 deaths on sunday taking its total death toll to more than $28400.00 italy has recorded 28700 deaths in covert 19

prime minister boris johnson has said that the u.k. is past the peak of infection is due to outline the government or how the government will ease restrictions in the next few days russia meanwhile has recorded its highest daily rise of covert 19 another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive and that's despite 5 weeks of restrictions the country now has close 213-5000 confirmed cases but the number of people who've died has slowed in recent days let's cross over to need back our correspondent in london neve the head of the office of national statistics it seems says that sort of the numbers for this disease are still sort of hard to pin down but increasingly the numbers are increasing and it makes for grim reading. yes these numbers a very difficult to calibrate are very difficult to calculate the loss announced

death toll official death toll given a little bit earlier of the day is 28446. $350.00 in the past 24 hours that's less of a jump than the previous 24 hours but of course it's hugely concerning considering the government early on in the weeks of the country was over the peak there is still this backdrop of of rising deaths but it is you mentioned that there have been some comments from the chief of the office of national statistics who says that there is something of a disparity between the official figures and what could actually be the real figures which he thinks could be significantly higher than what we're hearing on a regular basis at downing street because the official figures apply to people who died after testing positive for covert 19 rather than people who were registered to lead death certificates of dying as a result of covert 19 so what we're looking at is a possibly quite a sizable disparity but he also went on to say that it will be particularly helpful trying to compare one country against another because different countries calculate

their deaths a very differently it also depends on getting in. tallies from different parts of the country particularly in italy that has many different mean a simple means of policies in regions it might be slower to have a final sense of what the death toll is compared to the u.k. that some believe may be actually overestimating in some areas what the death toll is so you know i mean we obviously need to pay attention to these figures to give a sense of what the government needs to do and by way of response but it is very very difficult to say right now which country is worse than another although of course the u.k. nicely very very close indeed the british government has given some clarity on sunday about plans to trial tracking what more are they saying about where this is going to happen. give us the phase 2 of the british government's attempt to bring control over this situation it already. smushed its own goal of carrying out $100000.00 tests

a day now it's hoping to in holland start with the tracking and tracing element of of dealing with covert 19 so starting this week a pall of digital trial begins on the isle of wight that's of the south coast of england population around a $140000.00 or so it's a self-contained on the island which allows them to be able to experiment this particular app. what it does basically is allow officials to identify people that are infected with the virus and allow them to branch out and show where exactly they may have had contact possibly with other people so they could advice those people to then quarantine the hope is that of course to roll that out across the nation but it requires a large population a large percentage of the population as high 60 percent for it really to be effective but we've seen the exactly how effective schemes like they saw in south korea the british government is really hoping to to be moving on this pretty fast within a couple of weeks indeed the prime minister's also been speaking sort of talking great detail about his time in intensive care what else has he been saying.

you know we've heard the promises personal accounts in one of the sunday newspapers you talked about how reluctant he was to actually go into hospital after having symptoms for quite some time but he was grateful in the end for being forced to do so because when he arrived he received leeches and liters of oxygen he said he said he was conscious throughout his in time time time in the intensive care unit at st thomas's hospital just opposite parliament here which meant that he was pretty privy to everything that was going on around him he was aware of the fact that the machines were showing reading is going in the wrong direction he said that created a lot of frustration for him it was also where the kind of contingency planning that was going on around him as well possibly for if he didn't recover. what he's drawn from this whole experience well he says he feels it's definitely made him more preach to the national health service and he hopes now that he will return

with vigor to help the country stand on its feet as well we park in london thanks for the update well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including thousands of palestinians kept out of israel because of the current i was our break returned to work. and you've got mail china has created one of the most sophisticated delivery systems in the world. israel's travel coalition government hasn't been sworn in yet but it's already facing a major legal hurdle a petition to the high court argues the power sharing deal between benjamin netanyahu the could party and benny gantz is blue and white party is illegal or a false reports now from west jerusalem a rare televised hearing in israel's high court allowing the public to watch for themselves the latest round of the political crisis they've been living with for

more than a year after 3 elections will it finally be a government this week. the 1st issue is the assignment of a knesset member to form a government against whom charges have been filed 5 out of 8 appeals are concerning this issue the 2nd issue has to do with the validity of the coalition agreement that was signed on april 20th. that agreement for a rotating co-equal premiership between benjamin netanyahu and his former rival benny gantz requires changes to israel's fundamental basic laws to allow each mistrustful partner the guarantees they want to insure the deal sticks sunday though so the focus on the other issue whether benjamin netanyahu indicted in 3 separate corruption cases could legally form and lead a new government law requires ministers in such a position to resign but not prime minister netanyahu is both a caretaker prime minister and a candidate for the job leaving room for legal argument during it the justices seem

to signal that they would not overrule what they see as the will of the members of israel's parliament not a message popular with anti netanyahu anti coalition protesters who've gathered to watch proceedings in a park lying symbolically between the court and the parliament we have done just want a prime minister is a criminal and one day you know it will. come back to the people and it will not be able or any more in a bit longer than a of the others as well as a critical juncture in israel's long running political crisis this is a major moment for its constitution doesn't yos legal team argues that the knesset the israeli parliament has made its decision and the court should not intervene as opponents argue that allowing for a government to be led by a man under such serious criminal charges represents an earthquake to the rule of law it's now up to the justices to decide for now gantz and then you know who is still working to pass the legislation required to form the new government before the deadline expires on thursday if that doesn't happen or if the court were to

surprise everyone and rule it out that israel would be heading for a 4th election in less than 18 months with its political system straining at the seams are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. now thousands of palestinian laborers are returning to work in israel for the 1st time since crossings were closed in march because of the pandemic it follows an agreement between israel and the palestinian or 40 well 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 well it 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 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 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. egyptian security forces say they've killed $126.00 fighters during recent raids in the northern sinai peninsula the military has intensified its operations after an explosion hit a military convoy in the region on thursday killing 10 soldiers

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

of trinidad in the amazonian region it was being flown by 2 military personnel who also died the plane that was taken coronavirus test samples to the city of santa cruz. there the 2000 families in western kenya have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfall caused the rivers to burst their banks it's the rainy season in the country which lasts from march to may the government says more than 120 people have died because of flash floods and landslides. now tens of millions of people in china were confined to their homes during its strict coronavirus lockdown now all the restrictions have been eased many are afraid to venture outside even for basic supplies but thanks to china's vast home delivery network drivers and the just sticks companies are helping the economy or people stay indoors catrina you as more. 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 of ours pandemic has seen an increase in the use of delivery services across china with 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 magical supplies too like a face masks and a cleaning products 2 weeks carver 1000 forced the closure of this is across china but delivery hubs like this remain open throughout the crisis tens of thousands of packages a process at this distribution center every day and most customers will receive the items within 24 hours ordering. companies have adapted to the outbreak by limiting contact with clients. smart lockers are used to deposit parcels in

a 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 its towns covered by home delivery service is an industry of faster speed intensive labor and why the coverage. during lockdown 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 aren't health on the line betray you al-jazeera aging well the u.s. is reportedly considering retiring measures against china for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic the move could worsen the already strained relations between washington and beijing 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 i have to say this is red 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 bank goes down on

early enough meant that this disease would spread and it's very 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 for our scientists to work together the global pandemic has turned a complex relationship between 2 world powers into a simple one outright rivalry the crassness passing iraq. right. now south. america. 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 the suits political fars distributing a cartoon video that accuses the u.s. of failing to protect its people for months. was that it was dangerous. now in china and in the u.s. the prospect of new economic penalties leads relations between the superpowers at their lowest point in the 21st century john hendren al-jazeera chicago childes allah is the deputy editor of congressional quarterly magazine joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to be with us on the program do you think retaliation is a real possibility and if so what form do you think it will take

i think the most likely form where president trump could have the support of the congress and of the american public isn't bringing back to america some of the manufacturing capacity that has been glaringly lacking during this crisis in the united states i think most many policymakers of both parties recognize for example that we are in a dangerous situation in the united states when our medicine it was produced in china when the masks and downs and other protective equipment that we are produced in china so i can certainly see the movement there to bring that manufacturing back to the united states which would hurt china retaliates should obviously that's easy to say harder to enact as it does need proof in some shape or form as the president is talking about he's talking about sort of working with these agencies and yet he doesn't always agree with them so how do you think that's going to do you might say move forward. i think that's

a struggle for him president trump as demeans the bureaucracy of the american bureaucracy that works for him the executive branch so for example he's reportedly tass the intelligence agencies with looking into chinese misinformation related to the virus with possible chinese complicity in the in the spread of the virus and it's going to be tough for him to get much out of the intelligence agencies i think having demean them and criticize them during the prior russian investigation for example in your opinion that again we're talking hypotheticals there because we don't know what the president's going to do in the coming days but how much of the rhetoric is for his domestic audience for his base to perhaps distract them from the criticism that has been leveled at him the handling of it 19 i think that's a huge part of it certainly he's been under heavy criticism for the lack of preparation in the united states we didn't have enough mass we didn't have enough

test we didn't have enough ventilators initially or at least it was so thought we weren't prepared for this crisis and he's taking a lot of the blame for that he and other republicans are clearly trying to cast that blame back to china and part of it is certainly justified the chinese. did not reveal the cost the toll of the virus in their own country they're still being. they're not sharing those numbers truthfully but the rotter argument that the chinese were somehow complicit in this i think they're at this point there's no evidence for that and it's purely a rhetorical argument that it was they what happens the shuls allah in washington d.c. thanks for joining us sir. port will start offering onsite coronavirus testing from monday so passengers through the austrian capital can avoid being quarantined it comes as airlines worldwide hemorrhage cash and x. jobs with the sector struggling with a massive crash in passenger demand so what does the future of aviation travel look

like well let's ask and the or panda is the head of aviation at the university of west london joins me via skype from there good to have you with a certain email in the past few days airport bosses certainly in the u.k. suggested that social distancing in airports would be impossible and rapid testing procedures are the way forward would you agree yes i do i think i think if he. has ever traveled through airports you will realize that he can declare places particularly as possible such as security and within jussi free sometimes and at the gate so i think earlier this week the boss of heathrow airport in london announced that it would be very very difficult and almost impossible to commence social distancing that airport is for that reason they are crowded places and they need to some extent have to be crowded places to get through the volume of traffic

and passengers that need to move around the world indeed therefore follows on neatly that life at an airport and travel will change surely in the future at some stage whether it be check in security procedures before you board then you've got the boarding gate queues and then even seating on a plane it all has to be reconsidered reevaluated and most probably recall. yeah that's right this this kind of the current crisis reminds me very much of 911 when the industry went through a fairly deep impact and what the key was to 911 is to implement and somehow get passenger confidence back and i think that's what's the matter don't have to happen this time around as well after 911 the industry put in a number of different processes and changed the way passengers traveled there was additional security checks and over time and being possibly 4 or 5 years after $911.00

passenger confidence recovered and i think that's going to have to happen this time around is that. the average passenger is going to be have going to have to be convinced that industry and actually traveling is safe enough and so you will see things like further measurements of people's temperatures before they travel and after they were arrived at the destination and it's also possible once of that scene has been found that many airlines and destinations will request a vaccination is difficult for each passenger and so the overall administrative burden and the just tickle burden on passengers will increase but what that will do is restore passenger confidence and then suddenly you will begin to see more and more flights taking place more and more routes opening up again and more and more passengers flying and indeed passenger confidence might be what element of the whole conversation yet airline confidence that is required by the airline bosses themselves whether they are part of a cheap low cost airline or shed jeweled full fare sort of airline do you

expect then some sort of merger fleets to disappear airlines to never be seen again is this a real possibility. yeah the industry currently has some in the region of about 1400 airlines globally and i suspect that the. quarter of those will not see through the code 19 situation prices at the moment and i think one again one of the interesting elements that we saw after 911 is a lot of the airline consolidation and alliances and mergers particularly in the u.s. for example united continental was a good example of that and i suspect that you know even now even some of the best in airlines in terms of profitability are running some in the region of about 10 to 12 percent profit margins and ever since mostly the last couple of months we've seen. the aviation industry being impacted and even the strongest yammers in the

industry i think will have to reconfigure their overall business strategy and will and i think you will see more consolidation more mergers taking place that's very likely. any about draw from the university of west london thanks for joining us thank you for staying on message the philippines has barred all incoming international passenger flights for week to tackle kovac 90 but it wants to free up quarantine facilities for returning overseas workers some 24000 have already arrived home many after losing jobs because of the pandemic they'll need to complete a 14 day quarantine at government centers the number of cases there has topped 1000 and there have been 607 deaths on sunday. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour we look at how the pandemic and economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table but how the situation in kashmir is coloring perceptions of press freedom in india those stories after the break.

hello it's not buying dry 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 otherwise a fairly dry picture temperatures cause a rise in this time of year and the humidity depends on the wind direction in places like there has red to be here with $37.00 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 as it is throughout north africa now you don't see much cloud in morocco robots temperatures dropping about 10 degrees so monday's $24.00 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 year's hot in the sahara were up in the low forty's which is where we should be in chad and the jet 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 abidjan has got showers or thunderstorms every day. may on al-jazeera has covered 19 infects millions and triggers a global economic crisis will bring you the latest developments from around the world. al-jazeera world selection of the best network documentaries includes the story of unsung egyptian composer and musician ali it's mind despite the

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land. we want you all deserve me so romney a reminder of all top stories only a 3rd of people in afghanistan's capital could have been trying to covert 19 the health ministry has suggested infections in kabul could be far more widespread than previously thought russia has recorded its highest daily rise of pride of virus infections another 10 and a half 1000 have been tested positive despite 5 weeks off the structure it's kind israel's new coalition government is facing a major legal challenge the supreme court is hearing dog. it's against the how sharing deal between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and opposition leader many counts. the u.n. expert on the 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 un secretary general antonio terrace 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 he has also given rise to a 2nd pandemic of music from asian from harmful health advice to wild conspiracy to use the press provides the n.t. that very fired scientific fact today's news in the now is but since the bend then it began many journalists are being subjected to increase restrictions and punishments seem please for doing their jobs but a terrorist says lockdown measures shouldn't be abused as 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 and $346.00 journalists are imprisoned worldwide with china saudi arabia and egypt detaining the highest number of them

journalist mahmud hussein has been in prison without charge in egypt for more than $1200.00 days there are concerns for his health during the pandemic which is there as director general most of us has written to world leaders urging them to call for the immediate release of mahmoud and all other journalists. well india has dropped 2 places in the world press freedom index reporters without borders say a communication blackout of indian administered kashmir played a role in that shift its report calls the area a vast open prison that india's government maintains there's nothing short of absolute media freedom elizabeth purana reports. for 4 years must for the what 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 montra body says the school was heavily affected by the situation and indeed administered 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 i don't. 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 gaps yes i couldn't 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 mustard who says she wants stop working despite facing up to 7 years in jail if convicted reporters without borders says india flips 2 places on the index because of constant press freedom violations including police violence against journalists it also cited what it called coronated hate campaigns on social media again critical of the hindu nationalist ideology especially if they are women and is a problem al-jazeera new delhi. we're 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 it makes somalia one of the most dangerous places to report from. as well. 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 offending 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 these is an organized campaign to criminalize journalism but would you journalists 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 beryl could have somalia we was in after 964 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 armed 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 and. al jazeera called the rajah's the advocacy director of the committee to protect journalists she says they trumpet ministration assured increasing intolerance towards journalists. 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 process and what we found is the

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 the parents of murdered american journalist daniel pearl are appealing the acquittal a full man in the case last month a pakistani court overturned the murder and kidnapping conviction saying i wasn't enough evidence against them pills parents say that standing up for justice not only for the son but for all pakistanis powa was beheaded in 2002 while working for the wall street journal in the port city of karachi we have 4 of them a preview of this decision to the you from the supreme court reinstated

for just not only for a month for all of the you. so they can be. free of violence and terror in the wake of the 2 of them in peace and harmony. celebrities artists and scientists have written an open letter to brazil's government calling for immediate action to save indigenous peoples from the threat of covert 19 the group said the disease could permanently wipe out on communities in a man hours the capital of the amazon us state dozens of coffins have been buried in common graves with relatives queuing to pay their last respects the new health minister has flown to the city to see those problems at 1st hand it has one of brazil's highest rates of confirmed cases and deaths and the sundra p.n.t. joins us now from. there are growing concerns alexandro for the effect of the current virus in the amazon and as you just said the country's health minister is

flying there today what does he intend to do. yes he intends to visit 3 hospitals on sunday speak to the governor who has been harshly criticizes for how slow he has been in implementing restrictive measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the city of my now see will also meet with the mayor who instead has been calling now for weeks for international help to assist them with the spread of the virus there and this is because my now is a city of 2000000 people in the heart of the region of brasil despite this remoteness is now seeing at this absolute sort of police carrying crease of cases there and as you were saying in your interactions these are having

a very difficult time dealing with the fact that the city is seeing tree or 4 times the number of daily dates. and the average day from roughly $25.00 to $30.00 people would die there they're now looking at over $100.00 every single day and that's why. having night time. people in some cases into mass graves although this is been stopped by the fact that relatives were protesting the fact that they were dealing with the situation this way the health system has been completely overwhelmed we have seen reports of damage going from hospital to hospital for trying to find the. clinic or a hospital that could receive their patients so the situation is very worrisome there there have been people criticizing the fact that people have been very slow

there in accepting the restrictions a lot of people are still going there now respecting social distancing and a lot of it has to do with the fact that the. president. you both so not have since the beginning of the crisis has been meaning my seeing it and saying that this is a little more then and normal flu but of course in the meantime in neighboring venezuela officials. group of asian just before dawn what's a lot about. well we don't have a lot of information yet we just know what the government has said that a number of mercenaries they're calling them try to attack a port city close to the capital. caracas early on sunday i arrive being on a boat and that they were stopped by boat the people of that city and.

they swear and security forces now some people are criticizing the fact that the government is saying this happened just one day after there has been a major riot in of innes willox and a prison one of many that we've seen them know that we've reported on yesterday and that where more than 40 people have died so some are saying that this is a way for divinest well and government to try to move attention from what happened yesterday in the country but definitely we need to have more information the government is also saying that these mercenaries were coming from colombia all these information need to be confirmed and try to understand what is happening there however in venice where there have been previous to. trying to overturn the government there was a drug b.s.e. in bogota thank you well nearly 8000000 people in sudan's capital call to

the fasting month of ramadan and along with the country facing an economic crisis stocking up for the month has been hard for many especially who rely on a day to day income a bit more good as well. 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 corked 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 marcus 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 so this hike in market prices 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. as 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 prices have become affordable for many in her tomb factions 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 all to launch 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 states 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 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 reopen some mosques and schools from monday as it further eases coronavirus restrictions the move will affect about a 3rd of districts which have been consistently free of the disease but president hassan rouhani has urging iranians to maintain social distancing the country is the worst hit in the middle east but also today reported its slowest daily rise in new infections in more than

a mum. well still ahead here all the news. but these excuses one of its most cherished ambassadors we look back at the life and legacy of algerian single idea. plus we meet the icelandic strongman who's more than living up to his reputation those stories after the break. a lot of game of sell of being in control don't know that 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 8080 is he smashes the frankish ali captures the king of jerusalem he sees is the true cross and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective episode 3 unification on

al-jazeera. in countries like mine people have been killed because we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function for this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they came to britain for be all to help the past bombs deals you know you will rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't that interesting. shadow on al-jazeera. all the year award. book about one of the best known figures of indigenous music. the algerian musician

by his stage name of used his songs to address social and political injustices warbird mentally 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 jaime chideya to 949 atlanta above a speaking region in the central at the snout and about sharing his musical prowess began to be recognized by his colleagues in the gas and oil field where he was. in 1976 he released a new version which soon became

a hit to walter 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 new. album identities featured famous musicians from around the world including manage child folk singers can matheson and dan a brass and french singer charles as the for. the hear he's teaching as a boy his beloved language. when you belong to

a. 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 feels your will to survive and even though you're already strong it makes you stronger. he went on to rise and perform other things including. the 1st 2 clues and the quintessential thinking is. he performed in festivals and concerts worldwide with his distinctive on acoustic guitar he has made the birth of language and culture known and loved all over the world. and in other news an icelandic strongman is more than living up to his reputation.

best known for playing great goal the mountain in the t.v. series game of thrones has broken the deadlifting world record with a 31 year old one the world's strongest man competition and 28000. i'm extremely proud you know stream me happy is a great is more or than proving people wrong always were going into this i mean i did everything in the power to pull the switch i pulled. a few good to you know. on the world's top pole vaulters have been using their own back gardens to get found some live athletics to watch some kendricks mondo duplantis and rhino live elaine taking part in what they're calling the ultimate garden clash the live challenge is being streamed from their respective homes. and you'll be watching the al-jazeera news hour with me as a whole robin during obligated to have another full update of news while love the

new center but until i'm probably news team and may thanks very much for your time and your company. talk to al-jazeera we ask what your thoughts were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you'll you'll be in to go build you know the stage of you we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the 00 play an important role protecting you and. ringback your face.

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a different conclusion you're making a big stock of why are you willing to go look it up because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not isn't right people shouldn't be dying when there are people who can help them. random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of kabul's residents may have covert 19 this is a rainy and guards are accused of beating and drowning afghan migrants who try to cross the border. you're watching al-jazeera life from london i'm doubting you navigate also ahead. russia records a sharp rise a new coronavirus cases of more than 10000.