the opening the green economy needs all that plus spoils biggest player moving in on a little piece of northeast england. counting the cost on al-jazeera. al jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm terry you navigate that coming up in the next 60 minutes brazil who says its 2nd health minister in less than a month and chile's capital prepares for a lockdown as latin america fights soaring infection rates and failing health systems we started off with over $100.00 we're down to 14 he calls it operation at work speed trumps details of how he thinks he'll get

a vaccine by the end of the year. a race against time in bangladesh is refugee camps after the 1st coronavirus cases are discovered. and hong kong's police watchdog clears officers of brutality after months of violent protests. hello latin america's coronavirus crisis is accelerating brazil's health minister nelson taisha has resigned after just weeks on the job the 2nd to leave the post in less than a month both he and his predecessor locked horns and president both so there are his plans to reopen the economy but brazil is now one of the world's worst hot spots with more than 14000 people dead and 208000 infected meanwhile mexico has recorded its highest number of daily infections after nearly 2 and

a half 1000 people tested positive hospitals in the capital reportedly almost full chile's capital santiago goes into lockdown in just a few hours after a resurgence in cases thousands of new graves are being dug in the city's main sentry but colombia has allowed some essential businesses to reopen after a 7 week shutdown led to a fall in the infection rates of the world health organization has called for a cohesive leadership across latin america to control the spread of the virus. from the perspective in brazil we've seen the increase in the number of cases and in general we've seen an increase in the number of central and south american countries. and i think this is been a factor in many large federated stage the director general has i think said this many many times. regardless of the effectiveness of the whole system what's really crucial is that there is coherence cohesion and across party all of government all of society approach strict new lockdown measures are due to come into effect in

chile in the coming hours as you're hearing $7000000.00 residents of the capital santiago will be placed under mandatory quarantine the health ministry announced the measure on wednesday after a surge in new cases a nationwide corn seen for all people over 75 years old was also announced late last month santiago had started to ease some restrictions allowing people to go sopping chile has almost 40000 confirmed cases and more than 390 deaths let's bring in our line america editor on the sea a newman joining us from santiago to tell us more about the capital's unprecedented lockdown. that's right it's a don't really a resurgence of cases it's just a continuation and image illusion of cases because chile had really never brought them down but they thought that they had had the relatively under control that clearly is no longer the case the number of new infections in chile is the country

in latin america that does the highest number of testing just today i think there was something like 12000 new tests made and an alarming number of those have proved to be positive we've had 5 times the number of infections today than 5 then just less than 2 weeks ago so it's going up and up and up and so of the numbers of deaths and we've seen for example that at the cemetery the the grave diggers are working overtime to try to make sure that there are enough 3 graves in case this just gets worse as many people fear that it could now at this hour you can see not many cars on the street people have been racing to get home before the full lockdown begins and the government has also set up a cordon around the city all the exits to santiago so people can't get out and go to 2nd homes which is illegal but people have been breaking that rule over and over again and they've also circle they've also cordoned off the entrances to other

cities especially those near the beach to keep the contagion from spreading to those parts of the country as well the president was at the airport today he was receiving more than 200 new ventilators and more personal protection of footmen for medical staff and for ordinary chileans but the problem is that there is a great shortage of nurses and other trained personnel to use this kind of equipment so the situation right now is becoming very dire indeed and how much pressure is this putting on the health systems themselves. it's a tremendous amount of pressure it's already at the limits here in santiago a air lift is been already put under what is already being operated by the air force there met him backing people from santiago to other hospitals to other i.c.u. unit in cities around the country because the hospitals here in santiago can no longer cope or at least many of them and although there is an integrated medical

system that keeps that that includes the private and the public hospitals they're filling up everywhere very very quickly and in fact they're at over 90 percent at this moment and if the numbers keep rising the way they are now they're going to be full in just a day or 2 right so the suman thank you very much for that update from santiago. all mexico has reported its largest one day rise in corona virus cases health officials confirmed over 2400 new infections on thursday the government says the country is facing its most difficult moments in the pandemic let's get an update from john home and he's joining us from mexico city again same question to you john as i post on the cea how is the health system holding up. from what it sounds like it's holding up a little bit better than it is in chile the country's president came out and said that there were still 50 percent of beds available other estimates put it as less than that but the government is still saying that it isn't

a saturation point at the moment there's still intensive care beds available this still ventilators available we've obviously made our own inquiries talking to medical staff who have backed that up they said that they lack in protective gear in many hospitals but also there's disorganization in which patients can go to which hospitals and that can mean long time and lives lost on the route to hospitals but the hospitals themselves and the health care system thickly here in the capital which is the heart of the epidemic up to now is holding up and the big question here you mentioned that mexico is at the height of its pandemic according to the mexican government and the country's president said this morning in a press conference he said but there's light at the end of the tunnel and he thinks that lights coming pretty soon because the government's actually going to start opening up some of the support it sees for monday and then from the 1st of june they're going to gradually start opening up different regions in the rest of the country i think people are questioning we've just had or we can which we've had the

highest daily death count the highest daily amount of cases we're really going to be ready for that in 2 weeks and those questions are very been increased by the fact that other experts in the in the country been saying we think that there's a lot more cases and possibly a lot more deaths met because actually corona coronavirus our set him self actually the real number of cases could be at least 8 times what we've been reporting so that's what the mets can governments planning at the moment quite and putting quite a positive spin on this and the question will be in 2 weeks' time whether those plans really do play out and on who are the most vulnerable in mexico. we this country actually has quite a lot of vulnerable people according to scientists obesity and diabetes are 2 conditions which leave people vulnerable to the corona virus in mexico 70 percent of the adult population is obese and one in 7 of adults in metzger have diabetes so

there are people at risk in this country especially if things do get out of control but there are other people that are vulnerable and that's the medical stuff about a coup or just less than a quarter of the coronavirus cases in the country have been in the medical stuff but they're vulnerable not just because of that i was talking to a nurse on the phone just the other day and she said we're frightened that if the corona virus doesn't get us in the public will and that's because in something very peculiar to mexico the medical staff been attacked verbal and even physically thrown off buses had water dirty water or bleach for on at them because people are scared that they carry the virus and that they will affect the people that are around them that's in a real sort of contrast to other countries where they're being seen as heroes right now obviously that's not all mexicans it's not all medical stuff but it is a problem that's been serious enough that the chief sort of nurse in mexico had to actually go on to the primetime press conference and plead with people to

understand where the medical staff here are coming from the risk they're running all right so down home and thank you very much for that update from mexico city. and sorry about what's going on in colombia because it's providing one bit of hope in latin america as it allows some businesses to reopen after a 7 week lockdown around 2000000 people employed in vital jobs are back at work but getting there isn't the same as it was on a sunday or a petty has more from bogota. taking no chances at this bus station in 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 50 days when i know i am a bit worried but it reassures me that they are forcing order and preventive measures with god's 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 to the reopening of key sectors of the economy and for many it couldn't have happened soon enough there at this construction site workers are back but have to go through temperature checks in painstaking this infection process for themselves and their equipment will be and. 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. yet despite the protocols the return of economic activity remains controversial the mayor of time particularly has been a staunch critic of the national government decisions to reopen saying that's a number of koran of cases keeps rising on

a daily basis and that the peak of infections well only arrive at some point in late june. with the measures relaxed more and authorised people are crowding the streets especially informal vendors in others who live hand to mouth i 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 with gates and police and forcing borders. i think obviously the government is in a tough dilemma because we all knew that they faced the risk of opening too soon and that could create a 2nd wave of contagion but if they didn't that would even 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 i listen to them. and let's bring in ana sondra now he's joining us from bogota so that's a situation over in the capital as you spell out in your report but the government's concern is now turning to the amazon region out of. absolutely in the amazon region of colombia they're in the cases of rose now in just less than a month from one confirmed case to practically a 1000 there have been already 30 people who have died in the capital of the colombian amazon the city of d.c. and there are between another turkey to 50 deaths that the cities there are trying to confirm if they also have to do with the 19 the problem is that there is

a very dire lack of testing available in that region and that's why the president of colombia has announced that there will be another 15 days total lockdown throughout the amazon the president also saying the army to patrol the border with brad pitt to the city abilities is right on the border with those 2 countries and we know that the situation is particularly dire in brazil as we've reported many times and the number of infections that there are just spiraling day after day there are no more graves available at the local cemetery so the mayor was looking for a new birth ground for death this is very worrisome of course 17 doctors were also sent from the capital bogota to try and help there there are only 2 hospitals for the entire region and only 8 ventilators that gives you an idea of just how

worrisome this situation is in what is a very remote area of the country but right on the border with brazil where we also know there has been a huge increase in infections in that part of the amazon all right on a sunday thank you for that update from bogota. u.s. house of representatives sets a possible loss the relief package to save the world's largest economy but it's likely to hit a dead end in the senate the fun totals 3 trillion dollars to fight the impacts of the pandemic and democrats insist every cent is necessary to measure includes $500000000000.00 in aid to state governments another round of direct payments to individuals and families as well as hazard pay for front line workers 36 and a half 1000000 people have filed for unemployment since the crisis began that's more than one in 5 of america's workers let's bring in our white house correspondent kelly halakhah to tell us more about this 3 trillion dollars plan

kimberly and why it's facing pushback by some. yes you have to remember that this would be like the 4th package that's been pushed through by congress or this one in this case attempted to push through as so the view is at least by conservatives on capitol hill who control the u.s. senate that this can pass in the democrat controlled house of representatives but we're not letting it pass through that aperture because we're really concerned about all the money that's being spent and how it's being spent 1st of all they argue it's not just a bill that deals with chronic virus they accuse the democrats of tucking other pet projects in like environmental justice expanding marijuana use a sort of things that don't necessarily have to deal with front line response to coronavirus so that's the 1st thing the 2nd thing is is that democrats have been accused by republicans of essentially paying people to stay home something that republicans are opposed to they say that what we need to do is specially as the

weather is warming up is get people out of their homes that the cost of keeping people indoors could be more detrimental in fact one of the white house advisor said you know rises in alcoholism drug abuse these are all grave concerns in fact one of the top advisers here at the white house said we can't spend our way into prosperity there's a real feeling that what needs to be done is there needs to be another legislative package but it should include something like an infrastructure projects repairing roads and bridges that are crumbling in fact the u.s. president saying this particular package if it gets to his desk which it's unlikely to do he's not going to sign it he said it would be dead on arrival but what he did say is that there would be a phase for a 4th package but it's not going to be this one there's a better way for the american people so don't try to say look at i'm supportive of more relief just not in this current form yeah and really what is he saying about a vaccine because he sounds like he's pretty hopeful about one. yeah overly

optimistic is how some would describe it and it was a bit of an unusual rose garden press conference today because in the midst of now saying operation warp speed and trying to get a vaccine the president says by the end of the year which public health officials say is pretty optimistic given they think best case scenario would be 12 to 18 months the us president also said that he thinks there isn't really a need for a vaccine or in other words this is all going to go away at some point we have to get out there no matter what an event slee people will become a meal 2 on end you know america is going to rise to the occasion vaccine or not it was a little bit unusual as he pressed forward on vaccine development naming this task force the 2 people to head it up as he also said that he believes that there's been a lot of progress take a listen experts throughout the government have been collaborating to evaluate

roughly 100 vaccine candidates from all over the world they have identified 14 that they believe are the most promising and they're working to narrow that list still further so we started off with over 100 we're down to 14 and we have some really interesting choices to be made doing very well through operation warp speed the federal government is providing unprecedented support and resources to safely expedite the trials moving on to record record record speed. now why the u.s. president believes that this will ultimately be a successful endeavor is because he believes this is a unique public private partnership and that he's cut through a lot of red tape regulatory red tape that used to exist and kind of was a hinderance in his view to scientific research as the 1st day he was asked by reporters so what if china gets the vaccine before the united states does given the

fact that relations are really pretty bad right now the u.s. president said that's not a problem he says even if relations aren't great he says the united states and his new doesn't have ego he'd be happy to work with them if china gets the vaccine 1st all right some relief thank you very much for that update it's now the u.n. secretary general antonio terraces told al-jazeera that the only way to defeat this virus is through international solidarity and unity since the cold 1000 years show no for a drive the world these we are not able to fight effectively if i it was like the koran of idols and that we would need unity and solidarity to defeat the koran of unfortunately there is no unit and that is not enough so that if you specially developing world we see you know the virus spreading in africa in latin america in some parts of asia and unfortunately the east germans will be needed to help those companies defeat the vitals protect their populations and lead me to the emetic

economic and social impact on their people those estimates of solidarity have been very scarce and indeed there has been a division of the vision 1st of all different strategies of different countries not effective coordination of the actions to the feet to the vital. aid workers in bangladesh her racing to stop the corona virus from spreading in the world's largest refugee camp more than 1200 rohingya families have been placed in quarantine after the 1st covert 19 cases were confirmed cox's bizarre mohammad's mtume has more. in conscious bizarre preparations to combat the spread of coping 1000 were underway well before the 1st case of the disease was confirmed among the reigning a refugee population. extremely concerned about the devastating toll the virus could take on one of the world's most vulnerable communities the united nations refugee agency has been working hard to construct isolation shelters and quarantine

facilities at the moment the target is to have 1100 and isolation treatment beds available which will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment it doesn't reach the tigris. around 1000000 rohingya refugees reside here a place where sanitation has long been inadequate an area so densely packed that social distancing is nearly impossible it's because refugee population in the we have had more than 40000 people living briskly commerce it's very very challenging and in terms of hygiene motion we have established handle she facilities all over the camps. for months anxiety and alarm have been growing in the camps as a population so traumatized by the violence they fled in neighboring me and more now has to contend with the threat unlike any they've known before. aid workers aren't only concerned about the health of the rohingya you can see you know there's

a big cost community and god says build up not just joining us so how to really make sure that. extended toward thorsten needy and going up you can see more than 100 bangladeshi host community people are already infected in gaza over 90. 1 in the refugees have long dreaded this moment living as they do in the kind of squalid conditions that are ripe for the spread of the coronavirus realizing again what little sympathy their plight in genders from an international community that continues to largely ignore them. is here or ram dass is care bangladesh's deputy country director and i asked him what's being done to help the refugees. it is like ah something with a go ment and the un agencies have been working intensively in this camps trying to expand isolation and prevent capacities for all people including their own yes so

we have people pretty good supplies like the detective document and be undertaking country mistreating york and its workers so one of the key actions which has been taken and are in the camps is creating new isolation and treatment centers are. almost yearly completion which will treat people with covert related illnesses. just pick health facilities i've also been stranded and to meet this situation the head of the international monetary fund says the recovery from the pandemic offers a rare a chance to tackle inequality but only if the money goes in the right direction let's discuss this with robert scott he's a senior international economist at the economic policy institute is joining us from the u.s. state of maryland hi there thanks for speaking to us on the al-jazeera needed our help me on this call by the i.m.f. chief was specifically directed at big technology companies and she said that they're reaping gains as a result of the increased reliance on online systems and what do you make of her

call. i think it's absolutely correct that the high tech companies are their winners in this global pandemic we're experiencing as a wave of global creative destruction as economist joseph schumpeter put it saying massive destruction right now the question when it was we will get the creation later we're sure going to need it we're going to destroy millions of jobs and businesses in the u.s. and around the world i'm not at all confident that the high tech companies can be counted on to simply. distribute the benefits of their new found by jess willingly to those most in need they will chase the dollars that go where consumers are who can spend most in their systems we need to demand that these companies provide access for those most in the most in u.s. and around the world and just put this into context for us and tell us how these tech companies how the virus rather and the impact of the virus is making these

tech companies richer robert scott is still with us. all right apologies we seem to have lost our connection with robert scott in maryland but we'll tell you about what's coming up on the al-jazeera news hour in just a moment and it's the race to road open the world's most popular tourist attractions but will people go on holiday during a pandemic. and too much too soon warnings of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections spindle and allows people to return to work. hello there has some very heavy rain push across southern areas of europe over the last a day or 2 you can see here on the satellite. seen plenty of cloud and this has been

bringing more very heavy amounts of rain and just look at this this is what the rain has done. this is actually about 5 days rain a consecutive days but totaling about $145.00 millimeters so perhaps not surprising scenes like this but also trees are come down the winds were pretty strong at times as well and you can see by day even that the rain is still very much of the water should say still very much on the streets now to some more rain in the forecast and i'd imagine no rain is really welcome but not as heavy as we have seen it again trading down into all central and eastern areas of spain really across much of europe it's largely dry but we've got a fair amount of cloud about cycles of time which is still a little bit on the low side for this time of year more amosun strong winds maybe some mountain snow pushing into areas of norway but where we have got the warm air is across the southeast book arrest on into athens and in fact the temperatures here about 8 or so degrees above the average for this time of year now through sunday it stays warm across much of the southeast tom it is beginning to improve

across into areas of spain the cloud is clearing but you know she's rain pushing into northern sections of the u.k. generally a caddy picture and a high of 90 in london. early tests. and trace frank assessments it's only struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action we put them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one that's a later 1000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines in the adult enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera examining the impact of today's headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussed moods are no damn life that was in these walls and now

there is no live in the one global experts and discuss and in this democracy why are people not voting international filmmakers and world class journalists. on how to sarah. now the look on the top stories on the al-jazeera is our is ill health minister nelson sweet taste has resigned after just weeks on the job the 2nd to leave the poster in the cove with 19. strict new lockdown measures are due to come into effect in chile in the coming hours following a surge in new cases. president donald trump has announced a new project

a fast track record a virus vaccine and develop one by the end of the year but experts have warned that it could be at least 12 to 18 months until the vaccine is ready for the public. from the beaches of bali to the shopping malls of dubai tourist spots that used to draw millions of visitors have been left devastated by the coronavirus pandemic so the economic effects are stark portugal's tourism dependent economy shrank by nearly 4 percent in the 1st quarter of 2020 francis struggling to avoid a similar fall outs and has announced a $19400000000.00 investment plan for the terrorism sector meanwhile dubai is a glittering gold souk has reopened but officials only expect business to improve by 50 percent not until july or august or thora teasin indonesia's tropical island of bali say they've controlled the outbreak but it's famed beaches won't reopen until october and it's not just human lives at risk with tourists gone there's

a lack of money to protect endangered wildlife like black rhinos from poachers for more on the tourism industry we can speak to a polo because really he's the secretary general of the world tourism organization he's joining us from madrid thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour your latest datta shows that 100 percent of destinations have restrictions in place and in fact you say international tourist numbers could fall between 60 to 80 percent this year how and when do you see a way out of this crisis. well there in any rate and thank you for inviting me as you mentioned more than 150 countries 100 percent are locked and we're looking for 3 different scenarios more honest if international clients will start and more this will open and they're there to learn it the 2nd sinatra's september and the last 1 is december as we see it is where monitoring all member states more really don't

want will be the september's case and we're looking that the degrees of international visitors will be around 706-670-6570 percent during 2020 and we know now is recommending a phase then coordinated approach to reopening their borders and lifting restrictions to rescue the tourist industry and this is a plan that you yourself say you are encouraged by it's why do you think it's the right course of action at this point this is 1st time in the history of the e.u. that european commission open problem and started to talk about tourist sector like it most important and relevant to the sector in the in the history again and this is 1st time in the history when europe is totally locked and it's impossible to look through from spain to france from france we don't need any mention of spain italy or france and other countries without totus so we welcome the initiative or france. they pledged 1300000000 euros just 2 days ago

and most important thing now again to open borders and to start international flights without it it will be impossible to reach and to come back to the same situation that's central to worry here does it not worry you that the europe or w.h.o. director has warned european countries specifically that they could face a 2nd wave of infections in the winter if they begin to ease their locked on restrictions. it's impossible to predict now and let's wait and let's see it 1st that what everybody will have to do is to trust that trust is the new currency and. we have to fly and then we have to start moving because again we're talking about millions of jobs on the risk 100000000 of jobs on the wrist worldwide and it's not going to tourism we're going through which can recover but without it was can and has a possibility to recover and to help this jobs and the people who are in that

sector so our recommendation is to start start and mentally it people will start going to. trips and then the next step will be international clients we don't want working very hard or 24 hours to establish their steps. try going to home to go work on it and i'm sure that safety and health one of the most important thing of course but there possibility i think will recover and to start and to come back to normal life and that and just very briefly i mean how would you describe the severity of this crisis on the tourism industry oh i describe the severity of this crisis on the tourism industry how would you rate it from a scale of one to 1010 being the worst today where of. that on the peak of the crisis that it's up to end of course but at the end of the

year we will have to refight again it depends on a lot of international flights and i'm sure that many internet or companies starting from the emirates now it's look not right once and like that it will start flight and it will happen in july definitely there's another leader which is the turkish airlines or whether another have got a race which will study any end of the june and middle you like it's give us. ok unity and respect that people will start to start to move ok she will have to leave it there we thank you we thank you very much sir for joining us from madrid thank you for your time. now the rate of infection in the u.k. has increased slightly the country's so-called are numbers between 0.7 and $1.00 that means each sick person is infecting fewer other people but the health minister has been asked of that's enough to determine when lock down measures so that.

everybody can play their part in keeping our below warm and pushing our down and they and you can do that by following the social distancing rules so if you do go out and outdoors do it only with members of your household and keep 2 metres away from others who aren't in your household and those social distancing rules are incredibly clear and they will help to keep us safe. many workers in england have been allowed to go back to their jobs and people can now spend more time outside but the u.k. is one of the hardest hit countries in the world were there only 34000 deaths and now there's concern that moving too quickly to lift lockdown restrictions could lead to a 2nd wave of saxon's don't hold reports. at 1st glance this is almost a picture of normal life it's a london suburban high street emerging from lockdown after the government allowed a partial return to work in england this week but for some it's all too much too

soon what we're seeing already in london at any rate with the high densities of travel on the london underground and on buses should certainly give us cause for concern because those are situations in which the transmission of the virus is very likely professor martin mckee is part of an independent group of scientists and public health experts examining government policy on covert 19 they've called parts of it dangerous the easing of restrictions premature and they question official messaging like the new instruction to stay alert and use common sense about social distancing rather than simply stay home to tell people that they need to use their common sense when we're dealing with a virus a piece of r.n.a. that most people are completely unfamiliar with them terms of the transmission the dynamics and so on it's really quite a quite problematic it's not just scientists who are worried the care home sector

remains in the grip of its deadly epidemic that has seen a quarter of all due k. lives lost among society's most vulnerable people and doctors and nurses on the health care front line are being told to brace for a 2nd wave doctors and nurses are absolutely exhausted the 1st wave of this virus and this pandemic was. has drained as physically and emotionally and the toll is going to really huge and the prospect of going back to that. going back to where we were 8 weeks ago is really really horrifying to be perfectly honest the 2nd thing that is really again incredibly worrying and anxiety inducing for us on the front line is the lack of p.p. and there's never been enough p.p. there wasn't enough 1st time around if we're going 1st if there's going to be a 2nd spike and it's very much like there will be there is definitely not enough people for health care workers in the country to be adequately protected the

government insisted following scientific advice and that a phased lifting of the lockdown depends on a falling infection rate of the scientific and health care views i've been listening to are adamant there shouldn't be any lifting of the lockdown until test trace and isolate mechanisms are in place to control future outbreaks and they're not in place yet and while research by public health in the reveals that infections in the capital down to just $24.00 a day in the northeast of england the daily rate is still around $4000.00 so a national strategy based on an average infection rate carries greater risk for some than for others and could see good news turned bad very quickly jonah how al-jazeera london. slovenia has become the 1st european country to declare an end to the coronavirus epidemic country's government says the spread is under control and there's no longer a need for extraordinary health measures. and suffering to cross into starving out

from austria italy and hungary at certain checkpoints a virus has killed or things the 103 people in slovenia. denmark has reported no coronavirus related deaths for the 1st time since mid march 78 new cases were reported on friday but the number of deaths remains unchanged at 537 denmark was the 1st country in europe to gradually start reopening it's now entered its 2nd phase which allows some schools shopping malls and restaurants to reopen dozens of babies have been left stranded in ukraine because the restrictions to control the spread of the virus the babies were born to surrogate mothers and are due to be collected by parents from the us europe and elsewhere ukraine like many countries around the world has closed its borders to foreigners and for now parents are having to make do with seeing their newborns in pictures and video calls. while the pandemic has left many employees on furlough or working from home koori or as have

been busier than ever but some companies in the u.k. are being criticized for failing to provide equipment necessary to ensure their workers' safety. reports from london. it's a very busy time for self employed cleary a pool hughes he's delivering twice as many packages them but 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. e also it's quite difficult because 1st of all you have to go get over the know why you interact with people and it feels rude at 1st but fortunately i think the government a folder and they are the bowl with all with all this woman getting paid place as key with because 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 and people some of the companies trying here is are accused of overlooking the 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 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 during this pandemic sunni triangle edges era london. still ahead on the al-jazeera news our fear is that seeking shelter together from a powerful typhoon couple from the peano's at risk from the coronavirus seeking justice why these parents are pinning their hopes on iraq's new prime minister.

hello again hong kong's leader has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into police brutality against anti-government protesters it comes as critics condemned a report by the police watchdog that found the response to be justified within regulations. a much anticipated media conference by hong kong's police watchdog a 999 page report released by the independent police complaints council. was the

only 9 months of police conduct during some of the largest antigovernment protests ever seen in the territory thanks for testers being beaten by mosque men with sticks and boards as police were accused of turning a blind eye. to the use of force and firing of tear gas a protest doesn't stop with stations wasn't the only. armed the siege of home the gist of council. all provoked accusations of excess force collusion and inaction by the police which prompted the watchdogs inquiry the council said the use of force largely met its national guard lines and offered $52.00 recommendations including on the future use of tear gas i'm training for officers confronting protesters. protests which originally were all event

be generated into violent protests using what made them all kinds in fact against police and others property was destroyed. and this is the situation that our police force was faced with and they're facing this situation of course they have to enforce law and they have to protect you know was investigation into police conduct was one of the key to mobs of antigovernment protesters but the inquiry by a council with no pod to hold offices accountable that short of protest is demond claim that the public is biased and that the police nothing wrong which group that the police washed up is far more serving the interest of a fraud he is i what began as peaceful demonstrations against home calls not extradition bill turned into often fallen standoff between protesters and the police as millions marched in the streets stepping up demands for political and

democratic reforms and calling on china's government to lose including on the former british colony and only defeat dems guaranteed in the 199701 agreement i'm not naive to think that the publication of the report all my response to the report even as something all the recommendations for implementation will put an end to this social unrest even the current out virus pandemic has and to tell of protest is signalling that the territory could well be heading towards yet another summer of undressed. a typhoon has forced tens of thousands of filipinos into emergency shelters raising fears that crown conditions could increase the spread of coronavirus the storm flattened coastal homes on a central island but weakened as it headed towards manila jamelle and duncan reports. titled von fong stormed in from the pacific

1st making a land fall in the eastern beside his region. when it struck the typhoon was a strong as a category 3 hurricane and brought with it destructive winds that downed power and communication lines to wrenshaw rain and threaten storm surges forced ports to close leaving many travelers and fishing boats stranded. in them and this a ballot sea of committing these sore thousands are in government or in shelters. one in which we need to prepare hope each other cooperate and listen to the announcements follow over officials so overtone will be safe the typhoon comes as the government plans to slowly ease restrictions in the entire region of the zone after placing it on their quarantine for almost 2 months in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country local government leaders say they will impose

social distancing in makeshift shelters masks will be distributed and doctors are on standby overcrowding in evacuation centers as long been a problem in the country often battered by natural disasters many are worried the shelters could become breeding grounds for the virus the philippine government admits resources are stretched with so-called calamity funds for the entire year almost spent on easing the economic impact of the coronavirus spent demick the country is often battered by natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and at least 20 typhoon see the full of peace each year. but the start of this typhoon season is particularly frightening the storm damage coupled with the pandemic threatens to cause more suffering for millions of filipino families. dog

and manila. iraq's courts are resisting an order by the new prime minister to release nearly 100 anti government press asteroids it's being seen as most of the muse 1st test of power similar photo reports from baghdad. and other fruitless visits to baghdad central criminal court abbas and without son is a took took driver and was detained in february while taking part in anti-government protests. that i thought up the charges against my son is that he blocked the roads he didn't threw petrol bombs he didn't even carry a mobile he's a peaceful protest demanding his rights a lot of she said i don't know why he isn't being released he has done nothing wrong i just want to know his fate. the judge has twice refused to release ahmed on bail but his parents hoped he would finally walk free after iraq's newly appointed

prime minister must cover me promise to release detained protesters but what was supposed to be a decisive move to mend drifts was the protest movement has turned into a political role iraq had to just account for an ounce it would only release protesters if they had not committed any crimes but that they've been seems to be at odds with the new prime minister's orders that all demonstrators should be released except if they were involved in bloodshed this has led many to question the prime minister's office 30 to bring about change i fear that it's a political game the prime minister ordered to release the protesters but the judiciary's under the control of the political parties there are a powerful parties controlling the judiciary cording to the constitution the prime minister has limited power over judges but he can give advise to relieve the tension on the ground to facilitate the addition of processes otherwise if we have

committed any crime or you have been charges of course you cannot. from the start we. need special amnesty law adding more confusion the judiciary issued a statement on wednesday claiming that no peaceful protesters are being detained in iraq's prisons this has led a bus and we done to fear even more for their son speight they meet a lawyer in tahrir square alongside several other families islam mohammad represents 15 detained demonstrators none have been released since carter missed announcement over walk on while they're not complicated cases all of them a charged under the same articles which is attacking security forces with petrol bombs and vandalism the delay in delivering on his promises risks undermining the new prime minister's efforts to win over the public it is also a sign of the challenges ahead as he sets out to implement his program amid

a deeply fractured political landscape simona faulty and al-jazeera but that jordan's king has warned israel of a massive conflict if it continues or plans to annex large parts of the occupied west bank power sharing deal between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival turn partner benny gantz includes a provision that allows israel to proceed with an extension in july the move could put an end to the long stalled peace process spiraling conflict in central african republic is threatening to plunge the country back into full blown war fighting has intensified between ethnic groups and armed gangs and aid workers say they're not able to help people being displaced reports. this is the moment when fighters descended on the northern town of delhi the united nations says 30 people were killed here at the start of the holy month of ramadan.

90000 others have been displaced including humanitarian workers. 9. in 8 i don't mean that. computers radio stuff. in most of those workers at ready for their own well being an inch from a tight and so that makes the delivery of assistance to the people in. a very very in such fighting between armed ethnic militias has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee across the border into cameroon chad the democratic republic of congo and the republic of congo there are joint nearly 700000 others forced from their hooves since the civil war broke out in the central african republic between selecta and on to belike and militias and the government in 2012 a peace agreement signed in june 2017 between the government and 13 of the 14000000

armed factions failed to stop the attacks it provides for disarmament demobilization and reintegration of fighters former fighters from the rebel groups along with other ethnic militias now operate in and controlled areas like diamonds and gold are mind while some handed their weapons following the peace deal many armed groups are not nearly 3 years later some demobilized fighters say their expectations of not been met but the government says it's doing everything it can to address those concerns. that thousands of combatants and we want them to do other things and be able to work that's what they're looking. at. they will look we're not income that's what. experts say the violence in the central african republic has the potential to destabilize the entire region you certainly might see

refugees. being the country and you certainly might see. the banditry that you see in. other than a tree that you see and you. certainly can see it out happening and you certainly i think you know indefinitely 'd. actually. i think we're going to see or trafficking especially as you know the presidential election is settled for december and tribal loyalties and power struggles often determine who leads the country many humanitarian workers fear the ongoing attacks and affect the outcome of that vote and if the result fails to end the violence that will have a devastating impact on millions of people already facing poverty and heart comedy trees al jazeera and so watching the news hour on al-jazeera back in just a moment we'll have much more of the day's news coming your way see it at.

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