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that's also say i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys i put behind bans so many people have gone to jail as a result of my way rewind on al-jazeera. brazil's coronavirus crisis infections continue to climb but it's feared the real scale of the outbreak could be even worse. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up no peace even for the dead why many coronavirus victims in ecuador cannot be laid to rest. gaining ground in tripoli forces loyal to the un backed government make advances against the warlord heavy faffed. and a momentous opportunity u.s.
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welcomes a taliban ceasefire that need in afghanistan. there's been a surge in new numbers of corona virus cases in latin america brazil has overtaken russia to become the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the united states confirmed infections are now above 330000 the death toll is more than $21000.00 it's thought the true total could be even higher and then factions in brazil and they're expected to peak until next month meanwhile president jaya ball tomorrow has been defending a tirade against a senior police officer that was caught on tape as i was and run petit reports was the day after he was seen on video explaining why he wanted to sack the federal police chief in an expletive ridden cabinet meeting brazilian president to heed wilson matter was in damage control mode but with. a hint of remorse but that is he
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dismissed accusations by his former justice minister said hugh morrow of trying to interfere into police investigations explaining that he was instead talking about his security detail and refusing to hand over his phone as requested by opposition parties in congress. another just collapsed there's not a 2nd in the video where someone could suspect in the federal police i'm sorry mr. again posing as a victim i don't know what your interests will not be foolish enough to make false accusations i hope your happy and peace. might be increasingly against the ropes but remains relentless in downplaying the devastating effects of the corona virus spread in this country which on saturday reached another depressing record. the 2nd worst affected nation in the world behind the united states and experts believe the reality of the is significantly worse than what the official numbers
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show. government officials that made it that there are at least 11 thousands more deaths beyond the more than $21000.00 confirmed cases that could be related to team but that nobody will be able to test. i am very worried about the evolution of the disease but also with all the changes in the government there is a lot of instability those who should be informing us and taking care of the situation of being replaced but while most brazilians are horrified by the government response to the for the president's core base of supporters this is just a ploy to kick him out of office. you don't have to study politics very much to know what this is about the news about brazil today i think it's a sickening country with more positive cases that certainly a lot i want to overthrow our president by dividing us. seeing
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a dramatic increase in cases in latin america but it's unique in its response. a rise in cases means new measures are being put in place resilience instead can expect political fights taking center stage while the cemetery. hospitals morgues and cemeteries in ecuador have been inundated with coronavirus victims and staff have been unable to identify hundreds of bodies latin america at its undersea and human as more on the plight of families desperately trying to find their missing relatives a warning that some of the images in her report may be distressing. now you have to be your to has been sitting at home with an empty coffin for 2 months. the grandmother who brought her up died on march 27th of coronavirus you know why akil hospital and yet has been searching for her missing body ever since then. it's
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very hard i ask myself mommy where are you i wish i had her ashes in my house to know that she's here and that the family can all be together again i need this to be over. she's not from her despair the family holds signs asking where is my father my husband where are human rights. there died on march 29th in hospital and the search for his body has been nothing short of horrifying. nobody at the hospital gave us an answer they just said he was in there so i went to the container where the corpses were to search for him one by one the only thing i found was the ticket with his name on it but to this day i still have found him. the pandemic at the doors tropical problems and its capital totally unprepared bodies were left on the street others
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were piled up in containers at the morgue. and now after 2 months many of them have decomposed because of inadequate refrigeration making their identification more difficult. but many relatives aren't giving up. at least 100 families have joined together on this day protesting outside of prosecutor's office. they're demanding that authorities produce results and punish those responsible. for. the protocols one respected here they did as they pleased that even charged people for the right to go look through the bodies every day more people are in the situation. daughter is one of them and yet. this was the death certificate they gave us and this one was to get my father out to bury him with this code the codes never existed just little pieces of paper on the bodies full of blood. there's no doubt that the pandemic overwhelmed health
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services here. for 2 months on the best thing that mourners like marjorie can hope for is that the system that failed them will right the wrong that's been done and eventually reunite them with their loved ones remains. you seeing human al-jazeera one of 5 iranian oil tankers delivering millions of dollars worth of phil has entered venezuelan waters safely despite u.s. warnings to iran threatened to retaliate if the u.s. tried to stop them they deliveries are expected to ease fuel shortages in venezuela but they're in defiance of sanctions imposed by washington in both countries the 1st time due to dock in the next couple of days. now the taliban and afghanistan's president have announced a 3 day ceasefire for the eed holiday danny has called on the military to on the truce the u.s. has welcomed the surprise announcement as a momentous of the 2 nitty that should not be missed but let's discuss this further
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and bring in david said now he's a senior associate at the center for strategic and international studies and joins us via skype from kabul david so how significant then is this move by the taliban announcing this 3 day cease fire how much pressure well they under to make some kind of gesture as well it's very significant that the taliban had. to make any kind of gesture until all of the prisoners that they had demanded be removed. were actually pretty good that's not happened yet but they are going to get in announce this 3 day cease fire. it's a big step on the part of the problem on but they've been under huge pressure from all all parties including the government of god or the united states and others as well frankly that. is putting a lot of pressure on everybody it's happened. there are reports that soraya the deputy head of the taliban has been hospitalized expiate and rode with
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a group of iris and many other. senior leaders of the problem are not maybe coming down with the group and what they're facing pressure a lot of areas david some some observers will say it seems cynical of the taliban to call for a 3 day cease fire over aid when just last month they flatly rejected a cease fire offer from the government across the entire holy month of ramadan. there is a lot of cynicism about the current here in afghanistan after the late february reduction in violence that came about just before the u.s. and the taliban signed to withdraw with remote for the us to withdraw its troops there was a lot of pressure on the taliban to keep that reduction in violence or go further to a complete peace but the taliban ramped up acts across all of that through the last week even saw from city. so and that has resulted in a very strong economy on backward. and of course this is all happening as i said
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before the time to open it is ravaging it here and perhaps even the leadership ranks of the taliban and david we know that the us has welcomed a 3 day cease fire as a momentous opportunity i mean clearly washington sees this as a positive move that reinforces their peace deal with the taliban washington was very worried that the withdrawal with reman that it was not a peace agreement that us on the call about it was with grow agreement they're worried that that withdrawal agreement. is a call about ramped up violence from pitman's patient base a lot of criticism for a binding agreement that did not bring about peace u.s. special envoy is on my house side but recently went to doha a few days ago and currently core lot of pressure on the colophon to announce something like that and it appears to have worked they did 78 thank you very much indeed for your time for talking to us thank you thank you now forces fighting for libya's internationally recognized government say they've captured 3 neat military
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camps in the suburbs of tripoli from warlord honey for have top 2 of the camps are in the southern outskirts a 3rd is in the east the games are being seen as another setback to have to be a long campaign to capture the capital. where libya's been divided by warring factions since the overthrow and killing of longtime leader moammar gadhafi 9 years ago the u.n. recognized government is in control of tripoli misrata and other areas shaded here in blue stretching west towards tunisia and if after on his forces hold the red territory they include his strongholds benghazi and further to the east to brooke will have to also controls most of libya's oil facilities and income for the government has slumped statement issued by the national oil corporation said approximately $50000000.00 came in last month and that compares well most $2000000000.00 for the same month last year al-jazeera. has more now from tripoli. for have to the force is a major setback for us forces losing these military camps and the military camp
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that the government forces the capture today and in fact advance beyond a year or more military campaign has been set by have to his forces as a kind of central command to run the battles in southern tripoli in fact it has been controlled by russian missionaries from the group to run the battles and the government to military sources say that the russian mercenaries set up a sort of valence equipment inside a military camp but the government forces say that they could not stay longer inside because hospitals forces have been targeting them with mortar rockets now the clashes are going on in the vicinity of the old in active international airport that has been under control of have put us forces for the past year ends on a neighborhood that the government forces say that they have managed to drive have
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to his forces out pushing them back a few kilometers about insalata di neighborhood here in southern tripoli and also in an area called the project neighborhood the government forces say that 2 civilians were killed by a landmine that was set up by have to us forces meanwhile the government forces are warning civilians not to return home at least for the time being. time for a short break here in algiers iraq when we come back i'm going to hold on the white where one british home has managed to protect its residents entirely from code 19 thanks to a cost are on lockdown including staff living in tents and caravans in the dark. the time for reflection but not reunion why many muslims are far from their families over it or not stay with us.
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hello there plenty more rain across southern areas of china it's paul so the seasonal rains and you can see here on the satellite it's actually been clearing away study of the last few hours and mostly staying to the east of japan but as we go through sunday there is a chance of one or 2 more showers and thunderstorms across the southern coastal areas and hong kong with a high of 30 celsius but about day generally throughout much of the japan a woman a socket 28 you know that cooler up in just 20 celsius with the chance of some more rain that will be clearing the way as we go through monday but we could at that point see one or 2 more just well scattered showers across central areas of honshu but the rain back with a vengeance across these southern regions of the china and then from there down across into indonesia plenty of rain we've suddenly got one to 2 showers across northern sections of the philippines further to the south is a little bit clearer again there's always the chance of
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a scattered shower and more rain developing to throughout much of cambodia and also thailand the rains across borneo fairly heavy certainly on sunday and we'll see more of those scout a child in thunderstorms although not a bad day monday across much of the money plants in a more across into sumatra i'm still watching in particular northern areas of india the cloud has been clearing away of the last there's more rain to come there into the far northeast and in fact through monday rain across into be tan and also myanmar. challenging the brazilian dictatorship with a democratically run for the team. the clintons change the course of winning. the center was a revolutionary foot. known to locals as the dr. football rebels concludes with a celebration of the life and legacy of socrates in the corinthians democracy movement on al-jazeera.
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welcome back a quick amount of top stories here this hour there's been a surge in new numbers of coronavirus cases in latin america brazil has overtaken russia to become the 2nd worst affected country in the world behind the united states. forces fighting for libya's internationally recognized government say they have captured 3 military camps in the suburbs of tripoli from warlords and if i have tough. on the taliban in afghanistan's president announced a 3 day ceasefire over the holiday the u.s. has welcomed the surprise announcement as a momentous opportunity that should not be missed. egyptian president abdel fattah
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el-sisi has more than 3000 prisoners to coincide with the holiday among them was a hit man who murdered the lebanese singer suzanne tamim in dubai in 2008 on the orders of former egypt m.p. mustafa no activists journalists or political prisoners have been released. one of the journalists jailed in egypt has al-jazeera as mom put her saying he's been detained for almost 3 and a half years without charge or trial they are not in nations has called in egypt to end hussein's arbitrary detention and release him immediately but only if he is an associate professor of political science at long island university she says the move is a gamble from sisi to show he's doing something for society so the president has been using this system of hardening on high holidays or national holidays as a way to kind of signify to society that he's doing something so today on the eve of the holiday we see over 3000 pardons not a single one of them with
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a prisoner or any journalist rather they are common criminals now let's look at what's actually happening and there are over $60000.00 resumes what used to be generation protests is now known and john recent jail he's had to build 16 more christians to hold the sheer volume of prisoners there are 37 journalists currently being held in your poll amnesty international just released their report on egypt saying that today journalism is a chronic and there have been 12 journalists arrested and continue to be detained in egypt for reporting on the coronavirus for example and so we're seeing news that the education of the law is not about the law and protecting of society it's actually about a part of the gamble of the president speaks as how he signifies the population that he's doing something for them when in reality he is and they have been protests across spain calling for coronavirus restrictions to be lifted more
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quickly spain's prime minister has promised of a country where we are open to international tourism in july but i sanchez also announced the top 5 football where we start on june 8th lockdown instructions are gradually reducing but a state of emergency that is still in force to hero has more now from madrid. the 50 provinces in spain are holding today this kind of on off road to the far right folks party house called all these people are in there are other wearing they're waving their spanish flag a symbol of the right wing parties to your eye and. that has deepened to do missions into space while we talk about the left on the right all these people are asking the spanish government to resign they're blaming him from the mishandling of the whole coronavirus crisis they say that their government just taking them took the ring they're running it spanish economy on all these people they're saying that they're using the state of emergency that has been extended until june just. to use
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it as a dictatorship blocking them from freedom. of course all the u.k. is coronavirus deaths have been. some managers have had to take matters into their own hands to protect their residents and stop there was journal reports from one of those homes on the on of what. there's been thousands of deaths among the elderly and frail as covert 19 tour through britain's career home sector but not here at victoria house on the isle of wight 2 months ago and with no guidance from the government manager clare leggett 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 the eighty's up to 103. i thought it was just about being proactive and locking
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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 it and it's 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 jolt 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 is go back to normal normal fairly i asked claire whether she feels the care home sector has been
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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 done. we had some champagne didn't we gauge champagne so yes i like it and you know it's like eating fish and only you know you very. now have a show on top of the world is the amount of money. 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
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actions may well have saved lives jonah how al-jazeera on the isle of wight now eve celebrations in the world's most populous muslim country a more subdued than usual coronavirus stop the annual homecoming for most workers in indonesia and millions are separated from their loved ones one horse can't drive in jakarta shared his story without jazeera how the virus has slashed its earnings and kept apart from his family. or mortar can be done. we're going to go down didn't want to do well but that wouldn't. have been. caught on with the more not i don't doubt but the model is going on down by the solos. in the gulf war not about that now but then i thought as a political tool. but as i needed. some aside for something when i
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a spokesman for the 2 year mark sooty school of islamic sufism he says although ied celebrations will be muted slow time to give back to the community. this is a trying time for everyone around the world and so you know with social distancing and and curbing gatherings it's a very difficult time so right now we are marking the time where we would normally gather to honor our community our frontline heroes and so we are gathering and organizing delivering thousands of p.p.s. care packages food donations to low income senior homes to veterans to homeless really getting back to the commitment the elderly seem to be having the more they're hardest hit by this pandemic and when we are making these deliveries we're knocking on their doors and they're opening and we're giving them bags of food and the tears that we've seen the joy that you know we have. experienced like there
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that experience is really heartwarming that these people have nothing some people are very much disadvantaged and cannot leave their homes the pandemic began our the m.t.o. shoma city cobra 19 relief efforts we have gathered and made and distributed thousands of p.p.s. to frontline care of the same nurses doctors to hospitals. care facilities and so forth making face shield face masks down as. we have. and also as with the food. we're really just. very very much grateful to be to be a part of this opportunity. but as we've been reporting the pandemic and brazil is gripping the south american nation and it's also threatening indigenous communities infections are rising quickly in densely populated amazon cities and the virus is
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now spreading to isolated villages. it's a 5 hour boat ride from the amazons of largest city to the indigenous village people here locked out all visitors hoping isolation will keep them safe from the virus but didn't. covert 19 is spreading to isolated villages like this one as infections rise in some of the regions highly populated cities about 100 people live here and about 16 have tested positive yes you really are 3 flare the virus is treacherous it came quietly as if carried by the wind we started getting ill i thought it was a bad cold but people got worse even after taking medicine made at home or taking antibiotics and anti inflammatory. many here believe the disease came from the river that connects the village to minnows that's one of the cities hardest hit by the outbreak in brazil and where there aren't enough coffins to bury the dirt
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testing for the virus in brazil is already behind that of other countries and these remote communities have little to work with got to do more with less about that we are in this battle to see if the virus leaves the area and to make sure no one dies we have to adviser people so that infection stop. before the pandemic president. plans for deforestation in the amazon led to a tense relationship with indigenous communities and. health experts are now urging the government to protect such groups of this starving. this. repetitious a very important to be able to diagnose cases so that medical protocol as of social distancing can be followed right now with testing people in several communities and towns in the amazon many in these communities say they can only hope such measures
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will protect them from an invisible enemy that's now threatening the survival of their tried. the young how does your. now as all u.s. states begin to reopen 2 months after the coronavirus shut down president trump has teed up fresh controversy by leaving the white house for his golf course in virginia it marked the president's 1st trip to the course since the pandemic began trump's administration has been encouraging states to reopen their economies despite warnings by public health experts about the potential cost of reopening too soon. top a quick check of the headlines here there's been a surge in new numbers of coronavirus cases in latin america brazil's overtaken russia to become the 2nd worst affected country after the united states confirmed infections are now above 3 130000 the death toll more than $21000.00 is still the true total could be even higher 5 iranian tankers delivering millions of dollars
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worth of fuel event in venezuelan waters safely despite u.s. warnings tehran threatened to retaliate if the u.s. tried to stop them the deliveries are expected to ease fuel shortages in venezuela but they're in defiance of sanctions imposed by washington on both countries. the taliban and afghanistan's president of announced a 3 day cease fire for the ied holiday ashraf ghani as called in the military to one of the troops the u.s. as welcome the surprise announcement as a momentous opportunity that should not be missed forces fighting for libya's internationally recognized government say they have captured 3 military camps in the suburbs of tripoli from warlord and even have to 2 of the camps are in the southern outskirts the 3rd is in the east at least 17 people have been detained after a protest outside the office of an opposition party in ukraine. a
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group has accused the party of treason for its contacts with moscow several demonstrators threw fireworks and smoke bombs while some 48 security personnel. a former president of tennessee is calling for the crown prince's of both abu dhabi and saudi arabia to stand trial before the international criminal court months of his mom had been siad and mom had been salmond undermining countries involved in the arab spring including in tunisia. egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has pardoned more than 3000 prisoners to coincide with the holiday among them is a man who murdered the lebanese i mean in dubai in 2008 on the orders of former egypt m.p. his. now activist journalist all political prisoners have been released. those made headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the listening post statement that's watching life and. on counting the cost brazil's health of economic crisis made worse by its president no longer recession proof more than $1000000.00 health
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care jobs have been lost to the u.s. at angola merkel's $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. county the cost on al-jazeera. this prediction is going higher response plan than experience kerry calling out thank you. for story corps. social media companies to do more to stop this morning going out. and. hello i'm richard yes but if you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week the human to human transmission of conspiracy theories around covert 1000 why is it that so many americans actually believe the family behind fiat's automobiles now controls one of italy's largest newspapers and lobby public.
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