played an important role. for. ringback the earth the over the edge of. a chilly start to open up again coronavirus restrictions are coming off but there is concern about a 2nd wave of infections. well i'm fully back to boyer watching al-jazeera live from doha a vaccine within months is a prediction of president as he blames a chinese mistake for the pandemic the race is on to find the formula for immunity against the virus but it's an expensive and difficult process and brazil's

president flouts social distancing measures again as infections keep rising in latin america's hardest hit countries. thank you very much for joining us it's been the worst hit country in europe with the highest coronavirus death toll outside of china but after 8 weeks in lockdown italy is beginning to ease restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic is just gone 10 am and the bustle is returning to the streets of its towns and cities this is the capital rome right now the government says measures will be east further if the infection rate continues to drop almost 30000 people have died in italy that speak to francesco john better tony who joins us from a smear line on skype thank you very much francesco for being with us so tell us exactly what's restarting to. day and how italian feeling about the easing of

restrictions. well after almost 2 months of lockdown the phase 2 of the emergency begins immediately today more than 4000000 people went back to work this morning as italy straw is to restore the economy without pushing the curve of the infections off again factories building saw its wholesale trade reopened today there was also a lifting on the restrictions of personal freedom people are now allowed to visit their family and close friends but in these meetings they need to wear a mask social gatherings are still banned and it's not possible to move from region to region sporting activities can be now practice also far from home but everyone needs to do them on their own and keeping the drop from all the parks reopen soon but only to walk or run so areas for children remain close while schools will not restore it until september shops museums and libraries will reopen from may 18th so

if the new wave of cases will be avoided other businesses will follow such as restaurants bars and have dresses from the beginning of june the feelings of the italians are makes there is a glimpse of hope that the worst has passed but many are concerned that this phase could bring to a 2nd wave of cases the government was very hard criticised for not explaining how it will handle the the health system in the 2nd phase so what's precisely being done to prevent a 2nd wave of infections what measures have been put in place by the authorities to control the virus. well there are not very new big measures the only thing is they're wearing a mask is becoming mandatory in all the closed public spaces and on public transport but there are there was a lot of thought about the contact tracing that the government is working on but it's not ready yet. so we're still waiting for new informations about it nothing

was said about new tests that in march and in february were not enough for everyone who needed to be tested so the government didn't even decide to isolate infected people in facilities like hotels to avoid infecting family members and it's not easy now to understand why some regions are making through logical tests and some are not so basically that's why many people are now worried because it's not very clear how the health system has been changed in this 2 months and probably it's a very similar to how it was in the phase one thank you very much for that francesco tony reporting there live from milan. not too soft east asian nations are taking cautious steps to lift coronavirus restrictions thailand and malaysia have spent weeks under lockdown thailand's allowing restaurants along and pet shops to reopen no new desk have been reported in days all incoming flights however have

been banned until the end of the month malaysia will allow the majority of businesses to reopen large gatherings are not allowed however we'll have more from malaysia in just a moment but 1st sanjay sarah scott hi larry explained some of the measures lifted in 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 we'll decide if 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 though 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 now 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 a 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. most businesses are now allowed to reopen including retailers like that's one and shopping malls but they're going to have to implement certain safety measures including temperature screening and making sure there's enough space within the premises for people to maintain a practice physical distance thing now employ its however have been advised to allow people to work from home as far as possible and we're seeing that on the streets on monday morning it seems the busier than they won the last 6 weeks but know when your regular day not schools and colleges remain closed malaysia has and reopened its border and interstate is still not allowed the prime minister has described the easing of restrictions as a controlled and cautious reopening of economic activity 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 making or you can go i think it's still a bit unsafe the virus is invisible i'm just here to get a bit of drinking done and then i'm going to head home as soon as possible. that's a petition online urging the government to reconsider its decision to ease restrictions and as of 9 am on monday morning in malaysia that petition has gone more than 470000 signatures but malaysian health officials say the country has not aged to blacks in the and that's very much a sense that what the government is trying to do is strike a balance between protecting lives and preserving jobs. is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the australian national university he says governments have been very cautious about reopening airports. here in australia as we're talking about slowly lifting restrictions the one that will probably lift last will be that for international travel because about 2 thirds of

that cases here have been associated with overseas travel in malaysia on sunday they had 122 cases about 50 odd were supposedly associated with overseas travel so i do think one has to be very very cautious about lifting international travel restrictions and opening airports i would be very careful. president donald trump says he's confident the u.s. will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year he was speaking at a virtual town hall meeting answering questions from americans about his handling of the pandemic reports we're joined now by president trump in a virtual town hall style event broadcast on the u.s. television network fox news president donald trump predicted rapid development of a covert $900.00 vaccine we are very confident that we're going to have a vaccine at the end of the year by the end of the or have a vaccine by the end of this year we think we're going to have

a vaccine by the end of this year and we're pushing very hard trump went on to claim that he was not told till late january by u.s. intelligence agencies about the spreading coronavirus some reports indicate that those agencies sounded the alarm on january 3rd on january 23rd i was told that there could be a virus coming in but it was of no real important other words it wasn't all we got to do some we got to do something it was a brief conversation trump blames china directly for the pandemic he promised a report with new information on how it originated and spread i think they made a horrible mistake and they don't want to admit it more than 68000 people in the u.s. have died from coal that 19 and the numbers are rising trump said the toll could reach 90100 number than he has cited before many public health experts are

warning against premature lifting of stay at home orders saying that could lead to a new surge in infections without giving any specific dates trump said the u.s. needed to restart its economy soon we can't stay close as a country we're going to have a country left the president ducked a question about safeguarding vulnerable nursing home residents and called white house reporters questions horrible it is widely considered that the presidential election in november will be a referendum on trump's handling of the pandemic rob reynolds al-jazeera. well president trump is promising a vaccine by the end of the year but experts are warning it's going to be a difficult and lengthy process european leaders are holding a virtual news conference in the coming hours hoping to raise at least $8000000000.00 for research there are at least $100.00 different vaccine projects in development around the world a handful have entered clinical trials last month the world health organization

long shiny initiative to streamline the search for a vaccine the u.s. isn't taking potshots the e.u. says a global response is needed to beat the pandemic and ensure that a vaccine reaches all countries at the same time rich or poor stephanie deca has more. the world is desperate for a vaccine against covert 19 and the race is on to find one that's been developed in many countries i think the largest number in the u.s. they followed by china market is a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine they are keeping an up to date database of all the vaccines being worked on there are over $100.00 bad news is that the usual rate the development vaccine is a problem the initial discovery who actually having a be given on a population level is usually about 10 to 20 years. but the urgency now means teams all over the world are trying to speed up the process we work day and night and

follow probably 100 to one of her size we have a 30. people series of working groups and for 24 hours several are at the stage of human testing including this trial that oxford university we're told there is never been a vaccine against a coronavirus group for approval and that the success rate of vaccine trials are between 5 to 10 percent even once there is a vaccine it will take quite some time before there is enough to vaccinate entire populations. and while we wait there are questions about natural immunity it is still not clear whether we can develop long lasting immunity to the virus we have never been here before this fire that's emerged that has changed everyone's life it's you know bringing so many people to be sick to be in hospital dying it's wrecked the entire economy is this is the back to. the world is desperate to have

for once the world is largely united in the desire to be able to visit and hug our families to walk the streets to feel the restaurants to travel and for so many to be able to work again to return to a life most of us took for granted our once buzzing news room here in doha has nearly full and silent with most people working from home it's a similar picture in many places across the world now despite so many vaccines being in the works is going to take quite some time before one is available to all of us and that means that partial lockdowns and social distancing could remain part of our lives for a very long time stephanie decker at al-jazeera headquarters in doha. still ahead on the program israel's political future in the balance will happen a test on the legal challenge to a new power sharing deal and coordinated attacks in iraq 14 members of our security

forces we visit the group that was targeted. hello central europe squatting down again and warming up all the clouds around the edge of our frontal systems could be put there as well this was the most active running dancer eastern part and furious as well and this one's just churning soaring cloud and rain towards north portugal the british isles bits of france but in the middle we're sitting pretty so temperatures then are on the rise but only just enough to say on the blue which represents the rain or showers tends to hold things down so we've got 14 in berlin but we're up to 20 in vienna and the cloud is dispersing increasingly in germany but we get to choose the it is of a cold breeze off the north sea so burdens a 12 london status city if you're in italy in rome it might be

a misty morning but it's a steady 24 want a very quiet looking weather has been pretty warm just the south quite hot actually in some parts of libya a way to cool down you'll notice but the moment the onshore breeze means the tripoli's down to about 28 is colder still further east in libya are running sasson and into egypt as well so that will change the temperature on the rise again we're up to $33.00 in a sunny day in tripoli on tuesday obviously most of those after a sunny the shower still to encroach much into the southern soho. but. freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. but for afghan traders who brave the will concur that it's no choice. combating the impossible to sell their goods and isolated areas so. we follow that

daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. risking it all afghanistan on al-jazeera. we. hey watching al-jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories after 8 weeks in lockdown italy starting to ease restrictions imposed because of the koran a virus pandemic that construction and manufacturing sectors are restarting and people are also allowed to visit family members malaysia and thailand are also starting to open up most businesses are being allowed to resume operations but

knowledge gatherings and travel are still being restricted and president donald trump says he's confident the u.s. will have a corona virus vaccine by the end of the year but scientists believe it will take at least a year before it's created and distributed. not chinese state media says the u.s. has been launching groundless accusations against beijing that's after a u.s. secretary of state michael bell said there is significant evidence covered 19 or rage unaided in a chinese lab his comments are the latest in a growing u.s. backlash against china over its initial handling of the outbreak while the intelligence committee continues to do its work they should continue to do that and verify so that we are certain i can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory was that the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade but no reason to disbelieve that at this point is 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 ok so just to be clear do you do not think it was manmade or genetically modified. i've seen what the intelligence committee has said i have no reason to believe that they've got it right live to the trainee you in beijing so katrina's strong words from chinese state media in response to my own pale what are they saying. that's right so there's been a escalating war of words between the u.s. and china in recent months and this latest state media editorial is only adding fuel to that fire it was in the global times which is a chinese state media newspaper and it's published in english and then daryn and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public

and that he has lost his moral compass they've also accused michael pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and he chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of mike pompei are saying that there's significant evidence that corba $1000.00 or originated in a chinese lab in the institute of roller g.e. and aging has flat out denied this it's also denied that it's engaging in any coverup or dissed information campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and these just said that he is really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti china's smear campaign in order to divert attention from washington's mishandling of the crisis back home and asian markets katrina are reacting to this escalation between the u.s.

and china. that's right fully and they're not happy indeed we've got across the board just local markets today in hong kong saying whopping 4 percent in india it was down more than 5 percent 5 point one south korea down roughly 2.6 percent taiwan down 2.4 and in singapore down about 2 percent and really people aren't happy about this escalation investors in particular feel like this this war between the u.s. and china about quote 1000 is really adding to financial risk and beijing in particular is going to be unhappy about this they really want stability to return to regional markets they jing is working really hard to get its economy going again they want trade to resume to north to normal levels between it and its partners and it's working really hard to get the economy going locally and they're really trying to boost this confidence and by saying that the numbers of coven 1000 cases in

china are going down we only had at the latest official figures only 3 new cases of the current virus transmitted here in china but this escalation between beijing and washington is really biting into any confidence that could be gained by this sense that china is recovering here china of katrina thank you very much for about katrina you live for us in beijing now brazil's amazon region has become the new front line in the battle against 19 infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed in the city of man hours but president continues to don play the pandemic alice on the run ph he has a report. a 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 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 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 this 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. day. the mayor of international plea for help has concerns grows that the virus could have devastating effects on the. indigenous tribes. we have to save the lives. of the forest. something like barbara rees. a call for help that so far has rung hollow for a president to scream 6 a seems more worried about political survival than keeping brazilians alive i listen to them. let's turn to other news now on israel's political future could

become clear on monday as its top court hears final arguments on whether a new power sharing deal is legal the supreme court is considering 8 petitions against a coalition between the likud party spending the next now and benny gantz is blue and white party opponents argue it's now has been indicted on corruption charges should not be allowed to form a new government how to fossett is in west jerusalem with more on how the supreme court might reach its decision. there were clues from yesterday's deliberations and exchanges between the 11 justices and the various attorneys for the parties involved it seemed pretty clear that the court was extremely sensitive about overstepping its bounds it wanted to make sure that the arguments were about the actual niceties and exactitude of the law which says that a prime minister doesn't have to step down if indicted but a minister does what exactly is the status of netanyahu as

a caretaker prime minister someone who is putting himself up to take on the job again probably doesn't hold a status of prime minister or a minister they were examining those sorts of things so that indicates that they are pretty likely to rule in favor of netanyahu on that question it doesn't necessarily mean that they will take a similar view on the intricacies of this deal we have to see how the arguments play out there is a huge amount of pressure on the high court though not to undo all this work after 3 consecutive elections which of not yielded a result there's a good deal of political pressure on that front and also there's been threats on the high court that if they were to netanyahu supporters terms overstepped their mark in all of this then there could be retaliation taken attempts to try to undermine some of their powers in the future so that's the context in which they're operating today afghanistan's human rights commission is calling for the united nations to investigate the deaths of at least 23 afghan migrants near the border

with iran survivors say iranian border guards tortured them and threw them into a river to stop them crossing over many of the group are thought to have drowned iran denies the allegations now the weekend deisel conduct has several coordinated attacks in iraq killing at least 14 members of the security forces most of the victims were from sunni the sunni factions of the pump in amman lies ation forces simona 14 reports from iraq. these men from the popular mobilization forces r.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. 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. that 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 still governments 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 strip 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 p.m.s. prior to the s.s. nation of its charismatic deputy chief of the alamo hondas he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in january alongside it raining in general custom still in money since then the pm has real from internal competition. not in 100 words.

he understood that you didn't see up across the rio outreach approach up to that so i knew level but were strong go with you and very much all the vision and. implemented that so we then are they going to. ration. the killings and maki sheaffer have sparked calls for greater empowerment of the sunni p.m.s. in securing their own areas many tribesmen hope that the incident will usher in greater material support as they confront isis resurgence see want to fulton al jazeera. well again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera after 8 weeks under lockdown it's at least starting to ease restrictions imposed because of the

coronavirus pandemic the government says measures will be relaxed further if the infection rate continues to drop francesco jan best tony has the details from milan . more than 4000000 people went back to work this morning as its elites roys to restart the economy without pushing the curve of the infections again factories building saw its wholesale trade reopened today there was also a lifting on the restrictions of personal freedom people are now allowed to visit their family and close friends but in these meetings they need to wear a mask social gatherings are still burns and it's not possible to move from region to region malaysia and thailand are also starting to open up after weeks under lockdown most businesses are being allowed to resume operations but large gatherings and travel are still being restricted president donald trump says he's confident the u.s. will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year he made the prediction at

a virtual town hall meeting on the fox news channel but scientists believe will take at least a year before it's created and distributed chinese state media says the u.s. has been launching groundless accusations against beijing after u.s. secretary of state my comp ala said there is significant evidence call that 19 originated in a chinese lab his comments are the latest in a growing u.s. backlash against china over its initial handling of the outbreak and in other news israel's political future could become clearer as supreme court judges hear final arguments about the legality of a new power sharing deal 8 petitions have been filed against a coalition government agreed between prime minister netanyahu and his rival benny gantz critics argue no it's now shouldn't be allowed to form a new government because of his indictment for corruption those are the headlines risking it all is next stay with us. what you will force was

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