we followed that perilous journey i'm guided through the line of. risking it all. venezuelan colombia. on al-jazeera. and the iranian warship has hit a vessel from its own fleet during naval exercises in the gulf of oman. blogs the whole drama you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up saadi arabia announces tough new austerity measures as it deals with falling oil prices on the coronavirus pandemic. and the partial reopening of the manner in the philippines so foreigners can get out and exit hands back in. the big

tourist attraction in china is back in business even as new coronavirus cases are reported in with her. back into the program let's bring you this breaking news coming out of iran that in a rainy and naval ship has been mistakenly hit by a missile fired by another ship in its own fleet state television says that at least one person has been killed and several others have been injured in the incident it happened when the support fassel got too close to a target during naval exercises in the jasc region of southern iran on the gulf of oman. in other news saudi arabia has announced tough new austerity measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by lower oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic from july the 1st it will raise value added tax

from 5 to 15 percent it will cut up to $26000000000.00 from government infrastructure upgrades sink looting crown prince mohammed's solve man's vision 2030 project from the beginning of next month is suspending a cost of living allowance for workers. is director of the institute for girls affairs he says the announcement of the new measures was expected. government commie saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that. the government would drop $23000000000.00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from from the reserves ever in the history of the country so and then moody's obviously don't grade it saudi just a few weeks ago so we're looking at continuous back.

problems facing the economy and hurdles and hits not only corona has blocked. stopped ramadan you have but one and a half 1000000 people coming to america and medina during ramadan but also had been cancelled in addition obviously to the oil prices being decimated by saudi arabia itself and its policy i don't think the project will ever start that a little long completed because they cannot make realities have changed massively the oil prices about going to go back to where they were a year ago for a long time and that means that there are no money to to throw it out this project or other projects they need for their country are now greater and their air is sources are way less because of the policies really championed and led by medicine man himself international charter and commercial flights are allowed to start

flying into the capital of the philippines again now flights to manila were temporarily banned to free up corn team facilities after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas our correspondent john allen dogan is at the airport in manila and the partial opening of the airport will bring some relief to well passengers and also to the business community. definitely soil and we've seen that we've basically crippled major industry here in the philippines and as you know over the last few hours we've been here we've been speaking to foreign nationals a majority of them are actually those who are departing are foreign nationals students tourists who are stranded here for weeks they've talked about feeling relieved that they're able to go back home and basically a majority of them have been waiting for access to flight today last week the government immediately halted incoming commercial flights because of the congested

congestion of quarantine facilities because of the arrival of tens of thousands of overseas filipino workers and this is expected again to continue over the next few weeks while the lockdown and of course the pandemic continues though according to. officials here despite the reopening of incoming flights passengers are limited to about $400.00 a day that is because that is the current capacity of the manila airport on there this lockdown so veiled and of course general of the president himself has been very vocal about the infection rate in people's movements within the country and how that is linked and it needs to be controlled so when you have this very large number of experts wanting to come back to the philippines it creates an added headache really for roll forward to use because these experts have to come but the philippines they've lost their jobs or countries that are working in really cold or for the safety that they need. exactly

so and as you know philippine embassies abroad are used to emergency mass repatriations of filipinos from all over the world from the middle east but this current lockdown this current fund demick actually means that there is an added burden that they have to house them for weeks that they have to combat because we process them so you know government admits that resources are stretched and as you know sylvia we've been speaking to seafarers those who have returned home those who are stranded who are hoping to get deployed abroad and they tell us about their fears they understand the danger of growing the virus and how dangerous it is physically but they tell us they're far more worried about the impact about the uncertainty of not being able to provide for their families as you know the impact for filipino seafarers is massive because the philippines provide a quarter of the soul to labor work or was it lost or linked to the

chimera about that we get just exactly what's going on we'll be following the events that you have pored through the day moving on now and china has continued to take steps to reopen its economy even once it reports of rising coronavirus cases chinese whole forty's announced 17 new infections the highest daily increase since late april now but it sounds the disneyland park in shanghai reopened its stalls are being closed for more than 3 months katrina you small from beijing. it's not exactly business as usual though because of the current of ours the usual capacity of shanghai's disneyland's $80000.00 people but the government has mandated that all venues have a 30 percent cap so disneyland says they're only allowed up to $24000.00 and because it's the 1st day today even less than that but tickets went on sale for disneyland on friday at 8 am local time and they sold out almost instantly in 3 minutes there were nor more tickets so that really shores the appetite for people wanting to go to disneyland more strides will be or than but they're also

coronavirus caviar for example they'll be social distancing measures for people lining up people have to wear masks at all times and some parades and performances will also be cancelled and for the chinese government this is good news or trying to sow a sort of use this reopening as a symbolic measure to say that china really has the upper hand over the virus now and trying to express some confidence not only towards the people here in china but also of the world trying to sort of set itself as an example of how the economy can recover after krone virus measures have been pulled back. as the u.s. government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the coronavirus task force yourself isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive but the number of white house staff have shown symptoms and been advised to work from home i'll official reports as you know we give leeway to the governor's. tries

to get the american economy moving again he faces in a break of course at 19 on his own doorstep 2 white house staffers have tested positive for the virus the concern is they would be the last 3 senior task force figures of no put themselves in quarantine best known and to the folks see the man most americans trust because of a simple direct explanations of what's going on the director of the center for disease control read. field and the head of the food and drug administration stephen hanna also impacted yes no that's right one of president trying to top economists admits those in the white house are want to this is a very very scary virus you know that people are going to go back to work and there could be worried about things and it's going to take a while for things to get back to normal absolutely this is a preview of what nearly ahead for many getting back to what. at this building site in washington d.c. there are no temperature checks. and washing stations and more protective gear but

even that might not be enough to keep workers completely safe for the most part we tried reinforce social distancing but as you can see there's guys who are not part of their job or per task it's just not possible 100 percent of the time one top health experts says there has to be a nationwide plan it's the only way to get the economy up and running again we have to we can't stay locked down for 18 months but at the same time when you have cases increasing deaths increasing health care workers out adequate protective equipment and were suddenly going back to what was once our normal lives that's not a safe place to be a states ease restrictions some are facing a surge in cases a stark reminder moving around creates greater risk the other thing that we're we're seeing in some way is which is why we like to revive the pork on a very regular basis is that we're just seeing more takers in death than expected

in certain places donald trump sees a strong economy as the key to his reelection but a quieter way swing at the white house will serve as a reminder this week he still has a long way to go alan fischer al-jazeera washington. new zealand's prime minister has announced a further easing of restrictions in 2 days' time just in the ardennes says businesses and schools can reopen and domestic travel will resume new zealand has been locked down for more than a month i am announcing that kevin it agrees we are ready to move into level 2 to open up the economy but to do it as safely as possible so let me see it out how we will do that on thursday this week retail moth cafes restraints cinemas and other public spaces including playgrounds and gyms can reopen but hey said this update. the new zealand government moved very

quickly to try to stop the spread of coronavirus in this country in fact on the 21st of march the prime minister just doing announced a 4 stage alert system and then soon after move the country into the highest alert level for that meant for 5 weeks all non-essential businesses and schools were ordered to close 2 weeks ago the prime minister then announced some of those restrictions were easing allowing more businesses to open and now plans of a move to a lower level 2 have been confirmed that means that most businesses will be able to reopen now including restaurants and bars with some strict social distancing guidelines still in place and schools can reopen as well for the most part i think new zealanders have supported the government strong action to try to stop the spread of the virus here but increasingly there is concern about the state of the

economy and the effect that the shutdown is having on businesses and there's a growing sense that the country needs to get moving again with the number of confirmed cases being reported each day getting very low in fact on monday it was just 3 having said all that new zealanders are also watching very nervously other countries that have eased restrictions only to see a resurgence of the virus. still ahead here on al-jazeera and north attacks on civilians will know with no where to go and since national accuses syria and russia of committing war crimes in rebel held areas also. we look at some of the creative ways people are celebrating mother's day across latin america to stay with us.

hello it's looking largely dry across a good part of the middle east but for northern pos we could well see one or 2 showers up towards the back seat was caspian sea just around the caucuses there is the cloud pushing through here one or 2 showers a possibility northern parts of iran what a stiff wind developing across iraq into the north of iran and this we go through monday that wind will intensify through the gulf even here and caught wind picking up so lifted dust and sand certainly to watch out for that does include kuwait as well temperatures here when a high that around 36 degrees celsius still a chance i want to see showers into the northeast of around pushing into tech menace don and into afghanistan but elsewhere it is january looking dry become down into the ethiopian highlands the seasonal rains continuing here showers pushing across into south sudan pushing into uganda heavy downpours also a possibility around coastal parts of kenya pushing up into the south of somalia those showers societal showers across

a distress wrought across the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea more big downpours coming into the south of nigeria in particular but south of that across much of southern africa it does look a foreign trial you might see want to see coastal showers into madagascar and pushing back into tanzania. thousands of nepalese children a tropical me human life and the most to die you know legal or financial. one i want to follow is one girl's journey hard to her remote village. on al jazeera. play an important role in the. race. the of the earth

war. book about the watching al-jazeera of me so run a reminder of our top stories in breaking news an iranian naval ship has been mistakenly hit by a missile fired by another ship and its own fleet state television says at least one person has been killed and several others injured in the incident also saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and a 3 fold increase in value added tax the moves and shoring up state finances which have been battered by lower oil prices and the krona virus pandemic. and chinese health authorities are evidence of a new infections the highest daily increase since late last month and this comes as the disneyland park in shanghai reopened its doors after being closed for more than 3 months. turkey says attacks on libya's only functioning at haut and diplomatic

missions in which civilians have been killed amount to war crimes and it's warning it will take action against forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter turkey supports libya's un recognized government in tripoli which has now launched a counter offensive following saturday's attack by half to forces planes were damaged and fuel tanks set alight well libya has been engulfed by conflict for almost a decade now there was a brief hope for a reprieve when the un secretary general called for a global ceasefire in late march in order to tackle the coronavirus pandemic but far from a session in hostilities fighting has increased since then and on thursday turkey and italy said the area around their embassies in tripoli was shelled and on saturday have to forces launch an attack on the airport a facility targeted so often that it's been forced to close. is in tripoli with

more on turkey's reaction. turkey is now threatening that if have to as forces attacks continue targeting its interests in libya then have to individuals or elements will be a legitimate target for turkey this comes after a thursday's attacks targeted the embassy and to the police city center and killed 3 people in the vicinity of the turkish embassy in the city center now turkey also reiterated that it has it has been supporting its friendly and brothers in in libya and it said that it will continue according to the statement it will continue supporting the government of national called because it is diligent mut a government that's representing libya and is because amazed by the international community the turkish intervention with the government of national accord has

changed the battle process on the ground dramatically it has shifted the balance of power in favor of the government of national court especially after turkish drones were introduced to the battles and have been targeting have to his forces locations in many areas. syria and its russian ally are being accused of carrying out unlawful attacks on opposition held areas in northwest syria amnesty international's latest report says some of the ground and air offenses between december and march amount to war crimes amnesty documented 18 attacks on medical facilities and schools and northwestern hummer and western aleppo and highlights witness testimonies of russian airstrikes in january that killed 11 civilians in residential buildings close to a hospital amnesty international also accuses syrian government forces of breaking

international law the following month when cluster bombs hit a school killing 6 people including children and nearly 1000000 people have been displaced by the syrian russian offensive between december and march creating the worst humanitarian crisis since the war started a lawyer dargah is senior crisis advisor at amnesty international and co-author of the report she says amnesty collected witness testimonies and russian and syrian flight recordings they concluded that some attacks in civilian areas were unlawful . forth syrian and russian government forces committed serious violations of international law that amount to were crimes and in addition to that this fits into the wider pattern committed by syrian government forces the widespread and systematic pattern of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in opposition held areas and therefore they also amount to crimes against humanity indeed close

to $1000000.00 people were forced to leave their homes between december and march 2020 and they joined an already exploding population of displaced people close to the border in turkey both in governorate and parts of aleppo governor these people are essentially trapped there's nowhere left for them to go they can't exactly cross into the border and claim asylum in turkey even after the cease fire many of them are afraid to go back to their home towns either because they have been taken by the government or are at risk of being retaken by the government and of course we and others have documented the pattern of syrian government forces have arbitrarily arresting people disappearing them and torturing them for any association with opposition held areas and there is a huge pressure of course on the humanitarian response that has been only that has only gotten worse due of course to concerns about covert $1000.00 about to our kind

of our coverage now is an operation is underway in malaysia to arrest undocumented migrants video released by the media show crowds of migrants lining up outside the capital kuala lumpur after the arrival of police officers translator he has more from kuala lumpur. this is very similar to a rape that was carried out at apartment blocks in kuala lumpur on the 1st of may now these raids on monday morning are carried are in an area that is under lockdown which means residents in those areas are not allowed to leave their homes whether for food or medicine things are delivered to them and this is to prevent or contain the spread of the corona virus these are areas where clusters of the virus have been reported now everyone in those areas would have been tested for the corona virus and the government has said that it intends to detain undocumented migrants in areas under lockdown and this appears to be what the government is doing in carrying out these raids on monday morning that the undocumented migrants who were

detained in the raid on the 1st of may were sent to an immigration detention center and it's very likely that the same is going to happen to the ones who are detained in the operation on monday morning however that's several issues with that and one is that there is a possibility that refugees who are not yet registered with the un refugee agency in malaysia or asylum seekers who may have their registration expired may inadvertently have been detained as well and the other issue is these rates could be counterproductive yes the government is detaining undocumented migrants in areas for lock down but what about undocumented migrants in areas that are not under lockdown then these people will be more reluctant to seek treatment or to come forward to be tested even if they are exhibiting symptoms and this could be a potential health issue for malaysia in trying to prevent the spread of the corona virus the u.k. prime minister has laid out the 1st steps to easing lock down measures or is

johnson and i say a new virus alert system and says people will be allowed to spend more time outdoors the critics accuse johnson is sending out mixed messages. a new credit virus infections are increasing in germany just days after the government is social restrictions the robert hawke institute to release the reporters started the protesters demanded the lifting of all lockdown rules it found germany's covert 19 reproduction rate all the number of people each confirmed patient in sex is now above one that means the number of infections are rising france will begin easing economic and social restrictions in the next few hours it's been in a strict lock down for more than 50 days a 100 kilometer travel restriction will be applied for people inside red zone hot spots including the greater paris region be a mandatory quarantine for travelers arriving in the country now mexico's government says it's at the peak of the pandemic it's reported more than 3000

deaths but people on the frontline say actual numbers are much higher child home reports now from near the capital mexico city. for 2 weeks this mexican crim it tour in has been going day and night exhausted workers told us that most of those here. we are working to triple what we usually do we just can't keep up before we committed to one and 3 bodies city now it's up to 15 or 20. the country's official covered there is it just over $3000.00 that's in a country of almost $130000000.00 people at the peak of its epidemic there are fears in reality it could be higher. of a criminal for him to report there also at max capacity like this one in it's to palapa on the outskirts of mexico city that i have assisted enough imo sometimes our ovens are so saturated we have to cremate the following day we leave the bodies

at the hospital because we have no room for them if given the list of the countries coronavirus saw said in a prove that the real number of cases likely to be at least 8 times higher than the official figure. many other countries also admit that they take out but it could be bigger here because the testing rate is so low and that goes with a teletubbies to forecast persona's by this inquiry ations com articularly in face 3 in a serious condition which doesn't give us the chance to do the test it could be done after death at that rarely happens so we have people that die and have the scene themselves at our in vegas or as such. but some local governments say that on top of those problems the death tolls they purported haven't been reflected in the federal count. before you see those they counted us as having 24 dead but we had 87 more than 3 times more than that as the enemy entered the area given up until

last night we had 54 people who died of cold meat 19 according to their medical certificates and in the daily roundups from the state and federal government they've only registered 60 in that. meanwhile the fatalities continue at this local cemetery they told us they've been taken up to 4 times normal amount of bodies amid the worries for some over transparency there is also cause for optimism the capital's health system or those suffering from a lack of equipment and at times coordination is still not overwhelmed even though the government says that the epidemic in the country has reached its peak. the government's hoping that it can get through the peak period without a huge jump in the death toll whatever that really is john homan out dizzy into tomorrow what can. people across latin america have been forced to take a more creative approach to mother's day celebrations but all repeller explains. in

unexpected musical numbers zips down the streets of sao paolo brazil on sunday. as musician. played the piano from the back of a moving truck brazil is the hardest hit country in latin america with a coronavirus death toll nearing 11000. for the go says his music is a way to make mother's day special for those who are quarantined and separated from their families i am also me to going to do for the. it's an amazing feeling to be able to share my art so that people can feel good and i feel good to be here collaborating and to be part of this history that we are going through. through the eagle is one of dozens of artists who have volunteered their time and skill to celebrate brazilian mothers. in many countries in the region this year's mother's day has required a bit of patience and creativity to celebrate when i would also what i'm going to get a woman in she has capital santiago

a socially distanced party was held for 101 year old. greeted visitors from a distance of at least 6 feet and sent her love to grandchildren and great great grandchildren over video calls. are you the only thing i want which i ask of god is to have compassion over us to sort things out because it's a disaster with this virus crime everything is always the case when good is lost than evil arises here. by sunday chilean officials said the number of covert 900 cases had reached nearly 29000 in ecuador mothers who work as doctors and nurses have had to put the holiday on hold hoping 1000 cases here are approaching 30000 making the country one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the region so. matt it is so not response i believe that the mensa being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis that. we have put

our families aside to enter to dedicate ourselves 100 percent to the hospital. at least 19 ecuadoran medical professionals have died after contracting the virus. the festivities at this hospital on sunday were to fall celebrating the mother's day holiday and the heroism of these medical moms one ended up a little al-jazeera. your child is there with me said robin a reminder of our top stories in arabia naval ship has been mistakenly hit by a missile fired by another ship in its own fleet state television says at least one person has been killed and several others injured. saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and the 3 fold increase in value added tax the move aimed at shoring up

state finances which have been battered by lower oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic international chartering commercial flights allowed to start flying into the capital of the philippines flights were temporarily banned after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas there have been more than 10000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country general allen doak and has more from manila. last week the government immediately halted incoming commercial flights because of the congested congestion of quarantine facilities because of the arrival of tens of thousands of overseas filipino workers and this is expected again to continue over the next few weeks while the lockdown and of course the pandemic continues though according to. officials here this by the reopening of incoming flights passengers are limited to about 400 a day that is because that is the current capacity of the manila airport and there this lockdown chinese health authorities have announced 17 new infections the

highest daily increase since late last month but this comes as the disneyland park in shanghai reopened its doors after being closed for more than 3 months new zealand's prime minister has announced a further easing of restrictions taking effect in 2 days to send arden's says businesses and schools can reopen and domestic travel will resume and new zealand has been locked down for more than a month and the u.s. government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns that the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the coronavirus task force ourselves isolating turkey says the times on libya's only functioning port and diplomatic missions in which civilians are being killed amount to war crimes and it's warning it will take action against forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar those are the headlines more news in half an hour next it's 101 east here on al-jazeera do stay with us. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but

this default 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. from the impoverished me she became alliance nepal's children trafficked in the south. separated from their families boys and girls forced to pose as office to attract foreign donations. now is finally hitting home but will their parents except the one i want to use.