i don't really have a lot of exposing. their rhetoric but they cannot let. the listening post your insight go to the media to 0. this is al-jazeera. there are this is a news. coming up in the next 60 minutes china plans tough new security laws for hong kong critics say it could restrict freedoms and trigger new protests. at least 84 people are killed after a powerful cycling through india's east coast and bangladesh. nearly 39000000 americans have lost their jobs since the pandemic started with more than

2400000 new unemployment claims in the past week. drive to attract tourists back to one of the world's most visited cities but there are safety concerns. and support that a catalyst. committing imbalance to keep the event affordable for barack. is not pricing out supporters has become more important to economic impact at the coronavirus. so than china is planning to push through national security laws on hong kong following months of mass protests against the central government and this comes as china's biggest political gathering of the year kicks off in beijing the draft legislation will almost certainly be rubber stamped by the national people's congress is spokesman says the new law serves the fundamental interests of both

china and hong kong activists fear it could be used to limit the political freedoms in hong kong. xanga could be. hong kong as an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n.p.c. is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong and uphold and improve the institutional framework of one country 2 systems which is highly necessary well let's explore this further adrian brown is standing by for us in hong kong but 1st let's go to contribute who's in beijing a country to tell us more about this and why it's happening now. well you just heard just then from dung its way who's the spokesperson for the national people's congress that's china's biggest political gathering of the year

and we're just on the eve of that that's taking place or opening on friday and they're going to discuss various items to set the tone and direction for the future of china 9 different items were listed for discussion of the next few days and one of those items was the discussion of this national security law the hong kong it says it's to be discussed but many of these items already pre-approved policies so it's highly likely that this will be passed into legislation so what from what we understand it the n.p.c. is using a sort of legal backdoor to make a change to hong kong is basic law which is hong kong has many constitution and this allows it to bypass the usual legislative processes in hong kong to make this move and in a sense what china is doing it's taking matters into its or in hands we've seen purses happening for almost a year now sometimes violent protests and these protests have been a huge thorn in beijing side they undermine the credibility of beijing they've been

hugely embarrassing and this is really it's solution for ending those protests once and for all and this really is the biggest direct attack on hong kong's of autonomy possibly you since the handover of the british calmly in 1997 and what this really means is hong kong is one step closer to looking and feeling more like just another chinese province and of course beijing can expect more backlash from the international community for enacting this quite dramatic move on katrina i think i'm right in saying they always had the power to enact this national security law into basic law but it has refrained from doing so so far. that's right well quite is the basic law in hong kong that legal power should be in the hands of hong kong's lawmakers and this isn't the 1st time that this security law has been discussed in hong kong in 2003

a national security law was also discussed and hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in hong kong and it was never really discussed in a serious way again now because of this protest beijing really wants to and what it sees as chaos and instability and it's really using this power and what it sees as sort of really extreme circumstances they don't want this these protests to go on any further and as they see it the simply too much opposition in hong kong's legislative council from pro-democracy will make is to enable this national security law to happen internally any time soon and sore because of that they're taking this rather drastic step and making this move during its national people's congress drew thanks very much indeed that's katrina in beijing or let's go to adrian brown now who's in hong kong and of course beijing will will no you would imagine that by doing this they could inspire the very protests they need to stop.

yes that's absolutely right nic it's hard to see those major protests flaring up again because of course social distancing rules are still being rigorously enforced here in hong kong by the police and of course for that reason this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence after all the timing is very interesting indeed to say the least we'll be getting some reaction from pro-democracy figures here in hong kong including denis corkey says the news from beijing has left him speechless he says he believes that the hong kong government and the chinese government are actually using the covert $1000.00 outbreak as cover to further clamp down on hong kong now this bill nick is in direct response as katrina said to you know 11 months of unrest here in hong kong but also some important context the mood here in hong kong really began to change earlier this year in january when beijing appointed

a new head of their central liaison office and also a new head of the hong kong and macau affair office those are the 2 beijing bodies that handle china's affairs here in hong kong and since then we've had the round up of some 15 veteran pro-democracy politicians we've had the police commissioner warning that hong kong is facing a serious terrorism threat in his words and now of course we have you know might compare the u.s. secretary of state this week warning that perhaps hong kong's special trading status with the united states may not be able to continue if he feels that hong kong's autonomy continues to be threatened and also this week nick chris patten the former governor of hong kong has also been speaking out saying it's quite clear that beijing is continuing to interfere in hong kong affairs and violating things like the basic law these are powerful words coming from influential figures so you know i think there is going to be

a price to pay. for what beijing is doing but it's difficult to anticipate what there will be just yet and leave the ferment thanks very much later brown there in hong kong well emily lau is a leading member of hong kong's democratic party and she says the public is concerned about what they see is china's encroachment on hong kong's autonomy. i can assure you that people here are very very concerned and very alarmed and very disturbed because they fear such legislation would take away our freedoms would take away the personal safety and the rule of law and the people are very very nervous indeed because they fear that there is so much silly bus training and so much clashes in our legislature that if they try to push something through there it could take a long time so they sing the bridge just do it and forced it on us but this is terrible if you want to enact legislation affecting people's freedoms and save the

rule of law certainly is up to our legislature to do their job and that's exactly what is said in the basic law which is our mini constitution promulgated by beijing it says we should legislate on our own but now it seems they have breaking up all of the promises and they want to legislate for us well some people say that because of a pandemic beijing feels that many countries which used to be supportive of hong kong they're now too busy with their own hands crisis so they will not want to spare time to look at home car and so there is this chinese expression when there's a fire they will come in and kill and hoping that nobody will notice it is really very bad and but i hope the international community you will care because there are many many internet many foreign citizens living yet there are many americans

brand new zealand canadians they are not thinking at what the media so it's a very international city so if something's obama badly happens i hope the international community will tell china to stop it. other trade up operations have begun in india and in bangladesh after the most powerful cyclon to hit the bear bankole in 20 years so i can on one killed at least 84 people and destroyed thousands of homes there are now concerns about the spread of corona virus in emergency shelters where millions of people sought safety india correspondent in the reports from new delhi. but i'm a shell is a father in mourning his 13 year old daughter much me died when parts of their home collapsed on her during cycling on wednesday. she was in class when at a good school she told me dad i want to study close by don't send me away to start

you know she was so good at her school work and love to draw. much me was one of dozens of people killed in the state of west bengal where i am pan made landfall with wind speeds of 165 kilometers an hour the cycloid tore through west bengal and neighboring odysseus state uprooting trees destroying homes vehicles and much else in its path. in the city of course people assessed the damage after the storm passed also brought allen's of heavy rain flooded neighborhoods. thousands of homes were also flattened by the day. when the storm started we managed to reach the cycling center now our harlem is not there anymore it's gone we're going back to see what we can salvage. millions remain without power and. people in the densely populated low lying areas around the bay of bengal are used

to cyclons but emergency workers say the aftermath of will be harder to manage as they try to stop the spread of the corona virus 650000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters in west bengal and discern 2000000 and bank of the finding was that there are too many people here it's impossible to maintain social distancing i'm very concerned we couldn't stay at home because of the storm and here we are worried about corona i'm just trying to dodge both. and with communication lines cut all their concerns about the extent of the damage and hard to reach areas including the ecologically fragile so there bonds mangroves region home to many rare animals including endangered bengal tigers elizabeth al-jazeera. ok let's hear now from who's in kolkata where the damage is still being assessed. the kind of damage that best program has seen is massive and something which chief minister about angie. she defines this as something that she's never seen in many

many years before this bengal was witness to cyclon i love which was in 2009 but it was not at this you know magnitude the kind of devastation that bengal has seen right now and what is also something which is overwhelming for the sake of ministration is a walk was anticipated was that some districts would be affect it but the cycle has affected many more districts which means a lot more work for the state administration to do and also the kind of areas they need to reach to assess the situation before restoration work and to get that all fallen trees on the roads there are no line cables that are walls that have collapsed in various houses and buildings and that is something which a lot of people have to grapple with apart from the state administration let's not forget the good or not by this a pandemic is also something that the state administration is grappling with having close to 3000 cases at a little over 100 deaths due to the good old of lidice the chief minister has said

that due to the cycle in the last 72 deaths that have been reported from west bengal so that is what was then god has to deal with not just the the go on about to spend a big but also the off the back of the cycle. government forces have taken control of another town in western libya but was handed over after negotiations with forces loyal to her have to the town is on an important supply route for have to troops government forces are fighting a major campaign in western libya have captured several other towns in a major base in the past week for well the turkey is warning of grave consequences in libya after forces loyal to the warlord who have threatened strikes against turkish interests turkey's foreign ministry warned any attack would result in have to forces being considered legitimate targets turkish forces are in libya to support the un recognized government in tripoli now let's bring in use of who's an international security and political analyst for sets

a foundation for political economic and social research joins us from ankara on skype and mr about i welcome to the program and there's a lot of big talk here isn't there do you think after will attack turkish sites. they do say so but. when you make an analysis as a civilian we should look taking serious because miss mari the sport force not the after so army is making get out the funny explanations they were they but from the point of perspective what we need to reanalyze this should talk down if you should take them serious for this is them. take the issue serious saw warmest. if it targets that there was action sent interest in sight and if have to is planes should target positions how well prepared is turkey on the ground to respond. yeah it is very well known that turkey

has also air defense systems which is. protecting its a position of interest and special of the cities like tripoli for this reason if. 'd 'd their forces try to use the aircrafts in order to get bomb being to the turkish interests and so the position is probably turkish side may not stop back and use the air defense systems not only from the libyan soil but the same time from the mediterranean mr key has 2 ships which is waiting. very well technology call armaments on it's what do you make of the potential for russian involvement in the story that reports that jets russian jets have been flown in from syria on to have to soil and silver. sist from the day before yesterday there are many rumors that 6 jets or 6 time jets are

inside the libyan soil you know to make an attack for the turkish interest but nis issue specious still not confident but let's consider that there are jets will they be officially belong to the russia is still unknown or the pilot will be a problem the private military construct their beaches also and i'm only sure but according to my income sources which i make phone calls everyday probably dull jets will fly with the serbian pilots but no private military contractors pilot wants to ply beat those jets because they know that when they fly over the turkish air defense system probably going to be an active for about a day for the fall down for this isn't the issue who will fly them the 2nd issue also for this is the russian jets turkey because not used as i sat it's a defense system not only from the libyan soil but also probably from the

mediterranean the other issue that you know that the russian a or the found system didn't work for this is a me still do not have any idea if the russian aircraft will be the same like their air defense system or not so it will be a very nice and big testing area also for the turkish defense in the already if you already use a front about it said it's a complex situation with many players depreciate your footprint when the thanks a lot. plenty more still ahead on news including why an iranian shipment of venezuela fuels 'd the threat of a showdown with the united states. because coming up to there is no sign of social distancing of north america's most popular sport serious car will be hit with.

almost 2 and a half 1000000 americans filed for unemployment benefits in the past week close to 39000000 have lost their jobs since lockdown restrictions were imposed in march experts warn the world's largest economy is sinking into the worst recession since the great depression in the 1930 s. let's bring in it can be how could our white house correspondent. me speak if you said 2 and a half 1000001 week you'd say that was almost unbelievable but actually the needs numbers are dropping now aren't they but still heading up was towards a 40000000. yeah that's what we hear from the administration that this is actually a good sign that the number of claims in one week is going down but the cumulative number is hitting almost the 40000000 mark it's expected to clive there is a problem now in the united states in that dot only is this economy remaining partially closed but it's really in terms of job losses taken a grip on the u.s.

labor market one that is going to be hard to undo and what we're learning too is that the reality is setting in for many americans who initially thought according to one poll 70 percent of americans thought these jobs are going to be lost temporarily but things will come back quickly that's now a reality that is sinking in is that large swaths of the u.s. economy are going to remain closed indefinitely and what we're seeing as well is that the true picture of these numbers is even worse than it looks on paper because the reality is those that did keep their jobs in many cases are finding that their wages are being cut because the revenue that many businesses brought in at one time simply isn't there anymore the customer base has evaporated so where we're seeing these job losses in terms of the filings california one of the hard hit states but also in the state of michigan interestingly as this is ministration tries to talk about reopening the economy the u.s. president will be heading there today to talk about that he's also going to be

touring a ford motor plant this is where they assemble automobiles typically but right now it's been retooled to make ventilators of course a problem and a shortage early on in this pandemic response so the president's going to be touting the success of turning around the shortage of ventilators but he's got a bigger problem on his hands long term particularly in this battleground state and that is bringing back these jobs that some of the president's going to be talking about in the face of these very historically large unemployment numbers really things like can we talk about white house well some small businesses in america are finding a way to survive the economic conditions described as the worst since the great depression i think everyone is on the reports now from new jersey. at montclair book center rows of every book imaginable from the new title just published to the dusty an obscure old book if you look hard enough you'll probably find it here what you won't find is customers browsing the aisles in march all non-essential

businesses were closed because of coronavirus the bookstore staff faced hard decisions closed down after 35 years in business or find a way to keep selling nobody wanted to close. we just had to figure out the best way to keep everybody safe and healthy while also continuing to serve our customer base. they ramped up taking orders by phone and also online sales and business has been so good nobody has been laid off everybody in fact is busy in a normal week when it was when we were open. we maybe have 10 internet or 10 online orders a day but now we come in and we have at least 50 if we have anything under under 50 that's it that's a light day for us this boy by the front door stacks of packages of books waiting

to be shipped out to customers a small sign of a success story in an economy where there have been few when many people think about business in america they think of big companies such as general motors apple or maybe even wal-mart but truth be told more than 95 percent of americans work at small businesses like this defined as those with less than $500.00 employees it's small business that is the backbone of the american economy that small business that has been decimated by coronavirus montclair bookstore sits in the middle of 2 other stores going through much harder times on one side a hair salon that remains closed on the other side a gift shop also shuttered but in between one store that has made it writing its own story of success gabriel's andu. montclair new jersey.

now that a new standoff could be brewing between the united states iran and venezuela over shipment of millions of dollars worth of fuel 5 iranian tankers are just days away from arriving in venezuela to help ease petrol shortages venezuela's oil 'd refining industry has collapsed because of sanctions as well as mismanagement let's see abroad as this report in the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days. this is the richest country in the world and we should not be like this because there is wealth there is oil there is everything the shortages have plagued venezuela for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed which critics blame on under-investment and mismanagement by the state oil company now president nicolas maduro has turned to iran for help for fuel itself and chemicals to help get the oil industry back on track. those 5 ships are bringing gasoline regarding the technical support for the

reactivation of the refinery what the venezuelan government asked us for in the past week was to bring input materials catalysts which iran brought through the planes ship tracking shows the 1st of the 5 tankers left the iranian port city of banda rob us and match the 1st tanker fortune as expected to arrive in venezuela in the next few days iran is a longtime ally of venezuela and fellow rival of the united states both countries oil slick design are weedy under u.s. sanctions the white house says it's considering how to respond to the shipment this would be an example of the iranian regime taking the wealth of the iranian people and wasting it in venezuela on the dirt. the u.s. is one of more than 60 countries trying to push nicolas maduro from power recognizing opposition laid out one guy i don't know as president a force of u.s.

vessels including navy destroyers patrol the caribbean on what u.s. officials say is an anti drug mission venezuela sees the vessels as a threat and is sending its own military to a school the iranian tankers through its territory in case the deal lies it would constitute an actual rush. even the u.s. . and its women as a whole but analysts say a conflict is unlikely nobody in washington wants it war her or any sort of conflict with iran over venezuela in the current circumstances so although the u.s. commander in chief of the southern command has expressed concern over the earth and washington is clearly watching it closely i think it is in the current circumstances that probably going to be. the extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is

a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the united states alexia brian el jazeera. from photos id who's a professor world studies at the university of tehran and he says this is a matter between iran and venezuela and that the united states is a very cheap. president chavez this time you know ron has had good relations and there's a lot both countries are under it legally the sanctions and they are basically trying to help each other that comes to going out on the sanctions and this is also a humanitarian gesture but you don because ordinary citizen use gasoline you have seen the pictures from caracas people are standing in line it's under hardware that this is not something that iran can tolerate when they don't has the ability to help the people in. iran and venezuela are 2 independent countries they can't trade

. oil or any other goods they wish to and the u.s. doesn't have any a standing on their connection a lot threaten the shipment of oil the sanctions that you know on any that are facing are passed by the u.s. congress and iran and winners are not under any obligation to follow u.s. congress dictates so i think both countries iran and find it quite confident that the u.s. with nothing gauge in any illegal behavior and if the u.s. does that there would be a response iran's ability to cause difficulties for the united states in the persian world is quite expensive so if the u.s. attacks on iranian oil tanker you know what that was something to damage the united states interests for sure. still to come here on al-jazeera how prison is turning away from me a plot to silence with its kind of arms treatment advice. test track and trace the

virus why the u.k. has new contact app that was due to be rolled out nationwide is still offline. and in sport we look at the challenges facing women's football most of the time when told not only have been suspended. hello there plenty of sunshine throughout much of the middle east and the arabian peninsula nickols the time it has been on the high side particularly through the middle east in the last few days but the touch is all set to actually come down so fine a bit of a break in the heat wave so warm though on friday $33.00 injuries some 20 days in beirut but the winds are picking up and coming down the east and the man that really helped to cool things off just 24 degrees in berries on sati fitting a whole lot better to the north of they got a chance working their way through turkey again the temperature has come down and

chris so just 17 degrees on saturday and of course the baby peninsula is hot 41 in riyadh and a very hot 46 in baghdad on saturday then down into central africa 1st of all the usual thunderstorms but we finally got a bit of a break to what these coastal areas tanzania into kenya so being me on friday but nothing as heavy as we have seen where we've got the very heavy rains is up into uganda and again northern sections of the d. i'll say and then through something day the rains further to the west so cameroon into nigeria but fine and much of the south africa damages and it'll be 20 to 20 celsius in cape town and all the while we'll see more showers and thunderstorms to eastern areas of madagascar.

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but again you're watching out there are mind about top stories this hour and the chinese government is introducing national security laws for hong kong in the annual parliament session following months of mass protest against beijing that that's according to state media this comes as china's biggest political gathering of the air the national people's congress begins in beijing. cleanup operations have begun in eastern india and bangladesh after the most powerful cycling to hit the bay of bengal in 20 years at least 84 people have been killed thousands of homes destroyed power supplies cut to many communities. turkey is warning of grave consequences in libya after forces loyal to warlord who leave for have to threaten to air strikes against turkish interests. the israelis are celebrating

jerusalem day the anniversary of its ready forces occupying east jerusalem in 1967 previous marches by settlers increased tensions between jews and palestinians but this year's event is down because of coronavirus restrictions and let's cross live too high for today in occupied east jerusalem how to talk us through the significance of this much. of this march is very significant to a very substantial section of jewish israeli population and especially here in occupied east jerusalem you see tens of thousands coming on this day usually of settlers of religious nationalist people from the right society who marched through here with flags chanting singing dancing it's something that. often causes tensions especially when they go through the muslim quarter in the northeast of the old city with palestinian residents there feeling that this is a really

a triumph alist celebration of the beginning not for them is occupation but this is a very different situation only 700 people have been given permission by the israeli authorities to carry out the commemoration and it's a different kind they said that they would be gathering on the fringes of the old city in a socially distanced ring around it i'd say a few minutes ago when they arrived there wasn't much social distancing going on those the usual singing and dancing and chanting and flag waving and they have gone up the steps behind me here up onto the ramparts above the old city so this is how they are marking it this year because of the coded 19 restrictions it would be surprising if authorities had also taken into account the fact that this is still the holy month of ramadan and throughout palestinian residents here have been denied access to the 3rd holiest site in islam the al aqsa mosque compound and so having the usual kind of celebrate saree and in many use triumphalist marching

through the city at that time could have caused more tensions than usual this will end at the western wall 450 people allowed to gather there and that will be the end of what is usually a very different kind of day. thanks very much indeed reporting that. millions of children around the world have missed school for months because of the pandemic in gaza a teenage girl has overcome the restrictions by becoming a teacher herself as this. every child in this wooden shack in gaza city has lived under the israeli blockade since they were born so them going to school is more than just learning it's rest bite from the daily difficulties they face outside. when the global pandemic shut gaza schools in march 13 year old maid knew she had to do something when. she formed her own classroom and started to teach others well i'm not the one have been as you will i wanted to bring them here

and teach them this is my talent i have one girl in 1st grade and if she's absent from school chill forget how to hold a pen and how to write so i wanted to help them develop and to make sure they don't forget what they've already learned school. she only had 4 students to begin with now she has 15 today's lesson is arabic version also teaches english and math. and i can moan about how i keep up with my classes here as well as on the ministry of education website where they post videos so i watch those too. it's not the 1st time gaza $700.00 or so schools have been forced to close thousands of children missed out last year because of his radio strikes. this year all teachers were prepared well before the 1st covert 19 case was recorded they started giving lessons online and using the radio. for the state of

emergency extended to june a 5th of the schools have been turned into quarantine centers while this classroom set up may be small is dreaming big. as she hopes to open her own educational center one day to help other marginalized children. the u.k. government says it will rely on traditional tracking methods while technical issues delay the wider release of its tracing up a smartphone app it's been trolled on the isle of wight for nearly 2 weeks it was scheduled for a national rowland's by the middle of this month but it's still weeks away apparently the government insists the track and trace system will be in place let's cross over to the isle of wight so if the southern coast of england legend how is life for jenna tell us more about the testing of this app and the problems they faced. well as you say it's 2 weeks in the piloting of this n.h.s. devised smartphone app part of

a sort of 3 prong approach to test trace and isolate measures that would clamp down on an uncontrolled 2nd wave as the lockdown is lifted in this country 53 and a half 1000 people we're told on the isle of wight here off the south coast of england have signed up to the app population of just over 80000 years so that's a pretty good turnout they've all got to keep their bluetooth on of course and the app would trace their movements and contacts with others who were also using the app they'd be able to tell the app when they develop symptoms equally the app would send them a notification of somebody that they've been in proximity with has developed symptoms and give them further instructions in conjunction with the human tracing element and the much expanded testing regime in this country with a trial as you say is ongoing the government is all but admitted this app will not be ready for roll out nationally by the 1st of june deadline set by boris johnson by which time he said he wanted to have in place a world beating test trace and isolate program well this country has some way to go

if it's to beat the example of north south korea rather a country which until the beginning of may it will at the beginning of may had received 0 new infections suddenly they noticed an outbreak in a soul nightclub their very aggressive and effective test trace and isolate program went into action they immediately detected $65000.00 contacts of those people who'd been inside the nightclub they were all tested $170.00 of them were found to be infected they were isolated and pretty quickly within a matter of days that outbreak was declared contained that's what a world beating test race and isolate system looks like and on the available evidence the u.k. does seem to be some way off that and all of that said jane how's the u.k. doing with other elements of the system. well those other elements nick the human aspect of tracing and the testing capacity which would work in conjunction

with the technological aspects as a whole the government now says will they will roll out the human aspect alongside the testing 1st with the app to follow sometime after the 1st of june boris johnson on wednesday said there'd be 25000 traces ready by the 1st of june to deal with 10000 new infections well again the available evidence suggests there is a degree of difficulty in training those people as they are recruited they've been trained by u.s. call center program reports in the last 24 hours suggest a lot of them didn't even realize why they were being trained to be call center workers they thought they were signing up for customer service there were reports reports of a lack of technological and computer no know how on some of their behalf and their issues with testing to massively scaled up capacity but still problems reported with how long it's taking to get results back not just 48 hours as is usually promised but in some cases much longer than that and that of course undermines the speed with which the system has to work to jump on and isolate new infections or

joe thanks very much indeed this is sort of journal reporting there. now that coronavirus pandemic is devastating the tourism industry world wide airports are empty as hotels and tourist attractions they remain shut huge numbers of jobs are at risk because countries work out how to safely reopen and restart pumping cash into their economies well the world tourism organization says that more than a 1000000000 fewer trips are expected this year lock downs of close famous attractions such as the taj mahal in india the economic toll there is staggering 38000000 indians face unemployment due to the near collapse of the tourism and hospitality industry the aviation industry is enjoying its worst prices in history with passenger demand down by 90 percent in the united states and europe and that's already cause $32000.00 job cuts at airlines of europe which accounts for half of the global tourism market well spain and greece looking to reopen for tourism this

summer but across europe the entire sector is preparing for a tough season and while some restrictions are being eased it's expected to take until next year for the number of foreign visitors to rebound this al-jazeera is natasha butler in paris on the struggle for the french government french government is facing to balance economic needs with public health. driving you've been teached t.v. car is both a passion and a business for roma yet but a coronavirus crisis has put the brakes on he still company in paris he hopes that is some countries begin to ease knockdowns and travel restrictions tourists will return to the city without them his business may struggle to survive work more or less with tory's for any a tourist from europe and us and it's really hard to work hard he was persian said don't do really that's kind of tour. paris's famous monuments are shot so it cafes restaurants and hotels like this one and luxury away 6 in the center of

the city it opened less than a year ago the managing director says the financial impact of covert 19 is the worst she's experienced in her 25 years in hospitality i mean normally in this period during july and august for example we have a lot of people from the middle east from from dubai from riyadh but the problem now we can say that we have totally lost 2020 because there is no doubt that the business for not coming back i mean strongly coming back before 2021 paris is one of the world's most visited cities tourism one of its main industry so reopening and reviving the sector is vital for its economy but doing that safely when the health crisis isn't over is a huge challenge paris is not alone in this low is global world so every capital every city has hope the same challenges actually so i'm pretty sure that we will

all be committed to have the same safety measures everywhere some of paris's smallest museums have been limited to reopen only 10 visitors at a time are allowed in the committee foundation since distancing isn't forced mosques are mandatory but the new rules haven't dissuaded was for her it was essential to reopen. spotting again we're also showing again and the author culture should be that the french government has yet to decide when borders hotels restaurants and cafes will fully reopen last week the prime minister announced a more the 19000000000 dollar tourism rescue plan he said saving the industry is a national priority but so is safeguarding people's health it's a fine balance for everyone particularly when it's hard to tell what's around the corner with such a bottle al-jazeera paris. well let's explore tourism prospects peter robinson is the head of the center for tourism and hospitality management at leeds beckett

university joins us from darby via skype dr robinson welcome to the program so 1000000000 fewer trips made this year air passenger demand down 90 percent millions losing work how long will it take the tourism industry to recover even with a fair wind. afternoon it floats it's really complicated because the tourism industry relies on a really complex balance of supply and demand and that matters to international tourists that it matters to domestic tourists and it's the combination of both 2 types of tourism which really matter to almost every destination in the world so as soon as it becomes difficult for people to travel internationally it's going to have a massive knock on impact and that's combined with the economic impact of people losing jobs but being less money in the economy that means that that recovery will take even longer there's probably some. cause for optimism in terms of domestic

terrorism that is likely to be able to recover sooner because it's easier to manage that and what are the risks of borders being closed in quality periods but domestic tourism alone won't be enough to truly sustain the thought of economic vibrancy but tourism has become going to deliver in cities like paris and london and we're all right and what about the ways and means that have been discussed to try and boost tourism this concept of a travel bubble if you like between countries that are satisfied by each other's coronavirus situation the people can travel back and forth between those countries cannot work. so governments have now just about all set up towards them tough waters ways to look at how to recover the tourism economy to make the most of the remainder of this year have lockdown seem to be having some effect which it's well one way in which countries can allow travel between 2 nations where the risk of infection is low and be able to a decision about which countries will benefit from that of course comes down to

individual government sensitivity about the risk of infection and of course but with communities all perceived risk the community certainly seeing lots of people who are concerned about travelers coming to that they're going to them potentially splitting the virus so give us the real challenges to implementing both sort of ideas of what will but certainly they are a possible way of thumb countries being out to a couple of them about international tourism market this year certain countries talking about welcoming foreign travelers to their country greece is one of the met what would you expect to get if you went to greece and went to a hotel resort there. so i think travelers have to be realistic about what this that will look like certainly it will be difficult for a lot of attractions to open in a way that used to a number 3 loring online booking system so allowing people to book in advance and then even trying that in war areas were busy in popular coffee so lots of creative ways in which businesses have sought to find solutions none of them or deliver the

sort of numbers of tourists but these destinations become used to get on the other hand they would offer considerable reassurance to visitors and certainly plenty of evidence that in more locations people are able to manage their own social distancing fairly effectively that we see lots of people going out into the countryside but actually research now is tending to show that most people are aware of the of the various rules of course one of the complexities of anybody visiting somewhere that isn't home is the fact that they will be next to understand it adopt local laws and local policies and practices which might not happen to both that they used to at home are where it's going to be a little hole whatever way you look at it and do appreciate your perspective on the stakes very much thank you. to brazil where the government is sanctioning the use of an anti malaria drug to treat coronavirus despite a lack of evidence that it works president support for the drug has caused tensions within the health ministry where military personnel have now been appointed to keep

posts brazil has the 3rd largest the 3rd largest number of infections worldwide and its health system is struggling to cope a lot in america it's a sin human has this. brazil is now latin america's ground 0 with coded 1000 infections spreading faster than anywhere else and president not all has responded by getting his new health minister to approve the use of hydroxy chloroquine controversial anti-malaria drug is untested pre-treating coronavirus and can have serious even fatal side effects. but president will say not all sense is 93 year old mother has a box by her bed. i prescribe it to all my supporters and give those left wingers to buy into the he's referring to a soft drink popular among the poor are also not his last health minister resigned because he refused to greenlight the use of hydroxy clora plane but his interim replacement a retired general who's not

a doctor has had no problem following orders or fact he's just named 14 more members of the military 2 key health ministry positions brazilian epidemiology just dr julie valley badal says he's extremely concerned. indiscriminate use of couric is dangerous what is happening here is more political than scientific do you think that the president is militarizing the public health system though he said it's sad to say that the government is throwing science aside and that it is indeed militarizing one of the most important ministries in any country especially during a pandemic. with more than 800000 deaths and rising a group of opposition deputies have. needed impeachment against accusing him of crimes against public health. or the way he's managed the pandemic is putting brazilian lives at risk promoting crowds in close contact that increases infections

and deaths on tuesday more than 1100 people died in 24 hours and the president insists on using a drug that has no scientific evidence the president himself doesn't know the difference between a republic and an absolute. right now only. demonstrating what should critics decide to come out of their self-imposed quarantine to call for the president as brazilians have successfully done. also now those days in office could well be numbered you see in human al-jazeera. still ahead here on al-jazeera . to say they are focused on making affordable for fun to borrow a. tops

were not his for make thank you so much i had of cathouse organizing committee has vowed to keep the event affordable for fans as an author while he says not pricing out supporters has become more important duty to the economic impact of coronavirus organizers say they'll do all they can to help supporters travel to the tournaments cats are is getting ready to host the 32 nation of then to november and december of 2022. always said from day one this will be the one who will be on anybody who wants to come to the end of to be able to come and you know we demonstrate that actually close will take our. lives turns from all the different clothes to ensure that they were able to major to. know is still committed to ensuring that we create

a balance between the floor of the world cup or the price range of $1.00 who works for close arms and at the same time pressuring them as well as functional service. will you know this he joins us now to look. at most of this is trying to prove people together i think now more than ever you know there is only 22 when you need 2022 d. . would be behind us all of us feel so great humanity. favre is working with one of the game's most powerful player unions to help the women's game through the coronavirus pandemic the for has just published a report outlining the challenges female players are facing it's amy to protect the rights and working conditions of players at a time when all top level women's football has been suspended the 5th pro represents the interests of more than 65000 male and female footballers based in

countries all over the world their most recent research revealed that close to 80 percent of the women's players they spoke to doubted their clubs had a clear strategy for growth while one in 4 countries recognized by fee for a still don't have a women's national team earlier i spoke to amanda bader vote of face pro she told us what needs to be done to help the women's game through the people caused by coronavirus. there certainly is a concern that women should have equal access and opportunity to be tested and you know have a security and peace of mind that they're safe and healthy and looked after when when they return to place so i think the opportunity is is in making the decision making the decisions now so that women's football can. not only survive but but exceed expectations when we come back so it's about it's it's today about making the right decision on behalf of the players and behalf of the survival of the game

over the long term and certainly if if leagues are returning to play certainly there should be safety protocols in place for for the women as much as the men there's always been the need but there's more of an opportunity to have this conversation about about things like labor standards and women's football and the need for the need for basic labor standards when when we return things like contracts for players things like. tracking and ensuring safe workloads if the game improves because players are given the opportunity to be elite athletes then we'll see the commercial investment and the sponsor investment and attendance and interests continue to rise and increase. australia's national rugby league competition is still on course to resume the week thursday a revised schedule has been announced with game set to be played at empty stadiums the news for the opening 9 rounds were confirmed with all matches to take place so

one of 6 grounds teams may be able to play matches at their home stadiums if coronavirus restrictions are eased later in the season. and there's no sign of social distancing at north america's most popular motor sport series nascar this was the 2nd race back since the covert $900.00 disruption denny hamlin won the range shortened race in darlington south carolina a hamlin's teammate kyle busch finished 2nd after taking chase elliott out of the race picks up pretty heated between the 2 drivers bush though did take the blame for the crash and later tried to apologize. they're upset they're mad i'm not just going to fix it and we're going to have the ice cream the merry go round so obviously they're going to have to get on it and there are repercussions that i'm sure i'm going to have later on down the road. ok and that is all your sport for now next back to you for you very much indeed thank you and that is it for this news hour we'll be back in

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