the prime minister abbas johnson was asked if someone in the same situation could do should they do the same thing are they able to drive if they have child care needs a prime minister said when you have child can needs it needs to be taken into account really doubling down on the support there of his chief aide no doubt we will continue to have fallout from this in the coming hours which we will bring you here on al-jazeera what i want to next. rice terrifying speeds. and jump through 5. stop before are the unsung heroes of indian cinema for a meager wage they put their bodies on the line for the country's biggest star. not everyone here can be drawn through the stunt man north on bourbon not only. make them look good while green but accidents on film sets a comic song even in didn't do. what i want east meets the indian stunt of risking it all for the bright lights above. believes the danger from acrobatics to be leaks. he was born on a bike the bollywood stuntman. the tricks the trite throng the internet just give. me money freedom and a. fortnight's good video to. give partner to do

government's new coronavirus slogan which will be formally unveiled by prime minister abbas johnson in a national address in about 2 hours instead of telling people to stay home to save lives that now advise is for people to stay alert but the governments of scotland wales and northern ireland have rejected the change they say they were not consulted and will continue to tell people to stay at home we mustn't scorned our progress by easing up too soon or by sending mixed messages that result in people thinking that it's ok to ease up no let me be very blunt about the consequences if we were to do that people will die unnecessarily and instead of being able to listen restrictions hopefully in the near future we will be faced in state with having to take to the we must not take that risk so for that reason my basic message for scotland remains the same as it has been please stay at home. in london he says we already have some idea of what the government's proposed plan will look like. it was announced 3 days ago that boris johnson is going to be making this speech at 7 pm local time here

prime minister abbas johnson refuses to fire a top adviser is accused of breaching lockdown rooms and. police in hong kong 5 palates and tear gas at protesters who gathered in their thousands to denounce beijing's proposed security but. we begin this news hour in libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of war highly for half the hour and leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that they're evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli follows a series of setbacks for half dollars forces have been fighting to take territory from libya's internationally recognized government let's go live now to mumbled saabs our heads who is in tripoli for us and we just how significant is this development. well it seems to be very significant because remember that the measure that vance meant after his forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bagnall group that have been recruited by have to his forces and as you know that last month when the reports reve

prime minister abbas johnson is standing by his chief adviser who was under pressure to resign johnson defended dominic cummings after he made a journey during the coronavirus lockdown today i've had extensive face to face conversations with dominic cummings and i concluded that in traveling to find the right kind of childcare at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated by creative hours and when he had no will turn. i think he followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do a lot more came down for that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused police and prosecutors of conspiring against him he made the comments as his long awaited corruption trial began in occupied east jerusalem is a very slow and most citizens of israel what's on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me in the right wing camp for over a decade the lift didn't succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police in attorney's office joined together with the liftin

just across the english channel british prime minister abbas johnson has published his government's plan for easing the nation's walked al among other things the plan calls for people who wear face masks in public and necessary conditions for a gradual reopening of schools and businesses the details come a day off to a national interest from johnson on reopening the economy prompted confusion and criticism. should they stay or should they go british prime minister boris johnson has replaced the nation's stay at home slogan with a stay alert message the rebranding comes as johnson tries to sell britain's on his plans to ease the lockdown but trying to balance restrictions while pushing people to return to work has proven confusing. i just bought the hit bars johnson had a great opportunity to be really the sense of direction to even just say look we're not entirely sure the next step will work on them but instead of a very very bad i think you're. right it's more easy to counsel. people continues right now it's his future now people don't believe it last night. johnson 2nd shot at outlini

day it's been 7 pm in the united kingdom a prime minister abbas johnson is about to address the nation is expected to lay out stages for lifting the country's coronavirus lockdown let's listen in and you have shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly you put up with all the hardships of that program of social distancing because you understand that as things stand and it is the experience of every other country has shown it's the only way to defeat the coronavirus.

there are warnings of a possible 2nd wave of infections in the next hour british prime minister abbas johnson is due to outline plans over how the lock down there is going to be eased the government has changed its slogan from stay home to stay alert south korea has had to introduce some restrictions all bars and clubs in seoul are closed after a spike in cases linked to some of them russia's at risk of becoming the new european epicenter on sunday it reported more than 11000 new cases the highest one day figure yet meanwhile in the u.s. the top infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci is in self isolation after coming into contact with someone who has covered 19 well we're joined now by paul brown in london who's got more of what the prime minister might say so paul we're waiting for paul boris johnson to speak probably in a the next hour or so the message has changed but is anything else going to change . well he's due to speak in one hour from now highly anticipated address to the nation on television it's prerecorded will be played out at 7 pm local $800.00 g.m.t. the reality though is

meanwhile is past its coronavirus peak that's according to prime minister abbas johnson fronting his 1st government briefing since recovering from cars at 19 he promised to lay out plans to ease lock down rules next week the u.k. death toll europe 2nd highest is heading towards $27000.00 these barker reports from london but cleaving britain's coronavirus response after his personal battle with the virus and only a day after his fiance gave birth the prime minister faces mounting criticism of his government's response to the outbreak and questions over how to ease current restrictions a bit a backdrop of rising deaths but now the glimmer of optimism in britain's battle with covert mining team i can confirm today for the 1st time we are past the peak of this disease. we're past the peak and we're on the downward slope britain may be over the worst but it's still at risk for now the lock down will not be loosened we've come through the peak or rather we've come under what could have been a vast peak as though we've been going through some huge outpoint turn and we can now see the sunlig

the prime minister abbas johnson was asked if someone in the same situation could do should they do the same thing are they able to drive if they have child care needs a prime minister said when you have child can needs it needs to be taken into account really doubling down on the support there of his chief aide no doubt we will continue to have fallout from this in the coming hours which we will bring you here on al-jazeera next. rice that terrifying speech. great and jump through 5. stump before the unsung heroes of indian cinema for a meager wage they put their bodies on the line for the country's biggest star. not everyone through the stunt man all found revenue and saved his life i'm carrier. but accidents on film sets a comedy something even and didn't do. what i want east meets the indian stunt. risking it all for the brought lots of balls.

s questions to the prime minister abbas johnson was forced to respond to those accusations let's now speak to lawrence lee who is in london for us and learns quite a bit of action in parliament today what happens. there is a view that starting to crystallize in the harden in the outside world. the u.k. has really to be frank about it screwed things up in terms of its response to the pandemic and you've seen this particularly in the last fortnight or so in editorials and from politicians in a number of european countries australia new zealand as well places which have got on top of the virus much more successfully than the in the u.k. and the argument says that the u.k.'s response from the start was all wrong because they were talking about how to munity which are completely appropriate that they fail to learn the lessons from from italy and were too slow and that the lock down what as as it is now is chaotic and nobody understands it which is absolutely true because no one in this country understands what you're going to do and be in countries reputations being judged on this in the

released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic prime minister abbas johnson says the recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes. saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and a steep increase in value added tax the moves aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic alexy o'brien reports. this is where a new way of living began the saudi crown prince's megaproject new york was touted as a $500000000000.00 city state that would transform the kingdom but it and other projects linked to mohammed bin solomon's vision 2030 plan could be at risk as part of efforts to rein in spending by about $26000000000.00 the kingdom's finance minister says the new measures are painful but necessary the economy in saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that that's why. the government would draw $23000000000.00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from the reserves ever in the history of the country the plans include tripling sales tax from 5 to 15 percent a tax introduced

removing limits on outdoor exercise and encouraging certain sectors to go back to work prime minister abbas johnson says the recovery will be long and it's too early for drastic changes. step one in moving towards coded alert level 3 a shift in emphasis that we can begin this week. anyone who cannot work from home should be actively encouraged to go to work in sectors that are allowed to go should indeed be open subject subject to social distancing these include food production construction manufacturing just ticks distribution scientific research and to support this and to explain this again where publishing guidance to businesses on how to make these workplaces safe would secure. scotland's 1st minister nicholas sturgeon is warning that things will have to move at a different pace there if we take if it off the brink too soon the real danger is that we will end up in this lock down for longer and worst of all we will lose many more people along the way none of us want that simply to be patient and please try not to get distracted by messages from other parts of the u.k. all governments across the

health secretary for testing them birds were lagging right up until the deadline prime minister abbas johnson earlier declared britain was past the peak of its outbreak let's go live to neve parker he's in the british capital so names did they somehow manage to close the considerable gap in the last minutes. well the government's closing the gap very fast the last figures that were released were late last night so the government suggested that there were around 18000 tests short of reaching 800000 goal although a little bit later on this afternoon they let that go pass. over later on this afternoon whether or not they have actually reached to go over this is warm test facility here in east london under the otu center one of the biggest buildings in the world its car park is now a very active test facility we've seen a steady stream of cars arriving here over the course of the morning they arrive drivers passengers are registered they then go on to another tent where they're handed a test kit they park up do the tests themselves then hand over the swabs in a sealed box to the staff here and in

excess concept here in the united kingdom a prime minister abbas johnson is about to address the nation is expected to lay out the stages for lifting the country's coronavirus lock down let's listen in and you have shown the good sense to support those rules overwhelmingly you put up with all the hardships of that program of social distancing because you understand that as things stand and it is the experience of every other country has shown it's the only way to defeat the coronavirus the most vicious threat this country has faced in my life experience of every other country has shown its the only way to defeat the coronavirus the most vicious threat this country has faced in my lifetime and though the death toll has been tragic and the suffering in metz and though we grieve for all those we have lost it is a fact that by adopting those measures we prevented this country from being engulfed by what could have been a catastrophe in which the reasonable worst case scenario was half a 1000000 fatalities. and it's thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of this disease t

minister says the public should not expect big changes to the current virus long now prime minister abbas johnson is set to announce what restrictions will be eased on sunday barnsley is in the seaside town of wits the ball it relies on tourism at this time of year as the weather is getting better there is some concern about people not observing social distancing rules lauren so what are people telling you most about. well it's it is quite difficult for me to be honest with you and a day like today is something of a test of national will power in britain it's a public holiday it's v.-day the weather is gorgeous and left their own devices frankly what people want to do is to go and sit outside the pub no you can't do that because the pubs are all shuts well then what about going to the seaside that's not allowed either actually you not allowed to go and sit on the beach but there have been a lot of instances over the last few weeks around the country where people have been flouting that rule and pushing the health of local communities very much at risk and in places like which to pull which as you

but as prime minister abbas johnson is due to give a briefing outlining plans to the u.k. locked on the head of the announcement the government has changed its coronavirus message instead of telling people to stay home to save lives it's telling them to stay alert but the governments of scotland wales and northern ireland have rejected the change they say they were not consulted and will continue to tell people to stay at home. you mustn't scorned it of progress by easing up too soon or by sending mixed messages that result in people thinking that it's ok to ease up now let me be very blunt about the consequences if we were to do that people will die unnecessarily and instead of being able to listen restrictions hopefully in the near future we will be faced in state with having to take to the we must not take that risk so for that reason my basic message for scotland that means the same as it has been please stay at home. while we're joined live by paul brennan in london paul let's talk about this upcoming speech 1st of all are we expecting anything significant thing diffe

said now this story about his top aide dominic cummings just won't go away for the prime minister abbas johnson this is a story that's followed him for 6 days it's about done it cummings taking over a 200 mile trip while he thought he was sick along with his child and he's wife and then taking a 2nd new trip later on around 60 miles that this aide says doesn't come and says it was to test his eyesight now police have said today that if they had stopped him during that 2nd trip you would have been sent back to where he was staying which shows that he had breached lockdown restrictions now johnson wants to draw a line in the this story he wasn't prepared to on questions about it he wants to move on agendas did ask his chief advisors that were present at his riffing with him if they wanted people to follow the example of dominic cummings now that some bars johnson intervened he didn't allow those advisors to oncet that particular question and any journalist asking follow up questions were muted and the story was moved on now he wanted this to be about easing of lockdown restrictions were unfortuna

government prime minister abbas johnson has come under particular scrutiny initially his team had implied the u.k. would adopt a strategy of herd immunity that's letting the virus run its course to build up resistance within the community. the plan was quickly abandoned lock down restrictions were still rolled out weeks after medical experts advise them to do so this led to critics blaming johnson for the number of deaths in the u.k. at the height of the pandemic more than a 1000 people were dying every day in april overall nearly 37000 lives have been lost and the public's frustrations have only been made worse by what many of seen as johnson's unclear and sometimes conflicting advice here's a look at prime minister johnson's veriest mixed messages since the pandemic began . shaking hands can decide that i was at a hospital the other night where i think there are a few there are actually if you create a virus a patient and i shook hands with everybody this is normal the time simply did in the last done this week you must stay at home things like clues in school and stopping big gathering

including a member of his own conservative party a short time ago it was announced that prime minister abbas johnson will lead today's coronavirus briefing. joins us now live from london so nave this news that boris johnson is going to take today's briefing i mean is that a sign of what we might expect. probably is a very strong sign of what we might expect we believe that dominic cummings is being here at 10 downing street for all of 4 to half hours now if he's going to be fired that's an incredibly long me seeing it which is taken place one can only imagine what kind of discussion has gone on behind closed doors but we believe the contrary is true and that boris johnson will give his briefing and. some tough questions in defense of dominic cummings there have been some somewhat awkward appearances by warm members of the cabinets on british television trying to explain exactly where way not dominic cummings was. over apparent journey to the north east of england. one can only imagine that this for the half hours has been used to try and get exactly the story straight so this was a tight before the