i believe it's lost the us. is held responsible i will have to sleep well see i will encourage or thank. the bank you still. owe. china accuses the u.s. of trying to shift blame for mishandling the coronavirus pandemic as president trump threatens to pam it lee cut funding to the w.h.o. . player watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters in doha fully back he will also ahead. minister steps down after months of pressure related to the killing of his ex-wife. the u.n. warns the coronavirus pandemic is having

a devastating impact on indigenous people well beyond the immediate threat to their health. by wayne hay reporting from new zealand where there is excitement about the return of professional rugby but we'll tell you why the reserve real concern about the future of the sport here. thank you very much for joining us china is accusing the united states of avoiding responsibility and shifting the blame for mishandling the coronavirus crisis after president trump threatened to permanently hold funding to the world health organization that means the w.h.o. would lose its largest single contributor the us gave 400000000 dollars last year. the threat in a letter to the head of the w.h.o. which he then posted on twitter in its he accused the w.h.o. of mistakes and not action he wrote it is clear the repeated missteps by you enjoy

organisation in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the world he also accuse officials of backing china right saying the only way forward for the world health organization is if it can actually demonstrate independent. he ended the letter demanding major changes of the organization trump wrote if the world health organization does not commit to major substantive improvements within the next 30 days make my temporary freeze of united states funding to the world health organization permanent and the us president is accusing beijing of being partly responsible for the w h o's actions and i think they've done a. very see the list period of time. and again the united states pays them $450000000.00 a year china pays them $38000000000.00 a year. and they're a puppet of jonah. jonah centric to put it nicer but they're a puppet of jonah for more on china's reaction has katrina you in beijing china's

foreign ministry has responded to trump's letter by painting the us as a rogue state that is not abiding by the rules of the international community it says that it's the obligation of every world health organization member state to pay their contribution in full and on time it also says that the trump administration is trying to mislead the public about china while politicizing its relationship with the world health organization saying that it's simply trying to divert attention away from its or mishandling of the crisis back home another interesting point raised by the foreign ministry during tuesday's press briefing is that it raised this question of this independent review and when this independent review by the world health organization will take place now the foreign ministry spokesperson jolly jan said that it would be disastrous for this review to take place before the pandemic was under control so though it seems that china is committed to this review it's trying to kick the can down the road and terms of

when it's actually going to take place. and the dispute involving the w.h.o. china and the u.s. has taken place as the world how the semblance of nations is due to vote on having an independent inquiry into the world's coronavirus response from on this threat speak to assad big in london for us so 1st of all last night was the w.h.o. had to say about the accusations made against him by the us well these accusations are nothing new the been the directed at their behavior for a while but it's not very clear what donald trump wants the show to do what does it what changes does he want them to make in the next 30 days that some of these allegations are that the double hey joe was slow in warning of the risk of human to human transmission role the debate joe says they issued technical guidance in early january warning of exactly that human to human transmission the other allegation is that the behavior was slow in examining chinese transparency well the didn't behave

joe say that they declared the pandemic the coronavirus a an international risk a day before the u.s. administration put a partial ban on flights from china and the other thing is that some people say that the administration the u.s. administration already had the who in this sites in early february that ministrations suggested cutting the who's funding but harvest part of a 3000000000 cut us cut to global health funding so this has just been an excuse for the u.s. administration and we're expecting a vote later on an inquiry and that ongoing virtual meeting do we have a sense how countries are going to be voting on this. well the director general of the who yesterday said he supported an inquiry an investigation china supports an investigation although the timing of it they want it to be later and we have over $120.00 countries that are supporting this resolution that's been put

forward now when this resolution was 1st suggested it was suggested by a stray that had upset china they thought they had been directed at them that it's been put forward by the european union and it did and it calls for an independent impartial and comprehensive investigation in terms of the response looking at the response to the kroner virus or what's also important is is that includes texas looking at the origins of the virus now if the who can decide in the timeframe for this investigation it may be enough for the trumpet mr administration to say yes that they're back on board but again nobody exactly knows what donald trump is looking looking for and what he wants the world health organization to do thank you for that aside big lie for a c. in london now along with his threat to the w.h.o. president added another dose of controversy saying his taking an anti-malarial drug and health experts one could have fatal side effects how does the castro has more.

president donald trump is so confident in the drug he himself dubbed a game changer against covert 19 that he himself takes one pill of hydroxy chloroquine with zinc every morning object and hydroxy driver went right have a. couple of weeks ago started to get it because i think it's kind of had a lot of good stories and if it's not good i'll tell you right doctor to get heard but it's been around for 40 years from malaria for a loop as for other things the president unsolicited admission came at the end of a winding press conference next to restaurant executives about reopening the country what do you have to lose ok what do you have to list that's despite no evidence of the drug working to prevent infection and own food and drug administration warning against using hydroxy chloroquine to treat coated outside of an emergency hospital setting

a leading government immunologist testified before congress last week that he was demoted after doubting hydroxy clora whens efficacy we also knew that there were potential safety risks or clerk when they cause an irregular heart irregular heart rhythms and even in some cases death a greater portion of u.s. military veterans who took the drug to treat cope with 19 did die according to a government study as compared to fellow covert patients who did not take hydroxy chloroquine and 2 larger studies from new york found the drugs offered no significant benefit to hospitalized patients trump said his faith in hydroxy clore when it comes from anecdotes that make their way to the oval office has by advocates i get a lot of positive calls about it the american medical association says it strongly opposes the non f.d.a. approved use of hydroxy cork when without careful consultation with one's doctor trump says he has the white house doctor's approval he says he asked for it himself

. hi peter castro al-jazeera washington. in other world news lists otos from minister has resigned after months of pressure over allegations of involvement in murder thomas to bodies coalition fell apart in part of it last monday and he was asked to step down by the end of this week to make way for a new government to bonnie suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife his current wife has been formally charged with the matter they both deny any involvement in her death moves through countrymen and women period for you to do to announce that the work that you had assigned me may not yet be over but the time to to have them degrades here to leave them probably the north is has finally arrived al-jazeera has more details on what thomas to bonnie said and what will happen next . we know that thomas tobias formally handed in his resignation letter to king

lately the 3rd the king could ask him to stay on as a kid take a prime minister until a new prime minister has been sworn in that person will likely be finance minister my daughter he's 58 years old he used to work for the i.m.f. and he seemed to have support from people who like me when it comes to the army political analysts say that they will likely remain neutral they haven't really had to deal with him but it's a suspected or expected that they will try and support him so bonnie has been resisting going for a while and he say this is not a resignation he's simply retiring because he's too old but people in the city know that he's been under a lot of pressure to resign because of his alleged involvement in the murder of his former wife he had approached the constitutional court earlier saying that his argument was that a sitting prime minister cannot be charged with anything now that of course will change once a new prime minister has been sworn in some political analysts sitting thing that the results of i have told you still along with because he is trying to organize some kind of good exit package for him when he leaves maybe try to take the people

around him and also try and get immunity from prosecution but all this will become clear to the new prime minister has been sworn in that could be later on choosing or possibly even wednesday. in libya the internationally recognized government is continuing its offensive against forces loyal to warlord highly for half time in the west after taking control of the air base on monday jna forces now say they have retaken the towns of t.g. and south of the base our tir had been used as have to our headquarters in western libya since 2040 a spokesman for have task forces is downplaying the loss of the air base i spent a minute well this move was not made in the spur of the moment it was planned for months we've been pulling out strategic equipment and heavy military gear from the brakes 3 months ago we pulled out the jet fighters and their ammunition and spear parts only yesterday orders were given for personnel to withdraw under cover the withdrawal was successful and we moved the personnel and order with the marine air

munitions we have on planes and we will recapture the bikes. the human rights school beds sell em is accusing israel of a campaign of violence against palestinians in an east jerusalem neighborhood so we a is home to about 22000 people and is one of the poorest suburbs in the city is hemmed in by jewish neighborhoods and israeli institutions including a military base medical center and university the group says as so we are is 90 percent smaller than when it was seized by israel in 1967 still ahead on al-jazeera desperate for answers the families searching for relatives has gone missing during yemen's 5 year civil war. and return to sender the political feud threatening the future of the u.s. postal service.

the spring rains are getting more active again in china but the satellite pictures suggest circulation appear in the sea of japan well there is one of these in the forecast producing a lot of rain for the finals of honshu and for her kind of but the backwash is still fine if whether it's $219.00 degrees in solemn pretty brisk weather to a farm where the 30 or thereabouts in beijing area and much of northern china the rain developing from one south was including hong kong the orange tops would suggest the heavy downpours this is normal for it does produce some flooding of course if persistent is persistent flooding with this is been moving in pulsing so it's flash flooding which will go away and it's the spring rains we are seeing of course a significant development in the bay of bengal the severe tropical cyclone is over the water is already spreading rain on to the coast of india and of course within

about 36 hours it's going to heavily influence bangladesh possibly probably making a landfall it will be a strong wind wise but it will be as worse or as bad weather twice so flooding seems a likely consequence there will be wind damage it does mean that the rest of india is remarkably quiet. but. this powerful social network is sculpting a global cyber society and regulation is playing catch up but as scandals begin to unfold they will witness that we should not be in this position patents are managing they wired as much extreme content as they can get undercover to gauge how ethics weigh against profits and how the rules are being written. and signed facebook on out is there.

player watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories china is accusing the united states of avoiding its responsibility and shifting the blame for mishandling the coronavirus crisis that's after president donald trump threatened to permanently halt funding to the world health organization this o'toole's prime minister has resigned after months of pressure over murder allegations almost a bonnie's coalition fell apart last monday and he was asked to step down by the end of this week to make way for a new government and libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli says its forces have retaken the tons of t.g. and body that follows monday's takeover of the on what he airbase from 25 as.

thomas forces. south sudan's vice president react and his wife have tested positive focal vid 19 he announced the results in a news conference in which he also described other members of the country's now disbanded coronavirus task force as being contaminated a statement from his office says a number of his staff including security guards also contracted the virus and shine his wife are not showing any symptoms and say they're feeling well and healthy a couple will south korean team for at least 2 weeks the united nations is warning the coronavirus is having a devastating impact on indigenous people around the world in brazil doctors say the number of critically ill patients being airlifted out of the amazon rain forest has increased by 60 percent since the start of the pandemic retore getting the reports. inside this plane there's a critically ill cope with 19 patients. and it's no longer he's

a member of an indigenous tribes who live in brazil's amazon rain forest he's been airlifted to announce one of the few cities in the state. intensive care beds. every day 2 planes are going out one is for normal patients and the other is for covert patients sometimes you don't have a normal patient but we have a patient with covered elipse for covered patients have gone up a lot it's gone up 60 percent for removals latest figures show there were more than 500 confirmed cases over 19 among 40 tribes many indigenous people have gone into voluntary isolation barricading roads to protect their villages from the pandemic but the disease is spreading quickly. there is a great people from into your dominoes we had brought up. even before the coronavirus crisis brazil's indigenous people say they were in

a struggle for survival they say president jaya balsa naro has stripped them of their rights and dismantled environmental protections opening the amazons mineral riches from all commercial exploitation. ok that 19 is an additional threat a time of heightened tension the tribes say they don't have the resources needed to fight the disease. we have an underdeveloped in syria 4 or 5 cities have intensive care units and many of them are not operate those in the rest of the interior those in underdeveloped areas are trying to get to my mouse and we could see a new wave of crowded hospitals fights for vacancies and intense situation human rights groups warn that illegal miners and logos in the amazon rain forest are exploiting the pandemic and that the government is ignoring or even encouraging illegal land seizures at a time when indigenous people almost fun ripple victoria gate in the al-jazeera.

protesters in ecuador say they're more concerned about the future of their livelihoods than of getting called in 19. union groups a labor reforms that will allow businesses to cut working hours in wages by half the government says the moves will save jobs for many workers are worried about having enough to eat according to reports nearly 150000 people have already lost their jobs salvador's president has condemned its top quarter after it suspended a state of emergency to contain the call the 1900 brave neighbor says the coarsest cision is illegal and lacks common sense he declared the state of emergency measures on saturday the court says the move is unconstitutional because the president didn't get approval from parliament to pakistan now which has launched a program to get emergency funds to people who've lost their jobs because of the pandemic is specifically aimed at people who rely on

a daily wage but critics say it's too little too late to has more from his lama bot . gummi don't progress on a lot of ready started giving. $75.00. in order to help them situation. made. by gift on may feed rising unemployment according to. people may be affected and. that would include $1000000.00 in the industrial sector and $2000000.00 and that's . the problem a grid eating restriction that on buggiest on the number of 19 right exponentially critics saying it it's too late. but the government is saying i didn't mean to help. out of this crisis the problem by good standard one off economy and without economic stability and help from outside august on made

millions of people unemployed according to the planning minister. david an exponential rise in the number of 19. because of the restrictions being lifted. up to 18000000 people. out of a job the hundreds of civilians have disappeared during yemen's 5 year war many are said to been taken in for questioning by the sound. and their families are desperate for answers about their relatives whereabouts 70 deca has a story. it's the not knowing which is the hardest part it's been 5 years since these children lost with their father since his wife lost you for certain that he was alive and the only live human your with i haven't heard about my husband since he was abducted not even a call or news i haven't heard his voice since then i don't know anything i

searched on looked everywhere i made reports to the police and the security directorate i even went to the ministry of the interior according to his wife adel her dad was a bus driver in yemen southern port city of aden she says he was taken for questioning by groups backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and then were of 2016. he isn't the only one to disappear the 5 year war has left many families with the same pain and uncertainty these mother hold weekly protest they want answers and advice and we appeal for the release of our children we've been looking for them for 4 years and we haven't found them if there is something they should put them on trial at least they should let us talk to them see them what they're doing is forbidden 2 of my sons were forcibly taken every mother and wife here has been in such pain for 4 years. the risk of covert 19 has added to their worries the relatives teligent 0 human health care system is barely

functioning of 3 years of war the official number of current infections here is relatively low but aid agencies fear the numbers are far higher the world health organization has warned that a large outbreak of the virus here could be disastrous there is a severe lack of equipment especially when it comes to ventilators there is no capacity to cope and as the rest of the world focuses on battles to contain the coronavirus it seems to be the only subject that makes news headlines these days but it hasn't stopped the conflict here and it's only added to the worries of those desperate for answers stephanie decker al-jazeera. the u.s. postal service in desperate need of emergency funding is reported to be reviewing its package delivery fees present donald trump has long said it should charge companies like amazon far more about amazon's owner jeff bezos also owns the washington post long a focus of the tax she has written see reports. the trump administration has made

no secret of its wish to privatized the united states postal service or u.s.p.s. and wall street has long coveted the u.s.p.s. is profitable revenue streams now there are suspicions about the pandemic may finally provide them with an opportunity to act it's needed in a science of wall street knows it would like the profit from what we call the public commons in the public good of a postal service for decades and decades but it's intensifying under this current president. the u.s.p.s. receives no taxpayer funding and without an emergency $89000000000.00 bailout it says it will be forced to cease operations in a matter of months by comparison the u.s. is private airlines just received a 50 $1000000000.00 bailout package mail has increased but personal and marketing mail has dropped significantly those against the bailout argue that the u.s.p.s. had been in financial trouble well before the spread of covert 19 due to the rise

of e-mail among other factors and it is true last year the u.s.p.s. is net loss was around $8000000000.00 but there's a clear reason why the postal service is losing so much money in 2006 congress mandated that the u.s.p.s. set aside $72000000000.00 to cover the healthcare costs of retired postal workers 75 years into the future this isn't a requirement for any other u.s. entity government or privately held the u.s.p.s. makes a loss when you include that mandate but without it the u.s.p.s. would have been able to report operating profits since 2030 mm $10000000000.00 has already been approved by congress to help the u.s.p.s. but it's being held back by treasury secretary steven nugent reportedly until the u.s.p.s. raises rates and makes concessions on worker pay and benefits donald trump however has made 8 contingent on raising package delivery prices on companies like amazon a move that might lose customers and

a key revenue stream the postal service. is it a joke. because then they are packages for amazon and other internet companies and every time they bring a package they lose money on it that amazon jeff bezos also owns the washington post hasn't gone unnoticed trump makes no secret of his hatred of that paper's coverage of his presidency it's kind of a we're terribly perfect storm where you have nukes and other longstanding conservatives trying to achieve their goal of having built up you know public services and privatizing the postal service and all of this mixed in with trump's seemingly just personal vendetta against jeff bezos washington post and by extension amazon presidential candidate joe biden would want this question whether u.s.p.s. funding is being withheld to make voting by mail as difficult as possible in november the fundamental issue though is whether market forces be allowed to encroach on a service that guarantees delivery of mail to $160000000.00 households wherever

they are for a flat fee and it is a stark choice for the trumpet ministration is it willing to take responsibility for the cessation of the postal service just when the public and especially those in rule republican areas need it the most during election year pandemic she ever turns the al-jazeera. now professional rugby players in new zealand are back on the training field but some major questions are hanging over the future of the game there as wayne here reports from hamilton. tonight. new zealand is slowly returning to normal as coronavirus restrictions are eased and for many in this country normal includes rugby more than 2 months after super rugby was called off new zealand sides have returned to training for a revamped 5 team domestic competition are certainly no it's more personal on the view of the players we're just really excited to be back together and we will do anything we can to make school there everybody stay safe 1st and foremost and that

hopefully we can get a really only quality product out on the. training sessions are being held under strict health guidelines while the games which start on june the 13th will be played in empty stadiums the return of some form of sport particularly their beloved rugby will be welcomed by new zealand as but it doesn't mean that all is well in fact financially the business of rugby is in trouble the announcement about the resumption in professional games was teenaged with some grim news from the sport's governing body here in new zealand rugby which announced a $4400000.00 loss for last year forecast a drop in revenue for this year by up to 70 percent and announced it's cutting half of it staff will drug be has postponed all international game sched jewel for july and because of travel restrictions there's a chance new zealand's all blacks may not play at all this year there's also uncertainty about the domestic and international women's shed jewels as new zealand prepares to host the world cup next year but it may be here at the emirates

grassroots level where the most pain is being felt club grounds around the country where the sport's foundations allayed have seen no action this year and therefore no income we rely on our moral support or sponsors which want to move but also agree with a lot of downed trees. trust. fund over there for money so with. that. the return to training for the professional men's players may provide some clarity about the short term future of the game but in the long term things are a lot murkier when hey al jazeera hamilton new zealand's. a new zealand's oscar winning filmmaker tycho i.t.t. has enlisted a group of celebrities to help give some relief to parents in lockdown they're reading the novel james and the giant peach on the roll down you tube channel. yes

. i read it once and. they started on monday in a way the whole book in 10 installments with all funds raised going to charity as this and to some more. how different she was staring up into the branches with their mouth wide open and their eyes bulging as though she had seen a ghost. some natural with. a sponge demanded. it's getting bigger. well. it's. clear again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera china is accusing the united states of avoiding its responsibility and shifting the blame for mishandling the coronavirus crisis that's after president donald trump threatened to famine at

least hold funding to the world health organization. move the u.s. tries to use china as an issue to shirk responsibility and bargain over its international obligations to the w.h.o. this is a miscalculation in the us has picked the wrong target it will in. the us leaders open litter is full of hints perhaps and maybe tries to use specious methods to mislead the public and achieve the goals of smearing china's anti virus if it's an shoot responsibility for the united states' own insufficient response this is futile listen to this prime minister has resigned after months of pressure over allegations of involvement in murder thomas about his coalition fell apart in parliament last monday and he was asked to step down by the end of this week to make way for a new government to bonnie suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife. human rights school betson am is accusing israel of a campaign of violence against palestinians in an occupied east jerusalem

neighborhood it also says police deliberately provoke residents of a so we're to violence and that 90 percent of the area has been settled on in libya the internationally recognized government is continuing its offensive against forces loyal to warlords to have to are in the west after taking control of the airbase on monday jna forces now say they have retaken the towns of t.g. embodies south of the base that site had been used as have to our headquarters in western libya since 2014 and south sudan's vice president react meshaal and his wife have tested positive for the call that 19 he announced the results in a news conference in which he also described other members of the country's now disbanded coronavirus task force as being contaminated well those are the headlines on al-jazeera and that's it for me fully back evil coming up next on al-jazeera inside story.

could the pandemic threaten the survival of africa's wildlife game reserves that rely on tourism are running out of money and the poachers flee will decades of conservation efforts be lost this is inside story. out of there welcome to the program i'm nick clegg africa's wildlife is one of the continent's biggest attractions game reserves and national parks they welcome millions of visitors every year who want to experience wild animals close up they rely on that revenue to pay for.