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under way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in testing capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country under spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. was covered 90 numbers rise across latin america so does the anger with many saying lockdowns have left them struggling to survive the situation is so desperate that venezuelans who fled their country's economic crisis now want to return home. want to know just here on live from london i'm debbie navigator also ahead emmanuel
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unveils an 8800000000 dollar plan to revive the french auto industry by making it europe's top car producer. in the f.b.i. investigates the death of a black man in minnesota after a video emerges of a white police officer kneeling on his neck. hello thanks for joining us concern is growing at the potential scale of the corona virus outbreak in latin america the world health organization says the spread is still accelerating in brazil peru and chile with nearly 150000 deaths the continent is now seeing more new infections daily than in europe and the united states but anger is growing over how governments have responded to the pandemic with many people saying the poorest are suffering from lockdowns alexy o'brien has
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more. in a quid or they marched in defiance of the lockdown angry over government cuts to jobs and salaries brought in to tackle the pandemic was the mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection but these protesters believe the stakes are too high and for more we have no fear of contagion on the contrary were afraid of the hunger that our comrades and hundreds of family members who live jobless will go through. this anger too in chile where demonstrators have pleaded for help saying they don't have enough food. this is not legal but it's the only way to make them listen to us to protest and to create barricades chile's president sebastian pinera has warned the health system is reaching its limits there's been a rapid increase in infections in recent days with a new field hospital opened to help ease the strain on facilities hospitals in
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brazil are also overwhelmed it's the 2nd worst affected country in the world with about 375000 cases and in this ward in rio de janeiro patients shared a room for hours with someone who died from the virus staff say they were too busy trying to save lives to move the body also users into the a lot of we have doubled the patients and half of the team and that happens in 90 percent of the health units and hospitals and clinics with that overload the quality of the service is inefficient and causes physical and psychological problems to the health care workers the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded that of the united states for the 1st time recording $807.00 deaths in 24 hours from a virus president jiah also narrow has dismissed as a little flu. in the argentinian capital buenos aires an entire neighborhood on the outskirts of the city is now in isolation after dozens of cases were confirmed this
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aid being delivered but some residents say they don't have enough food to survive and in the bolivian city of trinidad grave diggers are working overtime more evidence of this pandemics devastating impact on communities around the world alexy o'brian al jazeera so among those worst hit by line america's worsening coronavirus outbreak are venezuelans who have fled the economic and political breakdown in their country since $2145000000.00 people have left that's nearly as many as the total displaced from syria at the height of the war they were escaping from a lack of basic supplies such as food and medicine under present president nicolas maduro who is no longer recognized as a legitimate leader by some countries several of which have imposed crippling sanctions most refugees were long gone by neighbors with peru and colombia taking the most but the pandemic has put a serious strain on resources
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a many are desperate to go back home i'm now at a video conference led by the european union and the u.n. more than 60 countries have pledged $3400000000.00 in emergency aid to help them let's bring in our latin america editor of the stimulus is joining us from the chilean capital so how desperate is a situation for these venezuelan migrants to see a. hello daryn it's extremely day desperate you can imagine if that it's difficult for people who are citizens of the countries of latin america that are suffering the consequences of this pandemic. of recession massive unemployment a spike in prices and a drop in the value of their currency and a severe crisis in their health systems imagine these people who are in many cases undocumented migrants here and who are living not only from hand to mouth but who have nowhere at all to live because they've lost their jobs they cannot pay rent
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and they're living on the street in many cases we're talking about peruvian colombia but especially the venezuelans who are the lot make up the largest number of migrants in chile and some of them are living in tents that you see directly behind me on both sides of the street which leads to the consulate to the venezuelan consulate and these people are of are waving here hoping that they can pressure their government to send an airplane to bring them home despite the fact that they know that the situation back in venezuela will be as difficult or more than the one that they are suffering here. john kind of shows us where he's been camped for weeks with his wife in sydney in the little daughter outside of the colombian consulate in santiago along with dozens of other families they pass the time and the cold as best they can waiting for help from their government said i mean. this is precarious the way our politicians count on us for votes we
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need now to count on them to bring us home. not far away peruvian migrants testart temperature before allowing us in to see their open air camp outside prue's consulate they too want help to return home because the pandemic has less than jobless and destitute which is pretty and it's freezing there are no bathrooms for me sleep on cold cement but by far the largest number of foreigners who've lost their livelihoods other than his whalen's who make of chile's newest and largest migrant community. for 2 months hundreds of men women and children have been living like this outside of the consulate. when the pandemic started president nicolas maduro sent airplanes to repatriate those who wanted to leak but now the doors of the consulate are shocked right now we have a. we have nothing left anymore we're living from charity and getting desperate and not to be from our government we're on documented and we can't ask chile for help
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the u.n. special representative for the news whaling migrants and refugees system of government is laying out conditions for people to return one is a quarantine period at the border and the other is more of a long the lines of. more. of the investigation of who is coming back. and what would be the true motivations for that richard that you believe is slowing down the number of people that they're allowing back in yes yes. every day more people arrive at the camp trying to find comfort in numbers around the corner the venezuelans are beginning to be tested now for coronavirus either way a group of them we understand will be placed in quarantine so that they will be ready if and when venezuela's government sends an airplane to get them but the real question is what will happen to them once they get oh. they tell us they know that
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the economic insanity situation in venezuela is worse than in chile but to argue that if they have to die of coronavirus or hunger they'd rather it be in their country of birth close to their families and not in a faraway strange land on the sea i mean while the world health organization has raised the alarm on certain countries in latin america saying that the current a virus is accelerating their. it is excel orating just about everywhere doraine without exception except some much much more so than in others and in much larger numbers the most worrisome of course is the case of brazil the largest country the most populated country in south america but it's also the country where there is no common policy to tackle the situation and other words we have the president on the one hand shining the idea of social distancing and quarantines wanting people to go back to work and he is in conflict with the governors and the mayors who are trying to keep people at home and the and the
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people are in the meanwhile are stuck right in the middle and the number of infections and the death rate is soaring yet we've seen hospitals that can no longer cope cemeteries that no longer have any more room and this is all the way across the board from the east coast rio de janeiro sao paolo all the way to the amazon states so a very very difficult situation indeed and then you have ecuador which has the highest death rate of all the countries in latin america per capita and now we're seeing that the affections of gone from why a key which is the economic center of the country to go to to keep to the capital where people are protesting they don't want to stay inside but again the infection rate is soaring and chile where i am right now the same thing is happening we had 50000 in 5000 i'm sorry infections the highest number yet yesterday and today a little bit less but that is about the same amount that they had in spain at the
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peak of the pandemic there the death rate here is lower much much lower but that could change dramatically if the hospitals could no longer cope and that could happen soon ok to see newman thank you very much for the updates. so the pandemic has now killed more than 98000 people across the united states by far the worst affected country in the world it's seen 1600000 confirmed coronavirus cases the u.s. government has brought forward travel restrictions for the 2nd worst hit country as you've been hearing brazil and anyone who's been there in the previous 14 days will not be denied entry in an effort to extend virus screening the u.s. government plans to buy a 100000000 testing swabs viles by the end of the year to distribute to states let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly halakha so as we approach this really tragic milestone of 100000 deaths what's the white house saying about it well there's been no mention of it on twitter by the u.s.
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president although he has been active on twitter he also played golf over the weekend which many people questioned whether or not that was appropriate given the fact that the united states is set to mark this grim milestone the white house press briefing just wrapped up and this is a question that was put to the press secretary kaley mcenaney what she said is that the u.s. president takes this number seriously and she pointed out that at one point the number was projected to be in the neighborhood of $2000000.00 potential deaths that is why the u.s. president she says close the economy in order to save lives really pushing back that the president has not done enough to prevent these 100000 deaths but we should point out that when it comes to numbers at one point the u.s. president projected that the number of americans 'd killed by covert nighty would top out at $60000.00 of course we are now approaching well above that number yeah and he continues to make accusations against his political foes on twitter. yeah
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and this is something that the u.s. president has been consumed by again today not only has he been attacking former president barack obama the former democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton the presumptive democratic nominee joe biden but he's also a lot of people are really zeroing in on this accusation he's been making it for a number of days against the m.s. n.b.c. anchor joe scarborough once republican congressman joe scarborough essentially the us president is alleging that or intimating that joe scarborough may have had a hand in a death that occurred when he was a congressman that one of his staffers was found dead the police investigated this was ruled as an accidental death but the u.s. president is intimating that joe scarborough may have had something to do with this now this is upset extremely the family of the victim particularly her widower who reached out to twitter requesting that the president's twitter account be shut down
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or at least these tweets deleted the latest from the twitter response is that that is not going to happen in fact reporters pressed the white house press secretary to ask why the president is doing this whether he would stop she simply had no answer all right it's complete thank you very much for that update from the white house meanwhile traders have returned to the floor of the new york stock exchange for the 1st time since mid march is locked down restrictions continue to be eased. to new york governor andrew cuomo who rang the bell a limited number of traders are allowed on the floor and they must wear mosques u.s. investors are optimistic about an economic recovery with stocks at their highest level in nearly 3 months. here's what's coming up on al-jazeera right after this very short break pressure continues to mount on the u.k. prime minister boris johnson to sack his top adviser for defying government blocked on rules and millions of filipinos made jobless by the pandemic say they face
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starvation unless the government comes to their rescue. however we've got some lovely warm sunshine more warm sunshine across western parts of you have largely clear skies here well it's the showers into central spine right in spain 40 mainly on the play shows to some longer downpours over its was that eastern side of europe that's where the wetter weather is going to be over the next couple of days some big and fundraise showers possibly with some large hail mixed in particular as we go on into thursday the show is not a little further east was a to become a little more active 1st in a few showers into central parts but i was was the west is warm and dry more lovely sunshine coming through here paris 25 degrees celsius lots of warm sunshine to
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across northern africa you might just catch up share into central parts of algeria just around the sahara but the majority of the showers seasonal writes that further south into the gulf of guinea some showers there through south sudan into a good parts of ethiopia heavier rain is over towards that western side of africa the seasonal rains doing quite nicely here they have been rather lybia ties but typically around liberia pushing up across a good part of sierra leone heavy showers there too well they stretch their way across a good part of god a big downpours there into southern parts of nigeria slowly moving. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such to mount as a global power develop into the basement company nebraska power is uniquely
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struggling to survive as corona virus infections rise rapidly in their host countries. the death toll from the pandemic in the u.s. now stands at more than 98000 with over 1600000 confirmed cases. across europe many countries are continuing to ease their virus restrictions as new infections decline but in the u.k. a political storm over a top government advisors cross-country trip during the lockdown so she signs of dying down new bark or reports from london. just coming to the point of truth telling should he stay or should he go dominic cummings may have shared his side of the story for the anger surrounding his trip from london to the northeast of england defying the government's own lockdown rules isn't going away newspapers on the right and left of politics a saying the same thing no apology no regrets reads one no regrets no apology the
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other meanwhile politicians from the governing conservatives and opposition parties are piling pressure on the prime minister to sack his chief advisor one junior government minister resigned in protest there are aspects of cummings explanation that i have trouble with he tweeted. the government's now desperately trying to refocus attention on what it's achieved including the announcement that britain would provide the antiviral drug does appear to some covert 19 sufferers this is probably the biggest step forward in the treatment of coronavirus since the crisis began these are very early steps but we determined to support the science and back the projects that show promise the governments expended an awful lot of political capital defending dominic cummings only 2 weeks ago the prime minister's approval rating according to one poll was 25 percent after supporting his chief advisor it's now in negative figures at
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a time when the government's trying to inspire public confidence. in other parts of europe people are adjusting to a relaxing of restrictions but it goes the next year but the russian president vladimir putin says his nation's past the peak of inspections despite recording its highest daily death toll. flags in the spanish capital madrid were lowered ahead of 10 days of mourning for the victims of covert 19 as the pandemic appears to be winding down people are left counting the economic cost. a group of restaurant chefs gathered outside the spanish parliament demanding more financial aid for a sector hardest hit by the lock down in germany the government's agreed to extend social distancing restrictions until june the 29th after a round between federal and state authorities over how fast to ease the lockdown the government also agreed to a $9800000000.00 bailout for its national carrier. officials there want to lift
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a travel warning for 31 european countries for mid june the major travel slump select even the strongest airline struggling in the u.k. is restrictions ease life's returning to london's parks and tennis courts with a few more rules on how many people can play in the absence of a vaccine life after lockdowns likely to be governed by far more regulations rules meant for everyone needs barca al-jazeera london the french president of manorama car has announced an $8800000000.00 investment fund to support his country's auto industry the sector employees hundreds of thousands of people in france with roughly 30 vehicle and parts factories around the country mike ross says autonomous and electric cars will be the focus after the coronavirus crisis he wants france to become europe's leading producer off clean cars. the time to speak with the i did
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if you measure this industry is confronted by a serious challenge which was there before covert 19 and today we have to find a new way to defend our industrial fabric especially the value chain to restart the machine take from the stock and prepare for tomorrow for the auto industry we need to strive for electric motor as ation on autonomy speak calls more than 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs during a 2 month coronavirus lockdown millions more could be out of work by the end of the year hardest hit have been low paid workers who are now forced to beg for food genuine dogon reports from manila. julia least say used to earn around $300.00 a month as a jeepney tribe or that was barely enough to feed his family but he says somehow they were able to get by but life became much worse 2 months ago when the lockdown was imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus he's unable to work
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and pay for the house rent in manila so they live like this now in a jeep begging in the street just to feed his family. this is really tragic i can see obey children software's they promote a situation here and we don't know in our next meeting with. christian going to see also says that pandemic brought more suffering for his family he used to be a professional photographer but when the lockdown of the entire region of luzon happened workers stopped coming in to. he found a job as a delivery driver earning less than half of what he used to image in a and i love god. in my jeans and years and years of professional experience i swallowed and rolled up my sleeves yes so it didn't hurt thanks or heard but we simply don't have a choice anymore it is some other absurd. the philippine government implemented one
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of the world's a strict and longest quarantines a 2 month lock down for more than $50000000.00 filipinos the region of luzon accounts for at least 75 percent of the entire economy quarantine restrictions were recently eased in an attempt to restore some normalcy and limit the economic damage after 2 decades of uninterrupted groups but at least 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have already lost their jobs since the lockdown began and the government says millions more are expected to be unemployed this year the impact of this health crisis is causing quite secular suffering to those who have very little to begin with. the government is giving cash aid to millions of impoverished families but leaders admit resources are already stretched and much of the government's so-called calamity fund has been used up. those like julius who have always lived on the fringes say they feel left out if the virus doesn't kill
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them they say hunger most likely will. duggan on just 0 manila. russia says a bax an immediate cease fire talks to form a united governing body in libya thoughts off of us accused moscow of deploying more fighter jets to help libyan warlord 24 have to in his attempt to topple the un recognized government in tripoli there's been a major withdrawal of mercenaries from southern tripoli many of whom were russian the government says its forces found large amounts of ammunition left behind by the mercenaries who've been fighting on behalf of have to walk out of the head in tripoli says it appears russia is still feeling the conflict. on the libyan side if the speaker of the parliament that's proof have to the parliament is calling
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for a political solution on the ground there are waging fears about against the internationally recognized government and you know that the death toll is huge including civilians women and children on the russian level it's also contradictory there is some kind of irony sigil of rove told our get us on the speaker of the libyan parliament today that there is no military solution to the libyan crisis but meanwhile russia is fueling the conflict on the ground according to the u.s. africa command russia has recently introduced advanced a 4th generation fighter jets to be fighting get in favor of the warlord who for have that again is the internationally recognized government the afghan government has released hundreds more of taliban prisoners on the 3rd and final day of a cease fire president ashraf ghani pledged to free around 2000 prisoners in total and around $900.00 were allowed out on tuesday the taliban offer the truce over the
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muslim holiday afraid the afghan government has urged the group to extend the ceasefire which is due to end at midnight on tuesday human rights watch is calling for an investigation into the burning of 200 homes and buildings in myanmar as western rakhine state new satellite imagery shows evidence of the fires which advocates say was probably an arson attack the area was home to a nothing buddhist group $150000.00 of whom fled last year after a spike in fighting clashes between the me and more military and the american army fighters seeking more autonomy for ethnic work time buddhists resulted in a number of civilian deaths. hong kong's leader is trying to ease fears about china's planned new security laws kerry law has appealed for people to wait for details and promise the legislation won't trample on hong kong's rights and freedoms protesters say the proposals would spell the end of the one country 2 systems approach china says the law is expected to ban what it sees as treason
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secession sedition and subversion which campaigners fear will include protests. we are very free society is for the time being people have this freedom to say whatever they want to say but ultimately what is to be provided in this piece of legislation is fall or of us to see in order to be assured that hong kong freedoms will be preserved and hong kong vibrancy and the core values in terms of the rule of law the independence of which you dish erie the various rights and freedoms enjoyed by people will continue to be there the death of a black man in the us city of minneapolis is under f.b.i. investigation after a video emerged of a white police officer kneeling on his neck so the video shot by a bystander showed him pleading that he could not breathe for several minutes before he stopped moving police say officers were called to investigate reports of
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a robbery on monday evening they said a man believed to be in his forty's matched the description of a suspect but resisted arrest it's drawing comparisons to the death of eric garner in new york after police placed him in a chokehold what we saw was horrible. completely and utterly messed up this man's life matters he matters he was someone's son someone's family member. was someone's friend. meanwhile a verbal dispute between a white woman walking her dog and a black man who was birdwatching in new york's central park has also drawn criticism please called i'm going to tell them there's an african-american man threatening my life. so that confrontation began early on monday morning when
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christian cooper said he noticed amy cooper had let her dog off its leash against park rules and when he began recording she called police claiming he was threatening her life well amy cooper has been placed on leave by her employer and voluntarily surrendered dog who these are saying by the time they responded both had gone and left the party. much more information on not story on our website al jazeera dot com. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour is growing resistance to lock downs across latin america where the w.h.o. says the pandemic is still excel orating protesters in chile and ecuador say poor people are receiving little government supports many venezuelan migrants stranded
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in neighboring countries are now desperate to return home they say they're struggling to survive as corona virus infections rise rapidly in their host countries the death toll from the pandemic in the u.s. now stands at more than 98000 with over 1600000 confirmed cases. the traders have returned to the floor of the new york stock exchange for the 1st time since mid march as lock down restrictions continue to be eased. u.s. investors are optimistic about an economic recovery with stocks at their highest level in nearly 3 months. hong kong's leader is trying to ease fears about china's planned new security laws kerry has appealed for people to wait for details and promise the legislation won't trouble on hong kong's rights and freedoms china says the law is expected to ban what it sees as treason secession sedition and subversion which campaigners fear will include protests we are very free society is
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for the time being people have this freedom to say whatever they want to say but ultimately what is to be provided in this piece of legislation is for or of us to see in order to be assured that hong kong's freedoms will be preserved and hong kong vibrancy and the core values in terms of the rule of law the independence of a traditionally the various rights and freedoms enjoyed by people will continue to be there the death of a black man in the us city of minneapolis is under f.b.i. investigation after a video emerged of a white police officer kneeling on his neck the video shot by a bystander showed him pleading that he could not breathe for several minutes before he stopped moving police say officers were called to investigate reports of a robbery on monday evening or today through the headlines on al-jazeera will have more news coming up for you right after this stream that's next thanks for watching but i.
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