we followed that perilous journey unguarded through the line of. risking it all. and israel in colombia. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. well i wrote about this and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes on the move again france and spain start lifting some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. bloodier putin announces that russia is easing its economic restrictions even as infections surged to the 4th largest worldwide to. saudi arabia slashes budgets and increases taxes as it deals with

record low oil prices the coronavirus pandemic. abused and overworked on a diet of fish bait the allegations from indonesian fishermen that have prompted a joint investigation with china. the presidents of spain's top football league says june the 12th is the target date for a return to action of 8 of us claims the risk of players catching coronavirus during games will be proud sickly 0. some of the countries in europe hardest hit by the corona virus are opening up allowing millions to step out for work family visits and shopping trips france has been locked down for 8 weeks but people can now return to shops and hairdressers and take public transport after its lowest number of deaths in 7 weeks much of spain is opening outdoor cafes churches and mosques turkey is opening its shopping

centers and schools will restart in the netherlands and russia president putin announced that economic restrictions are being eased from tuesday even as another surge makes it the country with the 4th largest number of cases. india is restarting part of its train system despite a jump in infections the rail networks relied on by tens of millions of people every day it's been shut down since late march and in china shanghai is disneyland has reopened cinemas museums and other recreational venues are going to follow over the next few weeks let's go to marta however is joining us live from the spanish capital just give us an indication of how busy things have been on the streets there. yes wallace spain today 50 percent of the spanish regions of a 50 percent are benefiting from all this evening of lockdown measures of the deescalation plan allowing

a small shops less of 400 percent meters square meters to let people in to go in and like this small shop these men's clothing shop that has everything ready in order to reopen in one week because madrid is the epi center became the epicenter of the corner virus pandemic so still we need one week to evaluate if we move on to the next phase but they have everything read it we have the sanitizer we have the laws we have the masts we've got the the owner of the shop javier this infecting all the garments and everything ready to be limited the 30 percent 30 percent of their capacity to allow everyone in so this is what happening this is what happening in a 51 percent of strange regions that terraces in the bars and restaurants are going to be open at a 50 percent of the capacity hotels are going to be also reopened up to 30 percent of the capacity but not using common areas and worship places are also be going to be open to the public but the most important thing is that people are going to be

allowed to meet the families and friends up to 10 people group from now on words so this is the most important thing also we need to remember that the island's canary islands and would also open the air so on so we can travel from one from so many islands to the others steal there's log down for the regions people cannot move from one region to the other but this is easing a little bit they cannot mix situation in spain that's moving a little bit forward more to do you get the impression that people are going to be anxious to get back into the into the streets and back to what they would regard as a normal life or do you think that they're going to be more cautious given the lockdown that they've been facing for such a long time. well i can feel the people have controversial sentiments or emotions because some people want to go out to the streets and just go back to the ordinary life but still people are afraid of all

these corner virus all the threat of being infected or be going to use again so we'll still have to remain all of this so this isn't seen measures we're all being very cautious still. the use of mask in the public transfer is mandatory in spain we have to kate montagne social distancing but what are you really looking forward to meeting relatives and friends because it's been 57 days of strict lockdown in spain with not no no no contact at all with no physical contact just own line soon or a sky borjas all lying online contact with with the reality of some friends so it's quite difficult to to to measure whether people are going to be openly going out to the streets or whether going up just woodrow and stay for a little longer inside so what's it very important is that it cannot me has to be reopened and has to be reactivated because in spain relies into reason money and in

services so a 12 percent of a spanish g.d.p. depends on on the cotton on the tourism so we need to reopen economy model however giving us the update on spain from madrid model thanks very much indeed. for all it's good in the tunnel bottle and are with the latest developments in france she says people are slowly returning to the streets. there are also many people out and about they are now allowed to leave their home without a permit and you can see that people are certainly enjoying a little bit of free to many of the shops are open although a good percentage of them as well now the french government has decided to live some of its knock down restrictions because it says that the number of corona virus cases and infections has dropped significantly over the past few weeks and that is allowing france to perhaps try and open up and what the government wants to do of

course is get people back to work is get the economy going again and try and instill some sort of normality so we have shops opening some businesses being allowed to resume public transport services are also being increased we spoke to people who are taking the metro this morning here in paris everyone now has to wear a mask if they're on public transport and most people said that they thought that was of course a great idea but they did say it was incredibly difficult to socially distance from other commuters because of course in these times they're also just so many people taking public transport but the government has said that people should remain vigilant they should try only to take transport if really needed for work but they should try to stay at home try to keep working from home if it's all possible because of course the current virus crisis continues it is not over their government's released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic changes this week include removing limits on outdoor exercise and encouraging certain

sectors to go back to work by mr barr a strong sign says that recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes step one in moving towards. 3 shift in emphasis that we can begin this week. anyone who cannot work from home should be actively encouraged to go to work in sectors that are allowed to be should indeed be open subject subject to social distancing these include food production construction manufacturing just ticks distribution scientific research and to support this and to explain this again where publishing guidance to businesses on how to make these workplaces safe would secure. scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon is warning that things will have to move at a different pace there if we take if it off the brink too soon the real

danger is that we will end up in this lockdown for longer and worst of all we will lose many more people along the way none of us want that supplies be patient and please try not to get distracted by messages from other parts of the u.k. all governments across the u.k. are trying to do the right thing and all of us have a responsibility to take the steps we think or rate the rate so please if you live in scotland abate by the law that applies here and full scottish government guidelines ok let's have more on this from paul brandon's who's joining us live from london i understand that boris johnson speaking and at westminster at the moment and parliament there is a start of the confusion that we were talking about yesterday paul ryan over his original announcement about these plans when he was outlining them is there any indication that he's giving more detail to the parliamentarians today. yes i mean he's a gun to parliament behind me and is answering questions from the leader of the

opposition secure starmer but you heard that from the clips that we played you know the boris johnson laying out some more details of what he announced on sunday nights and also a popular publication that was a document it was published just a couple of hours ago 50 pages of far more details in broad brushstrokes and some ice and nitty gritty details as well as to how he intends to proceed from here on in but there are disagreements you had nicholas sturgeon saying that as far as she is concerned the science. leads to a different conclusion for her the scottish parliament will keep the stay at home message while the english parliament and prime minister boris johnson pursues a slightly more relaxed approach to opening up the economy and opening up society the report that was put out as i say 50 pages i'll give you a couple of the nuggets that are in it from wednesday people who work safely in

their workplaces should return to work people are being advised to wear face coverings if they have to be in enclosed public spaces not medical masks he emphasized that medical mass should be preserved for medical staff but face covering such as cloth an alert system will be set up so that local spikes of infection can be detected and tackled on a much more geographically specific basis for example what places should follow covert $1000.00 security guidelines the thing is this he said those guidelines won't be issued until middle of the week at the elliot's. paul of course this is all coming as the government is still facing criticism over the way that it initially reacted to the spread of the virus and the complaints about the level of provision of personal protection equipment and so on that's not going to go away is a government this is a very difficult time for the government moment to be trying to manage this and yet it's still facing these existing criticisms. yeah i mean one of the

things that boris johnson and his advisors i think led to their initial reluctance to put a lockdown on in the 1st place was it was the fact that imposing it is the easy part it's getting out of it at the other end that's going to be the really difficult part and so it is proving because the simplicity of the message of stay at home is something that everybody can understand but once you start breaking it down into different industries which have different risk levels different population centers which have different risk levels children elderly people vulnerable people people with medical underlying medical conditions you start really getting into a real mosaic of different policies that are needed for different circumstances and to impose those to find a cohesive way of inventing a slogan for example stay alert has been widely criticized as being too but you could argue that frankly it's not really something that you can sum up in one single slogan the complexities of the of the strategy moving forward now can't be

summed up in 3 words or 3 syllables that said a 50 page document does go a long way to setting out the government strategy and i suppose it's virtue admits that there is a lot unknown i mean one of the sentences that sprung out of me was we cannot predict with absolute certainty what the impact of lifting the restrictions will be on the possibility will be that re imposing restrictions on specific geographical areas will be necessary if there is a spike in individual infection places paul thanks very much indeed. but as arizona says its burning cash a new quarantine orders for international arrivals will make matters worse airlines chief executive willie walsh is warning the company will have to review plans to resume flight operations in july but as airways has already revealed it will need to cut 12000 jobs. will take at least 3 years for the airline to recover from the economic fallout. china's reported the most significant increase

in infections since april with 17 new cases but more businesses are returning among them shanghais disneyland which welcome back crowds for the 1st time in 3 months trying to you is in beijing. in the u.s. it's known as the happiest place on earth now disneyland has broken crowds back to its gates in china for the 1st time in months the government here says the corona virus outbreak is now under control and the shanghai theme park is the 1st in the global chain to reopen since the beginning of the health crisis right now here in china and shanghai over $100.00 of them a conditions are such that we feel with the right measures in place health and safety goes that we are able to open successfully here this is the numbers are capped at 24000 roughly 30 percent of the parks capacity temperature screenings and

social distancing measures are also in place that means no selfies with mickey and minnie mouse and now but fears of a 2nd wave of infections did nothing to deter crowds tickets sold out in minutes for hours. i feel happy i finally have a place to take my child. analysts say the sell out open day points depend up consumer demand but don't expect the chinese economy to bounce back anytime soon i think the overall outlook is going to remain very uncertain and subdued as long as we do not have a treatment or a vaccine for the coronavirus still authorities here are hailing the reopening as a milestone in china's coronavirus recovery it comes as the aging walked in a serious war of words with washington over its handling of the outbreak many believe the true countries have entered a new cold war the trump white house says it has evidence carved 19 live from

a chinese lab china's foreign ministry says u.s. leaders are using what it calls dirty tricks to mislead the world about china. do they really have such little balls standards and conscience that they can nothing at all but their own political interests not even when human lives at stake but the tension seemed to fall off in the minds of voters enjoying their day at disneyland in shanghai the theme park fantasy a welcome respite from the reality of the pandemic and the political fallout left in its wake. al-jazeera. international flights can land in the philippines capital again after the governments reopened its airport flights were stopped last week after the country couldn't cope with thousands of workers returning from overseas than reports from. these foreign visitors are now able to fly out of the philippines after waiting for over a month many airlines begun cutting flights in march and

a week ago by the us main airport was closed i was going back i don't march but the good bin laden they know i'm doing that and feeling really good good about my government and i'm very thankful for them and also philippines government. the government temporary halted fly. it's as it struggled to speed up testing for corona virus and ran out of room in quarantine facilities since the start of the pandemic thousands of filipinos have been returning to the philippines philippine embassies are used to pray you are the emergency mass repeat ga sion but with this influx the government has had to medically test and house tens of thousands of people and it admits resources are stretched the government says the flight restrictions will be in effect until early next month and this hopes to ensure that the airport will be able to handle our own $400.00 passengers a day that is the estimate of capacity under the current lockdown there are over

10000000 filipino workers overseas around 10 percent of the country's population that's why the impact of the global pandemic is felt so deeply here. just anybody borrowed money to come to manila from his home province of cebu to start to work as a seafarer he was waiting to be assigned to a ship when the lockdown began. our food this rationed every day you don't even though if you can go abroad. the philippines that provides a quarter of the workforce of the global maritime industry since the pandemic started more than $20000.00 have returned a majority now stranded and jobless filipino workers they are all too aware of the dangers of the coronavirus but what they fear more is the uncertainty of not being able to provide for their families to al-jazeera manila. but more ahead on

the news hour including. were wiping down 3 times a day in a truck and were sterilized in her hand every time we get in and out of the proud canadian truck drivers tell us why the pandemic has made life on the road even more dangerous. in sports horse racing is under starting orders in france despite all of those sporting events being banned in the country. saudi arabia is unknowns major budget cuts and a steep increase in its value added tax the moves aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by loyal prices on the coronavirus pandemic alexy o'brien reports. this is where a new way of living began the saudi crown prince's megaproject new york was touted as a $500000000000.00 city state that would transform the kingdom but it and other projects

linked to mohammed bin solomon's vision 2030 plan could be at risk as part of efforts to rein in spending by about $26000000000.00 the kingdom's finance minister says the new measures are painful but necessary the economy in saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that that's why the government would draw $23000000000.00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from the reserves ever in the history of the country the plans include tripling sales tax from 5 to 15 percent a tax introduced 2 years ago to reduce saudi arabia's reliance on oil income but it's not been enough to counter what the finance minister described as the 3 economic shocks from the coronavirus the decline in oil prices the shutdown of the local economy and extra spending on health care from the start of next month

a living allowance for government employees will be suspended though all the savings are unlikely to address the kingdom's huge budget deficit i think the failure of economists are going to be and no one can understand it without looking at our luck leadership. basically and mismanagement sources if we add to this the. foreign policy that so really is followed in the last 10 years it's going to be understood. that you know this kind of cuts will continue actually this is the start and. the kingdom has waged an expensive war in yemen for more than 5 years it's caused what the u.n. says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis and. even as it tells its own people the stares he measures and needed the government is trying to finance a $372000000.00 takeover of the english football club newcastle united like

many countries the coronavirus has batted saudi arabia's economy. this is the grand mosque in mecca during the muslim fasting month of ramadan there are usually $1500000.00 visitors now just a few dozen and then. we have many employees and a large from workers technicians and also translators they're all idle because there's no work. the vision 2030 plan had called for slowly moving away from depending on oil and diversifying the economy by this year the kingdom was supposed to improve living standards and increase tourism instead 2020 will likely be remembered for its economic hardship brian al-jazeera. sorry hand is the editor in chief of the international interest it's a current affairs analysis magazine with a particular focus on the middle east and he's joining us now from london thanks very much indeed from you for your time sir what kind do you think of impact is

this going to have on saudi arabia given the fact that saudi for so long has been used to having vast cash reserves which seem to have simply disappeared. i think what we have to remember is that the decision to revamp the economy the decision to take austerity is not something that is unique to big steadman or indeed this current administration that need to revamp the economy was acknowledged even since 20082007 what delayed the necessary measures to implement it on the economy was the arab spring so in a bid to prevent the protests from reaching saudi arabia saudi arabia granted these benefits increase the public sector bloated the public sector in a bid to fend off those protests in the success and struggle came and 2017 was when we had been sent men a rose and only this year can we really talk about the crown prince finally being cemented in power in other words we have to look at these measures within this context of this idea that this is not a reaction this is

a plan that's been shelved for some time as a result of external factors so when we're looking at the impact it's not a case of why it's more a case of why now rather than why do it anyway everybody knows that saudi arabia need to diversify everybody knows that it's unsustainable to maintain it with the oil price we know that these decisions were delayed during the oil price war because saudi arabia was trying to pressure the united states pressure russia to abide by production cuts it succeeded in getting the u.s. to cut production so now that the oil price war is winding down saudi arabia now is trying to focus on the economy taking those arguably measures that have been accelerated as a result of coverage 19 in a bid to protect this process of diversifying the economy. measure birds away from the gulf study center in brian's package were suggesting that it was a lack of leadership words led to the situation that sudden now finds itself in

that it was being centering playing catch up with the rest of the world how strong an argument you think that is. i think when we look at the details of the measures that are being imposed it paints a not necessarily a different story but paints a more understandable story but let's look at for example the value added tax it's gone from 5 percent to around 1517 percent when you compare that to the rest of the world the u.k. is at 20 percent france is at 20 percent germany is at 19 percent so it's more a case of saudi arabia has very unique circumstances that it had to adapt to saudi took these measures in order to adapt to an environment in which it's easier and in iraq syria yemen and lebanon in a polarized war that is taking place between saudi arabia and qatar between saudi arabia and turkey a movement that has seen people in the region as a whole so i think anybody in one hamad bin cements position anybody king abdullah's position anybody king segments positional any member. who would rule

saudi arabia is quite frankly unlikely to have done anything different and here in lies the issue in that analysis of saudi economy needs to be devoid of perceptions that people have obviously the saudi arabia operates in a unique set of circumstances and this is why i think when we look at it from a from a from a macro economic and social political element the question that everyone needs to ask is this is saudi arabia able to sustain its economy as it is the answer is no does saudi arabia need to change the way its economy operates the answer is yes does it need to diversify the answer is yes so the question is how and when with covered 19 process is that what's supposed to take 5 years for example to go easy on the saudi people to cope with 1000 has meant that these measures cannot wait they need to be taken whether these are the correct measures is a different story but everybody agrees that something needs to be done and that the current state of affairs is unsustainable and i think that is the perspective with

which we need to look at these measures that have been implemented so i mean how do we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed for joining us on al-jazeera. an accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own boats has killed 19 sailors it happened in the just giving june in the gulf of oman where rennie and naval exercises were taking place a support vessel was hit when it got too close to a target but a regular exercise is held in the region near the busy strait of hormuz. there's been fierce fighting in libya's capital as the u.n. worker nies government tries to end the year long campaign by wall. to seize tripoli fighters allied to the tripoli government made this show of force after hostile lawless said they'd enter the city's southern suburbs as fired rockets at tripoli's only functioning airport on saturday killing 5 people living nearby. a trial is underway in the democratic republic of congo for a powerful figure in president felix just a katie's office video coming out

a is issues of haiti's chief of staff and also leads the influential union for the congolese nation political party is accused of embezzling $51000000.00 from funds set aside for building prefabricated homes for disadvantaged communities a man who denies the allegations. we're here to support our leader and to find out why he was arrested but now we don't know why the police and authorities are afraid of our presence when they said people should know the truth about this case we will not go until they tell us why he was arrested and where he took this money he's accused of taking. but only the government says any observers sent to monitors general elections will be quarantined for 14 days on a rival the vote is 9 days away but on day is proposing that stuff already in the country working for a regional bloc east african community take up the role of observers un and civil society observers have already been refused permission to monitor the elections the

last vote in 2015 was criticized lacking credibility. still ahead on al-jazeera. people of course not in america find creative ways to celebrate mother's day. and in sports the 11 year old who's made skateboarding history and his grandmother's backyard. though the dusty somalis blowing again out of iraq dying through kuwait and the eastern side of that dissolving line is the reason for it is a ghost sites the wind follows it now tends to be quite a dry winter humidity drop the temperatures are going to get are much $38.00 in

doha and about $44.00 in muscat you'll notice but it's not much garden sky the could be shouted at the peak in the western mountains a society we see in them the last day or so but they tend to i think die away in the next couple of days so we will think little of them is just the wind still blowing strongly and of course the sun blazes all the way up to the turkish border and few showers in northern turkey beyond that is just woman sunshine as it is through most of north africa although once again the cloud that's just developing in spain and portugal wants more effect morocco sort of bats got 19 degrees circulating wind on shore breeze and rain were released showers the showers a trough going to church are working their way slowly up into these countries of west africa are doing exactly what you might expect in the do it is time of the year the coming up on a daily basis a bit further north occasionally fairly heavy just give you an example in abidjan we've got rain but sundry rain.

as the world fights the corona pandemic we're learning more about this every day it's a new patent your new join our global community. how we come together to fight i'm sorry your questions can i just ask you think this is me directly that's coming on on you tube as you're saying i'm concerned about the frontline phone that's the great quiet and keeping you up to date and we've seen countries beaten back and beaten back successfully the stream on al-jazeera. they wanted 43000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds intermission. there's no hope of any more because there's always a small cobbles people for really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function more shadow on

al-jazeera. watching i'll just remind of our top stories this hour france has ended its 8 week lockdown with people allowed to return to shops and work but cafes and restaurants remain closed meanwhile spain has relaxed more of its restrictions churches mosques and outdoor bars are not allowed to open. the u.k. government has released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic prime minister boris johnson says that the recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes. so the arabia's announced tough new measures aimed at shoring up

state finances battered by a lot of prices on the pandemic value added tax will be tripled billions will be cut from its infrastructure budget. the german government is stressing that people must continue to be vigilant as restrictions are loosened there the number of fatalities there are much lower than its neighbors which is france spain and belgium but as the lockdown is gradually lifted some new clusters of infections have appeared not sparked concerns of a possible 2nd wave of the outbreak chancellor angela merkel has urged people to keep observing social distancing and hygiene rules. but. it's very important for me to again draw attention to the fact that we're entering a new phase of the pandemic it will now be necessary with all the easing of measures to be sure that people stick to the basic rules keeping their distance wearing mouth and nose protection and showing consideration for each other the

ultimate how much money it is overall a just at lancaster university he's joining us now via skype from lancaster in the u.k. thank you very much indeed for being with us. want to should we be what watching out for that would indicate whether or not we're going to see a 2nd wave which might be equivalent to what germany has seen previously. i don't think of it in which you know for having me on the show and i think the important thing to understand 'd is that also what european people in all countries are still running back to the meaning that they don't have against the law as an aunt of that scene we're going to become what we live in these people will still be possible to be infected and if they are in fact it will be back in same situation as we were in january and then we look on 'd to the fullest are stored in the fear that mean that plus wishing we could simply say and as soon as the transmission rate increase to one or more than one the chances for this widest to expand on will

be extremely high so the important thing to watch your own is that whole launch of the truss mission period and that last mission which is increasing that is an indication that it is to want to relax any console wars what does this latest outbreak tell us about the way that germany has managed the spread of the virus. i think you're going to have been incredible right from the beginning to want to only identify the cases well in time but also to ramp up their diagnosed and the treatment capabilities but that also means that what our transmission has will be any significant gain more than other countries for example one year month and that sort of logic and studies in 8. minutes they identified their own 15 percent healthy full were already infected and they have the immunity it is a lot of us and that evolution is almost the same as in other countries where these small scales to these are being conducted so this means that the white it's also mission hasn't been decreased significantly but it will without mortality had been

decades probably because the whole of the human population was infected so over all your money has done an incredibly good in in the whole slaughtering well they've but this is not something that a testament for every country to hold they will relax the control not yet also when sure that the infrastructure they have put in place in last 3 months is best used people who aren't they subtraction. we have seen some. breaks in china we've seen them in other supposedly south asian countries as well is this what we're seeing in germany essentially part of the pattern that this spread will will follow for the next few months. i didn't need your issue really still is that people are not having enough immunity and at the moment despite that we have a solution distance as best a devised approach to curtail this interaction we don't have any other means to to

stop this infection so therefore that patent that what we were to see in any country would be the mirror image of our whole effort that being put in place for last 'd week for months to we really suppress this transmission and any effort of that would be alleviated. from this toss we should revert back as the new peak and. still be similar in any concrete but we will look into business matter and its scale of that disease is it for example if we look onto the cases here in the u.k. it was mission rate has decreased significantly point 60 our value of 2.9 within 6 meets a 7 week off block ago but as we know that it will be lifted if we call back the same stage as we have been or always gets good to get your analysis on this dr mohamed moneer we appreciate it thank you very much and do. this confusion

surrounding u.s. vice president mike pence softer a spokesman denied reports he was self isolating prensa pence's press secretary katie miller tested positive for the corona virus on friday white house correspondent kimberly hauck it is in washington d.c. the so there is a certain amount of confusion about what's going on here can believe what more can you tell us about this. well it appears that the vice president is working it's not clear how he is self isolating here on the white house campus but there was considerable confusion following the positive test by one of his own staff members katie miller his press secretary it's important to know that she is self isolating her husband steven miller is a close assistant to the u.s. president so that is a nother case that is being watched and we should also point out there is also self isolation going on among members of the current virus taskforce dr anthony found

she dr robert redfield and also the f.d.a. head dr steven ha and now interestingly is the fact that on tuesday dr anthony fauci is expected to testify on capitol hill but now because of their concerns of exposure to the vice president's press secretary we understand that he as part of the self isolation along with the others will be testifying via video conference but this all just brings to question the amount of exposure here at the white house at the white house campus because of course one of the president's own personal valets last week also testing positive for corona virus but in the midst of all of this as the numbers continue to spread including some members of the u.s. secret service the u.s. president has been tweeting this morning about the numbers in the united states looking much better in his words going down almost everywhere big progress being made a bit of a contradiction given the fact that literally in the president's own house the

number of cases are increasing now we are expecting the u.s. president to make an appearance before they television cameras today he will be speaking later in the afternoon here in washington in the rose garden he will be talking about testing and how he is continuing to push for the reopening of the u.s. economy. even as the number of affections in the united states continues to rise the latest number 1300000 and we are very getting very close now to that rising death toll number hitting the 8000 mark kimberly thanks very much indeed. truck drivers in canada have been working overtime to keep supplies flowing across the country but with many people stuck at home those in the fade industry are facing their own unique challenges as david marshall reports we call agree a crucial efforts on not going on noticed. outside his shop in calgary chris standing prepares to pick up

a load of dry passed up his routine has changed more in the past few months then during his 25 years in the trucking industry and with the corona virus still spreading across canada chris wants to keep his family and his clients safe we set up a company policy to make sure that that we're wiping down 3 times a day in the truck and we're sterilizing her hand every time we get in and out of the truck whether it's going into a client or just picking up a load in the pandemics early days says hauling goods was a bit like driving into a freak storm a little scary and a little exciting at the same time he feels safer now as most businesses have introduced protocols to reduce face to face contact even so today chris has to enter a warehouse to sign paperwork and with workers coming in going social distancing is a challenge but the biggest risk he says is when filling up everything in the beginning that a lot of the major spread of or 3rd out on. the board that would talk all of our

guys to make sure even when they're using the keypad make sure they put their smaller gloves on so that they could still hit the numbers despite their vital role transporting essential goods truckers have faced harsh conditions since the start of the pandemic truck drivers have struggled to find open businesses to buy food use the washroom. but their predicament has also led to random acts of kindness and brought out pollen tears to truck stops like this one calgary sikh community is one of many groups helping truckers across canada they give out around 100 meals a day they're really appreciated like we have a foreign call for number sat up and. used to call off ahead of time so then be show up at the truck stop even on the highway even at the beer house where they're delivering trucking companies and associations are now worried by a huge increase in so-called empty miles this happens when there's no cargo to haul back home after making a delivery the cost of an operation is basically. increasing while the

revenue generating aspect of the truck is decreasing and you can't pass on the cost to the customers because there are clearly hurting tough times ahead for these unsung heroes who are trying to steer their country out of a pandemic david mercer al-jazeera calgary canada. people across latin america have taken part in mother's day celebrations while maintaining social distancing sunday's events sought to lift spirits says many mock the holiday under the shadow of the pandemic of apollo reports. 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 eagles says his music is a way to make mother's day special for those who are coroutine and separated from

their families i am also made to go. 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 well no doubt so 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 really 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 in

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 30. 1000 making the country one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the region said america is so not responsibly that the man being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis. with a pandemic we have put our families aside 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. al-jazeera. a group of fishermen who say they were exploited while working on chinese fishing vessels have returned home to indonesia after the deaths of 4 crew members and the nation government is launching a joint investigation with beijing but worker advocates are skeptical jessica washington reports from jakarta after 13 months working on the high seas these indonesian fishermen are relieved to come home but some of their fellow crew members never got that chance at least for died while working for the jolly an ocean fishing company in recent months one died in hospital but others died on board the chinese vessels the fishermen say their bodies were thrown into the pacific ocean crewmembers told al-jazeera what they enjoyed on the ship. are salary was meant to be $300.00 a month but in reality i received $120.00 for the whole 13 months. i

was food was the same as fish bait for tuna it was region. the men say they worked around 18 hours each day catching fish including endangered species and cutting the fins off sharks. just in reality sometimes we have to work a shift of 30 hours or more. whatever official records we are asked should be process or not if they said yes we did it as the months went on the fishermen say one of the hardest parts of the job was watching their fellow crew members fall ill and die. each month i feel so free now free from how. the company did not respond to questions indonesian authorities are speaking with the men and say they will launch a joint investigation with beijing into what happened. we condemn the inhumane treatment experienced by the indonesian crew who are working on chinese vessels the government is very committed to solving this issue by improving regulations.

millions of indonesians are employed in the fisheries industry and the exploitation is rampant most of them young men were herded by agencies in their home towns and many don't know what they're signing up for advocates say it's not the regulation that's the problem but the lack of action by the government to protect the rights of these young workers. so what we need. a law enforcement so we don't need. a new regulations he says until that happens more young men will risk their lives on the high fees just to washington al-jazeera to counter. the soto's prime minister told mr obama is under pressure to quit after his winning coalition collapsed donny and his 2nd wife are at the center of a scandal involving the murder of his 1st wife little it was shots near her home when the 2017 she had reportedly refused to divorce her husband after he begun a new relationship with my sister to bonnie his current wife in fabry my sister was

charged with masterminding the murder of the political thomas the body failed to appear in court instead he left us a little for south africa 2 days later 18 year old to bonnie told a radio station he'd resign at the end of july but said old age was the reason fundamental has this update from johannesburg. just as the recent history in the city has been complicated this it continues to be the case in that the coalition government in lawsuit too has wanted tom to bonnie out of office for some time now he has said that he would retire 1st at the end of july and now he has it at the end of may and now in the latest political move to try to get the prime minister out they've said that they have dissolved the coalition that he leads and that's the old bus route to a convention party it's led by that party they've dissolved there the stews may have dissolved the coalition which means the prime minister essentially is no

longer prime minister until a new one is appointed but the speaker of parliament has said that time to bond he will remain as a caretaker prime minister until later this month in order for parliament really to get their ducks in a row to rights to king to get his advice and the way forward on what happens next and also proposing a potential new coalition to run the suit to so for the time being tempted by me is just hanging on by a thread in terms of that the office of prime minister until later this month when it's likely that parliament they might endorse the name of work it's about euro as his replacement comedian and actor jerry stiller has died at the age of 92 still or was well known for his work on many american sitcoms it was off

a spinner in king of queens and played the father of george can stanza and seinfeld jerry stiller was also part of a popular comedy job with his wife and mira who died in 2015 his son and actor ben stiller announced the death on monday saying it was from natural causes. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports premier league clubs are told to be no professional sport in england until at least next month and he's here with that story.

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so much for all the presidents of spain's top football league says june the 12th is the target date for a return to action have yates a basket lames rigorous testing will make the risk of players catching coronavirus during games for simply 0 club stuff already reopened their facilities for the same training sessions at the moment no more than 6 players are allowed on a pitch that any one time 5 players from the top c. leagues have returned positive tests in the last week. but there are. there i'd like the league to start on june 12th but we have to be careful it will depend on many factors such as a potential rise in infections factors which don't depend on football but on spanish society we have to be very careful and focus on following the health advice of the virus is still there with less infections but it's still there for the u.k. government has said no professional sport will be allowed in england and so at least june the 1st announcement coming while english premier league clubs will meeting to discuss the next steps in their efforts or restarts the season well during that video conference the football association sold the league voiding the

season wasn't an option and that issues like relegation must be settled on sporting merits of a viable medical plan for a return to team training another key issue for clubs the league set to pay for privately conducted coronavirus testing with players likely to be checked twice a week the league also due to hold talks with the players and managers unions to ensure they're on board using neutral venue so much is a possibility with the league is still hoping to get the all clear for clubs to play home games other own grounds our job as a barrister who specializes in sports law he says the legal relationship between the players and their clubs could be really tested in the coming weeks in very very short terms if you do not agree to provide your services be it by where training will play then a and employer club can turn the proverbial financial top so i actually think

there's a kind of really interesting nuance to this both of us have probably read the reports which indicate that the repercussions are developing coronavirus on an athlete. potentially impaired performance quite a number of months is very very serious virus and in the event that a player said sue their club look i have some genuine health and safety concerns about this because you know the possibility of game back. and developing this virus is not only something which could have dramatic repercussions for me for next couple fortnight or say but could also potentially last for months and that has such an impact on my career going forwards that it could be the end of my top level career. and if in response to that the club essentially says well i'm sorry but we're disciplining that complaint originally about health and safety is something on the u.k. law is known as whistleblower so effectively you become a whistleblower and if a club but then force is

a detriment on you which means we're not going to pay you wages we're going to fine you we are potentially going to dismiss you probably wouldn't happen other than for some sort of high value on your fine and not paying that could potentially open up a club for whistleblowing actions so you can already see the legal minefield that arises in the event that a player says i'm just simply not happy to play it's going to put the clubs in an extremely difficult position calls pricing has made its return its $3.00 venue's in france the wearing of masks is compulsory for everyone including the jockeys no spectators were allowed into the course is that included long shown in paris or other sporting events also out in the country racing is exempt because it's classed as an agricultural activity. now the man in charge of the ultimate fighting championship is proving big events can take place safely dana white is hosting 3

u.f.c. promotions in 8 days in jacksonville florida the 1st concepts so place on saturday with no founds presence one of the fights is was pulled from that event after testing positive for coverage 19 in the build up the longer this goes the better the technology is going to get and the faster it will get. you know we're going to prove by next saturday. professional sports can come back safely. an 11 year old skateboarder from brazil has been putting his school to good use geek kerry has become the 1st person to land a 1080 degree turn on a vertical round here he is pulling off the move on a rampage family had built in his grandmother's backyard a pretty big backyard in camper log on skateboarding juice for my kids. next year is. ok that is how you sports is looking for that he thanks very much indeed and that's it for me rob madison for this news hour i'm going to be back in

a moment with more of the day's news though see that right. as yugoslavia disintegrated war descended on its inhabitants. amidst the death and destruction one man created a peaceful microcosm for boys whose fathers faced each other in battle episode 3 of football revels enters the world of footballing legend praed rag push each. who went from coaching boys football to teaching young men life frederick push each of

the siege of sarajevo on al-jazeera. it's the u.k.'s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a london conference center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of army engineers dramatically expanding the critical care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of coronavirus appears far wider than anyone thought. a beleaguered out of 5 paying the price for his political maneuvering. now desperate for american recognition and absolutely you know it's all for them is good it is how did the p.l.o.

find strength and support from their only lifeline oppressed palestinians living in the occupied territories chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p.l.o. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. on the move again france and spain start lifting some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. i wrote about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up a missile mistake by iran's navy in 1000 sailors are killed as a warship hits a vessel from its own fleet. accused of a role and his wife's murder and the soto's prime minister is about to face the united moved to throw.