the u.s. is always of in fact the people all right the world people pay attention to what goes on here and i do see it is very good to bring the news to the world from here . i miss our mistake by iran's navy 900 sailors are killed as a warship hits a facile from its own fleet during an exercise. but i mean this is al-jazeera life and also coming up saudi arabia slashes budgets and increases taxes as it deals with record low oil prices and the corona virus pandemic. on the move again france and spain start lifting some of the toughest

restrictions in europe. a lot from attacks on civilians with nowhere to go syria and russia accused of committing war crimes in rebel held areas. so an accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own boats is killed 19 sailors it happened in the jasc a region on the gulf of oman where iranian naval exercises were taking place as a port vessel was hit when it got too close to a target there are regular exercises held in the region near the busy strait of hormuz if more of this let's bring in our correspondents embedded robbie who study by in tehran as a details were sketchy but we get a little more information now. that's exactly right we know that this incident took place ringback in the gulf of oman in the waters close to the strategic strait of hormuz earlier yesterday approximately 24 hours ago we've been hearing murmurs since early this morning late last night early this morning about some sort of

incident during a naval exercise but details have been unclear now about 24 hours later the navy you as you said confirming that 19 sailors were killed when a naval exercise food went wrong we've also heard that 15 people were injured in that incident we know that once this happened survivors as well as. what we're hearing is the wreckage of one of the ships was taken to chop our port and we also have been hearing conflicting reports about whether or not the vessel that was hit in this incident has sunk or not aware hearing from officials this morning that the vessel is intact or not intact but certainly has not sunk and investigations are underway we know that the naval frigate john moran a missile capable what iranians call a destroyer was involved in these exercises it hit a smaller support ship called the corner iraq now this is a multipurpose vehicle a corvette class ship it is small it is sometimes armed for naval patrols but in

this case we're hearing from reports that it was serving in a support capacity that it was setting up targets that it got too close to one of the targets when a missile struck nearby and hit this vessel instead now details are still unclear we're waiting for some sort of official comment but the fact that early this morning just in the last hour the navy has confirmed a much higher death toll dan was reported earlier today that certainly tells us this is a very serious incident the iranian navy the iranian forces don't do anything in these waterways that doesn't project power this naval exercise was certainly meant to do that and no doubt this will hurt iran's goal of projecting a powerful image in its waterways right where we're going to have it on the time being thanks very much december. ravi there in tehran let us speak to john mark wrigley who's the head of global risk at the geneva center for security policy joins us from geneva welcome to the program so give us a little more context on this if you would on the face of it it is

a terrible accident and when you couple it with the shooting down of the ukrainian airliner back in january it really doesn't look good does it well for. the past there and that doesn't look good indeed because they were already at the source of the downing of the ukrainian. civil aircraft earlier in january to put it in context you have to say that this accident as the context of this standoff between the united states and iran debt started when. president decided to route drove the so-called nuclear deal to yours ago but that actually increasing intensity a year ago and since then we have seen can stand a rassmann both sites yeah and as a backdrop to that you have donald trump's most recent tweet instructing the u.s. navy to destroy any ship that harasses u.s. probes. yes and it's. a months ago you had about 11

small boats iranian boat from a i r g c that actually arrest us navy boats and week later put them tramp tweeted that he would basically destroyed any. iranian boat that would raft u.s. navy boats so disport off the stand of u.s. and iraq anonymously since the killing of general salim ahmed earlier this year it looks like the u.s. have the upper hand but still iran is still trying to signal to the united states that they still have the means to be a player in the region and this projection of power that our correspondents embrace ravi was talking about to what degree our military exercises going on in the gulf and what all of the dangers of miscalculation given the presence of u.s. warships in the race go well.

if you have a collision it really is always there because you know especially in the strait of hormuz it's a very narrow water raise in that case there was no risk of escalation through either a domestic issue one ship was sunk by i'm not the one because the missile looked down on the ship and not on the target but you know you can imagine that if another ship would have passed close close by it could have led to an accident and what is very important here is that any incident because the situation is so volatile i could actually lead to further escalation and that's that is the real issue. or is the moderately to depreciate your perspective on this thanks very much indeed the show mark rickly from the geneva center for security policy. thank you. all right

moving on some of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and lifting many of the toughest restrictions people in france can return to the shops schools and headdresses ending at 8 we locked down and the number of critically ill people begins to fall of the european countries following suit churches and mosques in spain schools in the netherlands and shops in belgian and in germany as shanghai is disneyland has opened its doors it's the latest step in china's easing of its restrictions cinemas museums and other recreational venues will follow over the next few weeks and all thursday new zealand will scale back its rules allowing the reopening of cafe cinemas and miles as well as travel within the country but the prime minister like many leaders has warned that the easing of restrictions does not mean that 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 race 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 well for more on what measures spain is easy let's go to montero she joins us live now from madrid and they started rolling back one of the districts this lockdowns in europe in spain back on what is it may the 4th and i guess this is all part of the continuing process. yes nic today's a big day for at least over a 50 percent of the spanish regions that will be benefiting form for the evening of these low down measures after $58.00 days of a street down menus foreigners that live in these regions will be able to meet to meet what they believe in for so long there will be able to meet the relatives who the friends up to temp people the maximum of 30 m. people at home or outside in terraces as bars and restaurants that have terraces will be able to open at 50 percent of the capacity it will have to keep its

distance of 2 meters between tables and a capacity of 10 people per table we want to have physical many use on the pavement would have to be done with credit cards also retailers of less than 400 square meters will be able to open to the public also limiting the capacity. and sanitary measures also hotels with be able to open up the 30 percent to 30 percent of the capacity but by keeping close those common areas by all the lifting of those measures many businessmen are decided not to reopen because it's economically economically it's not worth opening for for this limited number of people and bring him back all the stuff so with the big division between old news retailers and businessmen about what doing next also worship places and fears and museums will be able to open 30 percent of the capacity we have to say that the regions that are

benefiting from this phase one of the deescalation plan. to work for the new normal that the spanish government has traced are that ethiopia are the basque country. and also catenary i'm bali arik islands and we have to say that the airspace between the both islands and primary islands and by the area will be. reopen where you're opening today and what about the cities of madrid and boston or understand that these things will not apply. yes we have to remember that madrid has become the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak if you didn't get it doesn't get met the criteria that the government has decided phobia yes collation plan there's a big noise regarding this criteria because it's not theory it's not breeding da we know it has to do with the number off contagions it has to do with the capacity in the in intensive care units and has to do with the other village to isolate

coronavirus patients and in cases a 2nd to way for another outbreak so but it's a loan not on the jury it's which although though the c.t.'s worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic haven't haven't just moved on to the next phase we will have to wait one week maybe next monday but silo not more regions of catalonia and the trees will be able to move on to the next face or a mountain even if many thanks very much indeed a monster of the madrid. where as i mentioned disneyland in china has reopened after 3 months shut down katrina new has more on that 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 that really shores the appetite for people wanting to go to disneyland morse rides will be or been but they're also current of hours 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 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 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. more than 80000 middle school students are back in class in the chinese capital they're preparing for high school entrance exams and students must present valid health codes in a 2 week record of their movements on their cellphones reluctant to school about

50000 high school students return to clubs in beijing last month. 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 global pandemic from july the 1st it will raise a value added tax from 5 to 15 percent 26000000000 dollars will be slashed from funds allocated to launch government projects they include crown prince mohammed bin simons vision 2030 initiative and from the start of next month the cost of living allowance for learn middle income families will be suspended only allotment is the director of the institute for gulf affairs and he says that saudi arabia is waking up to 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 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 are 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. still ahead here on al-jazeera malaysia rounds up undocumented migrants again in an effort to contain the pandemic.

people across latin america find creative ways to celebrate mother's day. turning very wet in france a swirl of clouds sort of gives it away is a storm system this produces near flooding rain in the small to come because coming down against it is actually cold as a meeting of 2 have masses this is a cult front of quite a lot of relevance for central eastern europe and this is the rain very well that rain is going to be quite heavy in central france and the line spreads through germany and you can see the northern cutoff and the temperatures here 10 degrees in berlin about 38 in london compared with say 25 in vienna so quite a difference which is one reason why rain is fairly heavy so let's just wait all that and put the cold front on and look at warsaw v.m. look at vilnius let me move you one day ahead that cold front makes it much colder

warsaw's forecast 26 degrees on monday down to 10 on tuesday the average is about 19 so we're ready for a bit ahead of it and we go much below it and on the line the front itself does go right through ukraine down towards the north korean plain they will be right now by this time he will be quite as heavy and it does mean the further west things have quieted down in france but as more rain was showing up in both spain and portugal and temperatures are still in the low teens if you're lucky. madagascar. a breathtaking tropical paradise. where its former protector. now lets their careers. we follow through just as they put their lives something to.

risk it gets on medicare. on al-jazeera. again you're watching out 0 or one of our top stories this 19 iranian sailors have been killed in a friendly fire incident during a training exercise in the gulf of oman 15 others were injured the vessel was struck by a missile while putting else on. spain has relaxed more of its credit cards restrictions with churches mosques and outdoor balls now allowed to open but hotspots like madrid and barcelona remain shut down. saudi arabia has announced

tough new measures aimed at shoring up state finances battered by low oil prices in the pandemic value added tax will be tripled while billions will be cut from its make up projects. 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 government has already carried out similar operations and what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the virus florence louie is in kuala lumpur and she explains why certain areas of being 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 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 is due to lay out the 1st steps to easing locked measures to parliament's later monday on sunday 90 outlined a new virus alert system during an address to the nation johnson said people will be allowed to spend more time outdoors through the highest death toll in europe his latest plan is already facing criticism is 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 going to 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. 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 stay away 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 boat stay at home fill 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. passing the trains in india 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 air conditioned trains will depart from new delhi on return journeys to major cities on the 1st day of the service passengers will be screened before boarding and will have to wear masks. 3 u.n. peacekeepers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in northern mali explosion happened in the region of alcohol severely injuring at least 4 others officials are investigating who was behind the attack people in libya's capital say they're enjoying the worst bombardments they've seen in weeks the u.n. recognize government is trying to end the year long campaign by the warlords and the for have to seize tripoli it's been fierce fighting in the southern suburbs after have to us forces fired rockets on the cities only functioning airport on

saturday at least 35 civilians have been killed in the last 2 weeks now the syrian government and its ally russia are being accused of carrying out unlawful attacks on opposition held areas in northwest syria amnesty international says some of the grounded air offenses between december and march amount to war crimes and we see documented 18 attacks on medical facilities in schools and it live northwest and hammer and west in aleppo and one attack in january witnesses say russian air strikes killed 11 civilians and flattened residential buildings near a hospital in the town of. amnesty also accuses syrian government forces of breaking international law the following months 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 march creating the worst humanitarian crisis since the war started writing a reggae is a senior crisis advisor at 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 governorates 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. the people across latin america have taken part in the mother's day celebrations while the timing social distancing the day's events sought to lift spirits as many mock the holiday under the shadow of the pandemic by or 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 granges you 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 i don't need 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 equity where mothers who work as doctors and nurses have had to put the holiday on hold hope 1000 cases here are approaching 30 . making the country one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the region said america to believe that. being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis that. we have to our families the site is 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. 0. much more course on a website address that is out to come. so this is out there these are the top stories that 19 arabian sailors have been killed off to an iranian missile fired during a training exercise accidently struck a vessel in its own fleet 15 others were injured the vessel had been putting targets in the water at the time because the latest from terror on the wreckage of one of the ships was taken to the carport and we also have been hearing conflicting reports about whether or not the vessel that was hit in this incident has sunk or

not but we're hearing from officials this morning that the vessel is intact or not intact but certainly has not sunk and investigations are underway we know that the naval frigate missile capable what iranians call the destroyer was involved in these exercises it hit a smaller support ship called the corner rock now this is a multipurpose vehicle a corvette class ship it is small it is sometimes armed for naval patrols but in this case we're hearing from reports that it was serving in a support capacity. spain has relaxed more of its coronavirus restrictions with churches mosques and outdoor bars now allowed to open as part of a plan to ease the country's lockdown with more opening every 2 weeks. china is continuing to gradually reopen its economy even if even as it reports a small rise in new coronavirus cases health authorities announced 17 new infections highest daily increase since late april 5 of those cases were detected in the city on the outbreak was 1st reported early this year on thursday new

zealand will scale back its rules allowing the reopening of cafe cinemas and models as well as travel within the country the prime minister has warned the easing of restrictions does not mean the threat is over. 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 authorities in malaysia have been arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital kuala lumpur released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of police officers. headlines got more news here and out 0 right after risking it all by fire. throughout history. has come together in our darkest moments this is

a moment to for pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world could actually save every generation has its moment. is ours.