south of nigeria in particular but south of that across much of southern africa it does look a financial you might see want to see coastal showers in sea madagascar and pushing back into tanzania. mistake at sea and iranian warships hits a vessel from its own fleet exercise in the gulf of oman. this is al jazeera live in doha also coming up is saudi arabia slashes budgets and increases taxes as it deals with record low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic . to europe begin reopening after weeks of lock downs and restrictions to stop the spread of a coronavirus. the philippines reopens its guys to international flights but

imposes strict measures in light of the plant and. we begin in iran where there are fears that dozens of people could be dead after a naval ship was mistakenly hit by a missile during an exercise is confirmed the accident killed one sailor state t.v. says several others were injured it happened when a support vessel got too close to a target during iranian naval exercises in the jasc region of southern iran let's speak straightaway to zain but ravi whose life for us in tehran and the details very sketchy at this point in time what more information if you managed to gather. that's exactly right and it was a lot we knew it was a lot and don't know get into it now cation of this incident was in the gulf of oman just at the mouth of the point in the area where it opens into the important

strategic strait of hormuz this has been a flashpoint for incidents in the past so it's a very sensitive area and a lot of the information coming out from this incident from that location it's coming out very very slowly this incident we know the government has confirmed that there was some sort of incident on sunday afternoon just about 24 hours ago and as you said we know that one sailor has been confirmed killed when a naval exercises went wrong we know that the ships involved were the jumper on a naval free and it is missile capable it's what iranians your call a destroyer and we also know a smaller corvette class a smaller multipurpose vehicle and one is the cutter arc a support ship was the one that was. sort of taken out or suffered some kind of accidental incident during. a military exercise and now what we don't know is also very important investigation is under way and the government has been slow to release any official information that has led to some discrepancy some

local reports what we know from activity on social media by senior journalists that are known to have contacts within the military tweeting out information we know that this was possibly a friendly fire incident and the iranian navy was testing a new kind of weapon here unconfirmed reports that there was some sort of a missile that was launched the contract was placing targets in the water got too close to one of the targets and was accidently struck this is again waiting on a cut from confirmed details from senior military officials there's also an inconsistency in consistency in terms of finding out what has actually happened to this vessel there are some reports to suggest that it was sunk in this accident but there are also confirmations by different military officials to look when. this morning saying that it is not been so that in iraq is still afloat. investigations are under way in terms of the actual death and injury toll there are also discrepancies there are government confirming one death and some injuries no exact

figures but a lot of the social media chatter that we're seeing suggests that the death toll is significantly higher the number of injuries are also higher that we are waiting to hear later on today from senior military officials possibly from government officials in toronto but at the moment that's the information we're looking 3 at all right back with you soon as we get more information. on thank you saudi arabia is calling them painful but necessary it's announced tough new measures aimed at shoring up state finances battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic from july the 1st it will raise value added tax from 5 to 15 percent 26000000000 dollars will be slashed from funds allocated to government infrastructure projects that includes crown prince mohammed bin simons vision 2030 initiatives and from the start of next month the cost of living allowance for lower middle income families will be suspended. is the director of the institute for health affairs and he says

saudi arabia is facing a new economic realities. economies saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that that's why. the government would drop $23000000000.00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from reserve 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 but i'm a done you have bought one and a half 1000000 people coming to america and medina during ramadan but also had been canceled in addition obviously to the oil prices being decimated by saudi arabia

itself and its policy. now after months of lock downs and restrictions countries across the world are relaxing their stay at home measures people in france are getting out for returning to shops schools and hairdressers ending an 8 week shot in the number of critically ill people begins to fall other european countries are following suit churches and mosques in spain schools in the netherlands and shops in belgium and germany as shanghai is disneyland it's opened its doors it's the latest step in china's easing of restrictions cinemas museums and other recreational venues will follow over the next few weeks and on thursday new zealand will scale back its rules allowing the reopening of cafe sin amounts and miles as well as travel within the country but the prime minister like many leaders has warned the easing of restrictions does not mean the threat is over. from foos day when you wake up play it safe remember that all of defeats we built together as

a team now reese with every one of us so when you're out and about acknowledge your fellow teammates enjoy being out more and sing others keep it small keep your distance and be kind and let's hear more now from wayne how. 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 alert 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 or as we mentioned the learned in china has reopened after a 3 month shutdown a katrina you has more 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 current virus caveats 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 sew 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 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 more than a few 1000 middle school students back in class in the chinese capital they're hiring for high school entrance exams students must show their valid health codes

in a 2 week report of their movements on their cell phones to be allowed into the school about 50000 high school students return to class in beijing last month its national flights have been allowed to resume flying into the philippines capital of manila flights had been stopped after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas filling quarantine facilities have been more than 10000 confirmed cases and 700 deaths jamila undergoes more from an. we've been speaking to foreign nationals a majority of them are actually those who are departing are foreign nationals students tourists who were stranded here for weeks they 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 a day that is because that is the current capacity of the manila airport under this lockdown 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 and they have to be bad because we process them so you know government admits that resources are stretched. still ahead here on al-jazeera malaysia rounds up one documented migrants again effort to contain them. people across latin america find creative ways to celebrate mother's day.

how the weather looks can choose to staying indoors across much of europe over the next couple days ago lots of clouds some rain and strong winds pushing in from the atlantic the area of low pressure here faded some very disturbed weather across spain and portugal southern parts of france could see some big downpours maybe 100 to 200 millimeters of rain coming through here possibility of some flash flooding further north you got this cold front sinking down across the british isles that will continue to make its way further south london got up to 24.9 celsius on saturday afternoon we will be lucky to touch 12 degrees on monday after he says something of a chinese pushing through here notably fresh air hopefully the winfrey flowers that we saw across parts of northern scotland pushing down will make their way a way things brightening up drying up in the process wet weather there that will

make its way all the way into germany much needed rainfall easing over towards poland ahead of that says sunshine for many 24 celsius 28 degrees there improve caressed him a touch 24 in moscow as we go on through tuesday so there is still some warmth around the cooler air that's still there across the northwest of here temperature only slowly recovering his still a few showers into spain and portugal at this stage but for much of north africa this dry. eyes really terrorists. and trace frank assessments why is it so he says. struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the curve informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like ease with there's one that's really here very relieved people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of

coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. how to get your watching out his or her mind about top stories this hour. 19 people have been killed off the iranian missile fire during a training exercise accidentally struck a pretzel in its own fleet 15 others were injured because iraq had been putting targets out of the water tight. saudi arabia has announced tough new measures aimed at shoring up state finances battered by low oil prices on the pandemic value added tax will be tripled billions will be cut from its infrastructure or. france's n d

n a tweak locked down with people allowed to return to shops and work at the easy for stretches means people can now be from home without a written letter but cafes and restaurants will remain closed. well in the united kingdom the prime minister is due to lay out the 1st steps to easing lockdown measures there to parliament later on monday this is the day after his speech to the nation announcing a new virus alert system and he said that people will be allowed to spend more time outdoors but with the highest death toll in europe or is johnson's latest plan is already attracting criticism as paul brennan. the sight of people basking in sunny parks and strolling along the river thames this weekend offered just a snapshot of the wider reality that 7 weeks after they were introduced the u.k. stay at home restrictions have stopped being strictly observed or strictly enforced now there is a new public health slogan stay at home ditched in favor of the new mantra stay

alert there's also a 5 level alert system that will govern how quickly the lockdown can be eased the prime minister's priority is to find ways of getting people back to work the 1st step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week. we said that you should work from home if you can only go to work if you must we now need to stress that anyone who can't work from home for instance those in construction or manufacturing should be actively encouraged to go to work many elements of the prime minister's national address had been widely previewed in recent days for example from weapons day the idea that people will be no longer restricted to just one hour of outdoor exercise per day and in fact people will be allowed to lounge in parks if they want to so long as they observe social distancing but any further freedoms will depend highly on the critical our number

keeping the rate of infection below one throughout this period of the next 2 months we will be driven not by mere hope economic necessity. will be driven by the science the data and public health the stay alert message has attracted criticism for being too ambiguous and open to interpretation but the police will find it unenforceable and the public might find it confusing it doesn't really mean anything there's no instruction in the same way as the last message. and i think you saw in the prime minister's speech just now how the government has had to come back from some of the things they were thinking of doing earlier in the week because they're just i'm sure about how to get this right i'm like we've already seen today in united kingdom there is going to be a lot of uncertainty and there's a lack of clarity about what it sees the government want people to do they should really have just found different wording to try to navigate these next 2 or 3 weeks

to make things even more confusing since coronavirus restrictions are id volved matter with scotland wales and northern ireland setting their own policies those 3 nations are firmly rejected the prime minister's new slogan clarity of message is paramount if we expect all of you to know exactly what it is we are asking of you and as leaders we have a duty to deliver that clarity to those we had accountable to not to confuse it to that end i have asked the u.k. government not to deploy the state a lay at advertising campaign in scotland because the message in scotland at this stage is nort stay at home if you can the message is except for the essential reasons you nor stay at home through stop from the outset it was realised that lifting the lockdown was always going to be far more difficult than imposing it in the 1st place the prime minister's heavily conditional sketch of

a road map makes it abundantly clear just how complex it's going to be paul brennan al jazeera westminster. authorities in malaysia have begun arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital kuala lumpur a video released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of police officers the malaysian government has already carried out similar operations and what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the virus from flu is in kuala lumpur and she explains why certain areas of been targeted. 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 of 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 if 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 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in northern mali the explosion went off in the region of all the whole leaving at least for the severely injured officials are investigating who was behind the attack. residents in libya's capital say they're enduring the worst bombardments they've seen in weeks u.n. recognized government is trying to end the year long campaign by the warlords to leave the house to seize tripoli has been for his wife huma cities southern suburbs after hostile forces fired rockets on the cities only from the airport on saturday at least 35 civilians have been killed in the last 2 weeks. the syrian government and its ally it russia be accused of carrying out its unlawful attacks on opposition held areas in northwest syria amnesty international says some of the grounded air offensives between december and march amount to war crimes amnesty

documented 18 attacks on medical facilities and schools and it lip northwest and how and west and aleppo in one attack in january witnesses say russian airstrikes killed 11 civilians and flattened residential buildings near a hospital in the town in the town of area and see also accuses syrian government forces of breaking international law the following month when a cluster bombs hit a school in italy killing 6 nearly a 1000000 people were displaced by the syrian russian offensive between december and knowledge creating the worst humanitarian crisis since the war started. as a senior crisis advisor to amnesty international and co-author of the report and she says its findings reflect broader patterns in the syrian conflict. both 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. mexico's government says it's at the peak of the pandemic it's reported more than 3000 deaths but those on the front line say the actual numbers are much higher john heilemann reports now from near mexico city. for 2 weeks this mexican criminal tore in has been going day and night exhausted workers told us that almost all of those here a covert victims. we are working to triple what we usually do we just can't keep up before we committed it when one and 3 bodies a day now it's up to 15 or 20. the country's official quoted they have told is it just over 3000 that's in a country of almost 130000000 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 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 sit 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 for faith to persona's . patients come 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 symptoms of corbett at our in vegas there is 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 mirror there and you know no 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. i mean while 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 huge jump in

the death toll whatever that really is john homan now does it or she might what can . an india passenger trains will start running again from choose day but with the limited capacity trains were halted 6 weeks ago as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus 15 commissioned trains will depart from new delhi and return journeys to major cities on the 1st day of the service passengers will be screened before boarding will have to wear masks. and several people across latin america have taken part in mother's day celebrations maintaining social distance of course and the day's events sought to lift spirits as many holiday under the shadow of a pandemic and the repeller as this report. in an 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 eagles 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 made to go. on but 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. others. 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 so 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 i only go get them or you the only thing i want which i ask of god is to have compassion over us i need 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. 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 said in madison at a sponsor i believe that the man being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis. with the pin damage we have put our families the site into 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 twofold celebrating the mother's day holiday and the heroism of these medical moms one ended up a little 0. plenty more of course on a website out to sarah dot com to see address all these recovering and lots of comments and analysis to. our listeners have a recap of the top stories here on al-jazeera and 19 people have been killed after an iranian missile fired during a training exercise accidentally struck a vessel in its own fleet 15 others were injured connor i could be putting targets out in the water at the time. saudi arabia has announced tough new measures aimed at shoring up state finances battered by low oil prices and the pandemic value added tax will be tripled while billions will be cut from its infrastructure projects france is ending an 8 week lockdown with people allowed to return to shops

and work the easing of restrictions means that people can now leave home without a written letter but cafes and restaurants will remain closed on thursday new zealand will scale back its rules allowing the reopening of cafes cinemas and miles as well as travel within the country the prime minister has warned the easing of restrictions does not mean the threat is over from through stay when you wake up play it safe remember that wall of defense we built together is a team now reese with every one of us so when you're out and about acknowledge your fellow teammates enjoy being out more and sing others keep it small keep your distance and be kind china is continuing to gradually reopen its economy even as it reports a small rise in new coronavirus cases chinese health authorities announced 17 new infections that's the highest daily increase since late april 5 of those cases were detected in the city of the outbreak was 1st reported early this year and thousands

of middle school students are back in class in the chinese capital they're preparing for high school entrance exams students must show their valid health codes in a 2 week record of their movements on their cell phones to be allowed into school. international flights have been allowed to resume flying into the philippines capital of manila flights had been stopped after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas filling according to facilities have been more than 10000 confirmed cases in 700 deaths. authorities in malaysia have been arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital quite a number of video released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of police officers. all right up to date with headlines here on a circle another for hall fire of news coming right off the inside story. they say to really know someone you must walk

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