played important role. trace. back to school students in china's coronavirus epicenter will return to their classes. south korea further eases restrictions of reports no new local affections for 3rd consecutive to. every shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a top health official sacked by the trumpet ministration files a complaint saying his early warnings about crown of virus were ignored. and

a syrian family who lost everything were turns to what's left of their home to observe ramadan. more than 58000 high school students in china's chrono virus at the center we're on our back in class for the 1st time since the outbreak began after being closed for 4 months more than 120 schools have now reopened middle school students are still staying at home the bay province has gradually east it's locked down since april no new cases have been reported for nearly a month let's go now to betray you she joins us live from beijing so try to tell us more about what's expected as the schools reopened. while they're opening gradually not all schools in one city and indeed across china are opening but in 100 at 120 schools and the students that have been prioritize

1st back to class are senior high school students the older students because they're busy preparing for their very important university entrance exams which are expected to be held in july and it's not exactly back to class as they know it for this 1st day certainly and for some months it will continue with some coronavirus precautions including wearing masks at all times having that temperatures checked and also class sizes have been reduced so they will be in small groups too in sort of increase the social distance between them as they go into class so far they will join students of their same age across china who have gone to return to class in the last few weeks and this is really being held here in china as a milestone as was the at the center of the virus outbreak here in china there is there is living their experience were severe lockdown measures so families and students indeed are a very relieved to be able to start school again and it's just one of these

indicators of life really returning to normal here in china also announced earlier today was the fact that shanghai's disneyland is also due to open next monday with it will reduce the amount of customers that can enter but it will open its doors and china's national people's congress the biggest political event of the year will also be held later this month after being perspired for some weeks and all this reopening going back to normal follows weeks of lower coronavirus case numbers here in china we've had single digits for the past few weeks now and most of these are imported cases but as i mentioned not all schools are open to some students are still continuing to learn from harm we get to hear of a schedule for primary students for example to return to class so katrina. when this virus was 1st brought in u.s. president on a publicly praised china many times praise president paying off and then he is now pivoted to blaming china for all of this happening in saying that he's going to use

tariffs it's one sort of hunnish moment against them even though americans actually paid the tariffs what is this back and forth exactly michelle so we've seen this war of words between china and the u.s. for some months now and beijing today is continuing that war of words during a foreign ministry press conference a spokesperson quaternion hit back at president trump saying that tariffs should not be used as weapons this is in response to the trump administration threatening to impose additional tariffs on china because of the coronavirus outbreak and when you followed up this a statement saying that the u.s. should stop shirking its responsibilities and blaming china or using china as a scapegoat in order to divert attention away from its own mishandling of the crisis back home this war of words i mentioned there have been attacks and

counterattacks back and forth and certainly china's foreign china's foreign ministry and state media have been attacking president donald trump as well as u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or especially in particular this past few weeks addressing accusations from washington that china engaged in a cover up campaign and just information campaign and also that corporate 19 originally came from a lab in now beijing has continued to deny this saying that these accusations are groundless and also demanded that washington produce any evidence of these accusations all right katrina you with the latest from beijing katrina thank you. yes president's handling of the crime of virus crisis is under greater scrutiny after accusations he sought quick fixes by using and proven drugs on patients and as the death toll passes 70000 in the u.s. says he's considering winding down the virus task or set up to respond to the

pandemic i can as the latest from washington no facemask for the president while visiting an aerospace company repurposed to produce masks this in defiance of his administration's guidelines that masks should be worn in public at all times the president confirmed reports that he was considering shutting down the coronavirus task force that has been responsible for the federal response to the pandemic as far as the task force my pension the task force and done a great job but we're now looking at a little bit of a different form and their former safety and opening and we'll. have a different group probably set up for them are you saying mission accomplished no no no no the mission accomplished is when it's over while the president was on his travels this document was handed over to the office of the special counsel an $89.00 page whistle blower report alleging the trumpet ministration ignored early

warnings about the coronavirus the authors dr rick bright the former director of the biomedical advanced research and development authority the country's controlling body put vaccine production he alleges he was unfairly removed from his job following complaints about the administration's lack of urgency in reacting to the pandemic he also specifically mentions resisting pressure from senior officials to fast track the use of the drug hydroxy korak when and chloroquine itself in treatment for the virus with the drug was heavily and repeatedly touted by the president himself as a task force briefings i think it's going to be very exciting i think it could be. the game changer in maybe not in maybe not but i think it could be based on what i see it could be a game changer dr bright contends his opposition to this position led directly to suspect of demotion as officials sought to placate the president now

a lot of what dr great a whistleblower complaint is about her demonstrate the extent to which the government at the higher level is committed not to solving the problem but to keeping donald trump happy today keeping him happy to morrow and that's not a way to address a very major problem if it was only a week ago that the f.d.a. for me cautioned against the use of these drugs for the treatment of coronavirus despite the warnings that dr bright made back in january perhaps the most damning allegation in the report is that the administration ignored or pushed back against dr brights e-mails warning of the severity of the virus and insisting that the national stockpile of mosques and ventilators needed to be augmented unlike other government officials who being demoted or fired dr bright is demanding his job back and congress will now get involved dr brights lawyers confirm he's been invited to

give evidence to a house committee on thursday next week mike hanna al jazeera washington c clinton says washington editor at large for the hill he also sounds serious weekly politics show the bottom line he believes the white house will try to disparage dr wright's character. this is a person who was the best in class in what he was tasked to do he had great insights into what the threats to humans all over the world but also to americans were i have any of the greatest grasp of how to quickly begin processing the partnerships to get to the kind of vaccines and therapies that americans would need and by the obsession that the administration apparently had with hydro hydroxide or acquitting which is the controversial drug at the core of this debate we saw associates of the president like rudy giuliani coming out and hawking hydroxy couric went on things like facebook and fox news and you know it kind of broadly

and we saw the veteran's administration begin to stockpile hydroxy couric when very quickly so those who were able to be influenced by the president the white house move very quickly to move on a drug that had not been vetted had not been tested and that we have now seen the national institute of health in the united states invalidate as a drug that looks as if it has any positive impact in fact they think it may have negative impact on patients that are suffering from cope at 19 so i think right now you're going to see a battle about science and i think the big thing right now that we have to look at is scientists like tony fouty deborah burke's folks like rick wright are beginning to have political weight in an election season this is not just science versus lack of science these are people that are threatening the president and he believes that they're acting politically not necessarily just because of the science that may be motivating them and their coronavirus cases in russia have risen by over 10000 for

a 4th consecutive day it's now over 165000 sections and more than 1500 have died and 3 doctors who complained about working conditions had mysteriously fallen out of windows the day bob reports. digging graves in st petersburg russia 2nd city for victims of covered 19 a scene that's becoming more common on tuesday the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe and now there are disturbing questions over health workers who've raised the alarm about their working conditions there after. this video on twitter shows dr alexander should lead off on the left and a colleague is explaining how she had been forced to keep working despite having covered 19 the colleague had previously criticised the hospital management for protective gear shortages and was questioned by police for allegedly spreading fake news but another video made 3 days later apparently of the hospital seems to show shula pove by now being treated for the virus retracting their complaints. a feel

right my temperature is not rising why did leave a thing to mattick have a runny nose otherwise all is well what we said was said when we were high on emotions. on saturday according to local state television quoting health officials she fell from a 2nd floor window at the hospital he's now reportedly in a critical condition in intensive care after suffering skull fractures the same sources say he's the 3rd russian doctor to fall out of a window in the space of 10 days the 2 others died 3 incidents being investigated by law enforcement or thirty's have prompted intense discussion in russia about whistleblowers in the health system everywhere with a local. hospitals. enough. doctors we don't have enough mites we don't have enough

equipment. across russia the number of recorded covered 1000 cases stands at more than 155000 in officially the disease is killed almost 1500 people mostly remains the country's worst hit region accounting for more than a half of new cases and here 90 percent of patients are younger than 65 several cities remain on lockdown and while much of europe looks to ease restrictions the russian government says they'll stay in place until there's a vaccine. al-jazeera and the rights groups are criticizing the shutdown of a leading broadcast network in the philippines calling it a serious blow to press freedom a b s c b n was ordered to close out there its attempt to renew its operating license to stall activists put candles outside its office after the announcement despite a lot down present the territory has repeatedly criticized the network opponents have accused him of targeting independent media. and she says this is not the 1st

time the channel has gone off air. there is strong opposition online and also in other interviews where government officials especially those in congress have actually in a way apologized to the network for failing to pass and help renew its license early enough we've been listening to different interviews with lawmakers here and they basically said that they're going to try to find and vote within the next 10 days as required by this order in order to hopefully renew the license of a.b.s.e b.n. however in other platforms for example a.b.s. event is still able to air both in cable and online and even if the government perhaps denies that they have something to do with this for example the solicitor general the government's top lawyer has submitted that with titian in the supreme court against a.b.s.e b.n. and just a little over a week ago also cautioned the national telecommunications commission of issuing a provisional authority that me allow the network to continue airing and basically

a provisional authority for its franchise while the well congress that liberates so we can see very strong outreach here at this point re largely online by those who see the network as something that has been critical in providing information and lastly a most important part about this according to rights groups is that this is not the 1st time that a.b. a c.b.s. been shut down it was shut down in 1972 when president marcos declared martial law it remained close for 14 years until the marcos dictatorship was toppled in 1986 so this is basically people saying history may be repeating itself at this point. so i had on al-jazeera stay at home borders in the u.s. so piled on the rubbish and households on the work for garbage collectors. and the giant killer insects that threaten the populations arrive in the u.s. for the 1st time.

hello there are plenty of showers and thunderstorms across much of indonesia when i just got a chance as well across the philippines as we go through thursday and friday but really the heavy rain that will be across the malaysian peninsula and certainly across into these western and central areas of sumatra some very heavy downpours later in the day particularly further to the south but a repeat really on friday although we'll see some heavy rain pushing in into these northern and western areas of bornean of course he's really also heavy downpours so it could lead to some localized flooding and then into australia will conditions across the southeast they are going to get a little bit windy as the days progress and meanwhile out across the west it has been really quiet a couple of days 55000 people without power a wednesday in perth and that is because this storm came through with winds over 100 kilometers an hour most areas so about 35 millimeters of rain so the has been

some localized flooding and you can see this city plenty of clouds and rain in the forecast as we go through thursday but the winds are very strong across the bite so a lot of cloud around and generally quite a lot of along the east coast south australia and new cross into victoria as well windy conditions with some rain across much of tasmania i will see showers continuing the forecast really 3 thursday and friday to the south island of new zealand with a high of 18 in christchurch. expelled from their base in jordan in lebannon left in a 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 fact of the long dark of the just for the conflict that would cost out a fight 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. now watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now thousands of high school students have returned to their classes in china sohan city after months in lockdown the bay province was the initial epicenter of the outbreak for the corona virus was 1st detected in december. former top officials accuse the white house of seeking quick fixes by recommending i'm proven drugs to treat coronavirus patients or to rick writes as he was fired for raising concerns about president trump's policies and human rights groups condemn a decision to shut down

a lady's broadcast network in the philippines because of an expired license the channel frequently air of critical coverage of the government and was consistently attacked by president are regarded territory who denies having anything to do with the shutdown. south korea's further easing kroner virus restrictions as the number of cases declines reported only 2 infections on tuesday its lowest lowest rather daily increase since february both cases were imported and there were no local infections for a 3rd consecutive day or businesses are reopening and social events are being allowed south koreans started returning to work last month robin pride has more from inside the museum of modern art and soul. this is a further indication of restrictions here in south korea gradually being lifted as the country emerges into this strange new post virus world here at the museum of modern art along with other museums galleries libraries across south korea they are all being allowed to open but only with very strict precautions being in place we

have the usual temperature checks of everyone entering the numbers here are strictly controlled 1st of all you would have to have registered online to visit your museum of modern art and with no more than 100 people at any one time allowed inside it's basically all part of what's known here is every day life quarantine basically the new normal but it's one the south koreans we've been speaking to seem to accept is part of the recovery from this outbreak and they are certainly welcoming the fact that they can now get back into public venues pound the limited the number of people here which is good because it's not so crowded and that means what it is people are still aware of the distancing measures also being allowed for the 1st time religious gatherings sporting events all those occasions that bring people together as long as they're still practicing the basic principles of social

distancing then they're allowed to do so quite a virus lockdowns that african countries had them basically devastating for those who rely on the informal economy or that 80 percent of zimbabwe and earn their living from unregulated jobs markets have been shut in the use of public taxis suspended since the end of march and mozambique small scale farmers account for nearly all of the country's agriculture they have been forced to drop prices as working restrictions cut off labor and in south africa undocumented migrants have been excluded from a saving financial aid or food parcels topping mark as a political and social commentator and johannesburg explains some of the challenges people are facing. in the initial implementation of the lock downs a lot of people who fell through the cracks and they weren't able to get access to any financial aid. weren't able to get access to food. so. a lot of people left in

a situation where they couldn't work and they couldn't get any. and they were just facing a hopeless you know it's a bit better now but but the problem is that some countries kano for to actually provide this sort of a that's required at the moment and i think governments have had to sort of walk back on a few things and they have been trying to accommodate as many people as possible but it's still a very very difficult situation because not not even is in an ideal situation to get enough food who are to get enough financial aid were indeed just to get that aid because they are people who are in a position where it cannot work. and it looks as if it contacts and aid and they just have to fend for themselves so that they are people who are actually in a situation where. they just court and this no man's land where they have to make do with whatever they had whatever they have at the moment. there's been

a surge in the amount of household garbage being generated because of all of the stay at home orders some places in the u.s. say they've seen domestic waste increased by 40 percent and that is putting a strain on workers alan fischer reports in fairfax county in the state of virginia . the neighborhoods look at the scene but in the time of cold it get different behind each door is a family on lockdown. which means move weeks move one more straight so in the system to collect garbage. we see a significant change in the amount of residential volume as opposed to commercial volume so with a lot of the businesses closed they're not bringing in as much but most of that volume is now going through the homes because everybody's got to stay at home order that trash is coming in on residential vehicles. with their protective masks and gloves the sanitation worker he's awfully quickly leaping off the truck i mean

taking another container and using one to the next. about a 3rd of the stuff because of the virus mainly due to underlying health issues or child care problems in some areas they're seeing that trash collection and recycling is up by our own 40 percent since the crisis began here in fairfax county is about 25 to 30 percent that's because more people are at home and also more people are feeling out of their houses because of nothing else to do. to change the rules so there's less risk for the workers and there are some restrictions. bulk collection is like this very rare and only if you can be handled with one person one truck many of the teams are working harder and longer but their safety remains a priority there is some concern but my guys are soldiers they get out there they get the job done they know we're important. to do a lot of action things for them and in the light of this make sure that you take care of. at the depot where everything. it needs to national waste is down.

with offices and businesses shut but if the amount of house continues to grow then more changes will follow. the time of a global pandemic everyone knows it's important to keep places clean. and don't create new problems alan fischer al-jazeera effects katie virginia libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli is trying to capture a critical air base controlled by war khalifa haftar. forces to launch airstrikes in the capital in recent weeks the tripoli government has captured several cities along the western coastline of also rejected call for a ceasefire during the holy month of ramadan carrying could use it to recruit a u.n. report says more people were displaced by conflict in syria last year than anywhere else in the world nearly a 1000000 people thought a government offensive and that sent a cease fire and march tens of thousands have returned to their homes and many have

found them destroyed or barred manly reports. celebrating the holy month of ramadan in the. dark and his family finances from dusk until dawn now they are breaking that fast in what was once their home. a splash of color in a sea of crushed concrete. says he fled his home marry her the end of the year when the syrian army and the russians bombed this area. now my family and die a hero on top of the destruction we are reliving a very difficult and painful memory i pray that god doesn't lead anyone else experience this his mother says with the kitchen destroyed ready meals from outside and. the most important thing is that we relive our memories and eat in our own

home. army high is situated in a province a few kilometers west of the strategic m 5 highway. healthy years by rebel forces it was the major target for the syrian government to capture during an offensive in december nearly a 1000000 people were displaced by the violence most fled north arriving at the turkish border where many live in makeshift camps a recent un report says in 2019 syria had the largest number of new displacements of any country almost 1900000 the situation for displaced people living at the buddha was dire. when a ceasefire was agreed between russia and turkey in march tens of thousands of people returned to their homes. some. found them completely destroyed but many found it easier to live amongst the ruins rather than return to

the camps. a manly al-jazeera honeybees are in decline and the us and a space is a porn and us threatening to wipe them out completely. hornet has already had an impact on the colonies in canada and now they're saying in the us for the 1st time and a galaxy reports. they've been described as hornets from hell and with good reason the giant asian hornet is about the size of a much box its sting can penetrate a beekeeper suit and they kill around 50 people a year in japan in december the washington state department of agriculture verified 2 sightings of the hornet reports of honeybee colonies being destroyed soon followed their one of the largest hornets that we have on planet and so that's what makes them so unusual and makes them so striking. to people and they do not occur here it's thought the hornets were either deliberately released or

arrived or stowaways on international cargo they become active in the spring and scientists say just 15 of these giants can destroy an entire colony of $30000.00 bees in ours their habit of devouring native honey bees is now a real concern our biggest fear is that it will actually impact small beekeepers and maybe drive another business and raise costs a larger just something we don't want to see plans are now in place to begin trapping and killing the hornets before they established themselves as a dangerous invasive species for years now bees of being dying at record rates impacted by climate change disease and pesticides the agricultural industries already been fighting a battle to keep healthy colonies alive now there's a new threat according to the department of agriculture one in every 3 mouthfuls of food is in some way a product of b. pollination crops like apples blueberries and cherries all rely on these scientists

say this new threat needs to be tackled before it's too late pollination is a huge part. we have here in the united states and so if this were to become well established and then start spreading it could be pretty catastrophic members of the public of being warned not to approach the hornets if they see them for now they're confined to the remote northwest of the united states stopping them spreading further is now a priority and a gallica al-jazeera. and richelle carey these are the top stories on al-jazeera thousands of high school students returned to their classrooms in china as well han city after months and lockdown of a province was the initial epicenter of the outbreak where the corona virus was 1st detected in december trying to you has more from beijing this isn't all the

students many still see schools still remain closed in particular primary school still closed and also younger high school high school students are still not able to attend classes now these students that was seen going into class these are the oldest high school students and they've been prioritised because they have to prepare for the university entrance exams the as it's known here in china which is taking place in june the chopper ministrations handling of the krona buyer is a pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again a former top official has accused the white house of seeing quick fixes by recommending unproven drugs to patients dr rip wright says he was fired for raising concerns about trump's policies south korea's further easing coronavirus restrictions as the number of cases declines reported only 2 infections on tuesday its lowest daily increase since february the cases were imported and there were no no local infections for a 3rd consecutive day or businesses are reopening and social events are being allowed

a uniformed says syria has the largest number of displacements because of conflict last year almost a 1000000 people fled a government offensive in december and since a ceasefire in march tens of thousands have returned home their homes were destroyed. libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli is trying to capture a critical air base controlled by waller khalifa hof tar he has been used by forces to launch air strikes on the capital and recent weeks the tripoli government has captured several cities human rights groups are criticizing the shutdown of a leading broadcast network in the philippines calling it a serious blow to press radio. b.n. was ordered to close after its attempt to bring new its operating license stalled as a moderate go to territory house or peddle a criticized that network or said the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera we have an hour long bulletin for you at the top of the hour in the meantime p.l.o. history of the revolution 7 next. what impact will called it 19 and a drop in the oil price problem the race to the white house. don't look from the

phony these his story setbacks and does the job only have what it takes to beat. special coverage out of just. 148 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was founded. made up of different factions the p.l.o. has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since.