if you. concerns for the safety of millions of people as powerful cyclon. makes landfall in eastern india and bangladesh. and on top of this is our jazeera live from london also coming up a warning from the world health organization as brazil recommends the use of malaria drugs to treat the coronavirus. the un's special envoy for the middle east says israel must abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. and mozambique looks to its neighbors for help in the fight against an armed group that's responsible for the deaths of more than a 1000 people. and

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 unpin 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 and as both foreign and reports from new delhi are out of the sounding the alarm india's national disaster response force warn people of the state of west bengal ahead of cycling on making landfall the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds are proving trees more than half a 1000000 people have been evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal and

another 150000 to the state of disarray bond with their issues of actuating around 2000000 people smugglers many people have come to the shelters since morning because the rivers banks have broken down here most of the houses are made. concrete and bricks people here live in basic structure is. 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 to the cove on a virus. or to door disaster some locates out. 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 jews did half capacity.

and service for poor as you know. 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 more than a 1000000 rangar 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 military crackdown in myanmar in 2017 hundreds who are had been evacuated from the front flood prone. island before the storm hit come to chandra 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 not virus spreading and the social distancing it's something as a luxury cannot be done because of the number of people there now as we speak the storm is crossing bangladesh a southwestern coastline we talked to many of our contacts there as it's still crossing into sean the bun bun of the salon just mangrove forests and the coast about there's a heavy storm surge some places. because houses been actually how it's been washed away as we speak now we have reports of one rescue volunteer been drawn our earlier in the evening we also have a report off an elderly man in. ireland who died because of a fallen tree and the other 5 year old child who also died of

a fallen tree in this state so a major storm brewing over we'll see what comes after the u.n. special middle east envoy has called on israel to abandon threats to annex parts of the occupied west bank from mr benjamin netanyahu has been given don't trumps blessing to press on but the security council was told it could breach international rules i'm going to go to james space 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 nikolai 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 a latino reaction to this really threat that exists 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 for statehood 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 your she 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 negotiations based on president terms 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 u.n. russia and the united states the united nations believe it now has the best chance of reviving diplomacy james al-jazeera at the united nations an israeli

court has ordered prime minister benjamin netanyahu to appear in person when his corruption trial begins on sunday if you know who is indicted for bribery fraud and breach of trust protecting 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 it denies any wrongdoing. the world health organization says 106000 new cases of corona virus have been reported globally over the last 24 hours that's the largest number at 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 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 were guarding the potential side effects of the drug and many countries have limited its use to that of clinical trials well as well as a decision by brazil's health ministry to recommend the use of the drugs to treat the virus new federal guidelines suggest doctors prescribe them for patients showing any symptoms president joy of are so narrow has hailed the drugs as a possible remedy despite a lack of conclusive evidence yes president donald trump revealed on monday he's been taking one of the drugs daily in a bid to prevent the virus brazil has announced a further 888 deaths in the past 24 hours taking the total to more than $18000.00.

mexico has recorded its biggest daily increase in corona virus infections with more than 2700 new cases and the capital of 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 grown of ours or had 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 9000 all of 54000 people have been infected across the country a 5th of them medical workers but the testing rate is low and the around $150000.00 are being carried out in the nation of $125000000.00 people despite all this the country is poised to ease its lockdown restrictions as john homan reports some parts of mexico city never closed. the digging fresh 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 the guy 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 as mexico's most populous districts in the hardest hit by cove it despite that life and commerce hasn't stopped. the mets can quarantines definitely bit of the softer 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 bet are going to ask us as well when there are people that gets on board that face masks 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 corn to 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 the east the palapa john home and al-jazeera hundreds of migrant children have been deported from the u.s.

during the corona virus outbreak using a new or allowed to during a pandemic i guess from the new york times or below 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 and the trump administration invoked in 1994 law which allows migration to be blocked to stop a disease from spreading. as the number of confirmed infections in the us is past one and a half 1000000 it sexual state has hit out at the head of the world health organization might prompt to 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. still to come on al-jazeera the indy goes to the polls but even before the result is known the credibility of the process is questioned the a moment

a mother and son that met again after move 13 years ago caught. how the southeast corner of a street is 30 story time last couple of days you see the front going through that was the active one on its way just to catch the far south south on the new zealand but we still got active on the run down through new south wales and towards i.c.t. and still very victoria melbourne's thirteen's a bit disappointing now if you're in perth used to be enjoying the sunshine at $21.00 degrees but this is eastern side is catching or so i hope is at least useful rain if a bit disappointing for you the circulation is developing off the coast and they will make it very unpleasant windy and wet little bit inland from the coast in fact camera catches showers for saturday and sunday it is be about monday the temp to

hell down to 11 degrees and you go to ground frost by night. japan is also not as warm as you might like with the breeze coming off the sea to the north so tokyo is held at 70 discussion of showers there but not many the real rain in the seasonal rain is through the far south of china edging story south through hong kong we're a couple of days to come sundry with significant damp or possible tokyo warms up so you've got 22 degrees the onshore breeze this time a southerly march also bringing a shower to come friday and in beijing $31.00 degrees pretty warm. with no guaranteed paid sick leave millions of americans are forced to choose between work and health and. use my leave to get my mammogram i use my leave to care for my mother as the coronavirus brings employment laws into focus fold lines examines the human cost of putting business before. niceties fall in behind people

get sick the impossible choice america's paid leave crisis on al-jazeera. are going to one of the top stories here now jazeera at least 13 people in $42.00 being killed after a powerful cyclon hit india and bangladesh. is one of the most powerful in the bear because 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 did use of the anti malaria drug a drug seeker acquitted her current coronavirus patients but the world health organization again said the drug has proved ineffective against her but 19. peace and security in southern africa is under threat the message from the region's leaders who are calling for unity to help fight an escalating conflict in northern mozambique attacks by an armed group in cupboard ogando have killed more than a 1000 people since 2017 security forces are hitting back killing at least 50 fighters in recent days there with us are reports. as fighting in the northern province of kabul intensifies mozambique's president is asking other leaders in southern africa for help. to the problem wolf was on beach forums and were probably moved. in and this is why brad pitt

targets. we believe literally to go 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 copper dug out of problems 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 enlarge their territory and then take over much more space and much territory is it definitely whatever the impact on the in firstly the moment on the populations in tanzania and in mozambique then it with their 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

there is really no such security guarantees that this whole model of law 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 mice and the. long term sense of any subject intervention in it was a link especially with the militant intervention is that obviously in the people will start asking is it really necessary to intervene was a big 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 workers say whatever leaders decide that plaid must include the protection of civilians thousands of them have been forced from their homes by the fighting. in south sudan at least 287 people have been

killed since friday in what authorities are calling cattle raids 100 people were injured during the attacks which took place in your county in a state a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed over the weekend fighting between herding communities in the area has led to the deaths of hundreds of people already has held a crucial presidential election despite the coronavirus pandemic. is stepping down after 15 years in power but there are concerns over transparency after international observers were barred welcome webb has more. no sign of social distancing the people lined up to vote in the capital put in poor health experts have criticized the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic governments told people not to worry that the election should go ahead. with the results burundian should welcome and accept whoever the winner will be the rights groups

say people on free to express critical views of 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 they're taking place in. 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 and currencies are his route 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. at a recent diet 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 is to see. how they should be done today because we have peace in the country. and. everybody go to votes without problem. social media services were blocked as people voted many journalists and activists have fled into exile it will strains the credibility of the process through indians are now waiting for provisional results to be announced next week malcolm webb al-jazeera. malteser authorities have been accused of turning away more than 100 migrants who were stranded at sea and breaking international law the activist group along 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 report. 101 people in distress. caught at the mercy of the maltese all sora t's on april the 11th the vessel they were on had come from the libyan port of sleep turn and 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 has to be found at a european level but. 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 a 2nd and final term so in when it said both sides have a duty to prevent antagonism rocket ride report. 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's presidential election one thing that's clear is that she woke me up on my head with the chinese government on the mainland 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 as been receiving it has provided a probably on president and opportunity for a very warm 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 sounded like yes 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. venezuela's 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 recognise when to or as venezuela's legitimate leader a chinese man has seen his parents again 32 years after he was abducted as

a toddler years mother quit her job to find her son along the way helping 29 other abducted children return to their parents in the end a d.n.a. test helped end her search so her reports. at the moment got to hug his parents after 32 years of searching leaching could finally touch her son's face cling on to each other making up for lost years this time she told him she wasn't going to let him go. now you must snatched in 1988 outside the hotel and sang the province his father had stopped off to get some mortar you was only 2 years old from then on his mother quit her job and dedicated her life to finding her son as she searched she reunited 29 other children with their parents now was found after a series of tip offs to police his identity confirmed by d.n.a.

and facial recognition technology now you and was sold to a childless couple in neighboring sichuan province they raised him as their own and changed his name he had no idea they weren't israel parents until the police showed up on the phone when the police came to see me i didn't believe them i was still in shock even after i did a d.n.a. test. it's not clear if action will be taken against the couple who wrongly adopted him there are no government statistics on the number of children who disappear every year in china but it is cool to be in the 10s of thousands of abductions became common the 1980 s. the communist party's one child policy was introduced in a country traditionally favoring boys over girls in the last decade more than 6300 kidnapped chinese children have been reunited with their families thanks to d.n.a. testing in 2016 the government also set up a missing child alert system via social media or text it has successfully reunited

many more families and it's hoped that new technologies such as facial recognition means more children like mowing in will be able to meet their parents once again off to so long so high it out. of the top stories. at least 13 people are reported to have been killed. there and india and bangladesh over 3000000 people have been moved to shelter hundreds of homes were swamped by a storm surge in coastal areas for 2nd on the pond is one of the most powerful in the bay of bengal he is with gusts of up 285 kilometers per hour called it. many of the shelters are basically makeshift schools are some of them are cycle and shelter but they're not big enough you know they're congested so the challenge of her not

virus spreading and the social distancing it's something as a larger it cannot be done because of the number of people there now as we speak the storm is crossing bangladesh a thought western coastline we talked to many of our contacts there that is still causing into some their bun bun of the largest mangrove forests and the coast about their behaviors storm surge some places the. houses been actually have been washed away as we speak so a major storm brewing over we'll see what comes after the un's special middle east envoy has urged israel to abandon its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank you can i'm loud enough said the plan would deal he called a devastating blow to the 2 state solution and any hope of peace nearly reinstalled israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu could begin annexation as soon as july with the backing of the us president for sales health ministry has recommended why do use of the anti malaria drug hydroxy quote to treat coronavirus patients the

country's right wing president explained it was better to put up a fight with the virus than except defeat it in a regular briefing w.h.o. said the drug has not proved effective against code 19 in any trial. in south sudan at least 287 people have been killed since friday in what authorities are calling cattle raids well 100 people were injured during the attacks which took place in jonglei state a staff member from doctors without borders was also killed over the weekend fighting between herding communities in the area has led to the deaths of hundreds of people thanks watching faultlines is up next 5 and a half. what impact will call did 19 on the drop in the oil price tumble the race to the white house candle trumps of only breeze his story setbacks and does job only have what it takes to beat. special

coverage i'll just see. them almost like he knows the brain tumor i had to choose between my job or my mom and of course i was going to choose my mom i had to take my doubt i suppose i was at work at the time i had paid time off but i have a customer yelling at me every day people in the night states are being forced to make an impossible choice between going to work or caring for themselves or their loved ones i was working the day that the twins were delivered finest to syrian section and up through 2 months after their birth pretty sure i cried the 1st week daycare dropped off and it just broke my heart you know every time that they cried for me as i handed them off i had a.