there isa city just. for an independent investigation is ordered into the world health organizations handling of the corona virus pandemic. and i'm a clown this is out 0 live from doha also coming up at the un warns the pandemic is having a devastating impact on indigenous people well beyond the immediate threat to the health. strained relationship the syrian government seizes the assets of president bashar al assad's cousin and billionaire businessman. they play a big part in entertainment and in the work force on ships around the world we meet filipino seafarers facing an uncertain future.

the united states is facing a growing backlash over its threat you probably hold the funding to the w.h.o. and that's after president donald trump said the organizations missteps have come i found extreme cost and i think they've done a. very sad job in the last 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 china they're china centric to put it nicer but they're a puppet of china. well russia has become the latest global power to condemn trump threats deputy foreign minister has been quoted as saying it is against the breaking the w.h.o. for another members political purposes. or accuse the united states of attempting

to avoid responsibility for the handling of his own outbreak of the transfer marks were meant to criticize china's response efforts made 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 and the u.s. has picked the wrong target and they want. the u.s. leaders open later is full of hints perhaps and maybes and 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 on insufficient response this is futile. all of this comes as member states voted for an independent investigation into the response to the pandemic and that's something that the head of the organization has welcomed to make criticisms from donald trump we'll get reaction from our white house correspondent can be help it in just a moment 1st let's go to asad begun london who has more from the. show's general

assembly and said so we have this comprehensive review this investigation coming up now just as the u.s. threatens to withdraw significant funding. yes it was passed without any objection from any of the member states now that's quite remarkable considering some of the allegations that have been thrown around over the last 2 days and that this resolution was on the table for a while but initially it was put forward by a stranger which angered china because china because of what to stray you wanted was an independent international investigation into the origins of the virus no china thought that they were being targeted so they reacted angrily but this time this specific resolution was put forward by the european union had over 100 coast reporters seem to pass with out any problems china and china seems to be happy with it china says that they want an investigation but it's about the timing of the investigation for china that they say they would want to take place when the virus

was under control this this resolution calls for an independent impartial and comprehensive investigation into the response of the pandemic also including how it. dealt with that but what's also important is some of the text within that resolution is a call for an investigation in valuation into the origins this you not take origins of the virus and how it transferred from animals into humans now china was unhappy with that to begin with but they seem to have been seem to be ok with it now they've supported it it's passed without any objections but the question is is it enough to satisfy the united states and all the while the united states has given the dog a 30 day ultimatum what happens next. well you just don't know because president donald trump hasn't said in those letters

what he wants the world health organization to do because he's made very wherein the criticisms and those these have taken place over the last few months in that letter he doesn't say what they want what he wants them to do the double heiko don't know what donald trump wants them to do but the w.h.o. have defended themselves against all against allegations that they did not warn of the risk of human to human transmission the w.h.o. did that in january allegations that they didn't evaluate china's information china's transparency the say that they actually warned the world said that it was a risk to the world one day before the u.s. partly suspended flights from china so the debate joe has defended itself the director general dr ted ross has said that we need this organization we don't need another organization he's asked for support and unity but also for 4 for more money

and that's in the face of donald trump threatening to cut funding or as a thanks very much indeed does it in london let's go to our white house correspondent can be in washington kimberly tell us more about the white house situation there so what more are they saying about these escalating tensions. well the u.s. president is speaking right now i've been trying to catch some of what he had to say but it's a little bit far from a sense difficult to hear but he is speaking and we will have those latest lines as they become available what i can tell you right now is the u.s. president speaking about delivering assistance to u.s. farmers who have been hit hard by cope with 19 and what's really notable about all of this is the fact that the u.s. president is acknowledging that farmers have been hit hard by covert 19 but they've also been hit hard by china tariffs now this is something that the u.s. president was willing to accept in order to try and get structural change in the

trade relationship between the united states and china and it appears he's using those same type of strong arm tactics again with respect to the world health organization in other words saying the united states is the body's biggest donor we will pull that funding pending this review because we feel that there was a bit of a bias it within the body and that it was leaving towards favor of china in other words the u.s. is assertion is that china did not do enough to show transparency in the world health organization the u.s. president has also accused of not declaring a global pandemic soon enough this is had a devastating impact on ordinary americans for president trying to run for reelection this is a big problem 7 so he's not only looking for someone to blame but he's also keeping true with his america 1st principles essentially and that is that he feels that the american taxpayer is giving an awful lot of money to a body that he says didn't do enough to warn people about not only the pandemic but

as a result of the economic carnage that has resulted in this country so the u.s. president is talking about the covert 1000 response right now once again sort of reminding people about how he used some of these tactics in the past dealing with the trade relationship now we're seeing this evidence in the relationship with the world health organization we should again reiterate that the united states threatening to pull funding pending a 30 day review that has now been initiated right for you very much david can we talk about the workhouse. united nations is warning the coronavirus break is having a devastating impact on indigenous people around the world and brazil doctors say the number of critically ill patients being airlifted out of the amazon rainforest has increased by 60 percent since the start of the pandemic rhetorical as this report. inside this plane there's a critically ill kape it 1000 patients nobody. really thought oh he's

a member of an indigenous try to live in brazil's amazon rain forest he's going and lifted to the now so one of the few cities in am is in a state with 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 covert 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. we have an underdeveloped interior 4 or 5 cities have intensive care units and many of them are not operate tional 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 an intense situation even

before the coronavirus crisis brazil's indigenous people say they were in a struggle for survival they say president. has stripped them of their rights and dismantled environmental protections opening the amazones 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 if the question of indigenous people is. always worth anything. in these pandemic crisis because. of the mark in the station that the indigenous people out being so far suffer historically it's because also the luck of services human rights groups moon 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 seizure is at a time when indigenous people almost fun ripple victoria gate in the al-jazeera.

to libya where the un recognized government is continuing its offensive against forces loyal to the warlord really for half there in the west this off the seat seizing a major air base so hard it has more oh. driving through the streets of baghdad and back to government forces showing that they are now in control of the small town southwest of tripoli. when i found out about another victory against the half the us forces in less than 24 hours what are. the roads to bed and connect the air base to other cities they control near the border they retook what they itself on monday a significant loss to have tiles forces who had been using it as their headquarters in western libya since 2014 planes carrying out say strikes against the u.n. backed government in tripoli throughout from here good to have the kind of hard.

work but this time it wasn't their planes the took off it was their fighters moving behind some of their ammunition. but tough times spokesman was downplaying this loss bellman. been pulling out strategic equipment and heavy military gear from the base 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 0 air cover the withdrawal was successful because we moved the personnel and old weaponry and ammunition we have on planes and we will recapture the air but. the loss of their air base means have to us forces no longer have a foothold southwest of tripoli and it's paves the way for government forces to focus on taking back the town hall now. last remaining stronghold in western libya and a crucial supply hub for his forces to parts of the capital they've suffered major losses in recent weeks. the more than

a year long battle to take control of tripoli has killed hundreds of people so for the. cities have been destroyed at a time when libya is trying to control the current virus outbreak is the most vulnerable to continue to suffer civilian refugee migrants health care facilities or. civilian infrastructure is attacked our message to all the parties continues to be the same which is stop the violence but the guns and risk to the political process i. i say the balance of power could be shifting away from have to us forces and despite them to say even if it's a holiday mocking into the fasting month of ramadan just around the horn of it looks like there are no plans by the scientists to stop the fighting. so the head here in al-jazeera millions are evacuated from india's eastern coast

and bangladesh ahead of what could be the most powerful slog in 2 decades. and bring the prepares to vote for its 1st new president in 15 years after campaign money my van. however there's quite a big circulation in say japan that's fairly obvious in the satellite picture that produce backwash but bright skies for the korean peninsula a few showers will cost the sea coast and then you've got rain to some degree in northern honshu hard but the development area is dan through southern china is from hunan and grungy in one dorm you've got this area which is typically going to be wet is time the year with some flooding as a result the orange sent to suggest the the heart of the big thunderstorms and it will be sunday rain which is heading down towards hong kong for later on thursday

south of that good scattering as honest as they tend to come in batches and the current active area is sort of ways you know which is a bit west woods another one running through thailand down through prince to malaysia just off the coast of sumatra the circulation out in the open water at the moment but in the case the active area i don't surprisingly that's also active in the bay of bengal and this thing home pole which is equivalent of a category 5 hurricane is slowly weakening but he's north of movement means it makes landfall during wednesday in west bengal for him back to this both parts are going to be affected by heavy rain and extremely strong winds. rewind returns and i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry sights on the best of algeciras documentary in little i was the pope of the floods and now i

like and the other student rewind continues with joseph's journey this is a. struggle continues but. from baghdad till now. he's distanced rewind on al-jazeera. again you're watching out 0 and $1.00 of our top stories and russia has criticized threats by the united states to permanently halt funding to the w.h.o. president donald trump says the organizations handling of coronavirus has come at an extreme cost earlier china accused the u.s. of trying to avoid blame. the u.n.

is warty coronaviruses having a devastating impact on indigenous people around the world brazil tribes in the amazon rain forest facing the threat of over 1000 and illegal land seizures. libya's u.n. backed government is continuing its offensive against paul otellini for have to fight to take control of the alawite base on monday d.n.a. forces and now say they've retaken the towns or t.g. and. these syrian government to seize the assets belonging to president bashar al assad's cousin i mean kloof is one of syria's most prominent business men he recently addressed the dispute online where he accused the side of forcing him to step down as leader of syria tell which is the nation's top mobile phone operator syria's finance minister says the c.z. of macaroons assets is necessary to protect money owed to the government only kloof has been seen as a pillar of the syrian government and has heavily financed assad's war efforts for

the past 9 years before the conflict began in early 2011 he controlled 60 percent of the economy and that allowed him to build an independent power pace apart from syria tell his business empire ranges from real estate to construction and oil trade but have been reports of strain ties between kloof and assad the president announced an anti corruption campaign in october well already curry is a senior public policy fellow an adjunct professor of journalism at the american university of beirut and he explains now why assad's government has turned to. the most credible analysis that i've heard from syrians who know the system and have studied syria for years is that acid is passing through a very delicate moment where he's essentially won the war 'd against the people who try to overthrow him he's trying to do reconstruction and rebuilding he's got some upping up to do with it live in other places but he's also got russia and iran looking over his shoulders and there is hopefully they hope they'll be

a lot of reconstruction contracts that will also be used to develop more patronage and loyalty he's lost huge amounts of money because of the regional economic situation because of the war and the pandemics impact the lebanon's collapse economically is a big hit so he's got serious serious economic stresses at a moment when he needs a lot of money to start the reconstruction process and reassert his central authority over the entire country and his independence from foreign patrons so he's trying to juggle 6 or 7 different balls at the same time and for all of them he needs money. to bernie now where millions of people are expected to cast their ballots on wednesday to vote in the new president. is stepping down after 15 years and 7 candidates are competing to take his place in the lead up to the polls has been marred by violence as katherine soy or. general every sunday she is

hardly new to politics he's a ruling c.n.d. d f the party secretary general a former rebel commander and present in this close ally joined the president's rebel movement in the 1990 s. against that then government who's a key signatory of the 2003 peace deal which ended a 12 year ethnic based civil war that cost the debts of up to 300000 people. i am from the north and the south i am the child of burundi each one of you has delegated me and i am at your disposal i come to be the servant of all my dear burundians the opposition's main candidate. is also an ex rebel having fought in the civil war between hutu and tutsi ethnic communities. he has run for president twice before but lost he says his victory was stolen by president who's not standing this time we have to make sure that he is.

country where all the citizens are equal. but also we think that we must emphasize on. private sector if we really want this country to develop a job has been watching political rallies closely here in town to the country 2 years ago after failing to a refugee camp in tanzania in 2015 this was during violence that erupted when the president announced he would stand for at that town agencies say around $1200.00 people were killed and more than 400000 displaced a month also survived the civil war. there is nothing as important as peace to break peace is easy but to bring it back is difficult in $93.00 they broke the peace and it took so much effort to restore it does a geisha after delegation came our leaders should make our peace

a priority and love the country 1st. according to the world food program more than 65 percent of whom are poor ethnic tensions have plagued the country since it gained independence in 1962. the kind it has promised to create jobs fix the struggling economy and unite ethnic communities. a man says the key to all that is fast ensuring that the election is peaceful catherine sorry august era . india and bangladesh are evacuating millions of people as they brace for the most powerful cycling to hit in 2 decades so when there is expected to make landfall late on tuesday night kind of a child reports now from dhaka thanks this is the 1st super cycle on farming over the bay of bengal in more than 20 years. people living in the coastal areas are worried. approaches the coast of bangladesh. is in

a hurry to collect their belongings and rush to a shelter. we are worried about the cycle and now we're preparing to go to the shelter the situation isn't good we're not sure what will happen to us all commercial ships fishing boats and trawlers over the bay of bengal and deep sea have been advised to take shelter. volunteers across the coastal areas are warning people of the dangers and arjen them to go to a cycle in shelters the bangladeshi government says it has prepared shelters in coastal the stakes for more than $5000000.00 people but maintaining social distancing will be difficult in densely packed shelters with limited space. we've already seen it rise to the relevant cycle in shelters provided money baby and dry food as well as food for livestock we've doubled the number of cycling shelters to around 12078 in order to maintain social distancing if the storm makes landfall in the low lying delta there is also the potential for

a major storm surges perhaps even as high as 9 meters you're going to only once additional if the water surge happens and the level goes up we have enough materials and manpower ready to deal with the situation along with the help from the district administration but many people along the coast say that they know better from experience. like the rest of the world we're worried about coronavirus and in the midst of all this there's a high tide in the ocean and the area could get flooded if it stays like this it poses a great danger to us. the double track of corbett 19 and the cyclon is particularly warning for disadvantaged people in coastal regions and for those living in crowded growing a refugee camps in cox's bazar while bangladesh is dealing with coronavirus pandemic supercycle is approaching its course lying posing a challenge to the authorities here to evacuate coastal areas even if the psycho hit softer wakeling it could cause significant damage to the farmlands and ruined

homes. i'll just dhaka bangladesh. to argentina where human rights activists are calling for the government to help a poor area which has been hard hit by cope with 19 be more than a 1000 confirmed cases in the village 31. which already suffers from crowded living conditions and a lack of water around 45000 people live in the area and it has become a symbol of inequality. from. i am right now in what is known as the 31 neighborhood where just a few blocks away from the city from the center of want to fight is this is a slum where the government has been doing in the past 2 years lots of working in order to improve people's living conditions that anger in this place is has been on the rise there was a protest earlier today demanding better sanitation among other things especially because community leaders from this place passed away just

a few days ago because of colvin 1000 their relatives are also infected and we're told that there is also over 1000 cases in this in this neighborhood and 2 others that are located here in the city of when we were just told by those residents that there were some doctors testing people controlling their fever and testing them for covert 1000 in order to try to contain the spread. in areas such as this one where the lack of sanitation and overcrowding one of those who died just a few days ago has been denouncing the lack of water drinking water but also water to be able to wash their hands even though argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a complete lockdown and it has prevented the spread of covert 19 nationwide it has not been able to stop the spread in poor neighborhoods such as this one the president has condemned top goal to after it suspended a state of emergency to contain the outbreak. says the court's decision is illegal

and lacks common sense he declared the emergency measures on saturday so some constitutional because the president didn't get approval from parliament. the coronavirus pandemic is devastating the global maritime industry more than 20000 filipinos who work on ships have been repatriated while thousands more remain stranded on board off to losing their jobs the billions that workers normally send home account for 10 percent of the philippines g.d.p. is now dried up and the government says it's having a terrible impact on the economy. has more now from. kevin put it the bill was a waiter and the entertainer for an international cruise ship for over 80 years he was earning more than enough to provide for his family in the mint in our region. but the coronavirus pandemic changed all that. he was repatriated and now under quarantine for over a month in manila with no clear idea as to what the future holds you feel stressed

you feel like you're going home but you cannot guess all those things that you experienced from this crisis it's really hard because you know you miss your family intensivist need to have this stand for them. more than 20000 filipinos who work on ships abroad have returned home since the coronavirus pandemic began many remain stranded in hotels while others are held up on their cruise ships and manila harbor . the philippine coast guard is testing thousands of them in manila those who test negative are given clearance and the systems to go back to their communities while those who test positive are turned over to health officials but thousands more filipinos are believed to have been stranded abroad at international ports where they were prevented from this embarking on here at the same time we are we are blessed and because he will work here we are earning money. but

on the other part of us now we are now we are mission that we are already whole and we are a family now we are waiting for the world go through they're not the normal the philippines provides a quarter of the workforce of the global maritime industry many work in merchant ships ferrying more than 90 percent of global supplies and in the philippines their contribution is invaluable filipino seafarers are the country is most prized exports they send back at least $6000000000.00 of remittances every year that's about 10 percent of the countries across domestic products but those who have returned home say they don't feel as if they are valued instead they have been discriminated against by the very communities they once called home the street in manila used to be full of aspiring workers looking for jobs and ships overseas now

it's been reduced to this a place where their dreams for a better life are put to hold at least for now jim i live doug and i'm just here in manila. so this is al jazeera these are the top stories on russia has criticized threats by the united states to permanently hold funding to the w.h.o. president says the organizations hundley of coronavirus has come to an extreme cost earlier china accuse the u.s. of trying to avoid blame a white house correspondent can be helped as more. well we know that the u.s. mission to the u.n. is supportive of this resolution essentially happy with the a partial independent comprehensive review says it's important to understand not only the virus but the timeline which the world knew about it now it is important

to note that the u.s. is distancing itself or one aspect of this resolution of that is with regard to pa that it feels that this could in some ways discourage innovation particularly by american inventors and scientists the u.s. president has revealed he's been taking a regular dose of the antimalarial drug hydroxy chloroquine to prevent coronavirus donald trump says he requested it from the white house thought to government health experts warned last month of its potentially fatal sign if it was the u.n. is warning the coronavirus is having a devastating impact on indigenous people around the world in brazil tribes in the amazon rain forest of facing the twin threats of covert 19 and illegal land sea zoos india and bangladesh are evacuating millions of people as they brace for the most powerful storm to hit in 20 years cycle and one is expected to make landfall between late tuesday and early wednesday the site is prime minister has resigned

after months of pressure over allegations of involvement and it was upon 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 run is suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife his current wife has been formally charged with murder. the syrian government has seized assets belonging to president bashar al assad's cousin crew it's one of syria's most prominent businessman who recently addressed the dispute online where he accused the side of forcing him to step down as leader of syria tell which is the nation's top medical operator there today with headlines here in algeria more coming up right after rewind.

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