that's coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the front line oh no it's a great question keeping you up to date. and. the stream oh no just 0. 0. hello there i'm a star and this is the news hour live from coming up in the next 60 minutes time for the borders to open again that's the plan from the e.u. to revive the economy but not all leaders are quite so keen. a chinese city orders more than 4000000 people to stay home but officials say new infections are not of the feared a 2nd wave. sudan refuses to sign a deal allowing water to fill up

a controversial mega dam in ethiopia. and why it's been a bittersweet if a tamarin trade is in northern syria. and i'm signing how much now have all the sporting puting top level school continues its with in north america with the ultimate fighting championship getting up up for the 2nd of 3 events in just 8 days . now the european union wants people to start planning their summer holidays and get the economy of nations moving again it's urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic some within days now from austria and switzerland have already said they will start relaxing controls as early as this weekend germany and some other e.u. members aim to completely end border restrictions by june. 15th is convinced spain

has the world's highest number of cases and they're still rising and it will keep its borders shot until at least july just how to reopen safely is a 160000000000 dollar question for the e.u. it makes up 10 percent of g.d.p. providing more than 15000000 jobs shortly would walk down that cane and by then get fast because of paris and the taj about the who is there for us natasha they have been such different approaches from different countries such different advice from different leaders how close always had this unified kind of plan. well the european commission presenting guidelines for a rescue plan if you like for the european union's tourism industry and what the european commission is saying is the these are just proposals this isn't prescriptive so basically countries really have to try and decide what they will do

and whether or not they feel that the health and the sundry situation where they may countries is safe enough to proceed with some of these measures now one of the main measures that's being proposed by the european commission is that some countries start to consider lifting border restrictions and border checks to allow people to travel more freely they also proposed the idea of a found his system so the moment if you booked travel within the european union but because of the coronavirus pandemic you had to cancel it you offered a full refund what the european commission is saying is that perhaps travel services and operators could offer for out shoes that could be redeemed for travel at a later date and at least that keeps the operators and keeps the money with the operators and it gives people an incentive to travel again it is a fine balance of course for the european commission because they are trying to make sure that the coronavirus pandemic doesn't spread further that they don't fuel the spread by allowing people to move around but they also need to revive the

economy and the idea of different member states choosing to loosen restrictions in different ways it is a matter of controversy because of course of your opinion usually acts with consensus and unity so there are also a member states that say we need we need solutions for air for everybody but then european commission is saying that you know you can't really have a one size fits all plan natasha as you say it's a very fine balance and with so many european countries still battling the coronavirus why is the european commission trying to push this now. because the european union's travel industry has been so badly battered if you like by the current virus pandemic by these knockdowns are people having trouble they've had to stay at home restaurants hotels bars cafes museums of all been shots and of course that's been dealt a devastating blow to the european union so the tourism industry it is one of the

main economic contributors to the block and that is why the european commission wants to try and revive it was to try and get the travel industry going again and also the european commission says that at stake of more than $6000000.00 jobs people who rely on tourism for their incomes and for their their survival and that's also of course a key factor in this but again you have the health situation the health risks are always at the forefront the european commission said all these guidelines there the main the main issue that underlines all of them is the fact that the health risks have to be taken into account as we open up the sector natasha there for us in the french capital paris thanks so much natasha well now let's go to ballin where dominic cain joins us live dominick we are hearing that germany is going to is restrictions but also at the same time caution from. yes you have as it were 2 sides of the same coin regarding restrictions to people's freedom of movement and that sort of thing in this pandemic on the one side you

have the government here relaxing restrictions as it has been doing progressively over the course of the past few weeks but equally you have the chancellor angela merkel in the parliament building behind me saying that it would be very depressing indeed if germany had to reintroduce all sorts of draconian restrictions if people got the wrong impression about the way the pandemic is being managed very much to steer from angola merkel has been. clarity has been watch what the science says watch what the government says observe social distance where the masks which are now compulsory in public transport and in many states around this country to follow the guidelines given by her ministry and the ministries of the relevant state governments the point also worth making here is that the german government is clearly keen to try to reduce restrictions not just economically but also to relax

border controls where it can which is why we have heard from the interior minister a key varian conservative ally of angola merkel saying that border restrictions involving france switzerland and austria which are mostly on the southern borders of germany will they will begin to be loosened but not this month next month you also have from mr hoffa the decision that the restrictions on the border with luxembourg will go very quickly in a matter of days and that is also possible in denmark one of a force about the way that european countries are working on border controls the austrian chancellor sebastien courts has said today that although there will be many relaxations of border controls involving most countries that border his that will not be the case with italy any time soon dominick hand there for us in balance thanks very much dominick well let's now speak to oric he is

a professor of european studies at stanford university and he now joins me from dresden and germany alric as i've been hearing there from our correspondents about such different perspectives from various countries including advice from various ministers about just whether people should travel over the summer so how does the e.u. eventually come together on this because they they have to at some point. you know i don't think it's a big problem given that germany is a federal state and the european union is not we have a similar situation in germany in which the different governors come to different conclusions based on different problems space time different density of population and no one makes it a big deal that germinate it's not acting in one who are here and way but we see different ways of openings. and do term parts of the country and the same is true for the european union and it's different member states if spain was hit so hard

and they think that it's way too early to open the border it makes perfect sense for spain but if a small country like luxembourg is complaining that they feel cut off if germany doesn't open the borders and this situation is much better in terms of numbers then in spain that germany should respond and the minister of the interior caved in and grew opens so we have cross border relationships with luxembourg much sooner than with other countries so alric i say that part of the plan is for countries with similar overall risk profiles to open to each other's tourists right so how will that be determined especially with the situation leaving really very quickly and then small outbreaks potentially possible anyway. well i don't think that an army of tourists is sitting on their suitcases and kahnawake to go to places that reason peace all over just from what the situation in the hospitals is

i think people will be very careful and cross border transactions will be basically on professional traveling and not so much that people come to wait to go to an occasional use or or to lie on beaches to get to the end spain but what the european union is responsible for is to provide a framework of the mobility of corn syrup resists capital and labor and that includes services like tourism that people get an understanding of what is the channel of framework how we respond to that is depends very much on the different use courses and each and every member state and that makes perfect sense given that we don't know where we are at this point of the make you are talking about some really buy that for an agreement and i know that the e.u. wasn't initially keen on the idea if these potential tourism correlates to begin with what's changed their mind. well we have a very sophisticated and also dynamic relationship when it comes to who's

responsible for what which competences do we shift from a national to a super national level 'd and in which area does the european commission have a say this is sometimes confusing because in the absence of leadership by the european commission one complains that europe is not doing enough or not doing quickly enough while at the same school in the member states of the european union like germany in which i'm going to america who could get if some sort of a general direction but now in the face of opening the governors play a much more prominent role and the same is true with the european union with still a much more to the centralized share of competences that we will continue to discuss when it comes to solidarity who's helping who with how much and over what period of time and all the related questions that we have to discuss ones of the make the economic crisis will he target. there professor of european studies at

stanford university always good to get your insights sound out of there thanks but having the. indonesia is a loose name domestic travel restrictions but critics say the new rules are vague and inconsistent health experts are warning that its outbreak is far from under control and could wesson without decisive action jessica washington reports from jakarta. this is normally the busiest airport in southeast asia but most aircraft at sukarno had to international have been grounded for weeks by covert 19 travel restriction now some travelers in the world's 4th largest population are on the move again i had to travel for work i'm sure airlines have taken the right precautions i'm a bit worried about traveling because the regulations aren't clear in late april the government announced a ban on travel from cities designated as covert 19 hotspots since then the ban has been changed many times the latest is to allow travel for family emergencies and

some business trips the government says the business exemption is only for journeys related to combating the pandemic and important economic functions young to less travelers have to be clear about the purpose of the travel what collingwood they are doing and when they'll return and this is not a relaxation of the mess social distancing. but the grounds for exemption from the travel ban are vague even industry workers are confused. about the policies are clashing with each other we need the government to be firm so we know what our future will be aim of the travel restrictions was to stop the spread of the virus from major cities into provinces with little or no help infrastructure now with the government begins to relax these restrictions there are fears even more lives will be put at risk government ministers say they want life to start going back to normal in a matter of weeks but doctors say that's unlikely if you're out of the of course we're not ready the president says we need to test 10000 people day we've only

reached half that number many people died in emergency rooms because of the backlog so the never got counted even though they covered 1900 times obvious 4 weeks president joko widodo simply advised against the annual tradition known as moody when millions of workers return to their hometowns before aid by the time he announced a ban and ordered police checkpoints around major cities hundreds of thousands had already made the journey of a. spawn's is being criticized for being slow and inconsistent because the government is not very it's not very strict. restrictions in a very strict way. and it makes the makes. it makes the periods things. can be longer interesting too many many other. many feel the rush to get things back to normal

could end up doing the opposite just because washington al-jazeera jakarta. now coronavirus a lockdown has been imposed on a city in northeast china the 2nd this week new cases in jail and raising fears of a possible new wave of infections training you reports from beijing while the rest of china returns to something like normality a lockdown has been imposed on the city of g. lane for 25000000 people have been told to stay home and public transport is at a standstill neighboring should learn city was locked down on monday more than 20 infections have been identified in dealing toughened since the beginning of the month but experts say it isn't a 2nd wave of disease. whenever a new case is emerging that the monitoring system will detect and track the cases i will curb the spread of the virus in no time in wide chinese at the center of the outbreak discovery of 6 new transmissions has spurred plans to test the entire city

of 11000000 people district authorities have been told they have 10 days to complete testing the details are still being discussed testing in some areas began this week. analysts say the plan could cost up to $254000000.00 and requires the rapid expansion of testing facilities testing capacity reached $46000.00 people today last month people who live there say they're not surprised a new cluster is been discovered so we know that a 2nd wave is coming anyway and there's no way we can you know prevent. the new sections. on this on that 00 yes you can see what i mean there's no serious 0 and that we are shooting into a new name the chinese government has reported about 83000 cases nationally with more than $2600.00 deaths since the virus broke out in december with just

a week to go until china's national people's congress the biggest political gathering of the year the government here is on high alert the communist party wants to project an image of strength and victory over the virus and these 2 new classes threaten to compromise just that katrina al-jazeera they to. now thousands of people across england have headed back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks and sponsor a plan to relax restrictions which have now been in place of late march people are now also allowed to spend as much time as they want outdoors as long as they follow social distancing rules the leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland have rejected the changes saying it's too early to ease restrictions while our correspondent john howard has been in london where he says the reopening of workplaces hasn't brought the sudden rush that some had expected. well it's pretty much as you see it things have been extremely quiet here marginally busier of

course than throughout the last 7 weeks of lockdown there certainly is an uptick of people out and about but this is not a rush back to work it's a very very slow start to the lifting of lock down here and in very specific circumstances the government as you say in england the devolved ministrations elsewhere have been much more cautious but the government here. people who can't work from home but who can go to work places where social distancing is possible to do so so you're talking about sectors like construction and manufacturing and urging them not to use the public transport network if possible but rather to walk to work to cycle to work to use cars where they can above all to use their own common sense and certainly reports suggest that the trains and the tube network and the bus network are busier than they've been as a said in the last 7 weeks if not absolutely packed people urged to wear face coverings where they can to stand with their backs to one another if they're

concerned about not being able to keep that 2 meter distance between them well south africa has managed to stem the tide of corona virus infection and a key part of its response has been contact tracing that's a strategy that's strong heavily on its experience and batting h.i.v.'s out as they are joined one contact trace and working in northwest province has settled in his own lands in a deep concern about. a quarter another dance but as a disease called meta dealing with really a response or dealing with conditions and subs needs. of this magnitude as the health care profession and their lives that. might be sensed and comes 1st. so all i'm here to certainly should. what has been a big. just to prevent their systems

trading. that is what led them to the worst ones you will hear. screaming. fortunately in my case all of them where i said to my to meaning when you didn't have a new 7 times. as a health check i'm not only. considering not only concentrating on their credit. you. get into their house i do their last estimate their environment. sometimes if we say people should quit on tandems we need to. check whether these people are not crowded so what are you buying drugs being in this one house and out well crowded and then we'll sell primetime is not

going to. happen then. i buy there will be a transparent tool to agree to be transferred to area this ignitor the area where current plan will take. my place and this current. is fine no complaints most in terms. of the most beneficial thing for me to deal with race to see where there is no spread of infection where my at length are hidden feelings and there are no symptoms. now to some other news now and the taliban says the afghan government has made a declaration of war by resuming military operations against the armed group it follows separate attacks on a funeral and

a maternity clinic on choose day which together killed at least $45.00 people the taliban denies being involved alexia bryan reports. in the eastern province of manga survivors of a suspected suicide bombing at a funeral struggled to contain a grief. and anger. was when i think there was a problem although when i was like. my brother is my i was standing next to me when i heard the bomb blast i saw several dead bodies on the ground and i was trying to call my brother but his phone was off after a few minutes of searching i found my brother among the dead. this attack on mourners. and another at a maternity hospital in the capital kabul later afghanistan's president going on the offensive all but falling apart 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 water tax and fruits from the taliban and other terrorist groups are ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies of the taliban denies involvement in tuesday's attacks its fighters have largely refrained from targeting city since february when leaders signed a deal with the united states for the withdrawal of american troops and to pave the way for talks with government leaders in kabul the taliban now accusing the government of creating obstacles to peace today programme 2 marks a milestone towards this integration of this agreement and less trusting of measures are taken immediately by all sides and by the taliban. under the agreement the taliban was to prevent afghanistan from being used as a launching pad for attacks by other groups such as i saw and its affiliates well as any state both suffered some. need haitians and the americans and.

supporters of the 10. or could it not be christian on usenet it started corazon province says its fighters were behind 4 bomb blasts in kabul on monday which wounded 4 people the the un has expressed shock and revulsion i choose days maternity hospital attack which killed you born babies and nurses. you a city of state is urging the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice alexia brian al jazeera well u.s. secretary of state mike one pair is in israel for talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu that meeting was expected to focus on shared concerns about iran the battle against the coronavirus and israel's incoming government a unity government formed by netanyahu and coalition partner benny gantz is due to

be sworn in on thursday while we can speak tomorrow on bashar he is al jazeera senior political analyst and he joins us now from london marwan this was probably payors 1st trip abroad now if i'm counting 2 months so quite significant that he chose for it to be to israel what do you think they talked about. well look whatever the whatever it is they've talked about i'm not sure that this part of the state department relates there's anything anything about who wrote. you know long term strategic issues like you're on the sauce support sucker they're pumping it could have been on the phone or notes that you call if you would something more urgent or more important stakes. some 12 hour flight you know if spent a few hours a laser and that must be. that he's sending order the spring getting a very clear message and that message my my thinking is that it is the trump brand and hence it's the company jump on that from i'm table not north and

the out so whatever is going to have to take place in the next several weeks or our purview law i would have to happen on trump's timetable not netanyahu timetable and hence why that is the goal or that the question at all and that sation one critic of the west bank before the republican convention in august or i thought it whatever it is it's going to have to be on crunch time people not not in the hour well let me ask you this the head of this unity government being sworn in because netanyahu and gans have very different views on expressions but they've now struck this deal so where does all of this leave the unity government that. well look it's not very different meaning gantz always wanted to annex the jordan river and that's already some pretty important to the west bank and i think since his trip to washington and the end of january it's become clear got dances on

board with whatever the united states wants because he understands that trump is not only the most powerful leader of the most powerful country is that you this is israel's patron and hence it is. a trump and mitt search and insists on annexation port trumps owner in the world calculus i think guns will go on board i think what we what we see here is sort of coming together in terms of guns and of and you know listening to what i've accomplished say which by the way just i need to say this because i think i'm not comfortable with the idea that the company was coming all the way in order to disinter gantz again you could have done this on the phone there must be something more and i would not be surprised just based on what i just heard you say earlier that company proposed to be in the region to visit perhaps iraq because there's

a new prime minister in iraq or perhaps afghanistan where that the about the united states works on who are several months is unraveling so then it is more imminent ocean business what the united states and races like iraq dislike afghanistan and then it is it is red so whatever it is he's doing it is there and he needs to send a clear message that trump will decide when how and perhaps there are some extra business where the secretary of state and middle east region so on will continue watching that very closely but just coming back to israel i do want to ask you my one way do you think tom's middle east peace plan is now i mean given that the palestinians have roundly rejected at where do we go from here. i think probably so most americans our lives whether it's in the gulf or egypt and jordan probably approaching the trump administration to put pressure on that that you know not to announce and the annexation until all possible scenarios where the by the sea is on

the arabs have been exhausted now we all know that the palestinians will in no way or shape accept any discussions with the assert is on that basis the term plan that they have got to go to be rejected and i think that's not the neos response to the to the trumpet decision of the palestinians were not come on board and hence i write mr nothing you know where to discuss anything but only on that basis what trump plan that some plan is becoming the new gospel of the peace process you know at one point we had the clinton ideas we had the bush plan now we have from a plan that the up a century sokol and his mark in the arab world would or did discuss with the premise that the ends on the basis of the trump land the palestinians were am happy to discuss with netanyahu anything except from prime because they don't accept that nicklaus' record and it sold on palestinian national wives ma and bashar al jazeera

senior political analyst always good to speak on thanking. well now it's time for the weather and his jenny with news of more severe storms in the united states i know it is not somebody in a saucy i'm a very very chipper we see these severe storms and these big outbreaks but we've actually had a little bit of a break for the last the last week and a half now when i say a break i mean we've had these widespread storm events you can see that also as i have been some lightning flashes across into southern areas of texas and in fact that has been reported tornado as you can see the rain still coming down and all this damage that has been done now it will be confirmed as a tornado until the national weather service actually go out and assess the damage and that will see how they determine whether it was a tornado or just the straight line winds or very strong winds you get within these thunderstorms so as you go through wednesday you can see it's a very unsettled picture much of the southern plains and also up tools the midwest out across the pacific northwest and the system that coming in but it is really over the next few days these storms do develop but have

a look at the temperatures on the weather conditions because kansas city this is where the heat is going slightly increase but we will see very severe thunderstorms developing here over the next few days in fact the rain could be very heavy indeed me while across the northeast on the eastern u.s. we've actually got these temperatures finally on the increase remember being so cold off a several days the average in d.c. is 24 celsius or 29 by friday so really feeling very warm again that is all ahead of the next area of rain here it is throughout the day we've got the rain then pushing down into the central plains kansas city seeing some very heavy downpours and then released by friday when. the cooler air behind look at this long line heinous as he said that is what we'll be watching as we go into friday in particular that's where you can see the most of this storm thanks very much. still ahead on al-jazeera. the u.s. president's former campaign manager paul not a ford is released from prison and we'll tell you why he's out. a mistake by the

f.b.i. they could reveal a link between the 911 hijackers and the saudi and. the end washington. planned this cricket superstar could be finding himself and force that all those details coming up in force. eyes early tests. and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope with the number 4 on a virus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india dumb enough to miss the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. when the news breaks over the night of the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place of the

only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports of obvious reasons to the world battled them from endemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe al-jazeera has ground to remove brutally documentaries and life. the. there again i'm the sounds you take and that's remind you of our top stories this hour the european commission is pushing some member states to lower border restrictions in an effort to respond tourism under the proposal regions which have contained the virus would open up while others would keep restrictions in place.

but a coronavirus lockdown has been imposed on a city in northeast china the 2nd this week new cases in julian raising fears of a possible new wave of infections. and afghanistan's president has ordered the military to resume attacks against the taliban and other groups after dozens of people were killed in attacks on a maternity hospital and a funeral on choose day the taliban has denied responsibility. now to dawn has rejected an ethiopian proposal to fill the reservoir of a controversial mega dam on the nile river it's called on ethiopia and egypt to resume stalled u.s. backed talks africa's largest hydroelectric dam has pitted the 3 countries against each other ethiopia wants to stop filling the reservoir by july but egypt fears the $4600000000.00 dam will reduce its water supply if it's failed to quickly well

let's speak to have a morgan she joins us now live from the sudanese capital khartoum to this disappears has been going on for some time talk us through why it's your dogs now refusing to sign this agreement. well 1st of all nastasia what sudan has rejected is not signing a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by if you if you peer proposed signing a partial agreement that would spare the way for it to start filling the dime and said that they could negotiate the rest of the feeling as they go on that something sudan says is not going to be possible because to start filling the dam there should be a cooperation agreement between the 3 countries as well as other legal agreements several rounds of talks between the 3 parties have been held here in her term last year all of them resulted in deadlocks which was why the talks were moved to the united states in late december early january now the 3 sides met along with the u.s. counterparts there in the u.s. in washington and they have agreed on a schedule to fill the dam but they were not were able to work out many details such as how to operate during

a drought season and they said that they were not able to identify or determine how to identify what the drought season would be to each and every country and sudan is concerned that. if it's built and if it starts being filled it will have an impact on the amount of water it receives via the blue nile egypt is also concerned that the amount of fresh water sources would reduce greatly especially with climate change and with more than 90 percent of its population relying on the nile but if you put it is saying that the dam would help elevate the status of many of its citizens so it will continue to work on the dam and will start filling it by july so right now what the prime minister of sudan of the lambda is proposing is a virtual negotiations between the 3 sides because of the pandemic. virus pandemic and that's something the 3 sides are yet to respond to so we're going to have to wait and see if egypt if you appear and if your people will agree to the proposal of the sudanese prime minister and if talks will get back on track before if your

peace starts filling the dam by july have a morgue and they're following all these developments for us from khartoum thank you. now police in guinea have opened fire on protesters demanding an end to the coronavirus lockdown at least 6 people were killed in towns near the capital conakry sarkari reports. liberty and freedom of movement is what protesters in several cities in guinea are demanding. angry it's coronavirus lockdown measures restricting them from traveling in and out of the capital conakry and living they blocked roads set fire to police vehicles at several checkpoints built to try and contain the spread of kobe bryant's love for the protesters no work means no food. at all we've. learned with fed up with this lockdown the government has abandoned us that killed 5 of their friends but we will continue to protest until they open up the roads again

the security forces responded to the violence on tuesday by firing at the protesters at least 6 people were killed across 3 towns near the capital conakry. when the madness started i lift the protest when i arrived home i got a call telling me my brother's been shot and went straight to the hospital but he was already did. to me is one of the worst hit countries by the virus in west africa the government says the emergency measures are necessary protest as though it queues police of mistreating them and demanding bribes to let them through the checkpoints they are not a party. we're tired of the government we're suffering it has no interest in its people in the chick points of causing too much traffic we're stuck calling. dealing with another disease is proving difficult following the evos outbreak which killed soon a half 1000 people a few years ago doctors fear the poor health system limited testing and

a lack of sanitation will cause covert 19 to spread fast to try and. stop that happening the government continues to extend a nationwide state of emergency human rights watch accuses the government of using it as an excuse to violently crackdown on opposition party members and protesters. the number of coronavirus cases are steadily increased since march despite that protesters say they'll continue to speak out against the closures curfew and checkpoints. that are hideouts al-jazeera. now the u.s. president's former campaign manager paul not afford has been released from prison to home confinement let's now speak to our white house correspondent kelly how that can be that's quite the move given poll that affords profile talk us through the reasoning behind its decision. well paul man afford is much like many americans who are being released from prison right now due to

coronavirus this is something that prison advocates have been trying very hard to get through and congress listened in terms of some of those corner virus packages that have been passed what this means and what this provides for is that those in prison who are of advanced age have preexisting health conditions or even concerns that in captivity they could not follow the social distancing guidelines of being approximately 2 metres apart that they can be released to finish the remainder of their sentence at home confinement so under this legislation it was requested by a whole manner for the former campaign chair of donald trump's campaign that he spend the rest of his sentence at home confinement there is a lot of leeway for the bureau of prisons to grant this and we understand that that was the case so he is serving his 7 year sentence only it served about 30 percent

of it now he gets to serve the rest of it at home and family of course he is not the only pass and close to trial he's been jailed to have his release come up what's happening now with michael flynn. yeah i'll get to michael flynn in a moment as i wanted to mention as you point out there are a number of people close to president trump who are being released and that would include his former attorney and fixer michael cohen no he was convicted of lying to congress campaign fraud he was set to be released in november of 2021 he now is also like paul manna for it serving the remainder of his sentence at home now when it comes to michael flynn bit of a hitch on that one michael flynn the former national security advisor very short serving duration he was convicted of lying to the f.b.i. he pled guilty we should point out to that charge in his case the department of justice was suggested because of some irregularities in the case it said the

prosecutors decided to drop that case they thought this was going to be a routine thing where they go before the u.s. district court judge he would basically rubber stamp this and this would be allowing the former national security adviser to go home that hasn't happened in fact just the opposite he's not going home what's happening is that this judge has decided that he needs to weigh in on this and before he can do that he needs to hear from the public what are known as advocates briefs so this is highly controversial because sort of left wing groups are saying that this shouldn't happen are trying to have this discourage the conservative groups are saying this judge is essentially hijacking the case even the president has said he didn't expect this to happen what this means is that this is going to prolong case that has been kind of a point of friction between conservatives and liberals in the united states for some time it's certainly not over yet white house correspondent there for us thank

you candy. now the f.b.i. has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information that so sensitive the u.s. government has been trying to keep it secret for months he was named in a federal lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the attacks on september 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity now that declaration was filed by an f.b.i. official a senior u.s. government official says it was done in era a spokesman for the victims' families say they believe they've uncovered a link between the $911.00 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington 15 of the 19 hijackers were citizens of saudi arabia that government denies any connection well michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news and he says the f.b.i. insists that the evidence is inconclusive. the saudis are critical

ally of the us government despite all the strains and u.s. saudi relations over the years particularly the murder of jamal khashoggi the. the washington post journalist and. revealing information that the f.b.i. argues is inconclusive i should point that out that in the same declaration the f.b.i. assistant director for counterterrorism argues that the evidence is not that strong that it was more a theory of the agents then an actual conclusion that the embassy official was involved that is the f.b.i. is official position it's different than what's going to be found in the documents and i think that if the f.b.i. concluded the justice department concluded that it was inconclusive information that it did not wasn't sufficient to build

a criminal case against the saudi embassy official then better to keep it all under wraps then let the layers for the plaintiffs for the families of the victims have it and try to pursue accountability in a civil court now colombia is boosting its military presence along its amazon boris to help protect against important coronavirus cases the government closed down borders back in monch and it's been gradually relaxing lock down measures over the past 2 weeks but health authorities remain concerned of outbreaks in neighboring countries brazil in particular which has the highest number of cases in the region . restaurants struggling to survive in many countries because coronavirus downs mean eating out is off the menu in the united states it's estimated that 200000 restaurants won't open their doors again and owners are being forced to get creative to meet the changed eating habits of customers had to call hand has more

from the u.s. capitol. this is where mike ellis is at his best this is the only career he's known. but after restaurants like this were ordered shot he feared he would be shut out of the kitchen for good it's heartbreaking i mean. it's my career i've i've been in the kitchens i was 12 years old i don't know what else to do i don't i don't really i mean i'm not an unintelligent or an educated person but i don't have another skill set that i've been working at. for 32 years that i could use the support through the 2 or 3 children. but he an owner rachel turner so thought they could stay afloat preparing meals people could cook at home and also selling groceries. right now farmers are piling over crops well many grocery stores have empty shelves part of the problem with the nation's food supply is that half of it is destined for restaurants and bars and it comes in this giant

packaging things like this that individual people just wouldn't buy. so restaurants are getting creative repackaging the goods they can still get through their supply chains d.c. based founding farmers showed us how they're doing it. owner dan simon says the idea came out of desperation because he laid off a leaven 100 people he also made the promise to provide all of them free food you know in a situation where there's not a lot to celebrate we've rehired almost 200 and it was 265 i think that was probably 285 people of the 1100 that we laid off so it's not enough and we have a long way to go and it's kind of scary and nerve racking but there is definitely some good news in there for. still for traverso as restaurant takeout in groceries is only providing about 10 percent of the money the business is used to making and time is running out so how much survival in. my favor.

are probably. maybe another month there for a lot. ellis believes that is going to be a problem this is going to go on for 2 more months at least. so as a good the longer it goes on. hopefully people will get tired of cooking at home all the time and they all. help for an industry that provides jobs for millions with some predictions saying as many as 200000 restaurants will not survive. al-jazeera washington now coming up next in school was this boxing legend is getting fans very decisive sound i will explain why and just my. business leaders is by no brass paul.

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war. are. about tamarind is a popular drink across the middle east during the muslim holy month of ramadan but this is the pandemic is making things harder for families in northern syria that depend on tamarind for the income that explains. 6 ramadan is the busiest time of year for the farmer in the licorice to sellers in italy and syria. the often jet black drinks made from tundra and poles and licorice roots. particularly popular during the muslim holy month because medicinal properties help digestion when people break their daily fast. ahmed aboul saw teef and his family

were forced to flee to a different part of it late last year because of fighting the father of 6 is teaching his sons how to prepare a timer in juice. it's an important source of income for a family that has enjoyed nearly a decade of war our kid ok though i was sure that we buy bags of one kilo each in the early morning we empty contents into a bowl and then we sprinkle it lightly with water and add some carbon. then we were a bit with our hands until it becomes dark we then put it under the sun for 3 hours after that we filter it in a clean cloth adding water very slowly until the syrup comes out when we finish preparing the syrup we send it to the sellers in town. and when the boys turn ring from syrian merchants who purchase it from suppliers in gulf states syria's war has pushed prices in recent years and the rule product these particular expensive now because of the coated 19 pandemic. a lot it's about. due to the current

circumstances of the coronavirus it's difficult to import and the merchants who have monopolies are greedy it's much more expensive so we have to also put the prices up another reason is the poor rate of the syrian lira against the us dollar and the high price of sugar this year's prices are very high. for the challenges the family faces on not diluting the stuff is enthusiasm to. the rubble imo stuff i'll take i'm 12 years old i walk with my father who has taught me how to prepare the tambourine for the last 4 years my younger siblings and myself and make some prophet muhammad went to allow his sons to sell would use in town because he says the security situation is not good and is a risk of kidnapping. but their work is paying off in even markets like these despite the high a price this year timer indian licorice juice always popular as ever for many

syrians ramadan just wouldn't be complete without it. strong food i'll just share. now it's time for sports here santa thank you very much mr toplevel spall continues his comeback in the united states that later on wednesday with the ultimate fighting championship staging the 2nd of 3 shows inside 8 days it will be headlined by anthony smith against clover texas and will happen behind closed doors at the jacksonville a veterans memorial arena in florida saturday's turn of 49 paper view also took place then and in the promotions 7 week basis because a by the covert 19 outbreak one of the scheduled a contest for that show had to be canceled after a fight a tested positive for corona virus the day prior we spoke to. writer gareth davis who believes that so far the u.f.c.

is decision to resume events has been a success. in as much as they got through all the rigmarole leading up to it a 1200 nasal swab tests antibody tests temperature tests on the not just the fighters but the 300 people taking part in the event from the 24th lighters to that cornum and so the medical staff to the t.v. staff to the org fillery staff there i mean i think it was a success in as much as only as you say one fighter jacket as soon as the brazilian and 2 of his cornerman tested positive as asymptomatic for covert 19 and now they're in quarantine we've heard no reports of any more positive tests leading into tonight's events i think in many ways that general consensus was they they rushed back a little bit and was it going to work so in

a lot of ways they were the guinea pigs for lots of other sports on saturday night but fight wise it was very successful social distancing obviously the fighters didn't but there was mixed messages with some of the interviewers not wearing masks when they interviewed and some touching but these are the kind of things that we're just going to have to get used to moving forward in what they're calling the new normal japanese sumo wrestler has died at the age of 28 after contracting corona virus to pass him a cessation and now stash of which he who is on the left side of screen suffered complications and multiple organ failure after he was admitted to hospital he's the fest in sport to fall victim to covert and 19. the german bunds league is getting ready to make its return on saturday having being suspended since mid march the matches will be played behind closed doors fans have a huge to look forward to taking on the arch rivals brucia darkman the winsley go

well with the 1st major european football league 2. 1 team there has to wait a bit longer to get back on the pitch by leverkusen the 5th place side face vertebra in on monday and their coach says the players are eager to get going in manchester scening is in i thought full training session the focus is back i also notice that the players are very fresh i understand that too because we came out of a busy period of fixtures where we had some injuries and the players were tired you could see there also the energy is back now but that's different from the stamina needed to play a full 90 minutes. was saying these cricket superstar chris gayle is facing possible punishment for a recent outburst on social media that's according to the president of cricket west indies. who says that brought disrepute to the caribbean premier league

gayle posted a video on you tube following his release from jamaica c.p.l. franchise in a take uses assistant coach and former windies teammate. for play a big part also claimed that team officials were playing a game with him team deny any foul play with gayle since joining a center which is a franchise. and mike tyson isn't the only boxing great says teasing a comeback. his old rival former heavyweight champion of the wallet if holyfield also wants to get back in the ring if 57 year old posts of this video earlier of course it's got many fans calling for a trilogy fight between him and i am mike on the field last 142011 recently said he had like to fight again to raise money for charity. that's it for me in the says

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