even from within his own party for defending his top adviser they have been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or to be sacked after it emerged he drove 400 kilometers to his parents' house when britain was under strict lockdown and he was showing symptoms of covert 19 parkas in london he says the breach and senior politicians defending it has jeopardized trust in the government. this isn't simply the story about war this is about trust and faith in government a government that lay down rules and regulations that require people to be disciplined required self-sacrifice of people and our people are questioning well look what was it all for given that perhaps senior officials close to the prime minister close to the government as a whole may have been bending the rules of their own advantage in london today it's almost as if summer has come early and with it the inclination to perhaps bend the rules and regulations of social distancing in people's favor and of course all these allegations spiral around dominic cummings the question is really should people be following what the government

others are calling on dominick cummings to resign or be fired for breaking these rules. we've seen other government ministers, including a senior scientific adviser themselves resign for similar breaches of the lockdown. the scientific adviser went to visit a girlfriend saying in the same city, and that person resigned for breaking the lockdown. but thus far we're seeing a very defiant number ten downing. they're talking about this message from the government that many people are interpreting as why does it seem to be one sort of rule for everybody else and a different rule if you're a senior adviser to number ten downing street, downing has been very adamant that cummings did nothing wrong. they're standing by him. cabinet ministers have been tweeting support. the real question will be how long will support last? will we see members break away calling on him to resign, and what will the public perception be? >> thanks so much. harris gold there in london for us. >>> well, from friday to saturday, brazil recorded more than 900 new coronavirus deaths. now amid this worse

johnson said dominick cummings acted responsibly and legally when he traveled with his wife because he wanted to ensure a child careful his 4 year old son cummings wife was showing symptoms at the time position labor party has called for an inquiry into the allegations. of the just 3 months of battling the corunna pandemic the u.s. is fast approaching a sobering milestone 100000 deaths to commemorate the lives lost the new york times as rice died browse by dedicating its sunday front page as well as 3 inside pages to the names of nearly $1000.00 victims of the upright the piper said it's meant to convey the vastness and the variety of the tragedy adding quote i will not simply names on the list. for more on that powerful tribute i'm joined now by a report a payroll of. this is a very unusual by the new york times famous for its front pages comic photographs graphics and headlines for the ides is that well you'll remember in this case something different just the black and white list that seemingly goes on forever is an incredibly powerful tribute as. you know the new york times said th

well dominick cummings of course is the man that boris johnson brought in last summer to drive his. policy there was a purge of so-called moderates if you like in the conservative cabinet dominic cummings has already been proved himself a controversial figure someone who was actually held in contempt of parliament in the past but right now he's under fire of course for this trip that he made at least one trip boris johnson faced tough questions about why his chief advisor made this journey was it necessary did it break the government guidelines and also in fact what boris johnson knew and where when boris johnson didn't give anything away in fact right from the start he was as robust in his defensive dominant cummings i think as it was possible to be today i've had extensive face to face conversations with dominic cummings and i concluded that in traveling to find the right kind of childcare at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated by coronavirus and when he had no return it i think he followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do a lo

driving to his parents' house while burreson was under a strict lockdown there's been calls for dominick cummings to resign after he traveled 400 kilometers to isolate with his family no i don't i don't regrets what i did was as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i. thought about what to do in in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. in these circumstances the rules make clear that if you're dealing with small children could be that can be exceptional circumstances and i think the situation that i was in. exceptional circumstances in breaking news from the world health organization it has suspended a clinical trial of the malaria drug hijacks a carquinez a covert 19 treatment of a safety concerns us president donald trump has said he was taking hydroxy car crane to ward off corona virus despite public health officials warning it may be unsafe it has not been proven and effective treatment. israel's prime minister says his government will seize what he's described as an historic opportunity to annex more pale

benchmark for impartiality and establishing trust between the press and the public but arguably like dominick cummings those who make the rules should consider following the. partridge party london. and that's all for this our colleagues at all to america will take over at the top for all of us here in westminster thanks for watching and goodbye. seemed wrong. bullets just don't. get to shape. to stay active. and engaged equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so.

result of all of this coming out really he didn't want to talk any further about the details of dominick cummings journey he said that dominic cummings received a grilling today when he appeared before the media to answer questions and that people have to make up their own minds about whether wants dominic cummings did was breaching the guidelines or not. and other news the indian government has deployed soldiers to help with the rescue and relief efforts after a powerful storm hit last week cycle and open destroyed homes uprooted trees and flooded hundreds of villages in west bengal and odisha states or than 20 rivers have breached their banks and sea water is seeping into farmlands in these funded bands mangroves region of the unesco world heritage site branca gupta reports. the last green fields a west bengal halftone a gentle wasteland 5 days off to soccer on a farm made landfall in the eastern state of india the scale of destruction it had left in its path it's now becoming more clear. this 2 more to community of charcoal and in the sun their guns mom groove region was caught in the eye of t

even from within his own party for defending his top advisor they have been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or to be sacked that's after it emerged he drove 400 kilometers to his parents' house when britain was under a strict lockdown and whilst showing symptoms of the coronavirus our correspondent needs parker joins us live from the house of commons there in central london so needs an awful lot of anger and it's kind of getting outside the westminster bubble as well. of course this is goes way beyond the westminster bubble this isn't simply the story about war this is about trust and faith in government to government that laid down rules and regulations that required people to be disciplined required self-sacrifice of people and our people are questioning well look what was it all for given that perhaps senior officials close to the prime minister close to the government as a whole may have been bending the rules to their own advantage in london today it's almost as if summer has come early and with it the inclination to perhaps bend rules and regulations some social distancing in

boris johnson is facing condemnation for defending his top advisor their own growing calls for dominick cummings to quit after he was accused of breaking the law and he is due to make a statement in the next hour we'll carry it live for you here on out is it. germany's top court today ruling v.w. volkswagen must partially pay back car owners affected by its emissions cheating scandal more than 11000000 vehicles worldwide it's affected let's take a look at what precisely happened here well way back in 2040 u.s. researchers discovered that v.w. was using software to cheat on its emissions tests its diesel engines were missing up to 40 times higher than the legal limit one year later the german company admitted to the scheme its c.e.o. stepped down and shares dropped by nearly half in 2 days tens of thousands of drivers have sued volkswagen one case has reached germany's highest court but it could have implications for others the scandal has already cost the company more than $33000000000.00 and just last week its 2 top executives paid $10000000.00 to avoid criminal charges ferdinand do it on her p

even from within his own party for defending his top advisor there's been growing calls for dominick cummings to quit or be sacked that's after it emerged he drove 400 kilometers to his parents' house when britain was under a strict lockdown and while he was showing symptoms of covert 19 cummings is expected to speak publicly about the political storm shortly and we will carry that events live right here on al-jazeera. the coming scandal is just the latest slip up for the u.k. government prime minister abbas johnson has come under particular scrutiny initially his team had implied the u.k. would adopt a strategy of herd immunity that's letting the virus run its course to build up resistance within the community. the plan was quickly abandoned lock down restrictions were still rolled out weeks after medical experts advise them to do so this led to critics blaming johnson for the number of deaths in the u.k. at the height of the pandemic more than a 1000 people were dying every day in april overall nearly 37000 lives have been lost and the public's frustrations have only been made worse by what

dominick cummins i'm afraid the credibility of the legislation is now shot through what you just said was of course demonstrated over the bank holiday wasn't it we had packed beaches beachgoers even saying well cummings has given the reason to break the rules so what you're saying the police authority has really been undermined now. ok lately i mean basically this is ours are set free be asleep this is very difficult let's schley ship so the police service so were it was rushed through as of sept previously in about a week within parliament there was no stage for the what ifs it's legislation that does have a major impact on everybody's all our lives. and it's been very very difficult period traveling body mamal the prime minister has announced he will be opening all nonessential shops for mid june as part of the next phase in easing the country out of lockdown it is our intention to allow our outdoor markets to reopen from june the 1st subject to all premises being made coated secure as well as car show rooms which often had significant outdoor space and where it is gen generally easier to apply social distancing then from the 15th of june we intend to allow all other non-essential retail ranging fr

cummings. has kind of the remarkable. mr johnson authorized this trip to durham i have no idea this is speculation at the moment but of course and to hear speculation though dominick coming to the senate there is absolutely one thing i did do right and that is and there is a loophole allowing him to take his action when children are involved as is that being ignored. well i think the problem larry's that a lot of people who. have got children in this country no major men to sacrifice this because of them and that. to look after them and mr cummings seems not you know seems to felt that the rules didn't apply to him by i don't personally think i know this is the lie being put forward by the cabinet and i have to say that. if i was mad cop the health secretary i hope he is asked about this today i mean mr cummings is due clearly that he can use his own discretion about how he interprets government rules is quite likely to undermine the public advice now if i was hank koch as health secretary i would be absolutely furious that government advice has been undermined by mr cummings is sent not only to make it his own interpretation of the rules but they're not to . do t

dominick cummins i'm afraid the credibility of the legislation is now shot through what you just said was of course demonstrated over the bank holiday wasn't it we had packed beaches beachgoers even saying well cummings has given the reason to break the rules so what you're saying the police authority has really been undermined now. ok louis i mean basically this is as i've said previously this is very difficult legislation for the police service to work it was rushed through hours of sept previously in about a week when parliament was known stage for the water eps it's at legislation that goes out a major impact on everybody's all our lives and it's been very very difficult period for everybody and as of said just previously the most powerful tool of police service of gas is the cooperation of the public and by and large that have that but i'm afraid that has been it has been somewhat of a tacit cooperation on a suspect from the actions of what we've witnessed unfortunately which comes to light in the press that both a few days that will be stills of gradually removed i suspect but as we want to speak to the lock down rules being ignored has been a blind item on because the coming says that the rule