the. passion. there isa city a chance to. al-jazeera . hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes the w.h.o. welcomes the scrutiny over its handling of the corona virus pandemic and made threats that the u.s. will pull its funding permanently. a surge in fighting in libya the u.n. warns that foreign foreign intervention has pushed the conflicts to

a turning point. accused of involvement in the murder of his former wife the suitors prime minister resigns after months of speculation. and left high and dry by the coronavirus endemic filipino maritime workers will now face an uncertain future. there will be an independent inquiry into the international response of the coronavirus outbreak investigation will include an examination of the world health organization's role the $194.00 w.h.o. member states unanimously passed the european union resolution that would allow for what they called a comprehensive evaluation of the global reaction w h o director general dr. welcomed the resolution our own ways. that majority remains fairly quite muted to transparency accountability and

continues improvement we want accountability. anyone. but the resolution follows sharp criticism of the w.h.o. by u.s. president donald trump he says missteps by the organization came at an extreme cost basically they have to clean up their act they have to do a better job they have to be much more fair to other countries including the united states so we're not going to be involved with them to separate way well but from straight to permanently stop funding to the w.h.o. is facing a growing backlash russia's deputy foreign minister is quoted as saying that they're against the breaking the organization for another members political preferences meanwhile china has accused the u.s. of attempting to avoid responsibility for its own outbreak claiming trumps remarks

were meant to criticize china's response efforts. well can really help get our white house correspondent joins us live now from washington d.c. i mean it really does seem that president trump is not going to let this go he's adamant that the 'd hero has to pay the price for in his eyes the failing to deal properly with the pandemic. absolutely the u.s. president pointing the finger at the world health organization and we should also point out once again in the last hour or so pointing the finger at china you can get to the moment but as centrally the u.s. statement to the u.s. mission to the united nations saying that they support this review but they want to understand more about the virus and also the timeline and that's a really key wording because the u.s. president has accused the world health organization of not doing enough soon enough in order to war in the united states of the impending threat of the global pandemic covert 19 and this of course as a literate of the u.s.

economy this president is running for reelection and he's looking for someone to blame now the u.s. president for his part has been suggesting that there could be punitive measures against china although he said in the last hour that he doesn't believe at this point that he wants to discuss retaliation but he is being criticized from some top democrats on capitol hill who are gravely concerned about the president's comments chuck schumer the top down or democrat in the u.s. senate called donald trump's comments reckless he said the rebuke of the world health organization and other bodies leaves the u.s. empty handed if another country develops the vaccine 1st in other words really concerns that the united states could be left to the back of the line because of president trump's criticism not just of the war of health organization as a body but also chinese officials. and kimberly meanwhile the president has also defended his decision which he announced just yesterday to take the anti-malaria

drug hydroxy glora much criticized by many parts of the media and the establishment what else and said about that today. yeah the u.s. president really ignited a bit of a firestorm when he revealed that he had been taking hydroxy chloroquine as a preventative measure given the fact that there have been a number of outbreaks including his personal valet here on the white house campus that certainly a standard many given the fact that some of his own public health officials have cautioned against this and also that there is a statement from the food and drug administration that simply says that there are no proven benefits that this treats covert 19 there's another study in the united states coming out of the veterans affairs that also concludes that this may not have any benefits the president speaking in just the last hour really pushed back on that said that was a bad study that this was put forward by friends or perth people who are not friends of the administration and he said that there are many benefits to the

struggle that is proven in other studies here's what he had to say what has been determined is it doesn't harm you very powerful drug i guess but it doesn't harm you and so i thought as a frontline defense possibly it would be good and i've had no impact from it and i've had no i feel the same i haven't changed i don't think too much and at some point you know i won't take it might be soon might be a little bit it doesn't it doesn't seem to have any impact on me but it seems to be extra line of defense and it's gotten tremendous reviews from some people. now the u.s. president also suggested or intimated that other members of his cabinet may be taking the drug as well 'd but he wouldn't name names i can tell you that this is not sitting well with the top democrat in the house of representatives who responded to president trump taking the drug criticizing him saying that the united

states president should not be taking something that has not been approved by scientists campbell halkett with the latest from the white house can really thank you. well the not for profit group physicians for human rights has strongly criticized the u.s. president's attack on the w.h.o. describing them as baffling at a time when collaborative action is so important dr michelle heisler is the medical director of the group and she joins us over skype from ann arbor in michigan madame thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so tell us a little bit more you have criticized the comments tell us a little bit more as to why. yes so we had to physicians for human rights are strongly advocating for a desperately needed science driven approach to this global pandemic and as we all know this is the worst global health crisis of our lifetimes a global health emergency requires a global coordinated response so this is not the time for the u.s.

president or any leader to try to weaken the capacity for multilateral collaboration and action debbie reach a w.h.o. provides vital international assistance in court a nation there's really no other entity or organization that can do what the w.h.o. can do so you know because the lies of millions of people around the world particularly those most at risk depend on effective global action that we depend on global action to coordinate and distribute supplies to help develop a vaccine to track the progress globally of the virus and that includes in the u.s. of the more than $300000.00 convert and conform to deaths from cova $1000.00 a 3rd of them are in the u.s. so what we're recommending what we're urging the u.s.

government and all governments to do is to work together we need to work together we'd like to see the u.s. engagement in robust information sharing on transmission so that says forgive me friends are this is obviously an election year in the u.s. so there may be political reasons for which president trump is speaking the way he is but are you against the fact that there is going to be an in the end of inquiry and that questions should be asked as to for example the transparency of china at the start of the pandemic or do you think all of that should wait till the pandemic is under control no i. i absolutely i think it was very encouraging as you noted earlier that all member states at the at the jetty which oh world assembly yesterday did indeed unanimously support an impartial independent and comprehensive evaluation i think many of many countries i think there's a lot of lessons i think we can say and we can argue and see that many countries

did not respond quickly enough including the united states. and i think it will be very useful to have a reflection to to do an investigation as the devil you h.-o. also embraced to learn lessons we need to learn lessons and we need to do better going forward because of course the pandemic is over and there's no real telling of when it will be or even on their control what would you say are the priorities or should be the priorities for the w.h.o. and the international community now. yes i mean i think one of the one of the crucially important roles of the deb you h.-o. is as a as a convener it's leading international clinical trials to help develop a vaccine and we know very little about the virus that there are there spearheading research on the virus its transmission there playing an important role in identifying needs and low income countries. there's

a critical need and this will continue to be the case going forward in ensuring equitable access to medical equipment treatment so these are all critically important rules that the show must play the one thing i think it's important to recognize is that the deb you each is a platform for cooperation between countries so in many ways although there are functional scientific public health and medical capabilities can continue it's only as effective as a member states allow it and so i guess are you saying then that or should we infer that then it's impossible for it not to be politicized because in a way it doesn't have its own power it's a platform and as strong as its member states allow it to be i mean i think it's i think it's a it puts w.h.o. in a very difficult situation when member states such as say china and the u.s. do politicize pandemics for geo political purposes and all of us suffer when such

politicisation hinders essential international health cooperation so i think that the politicization will hinder the ability of did to play its crucial crucial functional scientific public health and medical so they will continue but it will be difficult dr michelle has medical director of the group physicians for human rights latin thank you for sharing your views with us yes thank you very much. coming up on al-jazeera this news hour rader is killed more than $100.00 people the latest violence in a sentry's old dispute between cattle farming tribes in south so that an argentinian community leader dies for the coronavirus after fighting for clean water in one of the biggest slums in when a scientist. and bangladeshi bunkers that out for supercycle padan them but how do people keep socially this that crowded shelters.

libya's a u.n. recognized government says it has killed 5 soldiers loyal to the warlord holly for half that the government has also seized the talons of t.g. and by that a south of the airbase which was captured on monday it comes as the u.n. marked a shift in tone towards half that directly criticizing the renegade commander our diplomatic editor james bays of reports now from the united nations. in recent weeks the un's acting special representative stephanie williams gave this bleak assessment of the situation in libya to security council ambassadors i believe we have reached another turn in the conflict conflict from what we are witnessing in terms of the massive influx of weaponry acquittance and mercenaries

to the 2 sides the only conclusion that we can draw is that this war will intensify our broaden in. devastating consequences for the libyan people as the foreign intervention increases the libyans themselves are getting lost in the mess their voices crowded out we must not let live the yes oh when. she said it was civilians paying the price $58.00 killed and $190.00 injured since the 1st of april an 89 percent rise in civilian casualties compared with the 1st 3 months of the year she said the vast majority were the result of attacks by general half his forces she said it was regrettable that at the end of april the general had rejected the international peace plan and claimed he alone had a mandate to rule the country libya's ambassador who's loyal to the government of national accord was scathing about half and one of his main international backers

the united arab emirates we wish to inform your own firm discounts that we have damning evidence of direct illegal transfer of these specific weapons to libya by the united arab emirates and support of the war criminal and his militias which these evidence we are sharing with the panel of experts in previous security council meetings over the years the united nations has been reluctant to criticize one side or the other simply saying that both must show restraint but the tone has now changed the criticism of general haftar was direct and much stronger amid reports that even some of his backers believe the impetuous commander has overplayed his hand james by al-jazeera at the united nations the head as sunny is the libyan ambassador to the united nations and joins us now from

war or thank you for joining us here on al-jazeera we saw a short interview of your short clip in that report by james bays where you say you have damning evidence of the u.a.e. supplying weapons to have ties libyan national army tell us a little bit about what that damning evidence is. thanks barbara well actually i mean this is not the 1st time with such evidence here and warrants and that's what you boys for the past years even before this attack on tripoli prove that there was a lot of engagement from u.a.e. and other countries in supporting have to buy these weapons but i was there really also damning go yesterday in particular after liberating look here which was the high tech equipment that we have seen and that was building news to to really attack tripoli and killing the civilians and all of this supply lines that we've been seeing recently. you mentioned the standing evidence of the u.a.e. supplying weapons to heavy for have ties libyan national army of course there is an

arms embargo when it comes to the war in libya and the u.n. among others have said that actually it's the continued foreign involvement that makes the fighting so much war so how is the u.a.e. supporting her if after different to turkey for example giving support to the government of national accord. well actually i mean when the arms embargo was applied it was meant to assure stability for libya and also to stop any individuals or groups or outlaws to smuggle weapons it doesn't make any sense that a legitimate government that was actually announced and supported by a number of un resolutions within the security council when it comes to defend itself against an aggression and an attack it's being accused of supporting it so and by the end no weapons to defend it so we have been. attacking you know the tact for more than 10 months. continuously with no one supporting us or trying to

provide any kind of support necessary to overcome this but in the end there's a big difference between a legitimate government that is defending its people and the building sovereignty of the country and arklow militia and will criminal who's trying just to have a cool over this government while there have been advances for the u.n. recognize government sees the towns of p.g. and bothering just on monday also the our what airbase so we have a comment on that on twitter from anwar got a gash was the minister of state for foreign affairs of the u.a.e. he says these are mirage is a victory and no substitute for a political process do you exclude any kind of political solution between the un recognized government and the holly for have to for a potential peaceful future in libya. well we made it very clear i mean we have been spending a lot of our invested a lot of time in trying to reach this political circumstance have to for the past 4

years we went all around the capitals we were even we were accused. by our own people of giving so much time to live until he reached the outskirts of tripoli so we did everything we can but after this bloodshed and after all of these violations we have made it very clear that we will not sit on one table with have to anymore the east of libya should not be reduced to one person but we are opening our answer to our fellows and brothers in the east and others to discuss the future of libya we are still welcoming political efforts by the united nations and other sincere efforts from other countries but to to let those who really believe in democracy and for a civil state what ignites the united nations seems to be losing hope of stephanie williams the acting u.n. special representative from libya were again we heard in that report a little earlier which she said today i mean yes she did use at a tougher tone listening for have to us forces but she said that libya is at

a turning point and that the war is only going to intensify and the deep and i mean do you see any solution that isn't an intensification in the planning of the war if the political solution as you say is effectively untenable. well as i mentioned today in my briefing the real problem that we're facing today is the external intervention and this has been for the past 9 years and all these resolutions that came out from day one and if we take the ones that were in concerning the g.n.a.t. one was were 1st established none of it has been implemented to hold accountable those lawyers and those who are trying to undermine all of these processes so to be honest we are looking with you know being careful cautious on how the international community were respond so we also saw a lot of double standards and the ways that they dealing with the libyan issue even see the statements are just empty statements equalising you know the defender with

aggressor not naming and shaming and maybe only these past days things changed a bit in the language we saw some countries shift from their positions of course we have to you know and the fact is that the change on the ground gave this kind of new momentum but we still assure all libyans that we are looking for a peaceful solution we look for a recurrence relation but with the right people who are willing to really build the future of libya together and not for one person to assign himself the dictator and tyrant maybe sunny libyan ambassador to the united nations joining us from new york ambassador thank you thank you. at least 120 people have been killed in what authorities are calling cattle raids in south sudan since friday when 100 people were also injured during the attacks which took place in order county in jumbly state to staff members from doctors without borders were also

killed in our county over the weekend forcing the organization to suspend the medical care in the region about morgan has more now from the capital of sudan khartoum she says the government believes the final death toll will be much higher . tensions have been high between the lawnmower and the morally ethnic groups in people and areas over the past few weeks since february when the accused of attacking their areas in people or and burning down villages and killing at least 10 people now that cycle has been going on but has escalated over the weekend on saturday and sunday when the learner accuse the morally of attacking their villages at least 6 villages and killing over 100 people and wounding hundreds more now the final death toll is not yet clear but the government is saying that they've counted at least $120.00 from 2 villages and that the counting is ongoing and they are expecting the death toll to be much higher now this is a cycle that has been going on for decades if not centuries between the 2 tribes but has taken an escalation over the past few years due to the purification of arms

between the 2 groups especially with south sudan going through a civil war for a parade of 5 years which ended in 2018 now a government of national unity was formed in february but governors are yet to be appointed and south sudan's government of national unity is saying that that's the reason why these tensions have taken some time to respond to because there is not authority on the ground to coordinate between what is happening and between the got the national government however it says that it has deployed forces to try to stop the violence between the 2 sides the medical charity doctors without borders has also announced that it is suspending its operations due to the killing of one of its staff and injuring of 2 others aid workers have been repeatedly targeted in conflicts or ethnic violence around south sudan and that the charity has said that it is not going to resume its operations and till it receives guarantees that its staff will not be hurt so far that. those guarantees are yet to be given but south sudan's government is saying that it is working to try to respond and to try to end

the violence so that no more lives are lost in these tensions. at least 12 nigerian soldiers have been killed during an attack on a military outpost by boko haram 20 soldiers were also injured during the raid which took place at a glaring base about 20 kilometers northeast of different town measure us army said it killed several of the attackers last week a $75.00 fighters were killed by name jerry n and allied forces the suitors prime minister told us the ballot has resigned then during a months long crisis sparked by accusations that he played a cold spare authorial role in the murder of his a strange wife or 2017 killing sense shock waves through the southern african nation leading to calls forth a ban in now 80 the stepdown had a more tasa has the latest. addressing the nation on state t.v. thomas to vanity he was finally stepping down as prime minister move through

countrymen in remain period for you to do to announce that doing their duty has signed me may not yet be over but the time to retire from degrades your total they're. probably live in losses has finally arrived his resignation puts an end to months of political uncertainty and instability to bobby was under pressure to resign over a case in which he and his current wife my cea are suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife nearly 3 years ago they have both denied any involvement. he was under the argument that because he's a sitting for a minister he may not be prosecuted if you're silly that that argument was weak but now that the he has resigned it can be a spectator that. the police and the national prosecution can no proceed smoothly to investigate that case or against him. in the capital my seattle some people hope

the next prime minister. will focus on the economy that does all really need to be on how we run health food we don't have jobs the sad part is that we get our very low as a result they call and it's always down. don't think much will change their replacement i don't think is going to do in. the expected outcome any difference it will make any difference because the same people same guys we've been we've seen that it time and are still in government i actually blamed it on my loan for the problems of our government. lissett is new prime minister is under pressure to prove his leadership style will be different from his controversial criticism he also has to try to contain the krona virus in a country of roughly 2000000 people many of whom are poor and struggling to make a living. as a. palestinian president mahmoud abbas suspended all agreements with israel and

america because of israel's planned alex ation of 30 percent of the occupied west bank in an address abbas labeled the us as israel's partner in crime he called on all countries that have rejected president donald trump's middle east plan to recognize the state of palestine and impose sanctions on israel on the trunks of the only israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could begin alex sink palestinian land as are only as july. it is really really here to palestine liberation organization and the state of palestine suspended as of today . understanding we've the american and israeli governments and it is based on these understanding is an agreement euclidian the security once. well know that abraham is for us and joins us now is so we've heard there the palestinian president absolving all agreements with israel and america we heard him say the security ones

as well what does it mean practically on the ground. while he said the p.l.o. is no longer bound by agreements signed with israel he said that he did not say that he's dissolving the palestinian authority and the palestinian authority itself is the through with of the agreements that has been signed between israel and the palestinian authority in 1990 c. so we need a couple of days or maybe weeks to understand what really is going to be taken on the ground in the on the ground in terms of measures by the palestinian authority now to the issue of the security agreement between the 2 parties it has been suspended a couple of times before but in recent history we're talking about the past 20 years this is a sponge and was only meant to to the high profile high level meetings between the palestinian is and israeli security officials but side channels have happened in the past between palestinians and israelis that kind of allowed the security

coordination to continue of course it's very important for the palestinians authorities viability and many officials here in the occupied west bank argue that the palestinian authorities this is an accomplishment and that they are not looking at. just dissolving the palestinian authority now it's worth noting that the president talked about joining $22.00 organization there has been and $22.00 a united nations organization and if it has been an agreement or a a u.s. law that was passed in the 1990 s. that says that the u.s. will no longer fund these organizations if palestinians join that that has been an agreement between press the bass of the former us administration not to join them but as per the current relationship between the palestinians of the americans he decided to go ahead and said that some of these agreements were already signed on

monday. with the latest on the latest development from home on the need to thank you. the u.a.e. state owned the airline he had airways as landed in israel marking the 1st known commercial flight between the countries and he had airways says it's flying in aid for palestinians during the coronavirus pandemic the flight landed at ben-gurion airport in tel aviv the u.a.e. does not recognize israel as a state there are no diplomatic relations between the nations and people in the u.a.e. cannot phone people in israel. still to come with this news hour special delivery how the coronavirus could help the trumpet ministration privatized the postal service plus. wayne hay reporting from new zealand where there is excited meant about the return of professional rugby but we'll tell you why there is real concern about the future of the sport here.

across much of central and western areas of year of course is being very hot indeed across areas in the southeast that's is that to change that cloud is a bit of an indicator but the seeing some very nice weather throughout much of germany this is down in the south it's beautiful lake and mostly case guys on the big but again this is in munich but as you can see not many take has just yet now there's plenty of cloud throughout much of germany on wednesday you can see all this dark area here but the rain is well to the south this could produce some pretty strong winds at times even the chance of damaging head across into western areas of the balkans and also the same really into more southern areas of nature the temperature in athens $31.00 on wednesday it is coming down the heat beginning to ease which is a good thing meanwhile look at this london $26.00 on wednesday and $28.00 in paris

not to the north but there is more rain on the way now it's looking to make much headway info as it begins to push across the atlantic towards the u.k. so enjoy the sunny weather across london and paris a very warm day with a high of 29 and there is rain showers working their way a tools a southeast of beginning to push across into areas of greece what it does to time which is is this we've got 31 wednesday the drills right the way down to 24 in athens on friday feeling very nice into those sunny skies and slightly cooling off in london off to some showers on thursday. eyes only test treats and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number grown virus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like eating where there's one answer later 3000000 people in depth analysis

of the day's global headlines india done enough to miss the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and. that.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the 194 member states of the world health organization have voted unanimously to hold an independent inquiry into the international response to the coronavirus outbreak it will include an examination of the w.h.o. role. the united nations us directly criticized. over the violence in libya the country's un recognized government is continuing its offensive against have to us forces after seizing a major air base. prime minister has resigned after months of pressure over allegations that he was involved in the murder of his former wife and his coalition fell apart in parliament last monday and he was asked to step down by the end of this week. syria's warring parties have agreed to reconvene in geneva to negotiate the constitution once the coronavirus pandemic eases united nations special envoy gary pedersen said the relative calm in the last

a rebel held enclave provided an opportunity for building confidence the war in syria has been raging for more than 9 years with pederson urging the u.s. and russia to start talks he's called on all parties to work toward towards a un facilitated peace process which includes un supervised elections. obviously united states and russia has a key role to play in this and also for that they increase their dog and corporation when it comes to syria they don't need it for and. there are many older actors that also needs to be on board if you are to be able to find a solution to the syrian conflict the syrian government has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to president bashar al assad's cousin who is accused of racking up millions and that a rift in al assad's family was revealed earlier this month when the romney

makhlouf released a video pleading with his cousin to prevent the collapse of his business syria tell is the largest mobile operator in the country and the government says it owns up around the $77000000.00 backlog for was one of ceres richest men rejects the claims his wife's and children's assets are also said to be seized. people in some of argentina's forest neighborhoods have been demanding government help to stop the spread of the coronavirus through their communities there are more than 1000 confirmed cases in the neighborhood 31 slum in one desirous which is overcrowded and lacks running water tourists aboard reports. they came from some of the poorest neighborhoods in when our societies to the city center. to protest and demand better conditions for those living in the city slums by media and in fact that's going to reduce we have families that are infected who can't clean

themselves because there is no water they have to go and pick it up and we can't cook in the soup kitchens because there is no water but we are getting organized to see how we can make it work this week a community leader of the so called. in one of cite is died of called 19 but i want to maybe now had been denouncing the lack of water in her neighborhood or joey actually wrong it has been 8 days without water they are asking us to wash our hands but how the city government says we have water and i asked them if they've ever been here or thought he say they're over 1000 cases in 3 of the city's biggest slums argentina was one of the 1st founders in the region on free to lockdown and this has prevented the spread of nationwide but in the last few days there's been a surge of some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city of going outside because of a lack of sanitation and overcrowding. in recent years the city of one aside is has

been working to improve living conditions in the 31 slum a glaring symbol of inequality in argentina's capital some buildings have been refurbished and the streets have been paved but he has not been enough to stop with 19 and residents fear the virus will spread they say much more needs to be done to get him out there but there's not going to hear now we want to quit spaces. for hotels to isolate people who have had close contact with confirmed cases and can't isolate in their own homes we asked for 24 hour mobile units for the transfer of neighbors who need emergency care the city's government says is addressing their concerns over a week ago it authorized some businesses to restart economic activity all the research the right pose a complete quarantine if necessary you liberals you must get out we proposed to the national government open up some activities but not public transport over a week ago and we will evaluate the impact of that once we get the senator's

daughter to date more than 10 people have lost their lives to cope with 19 in the slums of when our society is people here want more to be done to prevent further loss of life there is a war when a site is. the us postal service in desperate need of emergency funding is reported to be reviewing its package delivery fees president on trump has long said it should charge companies like amazon far more but amazon's owner jeff bezos who also owns the washington post a regular focus of trump's attacks share brutality explains. 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 been in the sights of wall street knows it would like the profit from what we call the public commons in the

public good of the 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 allies 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 23rd team $10000000000.00 has already been approved by congress to help the u.s.p.s. but it's being held back by treasury secretary steve nixon reportedly until the u.s.p.s. raises rates and makes concessions on worker pay and benefits donald trump however has made aid 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 weird terribly perfect storm where you have the new chairman and other longstanding conservatives trying to achieve their goal of cutting bills you know public service isn't 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 there 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 isn't 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 average hansie al-jazeera. the coronavirus pandemic is devastating the global

maritime industry more than $20000.00 filipinos work and ships have been repatriated while thousands more remain stranded on board after losing their jobs the billions that workers normally send home account for 10 percent of the philippines g.d.p. that's now dried up and the government says it's having a terrible impact on the economy joey to an endo that has more now from many of the . given put at the will 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 home you feel stress 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 just need to have this strength 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 anchored off manila harbor the philippine coast guard is testing thousands of them in manila to 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 predicted from the same barking or thorn here at the same time we are we are blessed and because we will work here we are earning money. but on the other part of us. we are. we are mission that we are

already whole and we are family we are all waiting for the world the truth or 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 the most prized exports they send back at least $6000000000.00 of remittances every year that's about 10 percent of the country's across domestic products but those who are 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 island dog and i'm just here in

manila. still to come on i'll just there this news hour u.s. oil prices have stabilized but with a pandemic far from over there looks to be no end in sight to the war stock market in decades. ago was. a go at. the arab. league would be. a good.

authorities in india and bangladesh are racing to evacuate millions of people ahead of the arrival of a super cycle cycloid is the most powerful weather system seen in the region in 2

decades but the coronavirus is complicating efforts to move people away from the coastline tanveer chadri reports from the. 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 and coastal this sticks for more than $5000000.00 people but maintaining social distancing will be difficult in densely packed shelters with limited space.

we've already seen rise to the relevant cycle in shelters provided money baby enjoyed 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 corona virus 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 tread of corporate 19 and the cyclon is particularly

warning for disadvantaged people in coastal regions and for those living in crowded growing a refugee camps in parts of the bazaar while bangladesh is dealing with coronavirus spend their big supercycle and is approaching its course lying posing a challenge to the authorities here to evacuate coastal areas even if the side room hits off their wiggling it could cause significant damage to the farmlands and rule homes 100 told the. dhaka bangladesh the world bank says some 60000000 people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year to provide some relief the bank's emergency operations have reached 100 countries since march it says it's trying to protect the most vulnerable people reinforce health systems and support economic recovery of those countries $39.00 are in africa and nearly one 3rd of the total projects are in fact gyal and conflict affected countries including afghanistan chad haiti and new share the world bank has promised

$160000000000.00 in grants and financial support over a 15 month period that includes medical supplies for countries including pakistan the philippines and iraq the president of the world bank david malpass told al-jazeera the financial institution is trying its best to provide countries with what they want and need. let's say personal protective equipment some countries need more some countries less it depends somewhat on the way their medical personnel work in their country and so there is variation among the countries but and there was an effort to provide meaningful assistance to the countries that then applied and in keeping with what the countries wanted so that's been the goal of the program and i think we were succeeding in that us all prices

have rallied over the past 3 weeks after turning negative for the 1st time in history that recovery is thanks to what draw thing global output and i mean saying of some lock down restrictions prices are still far from their 2020 p. cand limited by the corona virus outbreak with no clear end in sight john hendren reports. in less than a month or oil has gone from worthless to barely profitable in these days of coronavirus fueled economics it is enough for us president donald trump to tweet or oil energy is back. the worst oil market in decades appears to be stabilizing somewhat for 2 reasons massive production cuts by saudi arabia other opec countries russia and the us into a cautious increase in buying in china and the us is their economies begin to reopen it just above $30.00 a barrel prices are still half the $60.00 a barrel at the start of 2020 you know i list. again you see for ya arse

and say well it's true then yes that's pretty slim margin you know essentially you have oil flowing again you have some other problem but it's not like we're under a. loss but for now it's enough to allow us shale oil producers to come near breaking even last month the benchmark u.s. crude west texas international negative territory is the coronavirus grounded planes in home did most travel that left some sellers actually paying buyers to take oil off their hands and now with many producers simply breaking even some will undergo restructuring and for some this will mean bankruptcy. but there is one major threat to prices a glut of stored oil aprils historically low prices lead to a massive oversupply with producers filling storage tanks in places like cushing

oklahoma to near capacity waiting for higher prices hope is higher. and in recent years but yes one hour. it's going to keep a lid on price looks worse. that capacity threatens to grow worse with tankers filled with 50000000 barrels of saudi arabian crude expected to arrive in the us in june. with major oil producers slashing production it might not be anywhere near the end of the coronavirus price crisis but producers hope it could be the beginning of the end john hendren chicago and new zealand professional rugby players are returning to the training field after the super rugby competition was postponed just 7 weeks because of the coronavirus the tournament has been revamped and will start in mid june but with a huge loss in revenue expected for the sport and job cuts things are far from back to normal when have reports from hamilton. and i. 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 more personal on a view from the players we're just really excited to be back together and we will do anything we can to make sure that everybody stays safe 1st and foremost and that hopefully we can get a really call a 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 zealanders 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 amateur 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 a reward no moral support or sponsors which were too but also were a lot of trust money. trust. fund or can have for money so with. that. they were too to training for the professional men's

players may provide some clarity about the short future of the game but in the long term things are a lot next year when they al-jazeera new zealand's. the last known surviving video of a now extinct australian marsupial has been released these 21 seconds of black and white pictures show the last the tiger or psilocin in captivity the video has not been seen publicly since it was shot 85 years ago it has been released by the national sound and for film archive the psilocin named benjamin died 18 months after the film was shot on the 7th of september 1936. that's more on that and everything else that we've been covering of course on our website do stay with us i'm going to have more news in just a few minutes hope you'll join me then.

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