the fear is real. passion. and it's very similar. brazil's accelerating coronavirus crisis infections continue to climb but the real scale of the outbreak is far from clear. hello i'm barbara sarah this is a real life from london also coming up as rescue turns to recovering karate one of 2 survivors from friday's plane crash recounts how he escaped the wreckage. the battle for control of libya's capital the internationally recognized government

close by more territory from warlords highly for half tab and spain announces plans to welcome international tourists just in time for the summer holiday season. lou thank you for joining us brazil as overtaken russia and now has the 2nd highest number of coronavirus cases after the united states confirmed infections are now above 330000 the death toll is more than $21000.00 that is based on official figures but experts say the total could be as much as 15 times higher because of the lack of testing brazil's infections are not expected to peak until next month but states and cities are now grappling with whether to loosen restrictions or clamp down even harder the pandemic and the government's response to it is an issue

which has polarized the country. my father has coronavirus and psychologically he's very affected and upset the landscape changes very quickly in a hospital one moment one person dies and another is discharged he gets very angry he's very afraid of dying because a lot of people are dying you know perceives that you don't have to study politics to know what this is all about i saw the news about brazil having the 2nd highest number of infections in the world that's certainly a lot like they want to overthrow a president by dividing. this somewhat m.p.'s he has been monitoring the situation in brazil from neighboring colombia he says testing has been slow because president doesn't consider the outbreak to be a priority. country is truly the of either on these political issues on the fact the president was so narrow and his core base of supporters keep downplaying the effect of the pandemic across the country but now even the government had to admit

as it has. as it did yesterday that the real face of the pandemic might be much worse than what the official numbers are showing the government for example is saying that according to their count there could be a least another 11000 dead that have been unaccounted for so far that the government believes might be related to the covey of 19 but for the lack of testing there's no way to confirm if indeed these people have also died. in 19 and under another number i think tells us a lot about that is the fact that the government says that this year so far there have been 5 times the number of people who have been hospitalized for respect respect at torrey issues but less than half of those have been tested to see if

indeed they have coronavirus so that's the situation in brazil and we also understand that a number of laboratories are sitting idle that there is a big backlog in the testing for lack of materials but they are to the role of war so narrow of the president giving the fact that this is not his priority has meant that it's been difficult for brazil or more difficult to get those material and try to speed up the testing which would help to get a more clear picture. palestine has reported its 1st corona a coronavirus death in gaza officials say the 77 year old woman had been in warranty and after returning to the territory through egypt on tuesday the united nations as warned that a krone virus outbreak in palestine could be disastrous given the high poverty rates and weak health system the coastal strip has been under israeli blockade that since 2007. new cluster of corona virus infections has broken out in

a malaysian detention center for undocumented migrants more than 2000 people were arrested this month for not having permits when police raided several neighborhoods under lockdown malaysian the tension centers are often crowded with dozens of migrants packed in a single cell the u.n. has criticized malaysian authorities for detaining illegal migrants during the pandemic doctors in sudan are threatening to continue a nationwide strike if their demands for better working conditions aren't met by the government the main doctors union called for a 72 hour strike on thursday that was after 4 doctors were injured during an attack at a hospital in the city of on 2 of money the medics are unhappy with the lack of protective equipment for treating coronavirus patients.

in pakistan the search for survivors ended in the city of karachi where a passenger plane crashed into a residential area on friday only 2 of the 99 people on board the aircraft survived the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have also been recovered from the crash site for a group that reports. they were expecting to be celebrating eat festival with their families. instead they are mourning the dead. 97 passengers and crew inside is a crash in karachi this is very unfortunate these types of events part of it was already happening because of those. improper they are dealing civil aviation authority and to the f.b.i. and. situations like that. better important must be

present that did before all the nation. 99 people onboard the pakistan international airlines air bus from lahore to pakistan's largest city. but as it came in to land the pilots had a problem i'm a decoy round doing the spoken landing attempt at traffic controllers were sent a mayday. by. the pilots recording the failure of both engines and then silence moments later the jet ploughed into a crowded neighborhood. party very early. they did pony fell on my car 3 doors of my car were locked the door on my side was open for such people out after that i saw a passenger outside the plane his legs a wounded he was empty all right only 2 people on board survived mohamed sadat was one of the. then there are the year 2 minute there were cries of children adults

and the elderly the cries were everywhere and everybody was trying to survive i undid my seat belt and i saw some light and tried to walk towards it then i jumped out 10 feet onto the ground. momma polani is mourning 5 family members but i lost my nephew his wife and 3 sons as they were coming to celebrate aid here but god took them to observe aid with him. at the crash site and be helped by local people to. the chief executive of pakistan. says there will be open investigation so it's got to get what that is there will be a transparent inquiry of the incident and there will be no role of p.i. in it there will be no role of civil aviation in it this inquiry will be carried out according to international rules of. the flight was one of the 1st to get back

to blogging the 2 ma grounding because of the cone of virus pandemic. after struggling with weeks of lockdown restrictions. pakistan now in mourning. and to syria let's go to libya now where the internationally recognized government says it's retaken parts of southern tripoli from forces loyal to warlord holly for half that a spokesman for the government of national accord says that they've taken control of the hamsa. and so what military camps have there is a year long campaign to seize tripoli has suffered recent setbacks earlier this week g.n. a forces took over several towns and that they are based near the tunisian border used for air strikes by half there as forces our correspondent with a bit of a head has the latest from tripoli. these 3 military camps recently captured by the gun forces they used to be controlled by have the us forces over

the past months and in fact the military camp was used by have to forces as a central command to run the battles in southern tripoli in fact mercenaries russian medicine is from the valve no group fighting along with have put his forces against the government forces used to position in that earlier more committed to the camp setting surveillance equipment and also running the battle from that as you know have to his forces took control of a military camp in may last year and from there they tried many times to advance towards the capital city center but they failed as you know this is another setback for half those forces who lost control of the strategic oil was here last week which is close to the tunisian border meanwhile in in southern tripoli especially in around the military camp where government forces have now deployed

they say that they discovered that many land mines are set up by have to his forces in streets civilian properties and civilian houses have taught us forces do not seem to be also accepting any peaceful solution especially as you know that recently have to you know he called the voice message is boosting his forces morals encouraging them to continue the fight and also stating that every turkish person involved in this war is a target for his forces as you know that turkey has been playing a major and vital rule in shifting the balance of power in favor of the government of national accord. the afghan government has welcomed the 3 day ceasefire declaration by the taliban to mark the end of ramadan president ashraf ghani reciprocated the peace initiative adding that afghan troops were ordered to attack

only if they themselves were attacked. thousands of people join the protests in the indian city of kolkata over the response to a powerful cycle over which has left millions without power and water many are frustrated that essential services still haven't been restored the days after. hit residents also blocked roads with large tree branches bringing traffic to a standstill overnight protesters set fire to a truck the cyclon killed at least $102.00 people across india and bangladesh and caused billions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure and crops. well authorities in india and bangladesh are working to help affected communities and many villages already experiencing coronavirus outbreaks but cyclon damage has made it even more difficult to reach certain areas and that's made war spy power outages converse chadri has more now from the bangladeshi capital dhaka. on both sides of

the border between india and bangladesh the lives and livelihoods of many people are at stake but help is slow to arrive this is what is left a month a big comes home in question part out west bengal india she used to live here with her family they have now no food and haven't eaten all day and feel lost my gosh god during the storm we were inside the house without children and suddenly a tree fell on our roof then the tiles started cracking and eventually gave way so we went outside but it was raining heavily now my husband and i are sitting here outside with the children and no where to go where we stay. both countries have begun a large scale cleanup and relief operation also this was on going to love the moment we took all the necessary preparation to provide shelter to at least $13000.00 people now we are providing relief to beas people from the navy the united nations office and bangladesh estimates 10000000 people have been affected and half

a 1000000 may have lost their homes bangladesh is government it is assessing the physical and financial damage. is for relief with allocated rice and money and so far we have an etiquette amount of rice reserves so i clone has caused damage in all $26.00 districts the actual damage will be ceased by our district level administration most people who live in this coastal belts are poor subsistence farmers and fishermen many have come back to find nothing is left of their homes. how bieber i'm on a life start farmer has lost everything he is now living with his wife an 8 year old daughter out in the open. i'm a physically challenged person the storm came and destroyed everything that i had dozens of goats that i had are all dead now i don't know what to do where will i go this is a challenging time for people in the coastal areas already grappling with a cold wave 19 crisis the early warning and evacuation seem to have prevented many

that and now people face the struggle to rebuild their lives tundra child dhaka bangladesh. still to come on al-jazeera a top u.k. government advisor refuses to step down despite breaching the country's lockdown. and with inflation and unemployment soaring more lebanese families are turning to vegetable gardens to put food on the table. and they have had some pretty strong winds along the coast of new south wales very close to sydney you can see this low pressure head just spinning in the townsmen say and this is where we're seeing these very strong winds but it has meant that the waves are being really quite spectacular this of course all the surface have been out in force really making the most of those strong winds then you had inland

up a little bit high into the mountain range and the snow has been coming down this in blackheath not a huge amount but still fairly early for the season so we've got more rain and clouds certainly from this system which will just sit quite stubborn in the tasman sea for the next couple of days so some of the feeling cool in sydney there is a chance of a few showers and certainly into more eastern portions of victoria this system as a say sitting in the tasman sea but at the same time we have got some rain across both on and off museum but hopefully that does mean we'll see some rain across into the north on where the jobs of course is so prevalent break out disguised much of queensland and then this mess you can see here this is all part and parcel of tropical cyclone manga that will actually work its way on shore throughout sunday through monday it will still be lingering some strong winds along these coastal areas heavy amounts the rain although it will just be a minimum strength tropical storm as it actually comes on shore but the rain still continuing close to sydney with a cool 580. it

can bring your people back to life i'm sorry what. was the book. like and the other still green line continues with spirit. of law and the bad guys behind bars so many people have gone to jail as a result of my work rewind on al-jazeera. the. back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera brazil has overtaken russia now has the

2nd highest number of coronavirus cases after the united states confirmed infections are now above 330000 the death toll is more than $21.00 experts say the total could be higher because of lack of testing. libya's internationally recognized government says it's retaken parts of southern tripoli from forces loyal to warlord. after it's been waging a year long campaign to seize tripoli the search for survivors is ended in pakistan's largest city karachi after a passenger plane crashed into a residential area on friday only 2 of $99.00 people on board survived. spain's prime minister says international tourists will be allowed to enter the country from july whether sanchez has been under pressure to ease restrictions in time for the peak summer season. state of emergency is still in force for another 2

weeks some measures are being gradually lifted but residents of 100 and barcelona where there is a high number of infections have remain below them sanchez also announced spain's top football division will kick off again in june but the head arrow is in the spanish capital madrid she says business owners have welcomed sanchez's announcement being receives $8000000.00 visitors each year and tourism was one of the sectors worst heat by the crown of virus crisis and it. and 12 percent represents a 12 percent of the gross domestic product and has interact impactors of 35 percent in the spanish economy so all these owners of hotels and restaurants and bars were looking for a signal from the prime minister a bit of sun tip that today announced that we will be reopening to foreign tourism in from the market month of july what he does send he sent 2 messages that these

this return of these the opening of the borders for for international tourists and for domestic tourism as well because he's trying to implement that spaniards easier . take their holidays in spain in order to reactivate the economy he's got untying this will be safety for the people that are coming in and for the spaniards that are traveling to to the spanish nation. several u.k. media reports have questioned the explanation offered by the prime minister's key adviser dominic cummings as to why he traveled hundreds of kilometers during lockdown dominic cummings left london for his parents' home in northern england while his wife showed covert $1000.00 symptoms the government says the trip was to arrange care for his young son the guardian and the mirror newspapers are now reporting cummings may have made a 2nd trip outside of london during the lockdown the prime minister's office described the new reports as inaccurate. thing in the u.k.

at least a quarter of all deaths from corona virus have taken place in the country's care homes some managers took matters into their own hands to protect their elderly residents and staff at the start of the pandemic john howard reports from one of those homes on the isle of wight off the english southern coast. they've been thousands of deaths among the elderly and frail as covert 19 taught through britain's current home sector but not here at victoria on the isle of wight 2 months ago and with no guidance from the government manager leggett to put the home into self isolation she reduced staff numbers with those who remained agreeing to live on the premises in tents and caravans to keep the virus out because our age range of residence here range from in their eighty's up to 103 i'm i thought it was just about being proactive and locking the home down renee i just didn't think that

i had any other choice to be honest with you i've been here 7 weeks now victoria house. and. 7 weeks is very comfortable very warm. i mean i have really enjoyed it and we all adore and my family is intense as if there was our mom and dad and that's how we should there's been some tears but there's been more happy times in tears and if i had to do it all again. if i had to yes i would jump at the chance to do a little again joel trickly hill hasn't seen his fiance in person for weeks and it could be many weeks more before the elderly and vulnerable can emerge from isolation i mean i wouldn't of a word like you're looking for looking for today and i'm sure as everyone in the world is you know the day that we can say it's safe to step outside doesn't go back to normal fairly i asked claire whether she feels the care home sector has been let down by the government i think it's really disappointing you know it's almost like

we've just been forgotten about relating you know i mean it was only last week that i receive texts for the care home so i think the father waited for the government to give out some guidance on what we as a care home should do it be too late you know i wouldn't have any residence we had down we had to. champagne didn't we began a champagne stuff yet i like it and you know it's like eating fish and only you very much. it was a show on top of the world is that and i have been. in the midst of an unthinkable crisis in british care homes as a result of covert 19 this is a very rich good news story as a result of a policy of no one in no one out since the beginning of the lock down they've managed to keep every one of their residents here safe from the virus and that is thanks to the initiative and extraordinary dedication of the staff and their

actions may well have saved lives jonah how al-jazeera on the isle of wight. in the us new york state has reported fewer than 100 daily virus that's for the 1st time in just under 2 months governor andrew cuomo said 84 people had died of fighting the lowest number of deaths reported across the state since march 24th much of new york has begun a phased reopening with many restrictions easing but stay at home orders remain in new york city itself. and flags have been flying at half staff in washington d.c. in memory of the nation's coronavirus victims that death toll is approaching 100000 there are more than 1600000 cases president ordered the move in a twitter post on thursday flags at all federal buildings and national monuments have been lowered for 3 days. well despite rising numbers of infections in texas crowds have been building at beaches across the memorial day weekend signs

encouraging people to observe social distancing have been placed along the seaside public spaces such as beaches have been open across texas since the 1st of may the state has reported nearly 54000 infections so far and at least 1490 deaths. well meanwhile no new coronavirus infections have been reported in china for the 1st day since the outbreak was 1st reported there in december but health workers have warned of some suspected cases testing has been increased including in rwanda which was where the disease was 1st noticed and wearing masks in crowded places such as supermarkets and shopping centers remains around the tree it really you has the details from beijing. amal's are in today no new cases that means no imported cases no asymptomatic cases according to official figures but china is not

out of the woods yet we do know that there are at least 2 active clusters of the corinna virus 5 or 6 cases were identified some weeks ago in ruhani at the center of the outbreak and that's a citywide testing schemes are millions have been tested in the last few weeks and perhaps more worrying for authorities is a cluster in jilin province which is in china's north east and there than more than 100 cases identified there recently and actually 2 small cities have been put into lockdown. lockdown with some residential compound sealed off and travel restricted in and out of those cities are definitely while it is a good very good news for today we still have those suspected cases and still china's fight against the coronaviruses is far from over international condemnation is growing louder against china's plans for a new security law in hong kong the last governor of the british colony chris patten says it's a betrayal by

a new chinese the ship the proposed legislation would ban the pivot either china's communist party considers subversive it's been condemned by pro-democracy activists to say china is only interested in imposing its will on the semi autonomous territory chief executive kerry lamb says her government will cooperate with asians proposal and it will not affect people's rights and freedoms. in lebanon inflation is soaring and the economy is close to collapse as the cost of bread and other basics continues to climb some people have had to start growing their own food so the heart of reports from beirut. lemon tree i know if it does this is. any and her husband are growing their own food they are among the estimated 40 percent unemployed as lebanon faces its worst economic crisis and decades international organizations say almost half of the nearly 5000000 people are

struggling to put food on the table my husband and myself are jobless at the moment so we found that that might be like the best solution to the problem that we're facing not everyone has a balcony a rooftop garden or land to enable them to become food independent and where the government close to bankruptcy many say such initiatives will not be enough to deal with what prime minister has warns could be a major food crisis the world food program says prices of basic goods increased by at least 40 percent that's linked to the devaluation of the local currency the euro lebanon is heavily reliant on food imports they are at risk because of the scarcity of dollars to buy them our food security is in danger because of the financial crisis and because our agricultural sector has been a shambles for the past 30 years successive governments blamed for mismanagement

and corruption have been criticised for failing to support lebanese farmers campaigns have recently been launched to encourage agriculture and self-sufficiency as well as support food producers it's cost $3.00 to $4.00 times more. seedlings this this year than it did last year and they don't have. so it's kind of just to ensure that the supply chain throughout the season is insured for everyone for and for us a lot of these services more and more lebanese are falling into poverty non-governmental organizations and charities are stepping in and this supermarket everything is free many who need help are the elderly and retirees big. is it almost non existant social safety nets they work all their life and then starting the age of 65 they either earn a lump sum retirement pension or and then the retirement pension unfortunately doesn't last a long time they all were taxpayers so if you're

a taxpayer at the end of the day has no food no shelter no medical coverage the government is promising to subsidize basic commodities and reduce food prices but it's unclear how when the state is running out of the hard currency needed to do that senator beirut and you can find a much more on our website al-jazeera thought call. and their reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera brazil has overtaken russia and now has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases after the united states confirmed infections are now above 330000 in the death toll is more than $21000.00 that is based on official figures but experts say that the total could be far higher because of a lack of testing alison that i pity has more. the backlog also becoming bigger of

the tests in brazil now yesterday the government there at mit did that there are at least 11000 more deaths that they think are related to covered 19 but the that they haven't been able and will not be able to test this on top of the already $21000.00 more than $21000.00 this that have been confirmed that the government there is also saying that they calculate that there have been roughly 5 times more people that have been hospitalized this year because of risperdal torrie illnesses compared to this point last year but that less than half of been tested libya's internationally recognized government says it's retaken parts of southern tripoli from forces loyal to warlord honey for half that a spokesman for the government forces says that they've taken control of the homs.

and military camps have tyra has been waging a year long campaign to seize tripoli. in pakistan the search for survivors has ended in the city of karachi where a passenger plane crashed into a residential area on friday only 2 of the 99 people on board survived. palestine has reported its 1st corona virus they think girls are officials say the 77 year old woman had been quarantined after returning to the territory through egypt on tuesday the united nations as warned that across the virus outbreak in palestine could be disastrous and spain's prime minister says international tourists will be allowed to enter the country from july better sanchez has been on the pressure to ease restrictions and time for the peak summer season that set rewind spirit child is next but i understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter what you will be in the news and current

affairs that matter to you. and welcome again to rewind i'm laura caro in this series we're revisiting some of the best documentaries on al-jazeera english since we launched more than a decade ago back in 20000 the people in power series traveled to west africa to expose the shocking story of how young gone and children were being murdered because of the mistaken belief they were possessed by evil spirits no one knows the .