be the hero the world needs right now. wash your hands. al jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm getting obligates up coming up in the next 60 minutes random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of couples residents may have covert 19. records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than $10000.00 in 24 hours. before the disaster. the mayor of medallists is asking brett's home birth to help save the

protectors of the amazon rain forest from covert 90 and as another 606 people die in brazil. gas cars starts exporting a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus cure despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello thanks for joining us health officials in afghanistan fear of the corona virus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected meanwhile in russia to run a virus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise

with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by the pandemic have registered their lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths in nearly 7 weeks so as infection numbers rise in afghanistan afghan migrant workers who fled iran when its death toll soared are now heading back but it's led to. tragedy on the border between the 2 countries iranian border forces have been accused of drowning dozens of afghans to stop them crossing something iran denies alexy o'brien has more on that on the spread of the virus in afghanistan just a warning her report contains 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 not allowed to call for the hard challenge of 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 but a lot of my brothers went to iran 30 days ago yesterday because the did the very ground the iranians to get them to did evil and threw them into the water. iran's foreign ministry has denied the allegations and says the incident happened inside afghanistan the international organization for migration says the group was traumatized by what happened we provided them with overnight accommodation and some humanitarian services are a transit center in the city of herat unfortunately it would seem that at least 23 migrants lost their lives in this particular incident 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 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 is that we have way more than. people who are suffering with people who are not going to want to give their tax for testing because they don't trust the government infrastructure and there's not much the government can do if it's by the government

to persuade people to maintain social distance haven't been entirely successful partly blamed on low rates of literacy in a densely packed city activists warn of a horrific human tragedy in afghanistan if the virus becomes widespread to some trying to escape the country's problems has proven just as deadly brian al-jazeera . let's discuss of julie norman she's a teaching fellow in politics and international relations at university college london that's where she's joining us from thanks for your time with us on the news hour let's look at the numbers 1st in afghanistan how alarming is it that as many as a 3rd of the residents of the capital itself can be infected could that be an underestimate it probably is an underestimate one of the challenges with afghanistan right now is just there aren't a lot of tests as they have a ball and so the testing that took place in kabul was only about $500.00 tests but there ratio of positive cases there was rather alarming which suggests that the

city as well as the whole country probably has a lot of positive cases that are not being counted right now here and of the numbers are certainly on lot scale or even more according to what you're saying then what are the capabilities there for hospitals to be evil to be able to cope with these numbers. and you it's going to be very challenging with afghanistan we're looking at a country that has been going through a violent conflict and is still in that state right now but we're dealing with a political conflict and all of that is contributing with ongoing poverty that's always been particularly harsh on the health care system there because of the war there's been a lot of pressure to provide assistance for people with war injuries and whatnot and because of that the health system is already quite quite struck thing you're also dealing with a lot of malnutrition and food insecurity at the same time yeah and when it comes to lockdown measures which we've seen implemented and there's been a call for a lockdown measures to take place in afghanistan people there simply can adhere to them because they need to go out and work to be able to provide food. well that's

exactly it said there has been attempts to have these lockdown orders and in some areas it's taken place a little bit better than others but what's really happening is it's crippling on businesses but not really crippling the virus so we've seen a lot of businesses trying to comply you know closing up shops but individual people individual families just don't really have an option to stay in because they need to get out be able to get food just for that day or for the next day or to be able to work and so on it's been very hard for the comply with those orders and to what extent does the ongoing political conflict within the government itself as well as the conflict with the taliban then complicate any response to the virus you know it complicates it hugely you know again we're dealing with kind of a dual crisis right now one increasing attacks from the taliban there's an average of about 50 attacks a day for the last 2 months and then in the afghani government side of an ongoing dispute between the for the presidential leadership there which means that even

just from the afghan national government there's been a real challenge that any kind of central and unified approach to dealing with this crisis and rights is really normal and we'll leave it there thank you for speaking to us from london thank you well in europe the latest figures suggest some of its worst affected countries are starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel that's not the case in russia where another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive in just 24 hours so i google has the latest . and learned pull through russia sunday march the full 3 cool did single day crease of coronavirus cases and the worry now is what lies ahead and how russia's strained health care system will handle it medics complain of shortages of protective equipment and testing capabilities and the high rate of hospital workers who died from the virus. russia's reported death toll remains relatively lower than other countries but it has double the number of new

cases it had 2 weeks ago authorities say that is because of increased screening not only out of the spread of the virus is mainly caused by those happy with that symptoms so it's good when the patient is detected at an early stage the infection number is rising but not the spread of the illness itself more than one in italy 1000 newly recruited health workers prepared to assist doctors and nurses working inside the overcrowded prison network detention centers there have been at the heart of the coronavirus crisis from the very beginning and the fear is that it could prove to be a hub for renewed infections. this as the leader of the roman catholic church used his sunday address to call for international cooperation to combat the pandemic importantly of hockey making sure me it is important to unite scientific

capabilities in a transparent and impartial way to find vaccines and treatments to guarantee universal access to essential technologies that allow each infected person in every part of the world to receive the necessary medical treatment front's is now preparing to enter its final week of strict confinement measures its health ministry announced that the number of people who have died from cove at 19 rose by 166 to more than 24700 on saturday while figures for those admitted to hospitals continue to decline it comes with a warning from the health minister if infections rise in the coming week the lockdown could go on sunday diagonal edges era. and fox hole is director of the russia and eurasia studies center at the henry jackson unit society he says russia may be trying to hide the scale of its outbreak there are reasons to be skeptical i

think about what the kremlin say is. often when when russia or or president putin is pushed into a corner he lies we saw we've seen that any number of times over recent years we know that russia initially attempted to suppress both the statistics and also those who wanted to tell the truth about the statistics as i mentioned earlier they and a number of doctors for example that being said there are no officially at least 233000 cases in russia and there have been about a 1300 deaths so we are seeing a degree of openness for the kremlin on this but i don't necessarily think that that tells all the story as i say all story terry regimes in general 1st of all attempt to hide bad news from their own citizens and when they're not able to do that they tend to hide bad news from the outside world. marker has the latest from london on the mounting number of deaths in the u.k. . 28446 deaths that's the latest tally of people who have died

having tested positive a covert 19 in care homes and hospitals and in the wider community as well that's a jump of 3 $115.00 deaths in the past 24 hours less of a jump of the previous 24 hours but it comes despite the british government announcing that it was past the peak when it comes to the effects of covert 19 on the united kingdom still whoever there is a backdrop of rising death and growing concerns to the u.k. could very soon. be the worst affected country in europe so at the moment the british government can't afford to put a foot wrong it's a ramping up tracking and tracing of the virus it's hiring $18000.00 officials $3000.00 of them medical staff to take part in this tracking and tracing into a trial of the scheme is taking place later on in the week on the isle of wight they'll be additional component an app that people can use but it requires a large portion of the population some say around 60 percent for it to be truly effective to get an idea of who may have the virus and how the virus spreads also

later on in the week we will have an idea here of war plans the u.k. may have for easing restrictions we may see some legislation passed when it comes to the use of facemasks or certain sectors of the economy be allowed to reopen when it but when it comes to a phase timetable it's unclear yet whether the british government will have any kind of hard and fast date as to when we will start to see a degree of normality return to people's lives. more than 67000 people have now died from the corona virus in the u.s. despite that more states are bowing to pressure on reopening but it's not enough for some protesters who are still demonstrating in several cities meanwhile the white house is still trying to pin the blame on china reports. they are a minority but they are angry. only across the country from new hampshire to

nevada and states in between protesters demand the government let businesses reopen it's in god's hands what happens to my me and my house. and anybody else's for that matter now is given i done other days and i believe after the big days he's gonna give out another days and days that come on the. dr deborah bird leading the white house coronavirus effort says it's concerning so many demonstrators aren't wearing masks it's devastatingly worrisome to me personally because if they go home and in fact their grandmother or their ground there who has a co morbid condition and they have a serious are a very or an unfortunate outcome they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives the white house recommendation to states reopen business only after you've seen 14 days of decline in cases despite the fact that no state has reached the threshold

about half are loosening restrictions and the trend of ministration is again trying to turn the focus to china by sending what seems to be contradictory messages but the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade but no reason to disbelieve that at this point. your office of the d.n.i. says the consensus the scientific consensus was not manmade or genetically modified . that's right i believe that i've said i've seen their analysis i've seen the summary that you saw that was released publicly i have no reason to doubt that that is accurate the us secretary of state without providing evidence arguing the virus came from a chinese lab that wasn't created by its scientists but the country weeks into quarantine tries to come to terms with what comes next and at what cost. all celebrities artists and scientists have written an open letter to brazil's government urging it to save the nation's indigenous people from the threat of

covert 19 the mayor for now is also appealed to the climate activists gretta tom burke to use her influence to help those protecting the amazon rain forest to battle the corona virus the city is grappling with the highest coronavirus death rate in brazil which now has more than 100000 confirmed cases and 275 deaths reported in the last 24 hours on saturday tweeted that the indigenous people who defend the forest must themselves be defended. we have to save the lives of 2 of the fraud if from refute. the disaster. from seemed like barbarism following the story for us is not a summer in pants and he's joining us in the colombian capital bogota so there are growing concerns of the effects of the coronavirus on the amazon region on us under . absolutely burying and not only in brazil

but throughout the region here in colombia peru all the countries that have part of their territory in the amazon are very worried by the fact that the corona virus is reaching very remote parts of. the original rain forest and in particular this city of man hours in brazil has become the epicenter of this crisis this is not the 1st time that the mayor scald for international help in the last couple of weeks but things just keep getting wars there we have seen reports of the health services there are completely overwhelmed tore at these opening up mass graves for the number of dead since they don't have enough coffins places where to put the dead the situation is very dramatic there increasingly

also there is the criticism towards the ground the governor of the amazon region in brazil for taking a lot of time to employment any kind of restrictions and this has also to do a lot with the fact that the president of brazil has been minimizing the risks and now the mayor is saying it's already too late for us and they're also fearing that the virus is trying to reach an indigenous population deeper inside the jungle and the rain forest and that's why we're now seeing people mobilizing across the world the situation there was already pretty bad for the indigenous groups giving the fact that we had seen an increase in the forest station illegal logging illegal gold mining in the amazon region and again the president of brazil both the natter had said that the brazilian amazon is essentially open for business in the say.

and opening the door to international companies that want to start exploring in these protected areas so the station very very dramatic there and it's getting worse every day yeah and sandra despite brazil's rising coronavirus numbers so far more than 100000 confirmed cases have been registered also in our himself has again been out screeding his supporters what do we know about the. yeah and number of his supporters were protesting once again it's happening often especially on weekends in front of the presidential palace in support president bush and against the country's courts the supreme court in a particularly block to both a narrow from changing the head of the police again said hugh moto who was both so

now both a minister of justice he resigned last week accusing the president of trying to interfere in police investigations into him and his sons he's now at the center of a number of investigations there are growing calls for him to be impeached but at the same time we see that he still has an important number of supporters that are willing to go out in the fire and the social distancing measures that have been put in place in the capital brasilia by the mayor of brasilia and the governor of the state there. and so he's fighting for is political survival while the numbers of the cases of coronavirus keep growing and he still is minimizing the effects that the virus is having in brazil he said that is supporters are there because these are the brazilians who love order and liberty and he also insisted

that the brazilian military are with him and the people that support them so there's 2 crisis going on in brazil right now one has to do with the spread of the coronavirus the other one is the president trying to fight for his political survival while also the economy obviously keeps getting worse and worse ok alison thank you for the update from bogota and some more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including food shortages in sudan during the holy month of ramadan. on us the coronavirus pandemic and inflation hit supplies china has vast home delivery infrastructure fuels the economy and made its coronavirus lockdown. but 1st the world health organization has warned there is no evidence a herbal tonic touted by madagascar's president as

a coronavirus cure actually works but that hasn't stopped andry rajoelina exporting to drink 1st the equitorial guinea and now begin to be solved he says the cure is covert $1000.00 patients within 10 days it contains the artemisia plant which is normally used to treat malaria guinea purcell's self-proclaimed president omar o.c. soaker and balo announced that herbal tea will be distributed to infected people in hospitals in the coming 2 weeks. here go to see. the nation as a gesture in the fight against the global pandemic could cope with 19 i would like to say that with this guinea bissau will be seen in a very different concept of nationhood it will be seen as a country that's always has good people and today the world will talk about guinea bissau. meanwhile tanzania as president has he's in talks with madagascar to send the plane to collect a shipment off the tonic john michael fullilove has also questioned his own

country's coronavirus number as tanzania has recorded 480 cases and 17 deaths but his government has been accused of hiding information and failing to take the virus seriously he dismissed test kits imported from abroad as faulty saying samples taken from a goat and a piece of fruit had tested positive. to predict a sample when we took a papaya sample for a covert 99 test we labeled a sample is a little bit 26. the result came out positive this means those inside the papaya is corona virus positive somebody which is totally insane. well nearly $8000000.00 people in sudan's capital are marking the holy month of ramadan under lockdown but as the pandemic further damages an economy that was already suffering stocking up has been challenging especially for families who rely on day to day income have a morgan has more from khartoum 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 and 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. the last of the before the lockdown i would about a 1000 or 1500 pounds a week by doing construction in different parts of carts 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 as it has become affordable for many in a tomb under labor which is no longer an option so they are forced to live with and that's all they can afford sudan's government has announced that it will distribute basic commodities to those in need. it's also launched programs offering goods at below market prices. we're distributing goods and social support to the poor and the families affected by the lockdown and this will continue in the coming days according to the should jolt 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 off to 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 bats with no job and no income people morgan al-jazeera. iran is set to reopen some mosques and schools from monday as further is its coronavirus lockdown restrictions the move of the facts around a 3rd of districts which have been consistently free of that this is a president hassan rouhani is urging iranians to maintain social distancing the country has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the middle east on saturday's reported its slowest daily rise in new infections and more than one jealous or go stand bitch. we decided today that 132 counties are in the white zone or low risk these counties will reopen their mosques as of tomorrow commence friday prayers while observing health protocols meanwhile

a car park into her on has been transformed into a drive in cinema bringing some relief to residents who've been self isolating cars or disinfected before going through to watch one of the 2 shows screened in china it's the outdoor movie theater has been operating since restrictions started easing thailand this coming back to life after weeks of lockdown bangkok was buzzing on sunday as restaurants salans and pet shops were among the 1st businesses to reopen customers rushed to alcohol stores where a ban on sales was lifted allsopp's must now follow distancing and hygiene rules thailand has reported no new deaths in days that has kept its overall tally relatively low. south koreans are flocking to an amusement park as social distancing rules are relaxed most visitors to the park and so were wearing face masks on there were also temperature checks on entry south korea is one of just a few countries that appear to have controlled the spread of coronavirus despite

never enforcing a formal lockdown it will loosen more rules that allow more businesses to reopen on wednesday. tens of millions of chinese citizens were forced to stay at home during the coronavirus lockdown there and even the restrictions have now been eased many are still afraid to venture outside even for essential oils but a vast home delivery network is helping the economy take over a trio you reports from beijing. boxes of toys toiletries and kitchen staples these packages a big suited scad and sprayed with disinfectant before being delivered to customers all over they change the current virus 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 in deliveries of staple food like

a rice flour and the oil. supplies to like a face masks and the cleaning products 2 weeks carpet 19 forced the closure of businesses across china but delivery hubs like this remained open throughout the crisis tens of thousands of packages a person has at this distribution center every day and most customers who received the items within 24 hours before the. companies have adapted to the outbreak by limiting contact with clients. smushed locals are used to deposit parcels in residential compounds analysts say the lights but used a digital platforms has enabled china to develop one of the most sophisticated. delivery networks in the world. has over 90 percent of these towns covered by a home delivery service industry or faster speed. 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 communion to 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 facemasks and vitamins are provided a reminder of the risks they face while financially buying online means shopping safely for others it means putting their orange health on the line betrays you al-jazeera aging. coming up on the al-jazeera news hour in just a moment and just slips down the global price freedom index over its media blackout into a smear israel's high court hears a challenge against the new coalition government was could trigger the country's 4th election and 18 months.

hello there rather unsettled picture across much of central and eastern europe but it does come of course with some rain which is very much needed across many areas you can see plenty of activity the last few hours and the rain also bringing some thunderstorms and very often of course you get pictures of this. dark skies here over there in hungary the beautiful double rainbow are all the striking one over the skies in front. street monday some of these the thunderstorms across eastern sections could be a little bit severe at times maybe some strong winds some heavy amounts of rain particularly these areas in dog blue areas the ukraine and across into a mania and we could also have some damaging hail at the same time so more showers across central areas germany again across into poland all areas where desperately need to see some rain and then waiting in the wings is the next system this will bring some rather heavy rain into the bay of biscay across into western france and

eventually through choose a pushing up into southern regions of the u.k. but all the while staying fine and dry across much of portugal and spain such homages coming back up again and as you can see some pretty nice guys throughout much of the man so tom ridge is there in the mid to low twenty's and equally fine and dry across much of northern africa you can see temperatures are not too bad but again we have at least the sunny skies for the next few days choose as no different 23 and rip at. may on al-jazeera has called it 96000000 and trick is 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 is mine despite the coronavirus pandemic poland presses ahead with presidential elections by

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hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour afghan officials are concerned the corona virus may have spread much further of through the country than they thought after random testing suggests that around the 3rd of kabul residents could be infected russia has seen a sharp rise in its number of infections more than 10000 people toss the positive in one day for the 1st time in the country's outbreak. celebrities artists and scientists have written an open letter to brazil's governments are urging it to save the nation's indigenous people from the threat of covert 9 to. well it's world press freedom day and the un is urging governments to stop intimidating members of the press it says it's received alarming accounts of retaliation against journalists reporting on the coronavirus pandemic on world press freedom day we call on governments and others to get into the generally skin do their jobs throughout the coverage 1000 pandemic and beyond is the burn them experience it is

also given rise to a 2nd pandemic of the mission from harmful helsa vice to wild conspiracy to use the press provides the into that very fight scientific fictive news of the know is but since the pen that began many journalists are being subjected to increase restrictions and punishments seabreeze for doing their jobs well $346.00 journalists are in prison worldwide with china saudi arabia and egypt detaining the highest number among them is al jazeera journalist saying who has been imprisoned without charge in egypt since december 26th there are concerns for his health during the pandemic al-jazeera as director general has written to world leaders urging them to call for the immediate release of moods and all other journalists. india has slipped down a global league table of press freedom for what monitors call constant violations against the rights of journalists they also said assaults on reporters and media

outlets are on the rise especially in indian administered kashmir elizabeth purana reports. for years 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 normal what are 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 i don't know i'm not affiliated with any political party or do what i'm uploading are the reality of me. must write as one of several journalists the indian government has accused of carrying out what it calls anti national activities. reporters without borders has ranked india

142 out of 180 countries in its annual press freedom index the montra body says the school is heavily affected by the situation and indeed in the middest of kashmir with the government shutdown telecommunications for several months after revoking the region special told them a status that made it difficult for journalists to report on what was happening i don't know what i have. spent 9 months in jail ought to have appointed on the increase in soldiers there he was never charged. i'm over now this gap you are a terrorist i'm a patriot you are an anti national i'm a nationalist the gaps that our government and media have created how do we remove those gaps or gaps yes have got to believe what the government says it's open to criticism but that there are limits to free speech we have. against the law of the law. and those who have are still. making as

somebody who needs to. be. 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 the institutions and the purpose to be. feeling to be a constitutional democracy maybe a democracy in the sense that the majority of the mobility in some senses but it is not a constitutional democracy and. police are investigating the case against muster with who says she won't 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 coordinated hate campaigns on social media against

journalists critical of the government's hindu nationalist ideology especially if they're women and as a prominent al jazeera new delhi well it's not just press freedom under threat there are concerns that many leaders are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to silence rivals as well as journalists like you've been hearing delay elections an increase repression in their countries in general form as we can speak to sarah put she was the vice president of research and analysis at freedom house she's joining us from new york hi there thanks for joining us on the news hour so i know that is a concern that you share but from your work in your research what's alarmed you the most i think the big concern right now is that it's used as an excuse to institute restrictions that might outlive the needs and well allow you to stand power or to have firmer control of their populations so what you're saying is. bills as they're being called are deemed as emergency

measures but this could then justify sort of endless extensions. yes so for example in hungary where the government was already systematically dismantling the checks on its power leading up to this crisis now 1000 has given them the perfect opportunity to institute emergency law in a way that really doesn't provide any checks or oversight and can be extended. and those governments though would say that well restrictions are necessary in times of crisis so of course restrictions are necessary but restrictions should be proportionate to the healthy cities and they should end when the health crisis is no longer there and also they should be applied fairly across the population issue can be used to target certain groups or opponents of the regime oh it's such

a soft or a tarion regimes i mean here in the u.k. a coronavirus bill was rushed through parliament with government essentially the power to detain and isolate people indefinitely bad public gatherings as well as other things with little oversight so when that happens in a country like the u.k. and in the absence of the u.s. speaking out against such issues and if the u.s. under scrutiny itself can kind of step in to provide leadership. yeah it really is unfortunate that democracy isn't especially united states are not stepping up at this time of heightened for pression across the world that's what has happened in the past and it's a really big gap right now but i do think there's other democracies that can step up even if the united states has other foreign policy priorities right now and doesn't seem to see itself as a leader you know germany starting to really get control over the pandemic at home and that it's a great opportunity for and i really hope that or rise to the occasion countries

like u.k. and france and sweden can also be leaders joining us time of a real need for global leadership and what are you calling for specifically what needs to be done to protect civil liberties and protect a political rights in this time of coronavirus you know we put out a set of principles in this regard but just in general what i would say is that there should always be independent oversight over any measures that are put in place and should be informed by medical needs by x. courts and they should be proportionate and they should end when the health crisis ends as well and we should move on and have our liberties restart all right as our approach to be thank you for speaking to us from new york thank you so much. thousands of palestinian laborers are returning to work in israel for the 1st time since crossings were closed in march due to the coronavirus 40000 workers are expected to cross there and it's today opening following an agreement between

israel and the palestinian authority last month some employers for accused of dumping palestinian workers at checkpoints after they showed symptoms of covert 19 rights groups accuse israel of failing to insure worker safety there are fears the reopening could cause the virus spreads into brahim is in the occupied west bank and bethlehem and says despite the health risks the workers are important for both the palestinian and israeli economists. 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 and 14000

palestinian workers are expected to cross into israel on sunday and monday they are workers in the agriculture industry and construction sectors they are important for the israeli economy and they're also important for the palestinian economy they generate their own 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 i don't 74 percent of infractions have come from workers and those around them but at the same time they're crucial for the economy that has already taken a heads because of closures because of coverage 90 on the way here we've passed through 2 palestinian checkpoints man. 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. israel could be plunged back into political chaos with its coalition government now facing a major legal hurdle countries high court has started a 2 day hearing on whether prime minister benjamin netanyahu is upcoming corruption trial and other issues prevent him from forming a government harry fawcett reports 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 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've done find a prime if there is agreement now for one thing here it will. come back to the people and it will not be any more any more in a bit longer because 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 gans 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 then israel would be heading for a 4th election in less than 18 months with its political system straining at the scene are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour the world's top scorer falter as give the fans on live athletics to watch of what they've called the ultimate garden class. the great game of thrones star who played the mountain breaks the mountain breaks the world's deadlifting record details from a. full line for time to turn up the volume on the untold story smelled way you don't know 6 examine the u.s. and its role in the world we're going to bomb the taliban in submission and bomb them to the peace table during gunfire coming from the direction we're going to get in holding the powerful to account killing this room has cancer and knows that

someone that lives here this has cancer. fault lines coming soon on al jazeera expelled from their bases in jordan in lebanon and left in the political wilderness rebellion was rising in the ranks of the p.l.o. but was this just another inevitable step on the road to victory this is a part of this long botch to overcome that just for the conflict that would cost a lot of fat his leadership in life. chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home. p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. more. hello

flash floods in western kenya have left nearly 2000 families homeless heavy rainfall caused the river and zoya to burst its banks. banks leading to landslides and leaving many homes under water a government official says more than 115 people have died in the past few days because of floods across 29 counties the kenya red cross is calling on local governments to free up rescue centers after concerns over crowding could help the coronavirus friends or yet i might say the school is has been flooding for free days now i think the government is not even aware but now we are telling them we're asking if there are any plans to assist us only 2 boats are here for about 3000 people who have to do that you are things have been spoiled in here for example that frege freezer and it cookers cooking pots have been swept away by 2 watts and we are due. north korea has fired several gunshots within the demilitarized zone that separates it from south korea bullets struck

a guard post inside the area prompting the south korean military to respond with 2 rounds of gunfire a defense official later said the shots from the north were likely to have been accidental and came a day after north korean media reported kim jong un's 1st appearance after a 3 week absence that fueled speculation about his health. the indian army says 5 troops and 2 rebels are dead after the army and police stormed a house in indian administered kashmir where rebels were holding hostages the army said it came under heavy gunfire but successfully rescued the katha civilians from a house in the northwestern town of. at least 8 civilians including children were also injured by the explosive device just a few kilometers away venezuelan officials say they foiled an attempt by a group of armed men to enter the country on speedboats early on sunday killing 8 attackers and arresting 2 officials say the attack happened in about 25 kilometers

from caracas without without private providing evidence they said it was carried out by colombia backing from washington in a plot to overthrow president nicolas maduro. we have 2 from ation that was sent to us from colombia about this incursion we did not have the details of where but today we could see these boats you know that they have the g.p.s. and with the g.p.s. one can trace all the paul from where they left and where they went all those boats left from colombia. all the cousin of bashar assad has had out that the syrian president saying the security forces are pressuring him to step down from his business but i mean off lou said security forces were inhumane they're arresting his employees he says it's part of a campaign to make him pay millions of dollars in tax and leave the helm of his empire which include syria's main mobile network through photos his fortune to assad's and bankrolled his war efforts but he appears to have fallen out of favor

last year and days ago he made a video pleading with his cousin to prevent the collapse off his company. the algerian singer and barber icon known as dear has died at the age of 70 in paris the singer died of lung disease after being taken to hospital on friday president has paid tribute to a man he called and national monuments well robert malley looks back at his life and career. it 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 the speaking region of the central at the snout

it's about. 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 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 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 thing to campaign for that culture and identity to be remember. david more music is you his album identities featured famous musicians from around the world including manage child

folk singers can matheson and down to brass and french singers charles as the 4. here he's teaching his beloved language. that when you belong to a minority you start believing that you're vulnerable or 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 if you lose your will to survive and even though you're already strong it makes you stronger. he went on to rise in the form of others including now she says to him yes the funds to come in lewis and the quintessential. people in festivals and concerts worldwide with this thing to police an acoustic guitar he has made the birth of language and culture known and loved only for the

art. now 3 of the world's top pole vaulter us have been using their own back gardens to get fans sung by a slight ics the rivals voltage 5 meters as many times as they could in 30 minutes as part of what they called the ultimate garden class which was lifestream its sweetest world record holder mondo duplantis and frenchman renault level any both clear the high $36.00 times while american sam kendricks only managed $26.00 successful attempts at everything being cancelled it's the it's tougher to farm of vacation and now have having this little competition that we had was really some of the court to put the past because you know i miss the feeling of competing i missed being out there with the guys even if it's kind of virtually. you know it was it

was really on time i really you know it was fun to switch back in a competition competition. and in another competition an icelandic strongman is more than living up to his reputation. for your concern best known for playing greg or the mountain and the t.v. series game of thrones has broken the deadlift world record by picking up 501 kilograms the 31 year old previously won the world's strongest man competition in 2018. i'm extremely proud you know i'm sticking with he is a great is nothing badder than cruel people on always recall that going into this i knew that i did everything in the power to to really pull this which i pulled it's a feel healthy food good to you know. thanks for watching the news hour on

al-jazeera we're back in just a moment we'll have much more of the day's news coming your way see you in a minute. he had it all. the passion 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 look lou free. to fool the algerian national liberation front with his feet rashid mclean free and the f l n

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