secretary of state mike pompei on tuesday demanded that iran tell the truth about the corona virus outbreak in the country voicing alarm at allegations of a cover up i want to particularly use that as an analogy for the rest of these headlines here because this is that the secretary of state of course presides over an empire of debt and a lot of that lies started with covering up the stability the fragility of all that debt over which we stand so we're going to look at some headlines after that but what do you think max about what secretary of state pay 0 said look i mean what we've been saying on this show for a few years probably all of 10 years is that no problems ever been. put forward into the public consciousness that could not be solved with more money printing and no matter what happens the there's unrest somewhere there's there's civil discord you know just print more money now we are asking ourselves will the coronavirus be bigger than the ability to print money than what we've been seeing in the last few days is this idea from christine lagarde she's down at the european central

explaining terms policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set to secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house announced a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. i think it just demonstrates the fact that of the guys and the $5000.00 a year once and for many station. despite tribes travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy compare we're insisted that the u.s. is open for business. when diplomacy fails and fear sweeps in and our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division regional defectives instead of being an obstacle to do a good job least it became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. to. i'm can but alan to how the top stories on al-jazeera more people have died in italy from coronavir

explaining terms of policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set to secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. next think it just demonstrates the 5. $1000.00 a year once and for many station. despite trump's travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy insisted that the u.s. is open for business. the numbers have been incredible on testing president trump says the number of tests for corona virus in the u.s. is the highest in the wallet despite many states painting a different picture. although i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the coronavirus infection rate continues to fall and it's only in spain but the world health organization urges them to stay vigilant.

movement it looks increasingly examining what he's been saying as if the us secretary of state mike pompei o is beginning to really trust trust the taliban do you trust the taliban i think that. they're very savvy and they're sure. and they. want just good fighters they are tough negotiators and. even before the talks began the reality was and let's recognize the reality that despite the attention and you know the financial contributions the father bought while still controlling a good 4045 percent of the of high on their tree so their reality you know and you have to deal with that reality i hope. the one thing because we'd all know that agreement. one expects them to both sides you know the u.s. and the taliban on a what they are citing there was however an op-ed recently in the new york times from the condi network it raised. in the state department in washington they take their cue claims from your government. they're independent they take. no cues from no one they have independent minds and they have their own. vision of what they want. to look like. all of you have said that listen t

the afghan president on his political rival failed to form a new government secretary of state's mike pompei revealed the plan during an unannounced visit to kabul he strongly criticized president atia afghani and his rival for failing to work together and for potentially threatening a u.s. led peace deal with the taliban there have been mass protests in guinea after a controversial referendum and parliamentary voters opposition groups there are accusing president alpha condé of trying to amend the constitution so he can extend his stay in office for 12 years is protesters have attacked several polling stations in the capital conakry delaying the start of voting in some districts. now 64 ethiopian migrants have been found dead in a truck container they died from this fixation 14 others who were in the same container did survive now these migrants were discovered when the driver was stopped by police in the southern african country of mozambique local health workers believe they were being smuggled into south africa now the coke creates of the beloved french comic book series asterix has died

secretary of state mike pompei o insists there are no stumbling blocks. there have been prisoner releases from both sides before we've managed to figure our path forward will know who these people are we are working to build out a set of confidence measures that will do for america what president trump is committed. under the current terms the u.s. pledges to cut its troops level to $8600.00 in the next 4 months it also states that the pentagon will pull out the remaining contingent within 14 months depending on taleban cooperation with an end of the long standing crisis almost incites the fate of the agreement though is still in limbo so skewed taylor takes up the story . 18 here is $1.00 trillion dollars over $150000.00 dead for raf gonna start in the us the road to peace has been long bloody and costly but a new dawn is on the horizon and it's being hailed as a victory we know he's going to go for. it you know you're right or there's already and even. then you force you to get closer. to the current of the current he says he's are we achieve this is fo

media expert here a wonderful research but the fact of the matter is if you look at the secretary mike pompei o during this process he was egging the turks on to confront russia because he believed that russia would back down i mean the thing is is that they don't they've never wanted a resolution in syria that they can't control well everyone lost control pompei or no one's going to listen to and of course you have the hot air from the e.u. you know all of this is happening on the ground and they are going to determine the final outcome it's taking longer than we all thought but they will go ahead alex that well this is exactly the point because of course what happens was that yes there was some people in the u.s. government and in and in the e.u. and in the media who wanted to give full throated support to turkey and not just verbal support the stronger support well designed however the pentagon clearly and. unequivocally said no they are not prepared to go head to head with the russians on turkey's behalf in italy province and it's important to stress it's not just the syrian government th

secretary of state mike pompei or has been talking about he's been urging european countries to take back i saw members as a matter of establishing justice do you think it's important that european countries accept their nationals back from syria and iran you're trying to move me into an area of political debate i'm not going to comment on what secretary of state pompei o said or whatever the united nations mandate that i had. has to promote international standards and best practice i applaud those countries that are taking back their nationals and that are willing and able to do so and we are willing and we've expressed it to feed in and assist those domestic courts that have taken back foreign fighters if other states have national security concerns legal impediments or other reasons why they're not taking them back our job is to make sure that there still accountability and so what we are doing we're investigative team on the lookout for a court and policy decisions that rests upon the sovereign states of the united nations they must grasp this nettle of choice what we have to do

secretary of state mike pompei o has accused several countries including russia of spreading false information about the pandemic. issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this does it for missionaries if it's pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran but there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing in our cavity to to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here because there's well accusations against russia over disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus president europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence is there are accusations you need evidence with no evidence there can be any claims moreover it can be used as a part of such an aggressive informational competing earlier donald trump place the blame for the spread of the coronavirus china's door alleging that the situation would now be better if he'd known about the virus earlier the president added that the world was paying a very big pri

secretary of state mike pompei oh this is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political institution masquerading as a legal body. here's all the more records for this ruling to come just days after the united states signed a historic peace deal on afghanistan which is the best chance for peace in a generation the united states is not a party to the i.c.c. we will take all necessary measures to protect our citizens from this renegade unlawful so-called court well the u.s. has long seen the i.c.c. as a threat to its sovereignty in 2018 the former u.s. national security adviser john bolton lashed out saying this we won't cooperate with the i.c.c. we'll provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. we will let the i.c.c. die on its own adding that if the court comes after us we will not sit quietly. ok let's bring in our guests joining us today from kabul we have more heem he's a founding member of the think tank the afghanistan affairs unit in washington we have shift i'm done formally an advisor to nato senior civilian representative in afghanistan and

explaining chum's policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set to secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. i think it just demonstrates the fact that the days and the fall as you once and for me station. despite trying to travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy compare were insistent that the u.s. is open for business. on tropical 3 g. chinese developers are accused of destroying a pacific power nice. want to waste investigations on al-jazeera. the consequence of war. ventures and russia he served for for 9 shooting 295 that just doesn't go away. for a living out of his truck for the last couple years. his home was 0 follows a group of u.s. army veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get their lives back shelter. al-jazeera. every. know what's happening in our region we know how to get to places that others can on the fires and still k

is blaming indeed the implication from mike pompei o seems to be that somehow china russia and iran are responsible for spreading disinformation regarding the coronavirus this is what he said. the issue of disinformation is there any particular locus for this does it permission or is it diffuse it's pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran where there are coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing an arc of idiot to do all the things at present trying to set in motion here now the russian foreign ministry has been very clear that there is not any effort to spread this information on the part of russia in response to the situation facing the country in the world with the global pandemic this is the russian foreign ministry spokesperson. you know you guys this well accusations against russia over disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus president europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and fake themselves let's take a look at the presumption of innocence if there are accusations you need eviden

explaining terms policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set his secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. they think it just demonstrates the for the by the fall of the u.s. . administration. despite trump's travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy compare we're insisted that the u.s. is open for business. this is al-jazeera. this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 602 people have died in italy from the coronavirus we're told is nearly double that of china. wall street tumbled again on opening as the u.s. senate struggled to agree on a one trillion dollars economic lifeline. the fund them accuse.

you've kind of the end game but back to the story that i was talking about of secretary of state mike pompei oh saying that you know the biological virus that we have of this corona virus you know iran covering out was a bad story obviously. it is i think transparency is the best option and transparency is the best option for the viral debts we have and the situation there so i want to turn to a headline that probably got overlooked and did indeed get overlooked but jamie dimon we're watching you we keep an eye on you even during the apocalypse j.p. morgan plans to borrow funds through the fed's emergency lending facility and an exercise designed to break the stigma attached to that program. we're just doing this to break the stigma we don't want to have people who feel bad about having to go to the feds emergency borrowing window we're just doing this for the good of everybody right there was virtually no cost for years of jamie diamond to take money from the central bank from the but they did put it through some layers of denial so they could say well went through the primary dealers 1st o

secretary of state mike pompei oh issue of deceit information is there any particular locus for this decision or mission or is a diffuse it's pretty diffused unfortunately but we've certainly seen it come from places like china and russia and iran for their coordinated efforts to disparage what america is doing in an arc to the to the to do all the things the president trying to set in motion here no evidence has been presented to back up these accusations and now we've heard from the russian foreign ministry which has made clear that these accusations themselves are distant from ation as russia is not engaged in any dissin from asian operations and such accusations are in effect dividing the global community and hampering relief efforts this the well accusations against russia disinformation and thanks about the coronavirus spread in europe and the whole world are a big disinformation and craig going to solve let's take a look at the presumption of innocence here is their occupations an avid institution out of them there can be any clean gesturing you know it can be used as a part o

explaining terms of policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set his secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house announced a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. i think it just demonstrates the fun of the guys and the priority for us and for ministration. despite tribes travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy insisted that the u.s. is open for business. we understand the differences i'm similarities have cultures across the world. so no matter what you see al-jazeera will bring you the news and current fast that matter to you. al-jazeera. being a refugee means starting again. but building a new life in a new country is no easy task like a private eye. witness follows one of the last refugee families from syria to be granted an american visa. from their personal sacrifices to the families to try and . meet the syrians on al-jazeera. whoop. oh i'm so raman here in doha these are all top news stories he

explaining terms policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set his secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. next think it just demonstrates the fact that i think the by a $1000.00 or u.s. and 4 ministration. despite tribes travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the war african countries including major areas the continent's biggest economy compare we're insisted that the u.s. is open for business. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a al-jazeera to the nice and current affairs that matter to. countersteering. this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the city that never sleeps comes to a standstill new york effectively goes into full lockdown. much of the same to the city of london with tougher measures going into effect to stay.

there is nothing explicit within us ancients that say medicine cannot be delivered to iran and mike pompei of the secretary of state has been saying that the president's been saying that those are true statements however what they're not taken into account and what's being left out of the story is that many banks and. firms will refuse to sindh medicine or to sell medicine to iran or to sit in equipment that's needed medical equipment that's needed like been to leaders to iran out of fear of st john's in fact human rights watch says this about it they say the results of u.s. sanctions on iran has meant that they have had to deny iranians access to essential medicines and to impair their right to health so what human rights watch is saying is that yes u.s. sanctions while they may not explicitly block medicine from going into the country they are preventing medicine and medical equipment from getting there well that's unfortunate especially because iran is one of the countries that's been hit the hardest by this krone virus and now even pakistani prime minister am on kong on sunday urged u.

explaining chum's policy towards africa it's the challenging mission set his secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. next think it just demonstrates the for. the fall of the u.s. . administration. despite trump's travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy pale insisted that the u.s. is open for business. when diplomacy fails and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists reproving the barriers are built to impose division external to sixty's instead of being an obstacle to go waste into became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al-jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. april on al jazeera. countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you all the latest developments from aroun

you know i mean the thing is is that of course you could have the mike pompei i was in and here's a see this is an opportunity to escalate but the man in the oval office at the last thing he wants to see happen what 250 days out from the election go ahead. yeah i agree with that i don't think it's going to get involved in syria and let's not forget that we've just crossed our fingers might have gotten a deal with afghanistan iran also trump can surprise you there's no doubt about it that he's unpredictable and i think he is going to to stay out of syria and if anything he's going to come down hard on or don't want. i tend to believe that no one likes erred though on including could on and france i do so i do agree that they are making statements and there are peace in turkey but i think at the end of the day europe and the e.u. they cannot handle another my current info they just can't handle especially now with breaks it the u.k.'s out the e.u. is suffering they cannot handle this and i'm going to say it once again greece can definitely not handle by great influx that's there's no doub

explaining terms of policy towards africa it's the challenging mission such as secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house an ounce to a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. think it just demonstrates the for. the fall of the us and for me station. despite tribes travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continent's biggest economy insisted that the u.s. is open for business. pulled the number told stories from asia and the pacific on al-jazeera. sealing off the philippines capital checkpoints and curfews across the city of $12000000.00 as it tries to contain the coronavirus. australia orders all arrivals into isolation for 2 weeks the latest countries were imposed tougher restrictions. you're watching on 20 live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up airport chaos in the u.s. with thousands queuing for new screening measures and airlines planning major cuts to their shuttles. once they mail.

war with russia that started earlier this month after the opec meeting a us secretary of state mike pompei oh he's hoping to end in pressuring the saudi arabia to change its course over producing more oil like it said it would after their initial deal that would end by the end of march and that they would start producing more of this oil by april especially at a time when demand is already plummeting do you see the saudis budging on this or even russia rather. i don't think that they'll be financially able to continue to fight for very long markets are messy but the truth is that the cure for low prices is low prices well this is difficult for producers it's a huge benefit for consumers low prices like this could straight sustaining capital investments which take your production themselves over time the truth is that with the increase in u.s. production we have systemic oversupply in the world markets because u.s. depletion rates are very very very high a short period situation and ruling begins to take care of the supply over problem my other concern i don't know if it's a concern but my

and the taliban aimed at ending america's longest war the us secretary of state mike pompei o says he's hopeful the talks between the afghan government and the taliban will begin in the coming days he also said the u.s. will be watching the taliban's next steps to ensure that it's carrying out its part of the deal. the agreement set out the conditions that set out the space but no this deal doesn't depend upon trusting anyone it has a deep complex well thought out multi month negotiated verification complex and mechanism by which we can observe and hold every member of the agreement accountable we'll do that it's not about trust it's about what happens on the ground not only yesterday which was an important day but in the days that follow iraq's prime minister designate mohamed tawfik allow he has withdrawn his candidacy for the position after parliament failed to approve his cabinet a lot we said that some politicians have placed obstacles in his way it was appointed after the resignation of adult to lucky who was forced out after ongoing anti-government protests those are the headline

they don't trump at the podium we've also heard from the vice president might pence secular state mike pompei as well just a couple of other points to come out of that news conference interest on student loans government backed student loans will be waived standardized tests will be waived as well i believe they call him a s a t's in the u.s. and tax day the day which you would usually have to file your tax returns usually comes in april that has been moved back to july the 15th as well so just giving everyone in this case so students and taxpayers a little bit more breathing room i guess is how you would term it because of the unpredictability of what is coming up as a said before president trump is spoken with governors from across. the u.s. today talking about the corporation that has been going on he said quote we are winning and we are going to win this war. that's donald trump at the white house that news conference continuing our news coverage continues of coronavirus pandemic from across the world in about half an hour's time we've got an edition of my cuba coming up next and remember

secretary of state mike pompei was landed in afghanistan on an unannounced visit to help salvage a dealbetween washington and the taliban it comes as the 1st direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban have taken place on exchanging prisons those were the headlines the news hour is here in half an hour with the stars the attain next on witnesses i and grandpa to stay with us. talk to al-jazeera we ask what you were force were when you saw that document for the 1st time we listen to after the war saying you'll have been to go build you know the stage of you and we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on 00.

secretary of state mike pompei you has said that. he hopes that this will be reversed but surely we we may see in equal response from the u.s. and this intensifying tit for tat a feud china has laid the blame solidly on the on the feet of the u.s. . troop of your reporting live from beijing many thanks to katrina. as we reported a moment ago malaysia has closed its borders of hers around 700 cases of coronavirus florence louis reports now from kuala lumpur. it's relatively quiet on the streets of kuala lumpur but not everyone is heeding the government's order to restrict their movements some people have been queuing at restaurants which are allowed to open for deliveries and takeaways and police have also been going around to restaurants warning customers and earners that they're breaching the law if they dine in and hours before the partial lockdown came into effect there was a huge movement of people across the country as people try to beat travel restrictions there was also very heavy traffic going into things or poor now these 2

secretary of state mike pompei osaze is hopeful talks between the afghan government and the taliban will begin in the coming days the u.s. and the taliban signed an agreement in doha on saturday aimed at ending the united states' longest war says the u.s. will be watching the taliban's next steps to ensure its carrying out its part of the deal the agreement set out the conditions that set out the space but no this deal doesn't depend upon trusting anyone it has a deep complex well thought out multi month negotiated verification complex and mechanism by which we can observe and hold every member of the agreement accountable who will do that it's not about trust it's about what happens on the ground not only yesterday which was an important day but in the days that follow but that deal appears to have hit a stumbling block afghanistan's president ashraf ghani says the government did not commit to releasing 5000 taliban members a prisoner swap a spot of the accord signed in qatar the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of all american and nato troops from afghanistan and a