every generation has higher per machine. hours. allegations of police brutality in hong kong the police complaints watchdog also territory wrists being dragged into an era of terrorism. hello i'm so raman you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up thailand's getting back on track more steps are announced to ease restrictions after its coronavirus lockdown. mask over $900.00 testing ramps

up in the worst affected parts of kenya but many are worried they'll be forced into quarantine. and the koreas serving the u.k. but delivery companies are under fire for not looking out for their personal safety . welcome to the program the independent police complaints council in hong kong is calling for a review of guidelines on the use of tear gas during protests the watchdog has investigated allegations of police brutality joining anti-government demonstrations last year it says further training for officers dealing with protesters needs to be studied and the council warned that the territory risk getting dragged into what it called an era of terrorism. now in the past 8 months that we have seen in fact protests which originally or event degenerated into violent protests

using weapons of all kinds in fact against police and others property was destroyed . and this is the situation that our police force was faced with in their face with this situation of course they have to enforce the law and they have to protect. joshua wonga student activists to use being a key player in the pro-democracy movement he says the report will make the relationship between the authorities and the protest movement even worse. unfortunately the report released today will just be a key factor or trick of topic this content to the government and the police falls because when one in 8000 people arrest the especially if the 1st 8 are journalists religious leader the target during the protest high school student being far far far life wrong none of the producers were mentioned a profile that by the report but always claimed that is the fault of the public and public pain defiance so was proof that this. report from

the police wish it's not really valid enough as the one being arrest that will 8 times and being jailed for 3 times since last summer protests we experience the crackdown on protests by and possible kindness to all your gas and rubber bullets and even then some of the citizen older than that are a citizen they just hang out with their friends and family including me to sum up the shopping mall we still need to face their respective fired rubber bullets so perhaps before last summer always police might just pocket the act that was all hot line. protester or later on even. some of the elderly would be arrest that we out and that you give me reason and it also explain why arrest that people since last summer quotas they donned as one at the age of 11 and the oldest

one is at the age of 84 and when the hong kong polish calling off the term way to conduct mosque ras. indiscriminately is just more and more people anger how come some of the older than the redress of the different restaurants or area arrest that what the charges who can imagine a 84 yes oh in the east who join into any kind of riots which is really insane and also proof that how this report is meaningless. well thailand is further easing restrictions to get its economy moving again department stalls the shopping centers and food courts will begin reopening on sunday the 90 curfew has also been reduced but international flights remain banned which is bad news for the vital toll risen industry. buying coke only have its 3 start businesses in thailand. this is such a world here in the shopping district of the capital bangkok this is one of many complexes in this part of the city now this is the plaza in front of it normally be

teeming with shoppers from abroad and also thais doing their shopping here now this is one of the venues that's going to open up on sunday may 17th that's part of phase 2 the government has announced in their relaxation of coded in 1000 restrictions this is good news for those who run these models and those who own the shops inside and the restaurants there are also going to open those with the social distancing now it's very good news here because at least there's going to be some kind of commerce going but there's still a major question mark over the economy of this nation i think thailand has been on the right track and it's impressive. i've seen. coordination between all groups in the society i think sentiment has been improving as malls and businesses are gradually opening but economic recovery is far from certain and he emphasized in assessing for the government to provide assistance to those businesses to help restart the economy here the economy in

thailand was the worst hit in southeast asia from the cove it crisis he says that things are they're moving forward but it's very critical to keep a close eye because any uptick in the numbers of covert cases in thailand could derail their progress restrictions have been used in australia's most populous state after a 2 month lockdown public gatherings of up to 10 people in our large in new south wales and restaurants and cafes have been reopening or forty's urged people to maintain social distancing the state's recorded a new cases in the past bringing the total to just over 3000. china has gone a month without announcing any new deaths from the current virus that reported just 4 new cases on friday there's also been a significant boost in production as the economy shows signs of picking up between e.u. is in beijing with the details. so the chinese government here is at pains to emphasize that the momentum is looking good that there is

a steady recovery and that these figures are better than expected but of course the devil is in the detail and what we are seeing if we look deeper into these figures that is that the chinese economy is still struggling to recover from the core of a 19 standstill so industrial production has rebounded that is up 3.9 percent year on year and up from a 1 point one percent fall in large so those numbers a looking good retail sales unfortunately are down they fell by 7.5 percent which is even worse than what some analysts forecasted they forecasted a 6 percent fall and that's key because the chinese economy is very much powered by domestic consumption fixed asset investment was also down and people are buying property here it's 10.3 percent lower and urban unemployment rose slightly that's at 6 percent and that's up 0 point one percent from march now that figure in particular is want to pay attention to unemployment is a big issue here in china because the government sees it as key to social stability

but at the same time it's very difficult to get accurate data on unemployment figures here analysts say urban unemployment could be spiking and we could see about 22000000 people lose their jobs and that's just in cities of course china has a huge migrant worker population and some estimates are saying that there could be as many as 80 to 100000000 people losing their jobs across china and that would spell a lot of trouble. germany's economy has suffered its sharpest decline since the 2009 financial crisis europe's biggest economy shrank 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter compared to last year the lock downs imposed in mid march drastically cut exports and spending restrictions were used at the end of last month. a number of european countries have started reopening their borders with heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia are now allowing citizens to travel between the 3 countries it was being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain

a 14 day mentally quarantine is being in force of people allowed back in the e.u. heard earlier recommended its members close borders completely until may the 15. meanwhile measures have been easing in england this week certain workers are now back on the job and people can also spend more time outside but they've been there have been concerns that it's moving too quickly and that could spark a 2nd wave of infections the u.k. is one of the hardest hit countries in the world with more than 33000 deaths journal has more from london than how this is working in practice. the concern is now quite widespread that this is happening far too soon far too fast albeit these are only the very slightest easing of the lock down and only here in england the devolved ministrations in northern ireland scotland and wales have continued to be cautious they're not taking the steps just yet but here as of the beginning of this week if you worked in or if you weren't able to do your job from home but you do work or are able to work in a socially distanced coded friendly environment you were encouraged to go back to

work that affected mainly sort of construction and manufacturing environments disproportionately perhaps affecting lower skilled lower paid low skilled workers there are also greater freedoms of movements in the countries parks and recreation spaces the government's messaging has changed from stay home to stay alert on a central piece of guidance being offered is exercise common sense as you go about your business in terms of maintaining social distancing it's all provoked no shortage of criticism and confusion about just what this new policy actually means are people supposed to in general continue to stay at home and observe the lock down and continue to inhibit the pathways to infection in the spread of the virus or can they more or less freely now go about outside as long as they exercise common sense and anecdotally i can tell you here in london there's a lot of evidence of small shops independent cafes coffee shops small restaurants opening up for takeaways you know clearly testing the waters of the limits of these

gardens. while the pandemic has left many employees on sale i will working from home koreas have been busier than ever but some companies in the united kingdom are being criticised for failing to provide equipment necessary to ensure their safety so you're going to get reports now from london. it's a very busy time for self employed cleary a pool he use he's delivering twice as many packages them both full of the u.k. went into lockdown as well as the increased workload keeping safe is also a priority and that would usually involve using personal protective equipment or p.p. he also says it's quite difficult because 1st of all you have to go get over you know why you interact with people and it feels rude at 1st but fortunately i think the government a folder there and they the ball way though with all this woman getting paid premium place as key workers providing an essential service cleary is all supposed

to be guaranteed a measure of safety by the companies they work full but because they are technically self employed they are not guaranteed sick pay and many feel obliged to work even if they are on well and that poses a health risk to their families and the people they interact with. why the has been pressuring the government to provide health care workers with b.p. some of the companies trying cleary is are accused of overlooking their safety it's a very poor response as far as i'm concerned recently they've started to have this sort of. i want to say real. conversation with us but at this point the far as i'm concerned it's too little too late workers at this company behind me complained that at the start of the lockdown at one distribution point they were being forced to go out without any protective equipment now the company has since started providing mosques gloves and hand sanitizers but the question remains as to how

they could be forced to do that when they were facing an increased workload as well as risk of infection the company has said that it had been quote guided by the latest government advice and remained responsive to the latest updates. as the u.k. loosens its lockdown the unions representing workers say that members will still need those protections in place we still don't have a clear. rules or regulations in place for the face coverings against other countries how this clearly is a matter of concern a concern that's led to many saying protections must be guaranteed for those providing a crucial service june's pandemic senate ayodele edges era london. well still to come here on al-jazeera fearing an outbreak the 1st covert $9000.00 case reported in large refugee camps in bangladesh and colombia's government begins to reopen the economy but critics warn it's fun to see.

how i've got more heavy rain into central parts of china at the moment easing over towards southern areas of the pad long line of cloud heading say the weather systems affecting those particular areas the seasonal showers continuing then across southern parts of china things a little more mobile further north as well up towards a siberia and as that my push to a slightly warmer weather starts to ease its way in and that has led to the ice melt that we have in siberia and as per usual we're looking at some very high a river levels in places and some flooding for the showers here as we go through saturday for the showers longer spells of rain into central and southern parts of japan linking all the way back into central china and down towards the southeast

and conan the similar picture as we go on through sunday heavy rain starts to push away from honshu from q.c. temperatures in take you around 27 celsius that wetter weather slides out to siberia and that pushes towards the fog with east of china by saying at around 25 celsius may well some very heavy showers affecting southern parts of india at the moment we have got this circulation here that may well develop into a tropical cyclone over the next couple of days we're hopeful it will stay offshore at least for the time being elsewhere is hot and dry. but. the story of long family and freedom from my living here is that you are. he heard the sound of large explosions. and the hardships faced in captivity they came to me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i contain him i saw so much pain in the eyes in the end if you know. nile

and the our pricing. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera me sell run the reminder of our top stories the independent police complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last year's protests though it said there was room for improvement the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality. also thailand has announced that it will be reopening department stores of shopping centers and food courts it winds down its restrictions international

flights are still banned however straining the country's tourism industry and the way in the atlanta fear and dystonia have reopened their borders to each other in what's been described as the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble a number of european countries have started relaxing their rules the e.u. had earlier recommended that members close borders completely until may the 15. bus testing for quote a virus is underway in the worst affected areas of kenya but many are reluctant to be checked for fear of being forced into quarantine catherine so reports now from the capital nairobi. 1009. $100.00 he tells us his biggest problem is a stigma surrounding infection. people are afraid of me at work i can't even get

close to anyone they shun me and say i'm grown a virus even at home people don't want to associate with me feel lonely and quite sad sometimes. the woman who recorded this feature for al-jazeera remains in quarantine after reason she returning from china she says she didn't expect the poor sanitary conditions in the kenyan government square until all being forced to pay for a stay despite the government recently agreeing to cover all expenses some people in mandatory quarantine have attempted to escape and several others have sued the government for violating their rights movement been given no yeah so oh. it's in the. it is what you can do. and. government officials say they are addressing the complaints of blame some kenyans for not taking social distancing measures seriously as the number of people infected continues to rise and spread within communities. that cost just

a few measures to be enforced including binding travel in and out of nairobi as well as some counties on the coast a police barrio on the edge of $1.00 of the most affected neighborhood in the future people are not allowed to go when on leave the area which is a major trading hub mom left think one thing is also going on. but many kenyans are reluctant to get tested some say they're afraid they'll be forced into quarantine health experts are concerned that the government imagine sue response strategy may feel to flatten the cough.

home he says he's lucky to be alive and he's ready to return to work he also hopes that his neighbors friends and colleagues will soon stop seeing him as a threat to their health catherine sorry al-jazeera now will be kenya. it's been 72 years since hundreds of thousands of palestinians were forcibly evicted from their land to make way for the creation of israel the day is known as our neck of the catastrophe unlike previous years no rallies or protests are happening because of the coronavirus pandemic it brought him hers more from ramallah in the occupied west bank. as there is a ban on gatherings palestinians are not going to be going to that amala downtown as has been the habit every year and they've been instead asked to commemorate the day on social media sharing stories videos of people who survived the neck but who

are still alive until now or their children or grandchildren to tell stories of how palestinians will keep valuing the right of return and that they will never forget that they have lands and houses that they have been either evicted from or that they have to flee from because of the war back but now looking at the current political situation the dreams of refugees seem to be fading away with israel not only rejecting them the whole idea of return but also that israel is looking now for grabbing more land we are expecting an israeli government in the next few days and annexation of parts of the jordan valley and the illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank at high on its agenda it's worth mentioning that this is the 2nd anniversary of the u.s. moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem it was a big sign and

a big support big move of support by the u.s. to israel announce that they recognize jerusalem to be rated capital of course palestinians of long said that they have united nations security council resolutions saying that this is their land but also that the jerusalem is their capital everything a man has become the 1st person to test positive to covet 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh but for the virus could trace through the settlements in caucasus to solve with nearly a 1000000 people living there social distancing is difficult and access to running water limited release donovan as a spokeswoman for the un's refugee agency in caucasus bazaar she says more results isn't needed. it's a very worrying development and today's but the 1st step positive case within the refugee camps so far just a hunch an ace and tests have been done and most of the refugee population but in the causes but our district is the number is continuing to increase leave 134 cases

and causes our district today and in bangladesh more generally the number 3 and so confidently it hasn't 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 infected social distancing is extremely difficult it's the biggest refugee population in the world as 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. a powerful storm in the eastern philippines as false tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters severe winds of destroyed homes and cut off power supplies on the central island of some are typhoon of vong hong has now been downgraded to a tropical storm rescue efforts are being complicated by coronavirus restrictions. the government in columbia business is doing vital jobs to reopen after a 7 week lockdown but as a. reporter getting to work isn't the same as it was. taking

no chances at this bus station and strictly enforcing coronavirus instancing measures to control the number of passengers in each bus inside the station. as more than 2000000 people in this sprawling city go back to work for the 1st time in 3 days when i know i am a bit worried but it reassures me that they are forcing order and preventive measures we've got to help buy a motorcycle to be safe but for now it's not an option i officially the national quarantine continues here until may 25th but traffic is back and president has allowed the reopening of key sectors of the economy and for many it couldn't happen soon enough. at this construction site workers are back but have to go to temperature checks in painstaking this infection process for themselves and their

equipment. we complied with all the requirements and protocols of the city government unfortunately we were allowed to restart this is very important sector of the economy it employs many people it was key to be able to reopen and in a safe manner. despite the protocols the return of economic activity remains controversial the mayor of time particularly been a staunch critic of the national government. saying that the number of coronavirus cases keeps rising on a daily basis and that the peak of infections well arrive at some point in late june. with the measures relaxed more people are crowding the streets especially informal vendors in others who live hand to mouth. to lessen the impact the mayor has imposed a color coded zoning system people living in high risk areas need to remain home with help brigades in police enforcing borders i think obviously the government is

in a tough dilemma because we all knew that they face the risk of opening too soon and that could create a 2nd wave of contagion but if they didn't that would be the create more problems on the economy but at the same time it's unclear if the government has increased its capabilities on testing the i.c.u. capabilities throughout the country and contact tracing a risky but some say necessary move in a country with many economic needs although with infection still rising and the number of available intensive care units shrinking it could end up being too much too soon alison that m.p.'s. american doctors and engineers have developed 2 devices to help fight against covert 19 the staff at the university of michigan designed a so-called portable helmet as well as a negative pressure tent the both prevent infected air from escaping into the wider

environment said arcata is a co-inventor of those devices and found reflect sisson aerospace company he says they'll have in place applications beyond coronavirus treatment. even the patients want to mental looters they can be more to this device and will use similar cases you know we can spend ventilators for most critical cases it is in minute relation of this negative pressure how met which is a negative pressure chant that allows doctors to perform various procedures like track you ask me on brown caspian things that they're not doing right now i'm going to be patient because of the fear of going to civilization there's a greater risk for healthcare workers but when you're treating patients the space so there's no depression can't allows them to treat patients with procedures that they're badly need and so down that way the patient can be taken out of it later sooner. and treated accordingly we talk about the social distancing pain so we

certainly when the patient comes into that man balance or where now the people need health care workers are exposed to that why this matters if you have these negative pressure helmet on on the patient so the people around them are not infected with the lies even before entering the hospital so you could also use this new public spaces as well once a patient enters a hospital with a patient needs or treatment you can provide a hostage or 2 to the helmet and treat a patient that white and former larger procedures i mentioned already about batam so this is goes beyond their use for it and for other infectious diseases as well. the japanese government to the international olympic committee to fully share the cost of persona in the tokyo 2020 games day the i.o.c. announced it was setting aside $800000000.00 to deal with the effects of covert 19 but that is unlikely to be enough. at the meeting between the

i.o.c. and the organizing committee on the 16th of april the i.o.c. and japan agreed to jointly deal with the effects of the postponement including cost and that we will jointly evaluate and hold discussions we will continue to pay close attention to the progress of discussions between the i.o.c. the organizing committee and tokyo's metropolitan government. means the whole romney reminder of our top stories the independent police complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last year's protests though it said there was room for improvement the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality thailand has announced that it will be reopening department stores shopping centers and food courts as it winds down its restrictions international flights are still banned

however straining the country's tourism industry scott hardly has more than bangkok . now they're going to open shopping malls that's we're standing at central this is one of these big shopping complexes you've ever been to downtown bangkok the central dispatch here in downtown bangkok several of the main subway stops i should say metro stops skytrain stops at these massive shopping complex is that connected to them were one of them and they're very happy that they're finally opening after several weeks multiple weeks almost 2 months that they were shut down so obviously that's something that's important to the economy here but also it's really a quality of life issue for a lot of the people that live here in bangkok lithuania latvia and estonia have reopened their borders to each other in what's been described as the 1st travel bubble a number of european countries have started relaxing their rules the e.u. had earlier recommended members closed borders completely until may the 15th china's economy is showing signs of gradual improvement after its lock downs were

eased its industrial output is up 3.9 percent in april compared to last year but unemployment is higher and retail sales have fallen further than expected. a ring a man has become the 1st person to test positive for cave at 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh that's feared the virus could race through the settlements in cox's bazar with nearly a 1000000 people living there social distancing is difficult and access to running water limited. a powerful storm in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters many fear typhoon involved hong could cause catastrophic landslides it has now been downgraded into a tropical storm rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus those are the headlines more news in half an hour with pizza topping next talk to al-jazeera.

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