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states balance of pressure and reopen but protests continue in several cities. because that is the last. and game set and mismatches tennis stars put on a vets will show for charity. now to may just southeast asian nations are taking tentative steps to lift coronavirus restrictions thailand and malaysia have spent weeks and locked down but at the start of a new working week malaysia is allowing the majority of businesses to reopen large gatherings hasta last allowed and schools and universities remain closed people have also been asked to continue social distancing while thailand is allowing restaurants salans and pet shops to reopen no new deaths had been reported there in days but all incoming flights have been banned until the end of the month well

we'll hear from scott hides in bangkok shortly but 1st let's speak to florence who is she joins us from the capital quite alone for france malaysia's easing restrictions talk us through what that means practically for people there and how they've been reacting. many businesses and offices are now allowed to reopen including retailers and shopping malls like what you see behind me but they have to implement certain safety measures including temperature screening and making sure that's enough space within the premises people inside to practice physical distancing and people also allowed to exercise outside their homes and play sports for contact sports and sports groups. we saw several dogs out on the street this morning but employees have still been advised to as far as possible let people continue working from home and it seems many are heeding that advice the streets on monday morning in kuala lumpur are busier than they have been in the last 6 weeks but no way

a regular week day and schools and universities are still closed and crucially malaysia's borders have not reopened and interstate travel is still not allowed on the malaysian prime minister has described this as a cautious and controlled we go plenty of economic activity in malaysia has lost 14 and a half $1000000000.00 since the cubs were put in place 6 weeks ago but not everyone agrees with the government's decision to relax restrictions several local governments have said they will not be following suit and they will not be easing restrictions just yet but even a petition online the government to reconsider and as of 9 am on monday morning it's got about it's got more than 470000 signatures now but malaysian health officials say malaysia has managed to flatten and that its health system is able to cope with any small spikes but this country is likely to see going forward and it's very much a sense that the government thinks it needs to non-strike a balance between protecting people's lives and preserving their livelihoods. are

there for us in the malaysian capital quote unquote thank you very much for our. correspondents in bangkok and he explained some of the restrictions that have been lifted by thailand. this is the 2nd day the 1st business day of the relaxation of these restrictions that were imposed back in march you know it's a slow and steady process according to the government you know it's going to be every 2 weeks with a re-evaluate how things are going and then the other side of the move forward in lifting some of these restrictions right now some more shops are allowed to open up restaurants are allowed to have people dying in but distancing very strict social distancing measurements within those restaurants that we've always had a and encourage work from home directive from the government here never really fully enforced that remains in place also when you look at the public transportation here in bangkok very critical for this very very crowded city people riding on public transportation still have to wear a mask when it comes to the future of

a big contributor to the gross domestic product here in thailand how thailand makes its money comes from the tourism industry and there have been a couple of announcements about how things will be moving forward we know that there is a a ban on inbound international flights that will stay in place until the end of may that is in place the airports here in thailand will only be open from 7 am to 7 pm to further curb the air traffic if you will some domestic flights restarted at the end of last week but still very limited at this stage now when you look at again the importance of it that's why we're here in this neighborhood of old bangkok this is really a touristy area called zone area there are still very few tourists here obviously that is going to remain the case for several weeks if not months to come you know we're looking at projects in numbers coming out from the government down at least 40 percent the 1st quarter of this year into his numbers that's going to be even bigger for the 2nd quarter and again that's very very important for the economy here so obviously the government is rambling to try to figure out other ways for

the nation here to make money. well we can talk now to thailand's deputy prime minister on it in china very cold was also the minister for public health he joins us now via the foreign set thanks so much for taking the time to join us today and as we've been reporting your government has chosen to ease restrictions and although i see only 3 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours there's also potentially 40 more that haven't been counted in yala in the south a usual this isn't tracer. i think. people have. you know it's a team strategy the government has. long. educated people to prepare for this things that happen in that style it has to be concerned because it's a little. contradictions in terms of. case

citing and the results of the lab so according to the. procedures we need to have the. reconfirmation people are going to get it we saw when you speak about testing well the low numbers when it comes to testing in thailand have been criticised to during this pandemic and i say that you chose to take a selective screening approach are you satisfied with the amount of tests done some really still part because. as a representative of. the a couple in. 6 a certain to all parties that the royal thai government has merely to. hide in the beaches and on the contrary we are ready to keep all. realistic information and truth to the people you know there for them to be prepared and share that information together because we we need to have that

corporations in order to. contain this. epidemic or pandemic that so at all right the now apparently are you are you satisfied with the number of tests that were done in your country. we have done all the best we can we have limited resources so we have to utilize our resources in the area that we are. out food that it might have been. not safe but all in all really quite satisfied with what we have been doing and. the most important thing is we have been keepin our stupid corporations from other people's they have followed the.

recommendations and they have to abide to all the regulations that we have. requested them to follow and i say now with the easing of restrictions international incoming flights are still banned other than repatch reaction to the thai citizens but now people i believe can also travel between provinces are you concerned about a potential 2nd wave of infections as we saw in singapore. we we have we are concerned in every possibility that's why we. are seeking corporation for them all from the people who make sure that we can. too. we can put things at at the risk for as much as we can. we really have still restricted people from coming up brought.

and we have a rich people not to travel crossing the provinces because we have the sponge we have many long holidays so. we know that to prevent the spread of. the seas. our people to to stay home. to the spirit and we will see the results or we can always many. regulations or restrictions. so in due course i do have to ask you very briefly you yourself have come under fire number of times during this pandemic for making comments that seem to blame white foreigners to spreading the coronavirus do you regret to say i i i stick by my word. it has proven that when you live with the news has the report to be able to talk

about i hope i. am not. talking sweetly but you don't reap we need to make sure that our country the same so good people are coming into our country meet to correspond to our regulations and busy to respect. our people you know there to to to keep our country safe. to the situation to place one. i i was at the camp when i was doing the crime kept during the campaign to make people aware of wearing masks in public areas so there were a group of tourists that i handed. smilingly . the face managed to him free of charge and.

recommended him to. go to put it on and really. tap on my hands and give me a very very cool look because it works and i have to go with the premise and the new soap opera help i go to high i will be able i would be able to you contribute to smile at them and their passion so i do have to ask you very briefly the new you have been accused in a phobia will this moment although i don't mean all of them i i mean i meant only with the specific group of people who. came to other countries and this openly what. country what this or where the requirements of that particular country.

thailand's deputy prime minister there on your chin chunder call he's also the country's public health minister thank you very much sir for joining us here on the edge of their property. now brazil's amazon region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infection so they are rising quickly saving hospitals overwhelmed in the city of manassas boss president jaya bolton are a continues to play down the pandemic of the founder m.p.'s he reports. face mask is projected on the statue of christ the redeemer the symbol of. it's a call for awareness as the number of cases keep rising across brazil. has been marking the seas from the start keeps hugging and shaking hands with supporters. on sunday he once again led a protest in the capital against stay at home measures ordered by local governors

as he fights against corruption from the country's congress and supreme court. we want the true independence of the 3 powers not only a fraction of the constitution we don't want that enough with interference we want to admit any more interference i'm being very clear patience has run out last week replace the country's most popular anti corruption crusader former justice minister . who now accuses him of trying to meddle in police investigations against him and his sons but while the president is focused on his political problems the virus is spreading rapidly in the amazon state capital health services have been overwhelmed by the number of sick people the city is handling more than $100.00 deaths per day 3 times the normal average. mass graves to. the mayor of international plea for help as concerns grows that the virus could have

devastating effects on the. indigenous tribes. we have to save the lives. of the forest. like barbara rees. a call for help that so far has rung hollow for a president to screech say seems more worried about political survival than keeping brazilians alive i listen that i'm just either while still ahead on al-jazeera coordinated attacks in iraq killed 14 members of the security forces we visit the group that was targeted.

hello the heat is still on across the southwest of the united states although the excessive heat warnings they have been really for the time being it is a clear skies across the south a middle areas. across these areas in the northeast but the last hour or 2 has been pretty nice into the northeast new jersey but many people but enjoying the sunshine when they can but a lot more people out in this area of a central park in new york city as you can see but to the really well separators now monday north about day the showers should be clearing away from the northeast but as you can see the northern plains and the central plains this is where we're going to see another line of potentially severe thunderstorms developing some very heavy amounts of rain and as we go on through cheese say that will work its way further east was on the coming a little bit have you again really across into the south and pushing up into the eastern seaboard but mostly care elsewhere the winds are pretty strong are coming down from the north but not especially cold this time of year now across central

america and the caribbean we've got a few shows over the next couple of days we could see some heavy rains dominican republic later in the day across into haiti maybe some showers across in jamaica and release of scattered areas the showers maybe some thunderstorms into mexico and again all the while some quite heavy rain into costa rica on across into panama change really on tuesday 29 in cancun. rewind returns i can't bring your people back to life i'm sorry. i was at the. continues with me going into a war zone he said the 1st thing i look for is the exit it's on how to get it it's how to get out the pictures there's no point going to these places rewind.

the. head of there i'm just. a reminder of our top stories this hour malaysia is allowing the majority of businesses to reopen but large gatherings are still not allowed schools and universities will remain closed and people have been asked to continue social distancing. thailand also eased its lockdown over the weekend it's allowed restaurants salans and pet shops to reopen no new deaths have been reported in days but all incoming flights have been banned until the end of the month. and brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle

against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and it's prompted an international call for the protection of indigenous communities. now in other news over the weekend ice will conducted several coordinated attacks in iraq killing at least 14 members of the security forces most of the victims were from sony factions of the popular mobilisation forces our correspondents mona fulton went to visit the group. these men from the popular mobilization forces or p.m.s. are the 1st line of defense in one of iraq's most dangerous areas across the river lies and stronghold yet their outpost salahuddin province has no thermal cameras not even a generator to power the lights when electricity cuts out at night. there is no support for us no court meant no armor no clothes no have you a printer. the formed in 2014 to fight eisel are shia led but this unit

is sunni and part of the so-called tribal which draws its fighters from local tribes though poorly equipped they're often deployed deep into rule areas and are easy targets for eisel 9 were killed last saturday in the most brazen attack in months when i sold government's knock up on their checkpoint at night and opened fire killing 3 instantly 3 others were burned alive 3 more were killed in a roadside bomb when they rushed to help. it wasn't until 6 or 7 hours after the incident that more help arrived it's because of the lack of effort and support from the security forces around here. until a few weeks ago an emergency police unit was based nearby but it was redeployed to urban areas to enforce coronavirus lockdowns eisel fried's on instability and the group has taken advantage of the political economic and health crises that have hit

iraq over the past few months in addition to that political tensions and rifts inside popular mobilization forces have impeded the ability of security forces to contain the insurgency the unit commander blames sectarian strife for the lack of resources and accuses the shia based on the other side of the river of not doing enough to secure the area. don't control the 7 kilometer strips facing us we also tell them that they're not covering these areas but they don't deploy forces there it's empty. the commander says his battalion enjoyed more support from the pm prior to the association of its charismatic deputy chief of a $100.00 he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in january alongside iranian general custom solem money since then the pm has real from internal competition. not in 100.

units across there is an outreach approach after that so i knew what was wrong go with you and very much or the vision. to we then are the go to. ration. the killings the maki sheaffer have sparked calls for greater empowerment of the sunni pm or in securing their own areas many tribesmen hope that the incident will usher in greater material support as they confront isis resurgence they want to fulton al jazeera. gyptian 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 affiliated with eisel claimed responsibility for that attack a cousin of syria's president has his out of bashar assad saying security forces are pressuring him to step down from his business rami mcclure says it's part of a campaign to make him pay millions and tax them a cliff owes his fortune to assad and bankrolled his war effort but he appears to have fallen out of favor last year and days ago made a video urging his cousin to prevent the collapse of his company. india's army says 5 of its troops have been killed during a raid to free hostages in indian administered kashmir 2 of the hostage takers were also killed during the gunfire exchange now the army says it managed to rescue the captives from the house in the north western town of 100 wara at least 8 civilians including children were also injured by an explosive device just a few kilometers away. now returning to the corona virus pandemic and more than

67000 people have now died from the crown of virus in the united states despite that more states into pressure and reopening but it's not enough for protesters who are still demonstrating in several cities meanwhile the white house is trying to angle the blame towards 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 he's given other another 15 days and i believe after the big days he's gonna give out the not days and days that come on the. dr deborah burke leaving the white house coronavirus i've heard says it's concerning so many demonstrators aren't wearing masks 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 our very own 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 loosen restrictions and the trend of ministration is again trying to turn the focus to china by sending what seems to be contradictory messages that the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade have 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 agree with 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. al-jazeera . well jordan has lifted all restrictions on economic activities after a lockdown lasting almost 7 weeks public transport will resume normal service universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue now over the past 2 weeks jordan has been lifting restrictions to allow businesses back to work but with lower levels of staff and also strict social distancing and hygiene guidelines the country has so far ported 460 cases and 9 deaths to. it was decided from wednesday to open all economic sectors which have not been allowed to operate fully and allow them to work at full productive capacity

provided that the sympathy of jordanian labor is not least than 75 percent she now the world health organization says there's no evidence a herbal tonic touted by madagascar as president as a cure for the corona virus actually works but that hasn't stopped the drink from being exported 1st to equitorial guinea and now to guinea bissau out or about in many reports. this is proving popular in the past we can cope with 19 who knew who it actually was. madagascar's president only resoluteness says it's so effective he's exposing it to the other side of the continent guinea the south president is also impressed he visited the airport to welcome the new shipment there's no question this donation is a gesture in the fight against a global pandemic called cope at 19 i'd like to say with this guinea-bissau will be seen in a very different concept of nationhood it will be seen as

a country that always has good people and today the world will talk about the south it's the 2nd country to the post that the harp which is used as a tonic contains the ultimately a plant which is normally used to treat malaria but the world health organization warns that the effectiveness of the hype has not been proven even tested by scientists but that hasn't stand its popularity tanzania's president says he's in talks with madagascar to send a plane to collect a shipment to pick a sample we are origen touch with monica scott there ought to us an official letter informing us about their cure we shall send our airplane to go and pick the drugs so our citizens can also reap the benefits tanzania has recorded 17 deaths but the government's been accused of failing to take the virus seriously in the campus who does its business as usual schools the shots that markets most and churches remain

open. and back in madagascar the army has been knocking door to door to give the tonic to the most vulnerable people the country has so far recorded few cases and no fatalities as government actions have gone beyond the hard. and social distancing rules have been enforced. measures medical experts say that to even if the tonic is not. spain and italy have recorded their lowest daily increase in deaths from the corona virus since the middle of march spain recorded 164 deaths in the past day that brings its total death toll to just over 25000 if we reported 174 new deaths in the past 24 hours. now top tennis stars have competed in a live streamed tennis tournament. oh yeah it's not

too good right. now with tennis on hold you say look down and social distancing restrictions top players including the williams sisters miami or soccer and maria sharapova have played in the stay at home they competed as nintendo characters to raise money for charity now serina williams who is usually a force on the course was knocked out in the 1st round. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines several countries across asia have begun lifting restrictions after weeks of being in lockdown thailand in the philippines have barred incoming flights to malaysia is still not allowing public gatherings florence really has more from kuala lumpur a lot of businesses shops and offices are now allowed to open but they have to

implement certain safety measures including temperature screening and making sure that there's not spaces within the premises for people to maintain physical distance now people are also now allowed to exercise out of their homes something they haven't been able to do in the last 6 weeks this allowed to play sports now outside as long as it doesn't involve contact and as long as it doesn't involve big groups of people we've already seen a couple of joggers out in the streets on monday morning. brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly and even hospitals are overwhelmed and that's prompted the city's mayor to issue a plea. you know. we have to save the lives of 2 of the forest from refute. you fool of the disaster. some seem like barbara reis well russia has

seen a shop rise in its number of infections more than 10000 people tested positive in one day for the 1st time in the country's outbreak lockdowns had been in place there for several weeks and jordan has lifted all restrictions on economic activities after an almost 7 week coronavirus lockdown public transport will resume normal service but universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue jordan has in the last 2 weeks the lifting restrictions to allow businesses back to work but with low levels of staff and strict social distancing and hygiene guidelines tanzania's president says he is in talks with madagascar to send a plane to collect a shipment of a herbal tonic turns out as a cure for covert 19 the government has been accused of hiding information and failing to take the virus seriously well those are the headlines next up it's rewind mo and me.

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