and they see them become somebody used to fall into society fending for themselves . which would give me satisfaction. there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control. the u.s. scientists leading the coronavirus response warns against lifting restrictions too soon despite president trump's push to restart the economy. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to you bill as infections rise in brazil state governments protest against president has decreed to reopen some businesses they now the news were covering afghanistan's president

orders an offensive against on groups after 34 people including newborn babies are killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban denies any involvement in the us what's being called a one in a 1000000 discovery a planet near the center of the galaxy that resembles our. thank you very much for joining us we begin in the u.s. way top infectious disease expert has issued us talk warning the leading member of the coronavirus task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony found she's testimony to congress country contrast said with president trump's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy she said ignoring guidelines go trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control it was among experts testified before senators

who are reviewing trump's handling of the pandemic and discussing plans to lift lockdowns but feel if that occurs there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact the dark simply will set you back not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided it could even set you back on the road to try to get economic recovery which would always turn the clock back rather than going forward that is by the age of consent. well let's speak to our jazeera as mike hanna in washington d.c. for us mike just 24 hours ago president trump was declaring that the u.s. had prevailed over coronavirus but when you listen to the comments from dr fowler they seemed to contradict that triumphant tone. indeed your stock to fall to they're repeating something that you said over the past days and in fact weeks and that is that any premature opening up of the

society could result in spikes of the infection now it wasn't just dr fox you saying that a number of other health experts dr fox news colleagues also gave evidence to the committee to the same effect there was some very hostile questioning from a republican senator in particular accusing dr polje of believing that he's the one who could make the decision well dr felt she responded by saying that he just simply follows the science and that this is a very real warning incidentally or doctor felt she also confirmed that the estimate of the numbers of deaths could be far higher than what is publicly reported at present saying that there are a number of cases that are not being reported so there's another cause of concern for those urging a premature opening up of the society and i imagine these remarks by these top experts won't be welcomed by the trump administration mike.

well president trying to make no reference to them his news briefing in the course of the day he said repeated again that he has admiration for dr fauci but he did not respond directly to the warning about opening up too quickly very much the opposite president tran continues to urge businesses throughout the country to open up as quickly as possible although he is in for sciences within the federal guidelines of the white house that sent out one of the guidelines incidentally is that there's got to be a reduction in the numbers of infections over a 2 week period now a number of states that are partially lifting restrictions have certainly not met this particular criteria so there is deep concern but the great concern to the issue of testing president tran continues to maintain the illusion that the u.s. leads the world in testing protocols he made that claim again in the course of the day this is simply not the case and although officials at their to health committee briefing did not go into any detail debate about testing protocols dr fox himself

has made very clear that the testing protocols are not up to a standard to allow for an effective clotting off the path of the virus something that is absolutely essential if the society is to be opened up mike thank you very much for that mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. . in brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lock downs against the will of the president. has repeatedly dismissed a coronavirus as a little slew and says job losses will be more damaging is issued or decreasing beauty salons bobbers and james are essential businesses for health and i jean and should reopen but hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus patients and public health experts have demanded stronger action or support for appears to be falling dramatically as criticism of his handling of the pandemic rolls a latin america tendency in human has he has been lashing out at governors that

have been insisting on lockdowns and other measures to enforce social distancing because he says. that's rubbish that paranoia to quote him this means 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 44 percent of brazilians believe he is 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. afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after 34 people were killed in 2 separate attacks president has ordered a 1000000 the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other

armed groups. all but. part. 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 tax and french from the taliban and other terrorist groups i'm ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. and one of those attacks was i have a maternity hospital in kabul and the other targeted mourners are a funeral in eastern afghanistan and. the 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. gunman 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 panicking side. and a gun battle with security forces. the clash with a lot of awful 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 will lead to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals was

. in the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sell into groups. and at a hospital in the eastern province of more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. where 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. brian al jazeera. well u.s.

secretary of state mike on pale has released a statement condemning the attacks in afghanistan he says washington notes that the taliban have denied any responsibility and condemned both the time. the taliban and the afghan government should cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice impale further goes on to say the afghan people deserve a future free from terror and the ongoing peace process should continue to present a critical opportunity for afghans to come together to build a united front against the menace of terrorism. russia and china have boycotted a u.n. security council meeting on the use of chemical weapons in syria it was a closed informal session but the ambassadors of the 2 countries say it should have been public diplomatic editor james phrase has more from new york. members of the un security council were attending a closed informal meeting conducted by video conference on a report by the o.p.c. w.

the international watchdog on chemical weapons that last month found for the 1st time that the syrian government had been responsible for using chemical weapons now that meeting was for all of the security council members and the syrian government were also invited but russia china and syria did not attend the meeting that's because the russian ambassador said it should have been held in public despite the open criticism of the release official the idea we were not the posts to the director general briefing the consul in the. only request was that the interaction is ducted in the open simply the regrettably our western buttons and their allies insistence on holding this meeting behind closed doors in informal informal sitting with the id despite their slogans the openness and transparency of the security guards such

a brooch is unacceptable after the virtual session some of the ambassadors that did attend it from the european union and the u.k. issued this joint statement we have full confidence he did objectivity in passionately and independence of the organization's technical secretary act and its investigation and i did if occasion the o.p.c. w.'s investigation team will now continue their work but russia says that work is politically motivated. still ahead on al-jazeera we look at what's behind the rise in violence in nigeria that's forced thousands to flee to neighboring nice share for safety and israel's prime minister plans to press ahead with an exchange the west bank.

hello there fairly quiet picture across eastern sections of the united states and now finally the temperatures are beginning to rise very steadily but as you can see through wednesday we should have. said the time it is beginning to improve so 900 celsius in d.c. 16 up into new york but all walk across the central plains we have more rain developing some of this could produce a some funnel so middle is warm air cools ahead of that cold air across these northern areas and widely scattered showers coming in from a system just sitting there of the pacific northwest coast says heaviest rain right there down into northern areas of california that will stay in the 4 calls day and this is when the rain becomes a little bit more widespread so really pushing across the midwest the great lakes and then trading right the way down into the southern plains and again a times we could now have the threat of those severe thunderstorms this woman in

kansas city 26 and we'll watch the south as she won in dallas to say it is warming up as well across the eastern sable so 23 the high in d.c. plenty of rain across much of the caribbean this is all coming from a trailing front she just stalled across the region it'll be here wednesday and on into thursday and in fact across into cuba where the rains will be particularly heavy we could see as much as 150 millimeters. they wanted 43000000000 pounds worth of weaponry that was 6000000000 pounds of intermission. there's no hope of any more because there's always a small kabul's to call for war and really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function war shadow while

on al-jazeera. the air. welcome back you're watching al jazeera live from doha the mind of our top stories the leading member of the u.s. corn virus task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions good result in serious consequences including needless deaths stop to anthony found she says ignoring guidelines could trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control in brazil a local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory knockdowns against a window of president of course an hour or so now has previously dismissed a corner virus in little food and in other news afghanistan's president is blaming

the taliban for an increase in violence after $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility president ghani has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups. more now on the coronavirus crisis and more than 32000 people are now confirmed to have died from kovac 19 in the u.k. and care homes account for a quarter of the deaths the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and they are concerns that care workers could bring the disease back into the wider community john hall before someone. 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 where here. and yet at least a quarter of all cope with $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 due respect and recognition for the amazing work. 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 heritier 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 lockdown 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 spirit was going to be allowed. to run. fairly. and the homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected. is one such natural event another is the new through season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is over 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 joho al-jazeera london. the spokesman for russia's president is in hospital being treated for corona virus 52 year old dmitri peskov was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago at a meeting with president vladimir putin the president has announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the world's 2nd highest number of cases after the united states and russian authorities say they're investigating the safety of ventilators after possible malfunctions cost 2 deadly fire in hospitals at least 5 patients were killed in st petersburg when a machine reportedly short circuited sending train so an intensive care ward

another ventilator defect was blamed for a fire at a moscow hospital on saturday an abortion is a russia policy analyst and a senior fellow at the washington institute she says there are questions about the quality of russia's medical equipment. there's 2 there's 2 countervailing factors 2 different factors on the one hand russia has a history of stockpiling supplies much more so frankly than western countries and you're seeing in terms of what's being reported now these reward time all mobilization efforts this is are innocent for russian citizens of world war 2 on the other hand on the other hand the pervasive corruption that is prevalent in all levels of russian government and russian society coupled with a quip meant yes it's there but it's not very good it's it may not be of good quality raises questions and the biggest issue really is that. russia is

not a democratic country it's a place where the government lies to its people where the government lies to the rest of the world and certainly all these factors raise very very serious doubt that it's at the medical system will be able to handle it the authorities want to hide reality right it's certainly very suspicious to see not one but 3 doctors falling out of windows out of under mysterious circumstances frankly the whole issue of the reporting of the number of cases in russia in and of itself raises a lot of questions just as we've seen for in china as well so these numbers. are likely to be it's likely that the numbers were much higher too to begin with it shows us how worried are the authorities are how nervous they are about their own stay in power. the world news now in the united nations is sounding the alarm after

ongoing violence in northwest nigeria forced nearly 3 times as many people to flee to neighboring the share compared to last year even h.c.r. says 23000 refugees fled to safety in asia in april the agency says those who have fled speak of extreme violence against civilians by armed groups like ball coram including mitt is kidnappings for ransom and villages being looted more than $60000.00 people have now sought sanctuary since the 1st influx began in april last year and within the share it's led to an additional $19000.00 citizens being displaced in their own country the border region on both sides continues to be extremely unstable al jazeera is ahmed eateries has more from a butcher. 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 outbreak of covered 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 2018 some states in the region reached an agreement with the armed groups and that then

peace ensued eventually an amnesty was granted to some of the repentant bandits in court as the security security forces a local forces called them and what 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 israel's prime minister is set to meet the u.s. secretary of state on wednesday the visit by maicon pale comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel span to an extent he percent of the occupied west bank how the faucet reports from western a scam. as benjamin netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israel's prime minister he's 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 pledge 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. and then 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 defacto 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 my view is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an exception in order to build up his eventual core base ahead of a floundering election campaign so american politics and israeli politics are in

place right now to facilitate an extension. 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 for far reaching consequences comes down to 2 men benjamin netanyahu and donald trump ari force that al jazeera was jerusalem the world's biggest oil exporting company aramco has reported a 25 percent drop in profits or in the 1st quarter these audi energy giant blames the drop on the corona virus outbreak aramco was listed on the saudi stock market in december in a historic $29400000000.00 i.p.o. but it's been facing heavy losses as the pandemic sent oil prices crashing to their lowest in decades toyota is predicting an 80 percent fall in your profits next year are softer and 86 percent fall in the 1st quarter profits this year the japanese car manufacturer expects the global market will why i'm out around now but warns it

will take a long time to recover. and it's being described as a one in a 1000000 discovery a super new zealand researchers say the planet is one of only a handful ever detected that has an orbit and size that's close to our own it's a bit larger than earth though it was found using a technique called gravitational microlensing sometimes barely perceptible objects distort the light of stars when they pass in front of them scientists look for this in order to discover a new planets francesco diego is a senior research fellow in the department of physics and astronomy at the university of college london he explains the significance of this discovery. no not like planet is a planet which is more or less the same size as the earth it has to have a solid surface because a lot of this new plan is not a classic i know god giants which are easier to detect in

a way similar to jupiter and saturn but if the planet is salty then it the sex i think because then it comes closer to what they had looked like and that with possibility of having are not in the sphere liquid water on the surface etc etc and then we have a possibility of another environment that that would be similar to the heir to the host living organisms we are finding out how the universe works how life the universe is what she's mean there are plenty of possibilities so far we know now about by extrapolation we can tell that up there are about billions and billions of planets in order and not on. weight aleksey alone but all of them and will be very very different very different from the air and the conditions on earth are very special what he's telling all is that despite the fall the enormous amount of blood it's we may be still in a unique place in the universe because the development of intelligent life out of

bed if he called and that improbable. event to happen in the universe and generally requires any conditions how we're finding out by studying. account the amount of planets out there out there and the amount of planets that are not like the earth and we hope to find something that we see now on the screen a kind of plan in the house the house land and water we will find that in the future about this going to be a long way to post. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera the leading member of the u.s. coronavirus task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless stuff dr anthony fauci sassaman he's a congress contrasts with president tom's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. they feel if that occurs there is

a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark certainly will set you back only leading to some suffering and death or it could even set you back wrote trying to get economic recovery because you could always turn the clock back rather than going forward that is why did you concern local and state governments in brazil or pressing ahead with mandatory long downs against the will of the president jade of all scenario has repeatedly dismissed the corner virus as a little flu and says job losses will be more damaging in other world news afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility president ashraf ghani has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups

or burn fuel in the port of. reputed poor and from the international community to taliban have not reduced barlett and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for public places and to tax and threats from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. and russia and china have boycotted a un security council meeting on the use of chemical weapons in syria it was close a close informal session but the ambassadors of the 2 countries say it should have been made public last month an inspection team from the international watchdog the o.p.c. w. concluded for the 1st time that the asaad regime had used chemical agents and those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news will continue after a one on one east fake orphans stay with us. what impact will call did 19 on the drop in the oil price have on the race to the white house can donald

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