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let's bring in our panel joining me from colombo is kimberly fernando the chairwoman of the sri lankan national tourism development or thora see in athens george papaconstantinou a former greek minister of finance and a professor at the european university institute's school of trans national governments and in london virginia messina managing director of the world travel and tourism council welcome to you all virginia i'll start with you one of the priorities when you start working out a path out of this towards recovery what do you look at 1st. thank you very northern claire thank you for the vacation today and we've obviously i mean we've looked looked at this a different faces so in the media crisis of course the pro is he was looking at the appropriate funding for our member companies and so we did a lot of campaigns in not being with with with some of the government just to recognize the importance of our industry which as you might know last year it represented 10.3 percent of global g.d.p. and 330000000 jobs so that's one in 10 jobs in the planet so we were trying to put obviou

delayed by 2 months because of a nationwide coronavirus locked on you know fernandez reports from colombo preparations for a poor that was meant to be held quickly but the coronavirus pandemic injury lanka forced the snap parliamentary election to be delayed when it became apparent people couldn't go to the ballot box really door on. election. over the weekend for that it would be youth of they get their public or the government open or the party elected we have a think about the. other way we have to think about the democracy president got up there rajapaksa dissolved parliament in march and called the polls 6 months early in a bid to win control of the legislature but with a nationwide curfew ordered to come back coronavirus the election commission delayed it that triggered fears of a potential constitutional crisis as the election was meant to be held within 3 months the new date of june the 20th phones outside that tragic says there be no need to recall the parliament do they have any doubt law does not expect to do the impossible whatever happens i have no need to recall the old parl

officials in sri lanka say 3 people have died in a stampede in the capital colombo they say residents were scrambling to receive aid distributed to people who have lost their livelihoods due to coronavirus restrictions. the german i love tons us confront it's close to sealing the deal with the german government to secure a 9000000000 euro rescue package the airline and its subsidiaries have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in april fewer than 3000 passengers a day traveled with lufthansa with a prepare an average of around 350000. the deal is the culmination of weeks of wrangling between chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. conservatives and they're seen to lift junior partners in the s.p.d. over the details of any live tons of bailout pro-business politicians in miracles conservative c.d.u. party had fought against increased state involvement in lieu of towns up but the social democratic party wanted a bigger stake that would allow berlin to influence live tons of buses over potential job cuts or environmental targets. goal of tons a life raft is a 9000000000 euro package 30000

no longer in your life even if he is no longer an excuse giving voice to the voiceless so we won't colombo ex-pats and discussion that culture still exist in your combating that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera. a fighting fund while leaders and scientists unite and an $8000000000.00 parcel stem amounting to run a virus death toll. effective treatments are each right and they're critical they're critical because patients are dying today and tomorrow and the day after. kind of i'm starting at 10 am this is al jazeera live from extensive coverage of the pandemic including a casualty rate that just.

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sri lankan officials say three people have died in a stampede in the capital, colombo.y say residents were scrambling to receive aid being distributed to people who lost their livelihoods because of coronavirus restrictions. a new law on face masks has taken effect in spain. it requires anyone over the age of six to wear them in indoor public spaces and outdoors when a distance of two meters cannot be maintained. this comes as the spanish government starts to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions. tokyo's top prosecutors to resign after it was revealed he ignored official advice on containing the spread of the coronavirus will stop -- front of virus. he was widely criticized as he played a group gambling game while the country was in a state of emergency. he's a close ally of shinzo abe. china has announced it will propose new national security laws to give the communist party more power over hong kong. the legislation is aimed at the chinese territory's pro-democracy protest movement and is likely to undermine its unique freedoms. the proposals are expected to be disc

sri lankan officials say 3 people have died in a stampede in the capital colombo they say residents were scrambling to receive aid being distributed to people who have lost their livelihoods due to coronavirus restrictions. you're watching news still to come. she's captures the imagination of children for 75 years the fictional character could be longstocking. was also the oldest grandson about the today campaign that aims to inspire and support a whole new generation of girls. but 1st nearly 2 and a half 1000000 people applied for u.s. unemployment benefits last week as part of the latest wave off layoffs due to the pandemic the u.s. labor department says over 38 and a half 1000000 people have filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors or scaled down operations and that the 2200000 people have sought aid under a new program for self employed contractors and workers who are now eligible for 1st time assistance. enough time and the german government all close to a green and 9000000000 euro virus related rescue package which could see the

all right, well, that leads us to our next question, and we go all the way to colombo, the capital ofour next question. ijust wanted to know now can china reassure the world that there won't be another catastrophe like this after the existing covid—19 crisis? victor gao, again you're in the hot seat, what's your answer to our question from sri lanka? i think this is a very good question. but let me remind all of us that coronavirus is the common enemy of mankind. it does not attack one country versus another, for example. china is the first victim of this coronavirus attack. china's economy in the first quarter of 2020 contracted for the first time in the last 41 years by 6.8%. the chinese economy was literally closed down in the latter part ofjanuary, the whole month of february and march. so, you can see that chinese people endured a lot and made great sacrifices. i think stephen mentioned the competence issue. if you look at different countries and how they dealt with the attacks by the coronavirus, china proved to be the very, very competent government in rallying people behind it

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easing and an election approaching the cool doesn't have much time to decide and then there's just colombo. pakistan is expecting snow is sweet harvest in 5 years heavy rains hail and plagues of no concern of all taking their toll on the country's main crops and that's on top of existing wheat shortages caused by corruption and the coronavirus up high def reports. he did however it's time he gets done and the farmers that bady already. but. more rain than usual now it should be nor did. reduction happened in green fair day to day where the land hoarding it small and the farmers depend on diet wheat for their desperate budget done in the age of the largest producer no we didn't the were producing anything between $20.00 to $25000000.00 tonnes of wheat and them only 10 percent is grown in grain fed areas such as these and these farmers of course will now be depending on their wheat crops and they have to do other jobs did read and because the factory than other dogs are north of their liberal because of the pandemic these people are now praying that they will have an adequate crop what is so

collect an $8.00 cash handout about a 1000 people had killed outside a business men's warehouse in colombo for his annual handout during ramadan and 9 other people were injured the area has a large muslim population and many of its residents have been unable to do their usual work as laborers during the coronavirus pandemic and then handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring lockdown measures not a sign of a former saudi intelligence officer says his family is being targeted in a bid to force his father's return to the kingdom according to the new york times sada jobbery has been fearing for his life since moving to canada in 2017 his son khalid told the newspaper that his brother sister and uncle have been arrested by saudi security forces since march and haven't been seen since. well the report says saddam jobby worked in the interior ministry for nearly 40 years and was the right hand man for prince mohammed bin nayef the crown prince his cousin deny f. was arrested in march apparently because he'd been complaining about the crown prince mohammed bin solomon sada job a son to

and an election approaching the court doesn't have much time to decide and then there's al-jazeera colombo the spokesman for russia's president is getting hospital treatment for krone virus 52 year old dmitri peskov who was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago with vladimir putin the president has announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the world's 2nd highest number of cases after the united states and russian authorities say they're investigating the safety of ventilators after possible malfunctions calls to deadly fires in hospitals at least 5 patients were killed in petersburg when a machine reportedly short circuited sending flames through an intensive care ward another ventilator defect was blamed for a fire at a moscow hospital on saturday. while staying in europe care homes account for a quarter more than the 32000 deaths from covert 19 in the united kingdom the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns care workers could bring the disease back into the wider community

election approaching the court doesn't have much time to decide minute and then there's al-jazeera colombo health workers in croatia have apologized to the relatives of a virus victim who was buried using another woman's name the document mix up happened after 2 elderly women were admitted to a hospital and split earlier another mistake in the capital zagreb led to a virus free woman being treated in a covert 19 ward. south africa has managed to stem the tide of corona virus infection and a key part of its response has been contact tracing that's a strategy that is drawn heavily on its experience of battling a hiv aids al-jazeera joined one contact trace her working in northwest province as historic it is and was in a bit concerned about conflict in court. but communicable diseases put the need to dealing with outbreak response or dealing with conditions and more that needs were needed. reeks of this. because some professional need to get a place that. might be sensed incest. soul i'm here to if they need. it what been a bit more about. just to prevent their. spreading. that is what was an

begun arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital colombo released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of police officers the malaysian government has already carried out similar operations and what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the virus for his living is in kuala lumpur and she explains why certain areas are being targeted. this is very similar to a rape that was carried out at apartment blocks in kuala lumpur on the 1st of may now these raids on monday morning are carried are in an area that is under lockdown which means residents in those areas are not allowed to leave their homes whether for food or medicine things are delivered to them and this is to prevent or contain the spread of the corona virus these are areas where clusters of the virus have been reported now everyone in those areas would have been tested for the corona virus and the government has said that it intends to detain undocumented migrants in areas and lock down and this appears to be what the gover

collect an $8.00 cash handout around a 1000 people had queued outside a businessman's warehouse in colombo for his annual handout during ramadan now i know that people were injured the area has a large muslim population and many of its residents have been unable to do their usual work as laborers during the pandemic the men handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring the lockdown. the job of the government of the north and we need to go around people govern in numbers and then people fell down businessmen took about 10 people to the hospital in his vehicle. a security sources told our jazeera that palestine has officially informed israel its ending all security cooperation just in president would have us declared an end to security agreements with israel and the us on tuesday over israeli plans to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank and this time is also stopped sharing intelligence with the cia palestinian authority is now withdrawing security forces from some places where it had to operate with israeli approval. the u.s. is pulling out of a treaty with $34.00 other count

easing and an election approaching the court doesn't have much time to decide minute and then there's colombo. south africa which is managed to stem the tide of coronavirus infection and a key part of its response has been contact tracy and that's a strategy that's drawn heavily on experience of battling hiv aids when i was there a joint one contactor a so working in south africa's northwest province and here's his story in his own words. i'm a bit concerned about putting clinton quit on our veterans but it's a political disease police need to give them with only a response or dealing with odd legal conditions i know that at some stage we'll be dealing with outbreaks of this magnitude as the health care case a professional nice me to conflate that. might be sense interest comes 1st so all i'm here to serve the nation. and what has been. just to prevent their existence trading. that is what with what there was once you would have heard. screaming. and fortunately in my case all of them where i seem to my to meaning when you didn't have a new sometimes. as a health check i'm not only. consideri

begun arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital colombo or local media release video showing crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of police offices the malaysian government has already carried out similar operations in what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the corona virus and other news the prime minister of mistletoe faces being ousted from office after his coalition collapsed to master bonnie is now officially a caretaker prime minister until a vote of no confidence take space to bonnie's been under pressure to resign after being accused of involvement in the matter of his ex-wife and 100000 favorite take it said being given away by qatar airways to health care workers around the world chief executive told al-jazeera it's being done to recognise the hard work in the fight against covert 19 health care workers can register online to apply for the free tickets that iowa is hoping to resume flies to 80 countries by the end of june those are the headlines coming up next on august there is a docum

across all 3 international formats will participate in a 12 davis then still training camp at the colombo cricket club. trying to convince the india to tour the country folk close door limited to oversee areas into line. the start of the major league baseball season in north america may have been halted by the global pandemic of but this plenty of action happening in south korea is a baseball 10 bishop medal huss junior a hit homers in consecutive and is to help the k.t. wish to beat the key warm harris not for me pizza santa thanks very much when we come back we'll bring you live coverage of the space x. docking that will be something to look forward to see you on the other side of the break. in the case could you have or associated to the police department it has the potential to be biased in a number of different ways there are too many opportunities for the computer to get . those officers who commit those data entry is wrong to be saying that your son mission is wrong to. kill becoming a suspect before the actual crime and in-depth examination into preventative policing pre-crime on

collect an $8.00 cash handout around a 1000 people had queued outside a business men's warehouse in colombo for his annual handout during ramadan no one on the people were injured the area has a large muslim population and many have been unable to do the usual work as labor is during the pandemic the men handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring down. the job lot if you're not i'm all going off and we need to go around people getting numbers and then people fell down to business men took about 10 people to the hospital in his vehicle. coming up on this news hour from london a disaster in southern yemen as the coronavirus rips through the only dedicated clinic in the region. and brazil's president recommends it america's president has been taking it on our frontline health workers are going to be given a malaria drug to see if it works against corona virus. the u.s. is putting out of a treaty with $34.00 other countries accusing russia of violating the deal the open skies treaty allows unarmed surveillance flights over signature nations and is supposed to foster transparency on m