that there was maybe some reasonable doubt that these offenses didn't take place after serious nicola gagereporting live to sydney diplomatic thanks indeed. the democratic republic of congo's. its capital the main commercial hub for 14 days is the epicenter of the outbreak 12000000 people live in the city cramped conditions. reports. has turned to go sleep quiet fears of the corona virus spreading has brought businesses to a standstill in the democratic republic of congo the capital is a financial and diplomatic for around 95 percent of the city's population. the situation is terrible and we don't know what to say we are praying to god they need to cancel this measure otherwise it will be a humanitarian disaster. only police patrol the streets setting up checkpoints to the entrance of a district now under lockdown as governess says it's the epicenter of the virus teams on standby to screen patients and disinfect buildings. we are in the process of controlling the movement of people they must be surrounded which is the 1st objective of tracking down cases there were people with intense fati

i'm nicola gage on the outskirts of sydney looking at how australia is expanding another coal mine this time under one of the city's reservoirs raising concerns about water quality. how are the latest storm systems as you call it is east coast rings on its way out now there's a pretty sharp sheryl's even in florida as it went through but it is going through so it means new york for the improved 15 degrees the breeze slowly dars there are more showers in the midwest joiners and given the dark blue and the already suggest big thunderstorms this line is of interest as it kills down towards texas there's a significant sunder storms you know to feed of moisture from the gulf of mexico's war and this is the time of year we should watch out for some violent thunderstorms now west of that tension still high in arizona and phoenix is approaching its record high for april so it is hot and that heat wave exists in southern california as well but that's the place where the dangerous weather is going to be again they get to creep east was in the southern states for the ohio valley and also was into

hoping government intervention will help bear fruit for the industry until the process is always nicola gage al-jazeera sydney well it's a problem around the world tens of thousands of low paid workers at kenyan flower farms already lost their jobs because of a lack of demand many of them a sole income earners and now they just don't know how they'll feed their families michael ware has this report. of the. coronavirus hasn't yet reached grace the t.n.a. is community near the town of my russia in kenya as far as she knows but its economic impact has she earned about $100.00 a month you know job at a nearby flower farm until she was fired last week even if that don't get me what is going to do so. what is going to affect is hank yeah because if only. it would get him going to. kenya he's africa's leading producer of flowers most to export it to europe. these white roses are being harvested because they're ready they'll be thrown away not many european lovers are buying each other a bunch of these at the moment many european countries on lockdown people can't even go on dates here in kenya tha

festivals they exhibit sions and film productions being canceled that's left millions out of work as nicola gage risk of it some artists are finding new ways to connect with audiences . inside his studio. his experiment with medium and color he's acclaimed for his brought an eye catching creations but normally there in the form of sculpture with the spread of coronavirus postponing all of his future commissions he's trying something new i think at the moment i'm just being a bit crazy and experimental i just think you know i have made all this work is meant to be shipped out to make work in these different countries what else am i going to do some working on these massive paintings and i haven't done that before with public gatherings banned artists are searching for new ways to reach audiences and most are turning to the internet and herschel is sullivans gallery upcoming exhibitions are still going ahead just without people physically there the exhibition will be online they'll be artists interviews online statements online so you really shifting the physical experience to a digital experience

from the government to reduce emissions without it they say the situation well on they get worse nicola gage al-jazeera sydney. this is all just here of these of the top stories the saudi led coalition in yemen has announced a cease fire is set to last 2 weeks and it came in to come and come into effect on thursday the coalition has been fighting who theory since the war began in 2015 but in the past few hours that have been reported attacks from both science despite calls from the world health organization to stop politicizing the coronavirus pandemic a us president has once again criticized the agency's actions of trump says the w.h.o. has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favor china losing more body bags i think we would have done. and he would have been much better serving the people that he's supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the tim

measures will still remain in place for many months to come thank you for all that information nicola gage in sydney the number of infections in latin america has jumped jumped sharply in the last few days more than 25000 cases have been registered in the region brazil has been hit the worst so far with 11000 ecuador's government has begun storing the bodies of victims of corona virus in giant refrigerated container this because hospitals and morgues just struggling to cope the port city of kiev has emerged as a regional hotspot for infections president lenin moreno has set up to 3 and a half 1000 people could die in the region in the coming weeks and a son he is monitoring developments for us and he says the government has had to send additional refrigerators into some areas. the city of guayaquil remains the worst off area in all of latin america sort of worst case scenario for the entire region the hospitals the health care services in the more experience have been completely overwhelmed by the number of cases of could be 19 and the number of deaths the government is trying to do someth

restrictions left more than $3000000000.00 in debt virgin has stood down most of its workforce with nicola gage joins us live now from sydney nicholas so how significant then is the collapse of the gin australia and why did the government refused to help the company. well airlines around the world are under huge pressure right now so this will come as no surprise to anyone who's been watching this play out virgina strongly i is billions of dollars in debt and most of its fleet has been grounded to chico if it $19.00 and $4.00 weeks it has been urging the government here to help with hundreds of millions of dollars in laurens to try and get it through these crisis but that has been rejected. by the government on several occasions it says that it's not willing to buy a lousy company which is largely for an orange by large shareholders with big pockets so it would be a huge blow to a strike if virgin australia did collapse and nearly 10000 workers are employed another 6000 on top of them directly indirectly work for virgin australia and this comes at a time when unemployment is rising because of c

about pell's guilt it was the most senior catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse nicola gage is in sydney and has more on his release from jail. well this has been one of the most high profile cases in australia's history and it's ended with a unanimous ruling by a strangely is highest court of the full bench of 7 justices they acquitted george pell of all of his convictions of the shops the sexual abuse of 2 choir boys in the late ninety's so after spending one year in prison george pell is now a free man shortly after the high court made this ruling he left victoria's barwon prison now because of coronavirus social distancing measures there were only a handful of people in the court to hear this ruling it was posted online afterwards and the judgement was really based around the fact that the high court believed that the jury and the victorian court of appeal should have entertained doubt as to whether these offenses could have ever happened at all really it was in the late ninety's that these offenses were alleged to have taken place and the court said that there was not e

nicola gage on the outskirts of sydney looking at how this trailer is expanding another coal mine these time under one of the city's reservoirs raising concerns about water ringback quality. for tests in lebanon against the economic crisis have turned violent demonstrations defied a coronavirus lock down fighting with security forces throwing petrol bombs and vandalizing banks in tripoli and their beirut people are angry about the plummeting currency and soaring prices the tory case may be what this report. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of their money is decreasing at an alarming rate. chart and all monday the anger at the central bank's policies and a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country i demonstrators in tripoli into the neben on blocked roads and forth with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters. 2 soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford

freedom is successful disgraced cardinal george pell is in prison australia for abusing 2 choir boys nicola gagereports from sydney. george pell is the most senior roman catholic church figure anywhere in the world to be jailed for child sex offenses in 2018 he was convicted of abusing 213 year old choir boys in the late ninety's and given a 6 year jail sentence now he's appealing to a stranger as highest court to have that conviction overturned his lawyers argue too much weight was placed on the credibility of pills accuser and not enough on other witnesses and off the losing an appeal lost shia this is his final chance to clear his name and be released from prison very hard things. particular time project where 4 of the 7 judges. he's certainly going into to start with. pell was a priest in rural australia before quickly rising through the ranks from archbishop of melbourne in sydney to a cardinal in charge of the vatican's finances campaign is for sexual abuse victims are worried if he does walk free it may stop others from speaking out i think that definitely. to have a devastating impact on

i'm nicola gage on the outskirts of sydney looking at how the stroller is expanding another coal mine this time under one of the city's reservoirs is raising concerns about water policy. hello has been pretty hot friesen clean the 2nd half of the drive in place because the women aren't from the south that it's in the north you think it should be cool well it's not that much course it isn't fair they were in the middle thirty's up to 40 still in dubai and not much cloud in the sky and it's not much wind left the the think there will be an increase in the wind but the directions pretty variable to be honest the circulation here just around riyadh just developing would suggest you go bring the heat up once more so this is spring variable weather but it's certainly not cooling down is on the hot side of things it's nice and warm but there is a better description up in the vans in iraq for example baghdad's at 35 that's on the high side to the eastern med does not contain another storm system so we're quite issues just the temperature to think about that whether rains been heavy recently i

he's hoping government intervention will help bear fruit for the industry until the crisis is over nicola gage al-jazeera sydney but the pandemic has forced the perspiring winter of international climate talks which were due to be held in scotland in november government leaders were expected to follow up on last year's partial agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to limit temperature rises the planned venue in glasgow is being turned into a temporary hospital the coronavirus patients organizers have yet to finalize a new date for the talks. brazil has begun to transform the grounds of its iconic american stadium into a field hospital for patients of the virus the facility will have 400 beds and is one of 8 temporary hospitals being set up across the country to deal with an expected surge in cases of all 40 say it'll be ready by the end of april brazil has recorded 299 coronavirus deaths the most in any latin american country on to other news now venezuela's opposition leader has refused to appear before prosecutors on attempted coup charges 5 of one go i don't associate have been deta

like others he's hoping government intervention will help the industry until the process is always nicola gage al-jazeera sydney. russian president vladimir putin has extended the nonworking period until the end of this month to curb the spread of coronavirus russia reported more than $700.00 new cases in the past 24 hours bringing its total to about 3500. school to stop the up break of the virus we have taken the decision to continue this period of the non working week until the end of the month and to support the health workers with their wages the situation is changing we have a huge population and the coronavirus has already become a serious threat. well aid workers across europe are warning that the homeless at risk of starvation because of nationwide lockdowns the virus has also led to the closure of hundreds of day centers and shelters need for some london. as europe cities empty the homeless are no longer invisible but they are a risk of being forgotten. everybody's very scared everybody would tell everybody the. palace seize power. there on the streets for many reasons abuse addiction

business and the economy and some australians are asking for those restrictions to be lifted as nicola gage reports now from sydney. come along bato has managed the seafood shop in sydney for 3 decades and is used to seeing thousands of people pass through its doors each week now is on the head full and he's had to adapt to survive the business is still open but most of its sales are taking place on la and instead with staff delivering produce to horn's those casual staff that we used to utilize. in a in a retail shop we've moved them around to suit the. other businesses in the sydney fish market on so lucky some have core used others have seen revenues drop by up to 80 percent within our retail tenants who certainly there's been. concern about the job losses which is really unfortunate. but strangely it isn't in lockdown but strict social distancing measures main shopping strips remain for the most part empty with doors shot and many out of work but keeping people at home seems to be working despite some outbreaks the strategy is in fiction right has slowed recording fewer than 100 new cas

he was the most senior catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse more from nicola gage in sydney. it said that the jury and the victorian court of appeal should've entertained doubt that these offenses ever occurred the reason why is because they say that. there was too much white placed on the evidence of the former choirboy that these fences didn't take place and not enough on alibi if it isn't from people who say that there wouldn't have been enough time for this to happen that other people would have been with george pell at the time that the prosecution said that these abuses took place and that should have raised some reasonable doubt as to whether george pell was guilty or not. of a number of coronavirus linked deaths in europe has now passed 50700000 people have been infected but there are signs the rate is leveling off spain germany in the u.k. for quite a bit fewer steps and several days venezuelan migrants in colombia are choosing to return to their homeland they're struggling to find work because of colombia's lockdown many now making the journey on foot which

from the government to reduce emissions without it they say the situation will on the get worse nicola gage al-jazeera sydney. hello this is al jazeera and these are the headlines in the chinese city where the pandemic began has opened its doors after nearly 3 months under lockdown now some of its 11000000 residents on our able to leave they must use an app that tracks their health and movement history to you has more on that from beijing it will generate for you a green cue awkward if you are healthy and how it works is him put all your days know your national id number your address your contact details and using your address and your whereabouts it will compare your proximity to a known coded 19 case and using that it will give you either green yellow or red code if you have read code you won't be able to leave your house you will be considered high risk if you give in yellow you might have a restricted movement and if you are given green you will be among the 11000000 people able to leave 160 u.s. president on trump has accused the world health organization of being china centric and thr

left at more than $3000000000.00 in debt virgin has already stood down most of its workforce well nicola gage is live for us in sydney nicholas so how significant is this collapse of virgin australia and why did the government refuse to help virgin with a loan. virgin australia has been struggling for some time now with billions of dollars in debt in the grounding of most of its slate 19 so this will not come as a surprise to many people for weeks it has been urging the government to assist it with laurens in the hundreds of millions of dollars to get through this crisis but that has been consistently rejected and now deloitte administrators are in charge of the company looking at how it can restructure and refinance to try and keep its doors open the australian government has received some criticism for not thorough the supporting virgin australia of course this is one of only 2 major airlines in this country but the trainer of josh frydenberg has said softening the fact that the company is 90 percent foreign or and that it didn't want to be bailing out a large shareholders with big pockets

nicola gage reports on the court's reasoning from sydney. it said that the jury and the victorian court of appeal should've entertained doubt that these offenses ever occurred the reason why is because they say that. there was too much white placed on the evidence of the form a choirboy that these spence's did take place and not enough on alibi if it went from people who say that they wouldn't have been enough time for this to happen that other people would have been with george pell at the time that the prosecution said that these abuses took place and that should have raised some reasonable doubt as to whether george pell was guilty or norse a number of coronavirus linked deaths in europe has now passed $50000.00 but there are still signs that the rate is leveling off spain germany and the u.k. recording the fewest in several days. other headlines the news continues here on out is here off to rewind next. hello and welcome to rewind this week we're rewinding to 2011 and an episode of want to one east which had secured unique access to nort

festivals exhibitions and film productions being canceled that's left millions out of work that is nicola gage discovered some artists are finding new ways to connect with their want again says. inside his studio. experimenting with medium and color he's acclaimed for his bright and eye catching creations but normally there in the form of sculpture with the spread of coronavirus postponing all of his future commissions he's trying something new i think at the moment i'm just being a bit crazy and experimental i just think you know i have made all this work is meant to be shipped out and to make work in these different countries what else am i going to do some working on these massive paintings and i haven't done that before with public gatherings banned artists are searching for new ways to reach audiences and most are turning to the internet and herschel is sullivans gallery upcoming exhibitions are still going ahead just without people physically there the exhibition will be online they'll be artists interviews online statements online so you really shifting the physical experience to a digi

uncertain times will lead to more people appreciating out when they can again experience it up close nicola gage al-jazeera. thanks for watching the news hour on al-jazeera we're back in just a moment with much more of the day's news about. 2011 al-jazeera gained rare access to the pyongyang film academy and some of north korea's brightest young stars. what did it take to serve a national propaganda machine. a compelling portrait of the privileged lives of the country's elites rewinds north korea cinema of tweens and al-jazeera. people have come to expect a lot from al-jazeera over the years it's the reporting the commitment to on the reporter places the commitment to the human story. but it's also the idea of challenging those in power if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and that's what people expect of us they want the questions oncet. that is what we've always something that's what we will continue to do. join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media india has more than 424 hour television news channel morning talkers and focus on how they report on the

hoping government intervention will help bear fruit for the industry until the process is always nicola gage al-jazeera sydney well this is a problem around the world tens of thousands of low paid workers that kenyan flower farms have already lost their jobs because of a lack of demand many of them a sole income earners and now don't know how they'll feed their families michael webb is this. the coronavirus hasn't yet reached grace r.t.m. is community near the town of nice russia in kenya as far as she knows but its economic impact has she earned about $100.00 a month you know job at a nearby flower farm until she was fired last week even if that not get me what is going to do so. what is going to affect is hank yeah because if i stay here for one week with my children read out food i don't want to get him going today. kenya is africa's leading producer of flowers most to export it to europe. these white roses are being harvested because they're ready they'll be thrown away not many european lovers are buying each other a bunch of these at the moment many european countries on lockdown peopl

virgin and owns 10 percent of the tweeted this is not the end of virgin australia but i believe nicola gage al-jazeera. thousands of iranians have been working as part of volunteer teams to spray down and this in fact city do we care and would soon or power to do we have doctors years and years of bankers. all all educated people every day there are more and more volunteers coming to us we need like the appropriate whitman post where we're trying to utilize something known as the carers act and that is something that was in the 3rd phase of the chrono virus bailouts from congress and essentially what it does is allows for special loans from the federal reserve but again without clarification from the white house which so far it has not provided it's really unclear just how much money is available and which oil and gas companies might receive it u.s. stocks opened in the red for a 2nd straight day amid the continuing decline in oil prices pushed the total to around 143000 german chancellor angela merkel urged people to stay disciplined as restrictions began slowly easing on monday she says a