a french guy or you leave your chart at the head on a jersey to. play an important role. for. ringback the a. as libya's government gains the upper hand in the battle for tripoli there are signs foreign support for at least a half hour could be waning. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up benjamin netanyahu appears in court describing the case against him as delusional. and i believe that in every respect is acted responsibly and legally and

with integrity in the u.k. prime minister banks's chief adviser over claims he reached at lock down rules and hong kong protesters mobilize in their sounds and rallying against china's plan to impose national security. low we begin in libya where russian mercenaries who have been supporting the warlord tally for half the hour are leaving the battles front line 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 tyrus forces who have been fighting to take territory from libya's internationally recognized government back with a bit of a head is in tripoli. the measured advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag

no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you know that last month when the reports reveal that about $1200.00 the russian military is from the group have been fighting along with half the us forces in southern tripoli so the mayor of benny will lead the city that's south of the city of stated that 3 flights took off from the airport of benny will lead carrying get russian medicine to these who have been fighting along with half that as force we did not know for certain why did leaving the country at this crucial time because as you know couldn't lee have to his forces are losing momentum on the ground because they have been losing strategic locations including military camps in southern tripoli and also did. need the near the tunisian border and the government forces have been

advancing on have to his forces recently there was that all of the russian mostly is could have major consequences on have those forces on the ground. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu launched a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long awaited corruption trial began he's facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates harry foresaid has worn out from occupied east jerusalem. this was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics benjamin netanyahu decided to make it more so clear in his intention to fight not just within the courtroom but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel what's on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me and the right wing camp 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 and attorneys office joined together with the

lift wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell of baseless cases and imagine a 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. in the courtroom itself what could become a defining image of israel's longest serving prime minister in the dock facing criminal trial just a week after he was sworn in for a 5th term after the cameras were rejected his legal team asked for delays in calling witnesses while they argued about access to evidence the strategy to push the start of the main phase of the trial well into next year outside supporters sang and chanted and amplified the prime minister's message of persecution already in its 1st day of this trial is a window into just how polarized israeli politics is and benjamin netanyahu and his allies making no bones about appealing to supporters like he's on the basis that the trial is not a criminal one rather

a political coup designed to ousted from office but there are warnings that such a strategy risks for the division this was the main and demonstration outside his residence netanyahu. is accused of asking for and taking lavish gifts from wealthy friends of offering to hinder one newspaper to get better coverage in another but exchanging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulatory help to a telecoms chief again but better coverage on his news site. before caught a glimpse of the parallel worlds to come for a prime minister on trial there's no leaving his 1st cabinet meeting of the new coalition talking about iran the economy and governing for all his former fierce opponent and now alternate prime minister in a rotating coalition deal benny gantz released a statement saying that and you know was innocent until proven guilty calling for reconciliation so benjamin netanyahu says this will be his last term in office he will spend a good deal of it fighting not just for his innocence in court but against the very

institutions that accuse him of breaking the law very closely i'll just erupt occupied east jerusalem. u.k. prime minister barak johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached virus restrictions dominic cummings traveled from london to northeast england at the end of march are suffering coronavirus symptoms government advice at the time was for all people to stay at their primary residence but johnson insists cummings acted responsibly and legally needs parker reports. dominic cummings had little to say to journalists outside his home on sunday it's alleged the prime minister's chief advisor broke a lockdown rules traveling hundreds of kilometers to daraa in northeast english to his parents estate at the height of restrictions in march and get to meet his he

was and if things weren't awkward enough for cummings cue the arrival of a protester van with a reminder of boyce johnson's address to the nation to stay at home you must stay here coming said the trip was to ensure his 4 year old son was looked after because his wife was suffering from coronavirus symptoms something he would also develop he said he remained in isolation in a separate property on his parents' estate but eyewitnesses claim cummings left locked down to visited nearby beauty spot and that he made another trip to the northeast after returning to london in april after allegations the prime minister was quick to dismiss an unshared told appearance at the daily downing street coronavirus briefing there have been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so feisal ation and thereafter some of them probably false i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity.

despite support from the top cummings faces a storm of criticism from figures in the police health service and scientific community some m.p.'s in his own party want him to quit i think his position is untenable it's because of dominic's slogans around the these rules that mums and dads grannies and grandpas across the country will have felt that they have to stay at home if coded got into their families and of course they too care about their children but they knew they had they must stay at home 7 days the 1st person 14 days for the others and now it turns out they could have been driving around the country with symptoms this isn't just a story about war this is about faith in a government that sets rules and regulations demanding self-discipline and sacrifice of people stopping the spread of the virus is meant to be a collective endeavor no exceptions. dominic cummings is one of the most divisive figures in british politics the mastermind behind the campaign to leave the e.u.

who together with boris johnson plotted to revolutionize british politics he's a non elected official but wields more power and influence the many people are comfortable with opposition m.p.'s are now calling for a full inquiry into all of the allegations against cummings at a time when trust in government has rarely been needed more needs barker al-jazeera westminster this 5 forest johnson statement several conservative m.p.'s continue to call for dominic cummings to step down at the barber has been monitoring reaction and says police are considering whether to take the matter further. well late on sunday here in britain more complications and worries for the prime minister firstly it's emerged that durham police in the north east of england where dominic cummings was in self isolation with his family after travelling there it's emerged that they have been notified by an individual who says he saw the family in

a town not far from durham on the 12th of april and that was after dominic cummings had come out of isolation and gone back to london in fact the prime minister was asked whether in fact that journey was made whether he knew about it he didn't really answer the question directly but now it's understood that dumb durham police are. considering whether they need to take the matter any further police officers were seen knocking at the door of dominic cummings is none didn't residence on sunday and also a series of people who are members of the scientific advisory group advise ing the government particularly on behavioral science have retreated a very damning statement by one of their colleagues saying that the prime minister has in their words trashed the advice that they've been trying to give and has

undermined the trust they were trying to build in the british public on the lockdown measures and the restrictions as the government hopes to move to a new phase boris johnson on sunday reiterated that they wanted to get the children back into for example primary schools in early june and that's a message that's been repeated by the leader of the opposition this fact that term this idea that by standing solidly behind dominic cummings public trust might be eroded. let's go to india now the country has reported its biggest daily increase in confirmed virus cases more than $6700.00 were added taking the total number of infections to nearly 132000 across the country 140 people died on saturday the virus has now spread to every state in india despite a nationwide lockdown the health ministry says it is increased testing they

perceive is a professor of economics at the car university delhi she says the pandemic has exposed many cracks in india's health system what we know all of from the evidence on the little notice until now and the experience all we know the last few months of the lockdown the whole purpose of that kind of a master lockdown is if you are the bedding your health system so that those fighting infection and that the something i think we did not do enough what we really need to focus on is strengthening our health system to be able to take on the increased load but at the same time in full up on the testing and seeing and isolation and so on this is where we're doing very poorly and in the country like india more than thank you both of the work force is of the moment and this almost all of the media really cannot afford a nationwide lockdown and social distancing or physical distance doesn't mean the same thing for people across classes so what we really need to focus on this

improve this thing tracing isolation and a better health system. anyone who has been in brazil will have to wait up to 2 weeks before they can enter the us the white house announced in the past hour brazil now has the world's 2nd highest number of virus cases after the united states with more than 347000 infections at least 22000 people have died brazil's president has greeted hundreds of supporters meanwhile as an unfolding political scandal adds to the country's coronavirus crisis jailable so not all will seem posing for photos and shaking people's hands at the presidential palace in brazil demonstrations against virus restrictions are also taking place in south dallas. the new york times has published the names of nearly $1000.00 american covert $1000.00 victims on its front page the list comes from a bitch or resent death notices from across the country it also includes the

victims age interests and jobs the paper says they were not simply names on the list the overall u.s. death toll is approaching a $100000.00 many of whom died in new york still to come in this half hour even in the age of coronavirus drive through celebrations keep it so should be distant. enough it would have a stop loss. whatever the weather. and how the town that had nothing gave everything to stop the coronavirus. hello that 2 main areas the weather across into new zealand and australia can see this massive cloud across new zealand and out across the west we're watching this

very closely 1st of all this because sunday this is when tropical storm of course x. . made its way onshore straightness some very heavy rains through much of the west but really by monday the rain will say heavy across the central areas not as heavy a toll across the southwest still some very very strong gusty winds as well but it is clearing in of the day at the rain which will really be impacting much new zealand that will also clear as we go through monday so a wet start today drying up later on and still a few more heavy at times along these coastal areas of new south wales and if you watch the 4 calls on tuesday a much clearer cool a day across by thousands of new zealand system working its way away from western australia pushing across the great by yet to reach the southeast so a cloudy corner for the high over 17 degrees fairly warm across into japan want to monday something to west and coastal areas of honshu a few showers to the north as well but again the bulk of the rains the seasonal rains across the central and southern areas of china that extend the way for the

south and east on tuesday so a wet day in shanghai and all feeling particularly cold with a high of 24. to really know someone you must walk a mile in the. follow in their footsteps. they want to they way in the one. snow johnny. inspiring stories of people disappearing on their chosen. news documentaries on down to 0. or where. the.

of the back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera russian mercenaries who've been fighting in support of the libyan warlord who are have thought of leaving the battles front line this follows a series of setbacks for have to use forces in his year long fight to seize the capital tripoli. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused police and prosecutors of conspiring to topple him in any way possible he made the comments as his long awaited corruption trial began in the occupied east jerusalem and u.k. prime minister boris johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached virus restrictions public cummings traveled from london to the northeast of england at the end of march despite suffering from symptoms of corona virus.

now in scenes reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong 4 months last year police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters they returned to the streets to the now stagings plan to impose national security laws on the city from hong kong adrian brown reports. the panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. a familiar arsenal was deployed to clear the streets of demonstrators angry about the chinese government's plans to impose a security law on the city while the whole culture is really critical. of. the trial is called his heart he will be able to press hold on the people in front of the communist party is far more dangerous than covert 19 and you could soon be dangerous. the way flags like this calling for an

independent hong kong or banners predicting the destruction of the communist party under the proposed rule such sentiments could be defined as subversion. familiar slogans rang through the causeway bay shopping district and there was not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protesters occupy some of the city's busiest roads hong kong finds itself caught in the middle of a deepening cold war between china and the united states and it could be more economic pain on the way because washington is now warning that it's going to review this special trading relationship that hong kong currently enjoys with the u.s. another sign of what china's top diplomat says is foreign meddling in hong kong's affairs local shrink external forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to china's national security into the 5 it is

still not clear if the new law will restrict protests like the china's foreign minister insists it will only target a narrow category of acts the law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of sensitive anniversaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. this fight coronavirus fears people in iran are being allowed to pray inside mosques. president hassan rouhani has been easing restrictions since april some businesses historical sites and museums are being allowed to reopen from sunday but the government is urging people not to travel during the holiday. meanwhile 3 and a half 1000000 muslims in the united states are also celebrating the end of ramadan and there's high the usual cast of reports mosques are going the extra mile to keep

people safe. welcome to eating while driving that's eating to end the month long fasting of ramadan and drive it was the least that we can do to try to make our community feel the festive nature of read further in the darley he draws lawmakers center in falls church virginia is among the american mosques hosting socially distant celebrations this holiday. president trump on friday declared houses of worship essential many state and local governments bar large religious gatherings and throughout ramadan normally a time when hundreds of congregants gather in mosques to break daily fast and pray the devotion has moved online parable of the mean as shape on you're right he. our faith has taught us that no matter where we are and what the circumstances might be that we still have to go forward with life and do the best that we can who

are necessary add observe ramadan with her daughters in a home korean team she's watched friends lose loved ones to cove it and struggles with not being able to comfort them in person a lot of people have passed away and you know dusty unfortunate part of this but for those of us who are home and who haven't been affected and who can actually give back you can do that in so many different ways from the perspective of being grateful at dar islamic center volunteers gave away more than $600.00 meals a night during ramadan families are receiving more goodies now on eat then they'll return home some to small gatherings where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from afar heidi joe castro al-jazeera falls church virginia. south african president siri around the poles us says the lockdown level in the country will start easing from june the 1st he says cities with the

higher infection rates of his cape town and johannesburg will continue to be monitored in time however through our efforts it will be possible and we are aiming for this to place areas where infections are low levels 2 and one the implementation of a let level 3 from the beginning of june will involve the return to operation of most sectors of our economy subject to the observance of strict health protocols and social distancing rules the opening of the economy and other activities means that more public servants will also be required to go back to work. the world food program says an additional $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic and most of

them live in sub-saharan africa let's talk reports now from sunday in senegal's t.s. region. as children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u.s. and around a multi-national company before returning home to become the town's mayor. had several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now she's appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap here people are producing because fish is very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is a very situation we have no. food in this. job is meeting with town elders they're deciding which families will receive state

provided bags of rice each making their case because there's not enough food for everyone. no one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the viruses economic impact this is one of the largest markets in senegal people come here for food vegetables meat look at it now it's been like this for weeks people here were shaken by a virus many of them hadn't heard of coming from china now impacting their lives here deep in senegal's countryside jope wanted to transform sun gera not into the silicon valley of senegal but into the shenzhen of the region chinese investors opened fish processing factories in transformed barren fields into agricultural land for vegetables but with border shut the projects is going rotten we need to stop the virus and find solutions so we can get people back to work because so many of us depend on the farming to survive while the number of infections are

multiplying in senegal the government is easing restrictions on movement fearing a looming food crisis. we need markets to reopen it's a question of survival. there is a sense that the measures to prevent the outbreak have become a heavy burden for many in the face of hunger nicholas hawke al-jazeera sun jarrod . well tells in cities across the u.k. struggle with the effects of the pandemic one of the poorest areas actually seems to be coping rather well j. week made international headlines and the united nations highlighted it as an example of how the british government has failed to deal with poverty are instantly visited the community and found that its proved more resilient than most the in coming together during the crisis. but the best of times j. week is a town on its knees the former seaside resort east of london has barely a shop or a doctor and many people have severe health issues as elsewhere several deaths have

been reported in the local care home with the virus among the population everywhere it sounds like a recipe for disaster dealing with a lockdown is proved difficult enough for communities across the u.k. which have all the things like food and medicines that anybody might ever wants and so you'd assume in a place like this with very limited supplies that things would have been doubly difficult in fact though the story of j. which has turned out to be one of triumph over adversity the 1st step was to find some money a mixture of handouts got them to the equivalent of about $3000.00 which doesn't sound like much so a couple of 1000 pounds we've got some stock in some of the supermarkets and so we decided separate kitchen here yes with that they've already cooked hundreds of meals for the old and the sick who can't leave their homes stored in a dated freezer after their is packed up they did it on a shoestring and they still that's enough money for several more months the guys

here obviously are doing prepackaged meals so they get they get delivered to people's doorsteps or anyone who's oscillating for whatever reason and that means they've got access to hot food. paper out collecting prescriptions for people you know every just mucks in and gets things done so this is the unique thing about j. week having spent years abandons they've had to learn to deal with crisis after crisis. well you know we know do well everywhere else has been forced to change everything j. which believes it can cope with cold feet because it doesn't feel much different to how things usually are people who. gave me food clothing items to get the people that televisions other mobility scooters. but some bags of shopping 6 or 7 bags and that is basically how were i become an ace and what we doing as a community to help others not feel whatever stop us. whatever the weather

18 months ago the united nations human rights visited j. week and ended up condemning the british government for keeping the population in poverty nothing whatsoever came out of it which was what joe was expected to happen they do a good job of ignoring the fact that they hardly have anything it seems to make the virus that bit less frightening largely al-jazeera jake wood for the 1st time in months pope francis says delivered his sunday blessing before a crowd in st peter's square there were several dozen people in the square they kept their distance from each other and many more masks pope francis gave an internet from his library with people watching on large screens before he went to the window for the silent blessing for the past 3 months he has blessed them and the square. and tourists have also returned to venice after the easing of restrictions there they enjoyed their canals and cafes and took in the sights of st

mark's square many people wore masks for the trip taking them off briefly for photographs about 30000000 people visit the lagoon city every year italy will reopen its borders to european union states from june the 3rd. i chose more on that and all the developments relating to the corona virus from across the world on our website al jazeera dot com. reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera russian larsen aries who have been fighting in support of libyan warlord honey for half of our leaving the battles front line the mayor of the city of bani walid has confirmed that there departing in 3 flights through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli this follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces in his year long battle to seize tripoli israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu launched

a tirade against the nation's justice system as his long awaited corruption trial began he's facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates and human it are now israel's 1st sitting prime minister to face trial. u.k. prime minister boris johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached the virus restrictions dominic cummings travelled from london to the north east of england at the end of march this 5 suffering coronavirus symptoms johnson insists cummings acted responsibly and legally i think he followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do a lot more came down for that and they've been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so place relation and thereafter some of them probably 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. brazil's president has greeted hundreds of supporters near the presidential palace in brasilia shaking hands and posing for photographs brazil has the world's 2nd highest number of virus cases after the united states illustrations against virus restrictions are also going to place in south. to tear gas and water cannon to the spurs thousands of protesters on sunday. returning to the streets to denounce beijing's plan to impose national security laws on the city that have a headline stay with us witnesses next looking at high school and road trips through the eyes of montana's newest residents thanks for watching. brazil. president.