hero world needs right. washer. libyan ward cleaver have to us forces attack tripoli's only functioning airport and nearby areas 3 people were killed in the shelling. the whole rommany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up u.s. president donald trump's coronavirus response comes in for blistering criticism from this previous us or barack obama. also brazil's president as described in the medical journal as the biggest threat to his country's ability to get on top of its

worsening corona virus outbreak also. the world loses one of rock n roll's of founding fathers a little richard dies at the age of 87 we'll look back at his life and legacy. welcome to the program shelling by forces loyal to libyan ward cleaver have to have hit the soul operational port in tripoli the u.n. recognize government has described it as a careless terrorist crime and is threatening to hit back a libyan airways jet was hit but no one was on board 3 civilians were killed though in residential areas near the airport from the capital mahmoud abbas has more. of a rush of rockets to 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 where 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 really for 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 the 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 to 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 haftar the 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 there's actually a cohesive disciplined army now a year on having seen the way this conflict been for and having witnessed. both sides really behave but particularly that have been our armed forces there 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 those forces to refrain from attacking civilian facilities and residential areas such calls have largely been ignored as this cait over tax rises by the day many civilians here are blaming the international community for not doing enough to protect them. and what to do i hate. tripoli where the un mission in libya has called for those who have broken international laws we brought to justice it's tweet also mentioned the damage to passenger aircraft fuel storage facilities firefighting trucks and the passenger load as well as the civilian casualties these horrifying attacks it added occur on a regular basis close to civilian neighborhoods and said that the heavy shelling is one of a series of indiscriminate attacks most of which are attributable to pro have to

forces killing more than 15 civilians since the start of this month. well the number of credit virus cases globally has crossed 4000000 with the u.s. accounting for more than a quarter of them and former president barack obama has described donald trump's handling of the pandemic there as an absolute chaotic disaster obama said in a conference call with former members of his ministration which was leaked and he added that the current administration appears to have a mind set of what's in it for me and to heck with everyone else the u.s. has reported about 1300000 infections and more than 77000 deaths well eric cantor is a us political analyst and has written a book on the republican party he says the comments by president obama may have been strategic. we're talking about a former president speaking to about 3000 of his former employees people who worked

for him in the white house people who understand acutely how important it is to keep things and work in the fact that the president makes such. biting comments about the current occupant of the white house one has to six-pack that the president actually wanted these comments to get out the question is why would he want them out and why would he want them out now given that the united states is confronting this virus this pandemic knowing that the president certainly will attack and again you americans are still left reeling trying to basically fend for themselves as to the pandemic is reaching now upwards of 80000 people and the number of deaths that have been caused by this virus president barack obama is attempting to do at this moment in time right now is to unify the democratic party and to also signal not only to those who work in the administration but also to those as you mentioned who may be who may be on the fence right now who may be not

ready to actually get behind a joe biden's candidacy i think what the former president is doing is signaling that he is working for the democratic nominee and that he needs everyone on board and he's making it clear that he too will be working as he said and as it was leaked he will be working as hard as he can to alexa joe biden in the fall the brazilian president dr olsen all right has been described as the biggest threat to his country's ability to respond to the current virus he's been facing sharp criticism for continuing to downplay the severity of the pun demick but still has plenty of supporters at home and some of the rug he has will. as brazil recorded more than 10000. on saturday supporters of president. on the capital brasilia to defend their battered leader and amend their names down measures they rallied in front of the country's supreme court angry after it

allowed an inquiry into the president for allegedly interfering in a police corruption case against. all this happening while a study by top brazilian universities says the country is still weeks away from reaching the peak of infections and predicting more than $60000.00 deaths by next month the highest death toll anywhere besides the united states in a skating at the tauriel the british medical journal the lancet. who continues to dismiss the effects of the outbreak is the biggest threat to easing the crisis the governor of brazil's most populous states extended a lockdown in this region until the end of the month backpedaling on an earlier promise to start reopening the state on monday and implicitly attacking will so now . we're all going through the worst moments of this pain dimmick but it's not

recognized not saying not understood by those who are blinded by hate or by personal ambition. medical officials in rio de janeiro in at least 4 other major cities have warned that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse among them and now it's in the heart of the amazon region where 500 more coffins arrived by boat to deal with the surgeon deaths nobody knows exactly how many died to cope with 19 because of insufficient delayed testing for instance. since the 2nd most populated state in brazil we have only 3000 cases but then we have almost 100000 suspected cases that have gone so far so the numbers are clearly much worse then we know the government has absolutely no idea of the true extent of the problem in. the health minister himself has admitted to lying through this.

and no ready bleak situation the promises to become even harsher as the weeks go by alison that. now south korea has reported its highest number of deadly cases in about a very small operation merged around a slew of nightclubs in the capital seoul 34 new cases were registered on sunday or president. warned of a 2nd wave of the epidemic later this year his government ease restrictions after cases dwindled in april addressing the nation early on sunday moon said hill turned the country into a pace setting economy in a post 19 era rob a bright house ball from the south korean capital. i think he has been regarded as setting something of an example for the rest of the world the response by south korea or moon jane's government has been widely applauded by the international community so he did at the beginning of this speech is quite unusual for him to

make a speech like this it marks the 3rd anniversary of him taking office here in south korea he did take time out for a bit of a victory lap a deserved one it could be said saying that south korea with the kind of testing that it puts in place and tracing of cases had certainly set a world standard that other countries are trying to now emulate it went to you as you recall from being the 2nd worst affected country in the world after china with the coronavirus now ranking 38th in terms of the number of cases so something of an achievement but what lies ahead is quite grim. and talked about how to recover the economy as we stand on the verge of a global recession south korea is of course export driven and it is a fact that this year people won't be upgrading their latest samsung smartphone or they'll be putting off buying that motor car until next year all the kind of things that are going to hurt south korea so very much focusing on the use of technology

of the 5 g. networks that we have here in south korea really to try to recover the economy through so-called norm face to face industries more tele working and so on so basically charting this high technology new deal as he called it way forward for south korea. well still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll tell you why european governments think cycling is part of the solution was a lot of people back out again and the lack of testing leaves people wondering just how big nigeria's create a virus outbreak really is. how low the weather's looking lousy dry and fine across the middle east over the next couple of days but a breeze setting in for some has to be said system if it doesn't stand to watch out

for further norfolk wanted to shower still in place just around the levant lebanon northern parts of jordan pushing up across into syria seeing some wet weather at whether easing out of turkey heading towards the caspian sea as we go on through sunday further south there we go is largely file in try so fine a dry 40 celsius here in doha that's not hot enough for you well it will cool off as we go on into sunday not for the better i suspect because the winds are going to pick up so we are going to see what it does as we go on into the early part of next week temperatures fall back to around 37 celsius but it is dry as promised dry to across much of northern africa the showers there around the therapy and highlands pushing across into northern parts of the democratic republic of congo still seeing some classes of a lot of the storm surge just around uganda and to kenya pushing up into somalia from time to time as some of that wet weather also just sliding its way into northern parts of tanzania for southern africa is far to try lots of sunshine

coming through temperatures in jo'burg at 20 degrees. madagascar. at breathtaking tropical paradise. well it's for more protective. gear grease. we followed through just as they put their lives on the line to. get on medicare. on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me as a whole romney a reminder of our top stories libya's u.n. recognize government is threatening to hit back after forces loyal to ward cleaver have to fired at least 80 rockets into tripoli's only functioning port 3 civilians died from shelling near the airport. and a number of current virus infections worldwide has crossed 4000000 but experts say are the number could be in fact much higher because of a lack of testing in some countries and former u.s. president barack obama has described donald trump's handling of the pandemic as an absolute chaotic disaster obama made the critique during a conference call which leaked to media outlets. thousands of people have queued for food handouts and one of the world's most expensive cities geneva people began lining up at 5 am on saturday 4 hours before the food was brought out by then

the queue was about one and a half kilometers long people were given packages containing rice pastor lentils dried fruits and fresh vegetables. britain's government to expected 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 those phone breaking the rules could face fines or deportation prime minister boris johnson will on sunday outline steps that easing other lock down rules more than 31 and a half 1000 people have died in the united kingdom. and even as the u.k. and other european countries start allowing people back out there still in force in social distancing this means of public transport is a problem really challenge reports now on 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 so as 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 economy's 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 $1000000000.00 in funding engine with public transport reversing to affirm the service 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 or a challenge how does it. oh dear is government is warning that birds could soon run

out in corona virus isolation centers infections are on the rise particularly in parts of the north and in the commercial capital lagos a clinical trial involving the anti malaria drug hydrochloric queen is set to begin in lagos state. there's another problem though corona virus may have spread much more widely than nigeria's government realizes testing levels are low just over 25000 have been completed in a population of around 295000000 people well after the government relaxed weeks of lockdown measures in some states the number of recorded cases rose by more than 1000. journalists silliman a there says that there are plans to reintroduce the lockdowns following a surge in covert 1000 cases. at the moment the legacy gov 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 asked you know a surge in infection rates because lot of people went out on the street. with 19 has suddenly disappeared is a sad one as you can see now that the figure is almost 4000 and a breaking story now the northern not central state of niger a quarter quire has just witnessed its says 19 deaths a few ours 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.p.c. come in with that testing kit even though they are running out of kits and that the state of cross river in south south nigeria as well as the state of.

egypt's president of the south and says he has granted himself on security agency's new powers under the existing state of emergency be able to suspend university classes and ban protests celebrations and other forms of assembling pleading private meetings the government says it's among measures to deal with current virus rights groups say the virus is being used as an excuse to expand or for its hereon rule to me the count us is a non resident fellow at the top layer institute for middle east policy he says successive egyptian governments have 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 iraq's prime minister most of the media has chaired his 1st cabinet

meeting since being sworn in on thursday the full intelligence chief told his government last week to go shaking his way out of months of political deadlock his previous us resigned after weeks of often violent protests demanding political change and better standards of living so they me is now striving to 6 economies huge problems made worse by the polemic. a problem member of the saudi royal family has reportedly been detained in the kingdom human rights watch says prince fassel been solved was arrested at the end of march and hasn't been heard of since he's the son of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society saudi authorities have been condemned for a spate of arrest targeting problem business people royal family members and current and former officials. fireworks display has less of the skies over the russian capital as part of celebrations to mark 75 years since the

end of world war 2 in europe but traditional commemorations including a military parade were put off because of the pandemic cutting at lopez had oil ripples. 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 marches. president vladimir putin placed 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 and we see it during the day here we know and we firmly believe that we're going to believe when we stand together. a military air show replaced 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 under 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 as set of families carrying a photograph of a relative lost in the war like previous years portraits were uploaded online for a digital commemoration the start menu the price make 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's 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 than lawmakers to chess 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 fuel tangents with adversaries the president was hoping the parade would help us political standing in the countries myself. but as a marks the end of the 2nd world war russia now faces a new invisible enemy. al-jazeera. one of the pioneers of rock n roll little richard has died at the age of $87.00. performances his correspondence 7 decades influencing the likes of elton john and the beatles looks back at his legacy as a real star that a rock

n roll graduate had was. born as richard williams penniman. the boy from america's deep south georgia. added members asked me to richard. one of the founding fathers of rock n roll. this damn born style of playing the piano. and distinctive stage presence was a fine blamed office gospel roots and the blues am to create something electric was a. little richard exploded onto the scene with his 1st hit single indite $155.00 me a 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 grech all of that

changed the world of music in the us if a bad mouth me down right was a time when black and white americans was segregated but little of 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 a hero and prince even formed a band with jimi hendrix but later fired him for being played the bass. at times in his life his lifestyle seemed to him to be at olds with his faith he went on to study fiola g 7 bibles and producing gospel music was

what he would keep returning to the world he knew well 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. i mean receive nothing you are never there you know brad was here was. he finally won one in 993 a lifetime achievement award in 2013 little richard announced his retirement the world rock n rollers alliance rubber. gloves he would be remembered as a pioneer entertainer and an inspiration who overcame obstacles

throughout his entire life and leaves behind a breach musical legacy little richard. you know what we all deserve means the whole rob a reminder of our top news stories libya's un recognized government is threatening to head back out to forces loyal to warlord gleeful hafter fired at least 80 rockets into tripoli's only functioning port 3 civilians died of shelling close by mahmud at the why it has more from the capital many people here are angry especially the civilians hold live nearby they may to get airport they say that they have been calling on the international community to put pressure on half those forces to refrain from targeting civilian areas civilian facilities and residential

areas but it seems that so far have their forces have not been responding to these calls. the number of coronavirus infections worldwide has cost 4000000 but experts fear the number could be in fact much higher because of the lack of testing in some countries. for me u.s. president barack obama has described donald trump's handling of the pandemic as an absolute chaotic disaster obama made the critique during a conference call which lead to media outlets. brazilian president diable sonar has been described as the biggest threat to his country's ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic the damning assessment came from the british publication the lancet medical journal brazil is the worst affected country in latin america south korea has reported its highest number of daily cases in the month after

a small outbreak emerged around several light clubs in the capital seoul $34.00 new cases were registered on sunday president in hers warned of a 2nd wave of the epidemic later in the year his government eased restrictions after cases to indulge in april britain's government is expected to announce that almost all incoming travelers will have to go into isolation after arriving for about 2 weeks the restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month prime minister barak's johnson will on sunday outline steps to easing other lock down rules more than $31000.00 people have died in the united kingdom. nigeria's government is warning that beds could to run out of coronavirus isolation centers infections are on the rise particularly in parts of the north and in the commercial capital lagos those are the headlines about with more news in half an hour next on al-jazeera is risking it all madagascar. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this

story not from the information around the outbreak but in the way the listening posts on al-jazeera.