frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus page really aggressive action. and in-depth analysis of the day global headlines inside story 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 al jazeera live from doha also coming up saudi arabia slashes budgets and increases taxes as it deals with record low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. a missile mistake by iran's navy 19 sailors are killed as a warship hits a vessel from its own fleet. and accused of

a role in his wife's murder the city's prime minister is about to face a united move to throw him out of power. some of the european countries hardest hit by corona virus are opening up a loving millions to travel to work visit family and go shopping 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 a shopping centers and schools will restart in the netherlands and russia president putin has 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 or a month later but we're going to start in france where. reports on the people slowly returning to the streets there are also any people out and about they are now allowed to leave their home without a permit and you can see the people a sunny enjoying a little bit of freedom 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 lock 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 rush hour times they're also just so many people taking public transport for the governor 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. what i heard it was in madrid but after nearly 2 months of the lockdown spaniards can meet their families and their friends. we are to men's clothing shop in the middle of madrid one of the busiest areas commercial areas that is just getting ready to

reopen to the public next week so we've got everything ready we've got the honey ties or we have the gloves we have them last year that's the owner does this infecting all the garments in order to reopen to the costumers today in spain over 50 percent of the regions have moved on to phase $21.00 is a part of the deescalation plan of using these lockdown measures after $57.00 days of history closed down so people will be able to go to terraces and at a capacity of 50 percent will be able to go to hotels still to a 50 percent of the capacity mosques and churches and will also be able to meet their friends and families as one of the most important things of the us is singing measures the world health organization says lockdowns have been successful in slowing the virus but they have had a detrimental effect on many people's lives it's cautioned that is countries restart their economies they must be prepared to reintroduce restrictions necessary

to protect lives and livelihoods a slow steady lifting of lockdowns is key to board stimulating economies while also keeping a vigilant eye on the virus so that control measures can be quickly implemented if an upswing in cases is identified you can governments 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 prime minister abbas johnson says the recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes. step one in moving towards coded alert level 3 a 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 go 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 nicholas 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 lock down for longer and worst of all we will lose many more people along the way none of us want that simply to 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 get more on this from paul brown who's joining us live from london paul here outside westminster parliament that's where bars johnson this afternoon has been giving some more details to parliamentarians about his plan what's he been saying. well he started by saying that the challenge was to preserve hard won gains and he developed the theme by saying that although there will be more freedom given to people the rule for example be able to exercise as many times as they like and for as long as they like during the day so long as social distancing is maintained there will have to be as people start to return to the workplace really tight restrictions and attempts to make sure that the virus does not spread and that it is no 2nd spike of this virus i'm told is specific for example about things like

a new joint bio security center which he's setting up and not we'll look at the data and look at infection rates on a localized and regional basis around england in fact around the u.k. and work out whether there are spikes developing that need to be put down on a localized basis imposing sort of specific lockdowns in specific areas other things that came out from the 50 page document that was published by the government this afternoon was the requirement for people to wear face coverings on public transport but the specification that they shouldn't be medical grade face coverings or face masks boris johnson wants those to be reserved for medical staff because they're needed in hospitals the still a shortage of p.p.l. still difficulty sourcing p.-p. so simple cloth coverings will suffice but the importance and he's made it step one in his strategy is to try to start getting people back to work there is an economic imperative and all the nicholas has taken

a slightly different political view she's still taking a much more cautious here both are agree that does need to be progress now if the data if the rates of infection allow it paul there is still pressure on boris johnson to show that he is in charge because there was a significant amount of criticism of the government in the early stages of the spread of the virus was in the. yeah i mean it's going to be interesting to see evening 7 pm 800 g.m.t. boris johnson will be giving a slightly delayed downing street briefing and he's going to take questions from the public now i don't quite know how these questions are going to be vetted but it will be interesting to hear whether there are members of the public with some specific pointed questions about specific circumstances you know the board spoken about applying common sense to a certain degree a little bit more leeway for people but there are certain issues with the way that the rules are being laid out which kind of go against common sense for example

you're allowed to meet one other person from another household when you're asking about but not to so how does that leave a man and wife you have to meet them separately it doesn't there are some non sensical elements to the to the rules that have been laid out poll giving is bring us up to date from london paul brennan thanks very much indeed saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and a steep increase in value added tax the moves aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by a low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic that exceed o'brian 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 luck leadership. basically and mismanagement sources if we add to this the. foreign policy that 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 starting point 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 astaire 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 betted 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 are back at him with many employees and a large dart 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. still had an al-jazeera we're going to have more on why there's confusion over whether the u.s. vice president my friends is self isolating. latin america find creative ways to celebrate mother's day.

how low the dusty shamali is blowing again out of iraq dying through kuwait and the eastern side of that dissolving line is the reason for it is that goes sides the wind follows it 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 there's not much garden sky the could be shouted at the peak in the western mountain society we seen them the last day or so but they tend to i think die away in the next couple of days so 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 so robots got 19 degrees circulating wind on shore breeze and rain or at

least showers the showers of the 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 this time of year coming up on a daily basis a bit further north occasionally fairly heavy just give you an example in abidjan we got rain but sundry rain. they wanted 4 to stream 1000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds intermission. there's no hope of ending off because there's always a small cobble vehicle for war really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function war shadow on al-jazeera.

you're watching which is either a reminder of our top stories this hour france has ended its aid week lockdown with people allowed to return to shops and work but cafes and restaurants will remain closed meanwhile spain has relaxed more a bit stressed regions churches mosques and outdoor bars and now a lot to offer. the u.k. government has released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic prime minister barak's johnson says that the recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes. 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 budget. british airways owner i.a.g. says it's burning cash and new quarantine orders for international arrivals will make matters worse the 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 i agee's chief estimates it will take at least 3 years for the airline to recover from the economic fallout. 100000 free flight tickets are to be given away by qatar airways to health care workers around the world chief executive officer told al-jazeera it's being done to recognize the hard work in the fight against covert 19 health care workers can register online to receive their free tickets qatar airways is also hoping to resume flights to 80 countries by the end of june. an accidental missile strike by

the iranian navy from one of its own boats has killed 19 sailors it happened in the just a region in the gulf of oman but iranian naval exercises were taking place. in teheran in the says the incident will damage iran's in the judge. for the government is slowly been confirming a lot of details that have been leaking out since very early this morning late last night last night early this morning we know that 24 hours ago approximately 24 hours ago there were naval exercises involving 2 naval vessels the jumper on a naval frigate ms missile capable that is what iranians here call a destroyer as part of their naval fleets and the condor aka smaller multi-purpose vehicle that is a corvette class. patrol vehicle it is sometimes armed with. with offensive capability to be used as a patrol vehicle but in this case it was working as a support vessel for these naval exercises that were happening in the gulf of oman

just near the mouth of the opening towards the strait of hormuz the very important strategic waterway in this region and we know that there was it seems to have been a friendly fire incident missile that they were testing as part of the exercises seems to have hit a rock and has resulted in the deaths of $1900.15 people were also injured in that incident senior military leaders have condoled with the families of those that perished in this incident and foreign minister jobs aris has also been speaking he released a statement and described it as a painful accident that we still don't know exactly how this happened and what happened and investigation continues to be under way this will no doubt hurt iran's very any cured public image iran does everything especially in this region to project power and that is what they aim to do with things like military exercises such as this but this will certainly make it seem that iran is struggling in some ways to project that image of power at this time. a trial is underway in the

democratic republic of congo for a powerful figure in president felix just a kiddie's office video coming in is just a katie's chief of staff and also leads the influential union for the congolese nation's political party is accused of embezzling $51000000.00 from funds set aside for building prefabricated homes for disadvantaged communities he 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 and his government says any observers sent to monitor its general elections will be quarantined for 14 days on arrival the vote is 9 days away baron day is proposing that stuff already in the country working for a regional bloc the east african community take up the role of observers u.n.

and civil society observers have already been refused permission to monitor the elections the last vote in 2015 was criticised as lacking credibility. in the suit to prime minister thomas the bonding is facing being voted out of office after his coalition collapsed is now officially a caretaker prime minister until a vote of no confidence takes place the man has been under pressure to resign after being accused of being involved in the murder of his ex-wife from other miller has this update from johannesburg. just as recent history illicitly 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 said 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 too so for the time being time to buy me is just hanging on by a thread in terms of that of the office of prime minister until later this month when it's likely that parliament they might endorse the name of your as his

replacement as confusion surrounding you as vice president mike pence spotter spokesman denied reports he was self isolating princes princes press secretary katie miller tested positive for the coronavirus on friday our white house correspondent covering it as the latest. 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 coroner virus task force dr anthony found she dr robert redfield and also the f.d.a.

had 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 and the white house campus because of course one of the president's own personal valets last week also testing positive for corona virus 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. truck drivers in canada have been working overtime to keep supplies flowing across the country but those in the fight industry facing

their own unique challenges as david muscle reports in calgary a crucial efforts i'm not going on noticed. outside his shop in calgary chris standing prepares to pick up a load of dry past his routine is changed more in the past few months than journey 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 hands 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 guy for 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 and rest but their predicament has also led to random acts of kindness and brought out bollen tears to truck stops like this one calgary sikh community is one of many groups helping truckers across canada they give out around $100.00 meals a day they really appreciated like we have a foreign call for number set up and they used to call us ahead of time. so then b. 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 so to lift spirits as many mobs the holiday under the shadow of the pandemic one of the apollo reports. in unexpected musical numbers zips down the streets of sao paolo brazil on sunday. as a 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 corrine teen and separated from their families i am ossama to going to do for the. it's an amazing feeling to be able to share my art so that people can feel good and i feel good to be here collaborating and to be part of this history that we are going through. through the eagle is one of dozens of artists who have volunteered their time and skill to celebrate brazilian mothers. in many countries in the region this year's mother's day has required a bit of patience and creativity to celebrate when i would also what i'm going to get a woman in she has capital santiago a socially distanced party was held for 101 year old. greeted visitors from a distance of at least 6 feet and sent her love to grandchildren and great great

grandchildren over video calls i only go get them where you are 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 i buy 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. 1000 cases here are approaching 30000 making the country one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the region said a matter. that the mansa being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis. with the pin. we have put our families and. 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. this is all just in the day's other top stories france has ended its 8 week a lockdown with people allowed to return to shops and work but cafes and restaurants will remain closed in while after its lowest number of deaths in 7 weeks spain has relaxed more of its restrictions churches mosques and outdoor bars are now allowed to open the u.k. government's released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic changes this week include removing limits on our door exercise and encouraging certain sectors to go back to work but mr obama's johnson says that

a company will be long and it's too early for drastic changes step one in moving towards code needed there were 3 shift in emphasis that we can begin this week anyone who can work from home should be to be encouraged to go to work in sectors that are allowed to be open should indeed be open but subject subject to social distancing these include food production construction manufacturing who just picks distribution scientific research and to support this and to explain this again where publishing guidance for businesses on how to make these workplaces safe could secure. saudi arabia's announced major budget cuts and a 3 fold increase in value added tax the moves into shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic an accidental

missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own boats has killed 19 sailors and happened in the just region of the gulf of oman but iranian naval exercises were taking place a support vessel was hit when it got too close to a target but our regular exercise held in the region near the busy strait of hormuz british airways owner i.a.g. says it's burning cash and new quarantine orders for the 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 aries has already revealed it will need to cut 12000 jobs i agee's chief estimates it will take at least 3 years for the airline to recover from the economic fallout and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story goodbye.

no flights no travel no tourism tens of millions of jobs are at risk as the pandemic appends holiday plans so how will tour operators recover and how could you offer a coronavirus free vacation this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on. the global tourism industry has old but ground to a halt because of the coronavirus.