this is a moment for pretty much the opposite where retreat from the world could actually save every generation as its moment. is ours. france 'd and germany propose a 545000000000 dollar fund to help europe recover from the coronavirus fund them make. hello i'm barbara sarah you're watching out as they are live from london also coming up on the program spotlight on the w.h.o. and the china zeeshan paying banks an inquiry into covert 19 after the pandemic amid growing calls for an investigation into the origins of the fives after 10

weeks of lockdown shops restaurants and hairdressers opened their doors again initially in. the majority. and we'll tell you why politicians in hong kong's parliament are physically fighting for control of a key committee. hello thank you for joining us france and germany have proposed a 545000000000 dollars relief fund to help europe recover from the coronavirus pandemic in a video conference the country's leaders suggested the e.u. borrow the money together and use it to support europe's hardest hit industries and regions meanwhile china's president has been defending beijing's response to the outbreak at a virtual world health organization assembly caesium pings said he supports a global inquiry into the response to covert $1000.00 but only once the pandemic is

under control well it's definitely not under control in brazil's biggest city sao paolo where the mayor says a 90 percent of the city's hospitals are full and they could run out of space in 2 weeks meanwhile each of these shops the bars cafes and hairdressers have reopened after more than 2 months of lockdown that begins our coverage with more from paris on the proposals for a massive e.u. relief fund. well the leaders of france and germany say that the aim of this 545000000000 dollar recovery fund is to try and help revive certain economic sectors in the european union member states countries regions that have been particularly badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic now the idea is that this money would be bored of the international markets now both emmanuel mark crawl and angela merkel said that it was absolutely fundamental that the european union come

together it is time and show solidarity with some member states that have really struggled over the past weeks and months and will continue to do so in the future because of course the coronavirus pandemic is far from over in many ways even though we have seen the numbers of infections and cases drop over the past few days in some european countries well this initiative has been welcomed by their heads in the of the e.u. in brussels by the commissioner and the head of the e.u. council who say it's very much in line with their own thinking as they are formulating their own strategy it is also been welcomed on the international financial markets because we've seen global stocks. the response to covert 19 is becoming increasingly political was calls for an inquiry into how it's being handled worldwide chinese presidents usually paying has defended his country's response as open and transparent during an annual health conference run by the world health organization beijing's been facing growing criticism as our diplomatic

editor james bass now explains. it's a time when countries have been concentrating on their national responses to the virus and with tensions between china and the u.s. growing the un secretary general sounded frustrated his video link from new york to geneva wasn't working well but delegates heard him condemn the lack of global cooperation result one of you does express your understanding varied he may have some talk of solidarity but very little unity in our response to cope with 19 countries have followed different sometimes contradictory strategies and we are all paying a high price for this many countries have ignored the recommendations of the world health organization as a result the virus has spread throughout the world and is now heading towards southern countries where it could have even more devastating effect and we risk new peaks and waves many nations want a full inquiry into the response to the virus including its origins in the city of

. the issue has become increasingly politicized with president trump suggesting it may have been manmade in his address china's president xi supported the idea of an inquiry but with very clear limits. that china supports the idea of a comprehensive review of the global response to covered 19 so that it's brought under control to collect experiences and address deficiencies but he wants the world health organization in charge of any inquiry and it's the w.h.o. under its leader dr ted ross that's been condemned by the trumpet ministration for its poor response and in particular being too close to china in an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world we saw that w.h.o. failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when member

states do not act in good faith. this cannot ever happen again the status quo is intolerable w.h.o. must change and it must become for more transparent and for more accountable what we're seeing play out in geneva is likely to have reverberations around the world the growing antagonism between the u.s. and china is compounded by the fact that other major nations don't want to take sides because the 2 countries have so much economic clout and that's a recipe for global diplomatic deadlock james bowie's al-jazeera at the united nations the mayor of brazil's largest city says its health care system is nearing collapse because of the rapidly rising number of coronavirus infections but when i call the us says hospitals in sao paolo will run out of space in 2 weeks and he's criticized people who flout lockdown rules the city has become one of brazil's worst hit areas with about 3000 deaths on sunday thousands of brazilians rallied

against lockdown measures president has been criticized for his handling of the outbreak he wants state governors to lift restrictions more than 16000 people have died in prison. ranks acoa meanwhile has begun a gradual easing of its lock down the spied it's a number of deaths infections continuing to rise steadily the government plan involves 3 stages beginning on monday regions with no cases of the virus will be allowed to reopen with no restrictions the 2nd stage it will see the mining and car industries get back up and running social distancing measures will also be gradually lifted by june 1st across the country mexico has recorded more than 5000 virus deaths and nearly 50000 infections go live now terminal at apollo in mexico city so many of mexico is easing their restrictions but if you look at the numbers i mean maybe not in all regions but in other parts the numbers are

obviously rising. that's certainly the concern barbara what we're seeing in mexico monday was the 1st day of that new plan to reach the quote unquote new normal as the mexican president has says has said but i want to reiterate a couple of points that you just made specific to the numbers over the weekend on sunday this is the latest report from the mexican government the number of deaths reached a 5177 that's an increase of 132 from the day before so while the mexican government had forecasted that the height of contagion that peak of contagion would be reached about a week ago the numbers actually suggest otherwise the numbers suggest that the statistics point to the fact that mexico still is on the upward trend of that contagion curve which is very worrisome considering that today monday is the 1st day of the ease of restrictions now this is significant because the government is specifically saying that 15 of the 32 states can be good not everywhere certainly certain

municipalities within those states can begin to reopen can begin to normalize go back to what they're calling a new normal but businesses that do reopen will have to meet a certain criteria will have to be able to provide protective equipment to their employees or have to these companies and manufacturers are going to have to be able to ensure that social distance he will will be respected but there is a big question over the manufacturing sector specifically along mexico's northern border with the united states specifically auto manufacturers who have been under a lot of pressure from the united states to reopen you may you mention that date june 1st as the day where the whole nation will return to this new normal well the president and his cabinet have said that auto manufacturers could be reopening even before that june 1st deadline so that's something we're keeping a close eye on barbara and and then let's look to brazil now the situation there in south tower that the biggest city desperate and the fear of many countries around

the world was always that that the health system would be overwhelmed that now if you listen to the mayor it seems that that might be happening in sao paolo very soon. it's troubling news almost every day coming out of brazil what we're hearing now from the mayor of cell paolo is that is that the health system is nearing collapse he says that it's at 90 percent capacity the mayor added that within 2 weeks the health system could be overwhelmed this is certainly a big concern in brazil specifically in self as you mentioned the worst hit areas one of the worst hit areas in all of latin america over the weekend brazil became the 4th worst hit country in the world when it comes to cope with 1000 infections and the deaths certainly the worst hit in in all of latin america so when we look at this list of countries and economies that could potentially be opening up too soon that's certainly a controversial topic given that latin america is one of the last regions in the world to see the contagion the pandemic start to affect communities across the

region this is a major concern in countries like brazil the worst hit in latin america so right now the contagion is still on the rise so there is an expectation that things are going to get much worse so we'll. see that there are hospitals and medical centers become overwhelmed the general consensus is that yes that is on its way barbara it's french for news there manuel about the low with the latest from mexico city manager thank you. let's go to italy a country where the health system was temporarily actually overwhelmed well the prime minister now says his country is taking a calculated risk of relaxing its lockdown measures but it can't afford to wait for a vaccine most businesses including bars cafes and hairdressers we opened on monday james pools and sports centers will follow in a week's time on the 3rd of june travel to and from ace in the end between regions will be permitted and set him as in theaters and due to reopen on june 15th that he

has. essential parts of italian culture but one that's been absent for more than 2 months. customers ordering lunch at this rome restaurants are having to get used to eating out in a coronavirus world because immature knows we feel almost emotional given it's been 2 months that we've not been out to eat a lot you know in my opinion once we finished 18 but it is different we say to the distance but after a year or more across italy not just restaurants but bars cafes hairdressers and non-food shops can now reopen as long as social distancing is maintained they've all been left reeling by the in-force closure and the mali it's about normal it's a situation that's a bit apocalyptic if i can say that because we never thought in the restaurant business in a historic center of a european capital that we'd ever live through something like this. it's really the 1st country outside asia to be overrun by covert 19 went international lockdown 10 weeks ago to date it's recorded more than 32000 deaths but the pandemics also

taking a financial toll italy's economy is expected to shrink by nearly 10 percent this year the government had to concede to this mall businesses to open up the doors again otherwise the contre will never recover so we are ready and visiting a fall in the gross national product some 20 percent and some industries it's 90 percent if you go on this way will for sure cure covered bad lose an economy prime minister says the reopening zur a calculated risk but a major retailers association estimates 30 percent of cafes and restaurants will be staying shut. the better pepys family restaurants in rome is one of them. since the lockdown she's had to try her free stuff on her own pockets she wants the government to give people like her help with paying bills and tax breaks or do you know us everyday like ontario can because this restaurant is like

a car in order to turn it on you need peel which is the cash that we do not have. and even if we reopen there wouldn't be enough customers to cover the costs to our nic tourists and we rely on them. to a sunday to start arriving in italy early next month and we'd need coronavirus cases at the lowest level since before the lockdown things seem to be going in the right direction but here in milan famous for its elegant shopping arcades not everybody's convinced relaxing the rules will work out you don't come here i know nothing will change everything will return exactly as before the lockdown will be quickly forgotten and therefore everything will turn as before we'll go back into an emergency and a crisis i think that's the clear. after time after maybe. an hour left and back to normal so for now many people are cautiously optimistic but they're all too aware that if the virus starts to spread quickly again the new freedoms might disappear the dean

barber al jazeera. cafes and restaurants have also opened their doors again in denmark the country slowly began to lift its lockdown restrictions 4 weeks ago including sending children back to school but it hasn't seen a rise in corona virus infections there have been 548 deaths linked to the virus in that black. students have also returned to school in belgium which is taking its next step in relaxing lockdown restrictions each class has a limited number of students to ensure a social distancing is adhere to and children will only go to school twice a week until the end of june belgium is thought to have the highest per capita death rate from coronavirus it's recorded more than $1000.00 deaths in a population of around $11500000.00. still to come in this half hour that president trump a sack of government watchdog because he was investigating on the arms sale to saudi arabia will be looking into that and

a new setback for libyan warlord highly for half tide as the un recognized government takes back control of a key military base near tripoli. we should see the heat easing into eastern parts of the mediterranean over the next couple of days still very much along side here having said that further north we are going to see some of the warm weather just pushing into those western areas if you have an up towards the northwest disobey some pieces of sherry rain from northern parts of this area 1st story weather that we have into the med will produce some lively showers around saw the corsica pushing intervention the shows also spreading across into the balkan study celsius in athens so down in recent value supposed to plenty warm enough 24 celsius in london the 25 in paris and

rising as we go on into wednesday those. that just will just add up and not short sable say a few showers there into the western side of russia wetter weather pushing across the balkans an easing of its was rumania some parts of ukraine staying home dried out into the southeast and fond of drawing a façade of the method for madrid so some pleasant sunshine continuing here the showers that we have in central areas of the mediterranean will bring a few showers into northern mts area maybe want to see those showers also starting to affect moving parts of tunisia for a time lava showers there into the gulf of guinea with some heavy rain for some past nigeria. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop their energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such 2 mountains as

a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state amounts we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generation breastpin pioneering future energy. the . reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera france and germany are jointly proposing a $545000000000.00 relief fund to help europe recover from the pandemic the money would be used to support the artistic industries and regions china's president has

defended his country's response to the coronavirus at a virtual w.h.o. conference ping also said he supports a global inquiry into the handling of the pandemic but only once the pandemic itself is under control and the mayor of brazil's largest city says its hospitals are nearing collapse because of the bright rapidly rising number of corona virus infections. that best toll in the united states meanwhile is fast approaching 90000 and with almost 1500000 people infected president has been speaking to business leaders about the country's economic outlook he sees the un encouraging data from drug maker that a possible corona virus vaccine appears to be safe and able to stimulate a positive immune response the findings helped prompt a rally on wall street. well the head of the u.s. house foreign affairs committee says president trump may have fired

a government watchdog because he was investigating an arms sale to saudi arabia eliot engel says he asked the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for an 8000000000 dollar sale trump announced his plans to remove linnik on friday night mike hanna joins us live now from the white house mike what else do we know about the story. well this goes back to may last year when president trump introduced a state of emergency in a bid to circumvent congress following suggestions from president trump of an 8000000000 dollar arms bill now congress was deeply opposed to this for a number of reasons saudi arabia's human rights record the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi so there was bipartisan opposition in congress to this president trump to pass a state of emergency there by bypassing congress the letter to congress was written

by the secretary of state mike pompei are now at the time the house foreign affairs committee asked for an investigation got the inspector general to investigate he was fired on friday night and now the chair of that house committee is saying that the inspector general was close to releasing a report a final report on this investigation now the server my eyes off the head of the foreign affairs committee is that he was fired to a very prevent the report from being made public now both the senate and the house as i said were opposed to that arms deal there is now questions from the house direct statements to the trumpet ministration to provide the full reasons for the dismissal of the inspector general in the state department now one must remember too as well that this is now the 4th inspector general to be fired by a president in the past 5 weeks this case though likely to continue to unravel

pressure will be maintained it would appear by the house in particular to give for reasons or to get an explanation of the reason for the firing of this inspector general and i can i know you'll be following developments on the story for the moment from the white house thank you. the f.b.i. says it's found evidence that a saudi military cadet was in contact with the armed group al qaeda before he shot and killed 3 people on a u.s. naval air base last year federal investigators found mobile phone evidence which they say reveals mohamed say ronnie communicated with an al qaeda operative who encouraged the shooting that's the spite a lack of support from apple so the sailors were killed and 8 others wounded on the military base in florida last the summer. u.s. attorney general william barr says technicians managed to unlock the phone and retrieve evidence after apple declined to help the phones contained information

previously unknown to us that definitively establishes ronnie's significant ties to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula not only before the attack but before he even arrived in the united states we now have a clear understanding of associations and activities in the years months and days leading up to his attack he wrote a final will purporting to explain himself and saved it in his phone the exact same will that a q a p released 2 months later when they initially claimed responsibility he wasn't just coordinating with them about planning and tactics he was helping the organization make the most it could out of his murders and he continued to confer with his h.q. a.p. associates right up until the end the very night before he started shooting

libya's un recognized government says it's retaken control of the airbase it was being used as a headquarters for warlord tally for half that in the country's west or a burden manley has more. yes a limited victory for libyan government forces and another setback for world khalifa have to spite his officials in tripoli say death forces have taken back a what base nittany is he has border the bases within 50 kilometers of 3 towns the intense awara and its location has made it difficult the government forces to find a secure area where they launch ground ines trikes to retake the base in early may the fighting resulted in heavy losses on both sides the military says the turning point came when it destroyed at least 2 of have to ask russian made at different

systems to game changer in terms of the last year actually doctors advances. from on tripoli and i think in that sense we have to understand how it's changed the military calculus now have to have importance to russian defense systems that in recent days in order to safeguard are not frozen of value assets are free but after that they fought bitterly over this asset since 2015 in fact it's the 1st civil war that was sparked by philip after in 2014 now it's a major development because it really alters the way in which dr can continue his offensive on tripoli. how to control of our base in 2014. that's when he called on libyans to rise up against the un recognized government in tripoli since then he's used it for his headquarters for his forces in western libya. have turns been launching strikes there since april 2019 to support his

offensive to seize control of the capital. and offensive that killed more than a 1000 people have to continue. tripoli and its batik airport only 8 kilometers east of the city but he no longer has any air bases in the west while he still controls launch swathes of land and oil fields across eastern and southern libya. and recapture you. tip the balance of power. to defend the west and focus on the captain. a jewish settler has been found guilty of murder in a high profile arson attack that killed a palestinian toddler and his parents in 2015 the man fire bombed the whole of the family in the village of duma while they were sleeping 18 months old. died along

with his parents his 4 year old brother was badly burned but he survived. the editor of a prominent online egyptian newspaper my that master has been released on bail after outrage over her arrest the publication says lena at callao was arrested outside the tora prison complex in cairo the award winning journalist was interviewing the mother of jailed activist fattah who was on hunger strike protesting against is the tension as a rest is the latest in a wider crackdown that has been widely criticized by rights groups the un and the committee for the protection of journalists she's due to appear in court on monday . scuffles have broken out in hong kong's parliament for the 2nd time this month after a probe aging politician was elected chair of a key committee it happened as 15 anti-government protesters appeared in court charged over last year's mass rallies they were arrested in april accused of

helping to organize protests that had been banned by the city's authorities adrian brown reports. social distancing rules were ignored as the 15 activists arrived at court penned in by media supporters and opponents one defendant striking a defiant time he was. under. oath disturbances in hong kong. is the chinese coldest day. despite being intense hearing the word united does his son oh those appearing in court include the think it heads of hong kong's democracy movement like the lawyer and former politician mattingly now $81.00 and frequently vilified in china's state controlled media as is margaret own another lawyer and campaigner the newspaper owner and businessman jimmy lai believes the arrests were ordered by china's

government and are intended as a deterrent against future mass gatherings well i think he's obviously that they just want to intimidate you know the people here that they will they will dare to come up with demonstrated hong kong's police deny the charges are politically motivated and insist they're just doing their job. nearly $8000.00 people have been arrested since the start of the protest last june but the round up of some of the territories most respected campaigners a month ago shocked many under a colonial era law they were charged with taking part in an illegal assembly if found guilty they face up to 5 years in jail the hearing was adjourned until the middle of next month these court appearances come ahead of some very sensitive anniversaries of hong kong and just days before controversial legislation is due to be presented to hong kong's fractious legislature. and that legislature was

a combative place on monday with m.p.'s physically fighting for control of an important committee 14 from the pro-democracy party's. expelled from the trade they now face the prospect of criminal charges which could do spot them from standing in elections later this year adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. reminder now of the top stories on al-jazeera france and germany are jointly proposing a $445000000000.00 relief fund to help europe recover from the pandemic the proposal suggests that the e.u. borrow the money together and use it to support the hardest hit industries and regions china's president has the fended his country's response to the coronavirus at an annual health conference run by the world health organization see shipping also said he supports

a global inquiry into the handling of the pandemic but only once the pandemic is under control. the mayor of brazil's largest city says its health care system is nearing collapse because of the rapidly rising number of coronavirus infections call vesa says hospitals in sao paolo will run out of space in 2 weeks italy's shops bars cafes and hairdressers have reopened after 10 weeks on lockdown the country recorded 1009 deaths on monday the 1st time the daily toll has dropped below 100 since the 1st measures were put in place italy's prime minister says they're taking a calculated risk relaxing the lock down measures but can't afford to wait for a vaccine because we feel almost emotional given it's been 2 months that we've not been out to eat i let you know my opinion once we finished eating but it is different we see to this the distance well out of the young. the head of the u.s. house foreign affairs committee says president trump they have fired

a government watchdog because it was investigating an arms sale to saudi arabia eliot engel says yes the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for and for the 8000000000 dollar sale from pronounced his plans to remove linnik on friday night. a jewish settler has been found guilty of murder in a high profile arson attack that killed the palestinian toddler and his parents in 2050 the man that fireball and the whole of the family in the village of duma while they were sleeping 18 month old died along with his parents. those are the top stories this stay with us the stream is next examining the mental health battles faced by medical workers i'll have more news for you in half an hour hope you'll join me then.

being a physician we're encouraged to be strong but it becomes emotionally overwhelming when you are taking your order and patients who are in support of the families who cannot see their loved ones and going to the brain of losing too many young lives. oh my colleagues and i received it in the in birth and scope of this issue or because of money trisha and maybe the only children it is illegal in egypt and it is so hard so slow id that the disc evoked insua leaves ducommun. i knew.