eastern parts of china sinking. as we go through the next couple of days hong kong with a temperature of 30. al-jazeera . you're watching the news hour live from london i'm dead you know coming up in the next 60 minutes. no i don't i don't regret. what i did was the senior aide to the british prime minister is accused of breaching lockdown rules and says he has no regrets and behaved very reasonably. the world health organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxy chloroquine in code

1950 concerns. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will not miss an historic opportunity to annex parts of the occupied west bank. and india's domestic flights take off again but infections are still on the rise with the biggest daily increase yet. follow the closest adviser to the u.k.'s prime minister has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke virus last on rolls addressing a political storm that's engulfed boris johnson's government dominic coming said he doesn't regret his actions he travelled with his family from london to northeast england while his wife was unwell new barker begins our coverage from westminster. this was an unusual moment for dominic cummings

a man more comfortable in the background of british politics the prime minister's chief advisor has been under huge pressure to explain his trip to the north east of england which appear to defy the government's old lock down rules a journey he said he was forced to take under exceptional circumstances no i don't i don't regrets what i did and so as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i. thought about what to do in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. in these circumstances. cummings who's faced a daily media scrum outside his home so the journey 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 leaving the house to collect his son from hospital where he fell ill walk in woods on his father's land and return to

london after 1st travelling to a local beauty spot to check if he was fit to drive the scandals dominated the front pages of many of monday's newspapers opposition m.p.'s are calling for an immediate inquiry and there's a growing number of m.p.'s in the ruling conservatives cummings's own party that want him to immediately resign his explanation goes some way in diffusing some of the anger directed towards him but others are asking whether they can add their own personal interpretation to the lock down rules. summer's come early to the british capital and with it an increasingly relaxed attitude to social distancing rules at the height of restrictions the british government urged people to stay at home and save lives a message most followed by the scandal surrounding dominic cummings has a road it people's trust in government anybody think they're above this letter of the law is a maniac and they should all adhered to it as much as possible and i think he's an

absolute shocker to go immediately why should we be following up down when they don't want him to be any punishment if you don't follow it boris johnson defended his chief advisor saying cummings acted lawfully and with integrity in following his parental instincts the comments have been raised johnson's critics who accuse cummings of double standards over the lot down rules every single person in the country decide to do these things but one person in the country boris johnson has staked his entire reputation authority on career in saying no no no whatever he told me he did nothing wrong the government meant to be using this time to leave the country out of lockdown instead it's struggling to silence a scandal at the heart of power the barker al-jazeera westminster pattern diamond is an associate professor of public policy queen mary university of london and he says cummings position could still be at risk if public pressure over the issue

continues. i could say that his position could not have got any worse because obviously the media headlines over the last 48 hours have been absolutely terrible both for mr cummings and for boris johnson's government so he took a risk today in holding this impromptu press briefing in the rose garden of downing street has to make things worse the next few days will show whether or not he's been able at least to diffuse some elements of the story but the government's position tonight is very difficult it's trying to steer the u.k. out of a lot down and the entire message and strategies being de railed by an argument over mr cummings personal behavior it's possible that he can survive and the reason why he may survive is because of his fundamental importance to the prime minister i mean the prime minister could have cut mr cummings least several days ago but has chosen not to and the reason for that is because mr cummings is believed to be absolutely central to mr johnson's operation politically in downing street in terms

of steering the government through this very difficult period in the wake of the pandemic and so that's the reason why mr cummings may end up surviving because he is so important to mr jobs i think that the hope in downing street will be that the story will move on and by the end of the week mr cummings will be yesterday's news that may well prove to be too optimistic. coming up on the news hour from london hundreds more russian mercenaries are spotted leaving tripoli's frontlines after a series of setbacks for warlords badly for have to be. on the 1st of 5 irradiance oil tankers arrives in venezuela bringing more than a 1000000 barrels of desperately needed fuel. but 1st the world health organization has suspended a clinical trial of the malaria drug hydroxy couric when is this possible treatment

for covert 19 trials when put on hold while safety data is reviewed it comes after a paper published in the medical journal the lancet found people taking the drug were at a higher risk of death and heart problems u.s. president donald trump previously said he was taking the drug as a precautionary measure against the virus but has since stopped the executive group has implemented a temporary pause over the hydroxyl hydroxy cloaking arm wheeze in the so you don't need to try and why do the safety data is a viewed by the data safety monitoring board the other than arms of the. our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more on trump's history with the drug. the u.s. president has been out and about in the united states honoring those who died serving their country it's part of a memorial day tradition as he returned to the white house reporters tried to ask

him but he simply didn't have an answer but there's no question that this is a drug hydroxy clark when the us president has been a major proponent for weeks even taking it for himself he has just wrapped up a 2 week course of the drug he told reporters or last week that he was taking it and said he just wrapped it up as of yesterday this is something he said he did in consultation with the white house physician after there was an outbreak of covert 19th here in the white house campus not only did the vice president's press secretary test positive but also the u.s. president's personal valet and well this is controversial it caused quite a firestorm in the united states when the u.s. president said he was taking it. u.s. present for his part continues to point to successful studies he says in italy in france even as his own food and drug administration says that taking this drug is very risky that it's a drug designed for malaria not for treating cope with 19 and those that take it

even without the consultation of a doctor well they could be putting themselves at considerable risk particularly since it's known to cause heart rhythm problems still the u.s. president for his part has continued to advocate for the success of the drug saying that he has heard from some front line workers that they're taking it as a preventive measure as well as the fact that he says he has received letters from people that say it saved their lives so the u.s. president no reaction to this study from the world health organization saying they've halted their study because of safety concerns still ahead the u.s. president is not one to admit he's wrong almost never so it seems unlikely that he is going to say anything about the study meanwhile the u.s. president has defended his. decision to spend most of the holiday weekend playing golf as the current virus related death toll nears 100000 donald trump said it was the 1st time he's played golf in almost 3 months and wanted to get

a little exercise before becoming president he repeatedly criticized his predecessor barack obama for playing golf trump made the comments ahead of attending to memorial day ceremonies honoring fallen members of the u.s. military and the democratic presidential candidate joe biden made his 1st person appearance in more than 2 months as he marked memorial day he wore a face mask as the later raef in delaware biden the broccoli canceled campaign rallies of the on set of the pandemic in march he's been campaigning online from his home in wilmington that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will not miss what he described as an historic opportunity to extend israeli sovereignty to parts of the occupied west bank he's made the move one of his new government's top tox but palestinians consider the step and illegal annexation harry fossett has more from western lucilla. well it certainly means that the message from netanyahu

remains very staunchly in that direction despite what's been happening since you negotiated the coalition deal with his former rival now partner benny gantz in which he assured that there would be no veto on that side of the government to netanyahu has plans to continue with the move towards an extension and from any time from july the 1st on woods have the ability to bring it to vote in the israeli parliament the knesset the complicating factor for him at least well there are a few one is the fact the united states seems to be dampening down such expectations since the president might compare here about 10 days ago the u.s. secretary of state they've been talking about the need for there to be negotiations ongoing with the palestinians. under which process israel would be allowed to annex parts of the occupied west bank as far as the u.s.

is concerned so that was interpreted as a pretty obvious slowdown message coming from the u.s. we've also had the palestinian president mahmoud abbas declaring an end to all forms of cooperation with the israelis as a result of what has already been announced on an exception nonetheless to his diehard new could party supporters today he was saying that this was an opt in opportunity that hadn't existed since the creation of the state of israel in 1948 that he wasn't going to miss it hundreds more rosmer stories have left the front lines of the battlefield in the libyan capital tripoli that's according to the u.n. backed government the russians have been fighting on behalf of the warlords and if i have to against forces who backed the tripoli based governments including turkey has been trying to capture the capital for 13 months my what i've been watching a dozen tripoli he says there is public anger over the presence of the mercenaries . benny wood the city is so the city of god who met the maid of benny will lead

told that civil flights have been landing in ben you will need a port to carry the russian medicine is there is no clear information on where that believing in libya or out of libya but what we know for certain is that some of the russian most recent that left the front lines have been carried by land transportation from benny will lead also to a job for a military base in central libya in all cases the russian medicine resists in beni will lead now will come made told her that the elderly council in binny will lead is protesting the presence of the russian mysteries in ben you will lead because as they say they have taken part in attacking libyan cities and also attacking and killing and one thing innocent

civilians they they say that the concern of that wanted that some of the russian mystery's might stay longer in beni will lead so at the beginning of the year warlords $24.00 have tried left moscow without signing an agreement that would have formalized the tentative ceasefire in the conflict wracked country in january the german chancellor angela merkel hosted a peace conference in berlin but further talks in geneva the next month failed and if i have to add a self-styled libyan national army continue to bomb tripoli then in april the un recognized government launched a key counter offensive with the support of turkish forces have to do was dealt a huge blow as the jna rito key towns and they strategic air pays now hundreds of russian military contractors who were supporting have to have reportedly fled western libya after retreating from the frontline for more on this let's speak to sami hamdi he's the editor in chief of the international interest thanks for your

time with us on the news hour so does this now changed after his calculations on the grounds. it's not half that is a calculation is that they're actually changing what's happening is that turkey and russia are trying to negotiate their new position as the new power brokers in libya for the 1st time we've seen that instead of the g n a continuing to bomb but i want to we've seen the 1st time that the jna has offered 2 days for forces into want to to withdraw and this is actually believed to be to give time for russia and turkey to iron out some of the details we know that russia is trying to convince have to give up the offensive and to cement himself in the east while turkey cements itself in the west and the 2 countries discuss the future of libya but the wild card his suddenly is that the u.s. is not trying to reassert itself we've seen a statement from the u.s. embassy in libya the u.s. has been very quiet in which the u.s. now claims that it is a firm partner of the d.n.a. and that it has always been a partner of the g 8 and that it wants

a political solution so now turkey has found itself between the russians and between the americans the americans don't want russia to have a big role that americans want to play a renewed big role in libya and turkey is caught in between the 2 so now when i say the point that you're making great i think there's just break down some of these points are the point that you're making is that this is one of the most internationalized conflicts in fact in the world on the issue of the united states you're saying that the u.s. has been silent up until now so why is the u.s. trying to reassert itself now. because half those offensive has ended so a military solution is now out of sight if things stay as they are the 2 powers that will decide libya's future future that have the most influence are the russians on half 3rd and turkey on the g.n.a.t. the americans don't like this situation because it's very similar to syria in which the us found themselves sidelined while all the meetings were taking place in estonia so the u.s. now wants to come in it wants to turkey and say to turkey look you have economic

issues you have economic problems come let's stand together and russia is saying look now i am a power and have that it's no longer the u.a.e. who are the main power they're not you're attacking if we can work together like we work together in syria in all of this have to is very angry because have to believe that he should be allowed to continue his offensive and this is why we may see an uptick in civilian casualties we may see indiscriminate bombing as half that tries to essentially force turkey in a very different to a very difficult situation and increase the humanitarian crisis what we're seeing now is a scramble it's not an organized effort now we're seeing a scramble in which turkey is trying to cement the genie gains we're seeing russia trying to hold the stick from the middle trying to keep half their content in the camp whilst also debating with turkey and we see the u.s. coming in and saying i am the most powerful power everybody has to listen to me it doesn't matter that's ours absent for a year i'm back and now everybody has to listen to me this is why it's today's it's a full war essentially a writer we'll leave it there we thank you very much sam handy 1st speaking to us

now russian prosecutors are seeking an 18 year jail sentence for a former u.s. marine accused of spying paul willerton was detained at a moscow hotel room in 2018 but says he was framed the prosecution accuses him of being a ranking u.s. military intelligence colonel and that he was caught trying to obtain secrets he says he took a u.s.b. drive from an acquaintance thinking it contained holiday photos the u.s. national also holds british canadian and irish passports. venezuela's navy an air force has escorted the 1st of 5 iranian oil tankers into its waters carrying more than a 1000000 barrels of fuel the united states which has imposed sanctions on both countries says it's monitoring the convoy but venezuela and iran have warned washington not to interfere with the delivery barrister isabeau. the iranian oil tanker fortune is quoted by the venezuelan military in the caribbean

sea it's just one of the 5 tankers carrying over 1500000 liters of gasoline it's heading towards the refinery in the state of qatar will. president says he's country has a right to import gasoline to the minute we have the right to trade freely in the seas of the world in the skies of the world between us between iran and venezuela to exchange products to buy a product from us to sell products to us but not everyone agrees especially the united states washington has already imposed sanctions on both countries and is considering new ones gasoline is cars in venezuela due to a near complete breakdown of its refining network years of mismanagement and lack of investment have had a devastating effect into what once was one of the biggest oil exporters in the world the venezuelan government imposed

a strict lockdown almost 2 months ago to deter the spread of call that 19 most gas stations in caracas are closed and in the ones that are open people have to line up for hours in the maze they come here every month and it takes us one night i came at 5 and i have to stay until the next day i only get 20 liters. but also as it was an obligation to gasoline from iran will only last for a while it won't change anything there are political reasons social economic we depend on the offshore it is to give us gas and let us move it will last only for a few months. iran has become a strategic partner for venezuela seeds will chavez came to power in the past months venezuela relied on companies like russia's haas nafta for gasoline but the situation has changed in the past year if not the. rosneft stop

being interested in venezuela mostly because of the sanctions it has to do with strategic decisions they will have to invest lots of money and there are so many troubles in venezuela that people are not attracted to iran is a desperate measure for a country that has been collapsing for years. and desperate measure that will give the government some area in the months ahead but that won't solve the in demick troubles venezuela is facing today. and the cedar in india soldiers have been deployed to help with relief efforts after a powerful storm hit last week the psycho destroyed homes uprooted trees and flooded hundreds of villages and it's destroyed the livelihoods of many people who say they have few options left as priyanka gupta reports. the last green fields a west bengal has turned a gentle wasteland 5 days off to soccer on a farm made landfall in the eastern state of india the scale of destruction it had

left in its path it's now becoming more clear. this 2 more to community of charcoal and in the sun their guns mom groove region was caught in the eye of the storm a. 60 year old on how old are lost all his harvest. salty water from the building gold seen nearby has so much to do with spotty on potato fields the soil is now so contaminated that he says it will take years of monsoon grain to wash away the sold. until then starvation looms over his family are full yet come i can't do that i'm 60 years old what can i do now i have nothing left i have no option but to die. baba should do more and do a scraping for pieces that you can still salvage from this destroyed home the

grains that took a monster harvest are all gone the fish in this pond died. overnight this fall when fisherman has lost all his income and i'm going to i was taking refuge with my family in a shelter after returning to see that everything's gone i really hope the government can help us tide over the crisis. this in the region is a cluster of more than 100 islands and one of the world's largest mangrove forests stretching across whispering gold and bonaduce it's home to the endangered koori big old tiger and is the mescal want her to side. more than 40 percent of people in this part of india live in poverty. the sounds of the sea water in the etymologically sensitive region could be devastating for its poor farming and fishing communities across hundreds of villages. have been blocked i want to

get to the actual. they're no better than the trees and plants have all died because of the salt water and the way the fish are dying it will be really difficult macam least here to put food on the table the coronavirus has already had an impact on their income and we need to start government appointed scam so you know. the corner virus pandemic on lockdown are also making it harder for families from diesel issues to go to cities for work for people like anyhow and are the future remains uncertain unless help arrives soon priyanka could go to 0. all domestic flights have resumed in india for the 1st time in 2 months but health authorities in the country are concerned over the rising number of coronavirus cases almost 7000 new infections were confirmed on sunday elizabeth purana has more from the capital new delhi. it is the new normal that indian

airports start sanitized passengers bags before they enter the terminal. the disinfectant sprays just one of a number of new measures as domestic flights resumed passengers temperature's a check before and off to flying mosques a compulsory throughout the journey and some were taking extra precautions. and all. the. passengers with symptoms will be tested or quarantined upon arrival but many states have set their own rules the civil aviation minister tweeted indian saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82 flights in and out of cancelled with little notice leaving passengers frustrated according to airport officials that's because several states said they wouldn't be able to accept flights earlier agreed to. what the number of coronavirus cases rising the worst hit states of try and

have agreed to only allow 25 arrivals a day after initially refusing to accept flights. the state of west bengal's had flights can't land for another 3 days as it deals with the aftermath of cycling we just heard that my friend has cancer i didn't get any notification i didn't get an e-mail so i just heard it in airports so i'm joined. on having her back home. airlines are planning to resume about a 3rd of their domestic flights as the government tries to restart the world's 5th largest economy but the industry faces challenges the supreme court has ordered social distancing must be observed in airports and on flights forcing airlines to keep middle seats vacant and it said the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of and lines elizabeth pradhan al-jazeera you daddy. on to more ahead on the news hour including a sense of normalcy returns as cafes restaurants and gyms open up they cost europe

but many say they'll struggle without foreign tourists. more than 5 years after volkswagens emissions scandal came to light a german court rules it should compensate by earth's. we've got some rather cold and shallow weather across central and eastern parts of you but it's a swarming out from the west clear skies here high pressure in shot so lots of sunshine and it's warm sunshine looking at temperatures getting up to $24.00 celsius in london on tuesday off in the around $26.00 the flora paris push a little further east was but 7 same here in vienna 19 in warsaw will be up to around 20 there in but i mean you can see those showers in play there for the central and eastern pa so they can continue not in the way further east was bryce's

guys coming back in behind so the shower was becoming confined to ukraine down towards rumania belgariad down towards what was still see a few showers just clinging on around grace for the west it's warm dry and sunny still a few showers into west central parts of spain but they're in the process of easing as well fine and dry across a good part of north africa lots of warm sunshine coming through because the showers further south we've got the showers popping up now around the gulf of guinea will see showers there into cameroon into a good part of nigeria through gonna very heavy rain sunny possibility towards liberia and also into sierra leone the showers across the straits the way across central parts of africa still a few showers there through south sudan into the ethiopian hons. information indicates that you have or. there isn't a lease department it has the potential to be biased in

a number of different ways there are too many opportunities for the computer to get wrong who's checking those offices who commit those data entry is wrong to be saying that your son the tonight is wrong to us might save you a kilo becoming a suspect before the actual crime and in-depth examination into preventative policing pre-crime on al-jazeera your men killed a mother and son on that way to an appointment sadly the insurgents don't wear uniforms block water is seen long ago with the was of the american occupation of iraq that the house on hold americans to account trump tower 2016 how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress and i did i don't know if i got the transcript wrong. i don't think you're that sharp but you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy or you do your head shot head to head on a 0. the .

other week on the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour the u.k. prime minister's closest adviser has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke virus locked on roles dominic cummings says he acted reasonably lawfully when he drove 400 kilometers with his son and wife with her on a virus and tips. the world health organization is putting a hold on testing an anti malaria drug for code 19 ever fears it increases the risk of death us president on the trial was taking hydrox a clerk when. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will push ahead with what he described as an historic opportunity to an exporter the occupied west bank the move has drawn condemnation from several countries. egypt's

top medical union has warned of a complete collapse of the country's health care system over the cope with 1000 crisis the egyptian medical syndicate has accused the health ministry of negligence in failing to protect its workers from the virus at least 19 doctors have died and more than 350 are infected that's according to the union it's calling for more personal protective equipment for medics and better training and testing for those with coronavirus symptoms people in syria's last rebel stronghold are celebrating the holiday which ends the fasting month of ramadan many of those displaced by government airstrikes are now returning to their homes and for the 1st time since a cease fire was put in place in march we're going to mohammad reports. after months of syrian government and russian as strikes hundreds of families are returning to italy province they've come to check on their homes and businesses.

fitter holiday has brought some respond to the end of the fasting month of ramadan is traditionally celebrated with prayers feasts and shopping for new clothes. in lively streets abilities and his family finally have a chance to do that looking for bargains in markets like these. back home even just for a short while brings a sense of normal. they travel to their village in jabal of the we are in the south to meet relatives their home in this area was destroyed by government forces. grew up in this village but the regime's heavy bombardment around the area forced us to leave we left 4 months ago but we missed the house and wanted to come back for eve but the occasion has been overshadowed by a backdrop of years of conflict. my wife was hit by an air strike and she lost the kids have a phobia of the sound of jets and bombs. and for the children it's particularly

difficult. i wish they would stop the bombs so we can go back to rebuild our home and my father can get my bicycle from under the rubble because my mother lost her hand i have to help by washing the dishes and peel the potatoes. syria has been at war for more than 9 years now with millions displaced the un has called on all parties to work towards a facilitated peace process but since a ceasefire in march tens of thousands of people have returned to their homes to find they've been destroyed. we left some of our belongings in the tents but we carried most of it will wait and see if we should stay or go back god willing we can stay. for many syrians going back home may be a temporary solution as fears still remain about when the next test strike will come to mohammed al jazeera. more restrictions are being lifted in

palestine after no new coronavirus cases were recorded over the past day mosques and churches will reopen on tuesday people will be able to go to shops and restaurants on thursday and those in the public sector can return to work the prime minister says all the reopening is will abide by medical advice. from tuesday morning mosques and churches will be opened commercial stores industrial establishment restaurants and coffee shops will also be reopened and work at ministries and institutions will resume afghanistan has begun freeing taliban prisoners and what president a shotgun he calls a goodwill gesture these images show some of the 1st 100 men released from prison on monday president danny announced he would free around 2000 prisoners in response of the taliban's offer of a 3 day truce over the 8 holiday is due to end at midnight on tuesday

and the u.k. government says thousands of retail shops and outdoor markets can reopen next month as more lockdown restrictions are eased much of europe has started to lift coronavirus measures in the hopes of salvaging the summer tourist season at elope is her day on has more. for the 1st time in 2 months madrid restaurants and coffee shops are back in business for now this is the new normal only outside seating is permitted chairs cleaned after every customer and city employees are on the square disinfecting the area during the time of this pandemic some customers say they are willing to adapt i must get another god i spent the entire look down period to learn this finally off as a bit of social life it is a bit odd with the social distancing and everything but i've really missed it. and spain's canary islands locals are out enjoying the warm weather but notably missing are turks tourism accounts for more than 12 per cent of spain's economy businesses

are eagerly waiting for july and the country is scheduled to reopen its borders to international visitors because it's essential to have tourists back in our businesses during the lockdown we work fairly well with local clients so far we're happy with things including the easing of restrictions. greece is also trying to salvage as tourism industry reopen coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june this is it or spend more than $19000000000.00 in greece last year but times have changed after. last year at around this time we had tourists and we were crowded now we live a different reality the economic crisis is going to be global but in greece we spent the last decade dealing with the bailout that the crisis is going to be fall worse for us. in italy one of the hardest hit countries in europe james reopened on monday only customers who book in advance are allowed into this gym in rome but

many people have got used to doing their exercises online this business like other industries may have to change its precursor own a business plans. in berlin reopens forming poor. must follow the rules have had gene. demby of these are for it was pleasant above all i was surprised that it was a disability i feared only certain number of people could get in you have to basically swim in circles to ease restrictions may be a relief for thousands of year peons but for entrepreneur is its yet another test of whether their business will survive this down pat again. burundi's electoral commission has declared the ruling party's presidential candidate victorious in a poll marred by allegations of fraud and harassment every said a took 68.72 percent of votes his main opponent. 24.1000

percent has denounced the results as a fantasy turnout was high despite the coronavirus the commission says 87.7 percent of registered voters cast their ballots so who is every state. he's a 52 year old army general who was handpicked to succeed outgoing president p.r. in currencies up a long time party member and secretary general of the governing party the army general has held several posts including minister of the interior and in 2015 he was made chief of staff to the presidency is also a former rebel commander who fought alongside during the civil war which ended in 2003 and speak to david also is a counterterrorism expert at global risk international he's joining us from london on this election thanks for talking with us on the al-jazeera news hour so this election is meant to usher in the 1st democratic transfer of power in 58 years of independence for burgundy will it be

a peaceful one. daryn i think some of the british do not see this as a democratic transfer of power they think you know power has just been you know giving to it generally very steady and they see me. and be the opposition of course has said that they won the election by 58 percent or so but of course electoral commission has come up with a week for the. national for the truth all the of the national council for the defense of democracy which is the that the incumbent spotty you know that there is no doubt they feel good at least 3 of of broody you know with protests and you know attempted assassinations you know of course going back to there can the policing there of the 997 between that would use and it would cease. what what the fear ace you know we shouldn't be 10 to that period but there is

likely going to be some you know skirmishes you know coming in the next few days and he certainly is taking over a divided country if someone can seize are that 1st of all is he going to be able to rule freely from piano currencies as some people speculate him might not be able to do that and what are the challenges facing him i think the speculations are based on the level of support and you know and and and all that support which appear to resign as it has given to the general and this is somebody whom you know they're very very close your politically but also some quarter say you know personally so i doubt if you know that you know i think it's just a change of you know he may actually be on seat but you know i think peer present i'm sippin power. ok and let me just ask you about the international community because we know the press is think turmoil in the country has led foreign donors to cut ties with a burundi so what is the international community going to be looking out for and

what does the president incoming president have to do i think there's been huge allegations of you know restrictions of freedom from you know. generally started it was made worse you know i mean the election was made worse by the 90 devic which means a lot of the the international community that was made to observe the you know the elections could in trouble and that actually you know give some some doubts as to if it isn't credibility of the elections but you know well because the results have been clear in our history of african countries i doubt if there is going to be any difference despite the claims about position that the elections you know we're not free and freedom of course we reject so i doubt you know if we will not see skin issues but that will greatly where our writer david autor we thank you for speaking

to us from london now polls have opened in suriname where the long serving president jesse protests is seeking another term despite being convicted of murder but as i was found guilty of the execution of political poland's in 1982 last year and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison but has lodged an appeal due to be heard next month and he denies the charges. a spring in my rapido he is joining us from mexico city so what's the likelihood of sir now as president of taking a 3rd term and how is his murder conviction playing into the elections. there is a lot to impact when it comes to the elections the result of monday's parliamentary elections will determine who the next president of the country is going to be now does he certainly is a controversial figure in the country to say the least that murder can be conviction was actually announced in november of last year he was found guilty as you mentioned during just reiterating the killing of of 15 prominent political

opponents in 1982 so this is definitely playing in to people's tally right now in the elections those murder charges landed him a sentencing of 20 years in prison he's 74 years old we spoke to an analyst earlier this afternoon who said that that's certainly something that's playing into the president's sort of attitude of nonchalant is when it comes to the sentencing that was announced last year but people really are split in certain and those loyalists he is a populous he still enjoys a lot of support from people who have a sort of let the past die a kind of mindset and others who are looking specifically at the economy seeing that the support dwindling from people who've seen a nosedive in the economy the i.m.f. predicts that surname will lose 4.9 percent in 2022 it's economy there was a recent discovery of oil earlier this year there was a lot of hope that this could really improve people's lives in the country now the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has certainly sort of squashed those dreams and

on top of that there is the conviction the sentencing of 20 years to the country's president that's something that certainly on people's minds at the polls on monday and surname you and speaking of the coronavirus pandemic how is the governments are not managed the crisis. well unlike many of the other regions other countries in the region in south america search has managed to mitigate the crisis fairly well as of the 25th these are the latest statistics 11 registered cases only one of those cases is active and there's only been one recorded death but given certain ams geographic location squeezed right there between deion and french guiana it also shares a border with brazil that brazil being the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic certainly in latin america i believe it's now the number 2 country in the world worst affected that's also certainly on the minds of people in certain now but they've mitigated the crisis fairly well borders remain closed but they are beginning to lift certain restrictions. thank you for that update from mexico city

a 9800000000 dollars bailout has been agreed for a german airline lufthansa the rescue package from the german governments will keep the carrier going through the turbulence from the coronavirus outbreak the deal has not yet been approved by the e.u. the photons are has lost most of the fence passenger business due to travel restrictions during the pandemic. and a court in germany has ruled volkswagen should compensate car buyers affected by its diesel emissions scandal 5 years ago the carmaker was forced to admit it had installed devices in millions of cars to make them seem less polluting than they really were it will add to the $30000000000.00 compensation bill the company's already paid lawrence lee has more. it is the man who has dealt the latest setback to volkswagen has already tarnished reputation. gilbert's borsa used v.w. containing the cheating software which made the car look like it was less polluting

than it really was his case potentially means that the 70000 others could also ask for at least some of their money back because i was creation of probably didn't but it's a pity to out of all the companies it was a hoax wagon which committed the fraud from the w. could have had it easier how they admitted this from the outset and said we cheated we are sorry and we will compensate the affected owners with no questions asked that certainly would have not damage their image but quite the contrary. the fraud was on an industrial scale some $11000000.00 cars fitted with a cheating device was an astonishing revelation inside a company which prides itself on its environmental advances and inside germany a country which sees itself as leading the way against climate change hugely embarrassing. this ruling means v.w. has to offer to buy back cause it's sold based on their current mileage arguably

less damaging to the country's finances than to its reputation they have of course there are 2 pecan beds asian for the problems that they caused in the past and they paid a lot of that money out of and now i feel they only situation to look more into the future because we've got to do is a very important turn company and has a lot of food growing in germany and we need that the w. had already been given the corporate fine of over a $1000000000.00 in the 2 executives in charge of the scandal have spent millions more buying their way out of criminal charges if this is the beginning of the end of the scandal it can't come soon enough for volkswagen closely algis is. one of australia's biggest coal power plants is being demolished it's chimneys were brought down in a controlled explosion earlier on monday the plant supplied 5 percent of the country's power until it was shut down 3 years ago its operator says the plant is

no longer economically viable it caused 3 percent of australia's emissions and i said to be replaced by lower carbon alternatives. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour how the current virus pandemic has set back the decades long fight against poverty in a matter of months. but

new york has been struggling with a lack of personal protective equipment for health workers but one woman has taking

it taken it upon herself to get people on the frontline what they need to stay safe . she's been called the patron saint of personal protective equipment or p. p. e. and for hospital staff here in brooklyn rhonda rowland shear is definitely a godsend like many americans she became frustrated at the hard time hospital staff faced getting a hold of p.-p. essential for working with patients infected with covert 19 unlike most people she decided to buy the equipment herself and then give it away this handout the line went around the block each week her charity cut red tape for heroes gives out plastic bags inside her gloves masks shoe coverings hand sanitizer and other supplies given to anybody who needs it and we treat non-medical staff just like the medical staff because they're the working people the maintenance workers

that are in the rows of coban patients picking up the trash bringing a lot of yet they're considered non-medical workers and i don't agree with this anybody with a hospital gets free people hospital staff are appreciative but this is very important because they're going to say the lines you're going to save us from transporting anything to the patients and from the patient from transferring it to us so it's very important as lifesaving all the supplies rhonda gives away have cost her more than a half $1000000.00 money she raised by taking out a loan against her new york city apartment while everyone is very happy with what they're receiving many have told us that inside the hospitals the demand for personal protective equipment for exceeds the supply overall is that it's not enough there's not enough you know everywhere you go you know we need you know so

it's it's definitely some that very much appreciated a woman who has taken it upon herself to help protect hospital staff one bag of supplies at a time gave rosendo. brooklyn new york. well millions of disabled people in the u.k. say they feel ignored or forgotten by the government during the pandemic that's according to disability rights group scope i'm a hayward reports elsa has been self isolating since the beginning of march so makes the most of being in the garden she has said there rheumatoid arthritis and is in constant pain the drugs she takes suppress the immune system so she was told to stay home for 12 weeks to shield herself and waiting to go back on to a drug that i've been on before. but if i had been. if covert had been around i would have been dealing with this at an earlier stage but i know that my

consultant has been on the cable front line so i didn't want to bother him disability groups say worries about health and accessing services are being felt more acutely during the town and many people are struggling behind closed doors according to the charity scope just over a quarter of disabled people feel forgotten or ignored by the government some disabled people considered clinically extremely vulnerable to corona virus have been asked to shield in theory being on the phone local list can provide people with extra support such as ours person to. try to state the system is flawed because it doesn't include groups such as the point i wanted to point shopping with social distancing rules very difficult yet again has always loved socialising last year he went blind after a brain tumour and he lives alone i do it if i am perfectly healthy other than it

was but i am also incredibly vulnerable and when all the services were drawn from my social. worker to not being able to get. to kuwait all of those things i was a lie or i believe in or are you going for a walk or maybe you know. is that one minute in the park. records you will get. every day a government spokesperson told us it is determined to ensure the most vulnerable are supported during this pandemic but campaigners say more needs to be done in that speed of decision and force is coming very quickly and not being moved very quickly we believe that the needs of disabled people and specifically in these a partially blind partially sighted people from our perspective have not been taken account of not been told and we really think that needs to happen much has been

made of the result shown by people during this crisis some have had to demonstrate real fortitude for years and he would al-jazeera lincolnshire before the pandemic the number of people living in poverty had been steadily falling now it's rising again for the 1st time since 1908 that's because all around the world most people can't go to work and that's particularly difficult for people in poor countries on migrant workers to make matters worse food prices are going up there are major disruptions to supply and without labor as crops are being left to rot king's college london estimates the number of extremely poor people globally could increase by 420000000 over the next several months j.r.c. goes as chairwoman of the center for economic studies and planning and or harlow the her university she says many people in poor countries need immediate financial help. certainly we need major major efforts on the forefront because there's going

to be massive increases in hunger but right now the big concern is to do the bills i just don't give them something to make up for can also grow because the last 2 months immediate cash transfers are approaching routes to all people what does we have all of last week has lost to goods and immediate efforts to make sure that the in the month to do need for the greatness of the central government has been completely inactive on this that that account of fiscal stimulus that has been provided just less than what it was into g.d.p. and it's really not reaching the people of the us the such an exchange gives us the relative catastrophe i judged my good work discharging hundreds of mines children during the rules we've been giving longer rules and actually trying to have it back to their homes just face starvation and even there i mean we are seeing in credibility with humanitarian gesture things that we need to do something good and to be emin is in fact a particular tragedy because it's all to the garbage by consciously experienced war

and by all of the other diseases that you mentioned in a situation of extreme of the to agility and so yes many of the existing structures i don't exist and have to be created but nonetheless that was all 40 needed provision of cash at least we need to leave the tools to market to buy the essentials if nothing else an earthquake in new zealand has left the prime minister un shaken despite it hitting during a live television interview just into our our journalist speaking to a local morning news show when the tremors struck. yes having a bit of an it's quite here i'm quite a quite a decent shy kid if you think things moving behind me has stopped pretty high so it's a little more than most that stop trying to start or is it still going you know it's just stops and you're feeling syphon well to continue the interview you know are we find. any hanging lights i look like i'm in a structurally sound. place thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera back in

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through the green line continues with spirit child who do stories that have impact on society i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys are put behind bars so many before going to jail as a result of my work rewind on al-jazeera. the be. no i don't i don't regret. what i did. the senior aide to the british prime minister accused of breaching locked on rules says he has no regrets and behaves reasonably. all over again this is al jazeera live from london also ahead the world health organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydrox explorer quinn and co with 1000 patients due to safety concerns. the israeli prime minister.