. >> the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson criticized australia's proposal for a review, calling it political ma lip nation. the outbreak i in china is thout

caused by talian we've always seen just information from china but we very rarely seen senior chinese foreign ministry spokesman. basically fabricating lives despite that many european leaders are going out of their way to thank china for its support in fighting the outbreak right up to the president of the european commission herself we are grateful for support from china the prime minister announced that china is ready to provide 200-0095 mosques 2000000 surgical masks and 50000 testing kits these can be shipped to europe immediately this support is highly valued and we are grateful for it those warm words are even more remarkable when you think about the context there's been a lot of tension recently within europe about individual countries not doing enough to help each other out the commission president also spoke about that recently and this time her language was not warm at all. when europe really needed to be there for each other to have many initially looked out for themselves when europe really needed an all or for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response. since then there have

nationals returning from abroad so what does china have to say about all of this so the chinese foreign ministry has acknowledged that there have been what it's called misunderstandings with people from the african community and it says it has instructed local officials to improve their processes china has been really keen to try and build links with africa during this process it sent lots of medical supplies and doctors to dozens of countries to help with outbreaks there so this whole spat threatens to undo a lot of diplomacy we should also remember that at the start of the corona virus outbreak it was people of asian origin who were targeted around the world for abuse and attacks and unfortunately we're seeing that continue today as well so it seems like the corona virus brings with it the spread of races and so let's hope we see an end to both diseases child all right thank you so much for that analysis well let's get you all the latest developments on the corona virus the u.s. has overtaken italy for the highest death toll in the world from 19 experts say at least 18860 people have died from

become more nationalistic, the foreign ministry spokesman now openly mocks the secretary of state, openly talks about this is the -- this is the spokesman for the chineseeign ministry says the united states military has concocted this virus. while -- as i said, i think that we are being somewhat unfair in implying that china deliberately seeded this virus, but the chinese foreign ministry is taking a ridiculous conspiracy theory and airing it as well. china surely has some part to blame here as well. >> i completely agree with you that both sides should stop these insults, stop this blame game and, by the way, some scientists have come out in both lancet and in nature to say this was clearly -- didn't come from a lab. that's very, very clear. i just heard a lecture from a virology specialist, these virology specialists can actually trace where it comes from. how it travels. scientists can do that. if the politicians can step aside, not insult one another, i'm confident that the scientists can come together, american, chinese scientists, european scientists, japanese scientists can come together and find a solution. >> all right. on that note of a plea

while exploiting the global of emergency for its own gains here's what a spokesman at the chinese foreign ministry had to say today. i want to emphasize that china has always opposed the production and dissemination of false information . and we oppose any act by any person or institution in this regard. china is a victim of disinformation not an initiator. right now to a round up of some of the latest developments in the penn demick a south korea has reported only 10 new cases its 26th straight day below 100 and officials are now discussing reopening schools and of the slowing infection rate iran plans to reopen mosques and parts of the country where there are no registered cases of the infection scientists in hong kong say they have developed a new spray on coating that can protect services they get surfaces rather against the virus and other pathogens for up to 90 days and australia says more than 1000000 people have downloaded an app that's aimed at speeding up contact tracing and containing new outbreaks of the virus while the economy reopens. now to some other stories making headlines a top

a chinese foreign ministry spokesman hit back, tweeting...p said the world health organization was "too china—centric" and announced the us would suspend its funding. next here's our china correspondent stephen mcdonell with his view of these tensions. the war of words between washington and beijing continues regarding the coronavirus, allegations going back and forth. it's been like this for months. conspiracy theories being peddled by both countries, and often it's sort of in the form of a question, a rhetorical question that seems to be designed to throw mud at the other side. now we've had this latest broadside from donald trump and the response from the chinese government. the foreign ministry's spokesperson did not mention mr trump by name, but said certain us politicians were lying about the coronavirus situation in order to cover up their poor performance. and i think we're going to see more and more of this as other countries are being pulled into the debate over the source of the coronavirus, the extent to which china has covered it

. >> the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson criticized australia's proposal for a review, callingt political ma lip nation. the outbreak i in china is thout to have originated in a wet market in wuhan. the w.h.o. said the virus is likely of animal origin and not constructed in a lab. >>> as muslims celebrate ramadan on friday, many nations are restricting outings due to the pandemic. with mosques across egypt closed and large gatherings banned, muslims are trading communal prayer for solsolitude. this has made it impossible to practice the ramadan tradition of sharing free evening meals with the needy. instead, a nongovernmental organization distributed food, such as pasta and sugar, to poor residents. a market in central cairo is filled with shoppers buying food, accessories and other goods ahead of ramadan. but one store owner said the market was only about half as credit before the month. >> translator: i pray that the coronavirus will disappear, and the crisis will end. so people can return to normal life. >> muslims fast during the daytime hours for the roughly one month peri

a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the w.h.o.has been playing an important role in curbing the spread of the virus. >> translator: a suspension of funding would have a negative impact on international cooperation. china hopes countries will help one another to take measures for containing infections. >> he also said china supports the w.h.o. continuing to play its leading role in the fight against the disease. he dismissed claims china covered up the early stages of the outbreak there, saying the country promptly reported the spread of the virus to the w.h.o. >>> the world trade organization is learning that trades could take a bigger hit from the coronavirus pandemic than it did during the global financial crisis. the wto says global volume will drop 32% year on year if the crisis is not brought under control soon. its optimistic scenario shows a 13% decline, assuming that trade will recover in the second half of this year. the forecast coverering merchandise trade were released on wednesday. north america's exports are expected

the last thing i will say is, of nas are some comments from the chinese foreign ministry talking about a course of activity with respect to australia. who had the temerity to ask for investigation. who could the world would not want an investigation of how this happened to the world? i assume the good people of china, doctors and scientists, imagine if they were working in our system, in a free system where you put hypothesises forward and you have the freedom to talk and publish papers and others can comment. this is what democracy does best. the solution will come from freedom loving people around the world, i am confident in that. authoritarian regimes are poorly designed to deal with the crisis that this pandemic has engendered. democracy is where we are free to comment, critique, you can ask the sectary of state a hard question. these are the places where scientists and freedom of thought and journalists can operate freely. they will deliver the therapeutics, the vaccines come into we will get our economies back going again. i am confident of that. this is where we see the true be

overnight i saw comments from the chinese foreign ministry talking about a course of activity with respecter to australia, who had the temerity -- with respect to australia, who had the temerity to ask for an investigation. who would not want an investigation as to how this happened to the world? i assume the good people of china, doctors and scientists. imagine those doctors and scientists were working in our system, where you put hypotheses forward and you had the freedom to talk, and published papers. this is what democracies do best. the solution from this -- to this crisis will come from freedom loving people around the world. authoritarian regimes are poorly designed to deal with the kind of crisis this pandemic has engendered. a democracies we are free to critique and comment. you can ask the secretary of state a hard question. where it scientists and thought and journalists can operate freely, these are the societies that will deliver the therapeutics, the vaccines, and the right outcome to get our economies going again. this is where we see the benefit of freedom and liberty. in the

who's in beijing for us katrina the foreign ministry has had quite a bit to say in the last hour or so so what have we been hearing that's why it will according to the chinese foreign ministry they think trump is really using this isn't to shift blame away from his own mishandling of the outbreak in the u.s. and chinese state media has chimed in very loudly in support of this we've got the global times english language newspaper here in china today using some headlines to attack trump's decision saying that it sets a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rolling in behind this organization also saying that it is shifting blame saying that trump is in fact using the world health organization as a scapegoat and also using this move to try to bolster his own a political his own political ambitions to really. look at his reelection later this year when it comes to the u.s. elections and conversely china the chinese state media and china's foreign ministry all painting themselves as a kind of leader in this global fight against the pandemic nor saying that china donated $20000000.00 to the w.h.o. in march and that it has been sending plane

ever gain real traction and before you answer that i want you to take a listen to how the chinese foreign ministry last weekend responded to the u.s. state of missouri suing the people's republic of china take a listen. how did you find the 1980 s. and aids was 1st found in the united states and is now spread all over the world and i don't know how many people in the will suffer from aids has anyone found the united states to blame me will prevail i'm all right there russ when you hear that response rather outrageous there with aids in the u.s. being responsible for aids how realistic is it in your opinion that china would ever recognize a legal claim against it like try it like canada did in the trail smelter case but that clip doesn't give me a lot of hope that that china would take the past that canada did in the thirty's and forty's canada saw that it was in its best interests as a good neighbor and as a potential trading partner to engage in that the suit i described trail smelter so that clip isn't very promising i had more hope even just a few days ago as we saw other powers the united king

changed and denies discrimination against what it calls its african brothers this is what the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson hack to say about accusations made by the us. dunton would usually under the current situation where the international community urgently needs to work together and fight against the epidemic it is irresponsible and immoral for the us side to make those remarks and so discord we urge the us to focus on containing the epidemic at home its attempt to drive a wedge between china and africa's relationship will never succeed. in response to the recent african sides concerns regarding their citizens in guangdong province the guangdong authorities have already conducted an investigation in taking a series of new measures we believe that the issue will be properly solved through the joint efforts of china and africa. let's bring in our guest now from beijing victor gao vice president of the center for china and globalization for mohan is gabrielle until a medical student from uganda and from hong kong keith richburg director of the university of hong kong struggle is and media st

it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign minister's comments that questions about china's parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the australian government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tend. brazil's president about so narrow is backed protesters calling for military intervention in a standoff with state governors on his handling of the pandemic his supporters gathered in the capital on sunday has been accused of undermining efforts to contain the virus he's calling for the economy to be reopened and is ignoring guidance on social distancing brazil has the highest rate of infections in latin

it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign minister's comments that questions about china's parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the australian government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tense also had on al-jazeera why this european nation's economy made bounce back from the impact of a pandemic faster than many others. we report from kenya where flash floods rather struck a region just a year after communities were devastated by another disaster. and of the pensive heavy rain still in the 4 calls to coastal central and southern areas of china assessable to assess of course has been speeding i

china's foreign ministry says it has grave concerns over those remarks chinese authorities in general under pressure over the way they dealt with the break but beijing insists it has been for beijing catrina you more reaction from the chinese government at the end of january there were some voices from one some doctors who tried to raise the alarm about the severity of this outbreak they were silenced and punished for doing so and for weeks the message from the chinese government was that this was under control that there was no evidence of human to human transmission and they were criticizing countries for closing the borders to chinese travelers and fast forward in 4 months and it's a very different story china has has not admitted that it was at any fault but it has said over and over again that it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with int

and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it with chinese foreign ministry responded to trump's comments by defending the united nations health agency. china will as always firmly support the work of the w.h.o. and support the w.h.o. to continue to play a leading rule in global cooperation in the fight against the epidemic amid the current debate demick the united states has indicated that it will suspend funds today you know this will have a negative impact on international cooperation in fighting the epidemic we hope that all countries will hope and support each other and jointly contribute to the global fight against the epidemic. now let's take a look at some of the numbers here a global level the united states it remains a country with the largest number of confirmed cases with 404000 the death toll now at nearly 14000 and even though experts are now saying that the model is changing and it predicts even fewer extreme cases the death toll is expected to reach about 82000 by august another hot spot which is italy which is also the 2nd largest number of deaths with

elections later this year and chinese media as well as the chinese foreign ministry they've been really conversely and unsurprisingly painting china as a leader when it comes to this global fight against the pandemic reminding the public that china in fact turning to $20000000.00 true. or in march and that china has been sending plane loads of supplies aid and medical teams to more than 80 countries in the last few weeks and katrina as we've been saying for some time now there's also been plenty of speculation around china's transparency throughout the outbreak you're on the ground there in beijing talk us through all the grounds for all the criticism that we've been hearing all these weeks. definitely grounds for this this criticism and grounds for the questions raised about this transparency because we know or there have been numerous times of the past few months which china has changed the way that it's counted the numbers of infections here in china and here in china the beijing has said that there have been still around $82000.00 infections which is vastly lower than many other cou

speaking at a news conference in beijing, a chinese foreign ministry spokesman, geng shuang, suggestedilings. translation: american politicians have repeatedly ignored the truth and have been telling bare—faced lies. they have only one objective — shirk their responsibility for their own poor epidemic prevention and control measures and divert public attention. but the facts speak louder than words and justice naturally inhabits a man's heart. their plot will never succeed. we'll be answering some of your questions about coronavirus vaccines, and any concerns around visiting your gp surgery, in your questions answered at 2.30pm this afternoon. we'll be joined by nicola stonehouse, professor of molecular virology at the university of leeds and dr rita issa, a gp registrar. you can send your questions in to us, using the twitter hashtag bbcyourquestions, or e—mailing yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. that will be at 2:30pm this afternoon. the headlines on bbc news... a minute's silence has been held across the uk — to remember more than 100 key workers who've died after contracting coronavirus.

it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign minister's comments that questions about time as parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the australian government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tense russia's reporting fewer new infections but president vladimir putin says the peak of the outbreak is still to come although doctors have managed to curb the crisis just over 4200 cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours compared to 6000 previously 405 russians have died and the lack of hospital beds has been reported in some areas. there been protests in russia's north a setia region against local lock

us strongly opposes china's bullying and we hope other nations will hold them to account chinese foreign ministry spokesman countered china will always resolutely safeguard its sovereignty security and development interests a matter what no matter when. we should have ariana's economist and the author of asia's new battlefield us china and they struggle the western pacific he says china is using its control of the distribution of medical supplies to further its jupiter girl agenda what we have seen in the past 2 months or so what b.s. is what many critics see as a brazen act of strategic opportunism for instance and what we're seeing also here is what you can call offensive charming so on one hand china is in gauging in a facemask diplomacy going around the region giving p p e s and medical equipment and mass to indonesia the philippines and different countries who are struggling with this epidemic which of course originated from china but at the same time we see also china in march and increasingly in april has also stepped up its efforts in a jason waters to dominate those waters for instance w

shannon: in the meantime a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry says this, we urge the us top political manipulation, get its own house in order and focus more on fighting the epidemic and boosting the economy. your reaction? >> they are lying about all of this and it is interesting how they blame the united states military for the virus, interesting how they use our freedom of speech, our first amendment rights to attack us from within and at the same time kicking united states journalists out of china who are trying to report the truth about what happened, the origins of the virus, the cover-up that took place by the chinese communist party back to december when they detained and arrested eight doctors, put a gag order on them and tried to go to labs and shut them down destroying lab samples to control the investigation into moving into january, the warnings about human to human transmission were real, they came from taiwan, warning the who and the chinese communist party, they came from the who official in wuhan and yet the who was complicit in the cover-up and the lie tha

>> jesse a lot chinese foreign ministry said in w.h.o.ing virus was not created in a lab now, obviously, that's it also a straw man. the intelligence just so that we are clear suggest that it was a natural transmission. it was not genetically altered there's nothing according to u.s. officials in the genetic sample of the virus that indicates that it was genetically altered like a bioweapon would be. but that it was sloppily handled and what they are 100% convinced that china covered up quickly after the outbreak happened and they are saying now on the record and on background they don't have conclusive evidence that it was in that lab. but they are increasing in their confidence as they connect the dots both the circumstantial open source stuff and classified information and that's where we got to, you know, in the reporting and this investigation is continuing at the highest levels. >> in your opinion when people at fox news ask questions about a wet market or ask questions about a bat or ask questions about a lab, as a part of an inves

next week on their ability to stop this. >> shannon: in the meantime a spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministrywe urge the u.s. to stop manipulation, get its own house in order and focus on fighting the epidemic in boosting the economy." your reaction? >> their long about all of this and it's interesting how they blend the united states military for the virus. it's interesting how they use our freedom of speech, our first amendment rights to attack us from within. at the same time, they're kicking united states journalists out of china who are trying to report the truth about what happened, the origins of the virus, the cover-up by the chinese communist party, going back to december when they detained and arrested eight doctors. he put a gag order on them and then try to go and shut them down, destroyed lab lab samples to control the investigation. moving into january, the warnings from within about human to human transition were real. they came from taiwan, warning the w.h.o. entity communist party. they came from the w.h.o. official in wuhan itself. the w.h.o. was complicit in the cover-up, i

it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign minister's comments that questions about time as parent transparency had reached a very high point calling for an inquiry where the australian government would be keeping its eyes open so the diplomatic ties between those 2 countries certainly tens. of coronavirus than deaths across the u.s. is now exceeded $40000.00 new york state accounts for nearly half of those but the rate of fatalities is reportedly is slowing. the news continues on al-jazeera after the crusades all season. in the history of conflicts between east and west. the mightiest battle between christianity and this land. the holy war in the name of religion. for the 1st time. the story

chinese foreign ministry spokesman has been quoted saying in the daily briefing in beijing but chinaas committed to a moratorium on nuclear tests and said the us was making false accusations. was would be your take on suggestions they may be violating nuclear protocol? >> we do monitor those things so we will keep track of that and if it does occur that it looks like they are making tests, then you will see definitely a response from the united states with regard to their violation of the test ban treaty. >> always good to have you and your insights based on all your experience with china and beyond, thank you. some good news before we say good night. an exclusive scoop on kirk cameron's newest project about encouraging user these tough days. he is live next. ♪ >> shannon: a 106 year old woman in the united kingdom's home tonight after recovering from the coronavirus. she left the hospital after three weeks after >> a 106-year-old woman in the united kingdom is home tonight after recovering from the coronavirus. she left the hospital to applause three weeks after checking in with sus

just in the last hour a chinese foreign ministry spokesman says there has never been any coverup of this outbreak and the government would never allow any coverups. in the statement announcing these latest revisions wuhan authorities did not mention anything about u.s. criticisms. instead, they framed these revisions as their own efforts to be accountable to history, to their people and to the victims of the coronavirus and also to ensure data accuracy and the open and transparent disclosure of information. they also explained why the discrepancy. they listed several reasons including why many people died at home during the early stage of the outbreak and also during the peak of the outbreak, medical workers were so overwhelmed they had to focus on treating patients instead of reporting deaths. there were errors and delays in reporting when this process involved a large number of medical facilities run by different levels of governments as well as the private sector. all of these may sound reasonable explanations but it's probably not going to satisfy or placate washington at this stage

we've been hearing from the administration and a news briefing today, the spokesman for the chinese foreign ministrynded to president trump's push for covid-19 investigation by saying, quote, certain americans should be clear about this, china isn't their enemy. the international community must band together to win the fight against the virus, keeping attacking china wouldn't win back time or lost lives. do you worry about the rhetoric between the u.s. and china right now? >> well, i do, because i think it's counterproductive, and this kind of finger pointing is not getting us to what we have to do which is to cooperate with the chinese and other countries to deal with this pandemic, and i think, frankly, each side pushing each other's hypernationalism buttons and we're getting nowhere and i do think, there's no question that the chinese bear responsibility and there needs to be an investigation of some kind, but now, we have to the plan forward, and the president has to admit that we made mistakes, but we need to go forward on this and cooperation with the chinese on supply chains and how do deal t

now the chinese foreign ministry also responding directly to our reporting on this story, here's whatir spokesperson said earlier today. >> >> translator: the head of the w.h.o. has stated many times there is no evidence that the new coronavirus originated in the laboratory. many prominent experts believe that the so-called laboratory leaks have no scientific basis. reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo cautioned last night there is still a lot to learn before investigators can conclusively say this virus was released from a lab and didn't originate in a wet market as china has claimed. trade advisor peter navarro said on our air, one of the reasons china government delate reporting virus numbers later on because they were trying to buy time in order to stockpile ppe and medical equipment. take a listen. >> while china was hiding behind the shield of the world health organization, not letting the world know the seriousness of this, it was going systematically around the world vacuuming up all of the personal protective equipment that people in america and milan and everyone else wo