it came out of the fact that. this is deja vu news live from berlin fears grow that brazil could become a new coronavirus hotspot doctors are warning the health system is on the brink of collapse and there's political turmoil too as the popular anti corruption justice minister resigns also coming up. as much of the world remains in lockdown to prevent the spread of the corona virus it's business as usual and valorous country's leader calls concerns about the pandemic a psychosis. i'm

next peiser welcome to the program brazil's health care system is on the verge of collapse say administrators many clinics are already overwhelmed by coronavirus cases there are fears brazil could become one of the world's pandemic hotspots despite the warnings of his own health officials president share both a narrow maintains it's a relatively minor disease he's also facing a fresh blow to his political authority olson ours justice minister resigned after the president fired a top police official. i'm. noisy protests rang at across brazil on friday dragging at the president's televised address to the nation. i have also not defended his sacking of the federal police chief and made accusations that he was trying to interfere in the country's justice

system. it'll do good digital business so i don't have to ask for authorization from anyone to change any official already one else but both scenarios still provided no reason for the dismissal which had prompted the resignation of crystal's popular justice minister on life t.v. . i long for this mission helping unfortunately i have no way to continue with the commitment that i assure you and without being able to preserve the autonomy of the federal police to carry out their work. about what you think about all. 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 that's now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves.

state governors have brought in social distancing measure that 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. and for more on this let's bring in journalist michael fox from the floor and not the less michael the justice minister quit a week after bolton are fired his own health minister it was the public reacting to all this. it's been it's been a crazy time here in brazil and it continues to be i think people are just kind of at their wit's end in a lot of ways particularly because it's all happening in the middle of the pandemic now it's important understand that many on the left however have always seemed justice minister social moral he was the former head of the law a shop though the anti corruption investigations he was the jailer all former

president lula and his jailing little event opened the door for become president so it's important to understand that context that many on the left going to see him stepping down and see this can bullshit ins within the bullshit out of government as proof that this government was was kind of doomed to fail but at the same time people are just kind of throwing their hands up in the air very nervous about what this means for the larger pandemic you know your as you were saying for president bush. is going through a lot of political turmoil during a pandemic one gets the impression that this is just not a high up on his list of priorities. well it's not really i mean we've seen him out of the streets without a mask on he's been join the protests calling for the end of the quarantines he said that roughly 70 percent of the population asked to get the the virus before we're through it and so people just go back to work for him the economy is the bottom line and really is biggest fears about the financial impact we've seen the

reality right now is at the lowest it's ever been and it continues to drop so he is very clear that the economy is big his big issue and really a pandemic it's just it's just a little cold potentially it's also he's using that north shore up support between his his supporters right that are there that that kind of fall along with big newsline if along that the conspiracy theories but it's not that big of an issue for him right now and is the health system capable of managing that kind of it's not a big deal policy. briefly well right now thankfully brazil that is not the brazilian policy what we have in brazil is a very strong health care system it's a universal health care system that is cross the country ever has access to and thankfully up until now the health ministry has been quarantining it has been pushing social restriction measures so that's extremely important but at the same time that universal health care system is not spread equally around the country so

that means that you have places like in the northern amazon where we've got spikes in the disease right now death rates are growing and those ice use they're they're maxed out in bear in several other states that's a major major issue really complicated we're going to see what happens come tearing journalist michael fox thanks for that what do you drinking vodka driving tractors and going to the sauna all have in common you may ask well they're just some of the things belorussian president alexander lukashenko has recommended his country's citizens do to protect themselves against the coronavirus corn teen and social distance and have not been among them well most of europe is still on lockdown belarus has ignored calls to shut down public life. smiles jokes and barely a mosque in sight these government workers in minutes go out on a saturday morning tidying up their neighborhoods as part of a nationwide cleanup campaign just the same as they would every year and in spite

of pleas from the world health organization to cancel massive public events. better russa's president alexander lukashenko has been keen to dismiss what he's repeatedly called the coded 19 psychosis encouraging people to carry on as normal beat up planting trees or playing sports 000 so there are no viruses here at all you didn't see any flying around and i didn't see any either this is a refrigerator that couldn't be anything healthier sport there's nothing better than sport on the ice in this fridge it's the best antiviral medicine there is. it's better to die in your feet than live on your knees good. as for deaths official statistics currently record more than 60 deaths from the virus among $1000.00 confirmed cases activists say the true number of fatalities is likely to be significantly higher but the doctors are coming under intense pressure to keep quiet about the true extent of the pandemic president lukashenko for his part has

consistently rejected even his own government's figures claiming the belorussians are dying with coded 19 rather than from 19 their deaths he says down to preexisting conditions. this is a psychosis that has been blown out of all proportion around the world people are afraid and that's why i want to tell them this here in belarus not a single person has died of corona virus not a single one so far only a few opposition figures have come out with criticism of the president's stance. we were pleased that it it's just not acceptable for a head of state to take this position of complete denial of the corona virus pandemic and the threat it poses showing the provide oh he's basically torpedoing all the efforts by the health system. to sit with. for now the cleanup continues but as the president calls on citizens to keep calm and carry on

evidence is mounting that many people are russians losing faith in government advice with transport ride ship plummeting and many shops and restaurants choosing to close. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the global death toll is now more than 200000 according to figures from the johns hopkins university more than a quarter of all deaths have occurred in the united states which has the world's highest number of cases deaths in britain have passed the 20000 mark britain has the 5th highest death toll in the world the world health organization says there is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from code 98 are protected from a 2nd corona virus infection. the fight is for future movement has mobilized young people from across the world to call for action on climate change and social distancing means they've had to find creative solutions to get their message across during the most recent strike the climate activists tested new ways of protesting

during the pandemic they plan to fill the streets with their message. instead these activists have to go back to the drawing board now they are taking their strike on line. but will it be asked successful till alex and christina are hopeful they're joining the online protest from a coal mine in western germany in the capital berlin their colleague is hosting a 2 hour you tube line stream for fridays for future. for the price of each active since this is a crucial moment for the community of course the question was how do we ensure that it's not a flop and then this idea came about the momentum go quickly people were very enthusiastic because of the glimmer of hope and a difficult time for many people and also for the climate movement. although they are professionally equipped things don't go to plan but after

a series of technical issues they find their groove. german stars including clue so and lena are interviewed. as the team at the coal mine wait for their turn another activist and posters in the country's west. that's despite the restrictions we are still trying to get our message onto the streets by having the signs speak for us so that despite everything the mass protests can be visible on the streets and not only online it's a way of making sure all their gains aren't lost now we are showing that when we talk about the future we can only talk about the end of the pandemic we must also talk about the climate crisis. back at the coal mine the team is finally on the life stream but their excitement is short lived their appearance isn't as long as promised i mean with by you does something always goes wrong

a good demonstration whether it's on or off line we can only learn from it and do better next time we listen to us about some of you know still the online protest was a success for the organizers more than 200000 people tuned in. there are new questions over the health of north korean leader kim jong un reports from the reuters news agency say doctors have been sent from china to advise on cames health earlier this week media in south korea reported that he was recovering after a heart operation but the leader hasn't been seen in public career is denying that he's gravely ill. and to add to that now the frozen at southern tip of our planet and home to emperor penguins colonies are threatened as the sea ice melts because of global warming german scientists are now studying how the birds can adapt to a warming world. the baby penguin has fallen victim to

a predator that's not unusual for these german researchers many chicks also freeze to death in the icy winter winds but according to the scientists the penguin population is holding steady. it's just you know from this we're going to measure it recorded swings spend and wait to determine when it died and really it's to submission. emperor penguins inhabit the southernmost part of the earth the coldest part of the planet. is observing one of the colonies the emperor penguins breed their young during the antarctic winter. they're left on their own for long stretches so that both parents can huntress field. and then they start to form something like kindergarten they form groups to protect themselves better this investigation says that. the researchers use drones

to help determine how many emperor penguins live here they've estimated the population to be over 20000 but they fear the future could be bleak. because a good thought is the danger is that this. structure of the ice that they preyed on will likely change higher temperatures could lead to less ice or it could break up . and that means breeding periods will be shorter and the adults might not have a place to meet. that kind of was important when. the effects of the climate crisis are nothing new in the antarctic record high temperatures were recently recorded here the penguin researchers are appealing to politicians to take a stand. if we can adhere to the $1.00 to $2.00 degree goals to belated in the paris agreement then this penguin species will survive if not they'll be wiped out by the year 2100 at the latest. and that's because they can only survive when

there's ice under their feet. and that is it for now from me and the news team all have an update at the top the hour on express or transfer watch. the 1st. they were abducted by the nazis until it into germany to be raised as.