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special envoy for the middle east says israel must abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. and measure beat looks to its neighbors for help in the fight against armed group that's responsible for the deaths of more than a 1000 people. you know one of the most powerful storms in decades has slammed into eastern india and bangladesh forcing more than 3000000 people to seek shelter at least 10 people have been killed in the indian state of west bengal a 2nd on pan barrels through the area the state's leader says the disaster is worse than the coronavirus pandemic in bangladesh at least 3 people have died and hundreds of ring of muslim refugees have been moved to higher ground as of parana reports from new delhi. i'm wondering. what sounding the alarm india's national

disaster response force warn people in the state of west bengal ahead of cyclon on making landfall the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds are proven trees more than half a 1000000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal and another 150000 in the state of disarray bond with there is a vacuum waiting around 2000000 people. many people have come to the shelter since morning because the rivers banks have broken down here most of the houses aren't made of concrete and bricks people here live in basic structure of mud. the densely populated low lying areas around the bay of bengal are used to cyclers bottom urgency authorities they will be harder to manage as they try to stop the spread of the covina virus. or to door disaster some locates outfits we're dealing with 2 disasters for the 1st time the 1st disaster is ongoing covered

$1000.00 which you all know about and during this outbreak another disaster is now in front of us which is in the form of a cycle on. emergency shelters only being used at half capacity. that stands in his men and service for poor as you know. i mean you know. it seems one day. while east india and bangladesh are in the storm's path heavy rain and flooding from killed 2 people in sri lanka those living in coastal areas have been warned against leaving their homes until the cyclon passes elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi . heavy rain has been battering bangladesh's cox's bazaar which is home to go to minyan wearing the refugees residents have been urgently working to keep the rain

from flooding their homes at the world's largest refugee camp they've been living there since fleeing a minute she crackdown in myanmar in 2017 hundreds more were had been evacuated from the front sun cha island before the storm hit time is in dhaka he outlines the damage so far in bangladesh so far 2400000 people are sheltered on the coastal belt there's accommodation for 5000000 many of the shelters are basically makeshift schools are some of them are cyclon shelter but they're not big enough you know they're congested so the challenge of her are not biased spreading and the social distancing it's something as a luxury it cannot be done because of the number of people there now as we speak the storm is crossing bangladesh i thought western coastline we talked to many of our contacts there that is still causing into some there bonbon of the largest mangrove forests and the coastal about there is a heavy storm surge some places. because houses been actually have been washed away

as we speak now we have reports of one rescue volunteer been drawn are earlier in the evening we also have a report off elderly man in. in ireland who died because of a fallen tree and the other 5 year old child who also died of a fallen tree in the district so a major storm brewing over we'll see what comes after so johnson is the regional vice president for asia at the international rescue committee she joins us. from the hague thanks for being with us so presumably that the scale of this is a large scale response need to do as well. it is definitely we are looking to assure that over a 1000000 people who have literally no space or no place to go need will need assistance and of course this comes on top of that they're already living under stress of the code epidemic what sort of preparations have been made for the psycho . if that i mean bangladesh has

a long tradition as you know responding to the climate change we are seeing so the days running up till today we had together with the government actually have had massive outreach work down towards the clients the us were living in cockspur sark and we have worked with them to secure their their housing which is of course very in stable because it's built literally all bamboo and we have assured that they are prepared that they have wrapped up their documents in plastic that they have been able to store food we have presently our health teams on standby in our 247 clinics to assure that whatever comes our way we will be able to help the population in the camp. as you mentioned the rain there suppose that's one of the it's not just the wind it's the rain in these situations and to august to have such a problem. i mean caucus or is that 1st of all built on sand and then next to it

it's a very hilly area and that the rescreen landslide is massive we are also afraid that because of the water situation in the camp we have water stations but they are fragile and if one of them break we are having the risk of getting contaminated water which would further create risk for spread of deceases and it's also as we heard i mean young children 50 percent of the 1000000 people living in the camp are children so if they are outside i mean this is a huge waste that they could be flushed away by water or be hit by debris switch are flying through the wind so there is multiple shall and has fought for the population does a bit more about the response so far in terms of coronavirus how how big is the outbreak there and how well handled has it been. ok i mean so far the number of unsure is. hopefully it is not large right now but we are projecting that we

might need over $10000.00 beds and if we are presently together with the u.n. at the united nations and our peer are going satan building up to 2000 isolation beds but that was still be a far far fetched from what is really needed so we have worked a lot on awareness making we have been going house by house we have a course assured that all health staff outraced are have their protective gear they they are needing we are working with of course the essential hand-washing is talking about distance we do but in the same time as you know it's a it's a very congested area that people are living in and if the population density is actually between 40 to 70000 people piers where economic does and that is 1.6 times higher than if you remember the cruise ship princess and they're they're spread across 4 times higher than what we saw in rwanda in china so

if the corona were to get a grip in the camp there that can be a major impact on everyone senator johnson thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us appreciate it thank you and the un's special middle east envoy has called on israel to abandon threats to annex parts of the occupied west bank prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been given donald trump's blessing to press on but the security council was told it could breach international law our diplomatic editor james bays has more. many observers have predicted that prime minister netanyahu threat to annex parts of the west bank was simply an election ploy or some in fact in office he now says he'll actually do it and that's got many of the united nations worried u.n. special coordinator nicholai mad not briefing the security council restated the un's long held position that annexation would be

a serious breach of international law by israel derailing a 2 state solution but his response to palestinian president mahmoud abbas his decision to withdraw from all previous agreements and stop cooperation with israel was perhaps more surprising if i missed it openly and very frankly. whenever an issue assessments are just you know reactions of israeli threats that exist and maybe it is certainly one thing it is a desperate cry for help it is a call for immediate action. it is a cry for help from a generation of leaders that have invested their life in building institutions and preparing state for over a quarter of a century in the virtual session on one point there was near agreement that any i think sation of any parts of the west bank including of settlements all only would represent a violation of international law one by one the security council members urged

israel not to pursue a policy of onyx ation except for one mission of such a statement by the us ambassador kelly craft was telling. left it to her boss in washington d.c. the secretary of state to criticize the palestinian president but i regret that he has decided to abrogate these agreements we laid out a very clear vision for how peace could be brought we asked simply for this we asked the israelis and the palestinians to agree that that would be the basis for negotiations between the israelis have accepted that the palestinians have continued to refuse to just simply sit down and enter into goshen based on president trumps a vision for peace there so word of peace efforts go now the so-called quartet has almost been forgotten for the last couple of years it consists of the european union the un russia and the united states the united nations believe it now has the

best chance of reviving diplomacy james al-jazeera the united nations and israeli court has ordered prime minister benjamin netanyahu to appear in person when his corruption trial begins on sunday at any hour who is indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust for accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensing favors to get more positive press coverage is israel's 1st sitting prime minister to go on trial and denies any wrongdoing. coming up when i was there this news out nearly 300 people were killed during a search in ethnic violence in south sudan. motor's military is accused of breaking international law by refusing to rescue migrants stranded in the sea. the world health organization says 106000 new cases of corona virus have been

reported globally over the last 24 hours that's the most in a single day since the outbreak began and almost 2 thirds of those have come from just 4 countries at his daily briefing the global body also advised against the use of the malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine for the corona virus because of its potential side effects at this stage. and have been as yet found to be effective. in the treatment of call with 19 are in the prophylaxis against coming down with the disease in fact the opposite. in the us warnings have been issued by many authorities with guarding the potential side effects of the drug and many countries have limits its use to that of clinical trials as well as a decision by brazil's health ministry to recommend the use of the drugs to treat the virus new federal guidelines just doctors prescribe them for patients showing

any symptoms present jaya about an hour or has hailed the drugs as a possible remedy despite a lack of conclusive evidence u.s. president donald trump revealed on monday he's been taking one of the drugs daily in an attempt to prevent the virus brazil has the 3rd highest number of creative arson factions in the world behind only the u.s. and russia it recorded its highest daily death toll on tuesday with more than 1100 fatalities. mexico has recorded its biggest daily increase in corona virus infections with more than 2700 new cases the capital mexico city has been hit hardest by the outbreak and its official death count is being questioned a registry of death certificates suggests 4500 people had coronavirus or cave in 19 as a probable cause of death that's 3 times higher than the official record of 1332 if confirmed it would push the national death toll from 5666 to nearly

915-4000 people have been infected across the country a 5th of them medical workers but the testing rate is low only around 150000 have been carried out in the nation of 125000000 people or despite all this the country is poised to ease its lockdown restrictions as john holmes reports some parts of mexico city never closed. the digging 1st graves in the symmetry of it's to pull up a district in mexico city. outside the hearses a queuing to get in with the danger of infection all around ramon continues to sell his flowers i was told you know look at the one of the look at it that we're living day to day we have nothing saved and if i stop working what will i eat when my family. is to pull up his miscues most populous district in the hardest hit by covert despite that life and commerce hasn't stopped. mexican quarantines

definitely been of the sulfur i-t. with people encouraged rather than forced to stay home and authorities often turning a blind eye towards those breaking the rules you're not going to miss but rick you have with us that remember that point we're not allowed to open until the start of june but the truth is we can't last out any more. the country's just had its highest daily number of cases. that hasn't stopped mexico city's government announcing plans to reopen the capital but districts like this one never really shutdown in the 1st place just look at the amount of people bank cars that are out on the street so i should mention that not every business here is open to any of those that can afford to close have done so but it's pretty clear that in the more working class areas of the city there are a lot of people out and about that it was those kept on driving his bus through the pandemic he says some of his passengers refuse to even acknowledge there's a virus at all i better get off because it's when they're people that get on board

that face most they're foolish they don't get it but unfortunately i make my living from them so i have to put up with it. top health officials say more and more mexicans are going out before the end of corinth the same health officials are adamant the cases will go down any day now those 2 statements don't seem to match up especially here in east the palapa john home and al jazeera hundreds of migrant children have been deported from the u.s. during the coronavirus outbreak using a law allowed during a pandemic because really new york times revealed more than 900 young migrants were deported between march and april previously unaccompanied minors were provided with shelter and an opportunity to go through the asylum process the trump administration invoked and $994.00 no which allows migration to be blocked to stop a disease from spreading. and the number of confirmed infections in the u.s. so just passed one and

a half 1000000 it's extra state has hit out at the head of the world health organization by pompei or criticize what he described as china's influence over the body i understand that dr tatar is unusually close ties to beijing started long before this current pandemic and that's a deeply troubling. our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat joins us live now company what evidence to pompei offer to back up this claim. you know there has been no evidence despite the repeated accusations by not just the secretary of state but the president just a day earlier it's very clear that this is an administration that is intent on finger pointing not only at the world health organization but also china as it continues to be under criticism for its own pandemic response the words of the u.s. secretary of state very strong not only accusing dr tetris of having unusually close ties to beijing since insinuating that is clouding his judgment which may

have led to the. the accusation by the term administration that there was not a declaring of a global health emergency in time but the secretary of state also accusing china of destroying live virus samples in other words this effort to kind of trace the origins of the virus made more difficult because of deliberate actions by china according to the united states and the trumpet ministration so what we can take from all of this is this is very much an escalating of the fight between the united states the world health organization as well as china and we should point out when it comes to the world health organization this is ministration has demanded substantial changes be made to that global health body it's not been specific in terms of the changes looking for only that it needs change to happen or it's pulling its funding big problem given the fact that this is the number one donor of the united states to the world health organization in fact very strong words used

by the u.s. president in a tweet today a little bit earlier when he accused china of incompetence saying it was responsible for mass worldwide killing now the press secretary kelly mcenaney for her part really tried to defend today as she was speaking in her briefing the response by this administration highlighting that there is now a very much an availability of personal protective equipment and that sort of thing as they push to reopen the u.s. . economy but at the same time a new poll shows that many americans do not share the president's enthusiasm when it comes to reopening the economy in fact 83 percent of americans are concerned that lifting restrictions could lead to additional covert 19 infections and we should point out when it comes to reopening the economy the reason that this administration is so keen to do that is to bring back the jobs that require dated when this president came into office those of course have been obliterated as a result of covert 19 and in lection year that's a problem for this president who's kid to get it back on track but again jordi of

americans not feeling that this would be the safest route at this time to me how to thank you very much indeed. peace and security in southern africa is under threat that's the message from the region's leaders who are calling for unity to help find an escalating conflict in northern mozambique attacks upon armed group in god have killed more than a 1000 people since 2017 security forces are hitting back killing at least 50 fighters in recent days of course. as fighting in the northern province of kabul delgado intensifies mozambique's president is asking other leaders in southern africa to help. to the problem wolf was our beaches were removed. from. everywhere in this is 100 targets. we believe literally to get to work to make sure that our units peaceful militias

have been raiding villages and government buildings for the past 3 years mozambique's government says fighters affiliated to eisele operating in parts of car but i got a problem you know. that's led to speculation that some southern african leaders could send in troops to help wasn't because government to stop the fight is infiltrating neighboring countries and if indeed it is assumed the islamic state 11 of their wild models of operation mystics unlike their territory and then to take over much more space and much territory is still it definitely would have any impact on the in firstly the moment on populations in tanzania and in mozambique but there were great support for attention of a spillover effect in the rest of the region we have porous borders it's you know between zimbabwe and mozambique south african muslims i'm allowed in mozambique and these really no such security guarantees that this whole model of flow into the

neighboring states over the years some southern african countries intervene militarily in the democratic republic of congo lisicki and mozambique the reasons given or to bring peace and stability to the region regional leaders haven't confirmed or denied reports they're planning to send troops into mass and the. long term a sense of any subject intervention in it was a link especially with the military intervention is that obviously in the people will start asking is it really necessary to intervene was on the mozambique and able to do it by itself but said it has a history of assisting he said the military or the terms of liberation struggle solidarity. human rights with the say what even leaders decide that plaid must include the protection of civilians thousands of them have been forced from their homes by the fighting. france and gaining is a senior program manager for the who has an option will shift on political foundation he joins us now from johannesburg got thanks very much for being with us

sir how seriously do you assess the problem that mozambique is facing well as you have clearly shown in your report on the counter the situation is very serious eating each and every day and the fact that mozambique and government is now approached. neighbors like i mean as zimbabwe but so i know and. it's also really been reported that mozambique is also approach south africa so this shows that it's a very important and it's a very big challenge for that for the country what would you say the reasons behind this conflict it's difficult to actually establish one single reason for the problem it's a complexity of that issue is happening in test to do with that story graphic political and also now with the modernization and.

issues that the mozambique is now observing you know that the country that is now at the. investments going into that area this is now it this is it isn't a phenomenon but you have to do get the east of the country and to get all those different dynamics together to be able to relate to the conflict the statement after the meeting originally does call for support from his ambit but it was a far as i understand they didn't specify what sort of support that would be a do you think it's going to be the times of troops or was it going to be money what are they going to do to help. i think it's going to be in terms of troops but if that's going to be their strategy it's not going to be enough what would you go to probably indicated that you know there's a lot of a lot of accusations of human rights violations by the mozambican military and security services they operate in the area so this is also creates a lot of dissatisfaction and most of the local population and of course they will

tend to support it to them and to the insurgents that we call we call it as a beacon to the group but mozambique needs also to address human rights issues in that particular area from out its neighbors with the big needs intelligence but the big needs to do for ways of protecting is its coastal coastal area that's its i mean in the indian ocean needs but it was a pita that 10 times and yet wasn't invited or maybe didn't show up and did into this meeting because you know we share a boat and it is said that the group crosses borders into him is a b. in to demise a big and. if i supposes that i'm getting a thank you very much until i took their. still to come on this news acknowledges area the windy goes to the polls but even if all the result is known the

credibility of the process is questioned. making galactic history the countdown begins for space x. to launch its 1st ever manned mission. after a very wet day in servia this massive cloud is very cold out of the way this rather than going north was going south was against being pushed out of the way by quite a cold breeze right through eastern europe so book arrests there in the sunshine more or less at 16 degrees athens at $28.00 for this is still the warm area turkey and cyprus less so greece greece is going to endure rain later on thursday you can see but at least much of central and western europe to enjoy the sunshine as temperatures most definitely on their way up and fortune this rain hangs around if

anything in the house itself come thursday with that breeze still blowing it heads towards the bosphorus but mainly we talk about bug areas still and northern greece so london still warm $25.00 and see a slow dropping off a few showers by saturday istanbul with our cold breeze still sees thunderstorms doesn't quite achieve the temperature even in london. north africa well in foods a bit by the on shore breeze but it's warming up in 2 days of 24 degrees with occasional showers it's all partisan and about 26 because it gets a slightly warmer feel while the weekend we still got big shouting is like victoria but not as many as there were along the coast of somalia it's a different story. and i count as an infant. death a mad that i was there to meet dizzy and i mean look. bad as

a cut on the rubber and. going to be and was i that. that can and not all of them the most are that than bob a bob how the lead up. to it what can they meant that he had been as not what men and. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumber jacks and drive as. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. together and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera.

out of the top stories here now to 0 at least 13 people are reported to have been killed after a powerful cyclon hit india and bangladesh. is one of the most powerful in the bay of bengal for years. the un's special middle east envoy has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank the security council was told it could deal a devastating blow to peace. brazil's health ministry has recommended why do use of the anti malaria drug a drug seeker acquitted 4 coronavirus patients the world health organization again said the drug has proved ineffective against covert 90. in south sudan at least 287 people have been killed since friday in water forces according cattle raids 100

people were injured during the attacks which took place in oral county in a state a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed over the weekend fighting between hurting communities in the area has led to the deaths of hundreds of people steve the deputy head of mission in south sudan for doctors without borders he says the charity's facilities remain open in the region despite the continued violence. i think there has been some confusing communication around this in fact our activities have continued in jonglei state throughout this period m.s.f. runs a hospital in the town of length that has continued to its activities through this period and indeed the interruption to our activities in in the cherry clinic was was very brief while the team to press you each during the peak of fighting however they returned very shortly thereafter to restart activities and indeed have been treating patients inside that facility related to this most recent round of

fighting we have received 16 patients some of them have been discharged although the majority remain it treated at the facility and several other patients 4 were referred to 2 hospitals and once again where up to now we have received over 50 patients inside that facility. most of whom continue to be treated inside inside the facility predominantly being treated for gunshot wounds and other physical traumas. millions in burundi have voted in their 1st competitive presidential elections since the civil war broke out in 1903 president. is stepping down after 15 years in power is last term was plagued by political violence guernsey's as decision to run for a 3rd term in 2015 was condemned as unconstitutional and sparked mass on rest his main challenger. boycotted previous elections claiming they were not free and fair and such claims have resurfaced in the latest polls as malcolm webb reports.

no sign of social distancing as people lined up to vote in british capital put in poor health experts have criticized the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic governments told people not to worry the election should go ahead. with the results burundians should welcome and accept whoever the winner will be the rights groups say people on free to express critical views food political violence have been widespread since the last elections 5 years ago they're taking place in the context of ongoing crackdowns on civil society on the independent media we see reports of killings arrests even disappearances of opposition members in the last few weeks in the run up the election so we're very concerned about the context that are taking place in the. international observers were actively excluded after being told they'd be quarantined for 14 days on arrival. but the

government says the process is free and fair. outgoing president. has ruled for 15 years he's accused of cracking down on critics ever since he ran for a controversial 3rd term 5 years ago opposition said it was against the constitution . ever respond the ruling party's candidate he's chosen successor. running against him is veteran opposition politician. he says hundreds of his supporters have been arrested the vice president cast offs in demo voting in bujumbura said there were no problems we are so happy to see how the election will be done today because we have peace in all countries and. everybody go towards without problems. social media services were blocked

as people voted many journalists and activists have fled into exile it strains the credibility of the process through indians are now waiting for provisional results to be announced next week malcolm webb al-jazeera. the un security council has held a video conference over allegations colombia and the u.s. were involved in an edge coup attempt earlier this month the meeting was called by russia after venezuela accused the 2 nations of sending mercenaries to assassinate president nicolas maduro christensen who joins us live from new york christine ringback what evidence do they have of this and what action to the security council take. well russia called this meeting to call out the united states based on this rather lengthy letter that was sent to the security council from venezuela about a week ago alleging that 2 former u.s.

soldiers who were arrested in venezuela earlier this month were working with colombia. to train forces to overthrow the government there in venezuela the documents cites confessions which were videotaped of the gentleman who were arrested who said that they were there to do that to train these forces in colombia for operations within venezuela and then to secure the airport in venezuela in caracas to return to the united states they also pointed to documents that have turned up and been reported on. signed by one of one quite dode the venezuelan opposition leader one of his deputies apparently has admitted to being in talks with this security company in the united states that these 2 men were working for but he denied that any deal was reached or that.

himself was involved of course the united states government denies it had anything to do with all of this russia for its part said that this is a violation of u.n. rules a threat to peace and security another example of u.s. imperialism and treating south america like it's the united states' own backyard. u.s. authorities claim that they have nothing to do with this little big lead to believe them but seem to explain that it wouldn't do the concert to american citizens well lenny to take most of legitimate president and bring him to the u.s. for what purpose we asked. president trump and secretary pompei all have already made clear that the united states was not involved in operation gideon. repeated again the united states has not entered venezuela and categorically

rejects any claims to the contrary the united states was not involved in the alleged armed incursion of may 3rd and 4th now that as well i also spoke during this virtual session of the security council and they pointed to the presence of u.s. warships and colombian warships in the region as another threat the united states has said that these ships are there for counter narcotics operation venezuela accuse the united states of doing this as a farce and another threat to their sovereignty the united states in march actually issued a warrant for the arrest of officials in venezuela on narcotics operations and a reward for anyone leaving with anyone with information that would lead to an arrest there venezuela also pointed to reports that the united states was

considering messing with iranian tankers on their way to venezuela in violation of sanctions the united states has sanctions against venezuela and iran regarding oil venezuela said that would be considered an act of war and now we're hearing reports that venezuelans have sent their own ships to a score this venezuelan tanker to their country so lots of escalating rhetoric escalating tensions and now a lot of focus on what's happening off the coast of venezuela as well christians to me thank you very much. maltese authorities have been accused of turning away more than 100 migrants who were stranded at sea and breaking international law the activist group alarmed phone says the maltese armed forces attempted to force the migrants back to libya last month and left several people to die so you're going to

go report. 101 people in distress. caught at the mercy of the maltese or storage fees on april the 11th the vessel they were on had come from the libyan port of sleep turn it had been drifting in malta search and rescue zone. alarm phoned the ngo that blocked the case said several people had been left to die at sea under the watch of the maltese armed forces using dangerous maneuvers they attempted to force the migrants back to libya and eventually made them land in italy giving them fuel and an engine for the journey according to those on board there has been a surge in my current arriving in malta this year and the government says its reception centers are full prime minister robert a bale of out he would prevent war from landing unless the e.u. completes a deal to share the burden when the pandemic hit to europe or employed private

boats to intercept migrant vessels coming from libya before they could reach the island the people who are trying to escape from libya are not changing their plans because of their coronavirus and of course the solution has to be found at the european level but in the meanwhile multiple. refuse to rescue people in distress. while italy amol to continue to be the main landing zones for refugees and migrants coming from libya both countries complain that not enough is being done to help them deal with the ongoing crisis and in the middle of a pandemic and a deteriorating security situation in libya many vulnerable people there are seeing their struggles become tougher than ever with little or no possibilities of a way out on a diagonal al-jazeera. taiwan's newly inaugurated president says she wants a dialogue with china but without accepting rule from beijing after being sworn in

for her 2nd and final term today in when said both sides have a duty to prevent antagonism of a pride reports. taiwan's president saying one has promised to continue a precarious policy of seeking a more 'd independent line from mainland china while still coexisting with it or member or just. will not accept the beijing authorities use of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and to undermine the cross street status quo. the one country 2 systems model of shared government which beijing wants to use to reintegrate taiwan is similar to the way hong kong is governed anger at the perceived lack of autonomy under that system led to months of violence protests in hong kong and in taiwan created fears among voters who gave a landslide victory in january presidential election one thing that's clear is that

she woke me up on my hand with chinese government because she's expected to do that by her constituents who are highly supportive size popularity has been further enhanced by her handling of the coronavirus pandemic transparency combined with a quick response kept infections to a minimum winning praise from around the world the regime in beijing certainly does not appreciate the kind of positive attention that i want to it's been receiving it has provided a probably on president of the unity for a car you want to showcase its knowledge its abilities its fuel the controversy over taiwan's exclusion from the world health organization at the insistence of mainland china and side has promised to leverage taiwan's unexpected increase in stature to get more international recognition and she. will work hand in hand with

countries in the region to make concrete contributions to peace stability and prosperity china has already shown its displeasure with increased military activities around taiwan and coinciding with worsening relations between china and the united states the taiwan straits are likely to witness more saber rattling in the months ahead rob mcbride al jazeera still to come on out here in this news hour lebanon's banks and government play the blame game as the country struggles with its well. financial crisis in history.

china's biggest and most important political gathering of the year will take place on friday 3 months late because of the current virus the national people's congress is expected to announce measures to kick start the country's struggling economy after the outbreaks or decades of growth seize up to you reports from beijing. how . this time last year leave a was running from one international business meeting to another but because of the pandemic who work as a freelance interpreter has dried up she's turned to teaching to make ends meet oh i find it's quite challenging and depressing for me. sometimes but. i would be reminding i by people around me and to understand that it's not just the

me it's actually everybody and there are people being hit harder than me when china's leaders gather for the national people's congress on friday the slowing economy will be front and center local corner virus infections have slowed to single digits and manufacturing activity has resumed but shoppers are stay hard and investment is down shouted small businesses are a common sight while closed borders have hurt the tourism and conference industry this is the biggest convention center in during this time of year it's usually overflowing with crowds of people and tending international trade shows and conferences but because of corporate 19 all of these events have been canceled and this venue has remained close for months millions have taken a pay cut or are out of work the official unemployment rate is 6 percent but analysts say in the 2nd quarter the real figure could be closer to 18 percent unemployment is. closely related to social instability and

a for china's government the number one jobs this year is to create enough jobs to absorb those unemployed myron's and the upcoming new universe it graduates this year nearly 9000000 graduates who entered the worst job market in china's recent history and it's not just students who are worried. the epidemic has had their effect on the economy ordinary people are less willing to spend money. leaders attending the congress are expected to announce further economic stimulus measures and a growth target for the year lee bay is hoping virus related travel restrictions will be relaxed so international events can resume until then like millions around the world she's staying home and standing by katrina new al-jazeera teaching when israel is central bank has launched

a lawsuit to try to force the bank of england to hand over more than a $1000000000.00 in gold president nicolas maduro his government said it needs the money to support its coronavirus response the u.k. central bank has held off transferring 31 tons of gold for 2 years as britain doesn't recognize madeira as venezuela's legitimate leader of the country says the funds will be used to buy health care equipment medicine and food. aerospace giant rolls royce says it plans to cut at least $9000.00 jobs in jamaica says a global slump in demand for aircraft has forced it to conduct a major reorganization of its business most of the cuts will be at plants in the u.k. the firm's chief executive and nourished it was terrible news for employees but insisted action was needed to keep the business afloat in the long term but you astronauts who will blast off in space x.'s 1st crude flight next week arrived at the kennedy space center in florida after liftoff nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley

will fly to the international space station space x. has a 2600000000 dollars deal with nasa as commercial crew program to conduct 6 such flights if the mission is successful but there are 2 mission will be the 1st human space flight to leave u.s. soil in nearly a decade drown them down as an astronomer at the harvard smithsonian center for astrophysics he joins us now from boston via skype thanks for being with us so there's a lot resting on this isn't there. oh yes votes for the nothing came of the space program for a space x. it's a company so why is it so significant what is it the fact that it's a private company doing this but and and nestle abberation what does what's important about this particular in the. right well 1st of all of course if you said the space shuttle was retarded 20 a lot of sense that nasa has had to pay for passenger tickets on a russian rocket to get its astronauts into space so 1st and foremost isn't the

united states really getting away with it because people get to space but also as you said it's the 1st commercial the 1st trimester has let loose the reins and let a commercial company run the show for the launch and they're very nervous about that so it's a lot of eyes of the. space x. its reputation its really writing on safely delivering the fast most of the space station and getting to know the the the previous post resigned just a short while ago how much difference is that going to make you think the success of all this. i don't think it should affect this so there i was the boss of all of us to keep in spaceflight not just this near term mission but the big effort to send american national back to the moon but i think that if the program gets in real trouble right now he's but 2nd boss to leave in under

a year i'm sorry right now the deputy national. guard so. passes asking director again for the 2nd time in here really the program if it's over budget is behind schedule and it's really unclear whether. there's any chance of sending american express back to the painting anything like that trying to get the administration but this next week just like just said that most of the space station i think is that but i can't i'm pretty confident that it will go well. in terms of the end the program the space program in the states that obviously that was the unmanned. drones on sunday as well how do you see the that the u.s. in terms of space at the moment and i don't know how well positioned ali. the u.s. is still the technical leader in space a lot has to be said that china is catching up really fast and last year for the 1st time really trying it was much more orbital rockets than the u.s.

it didn't launch you think satellite and it's about to not quite sophisticated so i think that the u.s. is confident in its role as the major space power with russia on the way down with europe pretty steady and you know but china you're looking at her shoulder a china that's had a big launch recently it's going to be a lot more trying to fake it's going to be in the need over the next year jones mcdowell thank you very much indeed stephanie supposes for the weather but if it don't you want us about to be coming to us from the moon there. now lebanon's government and the country's banking system and mired in nation's worst financial crisis in history both blame each other for the economic downturn which sparked mass protests in october and neither can agree on the best way forward saying what a report from beirut. protesters have said higher to banks in months of anger over

informal capital controls that prevent depositors from accessing their savings their devalued by the day but banks say they are not to blame they lent money to the state which hasn't been repaid bankers say they are fighting for survival as a government plan to rescue the economy is focused on restructuring the banking sector instead of restructuring the debt they want to. bankrupt every bank and then they deposit the. come on disappearing a little and for that your deposit the banking sector are practical reasonable people are willing to negotiate to extend the maturity date. some see the government's plan as a ploy to change the country's free market system but the government accuses the banks of financial engineering that brought them high profits each side is blaming the other for driving lebanon into financial turmoil. there are significant

differences in the estimated losses presented by the government the banks and economic bodies a committee has been formed to look into this so the burden can be fairly shared. there is a lack of consensus about who should bear the losses which is weakening lebanon's position as it seeks an international bailout foreign donors have told the 11 on the only way it can get financial assistance is through. the i.m.f. it insists on reforms which successive governments repeatedly promised to implement in the past the prime minister has said and you have says his government is committed but it is yet to take a 1st step organizations that work for political reform and good governance say the political class the power behind the government hasn't shown a willingness to reform this political class eggs or sizes its color 1st and foremost by controlling the judges if you free the judges and there are some

fabulous one of the country and you will allow them to apply the rule of law that the trust of the citizens and its government will be way different so this is for instance one of the structural reform that we are asking for for a very long time and that is not moving along other say lebanon is collapsing as foreign currency reserves needed to import food fuel and medicine are drying up. beirut. climate change is turning and talked to green blooms of alligators spreading on snow giving the world's most barren continent a splash of color rising temperatures have made the spread so prolific that the blooms can be seen from space more than $1600.00 growths have been identified spreading across a total of almost 2 square kilometers the alligator can absorb more carbon dioxide but scientists say the overall impact on global warming will be insignificant certainly what we're seeing is that in the warmer parts of the peninsula. moving

higher up on the local buses and. i think it will really be a story of whether there's an. 'd i the iraq or iran and i don't really see a good map out substantial amounts of nutrients transported in iran to large groups . say. on the antarctic ice sheet or anything like that but i think we will probably see more coverage on more islands on her. after buying a raffle ticket for just under just $100.01 italian woman now owns an artwork with more than a 1000000 less because so painting called not your lot was put in a competition to raise money for charity the proceeds will go to provide water for villages in madagascar and cameroon a woman has called her wind incredible. that's it for me in our 10 if there's news

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