e.u. citizens. reporter: light at the and of the tunnel, forced lavinia's government, at least.he number of new coronavirus infections, only 35 in the last few weeks, has reassured authorities and let them to take an unprecedented step, announcing that the coronavirus pandemic in it the country is over. >> today, slovenia has the best epidemiological picture in europe which means we can declare an end to the general epidemic. this will prprobably coincide wh the end of the first two coronavirus packages. reporter: packages that include financial aid toto citizens and companies hit by the coronavirus crisis. some thihink this could have ben a strong motivator for the government to say that outbreak in the country was over. authorities are gradually loosening restrictions which are introduced two months ago. schools will begin to reopen next week, and cafes and restaurants will be able to serve customers indoors. >> it was kind of a shock, but it is cool. in the end, nothing will change. no school, no big parties. but the tensions in people i think will be diminished. peoplele wil

e.u. citizens after a landmark case we hear from the woman behind the legal action. on charges reported increase in elderly people struggling to put food on the table during the lockdown with food banks saying there's been a tripling into the. welcome to r.t. u.k. the health secretary matt hancock has defended the government's decision to ease lockdown measures across the country as it's revealed the rate of coronavirus transmission is rising while another study reveals the rate of infection and transmission is markedly different across the u.k. that's as police prepared to break up planned i'm t. lock down protests across the country over the weekend when maurice r.t.u. case isa rally joins me now. i there he says how it's a wiring isn't the transmission is a ridge is saying no see in this report or other scientific advisory group for emergencies sage which indicates that the our rate the rate of infection has gone up since last week it was between point 5 and point 9 it's now between point 7 and while. the government so there briefing was led by about hancock the h

e.u. citizens. light at the end of the tunnel for slovenia's government at least the number of new corona virus infections only 35 over the last 2 weeks has reassured authorities and led them to take an unprecedented step announcing that its corona virus epidemic is officially over. to the today's slovenia has the best epidemic logical picture in europe which means we can declare an end to the general epidemic this will probably coincide with the end of the 1st 2 empty corona packages that keep packages that include financial aid to citizens and companies hit by the coronavirus crisis some think this could have been a strong motivator for the government to say the outbreak in the country was over authorities are gradually loosening restrictions which were introduced 2 months ago schools will begin to reopen next week and cafes and restaurants will be able to serve customers in dollars. at last count a shocker but it's all in the end money will change no school no big parking but the pension scheme p

e.u. citizens living in the u.k. thank you thank you. they head of the u.s. house foreign affairs committee says president trump they have fired a government watchdog because he was investigating an arms sale to saudi arabia elliott angle says he asked the state department inspector general steve linnik to investigate donald trump's decision to declare an emergency to clear the way for the 8000000000 dollar sale from said on monday he fired linny because secretary of state mike pompei i'll ask him to you. i don't know anything about him other than the state department and mike in particular i guess they were happy with the job he's doing or something so because it's my right to do it i said sure i'll do it i've got rid of a lot of inspector generals every president has i think every president has got rid of probably more than i have. the f.b.i. says it's found evidence that a saudi military could that was in contact with the armed group al qaeda before he shot and killed 3 people on a u.s. naval air base last year federal investigators found mobile phone evid

e.u. citizens in the united kingdom it will also be losing access to that right come june 2021 and it does for me open up a route to continue to get the government to go the extra mile when it comes to the good friday agreement because whilst this address is one aspect of our case there is still wider concern or compliance with the go to friday agreement and we intend to continue that challenge well the argument is on the other side that it all boil down to semantics though it wasn't supposed to be about getting your husband his status wasn't him. the application was always there by getting my husband to stay with me in the country the good friday agreement is an international peace treaty rest recognized at the u.n. and whenever we uncovered this legislative gap 5 years ago we discovered that the british government has never actually implemented the birthright provisions of the good friday agreement into domestic u.k. law and as a result continues to compare british citizenship automatically and all the people of northern aren't now it's worth noting that ireland did a man and it's nation

romans are slowly getting used to spending a little money in their neighborhoods again citizens and many other e.u. countries are taking similarly tentative steps towards normality but the economic damage already done across the 27 country block by covert 19 has been severe. economic. growth around. and. and the result of all that the e.u. forecasts that its economy will fall by a massive 7.4 percent in 2020 the worst fall since the e.u. was founded in 19581 employment in the e.u. is forecast to rise by nearly 2 percent up to 9 percent for 2020. while the impact will be felt across the continent some countries will be hit harder than others italy and spain 2 of the worst hit contraries are forecast to suffer contractions of around 9.5 percent each more than france and germany they used 2 biggest economies it's not all bad news at least e.u. officials said they expect the economy to slowly recover in the 2nd half of 2020 before a sharp bounce back and 2021 but for those gradually emerging from lockdowns that probably still feels a long way off. over those in germany's tourism sector the travel rest

romans are slowly getting used to spending a little money in their neighborhoods again citizens and many other e.u. countries are taking similarly tentative steps towards normality but the economic damage already done across the 27 country block by covert 19 has been severe. quite. economically. you can only go. by one. old man there's been a. demand. and. on the result of all that the e.u. forecasts that its economy will fall by a massive 7.4 percent in 2020 the worst fall since the e.u. was founded in 150 years unemployment in the e.u. is forecast to rise by nearly 2 percent up to 9 percent for 2020. well the impact will be felt across the continent some countries will be hit harder than others italy and spain 2 of the worst hit contraries are forecast to suffer contractions of around 9.5 percent each more than france and germany the used 2 biggest economies it's not all bad news at least e.u. officials said they expect the economy to slowly recover in the 2nd half of 2020 before it sharpens by 2021. but for those gradually emerging from lockdowns that probably still feels a long way off. and he

citizens and many other e.u.ountries are taking similarly tentative steps toward normality , but the economic damage already done across the 27 country blocked by covid-19 has been severe. it is now quite clear that the e.u. has entered the deepest economic recession in its history. covid-19 abruptly changed our previous world. economic activity in the e.u. dropped by around one third, practically overnight. the disruption resulted in a series of shocks to demand, supply, and that's -- and capital flows. >> and the result of all that? the forecasts that its economy will fall by massive 7.4% in 2020, the worst fall since that you was founded in 1958. unemployment in the eve is forecast to rise by nearly 2%, up to 9% for 2020. while the impact will be felt across the continent, some countries will be hit harder than others. italy and spain, two of the worst hit countries, are forecast to suffer contractions of around 9.5% each, more than france and germany. the you's two biggest economies. -- the e.u.'s two largest

e.u. on the coronavirus, including the effort to repatriate citizens.ngratulated the european commission on 7.4 billion euros raed at the pledging conference. he welcomed u.k. for the 388 billion pounds pledge. the prime minister give an update on the u.k.'s domestic response than the two leaders talked about the need for ongoing cooperaon. let's take a look at other stories making the news. italy has become the third nation in the world to record more than 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus. the others are the u.k. and the u.s. italy's daily death toll is 243. a disagreement over the appointment of a chairperson to a key commiee led to fights breaking out on the floor of the hong kong legislature. the scuffle is the latest sign of rising tensions between pro-beijing and pro-democracy counties in the territory, due to hold elections in september. the government owait announced the country will go into total lockdown from sunday until may 30. the small gulf country reported more than 640 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours. the interior min

from abroad romanians are trying to keep them at bay some fear that their fellow citizens with seasonal jobs in other e.u countries could import the new coronavirus some politicians are taking strict measures to prevent people from gathering in public spaces all in efforts to contain the spread of the virus but this move is making life for villagers and farmers like all gulf war cash very heart like many others the romanian village of arcata has been on lockdown since mid march its residents are only allowed out of their houses with official permission small farmer olga for akash has received official permission but she still can't sell her produce. i have to think of this that it was my autumn harvest each eamonn spring i would make good money from that i thought that this us infesting a lawsuit all these heads of cabbage and it was so lovely think mark up with the whole thing for. 4 costs usually sells for cabbage in the little town of me or korea neeraj really where many residents belong to remain as hungry and minority but the farmer's market has been shuttered since mid march for fear of the coronav

restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia are now allowing their citizens to travel between the 3 countries it was being called the e.u. thurst travel bubble in spain a 14 day mandatory quarantine is now being enforced the people allowed back in and the e.u. had earlier recommended its members close borders completely until may the 50. well still ahead here on al-jazeera we'll bring you the outcome of or a view into accusations of police brutality in hong kong following last year's mass protests. and bracing for results is a bar boy a struggle to maintain social distancing as they queue for war to stay with us here on out to say. hello once again welcome to look at the international forecast still looking at some very heavy rain affecting the philippines and as a result of typhoon of on falling and you can see what it that means that the system has cause it's made its way across central parts of the philippines pushing further north now in the process of easing on in terms of those winds but we are still looking at a fair bit of wet weather it's the much of luzon as it just pushes to the north of manila and those show

heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia and eyeing their citizens to travel between the 3 countries in what's being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain a 14 day mandatory quarantine is being enforced for people allowed back in. a powerful typhoon in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people in terms of shelters but the fair the typhoon of hong could cause catastrophic landslides rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus the independent police complaints council in hong kong is calling for a review of guidelines on the use of tear gas during protests the watchdogs investigated allegations of police brutality during anti government demonstrations last year those are the headlines about the more news in a half hour here on al-jazeera but next it's the stream the family ok do stay with us. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. having a cane look into the street in the home edition it is a show that is produced under lockdown conditions and we focus on lockdown life around the world this is an election year in th

heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia now allowing their citizens to travel between the 3 countries in what's being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain a 14 day mentally quarantine is being in force for people allowed back in those were the headlines peter dobby will be here with the al-jazeera news in half an hour but next knowledge is there it's one i want east to stay with us. what impact will call did 19 of the drop in oil prices have on the race to the white house can go on will trump survive these historic setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat a. special coverage i'll just say. it's dangerous for it still this is good but cooking he is about the. continued use of the school knowing the kids you know. what i want to use makes that made shift serving up hospitality you know to those in. vietnam is a country of amazing color and unique food. but it's also a place where life for many is a struggle. i've come to a school ignoring to meet 43 kids who are about to start a journey that we hope the out of poverty. this place carter does something that i feel really strongly about it's not j

border restrictions the following year that fia and dystonia are allowing citizens to travel between the 3 countries in waters the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble austria has agreed to open its borders with germany switzerland and stein in mid june. iran is reporting its highest number of new infections in more than a month or the 2000 cases were reported iran has gradually lifted restrictions since the end of last month the independent police complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last year's protests though it said there was room for improvement the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality. dozens of palestinians holding friday prayers were injured after israeli forces fired tear gas that happened in some way a village in the occupied west bank illegal israeli settlements have already been built and much of the area around the village. the headlines more news here after p.l.o. history of a revolution. in 1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was fo

heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia and eyeing their citizens to travel between the 3 countries in what's being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain a 14 day mandatory quarantine is being enforced for people allowed back in a powerful typhoon in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into marriage and the shelters many fear the typhoon of hong could cause catastrophic landslides rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus the independent police complaints council in hong kong is calling for a review of guidelines on the use of tear gas during protests the watchdogs investigated allegations of police brutality during anti-government demonstrations last year those are the headlines about the more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera but next stream the family ok do stay with us. if you want to help save the world. into your own. i have any i can look into the stream the home edition it is a show that is produced on the lockdown conditions and we focus on lockdown life around the well this is an election year in the united

heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia are now allowing citizens to travel between the 3 countries it was being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain a 14 day mentally quarantine is being in force of people allowed back in the e.u. heard earlier recommended its members close borders completely until may the 15. meanwhile measures have been easing in england this week certain workers are now back on the job and people can also spend more time outside but they've been there have been concerns that it's moving too quickly and that could spark a 2nd wave of infections the u.k. is one of the hardest hit countries in the world with more than 33000 deaths journal has more from london than how this is working in practice. the concern is now quite widespread that this is happening far too soon far too fast albeit these are only the very slightest easing of the lock down and only here in england the devolved ministrations in northern ireland scotland and wales have continued to be cautious they're not taking the steps just yet but here as of the beginning of this week if you worked in or if you weren't able to d

with heavy restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia and now allowing citizens to travel between 3 countries in what's being called the e.u.'s 1st travel bubble in spain a 14 day mandatory quarantine is being enforced for people allowed back in the e.u. had earlier recommended its members close borders completely until may the 15th germany is preparing to relax entry rules for travelers from the e.u. the schengen travel zone and the u.k. interior ministry says quarantine will only be recommended if people are coming from countries with high numbers of infections a mandatory 2 weeks will still apply for travelers from known e.u. countries staying with germany and the economy has suffered sharpest decline since the 2008 financial crisis europe's biggest economy shrank 2.2 percent in the 1st quarter compared to last year long terms imposed in mid march drastically cut exports and spending. the chinese economy is showing signs of gradual improvement after its long eased its industrial output is up 3.9 percent as of april compared to last year but unemployment is higher and retail sales for fall and further than was originally

e.u. countries are also loosening border restrictions lithuania latvia and estonia are allowing citizens to travel between the 3 countries and what's the use 1st of travel bubble austria has agreed to open its border with germany switzerland. in the middle of next month in other news the independent police complaints council in hong kong says the force generally acted within guidelines during last year's protests though it said there was room for improvement as the watchdog has been looking into allegations of misconduct and brutality in thailand is to reopen department stores shopping centers and food courts as it winds down its restrictions there because of the virus the nightly curfew has also been reduced international flights are still banned however straining the country's tourism industry. dozens of palestinians holding friday prayers were injured after israeli forces fired tear gas at them it happened in the sub while village area in the upper right west bank illegal israeli settlements have already been built in much of the area around the village those are your headlines the news

repatriate its citizens in india as corona virus infections there increased its embassy in new delhi notified nationals of the plan on monday they have until wednesday to register to the between e.u. has more from beijing. well the chinese authorities are saying that it's because of concerns related to the pandemic simply it's not safe in india anymore i would they would rather the citizens be back home in china now and we know there are about 5000 chinese citizens currently in india tourists as well as business people it's a popular destination for many in china but that 5000 is just a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of chinese currently stuck abroad estimates of about 1400000 chinese currently unable to get home because of the pandemic. working a fossil is facing an education crisis after years of conflict around $350000.00 children are missing out on schooling because of killed a number of teachers and for schools to close polls have closed in syria where long serving president days. and not a term despite being convicted of murder were to cast his vote in the election for the national assembly in the capital in el salvador 3 dozen inmates have tested positive focal v

e.u. member states on friday greece announced it was open to citizens of 29 countries but excluded italian spaniards and british people italy is continuing to emerge from one of the strictest lockdowns on the continent with the famous leaning tower of pisa reopening after 3 months the i me so what do. you got if you know we finally managed to beat a power p.c. again mean to me it's almost impossible because there's always a big crowd and we didn't want to wait in line for our ways we shall assume overtone for you that we are regional tourist america looking to move around with a calm proviron for this reason we feel a little bit safer than others in the situation. let's return to want to for a top stories that is the protests going on across the united states a suspicious afic lee in minneapolis following the death of george floyd and we'll speak to reverend jesse jackson he's an american civil rights activist is joining us from chicago thanks for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour what is your reaction to what is unfolding right now in minneapolis well full results sure you bro

e.u. commission has also weighed in on the route saying any vaccine should be impartial and universal we asked french citizens who they think should get 1st dibs on a cure. i. think it's just business like everywhere there are a lot of incoherent things going on i think we're not told everything it's like with masks we were supposed to get a huge package of masks and then the americans took a. originally it's a french company but then it doesn't matter who pays the money it's still french or at least it should be for everyone. before we need to return the money that they give us and then it's 1st 1st would deal with all problems and then we think of the others it's not normal it's not good it's not possible. i think it's a bit stupid because at this time we all need to help each other we don't know which vaccine will work and which will be available 1st if you have the u.s. or france finds a vaccine 1st that would be a good thing but it could also be there's another state discovers the vaccine which decides to keep it for itself. but to support the magic versus i find it a problem because i don't think the us

e.u. members states will follow. our gratitude goes out to switzerland for its efforts to extend michael white's medical furlough and seeking andnitarian furloughs bringing home all u.s. citizens wrongly detained. we welcome their assistance and appreciate all they have done. we are not the only nation whose citizens are subject to the iranian regime's brutality. iranian guards on the border of afghanistan abused, tortured, drowned afghan migrants who dared to cross the border, simply in search of food and water. to close on an upbeat note, to human rights victories. theunited states will see -- to ban female genital mutilation and cutting. a step closer to a future in which women and girls worldwide won't have to suffer this barbaric practice. see countries to follow sudan's lead. it is only fitting that on the same weekend as international press freedom day, the family of -- successfully challenged a ruling that overturned the conviction of four individuals responsible for murder. finally, while on the topic of south central asia, i want to give a shout out to to one of my colleagues, alice wells. she's done remarkable work. whois an exemplary diplomat has served the america

ease restrictions for their citizens and which the restaurants museums and retail open but a europe is different that the u.s. and then different in the u.s. because the e.u. is really dependent on tourism between the countries for example germany represents 30 percent of the annual tarus in our history so the turn of germans marks an important role to recovery for austria so while this long list of countries are no longer on their strict lockdown they are still working on opening our borders between the e.u. asinine europeans with the e.u. travel ban on foreigners now extend it until june 15th very few airlines are flying and travel advisories worldwide is warning against all international travel now the chance of visiting the euro before fall is iffy now also looking at industry that's been hit really hard so far few industries have been hard as badly as tourism now this is the impact of the pandemic. on the airlines and this represents just the airlines now for example if you look in europe they have lost an estimated $76000000000.00 on airlines latin america has lost about $15000000000.00 middle east 19 asia pacific 88 perry and africa 4000000000 and

allowing their citizens to travel between the 3 countries in what is the use 1st travel bubble meanwhile spain has begun enforcing a 14 day mantri quarantine for the people it's allowing back in the e.u. had earlier recommended its members close borders completely until may 15th if the u.k. government lab says a new made coronavirus antibody test is nearly 100 percent accurate the british prime minister's office has hailed the finding as a potential game changer governments worldwide are considering mass antibody testing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions the tests show whether a person has had c.v. 19 but it's not yet clear whether the antibodies provide permanent immunity a team of engineers and physicians in the us have developed 2 devices that could transform the fight against covert 19 the staff at the university of michigan designed a portable helmet on a so-called negative pressure tent both devices prevent infection infected death from escaping into the wider environment hospitals usually treat severely ill coated 19 patients in negative pressure rooms to prevent further infections sridhar is the co-inventor of those devices and founder of flex ists and aerospace compa

e.u. economic recovery plan with concessional loans to countries that need them. you think that will go ahead? is he getting traction? the -- is well -- is that getting traction? explainingi think for the citizens of europe, because we work with so many from different backgrounds when it comes to the recovery phase. tom: minister, good morning morning. tom new york. all of this world, and particularly the world of science, is watching the of heard immunity in sweden, the opening up of sweden , the ability of sweden to get back to normal. how far is your nation to getting back to a normal in economy and normal tax regime, which you are expert in, given the dramatic difference in depth between sweden and the rest of scandinavia? had -- frome have the government side, the advice that experts had given us on how to deal with the pandemic, they looked on a -- they worked on a long-term strategy, having the measures that can also last for a long time, and i think it is important to underline that life assweden does not go on normal with recommendations that we have when it comes to social distancing, working from home, avoiding public transportation, lots of travel. that affects how life looks in swe

e.u. has more from beijing. according to the chinese government they're concerned about the safety of their people in india because of the spread of the pandemic they have about 5000 chinese citizens in india at the moment who are tourists or they're the business and they're concerned about them and so they want to repatriate them but this $5000.00 it's significant but it's just a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of chinese currently stuck abroad because of the pandemic china currently has a very strict limitations on travel into the country only one airline per country per week is allowed to fly into china and those tickets are extremely rare and expensive so this move has relieved many chinese in india but it's provoked anger in others saying well why of those in charge in india been prioritised and i think that brings us to the 2nd reason why the government is moving so quickly on this there are currently rising tensions between china and india because of a spat on the border chinese troops and indian troops have disagreed over the line of control and that they've been engaging in scuffles on the border and this is the last of 3 years but these skirmishes have been taki