there is no and they more because there's always a small. really really good move. in the absence we in the united states have privatized the old public function your shadow on al-jazeera. it was healthy to use wombs. control. as well and state t.v. airs video of an alleged us mercenary here president was behind a failed coup washington denies any link. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life photo hall so coming up official figures released in the u.k. reveal the risk of dying 2 to go covert 19 is higher among ethnic minorities you know a report says russian mercenaries are helping libyan warlord clip

a hot start in the fight against the internationally recognized government. at least 8 people were killed and hundreds taken to the hospital after a gas leak at a factory and southern india. television has broadcast video of the man it says is a us mercenary involved in a plot to overthrow president nicolas maduro has described the failed beach landing as a modern version of the botched u.s. invasion of cuba 59 years ago the u.s. government denies any involvement traceable reports. to former u.s. soldiers were part of what venice we left 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. at least 13 others

detained when they tried to reach the venezuelan coast in a speedboat. on wednesday nicole at 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 suit their 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 getting every day. he also showed a contract that was allegedly signed by y. though under the 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 bell said he would do everything in his power to secure their release we're going to work on this it's a counsellor matter in the sense of anytime there are americans that are detained some place will work to get them back we are we will start the process of trying to figure a way of ever in 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. new data from the u.k. has shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from cova 19 than people who are white because released by the office of national statistics show black men and women are 4 times more likely to

die after being diagnosed with coded $1000.00 than white people risk of death was also significantly higher for men and women of bangladeshi pakistani and indian ethnicities the reports of people from these backgrounds for disproportionately affected by underlying health conditions that economic disadvantage from the whole enters a selection or in health and social care at the university of birmingham she joins us via skype for appreciate your time so much so should anyone find these results startling. welcome morning thank you for having me. with regard to these findings anybody who studies the social nature of society and especially she studied those through the house i'm go you unfortunately you would be very surprised if he's finding quite devastating. i mean and there's actually similar data out of the u.s. as well when it comes to people of color so is it that your findings are that black and brown people are more likely to die from it are they also just more likely to

get it because of some of the lifestyle choices they have to make of you know they have to go to work etc. i don't know finitely and i think it's important that we understand how we talk about these issues that impact back among our ethnic communities in ringback the u.k. and the u.s. and we find them as lifestyle choices but when we look at the structural nature of society which makes choices very limited by hard the choices that people choose mother that they have to do to be out in somalia nobody would choose maybe to drive a taxi 18 hours and be at increased risk of picturing a coded 19 but if you do not work you do not get paid and if you do not get paid your family may not have a roof over their heads you children may not eat dinner they sleep so if we find this discussion around lifestyle choices it removes responsibility from society and encourages us not to think about how to make age they are a more equal society that would reduce the risks for the communities in fictional

conditions like oh you're absolutely right that was a very poor choice of words because i completely agree that it's important that we frame this in the right way so since black people are being disproportionately affected clearly that means it's going to be much harder for their families to recover on the other end of this so what needs to be done about that. well most definitely i think when we're talking about covert i mean maybe talking about life after that is about looking at how we can structure a more fair society that can challenge these health inequalities more broadly i mean the fact that the u.k. and massive parts of the world have been in lock down weeks means that a lot of people of maybe being a little more sidenote which means that more people will be at risk at some of the conditions that make it more likely to be picked so we think. we have to think inequalities that have been strong open why the situation lack of access to access

to exercise lack of access. issues around finances those people who haven't been able to work i would be going to money to postpone it so if we look at especially the financial implications we can see the risk being increased ringback but people not necessarily just the coal that all of the conditions that are very much linked to social stratification within society such as type 2 diabetes and. often in marginalized communities people look to people within their community to try to fill in the gap to try to look out for each other to try to help in situations like this but when you say something structural there needs to be a broader effort to do something about this where is the leadership as far as as government and other people to do something about this. i think you make a really interesting point i think looking at the response by black women i would say ethnic communities to fit in as being quite humbling religious organizations

community groups across the country have been doing some amazing work on the ground to try and ensure they got be instilled and these are the government should be filling so street banks completely running out of food feeding some of the most vulnerable people in our society is. to me it's you ringback who lives ations of violence he is ensuring that l. is inching in that seeds have someone to go and check on them to make sure that they have to make sure they have medication. and basic is symptomatic of a state that doesn't have a safety net so people such as the us so i think in moving forward we're thinking about structural change we have asked think about how government could and should be able to support people in times such as this oh this shouldn't have to happen whereby we have people who are living in their homes and have no food and schools are currently open and ensuring that children still have access to nutritious food it's a very sad state of affairs when schools and families have to rely on the on the

generosity of communities to ensure that the most vulnerable i see it's part of the call andrew thank you so much for your insight on this we appreciate it thank you so much for having me have a nice family a craze liner at the center of a criminal investigation is australia's coronavirus outbreak has reached the philippines the reprint says more than $200.00 filipino crew members on board that's currently at anchor in manila bay a bit it's not certain if it will be allowed to enter the main port the liner is linked to 21 tests a nearly 700 cases of covert 19 australians investigating how 2700 passengers were allowed to disembark and march despite showing signs of chronic virus trail and ogun and manila says several cruise ships are bringing back the latino workers. it will remain in an anchor in the lobby up until everyone has been tested we're getting reports that in the coming days basically the philippine coast guard will

be leading the testing of all of the crews on board there are about $200.00 filipino crews there also those coming from different countries at this point there are about 12 ships 12 crew cruise ships currently docked off manila be stranded with stranded crew workers here and it remains to be seen exactly when they're going to to leave and according to the philippine goosed coast guard more are expected to arrive or to dock in the coming days but what's critical here though is just how big the impact is on filipino overseas filipino overseas workers as you know the philippines supplies about a quarter of the total labor workforce in the maritime industry more more than 100000. c. men workers are filipinos more than 20000 have already been repatriated are brought back here and hundreds of them remain stranded here in manila bay so now at this

point they're looking at the immediate impact of getting as many of these workers as possible tested those who are cleared will be able to will be sent home those who are possibly will be sent to a medical facility but again the critical part is what happens to those who are non filipinos those who are stranded here according to the philippine coast guard most likely they will have to stay in this ship until further notice until things develop on the ground at least 8 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in southern india more than $200.00 people have been hospitalized people living in nearby villages are being evacuated the lake happened in a factory that produces fostex in the city have. an entrepreneur. so khurana has a subject from new delhi. 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 that they couldn't stay in the area for more than a few minutes rescue workers talked to 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 and anywhere between $200.00 to $500.00 have been taken to hospital that they're having difficulty breathing and that they also have been overtaken police also say that the gas leak came from 25000 ton tanks all of styrene gas and that these tanks were on attended while the factory was closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the unintended gas in the tank 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 concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping in or not in nations report says about 1000 mercenaries from russia's wagner group are operating in libya to support the war khalifa hof tar also forces have recruited up to 2000 fighters from syria in their fight against libya recognize government based in tripoli. we're very concerned and though the intervention of. foreign citizens in libya is something the secretary general has spoken out about publicly it is something of concern it is of no help to the people of libya who are who are in dire need of political reconciliation so peace can return to their country a correspondent on the tele had joins us live from the capital tripoli so what are they finance in this report had assess translate to what's actually happening on

the ground in libya. well according to the factory shell mentioned in this report the involvement in the libya conflict has apparently de raided early excessive conflict in and around tripoli but also do read the piece for us too in the libyan conflict the irony is that as you know that in january most cost to a meeting in terms of the international efforts to bring the libyan warring factions to sign a cease fire which have to rejected in moscow but meanwhile it seems that more school not only by weapons and mercenaries but also by sending experts to effect the general opinion in regard to giving good.

media a. positive campaign to the camp led by the warlords really for have to. report as you know mentioned that from 802-1200 russian mercenaries belonging to the wagner's group have been fighting along with forces do it with the warlords who have that since 2018 meanwhile. military commanders with the government of national called have told us several times that they have spotted a russian messner is it in several locations on the front lines in southern tripoli and also in around the city of kut who are now these say that they film it with their with their. cameras or c.c.t.v. cameras russian mercenaries inside military camps in fact they say that the takeover by a half to the force of a year to walk military camp which is only a few kilometers away from the neighborhood is due to the russian. medicine

resists military assistance to have to use force meanwhile the government military sources that say that the operation of all of her forces is located in the city of god who now is run by both egyptian along with russian military expert experts from the wagner's group and as you know russia of the wagner group has close ties with the kremlin and with the president vladimir putin himself but again the irony is as you know that. putin has been calling on the warring factions to in the conflict and to engage in a political process to in the current military conflict according to the report all saw the wagner's group is not also in military conflict on the ground but also on launching social media campaign to support to see phillis them and

get their son of the slain leader i'm going to get their feet. satellite imagery shows that. there is a way linking man military bases inside the egyptian waters with the city of tupelo and the also has obtained an intelligence document from egypt indicating that russian military experts have trained to have to the soldiers inside a military base inside egypt close to the libyan borders. but will that tell ahead life for us and thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera health officials in the u.s. one of hands and i guess pushing americans towards a mental health crisis iraq's 3rd choice for prime minister takes charge after months of wrangling and a growing financial crisis. but

. how we got the usual scattering of showers across southeast asia nothing unusual here we have got some live a downpour still just around northern parts of some auditing see the other the white clouds helps to showing up here this is where we got the biggest showers and a little system just offshore to the south there but that's going to stay out into the open water so shouldn't cause too many problems so we'll see further spells of heavy rain as we go on through friday and saturday that's pushing up towards the andaman sea southern parts of the gold and then the usual showers through much of malaysia indonesia not bad but want to heat of the day shells just showing up here as we go on through the coming days some showers longer spells of rain still showing up into the southeast of australia but same life the weather making its way

across some parts of the way pushing right across south australia and ice now going to make his way into the southeast and cool the winds gusting in excess of 100 kilometers per hour for some across south australia through wednesday the wetter weather's making its way down across the southeast as into the to the northeast of new south wales not too far from byron bay 79 millimeters of rain in 24 hours fun and dry here as you go on through friday blustery showers continue to roll through the bites heading on to tasmania and victoria. but. as italy went into lockdown people in power are asked to filmmakers to document the effects on ordinary people from the immense suffering and loss the forgotten abandoned or exploited to sing a longs every day heroes and heartwarming acts of kindness the stories they capture reveal how the virus is forcing society to take

a look in the mirror and exposing its inequalities coronavirus lockdown italy people in power on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories right now miss weyland state television has broadcast video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro dro says the man will face venezuelan justice u.s. government denies involvement in a gas leak at a chemical plant in southern india has killed at least 8 people hundreds of others of and taken to the hospital after struggling to breathe the u.n.

says it has evidence up to 1000 russian mercenaries are fighting in libya for warlord tar the u.n. also says at least 2000 syrian fighters have been uprooted by hot hard to fight the internationally recognized government and the capital tripoli. health experts are warning the pandemic could lead to a historic surge in mental health problems as a growing number of people turn to drugs and alcohol a federal u.s. emergency hotline reported a 1000 percent increase in calls in april and a poll is found nearly half of americans say the crisis is affecting their mental health john hendren reports from chicago. it 13 jennifer jimenez became the face on a 1000 fashion magazines my life literally went from growing up and went outside us argentina where there was dirt roads and donkeys ran around all over to becoming a supermodel overnight just like that then after ending years of cocaine and alcohol addiction she went from the youngest model to grace the cover of elle to the front of recovery today now she says she fears

a pandemic of drug addiction within the coronavirus pandemic there isn't it and. it's not all it's and. it's but i think it's so. i think that there are people. it sounds seriously if her husband tim ryan is a former heroin addict turned interventionist so what people are doing. well all i know it's. a lot of. the couple is now fielding more than $100.00 calls a day on their own helpline. experts say addiction is a disease of isolation and quarantine zone social distancing increase the risk of a relapse it seems clear people are self medicating whether out of fear were just

boredom in the 3rd week of march when much of the u.s. went on lockdown the research firm nielsen found alcohol sales rose 55 percent even though most bars and restaurants had closed online sales rose a staggering 243 percent. for addicts suffering in isolation jennifer jimenez has a message i've heard trying to get china to sell him or her if you might realize your so your work and your life matters i don't. think. knowing that you're shocked. it's a road that these days millions of attics are walking alone john hendren chicago to take a look at how the current virus pandemic is affecting economies the bank of england says the case economy could trim by 14 percent the bank's 1st forecast on the effect of pandemic predicts unemployment will rise to 8 percent the share that's up

from just 3.7 percent in 2019 the recovery is expected to be faster than that following the global financial crisis the bank has left interest rates on hold at 0 point one percent and european union has been warned to brace for the worst recession in its history the break assessment came from the european commission that says a 3rd of the blocks economic activity has stopped and this only lasting scars on the labor market whole you member states are forecast to enjoy a severe recession this year they're going to be got d.v.d. . in greece italy spain croatia and to a lesser extent fronts 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 other member states. but there are signs of recovery and china exports unexpectedly rose by 3 and a half percent in april as factories reopen analysts had expected to drop there to falling global demand and march exports were down 6.6 percent from a year ago when he was in beijing with more on how china's trade industry has moved on since being hit by the pandemic there is some real recovery in chinese trade and 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. or protective medical gear such as mosques 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 demands 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 a full 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. israel supreme court has ruled unanimously against enervating to stop a coalition deal between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny cants the court also declined to disqualify netanyahu on the basis of his corruption indictments but the judges did describe the agreement as legally problematic the coalition government will see who and dance take turns as prime minister is to be sworn in next wednesday. iraq's new prime minister has taken

office after parliament approved a partial cabinet. takes the reins at a time of severe economic challenges worsen by the krona virus it's been a fault in reports from 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 past. the we are 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 in me had to appease major political parties by letting them pick ministers in his cabinet an informal get 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 parties and blocs. names of ministers were swapped until right before the vote amid last minute backroom negotiations some parties which didn't secure ministries including the 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 sheer power was of the 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 month 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 and the 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 wonderful to an al-jazeera but that. a planet roughly the size and temperature of earth is exciting scientists in there investigating whether it could sustain life it's called the $1649.00 c. the kepler $1649.00 c. that's after the spacecraft that discovered it so this represents one of the best chances at a habitable alternative to earth the planet is 300 light years away which actually and space terms that's pretty close and it orbits a so-called red tor star. take up the headlines right now on al-jazeera television has broadcast video of a man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro but the us says the men will face venezuelan justice the u.s.

government denies involvement it's people from black asian another minority ethnic backgrounds in the u.k. are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people in new data has found the office of national statistics report said black people were 4 times more likely to die from the virus than whites it says underlying health conditions poverty and age were all driving factors the bank of england says the u.k.'s economy could shrink by 14 percent for the merges from the corona virus outbreak the bank's 1st forecast on the effect of the pandemic predicts unemployment will rise to 8 percent this year that's up from 3.7 percent in 2019 a cruise liner linked to $21.00 deaths and about $700.00 kovan $1000.00 cases and australia has arrived in the philippines or than $200.00 filipino crew members on board a gas leak at a chemical plant in southern india has killed at least 8 people hundreds of others have been taken to the hospital as both promises have date from new delhi. the gas

leak came from $25000.00 ton tanks of styrene gas and that these tanks were left on attended while the factory with closed for 40 days because of india's lockdown that the on attended gas in the tank 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 concerned that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been fleeting there and says it has evidence up to $1000.00 russian mercenaries are fighting in libya for warlord khalifa haftar it also says at least 2000 syrian fighters have been recruited by hatari to fight the internationally recognized government in the capital tripoli as the headlines keep it on al-jazeera want to stick up people in power this next. 'd political ideals grassroots activists and polished speech in its full lines takes you inside the

battle for the democratic party. and asks if its base is too polarized to take home the white house there's a generational divide that's real you might ironically see the outsider mantle to the most corrupt incumbent president ever to langley's america's divided democrats on ounces era. when the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across the world in early 2020 italy and quickly became europe's worst affected nation and soon after went into look as its hospitals began to fold its population retreated into isolation and its economy grahams to a halt we are to filmmakers from road to document that was unprecedented.