welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera donald trump says the u.s. has turned a corner and the number of new coronavirus infections is beginning to slow he says he'll unveil plans to reopen the economy on thursday but a record number of americans more than 2300 have been killed by kovi 19 in the past 24 hours and new york is still on the frontline of the pandemic with the highest number of reported infections and das and even though new infections seem sort of snowed in recent days hospitals say are at breaking point. and france has reported a huge jump in the number of coronavirus that's 1400 fatalities on wednesday and that's taken the nationwide death toll to more than 17 fouls. now u.s. president donald trump has faced criticism for failing to coordinate with states during the pandemic particularly when it comes to providing medical supplies and equipment for frontline health workers unable to buy enough of what is needed new york has have taken matters into their own hands as christensen army reports. at a time when most new yorkers are staying

al-jazeera. i'm can that alan doha the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump says the u.s. has turned a corner and the number of new coronavirus infections is beginning to small he says he will unveil plans to reopen the economy on thursday that's despite a record number of americans more than 2300 killed by the virus in the past 24 hours putting your to know will be opening up states some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states could actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very exciting time indeed governors are looking for they're chomping at the bit to get going again not all states are the same they're very different some are having very little problem some of done such a good job they have very little problem and they're ready to go new york is still the front line of the pandemic in the u.s. but the highest number of reported infections and deaths and even though new infections seem to have slowed in recent days hospitals there are stretched to breaking point talk to particularly is an internal medicine's hospi

news on our web site al jazeera dot com the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic on their al-jazeera doc . again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump is doubling down on his criticism of the world health organization he says the agency has been unfair by a to the wild by taking decisions that favor china has to stop politicizing the kohen virus and that. we're losing more bloody bags i think we would have done. and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis and everything was as said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open and close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together later decision against the world health organisation i can't believe he's talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be china's way that's not right it's not fair to us and honestly it's not fair to the world thousands of afghans stuck in pakistan a trying to return

and blame but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media on al-jazeera. donald trump sends out a late night tweet the says he'll sign an executive order temporarily banning all immigration into the u.s. to protect the country from coronavirus. in the south is there live from doha also coming up. this is a great time to buy oil and would like to have congress approve its damage control of the white tells us fallout from the coronavirus pushes us all prices into negative territory for the 1st time in history. meanwhile so much oil but where to put it that's the question of the global lockdown shows only a few signs of being lifted. strenuously.

al-jazeera. m can that alan doha the top stories on al-jazeera donald trump says the u.s. has turned a corner and the number of new crop of us infections is beginning to slow he says he will unveil plans to reopen the economy on thursday that's despite a record number of americans more than 2300 killed by the virus in the past 24 hours putting already know will be opening up state some states much sooner than others and with exam of the states could actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very.

al-jazeera. already. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour president donald trump says the u.s. has turned a corner and the number of new corona virus infections is beginning to slow he says he'll unveil plans on thursday to reopen the economy but i reckon number of americans were killed by the virus in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of deaths to nearly 31000 head of the world health organization says he regrets a decision by president trump to hold funding to the body trampas accuse e.u. an agency of mishandling the krona virus pandemic responds it says its main focus is fighting the virus and sweden has reported a shopping crease in the number of cold 1000 feet with 170 people killed on wednesday that's up from 114 the previous day so fos weekend has not impose a total lockdown similar to other european countries. let's turn to other news now and more than 2 dozen refugees have died on a ship that had been adrift for weeks off the coast of bangladesh nearly 400 refugees were on board the boat which was trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by bangladeshis cal

on al-jazeera. donald trump says he will temporarily ban immigration into the u.s. to protect it from the coronavirus and save jobs. down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is a great time to buy oil and would like to have congress approve it damage control at the white house as fallout from the coronavirus pushes oil us all priced into negative territory for the 1st time in history.

al jazeera sent out. i'm fully back to the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump is warning americans to get ready for tough weeks ahead the united states has the highest number of corona virus infections now and has passed 4000 deaths white house health experts say the virus could kill up to 240000 people i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead we're going to go through a very tough to excess. hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of a separate data gave to having studied it so we're in the start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful to. and it may set a 3 sailors on board a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for the corona virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus is spreading uncontrollably and asks for he need immediate help to quarantine is quote the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain and france have recorded their highest single day death tolls and more than 800 deaths were reported in italy on tuesday

on al-jazeera. donald trump says he will temporarily ban immigration into the u.s. to protect it from the coronavirus and save jobs. hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. this is a great time to buy oil and would like to have congress approve it damage control at the white house as fallout from the coronavirus pushes oil us all price into negative territory for the 1st time in history. the asian markets react strongly to news of the collapse in oil prices will take you now live to hong kong for the latest. on the corona virus is spreading rapidly inside some of the world's most congested jails in the philippines. as coronavirus cases in the united states increase president trump says he's now planning to suspend all immigration in a tweet he said it was necessary to stop the outbreak and protect american jobs trump previously suspended travel from europe china and other nations john hendren has more now from chicago and why trump may have announced the plan the way he did . the president issued this tweet in the dark of night and

al-jazeera has teams or grounds to remove brutally documentaries and life means. we move. forward. the end. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories donald trump says the u.s. has turned a corner and the number of new coronavirus infections is beginning to still he says he'll unveil plans to reopen the economy on thursday but a record number of americans more than 2300 were killed by a virus in the past 24 hours bringing the total to merely 31000 feet honesty's in the u.s. the head of the world health organization says he regrets a decision by president trump to stop funding the body trampas accused of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic response a u.n. agency says its main focus is fighting the fires. that the united nations says is the worst possible moment to cut funds to the w.h.o. sentiments echoed by many around the world china is urging the u.s. to fulfill its obligations to the group saying the decision to cut funding will affect all countries the european union says there's no justification for washington's decision at this moment when cote their efforts are needed more than ever germany says strengthening the world health organizati

al-jazeera toronto. tough a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera donald trump says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the u.s. he says it's to protect american jobs off the coronavirus pandemic that to at least 22000000 people apply the unemployment benefits john hendren has more now from chicago. this is a surprise in the sense that it was delivered late at night not in his news conference where he could be questioned about it and that just happened hours ago here in the u.s. but this is fully in character for donald trump you remember that he had the ban from immigration from muslim countries that was overturned by a court and modified and of course this is the president who his made his old team stopping illegal immigration and now in this case he is stopping illegal immigration you can bet that he'll be asked about that in a news conference tomorrow we expect to hear a little more on that when that happens for the 1st time in history u.s. oil prices have crossed below 0 dollars as produces a foster running out of space to store that oil early trading in asi

al-jazeera. back to bill in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera present donald trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing even as the country reported a record 2300 deaths in the past 24 hours he also renewed his criticism of the world health organization on wednesday trump announced a hold in funding to the w.h.o. the u.n. agency has responded to the criticism with a call for unity when we divided the virus exploits the cracks.

al jazeera and to. look at. her i'm fully back to bill in doha with a look at our main stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has walked out of his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions after not cry over his suggestion that disinfectants could be used as a remedy for the illness don says manufacturers and government agencies have rushed out warnings against consuming the chemicals rosin jordan reports. friday's white house briefing on the covert 19 pandemic started like any other opening remarks from president obama will trump today i signed the paycheck protection program and health care and has been act providing 320000000000 dollars to keep american workers on the pharaoh trial then stood aside to allow updates from members of the pandemic task force but after 21 minutes and left the briefing room without answering anyone's question trump has bragged on twitter about creating must see t.v. by insulting journalists and making wild pseudo medical claims but the uproar after thursday's briefing in which the president suggested that injecting disinfectant might cure people with corona virus may

al-jazeera. there i met clark in doha the top stories here on al-jazeera and donald trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy as it continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic 22000000 people have made jobless claims in less than a month as a result of the pandemic is up to governors to decide when to ease lock downs in their states a white house correspondent can really help it so that trump is contradicting his earlier statements on how to ease existing lock down rules. just days ago the u.s. president was declaring that he had total authority over deciding when the u.s. economy would reopen but perhaps listening to the guidance of his top public health officials dr deborah burke's as well as dr tony there that in fact he has really ceded to them the understanding that it will need to be a regional approach and that the state governors are the ones that will really have the ultimate decision on when this occurs and i think one of the other big headlines out of this briefing is the fact that some of this could occur as early as tomorrow meaning that there are some states that

al-jazeera. the in the in. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has walked out of his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions after an outcry over a suggestion that disinfectants could be used as a remedy for the virus doctors manufacturers and government agencies have rushed out warnings against consuming disinfectants world leaders have joined the world health organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs tests and vaccines against covered 19 but the u.s. says it won't be taking part and brazil's justice minister has resigned accusing president abbas not of in defeat hearing in law enforcement early abbas narrow fired at the police chief. argentina inmates at a prison have a stage a rooftop demonstration demanding more protection from coronavirus that's after god tested positive there is a war reports from outside the jail in biocide. the default of prison in the city of one a site is taken over inmates. hundreds of them on the rooftop of the only prison in the city. we need help we don't want to die here they said w

al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good and the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a 2nd severe wave of coronavirus infections later in the year during a press briefing he seemed once again to contradict his own health officials he also officially signed an executive order suspending immigration for 60 days something that trump says will safeguard jobs by canada reports washington manners and a very good job for us dr robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his statement about the fall season.

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. every. listen in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera president donald trump says the u.s. will soon have more ventilators than it needs and the eventually be enough to send some to other countries that's despite many state governors complaining they do not have enough equipment to tackle the spread of coronavirus and we're building thousands we will fairly soon be at a point where we have far more than we can use even after we start file for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen we're going to be distributing them the actors around the world will go to italy we go to france we'll go to spain which is and you know very hard here health care systems across europe are under strain from the pandemic with hospitals in the french capital now full 2 planes carrying supplies to restock spain's hospitals have arrived while italy has extended its lockdown until mid april. the u.k. is experienced its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 563 people dying in hospital the government says it hopes to prioritize testing for frontline staff within weeks more than 2

trump join us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. the world. had again i'm here today and with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections so this year he also cautioned states not to ease restrictions and open their economies too soon. we will not because you could have some evidence of corona and you can have a big flu system and if they combine you think come together they come together it's not great but we will not go through what we went through for the list to get rid of the exact direction. i'm interested in the united states the sure that you've heard of them but how can you say that you know it won't come back to the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst case scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back it's not going to come back and i've spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was well during that briefing president also brought up the director of the u.s. centers for disease

al-jazeera. fully back to bill in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera present donald trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing even as the country reported a record 2300 deaths in the past 24 hours he also renewed his criticism of the world health organization on wednesday trump announced a halt in funding to the w h l the u.n. agency has responded to the criticism with a call for unity when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us we are committed to serving the world as people and to accountability for the resources with which we're interested in due course w. chose performance in tackling this pandemic will be reviewed by w. just member states and the independent bodies that are employees to ensure transparency and accountability but for now our focus my focus is on the stopping this virus and saving lives the president has declared that restrictions in the u.s. could be lifted by the beginning of next month my can have reports from washington . these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a co

al-jazeera. well again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour u.s. president donald trump says the military peter port across the country to help contain the coronavirus outbreak but he's warned that there will be quote a lot of deaths in the next 2 weeks or more than 300000 node infections in the u.s. the u.k. government is urging people to observe social distancing measures the warm spring weather across the country the u.k. reported 708 deaths linked to the virus on saturday the biggest single day lives that in italy the number of intensive care patients is for all of the 1st time the country also reported its lowest daily rising deaths and then hit 2 weeks that's boosting the hope of the outbreak may be slowing. in france 441 deaths were reported on saturday that's fewer than the high of almost 600 the day before as a strict lockdown remains in place emergency measures are being rolled out to help small businesses but many are skeptical that the support will be enough to keep them afloat the reports. before the lockdown in france abdul know as is worked on 3 building s

al-jazeera. welcome back a good amount of our top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is suspending funding for the world health organization and says the w.h.o. botched the initial response to the outbreak and spread what he called disinform ation from china u.n. secretary general says now is not the time to reduce resources voting is underway in south korea's parliamentary elections it's the world's 1st national ballot to be held during the pandemic voters are required to wear masks and gloves plus maintain social distancing. on the international monetary fund says the world is heading towards the worst economic downturn since the great depression of the 1930 s. the i.m.f. chief economist says lock downs aimed at stopping the outbreak could cost the global economy more than 9 trillion dollars over the next 2 years. while the i.m.f. is also forecasting that latin america would plunge into a recession that could set the clock back more than 50 years in terms of economic growth of the 635000000 people who live in latin america and the caribbean at least a 3rd could lose

al-jazeera. the end the end of. the white house in damage control after an outcry over donald trump suggestion that disinfectants could be used as a remedy for coronavirus. i am told this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha i'm fully back t. ball also coming up desperately seeking a vaccine and treatments leaders unite with the world health organization in a plan designed coronavirus but without u.s. involvement it's. brazil's justice minister quits filing more pressure on president bush snarls already under fire for don playing the threat of corona virus and why many people in the policy still struggling to rebuild their lives 5 years after a devastating earthquake. i am. person donald trump has abruptly ended his daily coronavirus briefing as a white house attempts to contain the fallout from his early a comments on how to treat the disease on thursday trump raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant into patients manufacturers doctors and government agencies rushed out warnings against consuming disinfectants like bleach or present right now claims he was being sarcastic also in jordan reports. f

al-jazeera. the white house in damage control after an outcry over donald trump suggestion that disinfectants could be used as a remedy for corona virus. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for also ahead desperately seeking a vaccine and treatment leaders unite with the world health organization in a plan to fight coronavirus but the u.s. is missing brazil's justice minister quits piling more pressure on president boats and arrow who is already under fire for don maine the coronavirus christ's the. was and how the virus is forcing muslims around the world to change the way they celebrate the holy month of ramadan. thank you very much for joining us president donald trump has abruptly ended his daily coronavirus briefing as a white house attempts to walk back on his controversial comments on how to treat the disease on there is a trump raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant into patients and doctors and government agencies rush out warnings against consuming disinfectants like bleach. and he was being sarcastic also in jordan reports. it is fun house briefing on the handy. sta

al-jazeera. but there i'm a clock in doha the top stories here on al-jazeera and donald trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy as it continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic 22000000 people have made jobless claims in less than a month as a result of the pandemic it's up to governors to decide when to ease lock downs in the states a white house correspondent can help it so that trump is contradicting his earlier statements on how to ease existing lock down rules just days ago the u.s. president was declaring that he had total authority over decide.

al-jazeera. let's take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is warning americans to prepare for the toughest week yet the coronavirus pandemic he says there will be more deaths in the coming days as cases exceed 310000 the military is being deployed to help we're going to be airing a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. and it'll be a large number it'll be will be telling them over the next very short period where they're going that they're going into war they're going into a battle iran's president has announced low risk economic activities will resume saturday industrial facilities have been reopened 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to the office this spiked warnings from health officials of a 2nd wave of infections if people don't remain at home. the ok government is urging people to observe social distancing as spring weather warms much of the country it's also announced there were $708.00 deaths linked to the virus

al-jazeera. the or. for the battle in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera president donald trump is doubling down on his criticism of the walt household and his ation he says the agency has been unfair to the wild by taking decision that favor decisions that favor china w.h.o. has to stop politicizing the current bias spend them. we're losing more body bags i think we would have done. that and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis and everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time we're all together made a decision against the world health organization i can't believe he's talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be china's way that's not right it's not fair to us and honestly it's not fair to the world. global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd

al-jazeera. we will not go through what we went through for the less. us president donald trump downplays the possibility of a severe resurgence of coronavirus later in the year. alive avery and forget this is al jazeera live from joe also coming up we were slowing to look down slow on testing the u.k. government comes under fire for its response to the pandemic during a virtual session of parliament. will the u.s. and israel announce the launch of what iran says is its 1st military satellites into this plus. as for the adaptation the west bank. the israelis will ultimately make those decision the united nations to discuss later israeli plans to an extent illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the year during a press briefing he seemed again to contradict his own health officials he also officially signed an executive order suspending immigration for 60 days something that trump says will safeguard u.s. jobs i was there as mike hanna reports from washington.

these are the top stories this hour on al-jazeera president donald trump will sign or he says he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states because of the coronavirus also tweeted that he must protect american jobs for the 1st time in history u.s. oil futures prices of crash below 0 gone into negative territory has since come back to about $2.00 a barrel. but that price crash calls markets in asia to suffer $1.00 of their worst trading days in a month european stocks have opened low risk well the nikkei in tokyo finished almost 2 percent. the pandemic is forced to strike a 2nd largest airline into voluntary administration after the government refused to buy without the day to day running of virgin australia has been placed in control of another company while its assets are tallied up like many airlines worldwide travel restrictions and board opposes the ground of most of virgin australia's fleet the crisis compounded preexisting debts of more than $3000000000.00. it is plain and unnecessary decision made by a board of boredom boy and on fras

al-jazeera. well again this is al-jazeera let's take a moment to remind you of the main news the us president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of infections later in the year it follows a warning by one of his top health advisors that a resurgence during the winter flu season could pose a major challenge. the world health organization says the pandemic is far from over but in some parts of the world outbreaks are only just beginning w.h.o. director general says he hopes the u.s. will reconsider its freeze in funding to the agency. iran's revolutionary guard says that it successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the 1st time it's strong criticism from the u.s. which says that iran's space program is a cover for missile development. across europe people continue to contract the coronavirus even if some countries begin to ease restrictions in the u.k. where more than 18000 people have died the government is facing increasing criticism over its approach and reaction to the pandemic of 0 sonnier gago reports now on the situation across europe. the house of commons

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. wherever. in doha with a look at our main stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trumphas walked out of his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions after an outcry over his suggestion that disinfectants could be used as a remedy for the illness dop says manufacturers and government agencies have rushed out warnings against consuming the chemicals rosin jordan reports. friday's white house briefing on the colbert 90 and stored it like any other opening remarks from president bush today as the paycheck pretty.

al-jazeera. hello i'm convinced in doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump a suspending funding for the world health organization he says the w.h.o. baulch the initial response to the all break and spread what he called this information from china which made things worse the u.s. and $900000000.00 to the organization last year. one of the most dangerous and coarsely decisions from the w.h.o. was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations they were very much opposed to what we did fortunately i was not convinced and suspended drivel from china saving untold numbers of lives thousands and thousands of people would have died had other nations like was suspended travel from china countless more lives would have been saved instead look at the rest of the world look at parts of europe other nations in regions who followed w.h.o. guidelines and kept their borders open to jonah accelerated the pandemic all around the world because national monetary fund says the coronavirus is leading the world with the worst economic downturn

al-jazeera. how long can that allen doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump and americans talk disease experts say the rate of new infections is starting to slow more than $23000.00 americans have died from outbreaks so far america has continued to make critical progress at our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat hospitalisation just flowing at hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence that our aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done even saw in new york has passed another grim milestone registering more than 10000 coronavirus related deaths and states government says there are signs the worst is over i'll just there as christensen to me has more. as all but essential businesses remain closed in new york or stay home there are signs that strict social distancing measures are working the governor says the state is seeing fewer hospitalizations for the coronavi

now again i'm fully back to deal with the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump is using wartime powers to get the needed equipment out to desperate hospitals the u.s. has suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day 1200 on thursday tom signed a defense production act ordering private companies to make mosques ventilators and other medical gear a quarter of the 1000000 cases of coronavirus worldwide are in the u.s. we're now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that $100000.00 test a day and these are accurate tests and they're moving rapidly which is more than any other country in the world both in terms of the raw number and also on a per capita basis the most the f.d.a. is also authorized the 1st coronavirus antibody test developed a cell execute step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system or the economic fallout continues to deepen with an unprecedented 10000000 americans losing their jobs in the past 2 weeks. elsewhere hong kong bars and clubs will shut d

al-jazeera. the world. had again i'm. with the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections so this year he also cautioned states not to ease restrictions and open their economies too soon. if. we were not good you could have some evidence of corona and you can have a big food system and if they combine you to come together they come together it's not great but we will not go through what we were.

al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is suspending funding for the world health organization he says the w.h.o. blocks the initial response to the coronavirus outbreak and spread what he called this information from china the u.n. secretary general says the middle of a pandemic is not the time to reduce resources my kind of reports from washington d.c. . and what has become a pattern president used his podium to break reporters if you keep talking i'll leave and you could have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave and you could have it out with them just allowed me to introduce the number of prominent members of big business the construction labor workforce international union of operating engineers jim callaghan north america building trades union. sure mcgarvie is a lot of friends of mine laborers international union of north america terry o'sullivan and to sharply criticize the world health organization announcing his administration would suspend funding had the w.h.o. done its jo

al-jazeera. how long can bell and all the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the race of new infections is starting to slow more than 23000 americans have died from outbreaks so far america is continuing to make critical progress at our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remain flat nationwide flat hospitalizations are slowing at hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana.

al jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines pressure is mounting on u.s. governors to ease coronavirus lockdown rules with protests encouraged by donald trump held now in several states for the 3rd day in a row the president says some states will begin easing restrictions as early as monday florida has already started as andy gallagher reports from miami. while this is in jacksonville in the north of the state and the city's mayor basically declaring that going to the beach and swimming in the ocean were part of essential services so those beaches did reopen in the last 24 hours and were immediately crowded by people who've been locked away for the past few weeks i'm not sure whether it was policed in any way whether people were staying in groups of 10 or less but this is really going to the heart of what's happening in each of these states is becoming a politicized thing now turkey has overtaken iran as the country with the highest recorded number of cova 1000 cases in the middle east more than 82000 and factions have been confirmed there with close to 3800 of those cases diagnosed in just the last 24 hours and the lock down in techie has

al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is suspending funding for the world health organization he says the double box the initial response to the coronavirus outbreak and spread what he called this information from china the u.n. secretary general says the middle of a pandemic is not the time to reduce resources my kind of reports from washington d.c. . and what has become a pattern president trying to use his podium to break reporters if you keep talking ali and you could have it out with the rest of these people if you keep talking i'm going to leave and you can have it out with them just allowed me to introduce the number of prominent members of big business the construction labor workforce international union of operating engineers jim callaghan north america building trades union sharon mcgarvie is a lot of friends of mine laborers international union of north america terrio sullivan and to sharply criticized the world health organization announcing his administration would suspend funding had the w.h.o. done its job

al-jazeera. the only. for. hello again i'm fully back to bill in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera present donald trump is warning americans to get ready for tough weeks ahead the united states has the highest number of call in a virus infections and has now passed 4000 deaths white house health experts say the virus could kill up to 240000 people i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead we're going to go through a very tough 2 weeks and then hopefully as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of a separate data gave that having studied it so hard in the start seeing some related the end of the tunnel but this is going to be a very painful very very painful to excess at least $100.00 sailors onboard a u.s. nuclear powered aircraft carrier have tested positive for corona virus the captain of the theodore roosevelt has told the pentagon that the virus has spreading uncontrollably and called for immediate help to quarantine its crew but defense secretary ma casper says it's not the right time to evacuate personnel on board the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down in europe spain a

al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan and doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a 2nd severe wave of corona virus infections later in the year during a press briefing he seemed once again to contradict his own health officials he also officially signed an executive order suspending immigration for 60 days something that trump says will safeguard jobs by canada reports washington manners and a very good job for a structure robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on a statement about the fall season and the virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the centers for disease control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert read thiel did not do so disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didn't say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because we'll have flu in coronavirus circulated same time. the president sought support from anoth

al-jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here at this hour u.s. president donald trump is suspending funding for the world health organization he says the botched the initial response to the outbreak and spread what he called disinclination from china the u.n. secretary general says now is not the time to reduce resources. voting is underway in south korea's parliamentary elections it's the world's 1st national ballot to be held during the plan to make voters though are required to wear masks and gloves and untamed social distance. international monetary fund says the world is heading towards the worst economic downturn since the great depression of the 1930 s. the i.m.f. chief economist says lock downs aimed at stopping the outbreak could cost the global economy more than a 9 trillion dollars over the next 2 years. well 3 european countries have taken the 1st steps to partially open their economies after weeks on the lockdown but most shops and businesses in spain italy and austria remain closed and social distancing is still being enforced is paul brennan. after more

al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the corona virus outbreak and he's warned that there will be quote a lot of death in the next 2 weeks there are more than 300000 known infections in the u.s. and of $8000.00 virus related deaths we're going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. and it will be a large number it will be will be telling them over the next very short period where they're going and they're going into war they're going into a battle for the united nations has raised concerns about latin america being hard hit its economic arm for the region says the effects of the pandemic will likely push millions more into poverty brazil has recorded the most cases of us out of a real run p.s. he reports on the situation on the continent from bogota. very very worrying numbers coming from braised really get this pipe's these concerns the despite the spike in new infections there the president of brazil he had

al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is back to hold an coronavirus briefings on the ailing plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity no briefings were held over the weekend after trying was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy the number of people infected with corona virus around the world has now passed 3000000 and as countries begin easing restrictions the world health organization is warning that there is still a long road ahead it's recommending that any loosening of measures should be done gradually and cautiously we continue to urge countries to find isolate test and treat all cases as every contact to ensure this declining trends continue but the pandemic is far from over i repeat the ponder meek is far from over. nigeria is to relax coronavirus lockdowns in several cities including lagos and to boot just starting on may 4th but all more essential travel between states has been banned wearing masks outdoors has been made compulsory in lagos nigeria has close to $3800.00 confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 deaths may be in warlord only for half that h

al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump are suspending funding for the world health organization he says the w.h.o. botched the initial response to the outbreak and spread what he called this information from china which made things worse the u.s. sends 402500 1000000 dollars a year at the organization we have deep concerns whether america's generosity has been put to the best use possible the reality is that the w.h.o. failed to adequately obtain vet and share information in a timely and transparent fashion the world depends on the w.h.o. to work with countries to ensure that i.

al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says the military will be deployed across the country to help contain the corona virus outbreak and he's warned that there will be quote a lot of death in the next 2 weeks there are more than 300000 known infections in the u.s. and of 8000 virus related deaths we're going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the state's thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers.

al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we must 1st take care of the american worker take care of the american worker. donald trump stands by his plans to keep immigrants out of the u.s. for 60 days he says to protect american jobs. just days away from a surge in the number of infections mexico reaches the most serious phase of the company plus. i'm scott highland country to bury thailand where the economic impact of covert 19 on the critical tourism industry is hitting hard with no visitors one elephant camp is struggling to keep the animals fed. the number of reported corona virus infections worldwide stands at over 2 and a half 1000000 more than 177000 people have now died from the virus the u.s. has the highest number of cases and deaths with over $2700.00 people dying in the last 24 hours while the politicians their roles are battling the economic cost of the pandemic the senate has passed and the $500000000000.00 relief bill to help the struggling small businesses it also aims to provide more funds to hospitals and for testing the bill now goes to the house for a vote. this gives us another $310000000000.00

al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines the u.s. centers for disease control is recommending americans wear masks in public to protect against the corona virus but president donald trump says it's voluntary and he wants to follow that advice. millions across china stood in silence to honor more than 3000 people who died from the outbreak there china says it's contained the spread and some restrictions have been tightened to prevent a 2nd wave of infections. countries and cities are competing for supplies of personal protective equipment for health care workers what's being called a bidding war the pandemic has led to a worldwide shortage of masks gloves and downs over reports. there's not enough protective gear to go around countries are scrambling to get hold of supplies especially face masks and just soon as possible but some governments are being accused of using unscrupulous tactics and paying inflated prices to get their share. and then is accusing the u.s. of carrying out modern piracy at bangkok's airport and diverting a shipment of mass destined to germany for itself then these are marked that must marked off to the whole world is buying them right now it's wo