and how are the u.s. elections shaping up as the country battles covert 19 we'll look into whether donald trump can survive this historic said. jeanne announces the era. yog. hello i'm barbara starr and this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes donald trump signs an executive order removing protections for social media companies which he accuses of having unchecked power. a city torn apart by grief violent protests rocked minneapolis as demonstrators demand justice for

a black man killed in police custody international condemnation grows as china imposes new security laws in hong kong the legislation could roll out within weeks and confined to their homes the argentinean shanty town where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. yard. he was president donald trump has signed an executive order targeting the legal protections of social media companies it's in response to twitter labeling 2 of this tweets misleading and referring users to a fact checking page from says the order would remove the liability shield that internet companies currently enjoy he also said the choices twitter makes when it edits or blacklists people are editorial positions and nothing more then political

activism. had unchecked power to censor restrict and shape i alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens or large public audiences there is no president in american history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction and that includes individual people controlling vest amounts of territory and we can't allow that to happen. michaela is live in washington d.c. for so mike just explain this to us it's president from said the order would remove the liabilities shield that internet companies currently enjoy which basically is why twitter and facebook aren't treated like newspapers or t.v. stations that are actually liable for what people say on their platforms so how does that impact the way the people would use a social media and what else the president say about this. well president trump is

focusing on section $230.00 of the communications decency act which essentially shields social media companies from legal liability for what 3rd party people put on their websites but it also gives them a cover should they choose to moderate those sites in good faith as twitter says it did with regard to fact shifting president trump's tweets and certainly this continues to absolutely anger the president the fact that his tweets were in fact fact checked and saying as well one of the reporters asked him well why don't you simply delete your tweets and the president said well if we had a free press i would do so in a heartbeat but president trump is also directed the federal communications commission to look into amending that act to that part of the act section $230.00 he's also directed his attorney general william barr to look into claims of

conservative bias in social media and as well in what is clearly a financial stab at social media companies he's instructed all federal agencies to review their ad spend on social media platforms but the bottom line here is that despite these threats despite this executive order it's up to congress to amend any act it is not up to the f.c.c. and should the f.c.c. do so it will certainly receive a very strong challenge in court and so might does this mean that it's unlikely that anything will change for the social media companies. well very much so because as i say this is a matter for congress to decide now should congress decide to rewrite this legislation then yes those legal liability shields could be taken away but that is up to congress to do not the president in an executive order now the courts as well

have repeatedly ruled against the claims of conservative bias in the media most recently the very powerful federal court here in d.c. threw out a case arguing that the bias against conservatism was an abrogation of free speech courts throughout the country have repeated this type of judgment so it's very difficult to see where president can go from here in terms of his battle against the social media certainly there's a lot of sound and fury certainly there's intense criticism from the president certainly he's put his attorney general on to the whole matter once again a kind of threat it would appear but bottom line is the president does not have the power to amend this legislation that is in the hands of congress it is not in the hands of the f.c.c. so they're difficult to see any success in the legal challenge and very difficult to see unless congress changes it and that social media platforms will change the way they operate unless they give in to the threats from the white house we're

going to be looking at the legal potential implications of this executive order a little later in the program for the moment the live for us in washington thank you. the anger in minneapolis over the death of a black man in police custody is spreading across the united states with national protests planned for saturday civil rights leader all sharpton said the violence being experienced in the city did not begin with protests but rather when george floyd was choked to death begging for his life the u.s. department of justice says its investigation into floyd's death is a top priority the man's for justice for floyd have led to 2 nights of violent protests in minneapolis riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets 'd at thousands of people as multiple fires broke out across the city and shops were looted 46 year old floyd was filmed gasping for breath during his arrest while an officer kneeled on his that for several minutes he died in hospital shortly

afterwards the officer and 3 others have been fired but many have called for criminal charges and i got here some words me are you going to address the violence the violence on the address is our mayor could hold a man down with me on this net come minutes that's when move violence done on. the private started on the 1st con were his marriage was junk don't break his life . so we must act in a way did you just. get. we're not as good. as good for what is right. keith mays is a professor of african american and african studies at the university of minnesota and he joins us now via skype sara thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now we are waiting to hear from the f.b.i.

they have a statement relating to this case and about 1015 minutes will of course have it live here on al-jazeera when it does come in but it's related his case we don't know the details but we do know that the officer and 3 others involved in the case have been fired many people are calling for criminal charges how important do you think it is for criminal charges to be put forward criminal charges or. stream really important barbara for the simple fact that previous cases have not resulted in a conviction we had one to one case that the lendl castille case with a police officer who was charge he was acquitted so this time around people wondering if this is going to be the case were of like family receives justice so it is it's highly highly important critical critical that the police officer offer a service plural or charges in this case we have i mean the video is obviously

shocking and we have seen in the past years since everyone sort of having cameras on their phones more of these videos emerging now you told one of our producers the families victims in the community have been working together for years trying to solve or at least ease this problem where has it been failing. i think it's been feeling in police training i think the police officers and also the larger law enforcement community in this city as well as politicians are paying lip service all giving lip service to this whole question of changing the institutional culture of law enforcement and we have but we have not seen the difference if they are being trained they said this after tomorrow caught which is with another case in north minneapolis where a young man was killed by the police and certainly they said that they would change their practices after fernando castillo a few years ago and i think that they probably will say the same thing but the fail

failure is in leadership. and local leadership state leadership but also the failure is with the practices of the police themselves and could i just say the video that we're seeing now on the split screen is video prior to the arrest which we hadn't seen and let me go back to the point of video because now that we can see these things and it's up to everyone to just come up come up with their own opinion of what's going on of course it's it's shocking and some things are obvious as well how big a part has having this evidence and being there and trying to address this issue. whatever without the tape without the video there's no case we would not have known of george florid and the murder of mr floyd about minneapolis police department and i think that it begs the question how many more of these incidences in this city across the united states are across the world for that matter or taking place

on a regular basis perhaps on a daily basis because they are not they have not been captured on video so yes the video is important and without it there is no case we don't we have not we would not have arrived at this moment in time where the f.b.i. is about to make an announcement about that video obviously the case of george floyd it is tragic for his family and for all the other similar cases where men have lost their lives but we've also seen other cases for example i think it was in new york when a lady who'd been told oh a white lady who'd been told by a black man to put her dog back on a leash called the police on him so especially for our international audience how did you describe race relations in the u.s. . ryssdal asians are not good and i think that there's a thin veneer. that has in many ways muted. the way which

the races are interacting i think that the trump presidency in many ways has pulled a band-aid off the issue or around racial injustice and has allow people to feel that they have convoy launch and basically saying how they feel so in the case of the central park incident that took place a few days ago a week ago whenever that was when i was captured she essentially is accusing a black man. of trying to assault her we had the case in georgia i know you guys have maybe have covered that case are. one of the perpetrators actually capture that on film which is interested in another cell so again i think that race relations are where they are this is 2020 it matters well as 121928 feels like it's 1920 in the united states.

because a because many things have not changed in the century and you mentioned donald trump you you said he gave carte blanche to many of all of these feelings and events and yet of course the united states for 8 years had a black president barack obama. are you perhaps a disappointed or surprised that more changes permanent changes weren't implemented when he was president. you know it's interesting when brock obama was president we have some of the most. media captured cases that we've. only down to eric garner which was a similar case when the young man said that he couldn't breathe freddy gray in baltimore we had the ferguson case so all of these were under the president occurred during the presidency of barack obama so the case is themselves

who is in office we know that president trump has given a green light to some of the races in this country to do but kind of things that they've done to black people but men make no mistake about it these things are occurring in spite of who's president at the moment keith mays professor of african american and african studies at the university of minnesota joining us from minnesota via skype sir thank you so much for sharing your views and us thank you thank you barbara thank you. coming up on this news hour america's unemployment queue keeps growing $14000000.00 of without work and get more. survivors are left to bury their dead scores killed when gunmen attack a string of nigerian villages. petrol protection of venezuela's military keeps a close eye on fuel imported from iran.

the u.k. us and australia and canada have condemned the china for imposing new security laws on hong kong saying it threatens the territories fritos china's parliament has given the go ahead for the legislation despite protests and international warnings the wide ranging laws which beijing says will aim to tackle secession subversion and foreign interference could now be in effect in a matter of weeks brown reports from hong kong. hong kong's people had no say in the decision to impose a new security law on this city that was not a concern among people we spoke to in the north point district where many mainland immigrants live the night or are of course we will have peace now hong kong has been so chaotic the protesters even went to the united states to ask them to put

sanctions on hong kong what a mess they have made they are out there young may have different thoughts before as they are the only there are we make our country prosperous and stable but other elderly people are fearful and scared to come in because you know all freedom for their speech no freedom for. democracy so ski since 1907 when hong kong was returned from british the chinese rule this city has operated on their unique one country 2 systems formula intended to guarantee the city's legal political and economic arrangements the question now is whether the experiment has failed bid local historian john carroll insists that's not the case no sooner had the sign of british joint declaration been signed in december 1984 people are already talking about the death of hong kong and i mean that's been

going on for years and years and years and hong kong is not dead and i don't see hong kong dying so. china's leaders insist the new security law 'd will save hong kong not kill it so the vote by china's parliament on thursday to approve the law was never in doubt you could. she called other the central government has always emphasized the comprehensive an accurate implementation of one country 2 systems hong kong ruling hong kong and its high degree of autonomy it strictly follows the constitution and the basic law and supports the hong kong government and its chief executive to govern according to the law bypassing hong kong's legislature the rubber stamp national people's congress has now paved the way for mainland security agents to operate here in marked contrast to these orderly scenes there was more disruption in hong kong's parliament. when 3 legislators were ejected during

a heated debate about another proposed law that would make it an offense to disrespect china's national anthem both measures have prompted demonstrations and a warning from the united states government that its special trading status with the city could be about to end raising concerns about its continued status as asia's leading financial center adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. or with china not showing any sign of pulling back before the security laws 'd are implemented there are concerns for the countries that claiming relationship with the us katrina has more from beijing. several countries have expressed deep concern over this move by china but the u.s. has been loudest and strongest in its rebuke really the u.s. and china relationship has hit sort of the an all time low one of the lowest point certainly it has been in decades the u.s.

has made several threats to china because of this move its its requested u.n. security council meeting is also for enterovirus hong kong's trading status now officials here say that they're preparing for beijing should prepare to engage in a financial war financial war and earlier this week china's foreign minister one isa that actually the 2 countries even worse have been brought to the brink of a new cold war certainly we know that after this move. the chinese central government is planning its own counter measures should the u.s. follow through on those threats and they've said that quite bluntly they'll take whatever necessary measures they can to protect the sovereignty and the security. libya's u.n. recognize government says it's destroyed 3 armored vehicles belonging to the warlord tiny for half that the government of national accords forces are continuing to make advances and say they now completely control the areas surrounding at work

and so would wreak military camps south of the capital tripoli troops loyal to have to are retreating from their positions within the region this comes as the government accused the author of trying to arrange for sudanese mercenaries to fight alongside his forces. the. whole region is almost empty of the enemy we've managed to completely control the areas around the military camps. different areas. fronts for their patients a year with this brutal and of course the enemies are now trying to reorganize their ranks from sudan. well libya's war isn't just being fought on the ground the battle is happening in the skies to the influx of foreign aircraft has ramped up the military power of both sides the u.s. says russia has sent fighter jets to the war torn country via syria to shore up the

forces loyal to warlord half that but as alex gets hopeless explains it's turkey's air power which is having the greatest effect. the war in libya has taken a dramatic turn as rival air force's newly reinforced by allies overseas jewel over its skies because of the country's flat terrain air power has been decisive in changing the fortunes of each side in turn in particular with the use of armed drones the warlord khalifa haftar us forces 1st used chinese made wing long to arm drones 4 years ago 1st indiana and then to pressurise the un recognized government of national accord or d.n.a. forcing it to retreat to a tight pocket round the capital tripoli with a range of 1500 kilometers these have been able to operate out of bases in the east striking government targets in the west. heavily armed and able to loiter over targets feeding back vital information to the headquarters the wing longs helps

forces loyal to khalifa haftar advance of a siege the beleaguered g.n.a.t. in tripoli often inflicting indiscriminate damage to turkey's extensive military aid to the un backed government earlier this year changed all that as the g.n.a.t. started to receive turkish armed drones namely the bericht to these drones with a limited range while not as capable as the wing longs still gave the jna the ability to strike have to as forces interrupt his supply lines and protect its own units as they had vance to catch in their enemies by surprise this tripoli's troops counterattacked in recent days government forces have rapidly retaken several coastal towns and the all important air base in delaware t.n. which was retaken after several assaults and the destruction of the russian made pants and if its units in the area is just regime huge going to rush of blood. or. perhaps the army has lost. a last resort in the

last almost 6 years. nursed more turkish. resistance has given the general emigrants a surgery. after forces have been driven back and their stranglehold in tripoli has loosened but in an ominous turn the u.s. military has confirmed russian jets have flown from russia's base in syria to do for air base in libya after center of air operations. satellite images issued by the u.s. command in africa clearly show russian fighter aircraft on the runway the influx of foreign aircraft into the libyan conflict has changed the military balance for both sides but momentum is no with forces loyal to the internationally recognized government in tripoli who successes come with the extensive help of turkey's government as its forces take back control of most of western libya alex go topless

al-jazeera. at least 65 people were killed and dozens injured when gunmen stormed free villages in northwest nigeria the attack happened near the border with me share in the state of support on wednesday locals described the gunmen as bandits and said they've been terrorizing communities in the region for several years the number of dead is expected to rise as volunteers continue searching for missing people amid interest says more now from the nigerian capital abuja he says the band that 7 pows the taxes on local communities in northwest nigeria. there is fear that the number of dead will rise in the coming hours or days simply because of the severity of the injuries sustained by the victims of these are types now in northwestern nigeria this killings have been going on for a very long time particularly in some for a state with been rampant for the last 80 years and then over the last 3 years or

so would seem how the violence have spread or has spread across the region so now the genesis of this crisis targeted on a smaller scale conflict of a line between farmers and cattle it is that snowballed into a very very terrible situation and then added to the mix now over the last 2 or 3 years we've seen house kidnappings kidnapping for ransom as well as. touch has been levied on communities by these bandits attackers or government that the authorities called bandits and of course recently there are even suspicion that i'm groups like book may be cashing in in the mayhem to raise funds for the operations in the north east of the country because over the last 10 years they have impoverished the north east of the country so much sort of big couldn't get any money for the operations in that region kidnappings are slowed down as well as some results of military operations in that region so the easiest part is to go to vulnerable communities

like the northwest of nigeria. but no a lot of communities have little or no government presence of other past few years or so. venezuela's president has hinted that he could start charging drivers more for gasoline which until now has been virtually free it follows the arrival of several tankers from iran carrying much lot of fuel alexy o'brian has run. its course and by the venezuelan military the tanker petunia brings the iranian fuel into port precious peytral for venezuela even though it sits upon the world's largest. proven crude oil reserves and coinciding with the arrival of the badly needed supplies a change in policy from the government. the gasoline that we've brought from abroad from iran and from other countries which paid for it with many people tell me and i agree that we must charge for the gasoline right now gasoline in venezuela is the

cheapest in the world less than one us st a gallon but that's if you can buy it. queues at petrol stations can often last for days and that sparked a black market in the capital caracas where wealthy residents pay to skip the line at about $10.00 a gallon it's the most expensive in the world. petrol shortages have plagued drivers for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed critics blame under-investment and mismanagement by the state president nicolas maduro says it's the fault of u.s. sanctions either way it's the venezuelan people who lose after years of economic and political turmoil waters and short supply as well the way i what we are experiencing is rough there is no water there is no gas there is no gasoline we are screwed there also shortages of medicine and food many families rely on soup

kitchens like this one to survive. i never thought i'd come to a place to get food for my kids but the spite everything we have we can't get to the end of the month. 2 more iranian tank is just days away but despite the fanfare analysts believe all 5 vessels are only carrying enough fuel to last the country about a month if the president does carry out his threat to raise petrol prices that will be another burden the long suffering venezuelans to carry. brian al-jazeera. so the come on al-jazeera the slums our fears of a 2nd wave south korea really poses some coronavirus restrictions after a spike in new infections locked in and shot out why it older people are struggling to cope with coronavirus isolation. donald trump the diplomats the u.s.

president offers to mediate a border dispute between india and china. and are there still plenty of clouds and rain showers across eastern areas of europe out across the west we have got high pressure so a lot of good clear skies plenty of sunshine as well this is the southwest of england people heading to the beach and also heading to the golf course at the same time but we've actually going to see an increase in time which is across much of the u.k. throughout much of france through the weekend but particularly next week these guys will remain we have there on friday the heavy rain across central areas of italy across the southeast and them some particular heavy rain pushing into western areas of russia now as we go into saturday temperatures beginning to climb again in moscow slip few showers in the forecast but look at these dark areas of blue the

last in northern ukraine a very widespread across areas a better research a very wet day to start the weekend but things are improving you will so the cloud eventually will begin to break down certainly by monday that's really when we should see that fine dry weather return a high of 21 which is pretty much the average for this time of year old in africa mostly fine and dry time doesn't mean to be out of the last few days and they won't be again over the next few warren shipley 29 degrees celsius but behind the we have got a famous. tree morocco algeria on and keeping the temperatures a bit low but even so not bad in tunis with a high of 25. but. you know men killed a mother and son on their way to an appointment sadly the insurgents don't wear uniforms block or so it is seen on the with the was of the american occupation of iraq that the house on hold eric prince 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 see your charming head to head on a jersey or. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go from of potential and this and that group this is a plus ism and increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beatings. is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera. who are born.

here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump a signed an executive order target protections of social media companies have to twitter labeled. the choices twitter makes our political activism following a 2nd night of violent protests in minneapolis the u.s. department of justice. george forward and. is a top priority floyd died shortly after he was filmed gasping for breath. when officer kneeled on. the u.k. u.s. and canada have condemned the china. on the territories freedoms china's parliament has given the go ahead for the legislation despite protests that

could take effect in a matter of. more now on our top story the executive order signed by the u.s. president which targets social media companies philip nappanee is a professor of public policy and faculty affiliate at the witte walla center for media and the mako see. city he joins us live now via skype from north carolina sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera 1st of all explain to us what does this executive order to do exactly. well my understanding is what it aims to do is to initiate a proceeding that will explore. reducing the immunity from liability that platforms have under a piece of legislation called section $230.00 of the communications decency act so it could potentially the goal of it is to move that process forward in terms of

potentially making these platforms more liable for the content that they host which means that basically because right now the way we treat platforms like twitter or facebook they're not considered like newspapers or t.v. stations they are just a platform and not a publisher as such so they're not liable but what how would this change it in the sense that does it mean that they would then be liable for every bit of information that's posted on their sites and that and they would potentially have to fact check everything that remains to be seen exactly what the scope of the proposal might be . but whether it might be carved out for political speech or certain categories of speech. i'm not really sure at this point but yeah the scope of what you're describing right would be would be monumental because i mean president trying seems to have done this to get back at twitter for fact checking some of his tweets yesterday that seems pretty obvious but when it comes to the principle itself the

principle 'd of fact checking and the fact that these you know major companies could hold political sway what do you think about the principle itself well i think it's interesting that this. then you should have drew out of the active fact checking which is something that's been fairly common on social be platforms like facebook for quite some time and really just involves placing a fact check alongside the tweet so the reality is no speech was suppressed in any way all that we were provided with was additional speech and here in the us we have this long standing principle of counter speech was just as the idea that the more speech the better that's something the 1st amendment advocates have always. held very close and so this initiative is actually an effort to suppress the very idea of counter speech which is probably the aspect of it that makes it most troubling it's really interesting to see the split between twitter and facebook mark

zuckerberg the head of facebook coming out quite clearly saying that it wasn't up to the platforms at the fact when actually facebook since the 2016 election a lot of attention being put on it how has been trying to make more effort to curb you know the so-called fake news so why do you think there is this the vide seemingly between twitter and facebook over this. yeah that's a great question and it's a very inconsistent patchwork at this point you have facebook actually aggressively removing misinformation around specific issues like the corona virus like the 2020 census but yet allowing misleading political ads to run unchecked you have twitter refusing to take any political ads and actually now taken for the 1st time an action in terms of fact checking. a politician's speech so there's really not a lot of coherence here yet maybe that's something we'll get to in the future but

it's seems very ad hoc at this point the president has in the past almost almost cry to have twitter with a election victory what do you think that 2020 lecturing the u.s. would look like if facebook and twitter and other social media platforms a muzzled in the way that they say executive order quick was about well. whatever is going to arise from this in the end the likelihood is almost nothing is going to arise from this but the likelihood of anything happening in time for the 2020 lection is 0 i think will this intimidate these platforms to go about what they do differently. i doubt that is well to be honest i think what it might do more than anything is. encourage the president to ramp up his current efforts which are to diffuse his own social media app that

available on app stores and being downloaded to mobile devices quite frequently now here in the us for those who support his campaign so more direct messaging possibly and circumventing twitter facebook etc there's a long history in political media of political candidates seeking to do end arounds across all across all around all different types of gate keepers. philip not believe from the wallace center for media democracy idea you kuna versity thank you so much for having joined us thank you my pleasure let's go to brazil now where the president has accused his political opponents of seeking to oust him after his allies were targeted as part of an investigation into the spread of fake news datable so that all says the inquiry is aimed at silencing those who support his presidency on wednesday the supreme court approved police raids on the homes of business leaders bloggers and politicians accused of spreading lies about phones

and computers were reportedly seized in homes and offices in 6 states. a shanty town near argentina's capital has been placed under lockdown for the next 2 weeks as the one that is home to about 4000 people ras testing was carried out by authorities and almost 200 coronavirus infections were confirmed the slum has been sealed off and people may know without police permission i suppose joins us live now from buenos aires argentina has so far succeeded more or less in controlling the virus but there is concern about some of the poorest areas in the country hotspots if you will like this one. well argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to host a very strict law down and mandatory lockdown with security forces controlling access to the city of when a site is controlling main roads other things and so far it's considered to be successful if compared to may bring countries like chile they do and brazil right

now the quarantine has been extended until early june for many this is one of the longest quarantines in the world but in spite of this it's been spreading in different poorer neighborhoods not only here in the capital one side is in sun slums in the city of one side is but also in greater when outside is where around 3000000 people live there is one of those slums or poor neighborhoods that has been completely isolated by security forces security forces are bringing in food some aid organizations are also helping in but people have been banned from leaving that area for about 15 days we know that the government has increased testing around those areas and has increased testing also in different parts of greater went on site is where around 10000000 people live so this is enormous this whole situation has sparked some controversy because many people here artists have started to oppose in a way this what they say is the longest quarantine in the world others are saying

that poor people are being put inside the ghetto for the government is the only way they have to be able to control areas that in a way are overcrowded that lacks sanitation many of the endemic problems that countries like argentina countries like brazil also have so that's a major challenge in spite of this president i got to the front on this popularity remains high of 70 percent of the population continues to support him and many of the pell policies he has taken until now there is of all with the latest on that from where desirous to think you. south korea has reimposed the social distancing measures after its highest spike in corona virus cases in almost 2 months the number of infections increased by 79 and a 67 of the infections over portrayed in the seoul 'd metropolitan area prompting the government to shut public facilities including parks museums and state run theaters at least $82.00 cases this week were linked to

a cluster of infections west of seoul at an e-commerce warehouse upright has more now from seoul he says about 4000 people have been identified in connection with the cluster of cases at that warehouse. this is a troubling development especially for a country which seemingly had this all under control just a few weeks ago days go by here where we see very few new cases being reported often in single digits sometimes 0 cases of local transmission then you get a spike like this one most of these new cases are based around this warehouse distribution center just outside of the capital seoul now this is operated by one of the biggest e-commerce companies here in south korea ironically working flat out since the start of this pandemic because of course everybody is now shopping online rather than going to stores and it does seem as though maybe social distancing wasn't what it should be you had a lot of workers maybe in cramped working environment they were sharing the same

cafeteria having smoke breaks together and not wearing a enough mask and now we've had this spike in cases the authorities have moved very quickly on this identifying up to 4000 people either workers or their relatives friends people that come into contact with who they are very quickly going through testing on mass and they have they're finding as they go new cases now the hope is that they have acted quickly enough that this is brought under control but as a precaution they have now reintroduced some of these restrictions which we have gradually seen being lifted in the past week or 2 things like public venues museums galleries being closed yet again for another 2 weeks put people to avoid crowds as the authorities hope that they have contained this that it won't become anything more serious. in the u.k. the government's tested trace system for covert 90 to. follow

a repeated the lase prime minister boris johnson says the prison of lockdown one group that's been hit hard by the impact of isolation is the elderly charities are now reporting increased cases of confusion and loneliness. reports from london. and often in visits even under social distancing rules brings a welcome break from older james confined to her home she's only allowed visits from care workers and close relatives because of her age group folder is not meant to leave her home and as a wheelchair user she's finding it very difficult when i have my son would come and go no. go shopping. trolley i write my school because school. those arrived in the u.k. in the 1960 s. from jamaica she became mayor of the london borough where she lives and

a life under lockdown is in stark contrast to the active life she was used to she gets by with calls from her children as well as volunteers from a charity that give support to the elderly in isolation you have to make your own sunshine and that's going to save. keep. happy at the mill also a cause for concern the mental effects of isolation especially in an age group that is already vulnerable to loneliness for most people have turned to social media to ease their loneliness during the lockdown elderly people tend to be less technologically adept and that's made their isolation even more challenging there will be some some medium to longer term impact particularly people's mental health and obviously you know we hear from people as well that their physical health you're not going to go out as often processes they were before or a family member coming in and visiting and taking them to the shops may want to be

the only time we get our house that we need and the necessary sort of activities now because i think we're going to see you know we are seeing a real concern for people's physical health as well as the men's wearhouse well coronavirus restrictions in the u.k. are slowly starting to ease those above the age of 70 are still considered a high risk group where the lock down for them goes on it is the frontline caregivers who are there to reassure them that they are not alone sunny diagonal al-jazeera london. the french prime minister has announced a further easing of the country's lockdown with cafes restaurants bars and beaches to reopen from next week social distancing measures will be enforced with a gap required between the groups paris will face stricter measures are though it says the french capital is no longer considered a coronavirus danger zone internal travel restrictions will also be lifted to help boost domestic tourism that there has more from. the french prime minister.

from entering into a new phase in which freedom is now the norm and restrictions the exception even though some restrictions will remain in parts of the country in paris particularly where the current still circulating he said the high level in other parts of the country more or less there's an easing off restrictions across france restaurants and cafes will be able to reopen except in paris where people could only have a coffee or a meal on the terrace they will be able to go inside the restaurant secondary schools are welcome some children back again smaller class sizes perhaps only for a few days the week palls to reopen and they'll no longer be the limits of 100 kilometers on people's mobility so people be able to travel around france for work or leisure where they like without any kind of permit so it's an easing of restrictions the prime minister said was because he. has seen a drop in the number of current virus cases

a drop in the number of deaths and hospitalization of patients and he also said that even though of course the current virus is still here in the country amongst the population it is the level in which the french government feels it is under control. still to come on al-jazeera this news hour the world's football competition is due to kick off again almost 3 months after the coronavirus forced its suspension.

you're. cool. the over. a quarter of the u.s. workforce is now out of work because of the coronavirus another $2100000.00 in the

u.s. have applied for unemployment benefits this past week taking the total to more than $14000000.00 since mid march the u.s. economy shrank by shive percent in the 1st quarter a bigger drop than expected and the biggest fall since the 2008 financial crisis some economists predict the g.d.p. could shrink at an annual rate of 40 percent in the 2nd quarter the biggest decline since for occurrence began in 1947 and people are facing financial ruin as gallagher reports now from florida florida's unemployment lines have been growing for months as the coronavirus continues to ravage the u.s. economy in april alone the jobless rate here tripled lines for food banks grew and frustrations over falling unemployment claims continue after weeks of not receiving his benefits decided to go to the state capital to get on says you're supposed to

place your completed application in this makeshift mailbox following a 600 kilometer journey both says he was met by a system unable to cope with the needs of those out of work there's there's just no help in sight. and the frustration is it's beyond frustration it's it's reached a level where i think people a lot of people i think unfortunately are just giving up even as restrictions here begin to ease and businesses steadily reopen a picture is emerging of a state failing the needs of people out of work and facing financial hardship the job statistics across the u.s. make for depressing reading but it's the human stories that bring this crisis into sharp focus we spoke with candice bell a pregnant mother who recently lost her job she too is still waiting for her benefits now she may not be able to pay the next month's rent is struggling to keep up with payments on her car and is having very real issues feeding her children

like many candace worked in florida's once booming service industry now she's facing a desperate situation i don't know and the next 10 days. i really doubt it's. very scared that i think i'm going to have 3 daughters that. the continued closure of schools and childcare facilities is also taking a toll on many parents can no longer afford childcare and despite online learning programs being launched across the state it was without access to computers may never recover early about those because they are just. heard. over. and. according to federal data 43 states set record high unemployment rates last month a decade of consistent job growth has been wiped out and many is still waiting for financial help but still not arrived and a gala crowd jazeera miami florida. u.s.

president donald trump has offered to mediate between india and china following reports of rising tensions of the world's longest unmarked border confrontations between soldiers a seen both sides increase their military presence in the region elizabeth purana reports now from new delhi india zombie on patrol in the territory of the dock along the country's border with china the nuclear neighbors dispute a 3 and a half 1000 kilometer from tia and the remote himalayas early as this month soldiers clashed in a number of areas around the unofficial border known as the line of actual control or see chinese state media say indian troops trespassed on chinese territory and accuse them of trying to build a defense facilities the indian government says its soldiers remained on its territory it is true that india is also increasing its own infrastructure. and.

maybe be chinese fortifying their own positions without informing them because. both sides are bolstering their presence satellite images appear to show the building of more tents and roads within 5 kilometers of the lot of actual control the border dispute goes back decades a month long war in 1962 ended without a resolution and they have been several standoff since then the latest in 2070 an unsettled boundary may be acquired boundary more thought has been fired no one has been. 975 you know i mean yet it's all completely militarized military forces on both sides so it is an opportunity to build on the heat and the heat in a very calibrated kind of a fashion. earlier and china urged india not to take actions that may complicate the situation on wednesday both countries agreed to dialogue. you know

china and india have border related mechanisms and communication channels both parties have the ability to properly dissolve relevant issues through dialogue and consultation there's been no official comment from the indian government but with fears of further escalation the us president offered to help resolve the dispute neither side has responded to donald trump's offer to mediate but analysts say the americans wouldn't be acceptable for china not the least because they recognize the demarcation line between the countries which china disputes elizabeth al-jazeera. f.b.i. is making. the investigation into the death of george floyd let's listen. to my right is here to talk to you about the state investigation. with me is rhino drolls hagon he is the special agent in charge of many eye he too will talk about

the federal investigation. and superintendent drew avon's from d.c. a who also make a few comments before we open it up for question and answer. my name is eric i'm a dot on the united states attorney here for the district of minnesota. on may 25th 2020 george floyd was arrested and detained by minneapolis police officers. i'm here to talk about and make sure the community and the media is aware. that we are conducting a robust and meticulous investigation into the circumstances surrounding the events of may 25th 2020 and the police officers actions on that evening. really probably don't need this

to say this all of you but minneapolis our nation really the world. has witnessed this a credibly and disturbing. loss of life. my heart goes out to george floyd. my heart goes out to his family. my heart goes out to his friends and my heart goes out to the community. we are grieving and we will to continue to grieve. to be clear the department of justice has made the investigation in this case a top priority we have assigned highest to the high in my office to investigate. and look at the case. f.b.i. likewise has assigned their experienced law enforcement officers to conduct the

investigation. and to be clear. president truck. as well as attorney john you know attorney general william barr. are directly and actively monitoring the investigation in this case. i have had direct communications with attorney general barr and his staff and will continue to do so . the federal best occasion in this case will determine whether the actions of the former minneapolis police officers took violated any federal criminal laws to include any civil rights violations. federal civil rights criminal cases have categories and one is called the under color of law in other words if an officer whether it be federal state local or

tribal is actory acting under their authority. and asserts or invokes the power bestowed upon them to deprive any person of any right or privilege protected by the constitution or the law of the united states that is a violation of federal criminal law. it must be proven that the subject took action or. did not take action. when he or she. knew that was wrong and chose to do it anyway. as with all matters the investigation in this case will be comprehensive and will be conducted with the highest integrity. as the community would expect. for those. that aren't aware of my background prior to being the united states attorney for the district of minnesota i was a judge in the code of county for over 8 plus years. having sat on that side of the

bench and having presided over a multitude of trials. i can tell you i can tell the community i can tell everybody interested that it is critical it isn't sensual it is imperative that the investigation is done right and done right the 1st time and that is what we are going to do. this has been a rapidly evolving situation. we 1st learned of it in the early morning hours of tuesday the f.b.i. reached out directly to me. and we had been working on this case nonstop since we were notified. we understand the severity of the situation unfolding it breaks my heart to see what is going on in our streets in minneapolis and in st paul and in some of our suburbs and i am pleading i am

pleading with individuals. to remain calm.