greenline continues with spirit to do stories that have impact on society i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys i put behind backs so many people have gone to jail as a result of my way rewind on al-jazeera. militant 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 going into over 1000 patients due to safety concerns. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

says he will not miss an historic opportunity to annex parts of the occupied west bank. india's domestic flights take off again but infections are still on the rise with the biggest daily increase yes. hello the closest adviser to the u.k.'s prime minister has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke virus locks on rules 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 barker reports 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 the 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 but 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 and he ought 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 look 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 you say no no no whatever he told me you 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. or the world health organization has suspended a clinical trial of the malaria drug hydroxy couric when as a possible treatment for a covert 19 the trial has been put on hold while safety data is reviewed 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 the us president donald trump previously said he was taking the drug as a precautionary measure against the virus but has since finished his dosage the executive group has implemented at temporary. paws of the hydroxyl hydroxy clock in our we's in the solidarity trial why did the safety data is that i viewed by the data safety monitoring board the other arms of the continuing our white house correspondent kimberly health that 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 on 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. and meanwhile the u.s. president has defended his decision to spend most of the holiday weekend playing goals as the coronavirus related deaths will near is 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 trump 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 only democratic presidential candidate joe biden made his 1st in person appearance in more than 2 months as he marked memorial day he wore a face mask as he laid a wreath in delaware biden abruptly canceled campaign rallies at the onset of the pandemic in march he's been campaigning online from his home in wilmington the 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 talks but palestinians and others consider the step and illegal annexation very fossett has more from west jerusalem. 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 have been 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 that 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 annexation nonetheless to his diehard new good 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. in the past few minutes the polls have closed in suriname where long serving president jesse protests a seeking another term despite being convicted of murder he was found guilty of the execution of political opponents in 1982 last year he was sentenced to 20 years in prison but as logged an appeal due to be heard next month he denies the charges that speak to manuel repl oh joining us from mexico city so what's the likelihood of certain i was president of taming that 3rd term and houses murder conviction playing into the elections. it's quite a bit to unpack when it comes to the search elections of course we're waiting to hear the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections which will determine

the country's next president now president does he say is certainly a controversial figure to say the least you mentioned these murder murder charges against him that were actually announced in november of last year he was found guilty of ordering the killings of 15 prominent political opponents in 1000 $982.00 and then last year he was sentenced to 20 years in prison so this is something that's very much on the pot on the minds of people in sirte and we spoke to an analyst an economic analyst earlier today who said that the country basically is split into between people who are loyalists he's a populous that still counts on a lot of support and people that have a sort of let the past die sort of mindset and other people who have lost. lost the same sort of confidence of the president that they might have had in the past there their minds are focused their eyes are focused more on the economy which is taken a nosedive given the coronavirus pandemic and its impact in south america there was a recent discovery of oil in certain am commercial amounts of offshore oil that had

raised hopes about raising the standard of living in the country of course again the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the oil prices have sort of squashed those dreams there's an expectation that the company will be reduced by 4.9 percent as expected by the i.m.f. through the year 2020 and on top of that you have the conviction you have the sentencing 20 years and in prison for the president that's something that's very much or was very much on the minds of people in cern and as he took to the polls today and how is the government of cern i managed to corona virus contagion. well cern m. unlike other countries in the region has managed to mitigate the spread of the virus better than other places as of may 25th on monday there were 11 registered cases only one of those cases is active and there was only one reported death so unlike its neighboring countries surname squish right there between french guiana indiana and sharing a border with brazil brazil being the epicenter of the corona virus pandemic at

least in latin america is certainly something that's on the minds of government officials and health policy officials in the country but given the country's ability to mitigate contagion fairly well they have begun to lift some of the restrictions that we've seen there was a lifting of the curfew so that people could go out and vote on monday in the parliamentary elections there are restrictions that are being lifted but the borders do remain closed during many thank you many for that update from mexico city. still to come on al-jazeera a sense of normality returns as cafes restaurants and gyms open up across europe but many say they will struggle without foreign terrorists on the 1st of 5 iranian oil tankers arrives in venezuela bringing more than a 1000000 barrels of desperately needed fuel.

hello we've got a lot of dry weather now in too much of a strait a bit further west well that's where we have seen what's being billed as the storm of the decade has been fading its way further east was across w.a. last position the for what remains of tropical cyclamen maggie that's going to continue making its way further east is still quite blustery down towards the southwest but starting to wear a somewhat now as we go on through choose they simply be right still a possibility up towards kimberley just around the far north of w. way out west the weather will slide towards adelaide still a little on the cool side into the southeast of australia 18 in melbourne 19 there for sydney and we're looking at a similar temps to sort of go on 3 way to stay by that stage good to see a little bit down whether it's pushing through that western side of the toria getting into port fairy for example dry weather coming in behind but still a little wet up towards the northwest though the parson is in is still seeing some showers longer spells of rain these will easily brighten up rain making its way away from japan at the moment here in the prices of brightening up as well little

bit of wet weather there across the yellow sea pushing into north korea but very heavy rain with this system here right across central and eastern parts of china sinking into the 1st season as we go through the next couple of days hong kong with a touch temperature of 30. challenging the brazilian dictatorship of the democratically run team. the killing fields changed the course of. the center with a revolution resort. to locals as the dr. football rebels concludes with a celebration of the life and legacy of socrates corinthians democracy movement on al-jazeera.

and the work on the top stories on al-jazeera u.k. prime minister's closest adviser has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations he broke virus locked on rules dominic coming says he acted reasonably and lawfully when he drove 400 kilometers with his son and wife who had to run a virus and. the world health organization is putting a hold on testing an anti malaria drug for covert 19 over fears it increases the risk of death us president donald trump was taking hydroxide couric when. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will push ahead with what he described as an historic opportunity to addicks parts of the occupied west bank the move has drawn condemnation from several countries but support from the u.s.

. hundreds more russian mercenaries have left the front lines of the battlefields in the libyan capital tripoli that's according to the u.n. back government russians have been fighting on behalf of the warlords and if i have to against forces who backed the tripoli based government including turkey after it has been trying to capture the capital for 13 months. in tripoli he says there is public anger over the presence of the mercenaries. then he would leave the city or the city of god who met the maid of benny will lead told that civil flights have been landing in a port to carry the russian mercenaries 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 lies have

been carried by land transportation from benny will lead also to a job for military bases in central libya in all cases the russian medicine reserve in beni will lead now will come the mayor told her that the elderly council in binny will lead is protesting the presence of the russian mercenaries in ben you will lead because as they say they have taken part in attacking libyan cities and also attacking and killing and one innocent civilians there they say that the concern of that wanted that some of the russian mysteries might stay longer in beni will lead russian prosecutors are seeking a jail sentence for a former u.s. marine accused of spying paul will and was detained in a moscow hotel room in 2018 but says he was framed the prosecution accuses him of being a ranking u.s.

military intel 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. that as well as navy an air force is a scored the 1st of 5 iranian oil tankers into its waters carrying more than a 1000000 barrels of fuel the 2nd doc lot longer go united states which has imposed sanctions on both countries says it's monitoring the convoy of venezuela and iran have warned washington not to interfere with the delivery terrorism or reports. 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 miniature 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 promise 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 letters move it will last only for a few months. iran has become a strategic partner for venezuela cedes well chavez came to power in the past months venezuela relied on companies like russia's haase nafta for gasoline but the situation has changed in the past year have not the. rosneft stopped 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 this 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 endemic 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 cyclon 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 field so why spend gold halftone a job wasteland 5 days off to suck on a farm made landfall in the eastern state of india the scale of destruction it had left in its path is now becoming more clear. this to more to community of charge coming in the sun their guns mom groove region was caught in the eye of the storm.

60 year old and how old are lost all his harvest. salty water from the building goldstein nearby has so much to do with spotty on potato fields the soil is 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 quite get i'm 60 years old what can i do now i have nothing left i have no option but to die. publishing the more i'm doing is 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 and fisherman has lost all his income and i'm going to.

i was taking refuge with my family in a shelter after returning us see that everything's gone i really hope the government can help us tide over the crisis. the sunderbans region is a cluster of more than 100 islands and one of the world's largest mangrove forests stretching across western gold and bonaduce it's home to the endangered quarry big old tiger and his medical want her to its side. more than 40 percent of people in this part of india live in poverty. the surge of the sea water in this etymologically sensitive region could be devastating for its poor farming and fishing communities across hundreds of villages. have been blocked they 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 we can leave 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 cool no virus pandemic i'm not down are also making it harder for families from diesel issues to go to cities for work so people like anyhow and are the future remains uncertain unless help arrives soon priyanka could go to 0. the muster clyde's 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 toronto has more from the capital. that is the new normal that indian airport staff sanitize 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 saved their own voles the civil aviation minister tweeted indian saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82 flights in and out of delhi 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. 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 very. i'm 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. all the u.k. gov. thousands of retail shops and outdoor markets can reopen next month as more lock down restrictions are eased let's say europe has started to lift coronavirus measures in the hopes of salvaging the summer tourist season lopez heidi 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 mad about i spent the entire look down period i learned so you 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 reopened coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june visitors 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 far 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 pools. must follow rules of hygiene and social distancing than be able to start it was pleasant above all i was surprised

that it was a disability i feared only a certain number of people can get in you have to basically swim in circles to ease restrictions may be a relief for thousands of year fans but for entrepreneur is its yet another test of whether their business will survive this phase of the lockdown patsey a locus of again al-jazeera. out of again the headlines on al-jazeera the british prime minister's top adviser says he does not regret his decision to travel the length of england in what's being seen as a break of the country's lots on roles so many comings insists that exceptional circumstances meant he drove 400 kilometers with his wife who was feeling unwell and his son is at concerns about child care work he took his choice cummings and prime minister boris johnson have been under pressure after the allegations

surfaced in a newspaper late on friday no i don't i don't regret what i did as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i thought about what to do in the in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. in these circumstances the rules make clear that if you're dealing with small children could be that can be exceptional circumstances and i think the situation that i was in was exceptional circumstances . the world health organization is putting a hold on covert $900.00 testing for a drug which the u.s. president was taking comes after a study found hydroxy chloroquine could increase the risk of death the anti malaria drug was being analyzed to see what impact it would have on the patients who come in 19 the temporary pause on tests comes after a study suggested it would put people at greater risk of heart problems donald

trump to tell it the drugs potential but yesterday said he had finished his course of medication. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will push ahead with his plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank he says it's an historic opportunity and has set july the 1st as the start for his cabinet to discuss the move the plan has drawn condemnation from several countries with support from the u.s. hundreds more russian mercenaries fighting for the libyan warlords a half that have fled the front line south of the trip south of tripoli the un recognized government of national accord says they were evacuated from the town of benny were leads by a military cargo plane. you have today it's with the headlines on al-jazeera football rivals is coming up next thanks for watching by. the prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that cold means

a lot of the country's fortunes we bring you the stories in developments that are going to need changing the world we live in. breaks it down but it was a slogan that whatever the problem is the voice jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. because i'm going to. do this from doing. a month on the cause for the committee to see. that you don't see. this. lead is also a substitute. in washington but it just feels true body to follow. this all. the ides.