rewind continues this week shows it's june this is. the struggle continues book. did. cause huge distance rewind on al-jazeera. brazil's health minister quit something less than a month in the job he criticized the president's handling of the pandemic. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from though also coming up a total quarantine comes into effect in chile as capital as the government that orders thousands of graves dug. a new 3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package has passed its 1st hurdle in the u.s. but president trump is threatening to veto it. and jordan's king warns of conflict

with israel if it an excess more palestinian land in the occupied west bank. we begin in brazil where a 2nd health minister has left the job in less than a month nelson teach quits after criticizing president jaya balsam our us and length of the pandemic brazil has more than 200000 cases and it's not the only country in latin america that's suffering infections are rising faster than ever in mexico the lockdown that is being eased i was on the m.p.'s who was. nelson teach stepped down as brazil's minister of health after just weeks in the job as president became increasingly at odds on how to deal with the coronavirus spend there make. repeated lee criticized his minister s.

too timid in his efforts to reopen the economy the last straw came after the president issued at the creed declaring gyms in beauty parlors essential businesses without consulting him but in his farewell press conference to refrain from criticizing the president life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i tell you that i gave the best of me during the period i spent here it's not a simple thing to lead a ministry like this one in such a difficult time. is the 2nd health minister to leave this post since the start of the crisis his predecessor. was fired in april for resisting also now risk promotion of an unproven drug to cure 19 and his unwillingness to impose social distancing orders all this happening as brazil passes france in germany and the number of confirmed cases and the daily death tolls keeps getting higher. the governor of the state of sao paulo where a lockdown remains in place despite the president's wishes as we knew this attack.

president remember that so far 14000 brazilians have lost their lives we are not in the game we are facing a serious crisis of health lost in the economy. but if brazil situation seems increasingly dire it doesn't look much better in mexico where infections are growing at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic. despite that president lopez obrador announced a partial reopening starting a monday assuring us people that the pekin infections and has been reached john. we are at the point where we are beginning to have fewer cases but we have to be careful and not take it easy yet on friday clowns appear to various mexico city metro stations making sure passengers wear a mask wash their hands in maintain social distancing but what's clear across the region as latin america enters the worst phase of the pandemic is that this is no

laughing matter alison and al jazeera. power subtle is from the woodrow wilson center in washington he says that brazil could soon become the 2nd burst infective country in the world. both are not a will not change his attitude he cannot do it he is incapable of understanding the severity of this he thinks it's all a ploy against him. and the fact the matter is however that brazil is had it in a very awful direction brazil could become in a few weeks time the 2nd largest scolded country in the world in the slums of rio in the slums of some power all and all all other major cities in brazil that happens to have 30200 and. 10000000 people.

in all of this could be catastrophic is already catastrophic in cities like my mouse the heart of the amazon and the man doesn't seem to understand this law hopefully someone near him will be able to explain the severity of the crisis to mr both. chile's president has ordered the turtle locked out of the capital santiago sebastian pinera made the decision utterance sections of the city went up by 500 percent in just 2 weeks more than 8000000 people will now be confined to their homes alas in america at its understand human reports from santiago. air force planes airlifted patients from chile's capital to hospitals in faraway cities while in santiago ambulances waited with sick patients outside a hospital emergency room entrances for up to 10 hours tens of thousands of

residents ignored calls for social distancing i think huge for essential goods ahead of the start of a total lockdown something presidents of us camping it ahead said would not be necessary. but the explosion of crude 19 infections in the capital up by more than 500 percent in 2 weeks dashed his hopes of controlling contagion without shutting down the economy it probably not mean. we are fully aware of the difficulties the restrictions and the shortages that a lockdown means for the chilean families were going to make the up mice if it to facilitate food medicine and other basic services during the quarantine might pull it out. receiving an emergency shipment of ventilators at the airport the president appealed to opponents to unite in the face of a monumental threat behind me is the entrance to sense our general cemetery inside grave diggers have been working around the clock in order to meet and in fact

surpass their yearly quota of tools in order to be prepared for the worst but many people believe it several have come to this so. the government had boasted that chile was doing better than its neighbors ignoring earlier pleas from doctors and mayors like rudolph or carter to declare a total lockdown before infections got out of control. we have to say it very clearly without panicking that these next 2 weeks are going to be the hardest speaks in the history of chile since the 1973 cool we're going to have dead people you're going to have hurt families. police will be on the lookout not just for those who violate the quarantine but for traffickers who are using delivery services which are allowed to circulate as the perfect cover for distributing illegal drugs chilies anti-narcotic squads have already made more than 200 arrests month. they misuse well known brands of delivery services to deliver drugs instead

of food or medicine why because a policeman probably won't suspect a delivery man on a bicycle that's why we're cyber patrolling the social networks to try and identify the traffickers on. the battle to stop people from violating or abusing the quarantine is on now the chilis doing good most agree is the right thing but not necessarily soon enough you see in human al-jazeera santiago. boris found a speck is the founder of chile today online independent news platform he joins us now by from the capital santiago good to have you with us how do people there feel about this lockdown well large part of the people of santiago saw this coming because in the last couple of weeks just like lucy has said the numbers have been increasing very rapidly compared with the week before and especially in the more milk laws or even say lower income parts of santiago thout because been so

severe that extreme measures had to be taken so you see it especially in the parts where the corona virus has struck people understand measuring what's behind the this this rise over the last 2 weeks when the country had appeared to be doing so well in its fight against cove at 19 so the grown a virus outbreak in syria has been a bit of the story of dialogue in america it's it's an inequality thing it came into. health through the wealthier parts of santiago where people have private clinics where they can do their career guaranteeing at their houses but now it went to the lower income parts of something i were people who lived closer together lots of people active in informal sector we need to get there were to put food on the table and also the public health care system there is totally collapsed in the last couple of weeks so it's just a completely different situation at the moment is like a different been damaged in the outbreak that we saw before and is the government

able to help financially those who are unable to to go out and work and put food on the table. so recently the government approved the emergency bill for those were an informal sector here in chino which is like 30 percent of the people. but the amount of money that the government is giving to these people is around $100.00 a month it's just not enough to get to cover it's probably going to be a rice apart from the lot of health dangers here in the city also a big problem in the rise of buffeting there we'll be seeing in the next couple of months how long will this lockdown last and will people abide by it so the london originally they said it will last for one week health experts internationally say a lockdown should at least last 2 weeks but there are people in the more rich parts of something go who left actually before the lockdown started tonight at 10 pm to

their 2nd homes outside near the coast so they're leaving and journey quarantine also like lucy has said it's very very we'll see especially in those lower income bars or something i wish people really oh by the rules imposed by the government good stuff here so many thanks indeed doris found a speck that something out. a 3 trillion dollar package aimed at helping those struggling to deal with the fallout of the pandemic has passed its 1st hurdle in the u.s. for president trump is threatening to veto it he's also vowing to the liver a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year a deadline that medical experts say is unrealistic hi joe castro reports it's at no time since the great depression have such a large number of americans sought help after losing their jobs and never in u.s. history has their spending at stores and restaurants fallen so quickly and so far

now some of the members say let's take a pause let's take a pause do you think this virus is taking a pause do you think that the rent takes a pause do you think that putting food on the table and or the hunger that comes if you can't take a pause house democrats advance yet another coronavirus rescue package on friday the 5th of a pandemic this one totaling 3 trillion dollars it seeks to extend unemployment benefits and send more checks to american families and would bail out the postal service and address election security the republicans who control the senate have called it a partisan ideological wish list that will never become law the senate will not consider this bill the president will not sign it into law speaking from the white house rose garden into a background soon for me of truck drivers protesting his handling of the pandemic

president trump announced the formation of a fast track program to develop a vaccine and have 300000000 doses available by january when a vaccine is ready the u.s. government will deploy every plane druck and filled required to help distribute it to the american people as quickly as possible but trump in phases that with or without the vaccine the u.s. economy is ready to restart that's contrary to the advice of government health officials who. warrender reopening too soon could trigger another outbreak now people get a lawyer and see what the mass. they really want to come out more than 2 thirds of u.s. states have now canceled or significantly relaxed stay at home orders now as more people and their weeks of social isolation it's far from clear how safe is the world they venture into. castro al-jazeera silver spring maryland. a weather update next to 0 of them protesters in the u.s.

state of arizona say the end of the lockdown there will have deadly consequences but almost half a 1000000 people have been left homeless devastates east africa. hello there plenty of weather across much of the united states as we head towards the weekend in fact a very unsettled weekend alone too bad in the last hours across areas to the south but that is set to change some pretty strong thunderstorms again they could be severe at times that does mean the threat of tornadoes and then plenty of rain through the central plains how much is a fairly high so we've got this very moist warm as still some cool air coming down from the north and this is why we can see these storms developing but a good day south across the northeast 26 in d.c. 23 degrees celsius in new york where we have got more rain is through the pacific northwest you can see here quite

a line of rain showers and they could be quite heavy at times and maybe some blustery winds along the coast as well now through sunday it stays mostly fine across much of the east but again these thunderstorms working their way east was becoming very unsubtle with some heavy rain around the great lakes meanwhile out across the west that rain still in the picture but actually becoming a little bit lighter and a little bit more scattered and then down into the caribbean now this is what we're watching to the north by saturday anyway of the bahamas this could potentially develop into a tropical storm it will certainly produce some very heavy amounts of rain it will tend to linger so saturday and sunday those rains impact saying areas of the bahamas and also more the scattered showers and thunderstorms across much of cuba. a part of the. one dish you the. one who when he says. visit the cooking school 3rd thing up put to the data and downtrodden. on al-jazeera.

save humanity by really really not getting anywhere. hello again this is al jazeera let's take a moment to remind you of the made news this hour brazil's health minister has resigned after less than less than a month and the job. disagreed with the president jaya boss not us policies controlling the coronavirus strict new lockdown measures have come into effect in

chinese capital 7000000 residents of santiago and have been placed into quarantine the health ministry reversed the easing of prescriptions off a few cases and us president donald trump to threaten to veto a coronavirus aid package approved by the democratic controlled house of representatives 3 trillion dollar plan would be the largest rescue package in u.s. history. for many states in the u.s. are reopening sections of their economy despite warnings from public health experts that doing so will lead to a new surge in covert 19 deaths arizona is one such state but as rob reynolds reports there is opposition to the move. demonstrators lay body bags on the grounds of the arizona state capitol in phoenix they are protesting republican governor doug do seize decision to lift covert $900.00 restrictions on restaurants gyms and other businesses among the demonstrators practicing social distancing was retired health care safety officer sharlee shape berger are frustrated with governors ins

is decision putting the body bags out there with the grim reaper was very difficult because we think it's really did he happen to see says the time is right for a gradual reopening this is a green light to continue going forward on the way out of this pandemic now this is not a green light to speed. this is a green light to proceed and we're going to proceed with caution president donald trump is pushing to reopen the u.s. economy despite warnings from health officials like dr anthony fauci but a large majority of people do not fully agree with do c. or trump a new poll shows more than 80 percent of arizona say they're not ready to return to gyms restaurants hair salons and other public spaces those results are similar to nationwide polls more than 150 arizona business owners signed an online letter

saying it is too soon to reopen arizona award winning chef and restaurant tour charlene badman says the risks to her customers and staff are far too great you know with possibility that. both say they're frustrated with the media and widespread misinformation it's folks. that don't believe this is is real and press is getting a lot of attention since the people that want to reopen opponents of early reopening fear it will lead to another outbreak which will then force officials to clamp down again magnifying the economic damage it's just on own situation. and nobody wants their grandmothers and i would think. certainly not so they can go home and to date more than 620 arizona nse have died from covert 19 and the

number of new infections is rising set to reopen this weekend movie theaters rob reynolds al-jazeera. the u.s. department store chain j.c. penney has become the latest corporate casualty of the pandemic it's now the 4th major american retailer to file for bankruptcy protection the company has almost 850 branches and employs 900000 people that have been suffering from severe financial problems for some time and the lockdown has just made things worse. it's only will reopen its borders to travelers from the e.u. and shang game countries on the 3rd of june this is will be required to enter quarantine the government's also lifting restrictions on journeys within its elite from monday residents can travel in their own regions and from early june they'll be allowed to go anywhere in the country slovenia has become the 1st european nation to declare an end to the pandemic the country's government says the spread is under control there's no longer a need for restrictions in

a residence free to cross into slovenia from austria italy and hungary at certain checkpoints almost known e.u. nationals will have to undergo a 14 day quarantine. in the last 3 weeks several countries have reported cases of children being hospitalized or dying from an inflammatory illness that's similar to the wreck our psyches disease the world health organization says that it's studying a possible link between covert 19 and the illness reports from europe and north america describe a small number of children being admitted to intensive care units with a multi-system inflammatory condition we some future is similar to call us diseases and talks it shocks in the initial reports hypothesize that these cinda may be related to could be 90 in. it's critical toward a gentle and carefully kind of denies this clinical syndrom to understand

causality and to describe treatment interventions and other news jordan's king is warning neighboring israel against plans to annex more palestinian land king abdullah says the move could start a massive conflict in the region israel has vowed to annex and eagle jurist settlements in the occupied west bank and the jordan valley that would end the long stalled peace process by making it virtually impossible to establish a viable palestinian state on friday european union foreign ministers agreed to step up diplomatic efforts to try to head off such a move by the time being aware efforts devoted to the. to do provide take action you know that to any direction ensure port of negotiated do is take children for sure and support of the.

filament with international law international law but we help here there and everywhere khaled el guinea is a senior fellow in the middle east institute he says that israeli annexation plans could pose a threat to the jordanian monarchy. jordan is one of 2 countries that has a peace treaty with israel it has the longest to air countries i should say it has the longest border with israel along the jordan river. and when the king himself comes out and essentially puts his relationship with israel and the treaty with israel on the line it's very very serious you know or or the monarchy in jordan. an engine or 2 state solution which this plan and annexation is really aimed at achieving an end any prospect of a palestinian state poses not just

a strategic threat but quite possibly even an existential threat to the monarchy in jordan meanwhile dozens of palestinian protesters have been injured when israeli forces fired tear gas into a crowd that happened in some way a village in the occupied west bank the group demonstrating against illegal settlements was holding friday president area threatened by adding sation illegal israeli settlements have already been built and much of the area surrounding the village record floods have devastated east africa this rainy season with almost all of a 1000000 people displaced lake victoria is africa's largest lake and sits between tanzania kenya and uganda it's at its highest recorded level 0 as malcolm webb reports on what that means for the communities living around the lake. just a few weeks ago this market was bustling with life and sitting on dry land. it in uganda's capital kampala on the shore of lake victoria. legs level has been rising

and the market traders livelihoods on the water. want to go to west again but he owns 3 kiosks and was supporting her entire extended family are working my business are full of what album or we have put my biz in. this man's trying to dig out his shop which is little more than a metal cage so he can take it elsewhere to. market jam and try to help by building this walkway. and the water level started increasing back in december we built the walkway to access the shops but it kept on increasing and now you see the shops on the water. around the lake shore in neighboring kenya the rising water has washed back up rivers causing flash floods. this woman and baby were lucky to survive dozens of people have died. it's unusually heavy

rains since the end of last year that have caused the lake level to rise is here the source of the river nile in uganda where some of the water flows out the rising waters have broken chunks of swamp land off the lake shore. creating floating islands that have jammed the dams that generate most of east africa's electricity. the lake level was relatively stable until the 1960 s. since then it's been prone to dramatic rises this one is the greatest on record is what we're going to go even to the near future this is limited we're going to see about abilities or intellect so if we don't control development within the. report an area we're going to have a lot of probably. more than 20000000 people depend on the lake fish they need to live close to it. tens of thousands are waiting for the water to recede so they can go home. and then waiting for when their homes are flooded again malcolm webb

al-jazeera. the western 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 now aid workers say they're not able to help people who are being displaced ahmed address reports. this is the moment when armed 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. and 8 aren't. computers radio stars. most of those workers at relief for their own well being in traumatized so that makes the delivery of assistance to the people in india. very very indeed

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. that joint nearly 700000 others forced from their hooves since the civil war broke out in the central african republic between silica and on to be like a 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 of not nearly 3 years later some demobilize fighters say the

expectations of not been met but the government says it's doing everything it can to address those concerns. thousands of combatants want them to do others saying. they don't have any. or not. 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 . the country and you certainly might see we're exporting violence banditry that you see in. other than a tree that you see and. certainly can see it out happening and you certainly i think anyone definitely 'd. actually.

i think we're going to see or trafficking especially 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 hardship how many trees al-jazeera. adrian for going to hear and what the headlines on al-jazeera priscilla's health minister has resigned after less than a month in the job nelson th disagreed with president jaya both in our us policies on controlling the coronavirus brazil is the worst affected nation at last in america with close to 15000 deaths i view the feat that you school of life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i tell you that i give the best of me during

the period i spent here it's not a simple thing to lead a ministry like this one in such a difficult time strict new lockdown measures have come into effect in chile as capital 7000000 residents of santiago up and placed under quarantine the health ministry reversed the easing of restrictions after a surge in new cases. u.s. president donald trump has threatened to veto a coronavirus aid package approved by the democrat controlled house of representatives the 3 trillion dollar plan would be the largest rescue package in u.s. history and trump has vowed to deliver a corona virus vaccine by the end of the year the medical experts say that it won't be possible to develop a vaccine until well into 2021 that the earliest the initiative announced by trump is designed to speed up or such out approval for the 14 most promising potential vaccines. the u.s. department store chain j.c. penney has become the latest corporate casualty of the pandemic it's now the 4th major american retailer to file for bankruptcy protection the company has almost

850 branches and employs 90000 people that have been suffering from severe financial problems for some time a lockdown has made things worse it so they will reopen its borders to travelers from the game countries on the 3rd of june visitors though won't be required to enter quarantine the government's also lifting restrictions on journeys with in italy from monday residents can travel within their own regions and from early june they'll be allowed to go anywhere in the country jordan's king is warning neighboring israel against plans to an explore palestinian land king abdullah says the move could start a massive conflict in the region israel has vowed to an excel legal jewish settlements of the occupied west bank and the jordan valley there's the headlines more news for you the 101 east next. if you want to help save the world. into your own.

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