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a quarter of all coronavirus debts states and cities in brazil move toward strict lockdowns against the will of president gyra bills tomorrow. classes resume in france but many parents are one read about sending their children back to school. and then all the stories we're covering at $34.00 are dead in afghanistan including 2 newborn babies and their mothers off the attackers target a maternity hospital and a funeral. welcome to the program a leading member of the u.s. coronavirus task forces want congress of serious consequences if states rushed to ease restrictions despite the u.s. death toll approaching 82000 the focus has shifted to lifting the lockdown and restarting the economy but in tests of in testifying to senators top infectious disease expert and she said that opening up too soon could result in

a new wave of outbreaks well elsewhere in russia an investigation is underway after a fire blamed on a faulty ventilator that killed at least 4 coronavirus patients there. in front some young people's return to school despite resistance from many parents and teachers this on the day the country's death toll overtook spain's but in brazil polls suggesting people are behind more strict lockdowns by state governors in defiance of president charles noro whose popularity has taken a hit but let's begin with those remarks from anthony found she have course testified to the u.s. senate our white house correspondent kelly holcomb joins us live now and it appears that those comments from anthony found she do contradict the triumphant tone we had from president trump. now the u.s. president just 24 hours ago was declaring that the united states the prevailed over 19 and it's attack on americans here in the united states that's not what dr

anthony found she said when he was speaking in front of the senate panel in washington he's very cognizant of the reality that there are 1300000 infections and climbing in the number of deaths now ticking over 81000 and well. they found she was very optimistic in terms of the fact that things are moving along quickly in terms of a vaccine there's no guarantee that vaccine once it does get to market will work the other thing that he said he was gravely concerned about was that some states were ignoring the federal guidelines and other words opening up their economies prematurely and this could lead to a spike in cases here is what he had to say they feel if that occurs it is a real risk you will trigger and break you may not be able to control which. dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and it could avoid it

could even set you back a rule to try to get that konami creak of which you would always turn the clock back rather than going forward that is my b.g. concerns. and those remarks won't be welcome by the trump of ministration where attention has to sayas if we shifted to resuming economic activity absolutely in fact the press secretary kaley mcenaney pushed back on some of the testimony by dr anthony arguing that there will be enough tests in the united states even by the end of the week she pointed out that there would be $10000000.00 tests conducted and that this will be adequate as they continue to build for the reopening of at least phase one of the u.s. economy but i can tell you that dr foushee testified that they would need to be you know tens of millions of tasks given the fact the population is more than $338000000.00 in this country in order for things to resume to normal in fact when it comes to students going to school in the fall he even suggested that might be

a bridge too far still the white house is remaining optimistic about this economy continuing to press for the reopening but it should be noted as there is an experience of an outbreak here on the white house campus it's important the head of the corner virus task force is now himself wearing a mask that's vice president mike pence he arrived for work today wearing a mask something he wasn't just the day before because of course his own press secretary tested positive very recently in fact we now understand that he will be social isolating at least partially from president trump for at least the next few days and then in a separate but related development president trump has been pushing california to let a little mosque reopen his tesla plant what's going on there. yeah so in musk has been very vocal about pushing back against some of the stay at home orders and keeping sort of non-essential businesses closed in california this is of course

a c.e.o. of tesla affecting his vehicle assembly plant that's located in california he advocated for the reopening of that plant and has very recently been saying that if there is any a ras that it should be him that should be arrested sort of defying the local orders well we got some very high placed help today in the form of a tweet from president trop you said california should let tesla and ilan mosque open the plant now it can be done fast and safely essentially aqualung his message that he wants for all across the united states we should point out that perhaps california was listening we do understand that there are no easing some restrictions at least when it comes to shopping malls restaurants but still you know musk is pressing in his fight he is threatening to leave the state of california unless some of these restrictions are lifted for businesses he's also suing the county that is restricting his plan from opening even as he begins to operate thank you so much

a white house correspondent kimberly elk it. now the authorities in russia are saying they are investigating the safety of ventilators for coronavirus patients off to one of them reportedly burst into flames killing at least 4 people local media saying the place bread at some petersburg hospital after the machine short circuited nala ventilator was buying for a fire as a moscow hospital on saturday russia has the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in the world more than 232000 well that now includes the president's spokesman dmitri peskov who confirmed that he is now in hospital with the disease. well at least 32000 people are confirmed to have died of code 19 here in the u.k. and care homes account for a quarter of that number the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns that care workers could bring the disease back into the wider community john hall reports now from london. the effect of covert 19 on care homes in britain has been

devastating these are places where the elderly and frail should hope to live out their lives in comfort and safety for years that and yet at least a quarter of all covered $1000.00 deaths have taken place in the sector which lies outside britain's national health service and while there are signs the worst of the crisis may have passed experts warn against complacency we need to see really clear evidence that p.p. is getting to care homes we need to see comprehensive testing and that needs to be on a rolling programme and it needs to test both staff and also the residents of care homes we also need the n.h.s. to really upscale it support to care homes at the start of this pandemic they withdrew and now they need to be really there shoulder to shoulder with the care sector care home staff many poorly paid and without medical training feel particularly let down it's been many decades that so she has been receiving their

respect and recognition for the amazing work that we're at and i think this crisis can take he shares how much of it is on the front line where in hand in hand with the n.h.s. and social credit is that the same with the n.h.s. . as britain prepares to take the 1st tentative steps back to work the government is counting on a falling infection rate to ensure the lock down is lifted further gradually sector by sector breathing new life into the economy but there is a weak link and that is social care in the community at large the trends are encouraging infection and fatality numbers are falling steadily but care homes are struggling to shake off what critics describers early policy failings by the government i don't know what the motivation was behind the decision but the decision was made it seems to me well that community spread was going to be allowed

. to run. fairly on him and that care homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected. is one such natural event another is the annual flu season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is of a dual assault yet to come against society's most vulnerable people the government has promised testing for all residents and staff by early june and training in infection control the wider concern is that new outbreaks in britain's care homes could push the infection rate up and plunge the country back into crisis john a whole al-jazeera london. or in other developments the u.k. is extending its furlough scheme by 4 months until the end of october or than $7000000.00 workers are on the job or attention program under which the government covers 80 percent of their wages during the pandemic but it's costing $12000000000.00 a month and employers will soon be asked to show up. until the end of july there

will be no changes whatsoever. then from august to october the scheme will continue for all sectors and regions of the u.k. but with greater flexibility to support the transition back to walk employers currently using the scheme will be able to bring furloughed employees back part time and we will ask employers to start sharing with the government the cost of paying people salaries all across europe parents are making difficult decisions about whether to send their children back to school this week classes of cautiously regime in switzerland and also in france and parts of italy as well but many parents are saying they're worried about keeping their children safe and only one in 4 younger pupils went back to school in france art scene reports the 1st day back to school in the swiss tone after nearly a 2 month break and there are mixed emotions classes are in the hall full desks are

regulation 2 metres apart but still you can't be sure the spots i think we've had all dose of anxiety everyone the pupils few to. parents so it's difficult to get to the white walls in northern italy where the european outbreak really began they're taking things even slower not even using a school facility but a public gym as a pilot scheme using a small group of 6 to 10 year olds to see if it's even possible to socially distant small children or used to wanting to be close together some international have here we have to find a way that these children can play together and we can go to work we've now been home for 2 months their grandfather can't take care of them every day all day just all small boy they need to be with other children they really need this. same story in france the return to work towards ever sort of normality you call this is

leaving parents with hard choices in nice they were doing everything they could to reassure parents and. we've done everything to make sure the center tree of rules are respected we're going to spend a lot of time washing our hands and we have to be attentive to the clean ups conducted in scholes many people desperately want their kids to have some structure back in their lives and they're being asked to leave the house and work if they can these are hard choices with uncertain science but. i'm not that worried of explain to my daughter one has to be done in any case i had to go back to work in childcare. 5 months without school would have been difficult that's what was scaring me inevitably there's a lot of pushback in the u.k. nearly half a 1000000 people have signed a petition calling on parents to have a choice about whether they have to send children back potentially next month and so too in france the matter of nice couldn't agree more. from

a purely for me it's important for families to have a choice for all the families who wanted their kids to go back to school i've wanted for them to do it in the best possible conditions. excited children totally understandable and just parents equally so in the new normal it seems everyone has to accept to some degree or another that risk is part of life lawrence leigh al-jazeera. well now to brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns against the will of the country's own president and always repeatedly dismissed the corona virus as a little flu and says that job losses will in the end be more damaging is decreed that beauty salons barbers and gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should be allowed to reopen but hospitals are overwhelmed by the coronavirus right now public health experts are demanding stronger action by the government america to see and human joins us live now from santiago chile and so bowls naro

taking a very relaxed cavalier approach to this crisis and it appears to be hitting his popularity absolutely he has stubbornly insisted that the country's economy has to be opened up even as the death toll now surpasses or nears $12000000.00 i mean that's an extraordinary amount it's the largest in all of latin america and so he has been lashing out at governors that have been insisting on lockdowns and other measures to enforce social distancing because he says that that's rubbish paranoia to quote him this means that he has of course as you mentioned his popularity has continued to plummet it went from about 49 percent to the latest polls showing something like 38 percent and there are other polls that in fact show that he's lost even more approval another poll says that at least 44 percent of brazilians believe he's doing a medium to

a terrible job in handling the pandemic and the more people die probably the more that his popularity will continue to go down of course brazil has the worst outbreak of any developing nations out in the west in america but of course you are very in santiago chile how is the virus playing out there. well 1st of all the government just like the president will say not all presidents have us jumping yet as coming under fire for not imposing an apt a nationwide or at least a citywide lockdown here in santiago the metropolitan area which has 85 percent of the cases they've doubled in the last 2 weeks from 15 to more than 30000 the death toll is still relatively low but that could change very very soon because the beds the critical care beds in the capital are practically all occupied at the moment in fact the president has ordered the air force to start taking people from the

capital to other parts of the country to get the care that they need there's not there are not enough nurses either and while they're bringing in respirators from china and other countries the real problem is that there aren't enough health care workers to really to make the work and to take care of the patients and so people here are getting very very angry i spoke a short while ago to a family that was waiting outside of a public hospital they've lost not one but 2 members of their family they say that this is all the fault of the government because it could have taken the measures the that the neighboring argentina took for example a nationwide lockdown long ago but they didn't want to do that because it wanted to protect the economy thank you america added to the sea and human ring else all the latest on what's happening there in chile and in the region as well. saudi arabia is imposing a 5 day long 24 hour curfew during the muslim holiday which will happen later this month the restrictions will come into force on may 23rd following the end of

ramadan 24 hour curfew had been imposed on most towns and cities prior to the holy period but they were eased for the month of fasting saudi arabia is the worst affected country in the gulf with almost $43000.00 corona virus infections and more than $260.00 deaths. a lot we're bringing more on what's happening in france because of course president about you mark on there has a strategy to exit from the lockdown and an important part of that is for primary school children to be able to go back to school that will then be followed up by secondary school high school pupils being able to resume their lessons there is still a great deal of concern about social distancing and about the safety of children that are actually in school prayer crupper is national secretary of the 2nd largest educate education unit in france representing teachers from primary school right through to secondary school so she's the perfect person to speak to on this story she joins us from northern france 1st of all can you tell me how much opposition

there is from families and teachers to the resumption of some schools and classes. about 3 quarters of the teachers at least the primary school teachers. they were against the idea of going back to school tomorrow or today. but that was the week before it started really the way they are very worried parents are very reluctant to. send their children back to school. only about half of the parents have decided to finally decided to send their children not even half of them i think you'd see even less than that so there is really a strategy doesn't appear to be working because even though the schools of officially reopened many pupils are attending and then particularly i mean in terms of preschool or primary school children how difficult is it going to be to

implement social distancing guidelines how does that work. well. i'm sure you can realize that it's very difficult to impose those different rules which are very strict on very young children who want to meet their friends play with them and run with them especially in the school you know and it's very difficult and the teachers are very unhappy to have to spend their time saying no and trying to enforce this route instead of. one coming that children making them feel safe and happy to be back. it's a very difficult it's very difficult to balance these because of course you have parents that are very keen for their children to go back to school so that their lives can resume so they can go back to to work and to be able to provide for their families and yet there is concern about the safety of the children while they're at

school in the prospect of them passing it on to each other and perhaps on to older members of the family like their grandparents. that's right it's a very difficult. balance to find between the risks against and teachers i'm not absolutely against going back to school but they want to go back you know very safe conditions and they want to be able to teach not just to be. mean to be caretakers if i'm not sure it's the right word but that's what. i want to say they're very worried about sort of being responsible for a new wave of the pandemic because going back to school means meeting a lot of adults in the same place and of course the virus is not and come true will and it might start to again very strongly especially in the north east of france

where the virus is very aggressive still very aggressive thank you so much appreciate your time on this story clark f.b.i. joining us there from northern france representing teachers unions thank you watching the news out lie from london much more stuff to tell you about the prosecutors are going to the polls in person but we can say for all americans to go out and vote for the next president in november. tens of thousands of people feel nigeria after a deadly series of attacks there as it suffers with its own a refugee crisis those stories and more coming up. but want to turn to afghanistan now where the president ashraf ghani saying that the military needs to resume operations against the taliban after attacks targeting a maternity hospital and

a funeral which killed at least 34 people in one day. all but. part of the despite repeated and from the international community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for public places and to what attacks and threats from the taliban and other terrorist groups are ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and start their operations against the enemy. well 2 new born babies and their mothers were tragically killed they were among 14 people who died when gunmen attacked a maternity hospital in kabul and then a suicide bomber killed more than 20 mourners in nangarhar province a taliban has denied responsibility for both those attacks alexy o'brien now reports. that maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f.b.i. and governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity. i

brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by a bullet. gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the aid organization doctors without borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. the attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason it's a government hospital and a lot of people bring in their women and children for treatment. the attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panic inside. and a gun battle with security forces. i think for a lot of office when the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he

couldn't into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward. while the firefight was underway dozens of people were laid to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals. in the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia has our community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sell into groups. and at a hospital in the eastern province of named more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. there were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. the victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly i

some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. and the surviving mourners left planning more funerals alexy o'brian al jazeera. offered all stratas but also has more from kabul on this story he says the taliban is distancing itself from these attacks. the taliban said they were not behind board the attacks here in kabul took place in a shia. neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted in very brutal attacks by the islamic state there dark in the east the has the fingerprints of the islamic state the commander whose funeral was being held as a family. major security sectors there really stood both against the taliban but also against the islamic state and part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with

the new deadly front because we were time and again told that islamic state was defeated but yet 'd there are. still fighters in cells capable of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul well the united nations is saying the violence in northwestern nigeria has forced around $23000.00 refugees to flee international since last month a further 19000 national survey displaced inside their own country as a fighting a series of attacks took place during april in nigeria the deadliest claiming 47 lives refugees fleeing tunisia are being allowed in despite orders being close to curb the spread of the virus the numbers fleeing though have almost tripled since last year i might address has more from a budget on why has been a surge in violence. in recent months communities in the western idea have seen a sharp increase in the number of violent attacks carried out by armed men security forces called the bandits now some of these victims find it easier to cross into

the general public for shelter or for refuge because it's easier for them to do that than to cross over to larger towns and cities in nigeria where they are more secure because of restrictions put in place by the nigerian government following the our break of coverage 19 now this conflict has a long history where back in 2013 when things started getting out of and in some forested for example local farmers formed their own vigilantes to protect their crops from animals belonging to the nomadic full anees who were accused of setting the animals onto their own farms destroying the crops now the vision i just eventually started taking the law into their own hands by raiding full on the settlements and then the full line is retaliated a tit for tat ensued for several years in 2018 the nigerian president sent in the armed forces to help deal or contain the situation when it became apparent that the police are not properly equipped to deal with the situation and eventually in 2019

some states in the region reached an agreement with the armed groups and that then peace ensued eventually and i missed it was granted to some of the repentant bandits in court as the security security forces a local forces call them and one of these attacks what this recent attacks signify is that that agreement which between government in the region and the bandits has finally broken down and people are afraid that there will be more violence in the coming weeks and months. well still ahead what does your phone say about you for millions of americans it's revealing when people go along town. and india is reopening parts of its massive trade network despite a number of coronavirus infection still rising.

hello there feeling pretty nice across the southeast of europe it is warm and it is mostly sunny but that really is about the only area colder to the north plenty of rain pushing in across the west particularly the southwest of france has been some flooding in this particular region none recorded across into germany this is a view across into berlin plenty of water sitting on the ground there and some very windy conditions coming at times as well 7 across into frankfurt now is a slightly comma day on wednesday plenty of cloud across much of germany and the rain is further to the south again into the southern areas of france it will help with the flooding that has taken place but it's not quite in the same area the southeast seeing the heaviest of the downpours pushing crawls into northern areas of italy business a across the southeast is feeling pretty good time which is on the high side on some very nice sunshine there's another system there just waiting in the wings bringing the rain set now wednesday across into portugal and it becomes more widespread on thursday working its way across into much as spain again heavy downpours times meanwhile across much of central and northern europe we have got

a lot of cloud around and still those winds coming from the temperatures still really are rather below possibly for this time of year now the system of course impacting portions spain and that will bring the rain wednesday out across into morocco and on into algeria. a story of love family and freedom calling from i was 8 years old you were at school we heard the sounds of large explosions. and the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i find him i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners in the our pricing. on al jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these

should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions are no day life that was in these walls and now there is no live in the one global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting international filmmakers and world class journalists. on how to say or. the. the world. below welcome back the headlines now a leading member of the u.s. coronavirus task force is calling on states not to rush to ease restrictions warning of serious consequences including needless death dr anthony found she told

senators that ignoring the guidelines could trigger an outbreak that would cause even more damage to the economy. brazil's local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns there against the will of the country's own president charles tomorrow's repeatedly dismissed the coronavirus as a little flu but hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus patients and then the other story we've been following in afghanistan the army has been ordered to resume operations against the taliban after attacks on a kabul hospital and a funeral in one killed at least 34 people taliban has denied being behind them. also nebraska is holding its primary election and this is the 1st time americans are voting in person for weeks the last vote like this took place in wisconsin in early april and resulted in at least 19 people testing positive for covert 19 the allocation of democratic nominees between presidential candidates joe biden and bernie sanders is one of the votes taking place even though saunders dropped out of

the race election officials expect a low turnout and of voters to cast their ballots by post. of course republicans and democrats are at loggerheads of the house to carry out the presidential election in november both parties a cafe watching what happens with impasse and ballots like those in nebraska and wisconsin postal ballots are one option but they have some powerful opponents as john hendren reports from chicago. it was a scene of chaos anger protest and determination wisconsin voters dawning masks lining up at the height of a global pandemic forced to exercise their right to vote at the risk of contracting a deadly virus lesh this terrible choice of well you vote risks getting the virus or do i just because i see well so and yet with a pandemic almost certainly still a threat in person voting is likely to be the norm again in the us presidential election in november voting rights advocates are pressing for universal mail in

voting. yes. yes. but the battle over how americans will vote has evolved into a war democrats who filed lawsuits to expand voting by mail republicans are opposing those suits and forging ahead with elections as usual the reliably republican state of nebraska is going ahead with it in person may 12th primary it could soon be too late to move to mostly mail in voting that requires time to sign contracts in order supplies and money $4000000000.00 worth according to the brennan center for justice so far congress has promised 400000005 states already have universal mail in voting where a ballot is automatically sent to every registered voter and americans approved a reuters poll in april found 72 percent of them want the government to require

mail in voting in november that includes tooth. thirds of republicans but mail in voting has some powerful opponents and one of them lives in the white house mail ballots a very dangerous thing for this country because that cheaters since the us civil war conservatives have used everything from poll taxes literacy tests and now the threat of voter fraud to suppress efforts to expand voting because. it's crushing heights. so. i always quantify quite clearly. with just 6 months to go come november much of the us could look like wisconsin in april john hendren elgar's era chicago well joel rubin is a former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state and he's now president of the washington

strategy group joins me via skype from chevy chase in maryland those votes in nebraska and wisconsin raised the bigger question of what happens in the presidential election in november because if the logistics of voting that's a change as john hendren was explaining that needs time it needs preparation but those changes are now become politicise so can it be resolved before november that's right this election season and think for having me on this very important discussion this election season should not be one where americans out to choose between their health and their rights and your franchise that every american has a responsibility got hold but that's what republicans are arguing for and in the republican mind so the more people come out to vote the more likely democrats will win that we hear time and again from a president trump and his allies in congress trying to prevent states from executing defective mail in ballot in programs that they do have the rights you do

and many states do already have disposal. course we have heard today comments from anthony found she he's been speaking about the pandemic and he's saying that the country is still suffering from this crisis it doesn't have a hold on it and lacks the capacity to deal with a sharp rise in cases if that happens now how how confusing is that for the american public off to remarks from from president trump just yesterday that the country has prevailed. yeah i think president trump right now is trying to find every excuse he can to blame others for its failure to protect americans here at home and to prevent the spread of the virus so the president yesterday it was his sort of mission accomplished moment like george w. bush when he announced that we had won the war in iraq only a month or so that and then we were there for 7 ish more years in

a violent rebellion so the president is trying to confuse americans he thinks that he is doomed in the fall if the economy's in freefall and he's essentially telling americans go and risk your life to help me and help the economy by this and me but i guess when i guess the president well i mean it's not just the president is it republicans are arguing that at the end of the day people can stay home forever there isn't enough money despite all that the eye watering sounds that are being used in these rescue packages there simply isn't enough money to save everyone so in some ways by going back to work they would be helping themselves in their own economic future while no one wants to be a home forever i don't want to be in lockdown myself but it's a false choice to say go back to work risk your life or stay at home and the president needs to put in place programs such as testing and contacts received that really do ensure certainty that we understand where the virus is and know how to

combat it but he has the library now doesn't want to have high numbers he thinks it makes america look bad which means he does more testing which means we don't know it which means that we're essentially jane in danger all the time so the president needs to start thinking about safety 1st that's what will get people going back into the economy and move us out of our homes joel rubin thank you for joining us thank you. well the developments knowing where and how far people are venturing outside during the lockdown might prove to be a crucial information for scientists in this story millions of americans are sharing that data and it's revealed a shop rise in people leaving home but guessing that information from their mobile phones is also raising private crime privacy concerns and jocasta reports from washington dizzy exercise parks near washington d.c. are a sign of fatigue fatigue muscles and fatigue patience with staying at home or

a very restless group of humans feels great just to be outside. outside in with their phones not all are aware their device may be among the 100000000 across the u.s. sending location data that filters to researchers at the maryland transportation institute to create this map tracking the social distancing trends of coded 19 the darker the color the greater part of the population venturing at least one mile from home the map is growing darker by the day we can start very can start a major shift and momentum in terms of a drop is what it is it the university of maryland researchers report a 20 percent increase in travel distances and non-work related trips across states that have partially reopened as of may 1st we'll have to wait or at least probably 2 weeks to see is our impact on public house and you cases and you best numbers but

we're closing you know what we're closely monitoring the situation and i'm sure it was. the maryland transportation institute plans to look next at demographics breaking down the impact of covert 19 by age race gender and income that's information coming from the u.s. census and from your phone leading to some concern from privacy watchdogs did they get consent from users who supplied the data at any point for collection or for this. and also are people able to refute and delete their information the university says it receives location data from kubic a data broker that measures foot traffic in businesses the users are anonymous and have opted in but not specifically for covert tracking privacy is completely dark it without any person of a nation at all and we use the approximate location of our mobile devices to infer whole location in a pandemic where many are tired of sheltering in the privacy of their homes more

and more americans are venturing out under the eye of researchers. how do you know castro al-jazeera washington well south korean authorities are combing through people's personal data to identify anyone who's visited nightclubs at the center of a coronavirus cost of that's just popped up in seoul more than 100 new cases have been traced back to the capital's it-i one neighborhood which is known for its nightlife mobile phone data credit card statements and c.c.t.v. footage of being studied to identify potential infections more than 7000 people have already been traced and tested through all 11000000 people in the chinese city of 100 will be tested for covert 1000 over the next 10 days after several new cases were discovered there is that he was at the epicenter of the outbreak in china where the virus was 1st discovered in december up 6 new cases were reported on sunday monday the 1st since this is the $76.00 day lockdown was lifted last month

and then in india the country's vast train network is slowly coming back to life off for a 7 week shutdown that left millions of people stranded the government insists that it's necessary to revive the economy despite posting a rise in corona virus infections just 2 days ago the prime minister has also promised a total of $266000000000.00 in financial measures to get the nation back on track and as a both brawn and reports now from new delhi. they waited in long lines of the scorching sun for hours before their trains departed from new delhi railway station thousands of people who managed to get tickets on one of the 15 trains leaving the capital on tuesday. student had the same problem as many others when the indian railways website crashed when tickets went on sale on monday evening which. i had to read a long time because. the tickets were supposed to be over. but they were. those who were able to buy tickets for the lucky ones all 54000 tickets for 30

trains nationwide sold out. saying was one of those who missed out 15 month old baby yeah she was born with a heart condition to new delhi for medical treatment in late march just days before the law was announced all hospitals cancelled treatment the family was a victim from their lodging on saturday after running out of money they tried to buy train tickets to they have been more than a 1000 kilometers away but missed out. we have no intention of staying here we want to go home so that he can get. people north so it'll be possible to get at least his medications can. the family walk 14 kilometers to the train station hoping to find a way home 30 train services will travel between here in the capital new delhi and 15 major cities around the country some daily some less frequent they will run at

full capacity each carrying around $800.00 passengers. before boarding and must wear face masks at all times. indian vary in ways that it's up to passengers to maintain social distancing on board and the number of train services will be gradually increased. some state leaders have said the resumption of services is too many and too soon but promised in that in the morning he said they'll help. get the world's 5th biggest economy moving again sub really exports of about it all the experts and scientists say that the krona virus is going to be part of our lives for a long time however we can't let or lives revolve around the coronavirus either we will wear masks follow physical distancing and we won't let our goals out of sight . for the millions stranded the trains counter vive soon enough elizabeth parata al-jazeera new delhi. all 2020 is probably going to be very expensive if african economies up to 20000000 jobs could be wiped out in countries already saddled with

massive debts many are now turning for help to china top trading partner and lender i'm going to die reports now from the kenyan capital nairobi. days after the government the most on easing of some looked on restrictions traffic on the streets of nairobi is slowly picking up. but many shops in the central business district remain closed. those will reopen say business is still bad all of a sudden the streets one quiet after the announcement of the lock down. and so that is completely offered to a business if i could measure it would be about 90 percent drop in sales. the economy crisis caused by the coronavirus all break is forcing hard choices not just here in nairobi but across africa many governments are struggling to find the money to fight the pun demick and shore up their commies there is no country in africa

which is going to post positive g.d.p. this year full stop end of story fully indebted they borrowed far too much money they got projects which are not giving us any return on investment this is a reset for the african continent the world bank and the i.m.f. of oskar lenders to suspend payments for african countries struggling under the cover of 19 outbreak petain these officials say they will deal with african debt on a case by case basis what happens next depends on china which is not only africa's top trading partner but also its the lender according to the world bank chinese government and banks have learned from african governments and state owned enterprises more than $150000000000.00 between 201-2018. most of this money has gone into the development of infrastructure projects such as the rules railway lines ports basically china has

negotiated agreements with african countries which are creatures in or benefiting china they could take all of africa at a fire sale price today if they enforce those agreements africa as a whole is now dependent on the kindness of china more than $100.00 international non-governmental organizations have been forced calls for conservation of all the payments in 2020 but many banks are reluctant to risk their credit ratings and private bondholders are unlikely to do so but even if all debt payments was suspended this year they still trouble ahead for african countries most collect relatively little tax on dividends have decreased because of the locked arms so once this crisis is over a lot of repayments will have to be made. or

with travel restrictions starting to ease around the world europe's biggest budget carrier ryanair is announce that 40 percent of its flights will resume on july 1st and working with a skeleton service since mid march change the pandemic carrier intends to run almost a 1000 flights a day but everyone on board has to wear masks and pass temperature checks. well still ahead on the program israel is accused of using lands to discriminate against palestinians and the prime minister plans to press ahead with the nixing the west bank. and she fought the spanish flu and won that now a 113 year old has also been the coronavirus.

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go back human rights watch is accusing the government of discrimination by enforcing law and policies that have left palestinians living in densely populated areas as appalling. sea of boxing in the palestinians extends beyond the occupied west bank and gaza to palestinian towns and villages inside israel since 948 israel has authorized the development of more than 900 jewish population centers compared to just a handful of townships and villages for palestinian israeli citizens israeli panas have designated large parts of palestinian towns or a so-called green zones restricting residential growth and also approve the building of roads and other infrastructure around palestinian communities further preventing a very expansion well care is the israel and palestine director of human rights watch and says that palestinian citizens in israel occupy only 3 percent of the

country's land despite making up 21 percent of the population if we look at land policy within israel you realize that 93 percent of the land of is state lands that are directly controlled by that by the state nearly half of the seats of the body that administers that is run by the jewish national fund with the mission solely to develop housing for the jewish community meanwhile while palestinian citizens of israel make up 21 percent of the population the municipality used where most of them live and have only 3 percent about of the land in the entire country and so it's very clear that they're being boxed in an israeli planning policies land confiscations over many years have reduced them to a series of dense population centers while jewish communities are allowed to thrive . well israel's prime minister is set to meet the u.s. secretary of state on wednesday and have his head of his 5th term in office support

from washington is crucial to his plans to annex illegal israeli settlements and chunks of the occupied west bank but pressure from both inside and outside israel could yet prevent the move i force that reports on this now from western receive them. as benjamin netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israel's prime minister he is promising to carry out one of the most controversial acts of his decades in politics the annexation of illegal israeli settlements as well as large parts of the jordan valley totaling nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank last month he reminded american evangelical christians that president donald trump had pledged to endorse it a couple of months from now i'm confident that that close will be honored that we will be able to celebrate another historic moment in the history of zionism. netanyahu has made pledges before often during election campaigns without following through some analysts suspect concerns over regional stability might make him hold

off once again but since the election an accession talk is strengthened not diminished netanyahu has built the policy into his coalition deal with his former rival benny gantz and above all there's been preemptive support from a trumpet ministration. the us israeli annexation mapping team is due to have finished its work by the end of june the american ambassador to israel has said the u.s. is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty within weeks if with annexation comes a commitment to negotiate with the palestinians to end the now than not give america to. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says annexation would see him dissolve all agreements with the u.s. and israel something that could collapse the palestinian authority and leave israel with direct responsibility for the palestinian people it's a warning he's made before and not delivered on but officials say this time is different we know it is difficult we know it is always a matter of survival but we think that. accepting such as it is a de facto is not

a choice you cannot live with such an exception netanyahu is prospective prime minister benny gantz plans to argue for delay from within government but he gave up any veto on annexation as part of the deal that would see him take the top job in 18 months time the international consensus that's in the coalition remains the united states. view is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an exception in order to build up his eventual call base ahead of a floundering election campaign so american politics and israeli politics are in place right now to facilitate an exception. european nations are reportedly considering sanctions there's also the prospect of jordan egypt and other arab states pressuring the white house not to approve but in the end this decision with all its potential far reaching consequences comes down to 2 men benjamin netanyahu and donald trump they are a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem now the u.s. supreme court has started to hear arguments on whether president all trumps tax

returns should be made public democratic like congressional committees and new york prosecutor fighting to get hold of his financial records both parties are eager to see of the president is guilty of any criminal misconduct but trump's lawyers say that he's actually immune from criminal prosecution right now while in office and is not obliged to reveal his tax returns a decision is expected in june and could we define the limits of presidential power . and now has a story about a spanish woman 113 years old she become the oldest person in the world to recover from the coronavirus maria brown yes was isolated in her room in a care home north of boss alone if a several weeks while she battled the virus to other people in the home at did this a couple sadly died from the virus but this is not the 1st time the great grandmother survived a global pandemic she also recovered from the spanish flu in 1918 very strong lady

that's it for the news hour but i'll see you for morning. believed his news as it breaks the mind sits within a valley surrounded by bush land and most of the operations have been about 500 made his but the surface with detailed coverage the malaysian navy recently prevented a boat carrying around $200.00 range of refugees from landing from around the world summit leaders are accusing the opponents of trying to topple that by tampering

with financial stability. political ideals gross root activists and polish speaking it's lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. and asks if its base is too polarized to take home the white house there's a generational divide that's unreal you might ironically see the outsider middle of the most corrupt incumbent president. ever think america's divided democrats on ounces there are. what was described as the world's largest long down because the largest exodus and the creation of independent india and 947. experts believe india is still at an early stage of infection but the long down has already created a humanitarian crisis and driven the unemployment rate up for 6 to 23 percent and it's also highlighted an equality religious tensions and

a health care system that isn't equipped to deal with a pandemic the following week school child of the peace and mass movement of people will accelerate the spread of the coronavirus from indian cities to its rule hot. her. back rather than going forward a top u.s. infectious disease expert warns senators of serious consequences for americans and the economy if lockdowns lifted too quickly. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program more criticism of britain's government over cowan's which now account for a quarter of coronavirus deaths.