chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle from palestinian. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. the israelis. show and israel and state television is video of an alleged u.s. mercenary the president says was involved in a failed plot to oust him. would have been involved it would have gone differently but u.s. secretaries that might compel you insists washington had nothing to do with the mysterious incident. hello from doha everyone i'm kemal santa maria and this is the world news from al

jazeera after weeks of talks and of course overshadowed by covert 19 iraq's parliament approves the new government led by prime minister. let me. also angle a miracle calls for courage and caution as germany prepares to reopen all shops and even restart top level football. going to start with news out of iraq where prime minister mustafa the me has formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he said he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought about by coronavirus but on top of the country's existing financial problems the previous government collapsed last year after mass protests that were often violent the vote in parliament was delayed several times to make changes that appeased the rival posses the latest with simona

faulty in baghdad now how's it going to work some on earth where use the words they are partial cabinet is this going to give the prime minister some real power. well for now they managed to get through 15 out of 22 ministers in cabinet and he still has to resubmit 5 who were ejected and 2 others that were not voted on i think if we look at how the government formation process went on it was in fact very revealing because it really it showed that the political powers wielded a lot of power over his government and there were last minute negotiations to replace ministers to appease the different political parties so that raises the question to what extent he will actually have the power to implement some of the reforms that he put forth and his government program and those included for example bringing some of those people who are responsible for the violence against them

once traitors to account he also said that he would be if putting forward an emergency draft budgets to address the fiscal crisis that the country's currency dealing with and he also promised to hold early elections so in a way his government program try to address some of the demands that a protestors have put forth since october but on the other hand the negotiations that we've seen over the past few weeks and especially in the hours and really minutes ahead of this parliamentary vote showed that he is very much dependent on the support of the political elites of the political parties that have been in power since 2003 and who are very let reluctance to change the status quo mentioned the iraqi people there i wonder how much life is left in their protest movement against the government against the politicians especially in the times of coronavirus. well the protest movement has gradually died down over the past few months even before the lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus we saw the

numbers gradually declining in part due to the violence that was systematically perpetrated against them of traitors in part because of disillusionment because many realize that the sweeping political changes that they were asking for where perhaps far fetched and they're going to could not be achieved and of course then came the curfew and that has left the protest squares virtually empty i was down there just today and there were only a few dozen demonstrators there of course those who remain there are rejecting cover me because they see him as just another incarnation of the political system that has let them down but whether or not the streets will be used as opposed to remote belies to once again voice their opposition to not just me but the political system as a whole that remains to be seen. as it is thursday morning in baghdad thank you for that simona full to the white house has described the u.s.

china relationship as quote disappointing and frustrating and a deepening rift over the origins of the coronavirus president donald trump who says the virus came from a chinese lab as the fallout from this pandemic is worse for the u.s. than the japanese attack on pearl harbor 941 and even 911 this is really the worst attack we've ever had this is worse than pearl harbor this is worse than the world trade center there's never been there like this. and it should have never and could have been stopped at the source could have been stopped and show. it should have been stepped right at the source and it wasn't earlier by june hit back at the elaborate she claims they're saying there is no evidence and china also says towers shouldn't be used as a weapon after donald trump threatened to impose them more on this now with my camera in washington d.c. hi mike i mean familiar story here of donald trump well in the past he has praised

china but now criticizing china i mean the relationship is going south very very quickly. indeed yes and interesting there his use of the word attack in that comment that you just heard as though the virus is some kind of advancing army president trump has been pretty complicated in terms of his relations with china a couple of weeks ago he was praising china he was praising the chinese leader who he described as my good friend and in recent days he has in fact completely done a somersault on this singling out china as being responsible for the origin of the virus as well as that spread insisting that the virus originated in a chinese laboratory without providing any evidence to back up that fact and despite the fact that his chief rather just dr anthony fauci is absolutely adamant that it did not originate in the lab that it in fact originated most likely in

a mammal like a bat and then jumped species to infect humans but it might compare the secretary of state has been banging on about china as well in the course of the day he's given some 80 interviews in the past month and each of them has had a central theme that china has been covering up aspects of the pandemic that it is responsible for it he has also insinuated that we are regions of the virus on the chinese the bara tree once again providing no proof or evidence whatsoever so the trumpet ministration generally is doubling down in terms of its attacks on china and many speculating why one of the reasons possibly. donald trump's campaign officials think that it's a good election tactic in this election year to go on banging on china as an election strategy or certainly this could be the case but at the same time as you

mention the president's putting the relationship with china at great risk mike you mentioned dr anthony found you of course part of the white house coronavirus task force team what's the current status of there because there was talk of it being disbanded even. a little bit of a somersault on that one too and 24 hours ago president trump was confirming that the task force was going to be disbanded he was going to form another group which would focus on the economy as well he said as well as human safety but in the course of the day you suddenly changed tacks and said no he is keeping the corona virus taskforce as it is it may add some personnel who specialize in economy but this was a great relief to many observers the threats to close down the task force was seen by some as the possibility that president trump was no longer going to take the advice of the medical officials and for the bulk of the american public the voices

of the medical professionals has been a bit of sanity in what has sometimes been a crazed to sequence of events so great relief that the task force is staying as it is remembering to despite the president's insistence he wants to open the economy as soon as possible the rate of infection completely continues to rise in many areas the death toll continues to rise so the public generally completely delighted that the medical professionals will remain in some position of influence within the trump administration it can be difficult to keep up with it all but that's why we've got mike hanna in washington d.c. thank you mike to this extraordinary story out of venezuela now where state television has broadcast video of a man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after a failed plot against president nicolas maduro in the video the man states he was instructed to seize control of caracas airport before

a plane would be brought in to take my daughter to the united states they were detained after what moore and his government described as a botched beach landing the u.s. government denies any involvement. we're going to work on this it's a constant matter in the sense of anytime there are americans that are detained some place will work to get them back we we will start the process of trying to figure a way if in fact these are americans that are there that we can figure out a path for we want to get every american back if the matured regime decides to hold them will use every tool that we have available to try and get them back it's our responsibility to do so so the u.s. says it wasn't involved let's hear more from to rise above now about what president there has been saying. well there was a press conference with international media in this day and mother would know the 1st thing one of the 1st thing he did was show that video with one of the 2

americans that were detained in venezuela when they attempted to reach the coast with a speed boat one of the as you just mentioned one of them was heard saying that they may know that he was actually trying to fight to free the venezuelan people also that one of their priorities was to control the airport in that act as he also said that there were around 60 men involved groups of 20 and that was we were able what we were able to see in what it was an interrogation between him and subtly members of venezuela's security forces need to continue to accuse not only president donald trump but also president iran to get from colombia and also opposition leader who and why though he said that the united states has some subcontracted a security company in order to carry out and try to oust him he also said that there was going to be an investigation ongoing in order to find out what actually happened that every day comes new information and that operations continue our own

going in venezuela today and that today 4 other people involved in this attack were part of a where detained but it's really in the past it's not the 1st time that we've seen crossed accusation between the united states and venezuela but this is the 1st time that 2 former u.s. soldiers are detained in venezuela in an operation so the certainly racist and lots of questions in the country who financed is who was behind it what actually happened what many people want to know is why 2 former u.s. soldiers were involved in an operation of what many say was doomed from the very beginning because basically they did not have many resources. and evidence as well . would be quite handy as nicolas maduro actually provided any or is it just making these claims. well most definitely all of my voters showed passport he also showed

a contract of what he says has the signature of opposition leader of wang why you go and the director of the u.s. director of the company silver corp he says that that's the evidence that this company was behind and we've seen the president of that company appearing confirming that there was an ongoing operation to try to oust nicola and there's a big question about what will happen to those who were detained not only the former members of venezuelans military who also participated but also to the 2 americans nicole amato said that they're going to be tried in venezuela we also heard mike saying that he was going to do everything possible to get them back but the big question is now what is going to happen to you though he's being accused by the prosecutor's office from hiring mercenaries to try to oust nicolas maduro there saying that he paced hated those mercenaries with funds that were confiscated from venezuelan companies overseas why though says that he's in a sense that this is a plot that the venezuelan government had infiltrated for many many months that

they knew that this was happening and that they played along because they want to discredit venezuela and all position he also said that this will be an excuse or this might be an excuse in order for the venezuelan government to detain him so we're going to be following up what's happening in the country but certainly this already says again the tension between the government and the opposition in the country fascinating stuff to resupply with the latest from venezuela thank you a check of the world weather is coming up and then the british prime minister gets a grilling from the new york position leader as he defends his handling of the coronavirus on break and why organized crime gangs across central and latin america are playing a part in battling the times of. my .

well the last tranche of storms has passed on its way out on the satellite picture into the eastern seaboard but let's not forget it because it's going to bring a bit more moisture from the gulf of mexico new produce and once again in the plains states and that will happen this is the 1st sign of it on thursday a joining of warmth and colder weather not extreme yet so these are big showers rather thing any more dangerous than that the he just overran the desert southwest if anything it will get hot for the next few days i think phoenix still 40 to 42 degrees and there are showers of up in the southern states so for friday it could be particularly stormy and today this falls further south than the last 7 stays a lot it takes up to the appalachians to the northeast corner once again cold air behind it she cargoes any 4 you may have noticed we've seen some pretty big showers recently in guatemala el salvador and in mexico for crosswise the still a few more heavy wants to come around central mexico as you can see and equally

through billy's into the south once more el salvador honduras but they'll tend to diet i think during friday we still got showers to come a few of them in jamaica his pioneer and cuba but becoming lighter on a daily basis the sun will return. liberation tradition like. al-jazeera what insights into the diverse culture of some time later. on in different couples. on n.b.c. and. with

al-jazeera these are the top stories this hour iraqi prime minister mostafa to me is formulate taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought on by coronavirus on top of iraq's existing financial problems the white house has described the u.s. relationship with china as disappointing and frustrating take in a deepening rift over the origins of coronavirus president don't trump maintains it came from a chinese lab but beijing says there's no evidence of. a minister in state television broadcast video of what it says are one of 2 american mercenaries captured during a failed incursion the man claims he was instructed to seize control of caracas

airport and take president nicolas maduro to the united states let's talk to paul dobson journalist based in venezuela he's in the city of merida for us on sky high poll. just as i read that out there i'm wondering what your view is actually on the veracity of all of that the idea of someone being instructed to seize an airport and then take the take the lead into the united states. and i think the skype line to paul dobson has frozen or he's either sitting very still now it's frozen we'll try to reconnect with him if we can to go into a little more detail on what's happening in venezuela meanwhile the european union is facing the worst recession in its history and will not fully recover by the end of next year that assessments come from the 1st a u. for costs for the post lock down economy it says a 3rd of the continent's economic activity is stopped and that will leave lasting

scars on output and the labor markets in europe's biggest economy germany is taking more steps to come out of lockdown people will have more freedom to meet extra shops and museums will reopen when it came as more from berlin. soon all shops and restaurants across europe's biggest country will be able to reopen with social distancing in place for many weeks the government's been trying to chart a course through the coronavirus pandemic one which would cause the fewest deaths and protect the economy compared to the u.k. italy spain and france germany has undoubtedly had a better result now ministers believe the virus is under control and so can ease the many restrictions. stay at the conduct of the end of the day you know we will not against all contacts the way the web if everyone observes that this thing then hygiene rules then there is a good chance that it will remain this way otherwise we would have made these decisions i said we are following up old path and we believe that with the present

framework conditions we have a chance however i want to repeat that we are even more reliant on people cooperated. underlying this decision is the clear fear among the political elite about the damage coronavirus has already caused this economy and what it might go on to do which explains why they're so keen to relax restrictions wherever possible . but as they are relaxed so the responsibility for monitoring the progression of corona virus will devolve to the 16 states of germany anywhere with more than 50 people infected for every 100000 residents must reinstate lockdown is one part of german life that will resume shortly is the football league. officials have been told they can allow games to be played but with no fans in the stadiums and following stringent rules and testing regimes one sector where uncertainty remains

is aviation the national flag carrier lufthansa has been badly hit by the grounding of so many flights and says it needs urgent government help to stay search for your . if you had not a list of we have difficult times ahead of us but we would do everything in their power to reach the goals we have set ourselves those goals for the survival of tensor and we started the company in. some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam the welcome move of visitors who felt culturally stifled these past months reopening one museum is one thing restarting an entire economy quite another because all the while hundreds of new infections are still occurring every day dominic cane al-jazeera berlin. how we're going to try again with venezuela now those claims of a coup attempts there and paul dobson journalist based in venezuela on skype from

merida can you hear me all right paul. brilliant thank you for sticking with us so 1st of all this idea of a u.s. court and quite mercenary trying to take over caracas airport and then airlift nicolas maduro i mean what's your thoughts on the veracity of all of that. well the evidence has been presented this time around we had over the last 5 to 10 years many claims of of us meddling in the country sometimes with read various levels of evidence produced this is one of the occasions where they had the evidence unfairly overwhelming not only is there genuine testimony produced by the current government but this is also being corroborated by the u.s. marine corps and also an independent antigovernment journalist in fact based in miami patricia parlaying who's a 1st person to present this document that contract allegedly signed by one white

one amassing a firm itself so the evidence is fairly able well i mean i think there could be no doubt about what actually happened the main question now is how far were the u.s. in government him vote and then did they know about it is a green light it and today funded to some extent and also what's going to happen now what's going to happen to one guy though who signed that document for a payment of $213000000.00 to the mercenary firm and seem to be behind the organizing of these actions regardless of who ordered this or who was involved it is an absolute gift to president maduro isn't it i mean he can say look here are people coming into our country trying to overthrow the main he's got he's got the evidence in front of him of who they are. without a doubt and i say he he thought of this issue many times during his 2 mandate and sometimes you know we have to be we have to be cynical of what the diff time he can bring out all of the evidence and without any sort of doubt say this is real and

this of course will have a rallying effect on the pro-government supporters here in venezuela it's already started to divide the opposition forces even more so politically the any awareness of the situation is. the mother of government just a little more of one quite oh if you wouldn't mind i mean such a popular figure a strong figure a few months ago backed by the united states as the legitimate leader and by other countries as well as shaky does his future look. what if the late of the end of human behavior signature on the contract is genuine if it seems to be this late to the end really goes up to summarize the shambles of his attempt to bring about regime change in venezuela which began pretty much from day one we had very quickly after his proclamation an interim president would have a role which doesn't even exist the benefit of competition we saw he did it botched attempt to bring in so-called humanitarian aid on the colombian border which also

seemed. silvercorp with involved in running the security of we then for a port attempt of a military coup d'etat in april last year and a series of other events which really none of which have worked his support base he once had here in venezuela is now down to. his allies in the senate well and right wing parties have all what met him or exiled outside of venice weigh in on that very difficult to see how we're going to recover from yet another pocket that can be very important to point out that there are strong sectors within the benefit in opposition which i really dislike the majority government but i know friends of the u.s. government so they're lying in bed with the trump administration with the u.s. led mercenaries we do have no baby in the patio to vote here in venezuela but up some with his views on the situation in venezuela thank you for that

well corona virus deaths in latin america have now passed 15000 health experts warn the region is several weeks behind europe with its peak yet to come brazil is the worst hit country it has more than 8400 deaths mexico has the 2nd highest number of deaths in the region at just over 2 and a half 1000 deaths in ecuador they are more than $1600.00 now indigenous communities a fled to the amazon rainforest fearing their communities could be wiped out by the pandemic and despite being one of the 1st latin american countries to shut down has more than 1500 deaths and cases have doubled in the last 10 days. from mexico city now john holman reports on how latin america's criminal gangs are actually talking up their efforts to fight the virus. he's about to be punished for heading out during quarantine. but not by the police by the m s 13 gang you know salvador they've been taking action against violators of coronavirus curfews in their

territory. and so over the criminal groups across latin america the chief concern and list say isn't for the greater good but strategic goings. the fact that you are seen as. an avalanche a controlling authority is in your communities has some benefits in terms of its own and a certain moments be certain being. trolling secondly even their use and sort of interaction going on and gangs that they are able to implement some initiatives on all the seas increase there it's all in there never is. further south in brazil gangs in a couple of 5 villas in rio de janeiro which usually get their money through street crime and drug dealing now in public services says fernando bring corley so what

they're doing right now he's basically. trying to promote a lockdown of. who should be on the street and about time but also i think private doctors i mean it meant trying to keep this straight and yesterday basically trying to look like a state and says brian cawley charging residents the so-called taxes that go with that. i mean again it's all old news to mexican criminals who've long played the good hearted outlaw with the coronavirus they've simply stepped up their published take on him. just look at this slickly edited video. the new generation cartel handing out food parcels the citizens think its leader. and here reportedly a cell of the similar low a cartel with a packages for some reason with osama bin laden labels that even the daughter of imprisoned drug lord chapel has handed out 2 packages with his face on it but some

of the groups on even putting up the money themselves. where i have. a half or. 3 sticks. and. i know. displays of neverland and i'm some i've already started stealing in. and. out as well. mexico's president has said it is better if they just don't kill it but then. they shouldn't go around like rulers who think that just like you know they're forgiven . and that's just the thing in mexico the murder rate hasn't gone down and they only on the lines that here and elsewhere in latin america these groups have no problem with killing in and terrorizing communities and no amount of robin hood posturing is going to change that. what may change say on lists is the amount of

power a criminal groups can accrue by strategic good beats and that should be a worry to any state john homan al-jazeera mexico city. on one of the most senior scientific advisors to the british government has resigned after breaching the coronavirus lockdown rules he helped create and ferguson was a leading voice on the scientific advisory group later emerged he was visited at his home by a woman once the lockdown came into place. so the headlines on al jazeera this hour iraqi prime minister to me has formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought about by the coronavirus on top of iraq's existing financial problems on a full team with more on this from baghdad. managed to get through 15 out of 22

ministers and cabinet and he still has to resubmit 5 who were ejected and 2 others that were not voted on i think if we look at how the government formation process went on it was in fact very revealing because it really it showed that the political powers wielded a lot of power over his government and there were last minute negotiations to replace ministers to appease the different political parties so that raises the question to what extent he will actually have the power to implement some of the reforms that he put forth and his government program the white house has described the u.s. relationship with china as disappointing and frustrating in a deepening rift over the origins of coronavirus president donald trump maintains it came from a chinese lab but beijing says there's no evidence of that and venezuelan state television has broadcast video of what it says is one of 2 u.s.

mercenaries captured during a failed detergent the man claims he was instructed to seize control of caracas airport and to take president nicolas maduro to the united states or from theresa boat. who would have continued to accuse not only president donald trump but also president from colombia and also opposition leader why you go he said that the united state has some contracted a security company in order to carry out and try to oust him he also said that there was going to be an investigation ongoing in order to find out what actually happened that every day comes new information and that operations continue our own going in venezuela today and that today 4 other people involved in this attack were part or were detained there today but the headlines on al-jazeera count the cost is next. to me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and i'm changing the institutions frequently don't the system itself to

benefit those who understand the people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line. shall carry this is counting the cost on al-jazeera or look at the world of business economics this week famines of biblical proportions the coronavirus is and it's a global economy and supply chains with nations under lockdown so what does that mean for food supplies. from the richest nation where low paid farm workers fear they could be victims of the pandemic to one of the poorest nations zimbabwe and its need for food aid. as italy and spain start the tentative process of lifting

the lockdown can the european union finalize a trillion plan to revive the economy.