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like even there is one ventilator very relieved in depth analysis of the global headlines india doesn't up to the spread of the world of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. among the hardest hit by the pandemic italy is this travel restrictions as tourism and hospitality industries suffer huge losses. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. calls for mass gatherings in the u.k. to press for further easing of krona virus restrictions. brazil's new health minister resigned following disagreements over the president's handling of the pandemic. and 3rd prices soar in our cheery a worsening the plight of many who are out of work and struggling just to survive.
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borders and beaches are reopening across europe as countries look to stem the economic damage from the crown of virus destructions the pandemic has ravaged economies particularly the tourism and hospitality industries and italy the government announced it will allow travel to and from the country starting next month since march the country has been under one of the strictest lockdowns and it's hit the tourism reliant economy hard praga good to has our report. deserted holds rooms steeped in history without. this new one. the gilded wall of italy's finest nazi hotels instead the song ends on the once bustling terrace and the symbol of a pub that swept through leaving thousands. devastating its economy is that
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this hole would have been crowded noisy with people chatting at the bar visitors passing by and appreciating the beauty of these halls now it's empty lonely it is the 1st time in almost 80 years of the history of this hotel which was built in the thirty's is empty and closed but there are signs of hope the government is allowing people into and out of italy from early next month free travel within the country will also receive a number you want to look forward to the reopening of borders and then there might be the possibility for travel to full casts a not positive but we are very optimistic. a low eighty's coastlines hotel owners are preparing for a different kind of summer but on the other we're ready to host tourists who come to the veneto coast in these last weeks we've worked to adapt our beaches our hotels and our campsites to the current health emergency we're able to guarantee
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the celebrity of a seaside holiday caution is critical for any industry that contributes per 1000 percent to italy's g.d.p. and employs more than 4000000 people the economic impact of the pandemic has been devastating for the london we're estimating they will lose about $18000000000.00 in tourism this year but we need to understand what will happen from tomorrow on wards if hotels have a possibility to reopen in june giving foreign tourists the chance to reach italy we will limit those damages with many countries district and travel tourist numbers are predicted to fall but between 60 to 80 percent. but maybe hope that with enough the children's business can get to the again and lights can finally be turned back on. greece has reopened its features to the public just in time for an early summer heat wave people lined up early in the
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morning to secure their spots on the sand but all have to respect new social distancing rules or limits on how many people can be in one area an umbrella poles must be kept at least 4 metres apart but it's a major test for greece which is trying to revive its tourism sector while protecting people from cope at 19 and u.k. there have been calls for mass gatherings around the country on saturday to protest the walk down that's despite england relaxing some restrictions this past week or a challenge to now from brighton in the u.k. there were protests against the restrictions in the us the crowds were actually relatively small compared to how much attention they got what these calls for for protest in the u k. i would as suspects that we're likely to see a similar pattern in the u.k. yes there are calls being led by a group calling itself u.k. freedom movement to come out and protest against the lock down as illegal i think
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there are something like 8 process being shuttled one of them. later here on brighton beach another in central london in hyde park. the types of people who are likely to come out and he these schools perhaps tending more towards the kind of far right and libertarian. end of the political spectrum. by and large though i think the u.k. population has been on board with the lock down it tends to view the government's actions as being if anything too late and perhaps not going far enough in restricting people's movements but if we do see people coming out down to brighton beach today it is not likely to be that many from the protesting end of the spectrum more likely to be day trippers and people coming out stretching their legs after the government earlier this week eased the restrictions
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slightly it abandons the. let go at least the stay at home message and replace it with a much more ridicule stay alert message but now people are allowed to take it as much exercise outside as they want to travel a bit further etc the fear though is that you will see places like this brighton beach with daytrippers coming down from london except that's what it would be like on an on a normal weekend in any other time of. u.k. life but as we know this is not a normal normal time so governments figures local authorities police forces actress . and don't do that don't come out to d.c. spots around the country please stay local and don't jeopardize the good work that's being done so far and it henri there are still concerns and warnings that even these somewhat measured lifting of restrictions and that they still may be too
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soon but it may be too early for this. here the the main argument that's going on at the moment is about whether or not schools should be opening again on june the 1st the government's ambition as announced by boris johnson here in the week is that this was the target they were going to try and i am for that has be a chorus of opposition to this coming from unions that represent teachers and also from an organization that right represents doxes as well the british medical council which has said that it's too soon the unions represent teachers to say that look we have to be able to make sure have see evidence that teaches lies on going to be put at risk by this because how can you have a bunch of school kids coming back into classrooms and being able to socially distance and just not really going to be possible there are ways in which the
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government is saying look this is not going to be not normal school you're going to have smaller class sizes only a few years in primary school is going to be let back it's going to be stack it but yeah there is there is opposition to the opening of schools on june the. is certainly not certain that it's going to take place the school child's children's commissioner has actually waded into this argument said hold on a 2nd let's do what's best for the kids let's not make this a minus to politicize better is a way that we can get this sorted out amicably without politics we'll have to see braincell and lives rise in the u.k. roy thank you. a serbian orthodox bishop and 8 priests have been freed from jail in montenegro they were arrested for violating crown of iris instructions by holding a public service attended by several 1000 people arrest part violent protests across the country by demonstrators fought with police thailand has reported no new
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cases and no deaths as it starts to lift more restrictions starting sunday its nightly curfew will be shorter and shopping centers malls gens museums and some other businesses will be allowed to reopen the government says it is wary of a possible 2nd wave of infections several countries have reported children being treated in hospital or dying from an employment torrie illness similar to a rare callous sakis disease that of the world health organization says it is studying a possible link to coben 1000. reports from europe and north america describe a small number of children being admitted to do intensive care units with a multi system inflammatory condition with some future to see may learn to coerce diseases and talks and shocks in the initial reports hypothesize that these cinda may be related to 19 it's critical toward
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a gentle and carefully conduct on this clinic syndrom to understand. and to describe treatment interventions. 3 trillion dollars package in the u.s. aimed at helping a struggling to deal with the fallout of the pandemic has passed its 1st hurdle and congress president donald trump is threatening to veto it i ditto castro has more. 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
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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 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 symphony 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 instilled required to help distribute it to the american people as quickly as possible but trump in facades that with or without a vaccine the u.s. economy is ready to restart that's contrary to the advice of government health
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officials who have warned it reopening too soon could trigger another outbreak now people get a little antsy with the mass. we really want to come out more than 2 thirds of us 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. al jazeera silver spring maryland at least 23 migrant workers have been killed in northern india because their truck collided with another vehicle that in the state of tar pradesh it is the latest incident involving laborers as they try to return home during the locked out of the parana has more details from the capital new delhi. the migrant workers were in a group of about 50 people who were travelling from the western state of roger in a launch truck carrying limestone and other construction material they were from
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the states of just going to be there for the west bengal and we're just trying to get home like millions of other migrant workers around the country using their jobs the government of the state over for the. crash happened has ordered action against any truck drivers found to be transporting migrant workers and they've also ordered buses to be stationed at each of the state's borders to transport migrant workers found to be walking with the shares borders with about 7 other states unfortunately though this isn't the only incident deadly incident involving migrant workers on saturday and the other 5 have died after the truck that they were travelling in overturned in the state of month for there it was going between the states of maharashtra and again. and just last week we had something like 16 migrant workers die when they fell asleep on the train tracks in the station.
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and something like 150 workers have died at least 150 trying to get home since india's lockdown was announced and hundreds of thousands have walked. still ahead on al-jazeera as destruction in hong kong protesters make their presence known. as an escape between iraq's new prime minister and judges that's becoming the 1st big test of his time in power. but. we have some very heavy rain pushing out of central parts of china at the moment so running across southern areas of japan you can see this long weather system which makes its way right into the hearts of china sinking a little further south was gradually dragging its way further research to say snow
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rain so some places sunshine in between tokyo at around 26 celsius we'll see 24 in tokyo for monday at west weather just pulsing a little further north which as we go on into monday and by monday korean peninsula say some very heavy downpours certainly the possibility of some flash flooding coming in here was the heavy rain sets in beijing should be dry temperatures here at around 25 degrees celsius causing very heavy rain affecting the southwest of india at the moment you can see this huge mass of cloud in the by a goal that's developing a cycle and keeping a close eye on this one as it makes its way further northwards still some uncertainty as to exactly where it will go it may go into myanmar it may well get to bangladesh and most likely will be the northeast of india but certainly over the next few days as we go into the 2nd half of the week that is going to cause some flooding in and around the area here for many it is strong and it is hot temperatures getting well up into the mid forty's.
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but. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is were. but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we defuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera. now watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now italy's government has
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signed a decree to ease travel restrictions starting early next month all international travel and movement within the country will be allowed only was the 1st country in europe to impose a nationwide lockdown as reported one of the highest numbers of death and infections in the world as president donald trump is threatening to veto a 3 trillion dollars package for those affected by the pandemic it's been voted through the house of representatives at least 23 migrant workers have been killed in northern india when their truck collided with another vehicle it's the latest incident involving laborers as they try to return home during the coronavirus lockdown. doesn't the babies have been left stranded and ukraine because of restrictions to control the spread of krona virus the babies are born to surrogate mothers and are due to be collected by parents from the u.s. europe and elsewhere but being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kill the crane like many countries around the world has closed its borders to foreigners. these children who are here today
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all problematic because they can't go to their parents they from china france spain italy the us and spoke area everyone is in the same situation because the board is a closed embers of hong kong's protest movement have gathered at malls across the city they're dressing to blend into crowds and they sing and shout slogans and disperse the movement's leaders are calling for and dependent inquiry into police actions during last year's protests on friday a police watchdog released a report saying some changes were needed that the forces had mostly stayed within guidelines. iraq's courts are resisting an order by the new prime minister to release nearly 100 anti-government protesters it's being seen as mistah 1st test of power as he tries to push ahead with promised reforms some of holton reports from baghdad. and other fruitless visits to bugout central criminal court a bus and we dot sun is
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a took took driver and was detained in february while taking part in anti-government protests. 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 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 nearly appointed prime minister must cover me promise to release detained protesters but what was supposed to be a decisive move to mend drifts with 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'd been seen to be at odds with the new prime minister's order that all demonstrators should be released
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except they were involved in bloodshed this has led many to question the prime minister's office already to bring about change i fear level 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 he can give advice 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 say that we have. been tried already or charge and need special and still 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
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a bus and we data fear even more for their son speight they meet a lawyer in tahrir square alongside several other families islam mohammed represent . 15 detained demonstrators none have been released since causing these announcement. going on they're not complicated cases all of them a charged under the same articles which is attacking security forces with petrol bombs and vandalism and 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 see want to. buy the debt lebanon is seeking a financial lifeline from the international monetary fund the government wants several $1000000000.00 to avoid bankruptcy reports from they were. trucks carrying fuel have been seen heading to illegal crossings with syria it's a decades old trade along the poorest border and it's costing millions of dollars
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a year because fuel is subsidized by the state which is facing a shortage in foreign currency reserves lebanon is in crisis the government is seeking aid from the international monetary fund but stopping smuggling is an obligation under un resolutions that successive governments have failed to achieve i believe that there are many many other areas that need to be covered if you would like to control the borders fully and to prevent all sorts of smuggling. including from singing including groups including people to every so one country must control borders for it and there is a long way to go authorities plan to set up a new checkpoints and close eat legal crossings but critics say tighter measures are needed it's well known. hezbollah for instance is getting its own through the bunny's border genuine all the international all the international community is
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standing on to seed its border to control its border with syria hezbollah is saying the opposite and this put into question the. hezbollah the iranian backed group which along with allies control political power called for cooperation with syria and criticized talk of un forces along the border lebanon's government calls itself independent but it is seen by many in the international community as controlled by has a lot of proof that the united states and other countries designate a terrorist organization but tensile donors have hinted that they don't want to see the group's power solidified in any bailout but they have made clear what they expect after years of mismanagement and failure to address among other things corruption and the reform of the judiciary but international. and if you would like to see as a tangible money frustration over his often determination or for the
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position of the politicians want to come to the end of the government and government's ability and political space to deliver disgruntled reforms but they need to move from implement reforms there is no blank check there is no savior on the white horse coming to all of them a clear statement that if lebanon's government really wants the financial help it needs it's going to have to make changes its avoided up to now senator beirut the us 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 nearly 850 branches and employs 90000 people have been suffering from financial problems for some time in the lockdown made things worse. 10 people have been killed during raids in northern rio de janeiro brazilian officials say police were looking for a gang leader who escaped prison in 2016 the shootout between the officers and
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locals later took place the suspect who is also wanted for drug trafficking is said to be among the dead also in brazil the country's new health minister has resigned nelson tice quit after criticizing president her boss and i was handling of the pandemic and mexico infections are rising faster than ever but the lockdown is still being eased up he asked more on the situation across latin america. nelson 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 pandemic . 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 creek 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
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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 his 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 and germany and the number of confirmed cases in 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 life in the economy. but if brazil
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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. the spike that president lopez obrador announced a partial reopening starting a monday assuring us people that the pekin infections are has been reached. we are at the point where we are beginning to have fewer cases but we have to be careful and not take it easy. on friday clowns appeared at 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. then jerry ends are complaining about rising food prices prices during ramadan the cost of some items as doubled and they're expected to stay high after the muslim fasting month. taking with buyers and sellers and
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markets in the capital of. what is a shop for the families next meal she's a regular at this small market in the hurt of the city but says prices have increased dramatically since the start of ramadan the prize is. you know what you get for like. $5000.00 girls for like $10000.00 and you just have to keep the children not whole consumers say price rises during ramadan happen every year. nigeria abundant it's price control on commodity boards more than 30 years ago but many here say those boards help to protect consumers from exploitation and with workers' wages not last in through to the next paycheck many want them back. mohamed in a sort of gaze the head of the markets traders union he says 70 percent of his customers are staying away but the price increases are not entirely the fault of
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traders the girly when it's all because demand outstrips supply when there are shortages the prices will increase then you factor in the cost of transportation we see that a lot these past few weeks so the increase is then automatically transferred to the buyer it's particularly difficult now with ramadan coinciding with coffee 1000 pandemic with workers forced to stay at home due to lock downs. many consumers say they're cutting costs and watching what they spend and very soon they could be hit by price rises because the muslim festival of the isn't far off. comedy grease al-jazeera. and australia police are looking for a man who's been practicing the ultimate social distancing he broke into a sydney museum into a late night tour thing wandering through the exhibition taking selfies as head inside the jaws of a trance or
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a skull climbed up scouting to get inside the museum which is closed for renovations. a night at the museum all right when you get a moment at our web site al jazeera dot com we have a recap of all the day's news keep it or. check out the headlines right now on al jazeera italy's government has signed a decree to ease travel restrictions starting early next month all international travel and movement within the country will be allowed italy was the 1st country in europe to impose a nationwide lockdown and has reported one of the highest numbers of deaths and infections in the world place in the u.k. are preparing for possible protests against coronavirus restrictions there's been a call for a mass gathering even as england relaxes its lockdown what some people were turning to work this past week or a challenge has more from brighton in the u.k.
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by and large though i think the u.k. population has been on boards with a lot down it tends to view the government's actions as being if anything a bit too late or perhaps not going far enough in restricting people's movements but it's safe we do see people coming out down to brighton beach today it is not likely to be that many from the protesting end of the spectrum more likely to be a day trip isn't people coming out stretching their legs off to the government early this week the restrictions slightly as president donald trump is threatening to veto a 3 trillion dollars support package for those affected by the pandemic that has been voted through the house of representatives. at least $23.00 migrant workers have been killed in northern india after their truck collided with another vehicle it is the latest sense of it involving laborers as they try to return home during
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necron a virus lock down with no public transport tens of thousands of people have been forced to walk often for hundreds of kilometers. dozens of babies have been left stranded and ukraine because of restrictions to control the spread of krona virus so these babies were born to sorgen mothers and they're due to be collected by parents from the u.s. europe and elsewhere they're being cared for at a hotel on the outskirts of the capital kiev. members of hong kong's protest movement have gathered at malls all across the city so they're dressing to blend into crowds and they sing and shout slogans and disperse we've been slater's are calling for an independent inquiry into police act actions during last year's protests as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come through out the day in the meantime we're going to hand it over to the folks at inside story.
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as coronavirus by its millions of people worldwide lose their jobs sounds are leading to layoffs lots of social and political fall out of the job market every cover this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he's a done hundreds of millions of people around the world.

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