and. tripoli is only functioning airport is hit by the forces of libyan warlord. so too are nearby neighborhoods and 3 people are killed. hello everyone on come on santa maria here in doha this is the world news from al-jazeera brazil's president is described in a medical journal as the biggest threat to his country's ability to get on top of its worsening corona virus outbreak.

fireworks light up the skies over moscow delivering a spectacular finish to. celebrations for the 75th anniversary of victory day. and the world loses one of rock n roll's founding fathers little richard has died at the age of $87.00. we are starting in libya where shelling by forces loyal to the warlord after is hit the sole operational airport in tripoli the un recognized government has described it as a careless terrorist crime and is threatening to hit back a libyan airways jet was hits but no one was on board 3 civilians were killed though in residential areas near the airport all the details in this report from without the war had in tripoli. over russia of rockets a strike jet fuel tanks and aircraft at tripoli's international airport the latest

attack on civilian infrastructure in the battle for the capital while the ground battles remain outside the city rockets are still landing in the city center. it's 80 were fired at him 80 get airports that has been closed since march due to shelling it's the only operational aid port in tripoli and has been repeatedly targeted by forces loyal to the world have turned over the past year using groc it's an airbus try x. have to the forces say they were targeting equipment used to launch turkish drones that is trying their troops in the south and other areas of the contrie. in recent weeks the internationally recognized government has increased the amount of territory it controls and has lost a drain on the straight g.g.

clee important areas held by have tell us forces attacks on civilian areas in tripoli are becoming more common there's no absolutely no way that a military takeover would have been possible without some civilian casualties the problem this is the social and at their mercy or any perception of the legitimacy of the libyan our armed forces or of khalifa as a potential military leader have completely dissipated from most of the residents in tripoli because they realize that if previously some of them believe that this is actually a cohesive disciplined army now a year on having seen the way this conflict in for and having witnessed how both sides really behaved particularly the libyan our armed forces they really equate them with them and with the militias that are in the capital people in the city have lived with shelling drone strikes and other area attacks from halftimes forces

while the ground war comes the closer to their homes. several international institutions along with the united nations have been calling on half the us forces to refrain from attacking civilian facilities and residential areas such calls have largely been ignored as this scale over tax rises by the day many civilians here are blaming the international community for not doing enough to protect them. and. tripoli well the u.n. mission in libya has called for those who've broken international laws to be brought to justice has some of its tweets there mentioning the damage to passenger aircraft fuel storage facilities firefighting trucks the passenger lounge as well as the civilian casualties these horrifying attacks that added occur on a regular basis close to civilian neighborhoods also said the heavy shelling is one

in a series of indiscriminate attacks most of which are attributable to pro have to forces killed more than 15 civilians since the start of this month. on 2 coronavirus new zone brazil's president jaya both scenarios been described as the biggest threat to his country's ability to respond to the virus that damning assessment came from the british publication the lancet medical journal brazil is the worst affected country in latin america deaths have gone beyond 10000 there are well over 155000 recorded infections but both sonora continues to downplay the danger of covert 19 demanding the economy reopen fully as soon as possible he does have support those systems are locked in the capital brasilia were purchased as many of them in their cars came out to cheer for their president will starve ribeiro is a journalist and founder of the online magazine the brazilian report he says the

biggest worry is that no one actually knows the true extent of brazil's outbreak. brazil is one of the countries that has tested the least in the world per leader people we have tested 10 times less than the united states of the us are by no means a reference the word standards in some areas of brazil for instance the state a few meters or days it's the 2nd most populated state in brazil we have only $3000.00 cases but then we have almost 100000 suspected cases that have gone tested so far so the numbers are clearly much worse you know the government has absolutely no idea of the true extent of the problem and it's not me talking the health minister himself has admitted that person was flying blind through the spend make and there are a lot of other issues happening because we have no political correlation between

federal miscible and state level thora these we have absolutely no way of dealing properly with the crisis right now so it's also mother's day in latin america on sunday which is normally a big events in the region social calendar the sun pro from p.s. he tells us how it's shaping up this year. mother's day is one of the most important date social dates on the calendar across latin america so governments are very worried about what could happen they are already taking measures to try and avoid crowds on mother's day for example in mexico the biggest flower market in the capital mexico city will be closed the same is true for the cemetery for cemeteries across the country that's happening also here in colombia and in other countries like in chile the government of mexico as been promoting ads on

television and social media essentially saying if you love your mother take care of her and don't visit her this year to avoid the possibility of spreading the infection this is something that's very concerning here in colombia with the government also deciding to impose curfews in a number city cities and regions there will also be a total ban on the selling of alcohol. wholesales are very high on mother's day it's also an excuse to party for many colombians in anything of a rowdy way so the government here is fearing that people will use mother's day as an excuse to defy the restrictions that are in place even in countries where the celebration are not as rowdy as they are hearing colombia for example in

chile cemeteries will be closed and other restrictions will be put in place. and russia are huge fireworks displays lit up the skies over moscow as part of celebrations to mark 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe traditional commemorations there including a military parade were called off because of the pandemic infections in russia are rising dramatically to the more than 10000 cases reported for 7 days in a row now. has more. instead of a military parade on moscow's red square russians marked 53 day in solitude covered 19 has changed everything the streets routinely used to display russia's military power are empty no tanks no music no marchers. president vladimir putin place flowers at the eternal flame near the kremlin walls and for the 1st time in recent hears western delegates who were due to attend the

event canceled. addressing the nation he called for unity. during the year we know and they firmly believe that we are going to believe and we stand together. a military air show replace the ground parade with jets flying over 47 cities across russia. during the 2nd world war the then soviet union lost about 25000000 people more than any other country. yet the most we probably don't deserve a parade on the the circumstances everyone is hiding scared of the virus whereas the veterans were going under bullets and minds. with social distancing traditions have turned to technology and stead of families carrying a photograph of a relative lost in the war like previous years portraits were uploaded online for a digital commemoration. we knew the price like i don't mind the celebrations but

cancelled people will celebrate at home and can watch the parade from previous years. but the president was counting on the parade to mark the 75th anniversary with his approval ratings hitting a record low there is frustration over the handling of the pandemic as russia becomes a new hot spot for the virus at home a weak economy and a slump in oil prices are making things worse. the economy is not doing well i know a number of anti crisis measures have been taken and i hope it will help us to survive the situation. abroad its involvement in the war in syria and libya has fueled tensions with adversaries the president was hoping the parade would help his political standing and the country's might now. but as a marks the end of the 2nd world war russia now faces a new invisible enemy carty a little piece of the young al-jazeera. former u.s.

president barack obama's described donald trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as quote an absolute chaotic disaster my bet damning critic during a conference call with former members of his administration was leaked a added the current administration appears to have a mind set of what's in it for me and to heck with everybody else the u.s. has reported about 1300000 infections and more than 77000 deaths. also in the u.s. the new york state which is the epicenter of the country's outbreak its governor says they're investigating more than 70 cases of a possible coronavirus related syndrome affected children symptoms include swollen blood vessels and heart problems 3 children have died from the condition we were laboring under the impression that young people were not affected by covered 90 and that was actually good news right the vulnerable populations were older people

people with co-morbidities but. the one of the few rays of good news was young people weren't affected we're not so sure that that is the fact that anymore. toddler elementary school children are presenting symptoms similar to our saki disease or toxic shock like syndrome. and the news ahead we will tell you why european governments think cycling is part of the solution as they allow people back out again and a lack of testing these people wondering just how big nigeria's corona virus outbreak really it's. we've had some very hot weather into the south of china recently that will change

as we go on through the next couple of days because rains pushing for you can see a line of storms just around central and southern parts of china that's going to sink further south was followed a hook of cloud up towards japan big downpours coming through here and it will turn increasingly wet as we go through sunday going on into monday prices guys come back in behind across the korean peninsula temperatures at around 22 celsius for seoul touch warmer in beijing and warmer still as we go on into monday by monday japan should be largely fine and dry 26 celsius there in tokyo doing quite nicely but the wet weather will last the links back across taiwan into the southeast of china and we are going to see some rather heavy rain there even into hong kong 30 celsius top temperature on monday and that wet weather stretches across the gulf of tonkin hi nancy some sharp showers along with northern parts of vietnam some sharp showers longer spells of right also pushing towards the philippines now you can see this little clutch of storms out into the open waters i was going to drift

a little further west which is we go through sunday and on in sioux monday that will make its way up towards central and southern parts of the philippines with some heavy downpours elsewhere across southeast asia so usual seasonal showers. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capitol of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this departure structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. the

top stories this hour on al-jazeera forces loyal to the libyan warlord honey for hafter a fired at least 80 rockets into tripoli's only functioning airport 3 civilians died from shelling near the airport. brazil's president has been described as the biggest threat to his own country's ability to respond to the correct damning assessment came from british publication the lancet medical brazil is latin america's worst affected country and a huge fireworks display is that the skies over the russian capital is part of celebrations to mark 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe the traditional number actions putting a military parade were put off because of a pandemic. thousands of people have queued for food handouts in one of the world's

most expensive cities geneva began lining up at 5 in the morning on saturday 4 hours before the food was brought out by then the queue was one and a half kilometers long. a government is expected to announce almost all incoming travelers will have to go into isolation after arriving for 2 weeks the restrictions are expected to take effect at the end of the month those found breaking the rules could face fines or deportation prime minister paris johnson will on sunday outline his steps for easing other lockdown rules at this point more than 31 and a half 1000 people have died in the u.k. and even as the u.k. and other european countries start allowing people back out they are still in force in social distancing which means public transports become a big problem or a challenge reports the possible solution. the dog strapped to his back is an individual touch but this man's choice of 2 wheels is what several european

governments are hoping as many of us as possible use for lock down travel is rome notorious for its alarming traffic not previously a bike friendly city but 150 kilometers of emergency cycle lanes are being created as an alternative to public transport better late than never says this fights women like the we are very happy we've been asking them for years and many of us not only may i'm only the president of the save the cyclists association many have fought to achieve this the coronavirus pandemic has prompted an urgent rethink of how people get about madrid has bans cars from 29 streets this weekend to accommodate those taking their russian down door exercise on bike and foot atocha train station like many transport hubs in europe is mostly empty lockdowns and stay at home orders have kept people off the continents trains trams and buses but lifting restrictions

without risking fresh outbreaks poses many difficult questions physical distancing is all but impossible on many of the continent's overcrowded mass transit systems so how do you get the economies coggs moving again if people can't get back to work safely the british government's also i think cycling and walking are a big part of the answer it's announced 2 and a half 1000000000 dollars in funding engine with public transport reversing to a firm surface once you take into account the 2 need to do so sial distancing rule they would only be effective capacity for one in 10 passages in many parts of our network just a 10th of the old capacity since the epidemic began the u.k. has seen a big increase in cycling anyway it wants to harness this fresh enthusiasm to help pedal power it out of the coronavirus crisis chalons al-jazeera. nigeria's governments warning the beds could soon run out in corona virus isolation senses

infections are on the rise particularly in parts of the north and in the commercial capital lagos a clinical trial involving the malaria drug hydrochloric when it's set to begin in lagos state is another problem though corona virus may have spread much more widely than nigeria's government realizes testing the rules of very low just over 25000 have been completed in a population of 195000000 people. the government relaxed weeks of lockdown measures in some states the number of recorded cases rose by more than some here and journalists so the man out of the says there are plans to reintroduce the lockdowns following a surge in covered 19 cases at the moment the latest said governor has actually went that he might be forced to. bring back the lockdown on the citizens because many people have been flouting the lockdown procedures

don't forget that it was lifted as you rightly said on maybe force and when that happened we know as you know a surge in infection rates because lot of people went out on the street as if these 19 has suddenly disappeared as a side one as you can see now that the figure is almost 4000 and a breaking story now another and not central state of niger of course kwara has just witnessed is 19 deaths a few years ago and that's another pre-decided one so what's happened now in niger is that a lot of people are not been tested we have to say specifically that has refused to allow the n.c.d.c. come in with their testing kits even though they are running out of a case and that the state of cross river in south south nigeria as well as the

state of corby. its president abdel fattah el-sisi has granted himself and security agencies new powers under the existing state of emergency now be able to suspend university classes and also ban protests celebrations and other forms of assembly including private meetings. the government says it is among the measures to deal with coronavirus rights groups just say it's being used as an excuse to expand authoritarian rule has timothy thomas now nonresident fellow at the taxpayer institute for middle east policy he tells the success of egyptian government's have done that's used emergencies to gain power sure i mean egypt in some form or another has been a state of emergency for over 60 years with very few respites from that. oftentimes the authorities will use real problems and as an excuse to dramatically expand its powers and justify series of measures that may have nothing to do with the problem in question as we're seeing in some of the measures undertaken in this

particular emergency law authorization and so human rights watch is rightfully concerned that the authorities once again are trying to add to their toolkit in terms of repression under the pretext of protecting public health. and the reality is that unfortunately we're seeing 2 sets of measures some that are legitimate and some that aren't and are very reasonable fear of abuse because we've seen. abuse of authority be a persistent feature of authoritarianism in egypt for several decades and the current situation is one of the most repressive periods in egypt's modern history so human rights watch is going to raise those concerns and worries about what what could transpire from this new set of authorizations and they're totally legitimate in doing so. some other world news now and iraq's prime minister. has chaired his

1st cabinet meeting since being sworn in on thursday the former intelligence chief formed his government last week negotiating his way out of months of political deadlock his predecessor resigned after weeks of often violent protests demanding political change and better standards of living the me is now striving to fix the economies huge problems made worse by the pandemic a prominent member of the saudi royal family has reportedly been detained in the kingdom human rights watch says prince feisal been a south who was arrested at the end of march and has been heard from since he is the son of the late king abdullah the former head of the country's red crescent society saudi authorities have been condemned for a spate of arrests targeting prominent business people royal family members and current or former officials human rights watch deputy director for the middle east said despite waves of criticism the lawless behavior of saudi authorities during the defacto rule of mohammed bin salman continues unabated now we have to add

prince feisal to the hundreds detained in saudi arabia without a clear legal basis at least 6 people have died in afghanistan after security forces opened fire on protesters in 100 people in the whole province gathered at the governor's office with food aid was being distributed officials say their work complaints it was being distributed unfairly someone trying to barge into the office which led police to open fire. one of the pioneers of rock n roll little richard has died at the age of 87 noted for his flamboyant performances his career spanned 7 decades influencing the likes of elton john and the beatles looks back at his legacy. those are real solid that are rock n roll graduate and was. born as richard wade penniman. boy from america's deep south georgia.

with of all those are good members as little richard was one of the founding fathers of rock n roll. his spam born in style of playing the piano and distinctive stage presence was a fine blamed office gospel roots and the blues jam to create something electric was a. little richard exploded onto the scene with his 1st hit single in diet 155. tutti frutti whose lyrics were considered so racy that have to be censored. it sold a 1000000 copies over the year and has been described as the one greco it that changed the world of music in the u.s. a bad name out now downright was a time when black and white americans was segregated but little which is music book

that racial divide both on the dance floor and on the billboard charts. he sold more than 30000000 records worldwide and influenced a generation of musicians from the beatles. round. to david bowie elvis presley. bob i'm all them all but i was. and prince even formed a band with jimi hendrix but later fired him for being late with the bass. at times in his life his lifestyle seemed to him to be at olds with this free. he went on to study fuel the g 7 bibles and producing gospel music. but he would keep returning to the world he knew where to be inventing and relaunching his career in the 1970 s. he vanished from the scene for more than a decade returned with

a smash hit and an entry into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1986. part of the 1st group of musicians ever to be inducted was the never no never heard he was here he. was. he finally won one in 993 a lifetime achievement award in 2013 little richard announced his retirement was rock n roll is a lot rougher. love it here be remembered as a pioneer at entertainer and an inspiration who overcame obstacles throughout his entire life and leaves behind a bridge musical legacy little richard was 87. and.

i regret terribly with brian hiatt is a senior writer for rolling stone in new york he said while little richard did encourage many of the stars into rock n roll no one will ever be like him. you couldn't never have a little richard now promotable reason because he knocked down those doors and they're already knocked down so you can't do that again for if you can never stop people as much as the sight of an american man being one boy with makeup and screaming in and that's pretty it nothing could shock anyone now anywhere more than with richard and in light and people then. sort of in the crew but also even just in america the culture is so divided these have in america what they call marna where the kind of 3 television channels and everyone wants there is a reason and so the show is

a show everyone in america basically wants there's nothing like that not so no that there is no one like him now and there will never be anyone like him again. something more subdued music now in there we mentioned events marking 55 years since victory in europe well it is the 70th anniversary of the declaration that led to the founding all of the e.u. . that is by having to join is not being played by 9 artists or 9 minutes one after the other human declaration was signed on may $9950.00 proposing more european integration which is of course involved into the political and trading block today. half past the hour on al-jazeera these are the headlines forces loyal to the libyan warlord khalifa haftar fired at least 80 rockets into tripoli's only functioning

airport 3 civilians died from a shelling near the airport the un recognized government has described it as quote a careless terrorist crime and it is threatening to hit back as more now from tripoli. many people here are angry especially the whole live nearby airport they say that they have been calling on the international community to put pressure on have to his forces to refrain from targeting civilian areas civilian facilities and residential areas but it seems that so far half the forces have not been responding to these calls of the news brazil's president has been described as the biggest threat to his country's ability to respond to coronavirus the damning assessment came from the british publication the lancet medical journal brazil is latin america's worst affected country but also continues to downplay the danger of

covert 19 demands in the economy reopen fully and soon as possible he still has support though this was how it looked a little earlier in oppressively of the capitol where protesters many of them in their cars came out to cheer for their president. the huge fireworks displays lit up the skies over moscow as part of celebrations to mark 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe the traditional commemorations including a military parade were called off because of the pandemic. britain's government is set to announce that almost all incoming travelers will have to go into isolation after arriving for 2 weeks the restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month breaking the rules could face fines or deportation prime minister barak's johnson will on sunday outline steps for easing some of britain's lockdown rules you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest inside story is next .

a punishment or a redeployment the u.s. decision to remove patriot missile batteries from saudi arabia is making the kingdom's leadership nervous they were supposed to protect riyadh from iran so what's changed and this oil politics at play this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dubey the united states is removing its patriot and missiles and other weapons systems from saudi arabia the us president on.