it's reality you have to. exposing the optics try and finish the if the rhetoric and get going but they cannot manipulate the listening post you're it's like going to the media if you see a. bear the in the in. a u.s. whistleblower warns of the darkest winter in modern history unless leaders take urgent action we have the world's greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution. alone barbarous are you watching our jazeera live from london also coming up past and present world leaders them and any coronavirus vaccine be free of charge for everyone called between

a pandemic and civil war when tragedies increase the suffering in yemen and the coronavirus is the take that in a bangladesh camp home to more than a 1000000 or injured refugees. a whistleblower has issued a stark warning over the coronavirus pandemic in testimony before the u.s. house of representatives break bright is the former head of the u.s. agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus he says he was sacked for raising concerns over the u.s. coronavirus response he told the house that unless urgent action was taken the country would be facing its darkest winter in modern history there have been more than $82000.00 coronavirus related deaths in the u.s. so far well our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on his testimony. dr rick wright repeatedly said that when he was head of

a vaccine agency within the u.s. government that he warned some top officials including the health and human services secretary alex aids are that there were insufficient stockpiles in terms of personal protective equipment ventilators he was told that his urgings were causing a commotion and he was removed from those meetings still he said he pressed because he was concerned that lives were being lost or could be lost and he's also issuing a stark warning about the future that there if there isn't a coordinated central and scientific bass player more lives could be lost with the next wave of coronavirus that hit in the fall here's what he had to say our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of code 19 this fall and we greatly compound that by the challenges of

seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history 1st and foremost we need to be truthful with the american people americans deserve the truth the truth must be based on science we have the world's greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution. now the u.s. president spoke alongside the health and human services secretary shortly before he departed for pennsylvania is in fact just arrived but when they spoke earlier alex aides are the head of that agency that dr bright reported to said that in fact dr bright really didn't have an issue because everything that was brought up was a ventilator addressed in terms of personal protective equipment terms of ventilators and the u.s. president for his part really tried to downplay and even discredit the integrity of

dr bright. saying the u.s. the head of the senate intelligence committee is stepping down as chairman because of an insider trading investigation richard burr allegedly sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis from the coronavirus the f.b.i. sees the burrs phone on wednesday by count as more from washington d.c. he says the highest levels of the justice department would have been behind that the citizen to serve a search warrant on burr. on the 13th of february senator burr made a series of trades some 3 dozen of them amounting to to $1700000.00 the significance of the date is that on the 12th of february the senate intelligence committee received a confidential briefing on the coming pandemic the f.b.i. has been investigating these trades since then and this week have knowledge formerly served the senator with

a warrant they have confiscated his phone the significance of this is that it's the highest levels of justice department that would have taken this decision and certainly a judge would have had to being consulted for the warrant most observers believe that once a warrant is served on a sitting member of congress then that member is in very serious trouble indeed now a number of other senators and members of the house were also accused of insider trading in the days of february and early april however at this stage senator byrd is the only one that we publicly know is being investigated by the f.b.i. . public health england has confirmed a new coronavirus antibody test is nearly 100 percent accurate prime minister boris johnson spokesman has hailed the finding as a potential game changer the u.k. is in talks with the swiss manufacturer of roche which says it can produce hundreds of thousands of the tests per week for britain governments worldwide are

considering mass antibody testing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions that tests show whether a person has had covert 19 but it's not yet clear whether the antibodies actually give permanent immunity should a whole has more in this story from london. well the government has hailed this development as an important one the fact that there is now and 2 body tests that public health england has verified is nearly 100 percent accurate in determining whether a person has had the corona virus in the past by the level of antibodies in that person's blood it's something that boris johnson the prime minister previously had said might be a game changer in in terms of lifting the lockdown further in terms of deciding who in society might be immune in future to the corona virus and therefore could go back to normal life in this talk of buying large quantities of this antibody test from the swiss manufacturer the pharmaceutical company russia and beginning by

giving it to frontline health care workers scientists are already pushing back somewhat at the underlying assumptions here because it's not definitively proven in fact that you do get immunity having had coronavirus it's not proven how long you get immunity and also there are questions about whether different people get different types of immunity if you were asymptomatic and had only a very slight infection with coronavirus you might have only a very low level of antibodies in the blood not conferring any sort of significant immunity and the government seems to accept that more needs to be known about immunity above all of course as everyone reaches for ways to lift lockdowns across the world the issue really is about a vaccine it is it is only a vaccine that will definitively bring this pandemic to a close and to that end as the race towards a vaccine goes on an open letter has been written by a pretty illustrious group of signatories more than $140.00 public figures around

the world including 50 world leaders former and current the headline figure is cyril ramaphosa the south african president and the century what is better is doing is it's the developing world urging the developed world where a vaccine is more likely to be discovered to ensure that it is made available for all. patient free specifically produced at scale very quickly to be provided to the billions around the world who will need it most as a gesture of global public good. well meanwhile the c.e.o. of a french pharmaceutical company has pledged that if his team develops a corona virus vaccine it will be available to all paul hudson who heads up a scent of has said that the u.s. government would be supplied 1st because it had funded the research center field which is based in france says since issued an apology after the french prime minister it worked filipe responded that equal access was non-negotiable there's no

guarantee any of the research being carried out around the world will be turned into a usable backs natasha butler has more on the story from paris. well the back story to this is that the boss all of the french pharmaceutical companies santa fe said that if his company were able to produce a coronavirus vaccine that vaccine would be available as a matter of priority to the united states because the u.s. has invested so much in research well those comments caused quite a controversy here in false firstly because santa fe has benefited from tens of millions of dollars worth of research credits from the french state and also because the french presence amount on my call has repeatedly said whichever country does come up with a vaccine 1st that vaccine must be available to all countries equally because this is a global pandemic while a french health minister of all says that he has spoken to the boss of santa fe the boss of santa fe has since retracted those comments and the health minister says

that he now feels assured that that vaccine would be available to all the french prime minister who are at war felipe has also been speaking today he's been talking about tourism about how to rescue forces tourist industry has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic by the knock down. because people of course have not been able to travel hotels restaurants museums cafes and shops millions of jobs of course are at stake the french prime minister says that 18000000000 euros will be put forward by the french government to help try and revive the industry. there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections in spain after a nationwide antibody survey showed that only about 5 percent of the population have actually contracted the corona virus the survey deals a blow to the prospect of herd immunity which needs much higher levels of contagion for it to be effective on thursday spain recorded its highest number of daily

fatalities in a week with 217 deaths the country has been one of the worst affected by the pandemic with more than 27000 deaths and almost 230000 cases meanwhile spanish health workers have been paying tribute to their colleagues killed by the virus 2 minute 2 minutes of silence was held outside hospital in madrid where than 50000 health workers have been infected by code with 1000 across spain accounting for 20 percent of the total number of infections. the u.n. envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of kolarov malaria and the corona virus confirmed infections have surged to $72.00 in recent days but the charity save the children says that 385 patients have died over the past 7 days showing coronavirus like symptoms are

diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations thank you very much giving his monthly update to the un security council special envoy martin griffiths seem frustrated his efforts to achieve a cease fire have not borne fruit and the situation in southern yemen has got much worse the president i'm deeply concerned about the situation of course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing. the people of them in particular facing outbreaks of privet 19 and other diseases are believed to include malaria cholera and death is rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the health system is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. ever since the coalition began its campaign a bombardment 5 years ago the un has been describing the humanitarian situation in the country as the worst on earth saudi arabia has led the coalition and the other

main military participant has been the united arab emirates yet it is forces backed by those 2 countries who are now fighting each other in the south official statistics show there been 13 deaths in yemen from coburg 19 but there is virtually no testing being carried out in the country and the real situation might be much more concerning save the children who published the to stick from doctors in the southern port city of aden suggesting in the last 7 days alone 385 patients have died with corona virus like symptoms james al-jazeera at the united nations u.n. agencies say refugees and migrants living in libya are being threatened by both fighting and the coronavirus the u.n. says there's a high risk that the outbreak will escalate following the deaths of 3 people and dozens of infections and it's warned that fighting is hampering the delivery of aid

having a catastrophic effect on civilians including like once libya is home to more than 650000 migrants many of whom live in cramped conditions with little access to health care. well fighters loyal to the warlord highly for half hour launched a rocket attack on the capital tripoli on thursday that's where the u.n. recognize government is based a hospital and civilian areas were targeted injuring at least 14 people. still to come in this half hour when your of racing for resources and bob wins a struggle to keep socially distant is the queue for water. from the highway to working from home a swedish company keen to get remote working on the. hour

the weather is not particularly vicious in australia or new zealand the winds of time down a bit there's no significant frontal system or a few showers around you might call them useful but probably not if you're on the coast of new south wales or cells in queens not yet but happening in the tropics frankly temperature wise backward should be 19 in sydney 17 now late in the sunshine in person the temperature is dropping in fact it's disappointing if you're on the pacific coast because i mean look at brisbane for example 24 degrees maybe on friday then showers for saturday and sunday the temp should not changing very much not cold admittedly but not blazing sunshine. now the spring rains have been pulsing out of china and every policies we have in the last one is no exception it is quite a big policy orange hot means heavy rain for south korea and then for home she messes up in japan minute reached on friday and the trading end is just to redevelop but further south in china itself you might get the edge of the right in

tokyo on saturday and it moves away from home by the end of the day the picture in hong kong is you almost entirely free from the show as they arrive on monday which is described as a hot day in the local forecast at 33 degrees. apart after public. one dishy the time. when i want to east visit the putting school serving up put to the disadvantaged and downtrodden. on al-jazeera. the hero world needs right. the

on. the back use a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a top u.s. immunologist says the country could face the darkest winter of recent times if it doesn't improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic dr rick wright says he was removed from his government post for raising concerns about preparedness world leaders have made a plea for the eventual covert 19 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries other than 40 current and former leaders of nobel laureates and academics and the open letter calling for a global sharing of technology the u.n. envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the coronavirus confront infections have

surged to 72 in recent days but ongoing fighting is making it difficult to monitor the spread. 2 people have tested positive for covert 19 in a refugee camp in bangladesh the government says one of the people infected is a refugee the other is from the surrounding host population health experts warn the virus could spread quickly through the camps because of the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions the camps are hold more than a 1000000 refugees who fled the military offensive in myanmar more than 2 years ago louise donovan is a spokeswoman for the u.n. human rights commissioner in cox's bazaar she says what's needed there is sufficient facilities to cater for those affected. very worrying development and today but the 1st step positive case within the refugee camps so far just a hunch an ace at tests have been done and most of the refugee population but in

the causes but our district is the number is continuing to increase leaves 134 cases and causes our district today and in bangladesh more generally that the numbers are there and so confidently and so the numbers continue to increase that there is a shortage of testing however it is increasing and testing only began in causes or at the beginning of april so we're in can't continue to increase the testing and what's particularly important for us at the moment is to establish adequate response capacity and we've been putting preparatory measures in place with the governments of partners since the beginning of march but at the moment what we need is to have adequate facilities to cater for people who may be in fact it social distancing is extremely difficult it's the biggest refugee population in the world is we have had more than 40000 people living living briskly kilometers so it's very very challenging and in terms of hygiene promotion we have established hand-washing facilities all over the county we're increasing distributions and in terms of response capacity at u.n.h.

there is a stoppage to isolation and treatment facilities which should be operational from from next week and while there are other partners are also submachine isolation treatment facilities and also quarantine facilities so basically anybody who is identified as being over 1000 positive all contacts through the contact tracing in these people who put into quarantine at the moment the target is to have $1100.00 and isolation treatment beds available which will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we want to reach the tigers. millions of zimbabweans are living without access to safe drinking water water trucks bring some relief but they attract huge crowds and social distancing is impossible when people say they don't feel safe and are urging the government to act for him and mohamed has gone. crowd scramble to carry as many buckets as they can as a water tank arrives into agrees a many go for days without water and the town on the outskirts of the capital

harare has anxiously waited for summer spite to have been on a better support others that they were about to give us lunch at the funeral but i knew i had to run the moment i heard the truck. go to escape because of the worst drought in decades forcing many to leave their homes as they just had to get their share of water it's difficult to practice social distancing covert 19 is the new threat to the area once the epicenter of a nationwide cholera epidemic graeme what do we know that they are not yes i got the water but chances are that i also got the disease social distancing here you can't avoid the pushing everyone wants a drop. in other townships aid groups are trying to enforce the rules so is that what the point is that what happens committee is that scientists will take place with the image we see it so what we did is well scored more still in europe we conducted training for the point for me to use sensitizing the fighters and how it

springs into any encourage that these social distancing if they were to so that when people are searching what they encourage social distancing so that these centers this what a place much become if you seem to as a people can get to fight us but some residents say it isn't enough to keep people safe and want a long term solution if you were going to do with us is we thank doctors without borders for these water points because we are desperate for water hunger is hitting us hard during these times of covert 19 we can die from malnutrition and disease we also need food. human rights watch says more than 2000000 people in harare const get safe drinking water or waste disposal services and is the government to improve infrastructure zimbabweans also face food and fuel shortages and a surge in malaria cases with the economy in turmoil many are forced to stockpile as much as they can and q 4 hours for basic necessities risking their health in the

process. mohammed al jazeera let's go to brazil now where the number of coronavirus infections has surged to nearly 200000 but as the country struggles to contain its outbreak the president has called on state governors to ease their lockdowns meanwhile argentina is beginning to lifted strict measures for the 1st time in 2 months that i suppose takes a look at the situation across latin america. everyone this is a regular occurrence in brazil this days people burying their loved ones who died of covert 19 the death toll in brazil continues to rise and it's now the hardest hit country in south america but in spite of the rise in infections brazil's president who refers to the coronavirus pandemic as a little flu remains defiant and wants to open up the economy the soonest. for the lego staying at home for those that can is find not

a problem but for those who cannot those who have an empty fridge and 3 or 4 children crying with hunger it is out of reach. brazil. has been a staunch opponent of lockdown prioritizing the economy and like argentina who's president of the for a man this imposed one of the strictest quarantines in the world. at an annual gas owns a bookstore in one of scientists this week the government authorized some shops in the city to open up he will no further use it's difficult because the economy's in very bad shape but i support the president did we have to do it because if not the death toll would be much higher. but the possibility of a rise in infections has not been discarded as the death toll in recent days has doubled argentina's government has started to open up some sectors of the economy as millions of people mostly informal workers are struggling to make ends meet argentina's economy was already in the red before the pandemic which makes the

situation for many years even more difficult for us in the light of the pattern and the fact that people have to take to reimpose a complete lockdown if there is a surge in cases nationwide. they lock down is not working out everywhere else in the region but who has almost 80000 infections in spite of the lockdown imposed 2 months ago in the city of the details right next to the amazon river doctors say they are desperate for a part of it today we are in a state of total catastrophe the health system has collapsed more than $300.00 people are cared for daily health personnel both doctors and nurses and technicians in general are decimated today there are more than 150 doctors hospitalized will do a serious from the i.c.u. we are demanding that the government declare libretto a catastrophe and exhaust. 19 reached latin america

a bit later than other regions and while some government used the time to gear up others like brazil continue to prioritize the economy over the population's health that he said will. a suicide bombing in southeast afghanistan has killed at least 5 civilians and injured more than 20 a truck packed with explosives blew up near a military facility in pak a province that taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation for the government's decision to resume an offensive against a group it happened 2 days after more than 50 people including women and newborn babies were killed in kabul and on guard the wave of violence is a major setback to the prospect of peace in afghanistan an estimated 200000 people have been forced into emergency shelters after a typhoon hit the eastern philippines typhoon involved fall is the 1st to hit the country this year power has been cut off and homes destroyed provincial and city

governments are already short and resources because of the coronavirus they're now struggling to keep those the splay socially distant in overcrowded conditions. many people continue to work from home one swedish company is developing new technology that could allow truck drivers to do the same poll recently ports from sound hold in southern sweden. this may not be the most thrilling driving experience just yet but it could be the future of long distance trucking this is a testing site for i mean right already in commercial operation with one haulage company in sweden i mean right builds remote controlled trucks driven from a far from the comfort of an aerodynamic office chair. we just have to show the general population that the trucks are safer or safer of them the crooks that we have on the roads today they will never get tired they will never fall asleep and

the reality of today is that there's a shortage of truck drivers if you're doing trucking it's very very hard to find drivers it's hoped that some may find this less exhausting than life on the open highway now from the point of view of a truck driver taking this job instead of buckling up for a long day on the road there just arrived to the office drive the truck from here perhaps go to the gym at lunch time and even at the end of the day of the truck was hundreds of kilometers away they could be home in time for dinner. the trucks all fueled by battery operated via mobile data so it stands out in progress some measures the distance the government right now restricts them to 5 kilometers per hour so the trucking company already using them only does so at their own premises their actual top speed is still secrets but is already much closer to national traffic limits on rights say the trucks can also keep the flow of goods moving during crises such as the corona virus pandemic while the remote's drivers remain

isolated. it's not an idea as yet fully embraced by sweden's existing army of truckers here in the southern city of model my. job. i like my job you meet many people say hello sometimes 60 stops a day this thing can work and floats would mean ferry terminals but the way we drive i don't think so do. make things easier when it works but it's hard to replace a human being who doesn't force me into retirement anyway i don't want things to change too fast. or to closures and reduced production have caused job losses in sweden's trucking industry but the lack of a lockdown has helped keep it rolling remote driving may be a vital addition if not a replacement for a system that keeps people and the economy alive paul reese al-jazeera some told

sweden new zealanders are enjoying being able to do everyday things again such as going to restaurants and shopping centers as well as business is reopening children will be allowed to go back to school on monday but social distancing rules remain and gatherings are restricted to 10 people the government has announced record spending of about $30000000000.00 over 4 years to revive the economy. now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a top u.s. immunologist says the country could face the darkest winter of recent times if it doesn't improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic dr rick price has been testifying before the u.s. house of representatives right as the former head of the u.s. agency responsible for developing a vaccine he says he was removed from his post for raising concerns about

preparedness our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of code 19 this fall will be greatly compound by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 who would be the darkest winter in modern history the head of the u.s. senate intelligence committee is stepping down from the role because of an insider trader trading investigation richard burr allegedly sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stocks just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis from coronavirus the f.b.i. seized burrs phone on wednesday public health england has confirmed a new coronavirus antibody test is nearly 100 percent accurate governments worldwide are considering mass antibody test thing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions. and world leaders have made

a plea for the eventual coba $1000.00 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries $140.00 current and former leaders nobel laureates and academics penned at the open letter of calling for a global sharing of technology. the u.n. envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color malaria and the corona virus confirmed infections have surged to 72 in recent days but ongoing fighting is making it difficult to monitor the spread and 2 people have tested positive for covert 19 in a refugee camp in bangladesh the government says one of the people infected is a refugee the other is from the surrounding hills population. that's it from london 101 east is next. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that coal means

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