to their foreign resting place the russians r t w documentary. faces date over the news live from burlington fears brazil could become the new coronavirus f.p. center and mount as medics will the health system there is on the brink of collapse and as further political turmoil true as the country's popular anti corruption justice minister resigned in protest against the president also coming out u.s. president donald trump is on the defensive after suggesting that injecting disinfectants could be

a coronavirus treatment now trump says he was being sarcastic. and new uncertainty over the health of north korean leader kim jong un and as riposte reports suggest medics have been sent from china to advise on his health for the latest from our correspondent in salt. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program medical officials in brazil have warned that the country's hospital systems are on the verge of collapse with many clinics already too overwhelmed by coronavirus cases to take in any new patients more than 53000 people have contracted cove at 19 in brazil and there are fears that it could become one of the world's pandemic hotspots the country's president. still maintains that covert 19. a relatively minor disease and the broad social

distancing measures are not needed to stop it spreads. on both scenarios also facing a fresh blow to his political thoresby is justice minister has resigned accusing him of meddling with the police and the president is facing a swell in public anger. was. noisy protests rang out across brazil on friday dragging out the president's televised address to the nation. shy it's also not a row defended his sacking of the federal police chief amid accusations that he was trying to interfere in the country's justice system it'll ticket digital so i don't have to ask for authorization from anyone to change any official or anyone else. but both scenarios still provided no reason for the dismissal which had prompted the resignation of results popular the justice minister on life t.v.

. for his original theory unfortunately i have no way to continue with a commitment that i was sure and without fear you are able to preserve your tone a meeting of the federal police to carry out their work. about 4 years for that i. said geo morrow's departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the coronavirus crisis both scenario has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu which now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. state governors have brought in social distancing measures dismissed by both the narrow as poison. officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. and the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day.

in the united states there have been discussions within the white house about changing the format of president donald trump's coronavirus briefings and tailing his role in the it comes after trump held an unusually short briefing on friday and didn't take any questions from reporters the day before that he calls the law by suggesting people with corona virus may be able to be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant something that alarmed medical officials has since claimed his remarks were sarcastic and he wasn't encouraging people to drink bleach. were grateful to rejoin us president donald trump stayed true to form on friday claiming his comments were deliberately misinterpreted by the fake news media he said his remarks on the internal use of disinfectants had been taken out of context and he'd been misunderstood. but i was asked

a sarcastic or very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside but it does kill it and it would kill it on the heads and that would make things much better that was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters donald trump's claims the day before had left health experts speechless during the white house press briefing trump suggested disinfectant injections and u.v. lights could be used to treat patients infected with corona virus. supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful like and i think you said that as a project you're going to test it and then i said supposing you brought the lady inside the body you can which you can do either through the skin or. in some other way and i think you said you can attest to so it was interesting to read and then i see the disinfectant if not for that in a minute one minute there's

a way we can do something like that. injection. or almost depleting the remarks were criticized by health experts who say disinfectants like bleach are dangerous when injected or ingested but the outbreaks caused by trump's comments may lead to a change in how he handles his daily coronavirus press briefings on friday trump had this brief confrontation with reporters in the oval office. i don't know if you continue to have the ok although when it started and the other questions were going to other people ok didn't you know. you had. a few hours later he cut short his daily briefing without taking any questions from the journalists. the reports are now circulating that the white house wants to reduce troops

participation in the daily briefings his approval rates are dropping and the president's advisers reportedly believe that the overexposure and his inaccurate remarks could be the cause trump hasn't personally committed to any changes but if his ratings continue to fall he might not be left with a choice let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic but global death toll from cove at 19 has almost reached 200000 that's according to figures from the johns hopkins university more than a quarter of all this have occurred in the united states which currently has the world's biggest outbreak sri lanka has reimposed a country wide curfew just days after relaxing its lockdown measures it follows a spike in infections among silas's and belgium has announced plans to lift its lockdown measures all shops will be allowed to reopen from the 11th of may with schools reopening the following week belgium has the highest death rate per capita

in europe and more than 44000 recorded cases. well there are new questions over the health of north korean leader kim jong un reports from the reuters news agency saying medical experts have been sent from china to advise on kim's health earlier this week made here in south korea reported that he was recovering after a cardiovascular procedure the later hasn't been seen in public north korea's challenging suggestions they lay to is gravely ill and so. on and joining me for more on this story is our correspondent in self frank smith frank hi according to this report showing china has sent medical experts to say the north korean leader why is that significant well that's significant because what we know about kim jong un's health he's obese he's a heavy smoker who reports that he has diabetes his father had

a heart attack in 2008 died in in 2011 of cardiovascular disease and then the reports that you mention that kim jong un had undergone surgery and then cnn's report that he had been potentially gravely ill according to one u.s. source there are also sources in china uncorroborated sources with chinese twitter kind of a blaze that that kim jong il may in fact even be dead but again those are those are uncorroborated reports at this time. you are in seoul that's less than 100 kilometers from the north korean border what more you hearing there. well the south korean government has largely played down the reports that kim jong un was gravely ill if we go back to earlier in the week the initial report came out of a website called daily and u.k. it's run by kind of defectors here in south korea and it seeks to to paint the

north korean regime in a very negative light so the south korean government a liberal government that seeks reproach one with north korea as has really kind of played those down at the same time we need to recognize that north korea is a very controlled state controlled media and even the foreign reporters that are allowed into north korea what they can report on is tightly controlled so the information that we get out of north korea you know is very very limited. what does this uncertainty main testability in a range and while we need to recognize north korea is a dictatorial regime it has a very antagonistic relationship certainly with the united states and and the international community it is pursuing nuclear weapons it has a nuclear weapons program it's subject to sanctions from the united nations

security council and north korea itself is something of a buffer state between south korea a strong u.s. ally with u.s. troops here and china any sort of instability in north korea is going to represent another area of superpower competition between china and the united states frank smith from voting for us from cell thanks very much. here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world dozens of inmates have rioted at a prison in argentina's capital want to sign a is that demanding improved health measures ofter a coronavirus case was confirmed in the facility several other riots have broken out in argentinean prisons in recent days making one in my dead. officials in the democratic republic of congo say at least 17 people have been killed in an attack at the national park the park which is known for its mountain gorillas has frequently been threatened by militias and poachers so far no group

has claimed responsibility. muslims around the world have begun marking the holy month of ramadan under coronavirus restrictions make his grand mosque usually packed with worshippers was mostly empty and while saudi arabia has closed its holy sites to the public mosques in some countries including indonesia have stayed open for praise. russian emergency services of battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual for this time of year last year while fires in siberia also burned huge swathes of land climbing mt everest is one thing with its breathtaking views but climbing the equivalent height of nearly 9000 made his own

your parents' staircase is quite another briton a jackson a quadriplegic former rugby player guy told himself up and down the stairs to raise money for charity joining the cove at $19.00 crisis it took jackson 4 days and nearly $90000.00 steps to do so he ended up raising over $47000.00 euros that money will go to the british national health service. as lock downs have taken hold across the world city is usually bustling with paypal have fallen silent and that's enabled wildlife to thrive in paris birds not normally seen in the city of may to return to the daylight to the delight rather of birdwatchers young and old it's almost romantic starting. and would kitchens joined in paris by strangers. but what i certainly didn't expect to see him but when i did i didn't hesitate i went and got the camera it's

a migrant that comes back in march but to see him in the garden in town that's not normal at all in the new quiet of the city songs hugely drowned out by traffic who've become alterable sitting there on the far far away there's a robinson ist over there going what does it sound like it's on it's a melancholy little song. vocal for most of us and it moves us since the last down a much more sensitive because there's less noise with the m.e.m. one but we were still some mirror reports where he spots to a bird protection group. others are recording the songs this research or says the birds sound less stressed with all the people inside the. noise disturbs the animals just like us it has many affects it masks their own communications it scrambles their information systems almost wild a lot done continues paresis birds can unscramble their systems and sing as loud as

they like. this is day to day news live from berlin and more news headlines coming at the top of the hour until then you can stay up to date on our website that state already dot com will follow us on twitter and instagram f.t.w. news i'm rebecca richest from am anti attain here in bell and thanks very much for . this state of emergency is the normal people around the world orthodox strong magic time so. they're keeping a corona diary and welcoming us into their hearts they let us get as close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diary starts many genes d.w. . how will cope with 9.