when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means a lot of the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in get a break if it doesn't matter it's a slogan that one of the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. to me it's not an acceptable answer donald trump dismisses his top health experts warning about lifting coronavirus restrictions too soon and calls for schools to reopen. i'm fully back to goa watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up the e.u. pushes some member states to reopen their borders to kicks out the tourist season but not everyone is sold on the idea. another obstacle for the largest

hydroelectric dam in africa sudan rejects ethiopia's plans to stop filling the reservoir with water and why it's been a bitter sweet year for tamarinds traders in northern syria. to. we begin in the us where president donald trump has criticized his top infectious disease experts warning against reopening the economy too quickly it follows wednesday's testimony by the leading cause in 1000 task force member dr anthony fauci who said that rushing to open up could have serious consequences including needless deaths the u.s. is by far the worst hit country by the pandemic with more than 83000 deaths and more than 1300000 infections present trump has again urged states to lift coronavirus restrictions. when the cause is clear that it's just not going to

produce over these rivers versions are actually because you know. it's just to me it's not an acceptable if you're. that speak to mike hanna in washington about this mike the president making it seem. that his top and infectious disease expert is being too anonymous. indeed yes or the president saying that that is not an acceptable answer but it's something that dr felt she has been saying for a period of time now that opening up states prematurely could result in a spike in infections and have another impact on the economy that it was supposed to open saying too that the cost in human life could prove disastrous there would be yet another round he said in terms of the infection dr or saying this to the health committee in the u.s. senate mr trump obviously taking exception to these comments describing it as an

acceptable and particularly referring to dr fox these comments about schools now in new york a number of children had been infected with a mystery element connected to the corona virus dr far cheaper pointing out that this just proves how little is known about the virus and the dangers involved in it and he specifically referred to the fact that schools have got to think very carefully before reopening and certainly not within a coming months president trump stating very strongly that he believes schools should open his position that if the schools do not open then the states are not opening at all so a clear division clear degree of light between the president and his primary health advisor and the president has said time and time again mike that it would be up to the states to decide when to open so why is he still pressuring governess open up the economy. well the president appears absolutely

adamant that he wants to get the economy going to do so he has to get the states to open up having already said that it's up to the governors to propose a timeline but one must remember too that the federal government has issued a set of guidelines for opening up now among these guidelines is that there's got to be a drop in infection for a period of 2 weeks before there can be an opening up there's got to be contact tracing in place in order to ascertain exactly who's got the virus and there's also got to be effective testing protocols in place now states like texas and colorado have met none of these criteria yet they are rapidly dropping restrictions on movement to restrictions on personal mitigating measures so there is a real problem here is that president trump is not even following the guidelines that his federal government drew up and those guidelines lay very rigorously and very specifically exactly what should be done before the states can open up so

president trump going against what is being advised to the governors the governors are going to be left with having to adopt whatever protocols they think it's necessary but they are lacking elements from government in particular those testing protocols that are absolutely essential if there's going to be a gradual opening up of societies in a safe manner mike thank you for that mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. . now some countries begin gradually easing knocked on restrictions the world health organization is warning coronavirus may never be wiped out entirely that says there's an long way to go in the fight against a virus and it's experts warn that without any effective vaccine it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity. to put this on the table this wireless may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this wireless may never go away hiv has not gone away but we've come to terms with the virus and we have found the tariff ways and we found the

prevention methods and people don't feel as scared. as they did before and we're offering life to people with hiv long healthy lives to people with it jerry dr gregory poland is director of the male clinic vaccine research will pay says it's important to ensure safety in developing a vaccine i think there will be a vaccine the question is when and and my concern i just published an editorial about this is the fear that we push and rushed this so quickly that we compromise safety in doing so so we need to be very careful about that but w h a w h o's main point is that this is a virus with high transmissibility in fact the real number is probably closer to something like smallpox and that gives you a sense of this virus seeking out one host after another that it can in fact i think our chances are absolutely are better with the corona virus the difference is

that h i'd be back seeing each i.v. virus is a kind of acquires i species it's constantly mutating and changing and that is not the case with coronaviruses they mutate much more slowly each of the viruses acquires a species that means that it is constantly changing in mutating making it very hard to devise a back seat that is not the case with corona virus it mutates much more slowly we understand what portion of the virus to make a vaccine against i think our real issue is not will we be able to make one but will we be able to make one that induces safe and long term immunity. now the european union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of a pandemic tourism makes up 10 percent of the bronx economy and the e.u. says the industry is not risk of collapse unless urgent measures are taken at ash about no reports on paris a glimpse of war going on

a holiday in some parts of europe will look like this summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience the most holiday makers a used to but one that complies with new social distancing rules we hope these barriers won't be the future for beaches we don't want this but if this is necessary and if people safety depends on this sort of device then so be it we just want to work we want to get going in march borders in the european union were shot and nearly all travel stopped because the coronavirus pandemic a huge blow to the tourism industry one of the blocks main economic sectors as some countries begin to ease the lockdowns the european commission has presented a rescue plan for the tourism industry it's recommending foul choose instead of refunds for council travel sanitary measures for hospitality and transport services and the reopening of some borders of course this is not going to be a normal summer not for any of us. but when we all work together and we all

do our part in the ways the commission is setting out today then we don't have to face a summer struck home or a completely lost summer for the european tourists industry some countries say that they are already considering lifting some travel restrictions germany says that it wants to reopen its border with france switzerland and austria and britain and france say that they won't impose quarantine for now on people traveling between the 2 countries paris is one of the world's most visited cities they look downs been eased but more humans museums hotels and restaurants remain closed the french government has advised people to holiday in france this year after 2 months at home some people can't wait to travel. health risk and reward here to be able to travel abroad and outside friends will be a valid i have

a holiday home in spain and want to go but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we can't stop living more than $6000000.00 tourism jobs in e.u. could be lost unless the industry is revived the european commission says the challenge is to encourage the sector's recovery but prevent a resurgence of corona virus cases or risk is spreading even further across the bloke who talked about how just 0 hours some britons have returned to their workplace for the 1st time in 7 weeks with figures showing the u.k. economy shrank by 2 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year the government is keen to get people back to work but the moves been rejected by leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland who say it's too early to relax some measures john hall has a report from london. much has been made of britain going back to work and not much came of it it's only really england that he did boris johnson's call for those

who can't do their jobs from home to return the devolved ministrations of scotland wales and northern ireland feel it's too soon to risky and on london's still quiet streets some workers agreed. so you don't know what that effects are it is. so for people to be going to work. at the right time. very very. construction sites and factories are some of the places that saw more work taking place though many had been allowed to operate throughout the lock down among the big challenges they and other businesses will face is social distancing and transport. the government urged people to walk drive or cycle if possible. and if they have to use public transport to wear face coverings and stand back to back but it may be a while yet before tubes and trains experience

a real rush hour you can still social distance on the tube on the victoria line is getting a bit more difficult so you have to switch between carriages if you. see. god is a consultant advising companies how to prepare for the return of busy times 60 percent of the spaces the work settings in offices cannot be due to social distancing so that means that a maximum of 40 percent can be brought back so we expect the numbers to be to be low even below 40 percent which means that in total in the u.k. more than $8000000.00 people still will have to work from home when social distancing measures are in place with damage mounting the need to restart the economy becomes more urgent every day official figures now point to 2 percent drop in. g.d.p. in the 1st quarter would be painful enough in normal times but the bank of england is pointing to much worse to come

a possible staggering further 25 percent drop in g.d.p. in the 2nd quarter of 2020. that's the biggest economic decline in 300 years with no guarantee of a swift recovery so while you can now some day the play golf visit a garden center and in some cases return to work what you can't easily do is relax and look forward to normal life after covert 19 because the effects will be felt for years to come jonah how al-jazeera london. still ahead on al-jazeera as mexico . will tell you what some. us. pride in south korea with a strong brief looking ahead to a smart future in the post virus world.

but. more rain is developed in china now the last letter went through is out in the western pacific now so that should be at least a day of continuing fire whether it's japan $26.00 in tokyo same is true in the korean peninsula but that finger of rain stretches all the way back to the southwest to china is very. spring rains they are supposed to be there they do produce flooding every year and that's the limit to the north of that still quite warm and quite $29.00 in beijing is on the high side of where it should be and just drops a little bit and the rain spreads running through at least curious not north korea and that it's quite wet it'll eventually end up in the major islands of japan but in tokyo you got a dry friday hong kong is just on the edge of those showers so they're more inland . something else of interest the 1st potential typhoon certainly tropical storm of this year has developed in the philippines say it will likely wind is so slow to

reach typhoon status and then head towards the eastern side of the central philippines and up towards luzon if nothing else on the sea it's going to be very wet yes very much used to these sort of things but we have a quite a while position the next couple of days then they are in charge suggests rain is going to be heavy and the whole thing is quite slow moving. portray someone of the world's only cities seen through the eyes of those who know it best that change. their fishing to defeat. al jazeera world goes on the road with palestinian taxi drivers living and working at the heart of one of the most hockey contested locations. jerusalem is a palestinian cabbies on how jazeera. were

removed. i've. but the back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. president has expressed surprise after his top infectious disease expert warned against reopening the economy took quickly donald trump has again called on sales to lift coronavirus restrictions in for school so we'll then it follows testimony by dr anthony found jesus said rushing to open up could lead to needless deaths as some countries began gradually easing knocked on restrictions the world health organization is warning the coronavirus may never be wiped out entirely without a vaccine it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient

levels of immunity. and the european union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the pandemic tourism makes up 10 percent of the blocks economy in the e.u. says the industry is now at risk of collapse unless agent measures are taken. not to mexico where the president has announced a plan to reopen the economy even as a country registered more than 4000 deaths and over 40000 cases in some communities on groups and forcing knock down saying the only way open when the crisis has ended up on the read for some mexico city the little good globe on tuesday mexican health officials presented a plan for returning parts of the country to a quote new normal the plan consists of a color coordinated monitoring system that will update on which cities and states will be the ones to reopen 1st. places in the every country faces the question of is there a possibility of advancing towards a new normal and at what speed and what could be the consequences of. the

gradual reopening of the country is scheduled to begin may 18th in regions that have not been affected by the alfred corona virus cases in mexico are still on the rise making the reopening of the economy. overfull topic. in some communities the subject is not up for debate residents of money as they pick a small mountain town in the state of get nato have set up roadblocks and checkpoints to prevent outsiders from coming into their town i thought that this. was we have this territory controlled we don't have a coronavirus problem if we did we would need to re strategize but i ask you what's more important the freedom to transit or the right to life. state is home to dozens of indigenous villages the fear of the outbreak reaching these rural towns has prompted community defense groups to help enforce a regional lockdown the moment. we decided to act and we are doing it the right way

those who do not obey well we've already made a decision for them this is the law of the people. health services in this part of mexico are limited only 50 hospital beds exist free scattered population of more than 400000 locals say the decision to close off villages is the only preventative measure they can take. our meeting very decided that's not a single sikh person to be there if people come they have to be healthy not seek a debate in mexico is brewing over how the country will strike a balance between ensuring public safety and protecting the economy though mexico's president insists that no community will be forced to comply with the government's strategy to reopen the country. mexico city. chinese health minister has announced that the capital santiago will be put under lockdown on friday after a surge in new calls 1000 infections 8000000 people will no longer be allowed to go

on side except for essential errands people over the age of 75 across chile have also been ordered to stay home if been 2660 new cases in the last day taking the national tally to more than 34000 a lot in america added to lucy newman reports from santiago the number of infections has just been going up and up and up and finally the government did what many people had been begging it to do now for the past few weeks and that is to declare a total lockdown here in the capital santiago just so you get an idea in the last 2 weeks the number of infected case of infected people went up 500 percent and that means that of course the hospitals are now practically full running at near capacity the government says that it will be bringing in more ventilators tomorrow there are only about $550.00 still available for patients but the thing the situation is looking quite dire not just in the capital but in other parts of

the country as well another of the announcements that was made a short while ago by the health minister is that anyone over the age of $75.00 will be quarantined indefinitely they must stay at home he says that that is because they are the most vulnerable sector of the population and would also it's the highest death rate so far chile does have a fairly low death rate $300.00 and nearly $350.00 people as of now but if the situation continues to deteriorate as i just mentioned that death rate could go up much much faster. this sent to other news now in sudan is rejecting ethiopia sponsors stop filling the reservoir of the largest hydroelectric dam in africa the sudanese are calling on both ethiopia and egypt to resume seoul talks to settle the dispute over the grand renaissance them age of 10 sudan fear the newly completed dam on the river nile will reduce their supply of water essential for agriculture morgan has more from khartoum. what sudan has rejected is not signing

a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by ethiopia if you peer proposed signing a partial agreement that would spur of the way for rates 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 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 the thoughts

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're 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 europea and if your people will agree to the proposal of the sudanese prime minister and if talks will get back on track before if he appears starts filling the dam by july. now each piece of a chinese space rocket has crashed into the atlantic ocean becoming one of the biggest pieces of space junk to have a freefall to earth it was the core of

a rocket that successfully launched a prototype spacecraft into orbit last week the 800 ton piece was said he needs as long and 5 meters wide and landed offical mauritania however it appears some components also fell onto a town in ivory coast and no one was injured it's now working from home has been so successful footwear during this pandemic that it says employees can now do it permanently a social media company says most offices and businesses business travel won't resume before september twitter announced that once offices do reopen those who are able to work from home can continue to do so if they choose governments worldwide have urged businesses to shift to a remote work set up to help contain the covert 1000 outbreak. not tamarinds is in particular is a popular drink across the middle east especially during the holy month of ramadan but this year the coronavirus pandemic is making things even harder for families in northern syria that depend on the feel for their income.

ramadan is the busiest time of year for marine licorice to sellers in. syria. he often jet black drinks made from tom green pulls a licorice groups. particularly popular during the muslim holy month because medicinal properties help digestion when people break their daily fast. tif and his family were forced to flee to a different part of it late last year because of fighting a 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 ok when 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 point she's been recent years in the rule product these particular expensive because of the coded 19 pandemic. alert 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 was enthusiasm to learn.

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 profits. muhammad won't allow his sons to sell would use in town because he says the security situation is not good there's a risk of kidnapping. but their work is paying off in markets like these despite the high a price this year on rindy licorice juice always popular as ever for many syrians ramadan just wouldn't be complete without it. i'll just share. south korea's government is encouraging farmers to adopt smart farm technologies to deal with a shortage of workers in rural areas see initiative is falling timely as a country recovers from the coronavirus has discovered on a visit to the southern growing region. in the quest to grow the perfect fruit

this is one strawberry farm that is increasingly turning to smart technology every aspect of the growing environment is carefully regulated the amount of sunlight let in to the water and fertilizers used it's helping to compensate for the loss of young people not wanting to go into farming like that parents can. get them we don't have enough workers in the rural areas but by using smart technology we can reduce the need for manpower. the farm is owned by a husband and wife team who gave up high powered jobs in large corporations to pursue their dream they are part of a growing trend of people with high tech backgrounds opting for a new life in the countryside and in the young people coming to rural areas these days are quite interested in smart farm technology we've hired young koreans and are training them to share our know how to grow strawberries helping to spread the smart farm message to every younger people this pilot project in seoul has been

running in a subway station since the end of last year it takes a news base to create a vertical farm under artificial light that is cheap so much greater productivity than growing above ground. in the city you can i hope that by exposing our children to high tech enterprises like this at an early age they can one day contribute to korea's future and smart farming excellent in fact more engineering students in agriculture a student are being attracted to this life in farming got tougher when south korea lost its developing nation status at the end of last year that meant it could no longer use tariffs to protect its farmers it speeded up the government's efforts to harness technology in agriculture and initiative now given more urgency with the coronavirus smart technology means less face to face contact in how crops are grown

and sold in the. after the coronavirus people need to practice social distancing to farm technology helps and by achieving a uniform quality it's easier to sale online. new smarter ways for a new post virus reality robin bride al-jazeera sank to south korea. as always much more news on our web site al jazeera dot com the very latest on their on the coronavirus pandemic. so again i'm fairly battle with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. president has expressed surprise after his top infectious disease expert warned against reopening the economy too quickly donald trump has again called on states to lift coronavirus stress reactions and for schools to reopen it follows testimony by dr anthony fauci who said rushing to open up could lead to needless deaths when

they're not just playing both sides but if you just know very closely are you surprised by is it you're actually because you know. it's just to me it's not acceptable that you're. now some countries began gradually easing restrictions the world health organization is warning the coronavirus may never be wiped out entirely without a vaccine it could take years for the global population to build up sufficient levels of immunity to put this on the table this where is may become just another in demick virus in our communities and this where it's may never go away hiv has not gone away we've come to terms with the virus and we have found the therapies and we found the prevention methods and people don't feel as scared. as they did before and we're offering life to people with long healthy lives to people reach every. the european union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the

pandemic tourism makes up 10 percent of the glocks economy in the e.u. says the industry is not risk of collapse on message and measures on take in chile's health minister says the capital santiago will be put under lockdown on friday after a surgeon you call the 1000 infections a 1000000 people will no longer be allowed to go outside except for essential errands people over the age of $75.00 across chile have also been ordered to stay home there are now $2660.00 new cases in the last day in chile taking the total to more than 34000 in other news sudan is rejecting ethiopia's plan to start filling the reservoir of the largest hydroelectric dam in africa the sudanese are calling on both ethiopian egypt to resume seoul talks to settle the dispute over the grand renaissance dam age of 10 sudan fear the newly completed dam on the river nile will reduce their supply of water essential for agriculture those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story to stay with us.

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is safe from afghanistan's and last war newborn babies mothers and nurses were among 24 people killed when gunmen opened fire inside a kabul maternity hospital on choose days.