say berlin or paris or london man in cairo a on al-jazeera. instigated the use and abuse across the globe on al-jazeera. 'd the pressure mounts on the british government after the prime minister's chief advisor is accused of breaking them down. to put out this is obs there are live from also coming up benjamin netanyahu becomes the 1st sitting israeli prime minister to face criminal charges in course. at least in hong kong and tear gas at protesters who gathered in their thousands to

denounce beijing's proposed security bill. and under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. let's begin with breaking news out of libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of war highly for half the are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that they're evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks for have the us forces have been fighting to take territory from libya's internationally recognized government the way it is following developments from tripoli. the mayor of benny will lead the city that south of the city of god who now just stated that 3 flights left from but he will lead the airport loaded with it the russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with

have to his forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain where they were heading maybe to burn of ozzy to bimini and then from there to syria maybe back to russia but what we know for certain according to the mayor of been you will need city that the russian most marries. have been fighting going on would have to have left the country they were accompanied by a russian air defense system unit bannister that was accompanying them from tripoli to bend you will need to protect the cut of one now the russian mercenaries have been playing a vital and crucial rule in this battle especially in southern tripoli and the major advances achieved by half to his forces over the past year are mainly at to the russian mercenaries from the wagner's group as you know that according to international reports or

a 1000 russian mystery's have been recruited by after forces to help seizing the capital of tripoli. johnson is leaving the u.k. david coronavirus briefing out is expected to discuss dominic cummings the chief aide who is of course under fire after a porter he broke a lockdown rules that's less than an i says to have a social distancing stay at home while some people have been basically flouting those rules and in danger in lives and it's because i take this matter so seriously and frankly it is so serious that i can tell you today i've had extensive face to face conversations with dominic cummings and i concluded that in traveling to find the right kind of childcare at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated by coronavirus and when he had no will turn it in i think he

followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do not mock him down for that and there have been many other allegations about what happened when he was in self isolation and thereafter some of them palpably false i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity and with the overwhelming aim of stopping the spread of the virus and saving lives and i stress this fundamental aim because it's thanks to this country's collective resolve in achieving that it that we continue to make progress so let me give you today's figures 3000000 458905 tests for corona virus have now been carried out in the u.k. including 110401 tests carried out yesterday.

259559 people have tested positive that's an increase of 2409 cases since yesterday smaller increase than we were seeing over the last few weeks 8951 people are in hospital with cave 19 in the u.k. down 11 percent from 10085 this time last week and sadly of those tested positive for corona virus across all settings 36000 $793.00 have now died that's an increase of $118.00 fatalities since yesterday and each of those fatalities represents a family in mourning the grief of friends and relatives and as we mourn them we resolve again to beat this virus and get our country back on

its feet and we can and we will 2 weeks ago i said at the government's roadmap to begin easing the measures we put in place to control the spread of coronavirus i said that we would do so in a safe and controlled way based on our assessment of progress against the 5 tests we set for adjusting the lockdown we're going to set out that assessment in detail in the coming days but today i can confirm that i do believe we will be in a position to move to step 2 of our plan as part of step 2 we set up plans for a phased reopening of schools because the education of our children is crucial for their welfare their health for their long term future and for social

justice. and so in line with the approach being taken in many other countries we want to start getting our children back into the classroom in a way that is as manageable and as safe as possible so we said we would begin with early years settings and reception year one and year 6 in primary schools early as reception year one and year 6 and today i can announce it is our intention to go ahead with that as planned on june 1st a week on monday we then intend from june 15th for secondary school to provide some contact for year 10 and year 12 students to help them prepare for exams next year with up to a quarter of the students in at any point and by opening schools to more

pupils in this limited way we're taking a deliberately cautious approach and this comes after a constructive period of consultation with schools teachers and unions there by the education secretary gavin williamson and i want to thank all the teachers education childcare staff who have stepped up to the challenge and kept schools open throughout this crisis the department for education will engage with teaching unions local authorities and school leaders in the coming days giving them an opportunity to ask questions and prove the evidence behind our plans and the final decision will be taken as part of the formal review into lockdown measures which the law requires us to undertake by thursday we will of course continue to consider all the evidence as we said we would do and we will continue to work hard with those bodies over the course of the coming week but i think it is

important. for us to be clear about the government's intentions now so that teachers and parents can plan in earnest for schools to reopen a week on monday now i know it the june the 1st opening may not be possible for all schools but the government will continue to support and work with the sector to ensure that any schools experiencing difficulties able to open more widely as soon as possible detailed guidance has been published by the department for education on how schools can open in a way that is safe for children teachers and parents one of course we recognize that thought social distancing may not be possible especially when teaching young children our guidance sets out a range of protective measures to keep children and staff say this

includes reducing the size of classes and keeping children in small groups without mixing with others staggered break and lunchtimes as well as drop offs and pickups increasing the frequency of cleaning reducing the use of shared items and utilizing outdoor space for children and staff and their families will have access to testing if they display symptoms and this will enables children and staff to get back to school if they test negative and if they test positive we will take the appropriate reactive measures we will continue to work with the sector to support them to prepare for wide net wider opening and ensure all children and young people can continue to receive the best care education and training possible

. we will set out what moving to step 2 means for other areas such as north central retail and more social contacts over the course of the next week so let me stress again in conclusion we are making good progress but that progress is conditional provisional we must keep reducing the incidence of this disease we must keep that down below one and that means we must all remember the basics wash our hands keep social distance isolate if you have symptoms get a test we beating this thing but we will beat it all the faster if we stay alert control the virus and save lives i now turn to steve powell is national medical director of n.h.s. england to present today's data if you just joined us that is of course boris

johnson they're giving a press briefing the daily coronavirus press by her briefing but at the start there are a dressing if the isis become a bit of a drama around dominic cummings promises chief aide who was of course under fire after news broke that he broke a lockdown rules while he had covered 19 symptoms let's bring in may have barker who is standing by for us at downing street nave so boris johnson really doubling down there on his support for comics. you know that's reuter barstools and didn't hang about did he come straight to the chase and said he believes that dominic cummings acted legally and with integrity over his decision to travel hundreds of kilometers from london to the north east of england to county durham to stay in a property on land owned by his parents at the time coming says he and his wife were suffering from coronavirus symptoms and he was worried about the welfare

wellbeing of his 4 year old son which is why he went all the way north to look for extra help in childcare in the eyes of the prime minister. under the circumstances the right thing to do when it comes to the subsequent allegations that perhaps cummings broke the lock down that he was in the house in north east england by visiting a beauty spot about an hour away he really pulled the rug from underneath those allegations and said at the moment the didn't seem to be much create little credibility and that there is also another allegation that's been leveled in 2 british newspapers as well the comings also made a 2nd trip to the north east of england to daraa in april. are few days after he was seen back here in the capital again boris johnson didn't deal with the separate allegations in their entirety quickly brush them aside and we expect when it comes to the questions that the journalists are going to be asking

at the end of this briefing that he will be grilled about cummings's movements precisely because that's exactly what opposition m.p.'s are demanding that they clear up timeframe of cummings and movement in his journey from london to the north east given very soon. and hoping then that eventually this will all just die down i mean it seems unlikely if you go online look at any sort of social media feeds or a lot of people who are saying well look we followed the rules we wanted to follow the instincts of the parents but we were told not to. this undoubtedly this is a unwanted distraction from what the government hopes will be its main message that it is in control of easing restrictions is in charge when it comes to making sure that normality is returned to this country this isn't a very much

a journey in the wrong direction for the government and it wants to do everything it possibly can to steer the messaging back on target which is why boris johnson is now of course gone on to talk about the need and necessity to introduce and implement phase 2 of the coronavirus easing of restrictions he hopes that by the 1st of june they'll be afraid to reopening of schools for children in certain age groups he's also talked about the possibility of easing restrictions for non-essential shops as well but most certainly. what the prime minister is definitely going to be wanting to do we seize control of the messaging of all of this and make sure that the lingering questions over where as unelected chief advisor was in the month of march dissipate as quickly as possible. now we will come back to you need when that question and answer portion of the press conference begins now thank you. now to israel where the long

awaited trial of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has begun although he had asked to be excused he was required to attend the opening proceedings on sunday to have the charges against him it was a brief appearance the herring has already wrapped up for the day here's some of what netanyahu had to say as he went into the courtroom as a hastily and marshall middle citizens of israel what's on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me in the right wing camp for over a decade the lift didn't succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police an attorney's office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell the baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing prime minister and that's to remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years. we are going back now to my stance and where he is answering questions at a press conference regarding dominic cummings let's listen its resources such as

p.p. personal protective equipment or enzymes for her testing and a real fight took place across the world as we tried to to protect our own populations and you could see that this was something that was a global problem pinnies you rightly say a global pandemic pandemic that produced a national everywhere national response and we in this government want to see a much more international approach we want to see the nations of the other coming together to produce the long term solutions particularly in vaccines and that's why on june the 4th that the u.k. is holding a big summit and we've got huge numbers of countries participating the are going to pledge very very considerable sums we hope into into finding a vaccine people different people at different levels of optimism about whether jenny will get or a vaccine this year next year but i'm hearing more and more signs of confidence

about our ability to do it and i certainly think that will do it all the faster if we collaborate across countries and across scientific communities so the u.k. is definitely leading in that effort steve yes i so so thank you penny so of course science is a global endeavor and i think it's been really heartening how scientists across the world have rapidly come together and rapidly advance the pace of not only our scientific understanding of this completely new virus but also in terms of working through the biology and then through to the sorts of treatments and therapeutics that might be used not just for that seems as a prime minister said but also in terms of using drugs some of which of drugs that we use in other contexts and rapidly working through to. trials some of what you're international some of which are in individual countries to try and determine which

drug or which combination of drugs might be. capable of treating and modifying the effects of this virus infection so as i've said before i think it's remarkable how quickly science has progressed but there are still challenges ahead and we don't underestimate the amount of new science that we need to learn and the challenges in such as vaccine development but are i can be confident that that will be a global effort and of course the u.k. is very strong in life sciences we have a long history of science in particular biological science very strong universities and they will be contributing to the global effort thanks very much penny thank you thanks steve can we go to kate from working so i got to read that story forgive me kate from working at our school has decided it's not possible to accommodate children of critical workers alongside reception

year one and year 6 will the government teachers unions and head teachers work together to find a plan that will provide for all children at home or in school in september. kate look i totally understand the difficulties that that your school faces this is going to be tough and i you know i guess i repeat my thanks to all teachers and educational staff who actually worked very hard to keep schools going for vulnerable children and the children of key workers throughout the last 10 weeks what we will do is make sure that we we stagger things and we and we piece things and we work directly with that with you with local authorities to make sure that there is a plan and you've heard some of the measures that i i outlined today i think. the the really important thing to ensure that we get everybody back in this whole thing

up and running by september at the very latest is just to keep pushing down the incidence of that disease to keep pushing that are down and that's going to be the most effective way to ensure that not just our schools but all our economy is ready to go back as fast as possible thieving or the only thing i would advocate is just on behalf of all my colleagues the staff of the n.h.s. we've worked so magnificently through this surge in the virus how grateful everybody is to our colleagues in schools to school teachers and those that work in schools for keeping the children of our staff safe at school and to continue. schooling during during the last few months everybody's very grateful it's been it's been absolutely critical so thank you could we go to. the media now please in what's in from b.b.c. . it.

in can we get in. and we get in. i can kind of lip read but i think we're going to need to i'm so sorry i'm so sorry in can we come back to you i think we'll go to to robert peston the right if you will come back to i promise i'm. not sort of your audio will come back yet. hello wrote is austin hello prime minister. hello could see about. their civil paul agreed facts in this case are what. excuse me dominic

cummings in a private. through. you know i me he will keep going oh sorry. technology worked so well say the agreed facts are really simple cummings your in a private place he sent a lot of rules he left the house when somebody was living with. corona virus symptoms he was in a confined space with that person in this case a car for several hours and he went to a 2nd home i just want to be clear promise in saying he behave honorably did the right thing by. trying to put in place childcare arrangements are you saying that if somebody is in the same position as dominic cummings and have the same childcare concerns they are clearly at liberty to do precisely what he did yes no not sure and secondly retail businesses need a bit of time shopped it

a bit of time to prepare to open all the ethnic on june 1st oh thanks very much robert and 1st of all i really just want to repeat what i i said earlier on looking at the very severe childcare difficulties that presented themselves to the commies and his family i think that what they did was totally understandable there's actually guidance about that particular difficulty about what you need to do about that the pressures that families face when they have child care needs he found those needs where they could best be best be served best be delivered and yes that did involve travel but i have to say i think that looking at the situation i think any farther any parent would frankly under. stand what he did and i certainly do not i spent a long time talking to him about it today and on your your point about. the future and doing the 1st well i can say robert is is watch this space you would have heard me say what i've said we remain firmly on that road map but we are

proceeding in a way that is provisional that is contingent that is entirely dependent on our ability to continue to make the progress we are currently making in pushing that are done defeating the virus and you'll be hearing more about that in the next few days. is even back i think. no book sorry thank you will go to will come to him as soon as we can go to gary gibbon of channel 4 please. thank you brian. you had this long chat with dominic cummings he said he went where he could get childcare i suppose he is now saying he didn't receive any childcare. in cells you say drove up the road when he was about to be incapacitated he didn't and he couldn't you couldn't know that could be and you say

more long only really you say things are going in states the rest of the country was following the rule it's not instincts oh you're now all entitle to follow instincts where will that lead when a tracer goes around to someone and says well i need you to ice or well i was a gary so i said just now the guidance makes it very clear that where you have particular childcare needs that has got to be and that has got to be taken into account and as i've said i've looked very clear and i've seen a lot of stuff in the last few days or about this episode of self isolation by mr cummings that does not seem to correspond remotely with reality and. as the as far as i can see he stuck to the rules and he reacted legally and responsibly and with the with the sole and the sole objective of avoiding such contact as would spread the virus he got the virus from in the trade in

a card. is objective was to stop the spread of the virus and he behaved in a way in such a way as to do that can we have. charlie cooper no we're going to go back story thanks gary we'll get back to ian watson of the b.b.c. . ok prime minister can you hear me no i can yes excellent so for better or worse i haven't entirely been succulents to forgive conservative m.p.'s the got in touch with today prime minister because they say that lots of their constituents are angry they feel that allowing somebody who was already ill to travel 250 miles across the country breaches in the east the spirit your guidance hunt on heart can

you really say that this didn't breach the spirit we have guidance when were you told that dominic cummings is making this trip did you prove that trip and can i also ask a question just admitted again and that is this you said that some of the stories in the press are possibly untrue in one story which your minister has and indeed your press officers haven't been able to clear up dominic cummings make a trip to barnard castle in april when he was isolating or at least was based in darren right. in what i can tell you is that i think when you look at the guns when you look at the particular childcare needs that mr cummings faced at the time it was reasonable him to self isolate as he did for 14 days or more. with his family where he did and i think that was a sensible and defensible and i understand it and as for all the

other allegations you know again i just repeat what i've said earlier on i've looked at them carefully and i'm content that at all times throughout his period in isolation actually on the both sides of that period he behaved responsibly and correctly and with a name with a view to defeating the virus and stopping the spread. but some conservatives are saying prime minister this defense that. if you just joined us that is the u.k. a prime minister of our stance and taking questions regarding dominic carr cummings his chief aide who it is and broke down rules while he had covered 900 symptoms driving 400 kilometers for help were childcare senior figures in the u.k. government have pledged support for him most of them have including of course barra's johnson doubling down on his support there let's go live now to leave barker who is standing by for us in downing street so some tough questions there

the prime minister to his response pretty much remain the same. here that the grilling continues we can assume that it's likely to continue beyond this briefing as well because there are some questions that are still yet to be fully owned by the prime minister and indeed by dominic cummings himself on the one hand the prime minister is saying that the allegations that cummings left the house where he was in lockdown to visit a beauty sport and allegations to that he returned for a 2nd time to the northeast of england from london culpably of truth he said that he believed that cummings operated acted lawfully and under the circumstances given the concern that he had over the well being a welfare of his 4 year old child did the right thing by traveling hundreds of

kilometers to the north east of england given that his wife and later he would have coronavirus symptoms and that of course kicks up a whole lot of dust about whether or not others should be able to follow suit as well and there are some serious questions given that the government is going to be introducing track and trace to try and identify people at risk or people who have had coronavirus in the in the coming weeks exactly what kind of guy. and advice of these kind of people should be following as well if like mr cummings they have complex child needs so it's likely to a whole load of question marks into what is proper or improper conduct when something so you see me as so close to the prime minister of the government is acting in a questionable fashion. thank you for that. there outside downing street if you have just joined us. and is continuing to give his daily coronavirus

a briefing would of course the majority of the questions are regarding his chief aide dominic cummings he is under fire after breaking lockdown rules are apparently breaking down rules while he had coronavirus and had symptoms driving some 400 kilometers to his parents' place for help with childcare. the prime minister abbas johnson was asked if someone in the same situation could do should they do the same thing are they able to drive if they have child care needs a prime minister said when you have child can needs it needs to be taken into account really doubling down on the support there of his chief aide no doubt we will continue to have fallout from this in the coming hours which we will bring you here on al-jazeera next.

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