barker. stories like this are vivid reminders of the violent undercurrent during moments of legal emancipation. the contempt for refugee women who migrated to the nation's capital manifested in a variety of forms from abuse at contraband camps to violence from the public. the fact that refugee women made it to the union lines did not guarantee support from military and government officials. so much of their experiences were informed by the temperament and attitudes of those in position to wield the power of the federal government. as johnson's story tells us, legislation alone could not secure protection for african-american women. the third vignette, virginia. in february 1864, an enslaved woman on an estate must have heard news from afar on the war. she lived within the legal jurisdiction of the confederate states of america, and the court fixed her value at $800, no small figure in antebellum wartime terms. but in the csa, this amount was significant, if not inflated. just as washington wa

barker. stories like this are vivid reminders of the violent undercurrent during moments of legal emancipation. the contempt for refugee women who migrated to the nation's capital manifested in a variety of forms from abuse at contraband camps to violence from the public. the fact that refugee women made it to the union lines did not guarantee support from military and government officials. so much of their experiences were informed by the temperament and attitudes of those in position to wield the power of the federal government. us,ohnson's story tells legislation alone could not secure protection for african-american women. the third vignette, virginia. in february 1864, an enslaved estate must have heard news from afar on the war. she lived within the legal jurisdiction of the confederate states of america, and the court fixed her value at $800, no small figure in antebellum wartime terms. but in the csa, this amount was significant, if not inflated. just as washington was the citadel of

barker. those stories are reminders of the violent undercurrent of white contempt during the moment of emancipation. this contempt for refugee women who migrated to the nation's capital manifested from abuse in contraband camps to mob violence in the city. the possibilities for violence and hostility were not foreclosed by the mere fact of the existence of contraband camps or the legal transformations initiated by the government. and the fact that refugee women made it to union lines did not guarantee support from military and government officials. so much of their experiences were informed by the temperament and attitudes of those in position to wield the power of the federal government. as johnson's story tells us, legislation alone could not secure liberty and protection for african-american women. the third vignette, virginia. in february 1864, fannie, an enslaved woman on the estate belonging of john kerry, must have heard news from affair of the developments of the war. she now lived wi

we talk about camp barker inside the exhibit. i invite everybody to come and read about camp barker. >> yes. >> there's no marker or anything for there, but we do take about it in the museum. just a couple of questions. number one, there's always a question about refugees being paid. there's a lot of controversy about that. can you talk to what percentage of refugees actually worked and got paid versus those who didn't? second, we know that a lot of men are the first ones to escape. but there's this question about what percentage of escapees or refugees are male versus female. can you talk about that? finally, in maryland they institute a policy where black men can join the army. but it doesn't free their family members. >> right. >> in kentucky and missouri, we hear stories about a lot of the family members being persecuted to use a word. do you get into that in your studies? >> sure. i think that lucy ellen johnson is a very good example of persecution as well, right, in the district right at camp barker. so i do get into that.

all right total authority that is totally not true let me pull in tyson barker deputy executive director of the think tank aspen institute germany talks and also worked at the u.s. state department tyson welcome back to the day veteran white house correspondents say what happened yesterday was unprecedented many are describing it as the emperor's new clothes what did you think when you saw the press briefing. well i mean these are kind of i don't know i think they're meant to be to elicit that kind of emotion and that's the point these are extemporaneous rally like events they're not based on fact they're totally emotive aids it's mainly meant to rally the base and to upset the opposition and what we're seeing right now is this fault line in the united states around when to open up the economy again where many people experts many governors are saying we have to wait and the president and many in his base and many republicans in congress are saying this is the lesser of 2 evils open the economy now we're dying by economic stagnation economic depression and that's worse than the virus itse

tyson barker with us mr g. germany as always tyson we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you thank you. before u.s. president barack obama is one of the most popular political figures in the world the 4 years out of office his voice still carries weight his opinions they still matter to many people especially to the man who used to be his vice president joe biden today obama officially endorsed biden giving his support publicly to the candidate and campaign intent on making donald trump a one term president but if there's one thing we've learned as a country for moments of great crisis it's that the spirit of looking out for one another can't be restricted to our homes or our work places or our neighborhoods or our houses of worship it holds so has to be reflected in our national government and that's why i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for prez of the united states and i believe joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now he's someone whose own life has taught him how to pers

let's go live now to neve barker he's going to update us on the situation in general in europe but let's start 1st of all with a more specific situation in russia another day another report of cases rising higher and faster than the day before. that's right oh well according to the kremlin the number of new cases is going up incrementally between 16 to 18 percent but of course it's very very difficult to judge the exact data across russia's a vast territory it's 11 time zones wide from blood of all stock at the far east to the capital moscow in the west and there are very different approaches into how to actually deal with the problem especially when it comes to policing the restrictions we've seen tight restrictions introduced in moscow so people aren't allowed to go to work streets are empty shops are shut we're also hearing that a new digital permit scheme is going to be introduced for anybody who wanted to make a trip by any sort of vehicle in moscow some concerns being raised by human rights groups about aggressive digital surveillance being introduced that could potentially last lo

going on mostly barker how much do religious and sociological factors in india complicate the response to cope with 19. well i think the biggest complicating more than religion or culture is poverty unlike in any country which has hierarchical societies and perhaps not a fully formed public health responses to we are seeing the poorest of couple are actually taking the hit for asthma now he said this very abruptly announced. during member that in essence that and 2 percent of its g.d.p. on health we have 45000000 migrant workers and we have more than 90000000 households that live in. well that's i'm really dragging the dust to stick because social distancing is sometimes a luxury that not everybody can afford and you know when you have 5 people 6 people living in one room what does it even mean to tell them to stay at all the 2nd dimension to this is that because so many of these people are transit workers in other words they live somewhere else and they work somewhere else you have small and medium indices virtually sacking them on the spot which is why we saw this mass exodus this ma

need barker al-jazeera london. so ahead on al jazeera mexico reaches the more serious phase of the search and the number of reported sections. bribes nepotism and underground services some baghdad businesses are surviving on. but. however we've got the rain clouds gathering once again across southern parts of china to see some rather heavy rain pushing out of those central areas up towards japan little area of low pressure is swirling away here leaving out of the way that will push over into the open waters of the northwest pacific still a legacy of showers just tucking in behind with that keen easterly wind just pushing its way through process guys come back in behind 9 celsius in seoul say struggling a little in the temperatures but is that wetter weather for southern parts of china and if anything it gets wet a still as we go through thursday some heavy downpours sunny a possibility to northern parts of vietnam and we could see some rather wet weather to into central southern areas as we go through the next coup

neve barker al-jazeera london. all during that daily u.k. briefing the health secretary right hancock calls confusion over whether the u.k. was part of a european union scheme to procure more ventilators paul brennan explains. there is some confusion as to the motivation for the u.k. not joining the european union procurement scheme there are several procurement schemes that the european union is coordinating to prevent each individual member nation of the european union from going off and trying to do its own deals and therefore probably end up bidding against each other and thereby driving the price up now the u.k. chose not to join some of those schemes and the reason why it was said as far as ventilators goes was because the government said there had been some missed emails and there was kind of a breakdown in communication then it was said this afternoon by apparently the senior civil servant in charge of the foreign office simon mcdonnell's that it was actually a political decision not to join the european union and that's put the cats

also led to the closure of hundreds of centers which many relied on for food and shelter as need barker reports now from london. is europe cities empty the homeless are no longer invisible but they are a risk of being forgotten. everybody's very scared everybody doesn't want everybody. else out. there on the streets for many reasons abuse addiction mental illness they're already 20 times more likely to contract tuberculosis or other lung diseases and now there's the coronavirus. that it's hunger that brings them here to a charity handing out food. since the lot down help has been in short supply. there's a lot less food because there are. hotels that shot. people if you contribute to us normally they give us food surplus food these extreme situation these are very dangerous times. even before this pandemic struck the number of people sleeping rough has been going up in nearly every single country in europe now an estimated 700000 people are sleeping on the streets across the continent up 70 percent in the past decade. 300 rooms in london hotels own by the intercontinental group have bee

and there are over 104000 confirmed infections if barker has more from london. britain's financial capital quiet empty the wards meant to be the height of the working week it began as a novelty but it's fast becoming an uncomfortable reality and now a bleak message from the british government that while the virus looms and lingers there will be no return to normal if we rush to relax the measures that we have in place we would risk wasting all the sacrifices and all the progress that has been made. and that would risk a quick return to another lock down with all the threat to life that a 2nd peak of the virus would bring and all the economic damage that a 2nd lockdown would carry the government's been asked repeatedly for an exit strategy from current restrictions the answer continually given it's too soon to tell in a major new study by the office of national statistics half of all british adults say the virus is affecting their sense of wellbeing contributing to heightened levels of anxiety with many people citing financial worries the virus is affecting the h

part of charlie company 1st battalion 20 of them fintry charlie company was assigned the task force barker a special unit created to search out and destroy be a cause operating around the central coast. it had been a dispiriting couple of months for the u.s. military the tet offensive the sea took a song surprised the power that thought it was going to. charlie company the losses have been personal booby traps a mind to take on a 3rd of the comrades one of them the day before so in the morning a mark 60 helicopter machine guns lay down suppressing fire and 3 people took with orders to kill everything that moved fanned out across the rice paddies and into the hammocks that collectively made up the lie. they encountered no resistance whatsoever but perhaps a desire for revenge filled their hearts and clouded their consciences perhaps as a military commander feet those boots is about to set foot here again. i'm josh rushing. kinchela is returning to me live. never before fleeing away and then that is a distinct print of an american combat. one of the men who warns. you to say no really what r

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i mean this respectfully, in some ways you remind me of those barkers outside of a strip club. 'cause you're just unrelenting that way. oh, believe me, i've heard that one before. oh, really? and a few practical waysith you your family can stay healthy. first, hand washing is essential. children should wash their hands after coming in from outside, before eating, after coughing, sneezing or blowing their little noses. second, limit all crowds and explain that no one is shaking hands or hugging because that is how germs can spread. what changes need to be made now, i encourage parents to let children know this will not last forever. i urge you to stay connected to family and loved ones, stay safe and remember while many of us are apart, we are all in this together. please be sure to follow cdc guidelines which can be found at coronavirus.gov along with other information and resources. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening... so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren't true. i knew something was wrong... but i didn't say a word. during t

steve barker, al jazeera, london. >> opec and their allies have reached an agreement to cut output. in a statement, the group says it would reduce oil production by 10 million barrels per day. that would start on may the first. oil prices have plummeted by around 30% after lockdowns to prevent the spread of the coronavirus cut demand. the white house says president trump is currently speaking to russia's president and saudi arabia's king about the deal. still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of afghans rushed to the border ahead of the planned closure to contain the spread of the coronavirus. and the president releases a home workout video to encourage visitors to keep fit during the pandemic. >> some rain is on its way in the eastern sections of new south wales. then let's talk about this. you can see it off the edge of your screen. still a powerful cyclone but now it is not threatening any land. it did do damage. it is right across this one province. you can see the damage caused by the winds and they heavy, immense rain. across hereitions is improving. the rain is very heavy throug

of charlie company 1st battalion 20 of them for entry charlie company was assigned to task force barker a special unit created to search out destroyed because operating around the central coast. it had been a dispiriting couple of months for the u.s. military tet offensive the sea took a song surprised the power that it was when it. charlie company the losses have been personal booby traps a mind to take on a 3rd of the comrades one of them the day before so in the morning a mark 60 helicopter machine guns lay down suppressing fire in 3 people 2 with orders to kill everything that moved fanned out across the rice paddies and into the hammocks that collectively made up the law. they encountered no resistance whatsoever but perhaps a desire for revenge filled their hearts and clouded their consciences perhaps as a military commander measured victory by body count. perhaps it was a mentality that regarded every vietnamese as less than a person really an enemy an embodiment of communist. they've created sidewalks here where you can get a sense of what was going on that morning you see bicyc

trees there is a big strain too on mental health services used by both adults and children needs barker reports from london. these it will ring and disjointed days especially for the young. east. f.a.a. did she stem my life to end because i can't go will say it like. it wants to make people sick i don't see a university study found that warning 5 children and now afraid to leave their homes. we have to be careful to not get us sick. why this change because i can go to school and and it's a very hard learning. disorientation. and confusion are being very understandable natural reaction a lot of children and increasingly i think as the days go things started to feel more restrictive. and a. sense of things unraveling a little bat. technologies help close the gap left by social distancing there's a video play date hosted by elmo and some other familiar faces. but for some children the strangeness of it all is distressing especially for those with serious mental health problems. in the past few weeks secure mental health units have been forced to discharge large numbers of patients includin

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countless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help neve barker al jazeera london mexico's government says it is heading into the most serious stage of the pandemic the number of infections as a past 9000 with nearly 900 deaths as it prepares hospitals and clinics to meet surging demand government is also free prisoners whose crimes aren't considered too serious. the worst of mexico's coburg 19 contagion could be only days away mexico's deputy health minister warns the national health system could soon be under the greatest pressure from the virus. today we want to start phase 3 of the pandemic remembering that we're in the phase of rapid ascent where a large number of cases of an affectionate and hospitalizations will accumulate and we must continue to maintain social distancing so that sees a minimize as much as possible. for mexican health officials phase of the river 1st to the point where the virus will spread the fastest hitting its peak in the 1st half of made. the announcement also coincides with another major public policy change the pass

19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead government says that johnson is stable if barker reports. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as one nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic robb will stand in for johnson when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend so some prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole family and i'm confident he'll pull through because if there's one thing i know about this prime minister he's a fighter and he'll be back at the helm leading us through this crisis in short order. this was johnson a week afte

infections the government says 148 people diagnosed with the virus have died let's cross over live to neve barker now in london so let's start with the sharp rise of cases in russia what's the word on that. significant rise more than 2 and a half 1000 in the past 24 hours up several 100 from from the last count given that russia was quite slow in reporting any cases of infections at all let alone the death toll it seems that things are moving quite significantly pace in russia at the moment and so also the russian government as well they have ordered the construction of 18 hospitals across russia's vast landmass a country that of course shares the longest border in the world with china as well orders coming from the kremlin to that if patients so any symptoms of pneumonia that they should be treated as if they have the coronavirus to president putin has also ordered that anybody flouting any restrictions or lockdown regulations that we've seen in massive cities like moscow could face lengthy prison sentences of 7 years behind bars with the have been some big questions about how capable of ready r

after contracting cope with 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving needs barker al-jazeera london. in spain $757.00 more people have died with new infections also on the rise that takes the total number of deaths there to more than 14 and a half 1000 the health minister maintains that the rise is small and consistent with what her was hope to been a slowdown spain is one of the west affected countries with more than 146000 confirmed cases of corona virus now 2 other world news and the un's chemical weapons watchdog has blamed the syrian government for a series of deadly sarin and chlorine gas attacks against civilians and 2017 diplomatic editor james bass has the details. the saw good of the use of chemical weapons in syria has been long and horrific but now finally the results of a technical investigation that finds the assad regime responsible the inquiry by the international chemical weapons body the o.p.c. w. finds that latter meena in hamburg governorates was attacked 3 times in march 27th seen over a week long period twice the syrian air force used bombs co

countless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help neve barker al-jazeera london. on to some other news the disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the prime minister is now asking for foreign help a people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and hard or mashallah palace. it was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strange isn't it into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. thinking. it is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own power through the city turning roads into rivers meaning record sound we have to be safe from the vehicle was our god these boys trying to cheer up a woman they rescued by singing to her compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then the u.n. had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger human is battling a cholera outbreak a di

health systems across the continent are increasingly under pressure with many now overwhelmed they've barker has the latest in. a window on a worsening crisis in this paris intensive care unit it's a race against time to save lives. but healthcare workers are under strain hospitals are overwhelmed. the french military's airlifted some patients to other regions and even neighboring germany and switzerland spain hits another grim milestone on thursday as the number of deaths there past 10000 the country's cut 900000 jobs since impose strict measures to fight the virus. in hard hit northern italy a deep cleans on the way by specialist teams from russia moscow sent plane loads of aid to the country a kremlin p.r. exercise almost certainly but one that's raised questions about the e.u.'s ability to support member states. meanwhile in moscow red square was off limits a surrounding street was sprayed clean president putin's ordered people to stay off work until the end of april to control the spread. responded to mounting pressure for help on thursday with a proposal to borrow more than $1000000000

longstanding inequalities in wealth and health mean some are more likely to lose their lives neve barker al-jazeera london. well a fundraiser kickstarted by a british war veteran has now collected more than $22000000.00 for the u.k.'s national health service. emergency workers visited captain tom moore's home to the new to support his initial target was just $1000.00 his mission was to walk $100.00 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of the month. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china's economy has suffered its sharpest fall in decades amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic g.d.p. is down by nearly 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the government now says that 50 percent more people than previously reported have died and the city where the outbreak began between you has moved from beijing. the government has resisted any blanket stimulus measures it's had more targeted. methods to really deal with this economically we've seen bank interest rate cuts tax breaks cheap loans to businesses and subsidies and they're all they'v

needs barker al-jazeera london. the u.k. has found millions of pounds into vaccine research the 1st clinical trials are expected to start as soon as thursday as paul brennan explains. the government is putting 22000000 pounds into some trials by imperial college 20000000 into a trial by oxford. in oxford and it seems that the trial in oxford could be at the stage of testing on humans a vaccine or a kind of draft vaccine if you like as early as this thursday of this week now hugely cautious there are huge caveats on this very early stages the amounts of money that's involved the fact that it's happening so quickly gives you an indication of just how much effort and impetus is being put into this effort to try to combat this virus by different means possible at least 150000 seekers have tested positive for the virus in greece the hostile outside to carney d.u.h. is home to nearly 500 people has been locked down since april 16th when a pregnant woman contracted the virus it's the 3rd migrant facility in greece with confirmed ca

countless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help neve barker al jazeera london. let's take you through the headlines on al-jazeera iran says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit which is likely to increase tension with the united states which says teheran's space program is a cover for missile development iran's leadership denies that or in teheran. what we know is that this is what the revolutionary guard the r.g.c. say is their 1st military satellite being launched into space they call it the newer one and it is orbiting in the thermosphere at around 425 kilometers up that's about half the distance of the 1st satellite ever launched into space by soviet russia sputnik of course now we do know what that iran has for the 1st several years for the 1st decade of this century they've been developing the kind of rockets required to achieve orbital launch they achieved that in 2009 and since then they've launched a number of satellites. the u.s. senate has passed a nearly $500000000000.00 relief package to help out small businesses

after contract to cope with 19 most of them bus drivers the price of keeping our cities moving leave barker al-jazeera london well new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions just in the next few hours sending all citizens arriving home from overseas into quarantine facilities for 14 days prime minister just under order and says the lockdown measures are working with just 29 new cases announced on thursday it's now the 4th straight day the new cases have for them foreigners were banned from entering the country on march 20th and the country has been shut down for 2 weeks in the face of the greatest threat to human house that we have faced in over a century kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide all of defeats as a government we have pinned it notices we've had powers that come with being in a mission will emergency or you have the greatest power of all you made the decision to give we could protect one another and you have you have saved lives. is demanding an apology from the world health organization over what it calls unnecessary and slanderous remarks aga

thanks so much for the update there from neves barker let's continue this theme of well credit arse in europe because another country that's lifting some restrictions is spain of course now martha or joins us live from madrid via skype so what does the day after the zing of restrictions look like there in spain. well today isas is one month stays one month of the onset of the state of emergency lockdown in spain in the past 24 hours we have reduced to 516 new fatalities and more than 3000 new post is of call it 19 this is was in the last 24 hours we've seen how our how the crevice flattening and we are entering these face of us that realization but we're best very much keep in mind that spain has a very high death toll of 18 month 1000 people and 117-0000 positive it is one of the country's worst damage by a guy from coming 1000 in europe and an sorry in what worldwide to do between yesterday and today a 1000 are spaniards have a drone to work we're talking after 2 weeks of economy here but hibernation we're talking about manufacturing and construction sector mainly we have 1700000 peo

longstanding inequalities in wealth and health mean some are more likely to lose their lives neve barker al-jazeera london. i still ahead on al-jazeera the paramedics risking their lives on the frontline of latin america on a virus outbreak and we look at what's next for small businesses struggling in the u.s. size emergency funds run dry. places like we got the weather quieting down now across the middle east if i have this area cloud and rain sweeping across us and here in canada we still some very heavy rainfall yesterday big downpours here and half a year's worth of rain coming down 36 millimeters in doha that west of weather that's now slightly through the u.a.e. this is the. low cloud sitting over there but it's in the process of pulling out of the way said brought the skies come back in and it does warm up we'll see just touching $31.00 celsius in dubai on friday 35 as we go on into where sassed started to recover in the temperatures there here in doha but notice some western weather not too far away that basis out of saudi arabia southern areas of iraq into kuwait you catch some

government says 170 russians have died with the total number of cases now more than 21000 from london neve barker with more policing any kind of restrictions on people's ordinary daily lives.

says 170 russians have died the total number of infections now more than 21000 let's go live to neve barker who joins us from london so 1st of all need how much of a long down is being put in place in russia to respond to what seems to be rapidly increasing cases every day. yes well according to the kremlin the number of cases is going up or at least is expected to go up by about 16 to 18 percent today so yesterday the number of new cases was around 2 and a half 1000 as you mentioned it's 2774 that's the figures that we know about let's of course remember exactly how big russia is it is the largest country on the planet it's called 11 time zones all the way from moscow in the west of lot of os talk in the far east policing any kind of restrictions on people's ordinary and daily lives is going to be very very difficult indeed what we know about though a kind of restrictions that are in place in the big cities like moscow and st peters were we know that people are advised not to go to work we know that also president vladimir putin in the last few days is rushed through parliament a piece of

longstanding inequalities in wealth and health mean some are more likely to lose their lives neve barker al-jazeera london. now almost a quarter of myanmar's prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year amnesty large crowds gathered outside the prison despite coronavirus restrictions a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not to linked to concerns over the virus human rights watch has called on the government to reduce president numbers in order to prevent a spread of the outbreak. now the u.n. envoy for yemen says there may soon be a cease fire the threat of coronavirus has pushed the warring sides closer to a deal out diplomatic editor james bays reports the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths believes the threat of covert 19 may have started to focus minds in yemen he told members of the un security council in a video conference meeting it had productive negotiations about a new peace deal that would include a nationwide cease fire over the past 2 weeks or more since though i have been in constant negotiations with the part

and the government's facing growing criticism of a lack of protective gear for health workers need barker reports now from london. an intensive care unit in scotland. where the youngest to test positive has only just been born. the medics here are traumatized by what they're dealing with. 2 or for the stuff to. the north. hurt so far and now research by the office of national statistics suggesting the actual death toll in england and wales in early april was 40 percent higher than the number reported by downing street. those daily government figures don't include deaths outside hospital in care homes hospices or in the community they also classify what counts as a covert 19 deaths in a slightly different way there are concerns the u.k. could soon have the highest number of deaths in europe putting pressure on the search for a vaccine human trials will begin at oxford university on thursday this is uncertain science but i'm certain that we will throw everything we've got at developing a vaccine the u.k. is at the forefront of the global effort we've put more money than any other country in

that longstanding inequalities in wealth and health mean some a more likely to lose their lives neve barker al-jazeera london. still ahead on al-jazeera a threat of covert 19 pushes yemen's warring sides to a formal truth rus racing to meet demand kenya steps up mass production after the government introduces tougher rules to curb the spread of coronavirus. however same spring storm bringing some snow into parts of the u.s. recently this big bank of cloud here just rolling off the rockies see some cold air sliding through that cooler air moving through the northern plains easing over towards the midwest to see a little dusting of snow there into parts of illinois pushing ever towards that northeastern corner don't be surprised if we do see some bits and pieces of sleet and snow we see make our way through the remainder of the week some way to weather there through the appalachians pushing down towards the deep south a little going to continue making its way further east with as we go through friday brought the skies to come back in behind and notice the temperatures starting to bounce back

death toll is heading towards $27000.00 new barker reports from london back leading 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 amid a backdrop of rising deaths but now a glimmer of optimism in britain's battle with covert 19 i can confirm today that 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 sunlight own the the pasture ahead of us and so it is vital that we do not lose control and run slap into a 2nd an even bigger mounted in the past 24 hours hampers and flowers have been arriving here to 10 downing street to welcome by storm since new baby closely follo