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a critical role we meet some attention workers with the job made more hazardous by coronavirus crisis the. venezuelan state t.v. has broadcast a video of a man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plots against the president nicolas maduro they and others were detained after what madeira and his government described as a failed beach landing the u.s. government denies being involved in stories about. 2 former u.s. soldiers were part of what venezuela says was a plan to overthrow president. it was part of a group of around 60 people that say they were hoping to help venezuelans regain freedom but the plan did not work out 8 of them were killed and at least 13 others detained when they tried to reach the venezuelan coast in a speedboat. on wednesday me my little gave

a press conference where he showed the video of interrogation of one of the former u.s. soldiers involved my responsibilities to sue in court there he explained his job was to train venezuelans and help them take control of the airport and got us mother will once again blame donald trump colombia's president and opposition leader why though for the plot to oust him the 3 of them have denied involvement. who organized this mercenary and terrorist incursion that wanted to fill venezuela with violence who did it who gave the order who financed it these are the answers we're using every day. he also showed a contract that was allegedly signed by why the un ga then go to the us war veteran that owns silvercorp the security company hired for the failed military operation matador said he would request his extradition from the united states and that the captured americans would be tried in venezuela u.s. secretary of state mike one player said he would do everything in his power to

secure their release we're going to work on this as a counselor matter in the sense of anytime there are americans that are detained someplace will work to get them back we are we will start the process of trying to figure a way if every fact these are americans that are there that we can figure a path forward it's not the 1st time venezuela accuses the u.s. of supporting plans to get muddled out of office it's been used as a smokescreen to cover the many problems venezuelans face today but the detention of 2 u.s. former soldiers in the country raised questions about who was behind a plot that most analysts say was doomed from the start that is how i just. for poor dobbs and as a journalist based in venezuela he says there's plenty of evidence that opposition leader one was involved. this latest event let's presume that his signature on the contract is genuine as it seems to be this latest event really goes up to summarize the shambles of his attempt to bring about regime change in venezuela which began

pretty much from day one very quickly after his health proclamation an interim president which is a road which doesn't even exist in venezuela competition we saw his botched attempt to bring in so-called humanitarian aid on the colombian border which it also seems will fail to cope with involved in running the security of we then saw reports attempt of a military coup to tower in april 30th 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 almost 0 his allies in the venezuelan right wing parties have always left him or exiled outside of venezuela so it's very difficult to see how he's going to recover from yet another botched attempts but these 5 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india reports say up to $300.00 people have been hospitalized for the cap in

a factory that produces plastics in the city of which occupies enough on the part of state let's get more on this now i want to talk to elizabeth elizabeth per annum in new delhi elizabeth around the sun hundreds of people have now been hospitalized what more can you tell us about the gas leak. so what we're hearing is local government officials say that they received an emergency call from the industrial area in the southern city of the shock of them at around 3 30 in the morning saying that there was gas in the air they said that when they arrived on the scene that it was difficult to breathe but they couldn't stay in the area for more than a few minutes rescue workers to actually arriving at 4 o'clock in the morning now the national disaster relief agency has been called evacuating people within a 3 kilometer radius of the chemical plastics factory and they have said that the gas leak has stopped but police are also saying that at least 5 people have been killed and anywhere between 200 to 500 have been taken to hospital that

they're having difficulty breathing and that they also have skin imitation police also say that the gas leak came from $25000.00 ton tanks of styrene gas and that these tanks were left unattended while the factory was closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the on attended gas in the tanks caused a chemical reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok they're concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping and it also has to be said that india is particularly sensitive to any news about gas leaks because on one of the world's worst industrial disasters which took place in the city of board and 984 when a gas leak at a pesticide factory killed 3500 people who are living in the area origin

is a problem the in your den is a thank you for the update. now the white house has described the u.s. relationship with china as disappointing and frustrating as a rift deepens over their regions of the coronavirus president trump maintains it came from a chinese law but beijing says there's no evidence of that mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the secretary of state has given some 90 interviews or briefings in the past month alone and a central theme in all of them has been the accusation that china is intentionally covering up the origins of the coronavirus and the timeline of the spread of infection the most important piece here is that the american people remain at risk the american people remain at risk because we do not know to your point we don't have certainty about whether it began in the lab or whether begin someplace else the country's foremost carolla just is adamant the virus did not begin another

barratry dr anthony fauci has stated repeatedly that all scientific evidence points to the microbe originating in a mammal like a bat and jumping between species. but president like his secretary of state continues to push back on the science and references the pandemic as an attack 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 an attack like this. and it should have never happened could have been stopped at the source could have been stopped in china it should have been stopped right at the source. and it wasn't ok and the criticism of china is echoed by the press secretary indicating this is an administration wide strategy right now it's a relationship of disappointment and frustration because the president has said how frustrated he is that some of the decisions of china put american lives at risk the

question is why is this such a concerted push against china at this time president trump's anti china rhetoric began to ramp up a week ago following a meeting with his campaign manager brad pasko the possibility is that the president's being persuaded that china bashing is an effective election strategy that would delight his political base it was just a few weeks ago that president trump was describing the chinese leader as his very good friend for whatever reason it's a relationship that is very much at risk mike hanna al-jazeera washington. contrary to expectations china's exports rose by 3.5 percent in april compared to the previous year many were forecasting a full loss of the pandemic reduce demand globally katrina you has more from beijing on how china's industry has moved dominance since being hit by the pandemic . there is some real recovery in chinese trade in this is really

a surprise to many analysts they were predicting up to an 11 percent drop and some people are tribute ing this to the fact that perhaps during april there was an increase in exports of p.p.t. or protective medical gear such as masks and respiration is also one other analysts are speculating that's because there was a backlog that needed to be filled in terms of export orders or all customers were front loading orders ahead of what they expected to be a bad pandemic year and also the other thing is that paps this concern about demand dropping maybe that's yet to hit china's exports maybe with still maybe the worst is still yet to come that's also a possibility what we did see though was of foreign imports they fell by 14.2 percent compared to march and that's a 10.2 percent drop your own year and that was worse than what analysts expected

new zealand has given a taste of what life will be like if it further eases coronavirus restrictions on monday domestic travel professional sport schools recreation centers and hospitality outlets could all reopen businesses would still have to ensure some form of physical distance in new zealand has reported only 3 new cases in the past 4 days. ultimately we built our site. not to return to business as usual tracy morgan did tell us we are better off in the longer term to move down through the aleuts progressively set does mean giving every stage rhyme it means but the decision to go there but also what we do. we think of ourselves as half way down everest i think it's clear that no one wants to hike back up that take the descent is not going to be even more dangerous and so we need to proceed with caution more coronavirus coverage ahead here on al-jazeera including calls for

courage and caution as germany prepares to reopen all shops and restart a top level football. class in iraq finally has a prime minister who is able to govern but he's got his work cut out for another stay with us. hello there's other winds change on the way down to the gulf when you see a line like that is usually a frontal system of drugs if you thunderstorms are into place whether it does that i will not it will see a wind change behind it i mean slightly fresh air well over 37 going down to 34 in doha in the next couple of days most of the arabian peninsula then is just looking to dusty winds not much in the way of thunderstorms we've seen them recently and apart from occasional ones down the high ground in western yemen probably if and have to reach turkey's or in between is warming up jerusalem's up to $27.00 so

that's about 5 degrees up and the breeze is dropping down so it's just sunshine is the main story same is true through most of north africa come down to the tropics and you've got the line of rain the seasonal rains that last 2 or 3 months they've given flooding recently kenya they've given flooding in uganda like victoria's high as well the next tranche of heavy stuff is on its way into the coast of tanzania and kenya this thing here the orange middle. means us particularly heavy so anyway could again see some flash flooding further south you'd expect to see largely dry weather this time of year there are showers in the fall north of angola but in south africa sitting pretty the mopar for showers in the eastern cape and beyond with temperatures still holding up in qatar 25. but. they say to me only know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. follow in their footsteps the state forge their way in the

water. al-jazeera shares these personal journeys. inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. were forced. to. welcome back about it our top stories here on the al jazeera venezuelan state t.v. has pulled cos video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro u.s. government says they and others were detained after

a beach last. at least 5 people including a child up until that gas leak in southern india 300 people are reported to the hospital is. in the factory that produces plastics the city of the southern part not on the other state. in the white house has described the u.s. relationship with china as disappointing and frustrating and a deepening rift over the originals of the coronavirus president trump maintains the virus came from the chinese lab the beijing says there's no evidence of that. iraq's new prime minister has taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet. how to me will have to tackle severe economic challenges brought about by coronavirus as well as existing financial problems so manifold and reports now from the capital baghdad after almost 6 months of political wrangling iraq finally has a new government on thursday former intelligence chief with the fall of kabul me the 3rd person to be nominated for prime minister this year secured parliament seal

of approval 15 ministers from his 22 member cabinet are also passed. while moment 3 we're going through a critical phase in our history iraq is facing so many challenges in our security economy health care and even socially but it is not bigger than our determination to stand up to these challenges. to earn the vote of confidence they may have to appease major political parties by letting them pick ministers in his cabinet an informal deeply entrenched power sharing system known as portion meant. he had 10 percent of freedom to choose his cabinet and 90 percent were determined by the potties. names of ministers were swapped until right before the vote amid last minute backroom negotiations some parties which didn't secure ministries including nuri al maliki's state of law alliance and ayad alawi is national coalition boycotted the vote. this is a strange approach and it's

a dangerous precedent in the iraqi political scene the candidates of his cabinet that's 12 ministers represented to the shia parties and they gave their point of view but it was not shared with the rest of the political parties it's as if the shia power was a guardians of the political process. replaced the who resigned in the vendor amid widespread anti-government demonstrations protesters had demanded an overhaul of the political system that would allow them to elect the head of state directly and do away with the apportionment system seen as a conduit for corruption and political patronage but the protests have largely died down over the past months and with them the pressure for systemic change the few demonstrators who remain in tahrir square rejected me. any government that is formed inside parliament without the opinions of protesters will be rejected but them instead bring those to account who are killing kidnapping and

arresting us on a daily basis comes to power as iraq faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis a resurgence of eisel the coronavirus pandemic and us iran tensions on its soil government has put forth an ambitious government program but it remains to be seen whether he'll have the power to exit cubit the government formation process has shown that he remains beholden to the same political powers that iraq is blamed for the current crisis to many his appointment signals the preservation of the status quo but in the 1st step on the road towards change that they have demanded some one a fault in al-jazeera but that. yemeni government soldiers on the island of so-called bracing for attacks after saudi forces supporting them against separatists withdrew from checkpoints u.a.e. backed separatists known as the southern transitional council known as an offensive on the island's biggest city of last week fighting temporarily ended up the saudi

forces took control of the checkpoints and mediated a cease fire separatists of sins brought further reinforcements into psychiatrist shelling south of libya's capital tripoli has killed at least 6 people and injured 19 the attack it's a coastal road in the town of tajoura as well as other districts in the capital the shelling has been linked to fighters loyal to warlord leave the hospital the european union's facing the worst recession in its history and will not fully recover by the end of the year that's the assessment of the 1st e.u. forecast for the post lock down economy it's as a 3rd of the blocks economic activity has stopped and this only lasting scars on output and the labor market all you member states are forecast to enjoy a severe recession this year economic activity. in greece italy spain croatia and to a lesser extent france are forecast to contract the most italy was struck 1st and most forcefully the economy is expected to contract by about 9.5 percent

with containment measures now starting to be removed gradually the economy is projected to start recovering from the 2nd half of 2020 nevertheless italy's recovery is forecast to take longer than in other member states spain's parliament has extended its state of emergency for a 4th time the prime minister whether sanchez has asked for another 2 weeks allows the government to control people's movement as it gradually eases the lockdown spain is one of the worst hit countries and more than 25000 people have died from coronavirus. and europe's biggest economy germany is moving further out of lockdown and people will have more freedom to meet extra shops and museums will reopen and top level football will return to the pitch when it came reports. soon all shops and restaurants across europe biggest economy 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 we will not bring stall contacts their way there where 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 a bold 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. one part of german life that will resume shortly is the football league does 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 lifton's has been badly hit by the grounding of so many flights and says it needs urgent government help to stay airborne search for you if you're not a list we have difficult times ahead of us but we would do everything power to

reach the goals we have set ourselves those goals for the survival of tents and we started the company in. some cultural activities have already restarted as here at the barberini museum in potsdam a welcome move to 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 russia is also easing some restrictions president vladimir putin has backed proposals to let some people go back to work in the capital moscow that's despite the number of infections across russia rising 510000 4 days in a row. now deaths in latin america have passed 15000 and health experts warn it's several weeks behind europe with the peak still to come brazil is the worst hit

country more than 8500 people have died mexico as a 2nd highest number of deaths in the region at just over 2700 deaths in ecuador more than 1600 some indigenous communities have fled to the amazon rain forest fearing there may be wiped out by the pandemic and despite being one of the 1st latin american countries to lock down more than 1500 people have died in peru and cases of double in the past 10 days. from mexico city john heilemann reports on how latin america's criminal gangs are 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 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 the 13. trolling strictly you their use and sort of interaction element 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 favelas in rio de janeiro which usually get their money through street crime and drug dealing now in public services says fernando browne 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 i get

doctors i make it mad 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 of the new generation. handing out food parcels the citizens bank it's leader. and here reportedly a cell of the sin aloa cartel with a packages to some reason with osama bin laden labels that even the daughter of imprisoned drug lord chapel has handed up 2 packages with his face on it but some of the groups on even putting up the money themselves. where half. a half are in. and.

i know. displays of neverland and i'm some have already started stealing. and tire tracks. as well. mexico's president has said it is better if they just don't kill it but at the gun law they shouldn't go around like rulers who think that just like you know they are forgiven. and that's just the thing in mexico the murder rate hasn't gone down and it 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 analysts 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. now health workers have been applauded for the sacrifices they've made during the pandemic yet others on

the front line have little or no access to protective equipment and often get no recognition a lot america editor this in human joins sanitation workers during a shift in chile's capital santiago. they make their living by doing the dirty work at all said he'll fancy school and roberto are a team from dawn to early morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and travel neighborhood. a bell residents that they're coming back to my daniel has been doing this for 33 years. someone has to do it we don't have advanced education so we have to do this but i'm not sorry on the contrary it's a noble job. maybe so but it's hazardous. this is dangerous because of the dogs people leave sharp objects in the bags even syringes we pick all this up with their hands and geese and fictions there's no sugarcoating

this is one of the least hygenic and little smelly jobs that one can have and it's now become one of the most dangerous because these men have no idea if the rubbish that they're handling over and over again belongs to the people who were going ok that would go with 19. fransisco this is now afraid to go home how the world. because of the family they say this far is get stuck to the bags and to the handles on the truck. chillies more than 16000 sanitation employees work with gloves that easily ripped to shreds the few disposable face masks the company gave these workers ran out long ago so they wear whatever they find you think that young men look at them i say well yeah the security measures in this country are appalling for the sector is specially under these new conditions. but while the

private companies aren't paying these men any extra ordinary people are showing their appreciation. for. rubbish collectors have always been stigmatized and seen as the lowest on the totem pole but now with this people are giving us credit where it's due it's would keep their spirits up as the joke with all of us pride that they're now considered part of the front line against coronavirus you see in human al-jazeera sent out. a program out of the headlines on al-jazeera venezuelan state television has brokaw's video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after the alleged plot against president nicolas maduro the u.s. government say they others were detained after a failed beach landing the u.s. government denies being involved at least 5 people including

a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india up to $300.00 people are reported to them hospitalized in a factory that produces plastics the city of. this state is of her own and has more now from india's capital new delhi. so what we're hearing is local government officials say that they received an emergency call from the industrial area in the southern city of them at around 3 30 in the morning saying that they with gas from the air they say that when they arrived on the scene that it was difficult to breathe but they couldn't stay in the area for more than a few minutes rescue workers started arriving at 4 o'clock in the morning now the national disaster relief agency has been called evacuating people within a 3 kilometer radius of the chemical plastics factory. the white house has described the u.s. relationship with china as disappointing and frustrating and a deepening a rift of the origins of the coronavirus president trying to maintain the virus came from a chinese lab invasion says there's no evidence of that and contrary to expectations

china's exports have risen by 3.5 percent in april compared to the previous year many were forecasting a form of the pandemic which is demand globally the european union is facing the worst recession in its history and will not fully recover by the end of the year that's the assessment of the 1st e.u. forecast for the post lock down economy it says a 3rd of the blocks economic activity have stopped and this will leave lossing scars on output and the labor market and iraqi prime minister must demi has formally taken office parliament approved a partial cabinet he takes the reins a time of severe economic challenges boarded up by the virus on top of existing financial problems well those were the headlines and news continues on al-jazeera after witness statement on so much but enough. in countries like mine people have been killed. when united states have privatized the whole team and probably

more this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis and other arabs when they came to britain for b. to help to pass problems due to low fuel rumsfeld was meeting saddam isn't there interesting. shadow on al-jazeera ringback. yeah navy hey michel in the meantime allen editor to me you. get to know what it's your problem.