oh nothing or a quiet and not keeping you up to date amusing countries beaten back and beaten back successfully the stream on 00. 0. one of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 genocide in rwanda is arrested in france for this year and then on the run for 25 years. but i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from though also coming up shopping malls and department stores are reopening in thailand as restrictions that eased. more than $6000000.00 people under a total locked out of chile its capital after

a spike in corona virus infections. in the class of 2020 prepares to enter a changed world with graduation ceremonies swapped for socially distance celebrations in the u.s. . a top united nations prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 1994 rwandan genocide felicity and avoided capture for more than 2 decades until french police raided an apartment near paris sania gago reports especially this is a couple this year he was one of the world's most wanted fugitives 84 year old. the man accused of financing the militias that mascot 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from international justice for 25 years i had been indicted by the united nations

international criminal tribunal in 1907 on 7 counts of genocide but the film a businessman managed to avoid arrest using his powerful international connections to evade capture to go always had very close relations with iran's government in france he's very well connected in elite circles are in paris and i think use arrested i will also raise questions about. how much science he has received from the french government in recent. kaluga had been living under a full sized dentity in this apartment in sen near the center of paris he had previously lived in germany belgium the democratic republic of congo as well as kenya and switzerland well some people this morning we were surprised because when we went downstairs like all the neighbors we were trying to get out and then we saw a whole army of police preparing this operation to be honest. his son in law had been arrested in germany in 2007 for war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide

the u.s. had offered a $5000000.00 reward for information leading to his arrest. had also been the chairman of the infamous radio station which he used to broadcast propaganda inciting ethnic hutus to murder to seize his arrest was carried out by french police together with cooperation from belgian and british authorities now he will face the international criminal court in the hague for his part in one of the worst atrocities in recent history sonny diagonal al-jazeera thailand has begun the process of easing a lockdown that began in april shopping malls and department stores just reopened at a nightly curfew will be shortened by an hour but a state of emergency will continue until the end of the month and all international flights remain suspended until the end of june thailand hasn't reported any new cases of coronavirus since friday on the line now as thailand's deputy prime

minister the newton. very cool who's also minister for public health good to have you with us minister are you confident that thailand is now free of the coronavirus that they'll be no 2nd wave. we cannot say that we are free of coronary virus and we cannot say that there will be no 2nd where but what we can say is thailand is well prepared to undertake a situation. where they will come. because the. virus travels but people. once we ease up the time. we have to do is to make sure that everyone understands how to. behave and how to live their lives we are trying to bring them back to normalcy as soon as we can

what lies behind thailand's apparent success in fighting the pandemic. i would say is the corporation of the people and also. the effort that every concerned parties have been putting in and. what we are experiencing today. will also protect in the future so shopping malls and department stores are reopening right now the nightly curfew will be shortened by now how long before life gets back to. normal in thailand. i think alan east no different than other places in the world we cannot say that we back to normal as. pyro to the 19. but we will have to get acquainted with the new

normal way of living. for a chapel if you ever come to thailand at this moment. all people leaving all have their masks on. all people will to keep themselves at least one man have to meet this disc and see so. little by little i think all adds up into. a momentum that. people. are giving very good cooperation and that's why the best numbers. they shouldn't pass greatly reduced tonnage economy relies heavily on tourism how long before those of us in the rest of the world will be able to visit thailand again i think not not not

not long from now we are trying to open up the unit by unit but however even we open thailand at this moment i don't believe that. a bunch of tourists will. come to thailand right now because they also have their own which they can see from their respective countries so that at this moment what we are trying to believe trying to is to protect our country to be in the safe so and as much as we can and thai people always will come. our problem friends either coming for business or 2 weeks but we will have to wait until the appropriate time and we want to make sure that they will be safe to eat today it will come to our country. that many thanks indeed for being with us so

that's a titan stephanie prime minister and minister for public health and some understand that a call. the 1st day of a weeklong lockdown in chile as capital santiago seen city streets almost deserted more than 6000000 people have been ordered to stay in their homes a police permit is required to go outside food markets and pharmacies remain open the health ministry reversed the easing of restrictions on friday for infections increased rapidly over the past 2 weeks she has more than 41000 cases al-jazeera today's a bow is monitoring developments across latin america from argentina's capital one of solace. the streets of sunday i will seemed empty as the chilean government tightened the lockdown in the capital city as you just said those above 70 years old were quested to remain in their homes those who wanted to leave their homes need to get a special permits from the police and violators will be fined with thousands of

dollars as soon as the host is also said of the amount of people infected in the country has doubled in this past week and most of those cases are happening in the capital santiago from the very beginning chile implemented a case where they called it a segregated lockdown where they blocked certain neighborhoods that had a larger amount of people that had been infected well that changed today the whole city is right now under lockdown there's been reports also that several hospitals are already filled their intensive care units are already filled and they've been transporting several cases across the country so that those people could be treated even though the death toll in chile is not higher over $400.00 people have lost their lives it is expected to rise we do know that in santiago it's largest cemetery already this saturday the people there have been digging graves not only in that in that cemetery but also in other regions because the death toll is expected to rise former u.s.

president barack obama has made a veiled swipe at trump's handling of the pandemic saying that it has torn back the curtain on american leadership speaking at a virtual ceremony for thousands of graduates he said that they have to seize the initiative on the nation's leaders and fumbled more than anything this pandemic is fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge of the world's going to get better it's going to be up to you. for many of the 3700000 students graduating high school in the u.s. it's not the celebration that they had hoped for a lot of special reports. it's not supposed to be chewed have been a pothole with lots of friends and a celebration of 4 years of high school instead it's graduation marked with a socially distant stance with the family in a driveway. with my friends that is better. and we're

going to get out maybe. maybe is graduation season in america's high schools big celebrations ceremonies and excitement the moment to move on to something new university or a career for the class of 2022 is moments and memories have been stolen away was nobody wants to go to school it sucks it's boring but the end of your senior year you get to do all of these incredible things you've been working towards and you get that. and now i don't get that. clear rodgers moved to the u.s. 2 years ago from the u.k. where they do things differently graduation ceremonies are not common but i've grown up watching that sort of thing movies now it's like wow i actually get to experience. that that was kind of sensing jake on a night always ready to leave high school she's been accepted to university to pursue a career in nursing and watching her world has changed in just

a matter of weeks watching hope people have relied on health professionals makes it even more determined that sweet her future lies i wish i could be helping everyone right now and it's kind of sad that i can't but that's what's also motivating me to still be a nurse is in case this comes back not everyone leaving high school has the same sefton too and it is a real not corn effect colleges and universities across america say they're expecting to lose 20 percent of the students who have already enrolled many simply won't be able to afford it anymore and it's not just a one year thing one in 10 say they're already making other plans what would you want them to help students in the last year of high school plan for the future a future no least with uncertainty my biggest fear is that kids that were on the edge and that i would have been able to do more for are. are still going to not make a decision on what their person or plans are and leave high school and. not knowing

what to do $170.00 schools are doing what they can to celebrate graduation virtual ceremonies pushing events back several weeks it won't be the same but then neither is the world the students are about to enter alan fischer al-jazeera arlington virginia. a weather update next here on al-jazeera then a test of leadership we'll take a look at why some of some world leaders are under fire for their handling of the pandemic. and commands best friend sniff out the coronavirus tell you about a trial that's underway in the u.k. . hello there small very heavy rain across southern areas of the united states as him all the way thunderstorms in the last year as a knock out gives an indication as to whether meanwhile just off the coast of

florida to the north of bahamas watching this tropical disturbance it could develop into a tropical storm but it certainly has made for a very cloudy couple of days into miami but nothing like conditions into southern louisiana just look at the rain here this all came through some very torrential rain which was coming down steadily throughout the day not just there though up into northern oklahoma again some terentia rains and some very strong winds with these storms and look at the damage that was done this is a house that was struck by lightning and as you can see that is all that remains now is the possibility of more severe storms as we go into the next couple of days again throughout much of the south push across louisiana and all the way steadily toward the southeast but really this line of rain showers and thunderstorms goes all the way up to the midwest not about day generally across much of the east you can see this disturbance here that's along we're just watching very closely and very unsettled at schools much the pacific northwest down into northern areas of california through monday just clear across the southern plains but that is when we

got more on the songs into the southeast and pushing up as well around the great lakes. on the county mcauliffe there rich in resources but some opec nations are struggling to make any money. no but then also it could be oil price crash be opening the green economy needs all that plus spoils biggest player moving in on a little piece of north east england. counting the cost on al-jazeera. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast center. on al-jazeera.

well again this is al jazeera 2nd of it remind you of the main news this hour the man accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people during the rwandan genocide has been captured. was found hiding in france under a false name after avoiding capture for nearly 25 years. thailand is easing a lockdown that began today for shopping malls and department stores have reopened at a night the curfew will be shortened by an hour for the state of emergency will continue until the end of the month. first day of a weeklong lockdown in chile's capital santiago as seen in the city streets almost deserted more than 6000000 people have been ordered to stay out of. the pandemic has been a major test for world leaders the top 4 worst hit nations have something in common populist leaders who initially dismissed the threat of the virus the death toll of

the us is approaching 90000 by far the world's highest despite repeated warnings from january president trump insisted that the virus would not take hold there in march he declared a national emergency but has refused to take responsibility for failings in the response britain's prime minister boris johnson also played down the virus even shaking hands with patients a covert 19 hospital ward he later became seriously ill himself the u.k. acted relatively late in imposing a lockdown that now has the highest death toll in europe brazil is less than america's worst hit country president jaya both synonymous so that the virus was nothing but a fantasy like triumphal slaughtering courage to anti lock down protests at attacks governess who imposed restrictions and putin was quick to close russia's border with china but domestic lockdown measures came late russia has now more than 270000 infections the 2nd highest in the world steve clemons is editor at large of

the hill and the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line he explains why it's taken several world leaders some time to take measures against the virus. all of these leaders in a sense ran against the establishment in their countries they ran against science they ran against universities they ran against the ministries and bureaucracies they were out there set up over generations to protect the public but also narrow has fired his last 2 health ministers so donald trump his critique anthony found it was world famous as one of the great carolla just who has helped knock back to me aids and others i think that the reason they did this is that they thrive on the notion that they and their supporters are victims and they've been victims from the educated in society from science that has left them behind in their view and it

challenges their my cheese mow their their their boss nature and that they would have to listen to someone else and this is created a real problem so i think that's part of that your world health organization is a bit different because it least in the united states part of the nationalism that donald trump has tried to this bug nations now says i'm trying to assert is very disdainful of other countries of international deals of international institutions and they see the rest of the world as ripping off the united states as freewriting when the united states and there's a resentment and anger about anything attached to the united nations so his critique of the w.h.o. is part of this plug nations nationalism and he does not understand that the w.h.o. plays a vital and critical role in setting up health models and health standards creating an antenna for other and future pandemics and helping particularly we have to remember that if we don't help lesser developed countries get through this and we

see what it's happened to developed countries this will come back with a vengeance everywhere. with restrictions being partially lifted in england people on britain's southern coastal worried about visitors flocking to the seaside for a chance reports now from brighton. on any normal sunny may weekend brighton would be welcoming visitors with open arms more swimmers more splashes more sunbathers out of towners and daytrippers the 2020 isn't normal and as england eases lock down restrictions brighton like many of the country's attractions and beauty spots is worried too many people will come flocking it's really painful to be asking people not to come here but we need to be clear with people that we don't believe that it's safe to do so just yet our local services the console police and health are all focusing on keeping people wow so we don't want to be stretched with some people deciding to visit the city scotland and wales haven't changed their

measures earlier in the week the prime minister johnson replaced england's stay at home message with the more confusing stay alert and told people they could spend more time outdoors and travel further pedro and for want to end their kids have emerged from lockdown in redhill an hour's drive away the 1st trip in 2 months is great it's of course you know we don't really exactly where we are right now there's no one nearby 20 metres you know. and you know we had to go out and take some fresh air because he's had to be. in the building you know 24 hours just no disagreement again so that you know perhaps the council's don't come message got through perhaps police checking cars outside the city limits was also dissuading people but certainly the beach wasn't overrun on saturday whether or not people should be visiting england's beaches and other beauty spots isn't the only

lockdown issue being debated in the u.k. at the moment there's also been arguments about the government's intention so at least partially open primary schools early in june. teachers unions and the british medical association don't think the plan is safe enough yet when the government is trying to reassure them this face return is in line over european countries are doing to get their own schools colleges in this respect i know lots of you will be worried about sending your children to school every one of us wants for the very best for our children and i know how stressful this time has been for all families right across the country i want to reassure you that this approach is based on the best scientific advice and bryson the idea got a mixed reception it i'd agree with an offbeat a younger children is not going to be possible for a poor 5 year outside the i think the kids have had enough time to home have the 3

daughters i think they're pretty ready to go back to school i clearly you know i think a feature is a good idea that they go back to school and keep learning. with plenty of slips and stumble so far the u.k.'s slow climb out of lockdown isn't proving easy. how does iraq rice and researchers in the u.k. think that sniffer dogs may be able to tell if people are infected with the coronavirus before they show any symptoms it could provide a fast noninvasive way to detect the disease the charity is teaming up with the university for a trial for 6 dogs will be given samples of the smell of infected patients and talk to distinguish it from people who don't have the virus. in the study we're in to determine whether people who have who are going to have this thing to do you are and then train dogs to detect it i was very grateful to the u.k. government for supporting this very exciting research and years of research that

we've already done as a team to demonstrate that people who have a malaria infection have a distinctive and we've shown that dogs can be trained to detect that with very high accuracy so if this is successful and we show the same for career 19 this could completely revolutionize the way that we are tackling this disease a massive testing program is underway in the chinese city of hoo ha on where the outbreak was 1st reported the 1st cluster of new infections since the lockdown was east has been confirmed reports the people in this province have been battling the novel perona virus longer than anyone else the virus started here in december last year and grew to epic proportions killing more than 4000 people in china alone after months of lockdown and one province the number of cases began to drop then this week there was a cluster of new infections a new testing campaign is underway to stop the spread the residents fear going to crowded testing centers could put them in danger but. i think some measures should

have been taken for example people should be separated when there are many of them is not very good to have too many people covered in one place some paper where the mosques are not. safety has become a hot topic especially on social media among the 11000000 residents of this latest campaign is voluntary i think it's fine everyone is keep it on distant off one half meters from the. old office says the epidemic people have had a great sense of responsibility to keep our distance from each other to reduce risks there are now nearly 5000000 cases of kobe 1000 around the world more than 300000 have died what started in china may be returning for a 2nd wave leader harding al-jazeera a key border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan has reopened after 2 months allowing stranded afghans to return home the talk i'm crossing was closed to

prevent the spread of the corona virus leaving thousands stranded on both sides many have been waiting at the border for a week travellers had the temperatures taken as they crossed by force but at. the front but they were about 3 months ago when the talk i'm told it was closed due to the corona virus outbreak we were stranded in punjab pakistan we faced many problems there we couldn't work during this time i have been stranded in pakistan for more than 2 months i was and it took me 6 days to reach the border crossings due to bad traffic for more than a week many of citizens including women have been waiting at this border to enter they are in a bad condition. kenya has stepped up border restrictions to slow the spread of the virus banning travel to and from tanzania and somalia truck drivers are exempt from the restrictions but have to be tested before they can cross the border kenya also extended a movement ban between nairobi among bassa until june 6th the country is under

a nationwide dusk to dawn curfew. but on days running party has staged its final rally ahead of the country's general election next week it's named every shift and as its presidential candidates he's a close ally of president calderon cesar is stepping down after 15 years in office and could have as faced accusations of political repression u.n. and civil society observers have been refused permission to monitor the elections over the past few months and especially the last few weeks during the campaign that kicked over the 27th of april that the the ruling party in the government is really trying to show that this is that this is a legitimate electoral process so that means that there are currently 7 presidential candidates with 2 main ones they have been able to campaign freely to organize rallies and to to mobilize the population to to give the impression to the bruni ns and the outside world that this is the only legitimate electoral process

nigerians are complaining about the rising cost of food during ramadan some items are twice as expensive and prices aren't expected to drop even after the muslim fasting month ends i would address reports now from. daisy shops 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 prizes mean you know what you get for like. 5010000 and you just have to keep buy the children are told. because he was 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 lasting through to the next paycheck many

of 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 traders. it's all because demand outstrips supply when there are shortages the prices will increase when 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 agrees al-jazeera. 3 female zimbabwean opposition leaders who went missing following

a protest this week of been found on a roadside outside harare they went missing during a demonstration led by the movement for democratic change weapons day they say they were taken into police custody for being beaten and sexually assaulted the opposition party leader says that force is working for the president were behind the abduction. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera the man accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people during the rwandan genocide has been captured for the sea and was found hiding in france under a false name after avoiding capture for the early 25 years thailand is easing a lockdown that began in april shopping most of the pop and stores have reopened but a new night clique at a nightly curfew will be shortened by an hour but a state of emergency will continue until the end of the month thailand hasn't

reported any new cases of the coronavirus since friday. the 1st day of a weeklong lockdown in chile's capital santiago has seen city streets almost deserted more than 6000000 people have been ordered to stay at home and a serious today's a bow is monitoring developments across latin america from what assad has from the very beginning chile implemented a case where they called it a segregated lockdown where they've blocked certain neighborhoods that had a larger amount of people that had been infected well that changed to dave the whole city is right now under lockdown there's been reports also that several hospitals are already filled their intensive care units are already filled and they've been transporting several cases across the country so that those people could be treated a key border crossing between pakistan and afghanistan has reopened after 2 months allowing started afghans to return home the talk i'm crossing was closed to prevent the spread of the corona virus leaving thousands stranded on both sides many have

been waiting at the border for a week troublous had the temperature taken as they crossed on foot. kenya has stepped up border restrictions to slow the spread of the virus by adding travel to and from tanzania and somalia truck drivers are exempt from the restrictions but have to be tested before they can cross the border kenya also extended a movement between nairobi and mombasa until the 6th of june the country's under a nationwide dusk to dawn curfew researches in the u.k. think that sniffer dogs may be able to tell if people are infected with the coronavirus before they show any symptoms of charity is teaming up with the university for a trial 6 dogs will be given samples of the smell of infected patients and talk to distinguish it from people who don't have the virus and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after counting the cost next. is going to the polls for general elections. concerned about the threat of violence

many wonder if they can be free. and. 19 have on time. on al-jazeera. santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week boyle just because you're resource rich in 2020 doesn't mean you're making money we'll look at the economies of some opec nations which aren't making a cent in thanks to the price crash and the coronavirus also oil versus lithium as coals grow for a green economic recovery post pandemic maybe green power could be the death knell for crude. and saudi arabia the oil giant whose.