it's sanctioned by the us for its ties to the powerful iranian revolutionary guard.ictions on mahan air are part of wider sanctions imposed on iran, bringing the country much closer to china economically, and mahan air plays a key role in this relationship. analysing flight—tracking data, we discovered that from the 31st of january until april 20th, mahan air was given permission by the iranian authorities to conduct 157 flights between iran and four chinese cities — in breach of its own government flight ban with china. we found that ten additional flights were used for aid and to evacuate iranians citizens. by the middle of february, the virus was at its peak in china, and spreading at an alarming rate in iran. videos started to appear on social media of hospitals being overrun, and by the end of the month the bbc reported that at least 210 people had died across the country... but iran's official figure was 34. mahan air wasn't only flying to china. it also flew to lebanon, syria and iraq — countries with strong ties to the iranian revolutionary guard. this caused

in these that are criminalized networks the islamic revolutionary guard corps to be the beneficial owners. they are suffering from their economic persuasion. so the x turn all adventures is the support for those in yemen and aside in syria and hezbollah. and iraq and the terrorist organizations and this will have to draw into question as before before the collapsible oil prices. there is this government and of course it will be up to the iranian people. iran has had three choices to pull out of the jcpoa that they could become like the grinch at christmas. and then come to the negotiating table that was not going to happen because this is a revolutionary ideology. and then to weighed out donald trump that's not going to work. and then that's what they are doing that covid has hidden it from us a real escalation by the iranians in iraq and the gulf that resulted to act on us forces with qassem soleimani and that strike in iraq. so what you are seeing consolidating and reprisals. you also saw the president reading we will seek the islamic revolutionary guard corps navy if they harass our sh

implies some sort of illegitimacy and instability the iranians have a constitution and the revolutionary guards the armed forces and the foreign minister and foreign minister of iraq within the framework of the constitution the supremes national security council makes the final decisions on all of these issues so there is no independent actor here involved i think though the key problem is that saudi arabia is being run by a person who has been destroying the country mohammed and someone from the beginning when he kidnapped and beat that then prime minister of lebanon siege on cats. the murder of jemaah chee inside their own consulate and of course the list goes on and of course what they have now done with the oil market this has damaged saudi arabia both politically but now economically and ironically the only country in this region let hasn't been hurt by the koran a virus except for because of except for the direct impact of the virus itself is iran iran hasn't been hurt because iran has been prevented by truck ironically from exploiting the oil and because of the sanctions iran has not had

and they have an outfit, part of the islamic revolutionary guard, it's named after jerusalem. and it's named after bruce lum, the arabic word -- sorry and getting tangled up in my languages. i runs expeditionary expansionist paramilitary force around the region until very recently, i'm sure most of you know soleimani by now he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in january of this year on the orders of president trump, it was meant to liberate jerusalem for the palestinians in the nation except that people from soleimani from tehran to jerusalem to beirut with untold devastation for people along the way. the fear and the reason why they fear i wrong is because of its expansion policies it's because it appeals to a lot of people in ways that it is not an american camp while i wrong is in the anti-materialist camp. i will say one thing, both of these countries at this point somehow need each other, i think some extent, the saudis need or benefit from being a negative player in the region. they continue to be america's best friend in the region. >> so you mentioned soleimani's name

are seeing is the reprisals inside of iraq and also saw the president tweeting yesterday the revolutionary guard core. and iran will continue to push it. there is a chance for an escalation with a reprisal of iranian assets. but what they demonstrated with a strike that when they attack us we know the return address. so it is a dangerous time in the gulf as a result but as you see with iraq as a country in crisi crisis, you have that political crisis and the satisfaction with the government. and then the next prime minister he is blocked by the iranians and has been the head of the intelligence agency, and effective leader , but will be stuck with a very difficult situation. the iraqi budget is at least two times bigger this year and that's probably an understatement. than the covid-19 crisis as well as the subversion of the government. so iraq is a country that goes into an even worse crisis and we should maintain our influence. i think they will want that more is a see their fate tied to the alternative. the iraqi government has refused the demands to open the border to protect people from cov

iran published inside of iraq and yesterday the president tweeting we will sink iraqi islamic revolutionary guard corps, navy vessels that harass our ships into the gulf and iran is going to continue to push it, but there's a chance for an escalation that resulted in appropriate -- reprisal against iranian assets. and proxies attack us, we know what the real return address is so i think a dangerous time in the gulf, the country in crisis, a backlash against iran as well. the political crisis, a dissatisfaction with the government. the next prime minister, blocked by the iranian this. he is certainly not doing that. stuck with a very difficult situation. the iraqi budget is at least two times bigger than revenue. that is an understatement. the covid-19 crisis as well as the iranian immigration. in a worst crisis, trying to maintain the influence, the iraqi people will want that more and more. their fate is tied to an alternative to iranian influence, the iraqi government refused iranian demands to open the border, to protect our people from covid-19, we are seeing kind of the latest episode in a s

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists to carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer . to her on. now an international human rights school has accused china of discrimination against africans sharing the coronavirus pandemic human rights watch says students living in gonzalo were forcibly tested for the virus and quarantined some were evicted from their housing the province's home to the launches african community in china beijing has rejected the accusation saying the u.s. is trying to harm its relations with african nations. is a china researcher at human rights watch she says africans in china have long experience racial discrimination a lot of africans i spoke in one show they told me that they have already they had already been te

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists to carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer . to her. hong kong has further eases coronavirus restrictions after reporting no new domestic infections in the last 2 weeks chief executive carrie lamb says schools can reopen nativists month some businesses cinemas and bars will also be able to resume activity people began returning to work in hong kong on monday in new zealand prime minister just into our day and has joined a meeting of australia's cabinet for the 1st time since the 2nd world war to discuss travel our then says fried speech when the 2 countries will resume once it's safe to do so but she says it will be a long time before they're open borders with the breasts of the world you zeala

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer. to her. well staying in the middle east as the number of new cases beacons to drop in some countries qatar is still recording hundreds of new infections every day it now has the 2nd highest number of cases in the arab world despite having a relatively small population al-jazeera qatar's a public health minister dr hunter mohamed al corey about the criticism over lock downs and migrant worker areas but you know because when you start of the law locking down that area particularly that's where international rights organizations were pretty much concerned. saying that basically the migrant workers are at particular risk of exposure to coronavirus because of

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticised and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists to carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer . to her. you're watching al-jazeera live from london still ahead an attack on press freedom president rodrigo the 3rd day accused of being behind the shutdown of a philippines t.v. network the faceless and poorly paid the airport workers left struggling to survive as the coronavirus leaves their alliance ground. hello european weather is becoming aligned such as the east is underneath a cloud with a northerly breeze and fairly frequent outbreaks of rain that's been the case for a while admittedly it is going to carry on with the the blue represents the rain the whites but as snow in there as well the higher ground but to the west there's a lack of clo

inside of iraq pretty also saw just yesterday the president tweeting that we will sink islamic revolutionary guardsps navy vessels that harass our ships in the gulf. i think iran is going to push it and they're going to push it beyond the limits. i think there is a chance for an escalation that will result in a reprisal may be directly against iran or raining assets. i think the trump administration of the soleimani strike when their proxies attack us, we know what the real return addresses. i think it's a dangerous time in the gulf as a result. what were seeing in iraq which is a country in crisis is a backlash against iran as well. you have a political crisis associate with that iraqi people with the government. when he had to step down, the next prime minister was supposed to be able to form a government, he's really blocked by the iranians. now you have this guy coming in who's a good leader, he certainly not a puppet. he is an effective leader, but he is going to be stuck with a very difficult situation. the collapse of the oil crisis iraqi budget is at least two times bigger than the revenue

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guardsunveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists to carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer . to her. on to other world news now in the philippines leading broadcaster has been ordered to shut down the telecoms authority says a.b.s. c.b.s. license has expired president rodrigo tatty has regularly criticize the network opposition groups accuse him of targeting independent media speak to jemima island again our correspondent in manila jamila give us the background to this case and what does a suspicion today mean for the network will they be able to feel it. well fully according to the national telecommunications commission the order of deceased and to seize is actually immediately exit you tory that is something that also the department of just

leader at the top of the families and top of these criminalized networks as well as the islamic revolutionary guardcorps with members being the beneficial owners of a lot of what the iranian companies. they are suffering from insulation and alcove with. their external adventures in the region, the support for houthi insurgents in yemen, their support for assad with a proxy army in syria, support for hezbollah, the militias in iraq, the terrorist organizations that pose a threat to israel. this is really going to have to draw the question, as it was before covid and before the utter collapse of oil prices, among the iraqi -- iranian people. where is the party of this people? is this government, the government they want in the future? i think iran is in a real crisis. iran at three choices when the united states holdout the jcpoa and reimpose sanctions. those three choices work first, they could become like the grinch at christmas. their hearts could become bigger, come to the negotiating table, stop the proxy wars. that was going to happen because it wouldn't be consistent with the revolutionary ide

you saw the president tweeting yesterday that we will sink iraqi islamic revolutionary guards corps navyls that harass our ships in the gulf i think iran is going to continue to push it and they will push it beyond any there's really a chance for an escalation that will result in a reprisal may be directly against iran or iranian assets. i think the trump administration demonstrated with the soleimani strength, when their proxies attack us, we know what the real return address is. i think it's dangerous time in the gulf as a result but what you are seeing in iraq, which is a country in crisis, is a backlash against iran as well. he had the political crisis associated with the iraqi people dissatisfaction with the government. the next prime minister is supposed to be able to try to form the government, he's really blocked by the iranians now you have mustapha academy coming in who's a good leader i think, is certainly not iranian puppet he is the head of their intelligence agency is an effective leader but he's going to be stuck with a very difficult situation. you have the collapse of th

you also saw just yesterday the president tweeting that we will sink iraqis islamic revolutionary guardscorps navy vessels that harass our ships in the gulf. and i think iran is going to continue to push it and pushed onto the limits. i think there's really a chance for an escalation that will result in a reprisal or directly against iran or iranian assets. i think the trump administration demonstrating with the soleimani strike that when the proxy attack us, we know what the real address is. and so i think that it's a dangerous time in the gulf as a result, but what you are seeing in iraq, a country in crisis, as a backlash against iran as well. you had the political crisis associate with the iraq iraqis peoples dissatisfaction with the government, when the next prime minister is supposed to try to form the government, he's really blocked by the iranians. now you have another one coming in who is a good leader i think. he's not iranian public. he's an effective leader but he's going to be stuck with a very difficult situation. you have the collapse of the oil prices, the iraqis budget i

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer. to her. buying a beer old whisky in india's capital state has just become a lot more expensive a 70 percent alcohol tolerance has been imposed in delhi trying to turn crowds queuing outside shops. battens to disperse crowds on monday indians rush to buy their favorite to pull off the government is virus restrictions and allowed shops to reopen for the 1st time in 6 weeks. hundreds of pakistan's lakeside tourist spots are struggling to make ends meet during the virus looked on while the government is considering partially lifting restrictions in some areas and recreational areas are not part of the plan so well the small from cunt put lake. hit you waded

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and of a intend to find the answer is in basra the old is here at the herat. priscilla's government is resisting calls for a new field hospital to be set up in the amazonian city of laos which has become a major coronavirus hotspot the health minister says existing facilities can be expanded but hospitals are overwhelmed and cemeteries are struggling to cope with the growing number of victims that is of our reports. it's the capital of the state of a muscle mass and it has become an example of the fear brazil has to cope with over 1000. dozens of victims of the disease are being buried in this cemetery every day william l. may they lost his uncle in the past days he has now been authorized

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists to carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer . to her own well as the number of new cases begins to drop in some countries qatar is still recording hundreds of new infections every day and now has the 2nd highest number of cases in the arab world despite having a relatively small population. as a public health minister that is thought to one on 100 of quality he says that most other countries haven't tested enough to know the full extent of their outbreaks. number of cases has gone up but that's only natural and i believe that actually it's a result of our very strong testing measures so as you've seen we are testing a lot and cut out so we've been testing approximately $40000.00 per 1000000 so t

about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and iran's health ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and they intend to find the answer. kenya shelters nearly half a 1000000 refugees from neighboring somalia and south sudan they live in crowded camps at a risk of corona virus outbreak with little or no access to health care welcome reports from nairobi. and the radio fled fighting in her hometown in south sudan when she was 2 years old her parents brought her here to calcutta refugee camp in northern kenya it's been a home ever since over a decade it's become a city of shacks home to nearly 200000 people trips to the water pump with the market are essential to the way people get food to eat she's worried about the spread of the coronavirus in the camp. where we fetch water we have to queu

a bbc investigation has found an iranian airline with links to the revolutionary guard played a central

the revolutionary guard has struck a defiant tone in the gulf despite years of sanctions.as ordered the u.s. navy to destroy any iranian vessels that harass american ships in waters. air crash investigators have risked -- have recovered the flight recorder of a plane that came down last week. whenut two people died airbus crashed in a residential neighborhood with reports saying air traffic controllers were concerned the plane was not making a proper descent. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. china's approval of nationals authorities legislation for hong kong has drawn a strong reaction from the governor of the former british colony. beijing has failed to keep it promise and should pay for his actions. ofxi jinping is a new sort chinese dictator. when i say new, different from his immediate predecessors. since 1997, on the whole, chinese leaders kept to their agreement on one country, two systems. hong kong could continue with a

this comes just months after the revolutionary guard mistakenly shut down -- shot down an iranian airliner have resigned after a botched invasion. one said he had been in contact with former -- a former u.s. green beret that led the rate from venezuela into columbia. eight people were killed when the mission was interception -- intercepted, with 40 arrested. that included two u.s. soldiers. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. thank you. let's look at bitcoin, at the moment training up 4/10 of 1% on $8,670. it is appearing to run out of a bit of steam. it touched $10,000 last week, tumbling after going through technical adjustment. the manna known as bitcoin jesus remains up eat -- remains up eat. --up beat. cryptocurrency, there are these hard limits where you don't have a central monetary authority creating more out of thin air. that's why it is important to make cryptocurrency usable as currency so people have the ability to opt out of other

a ship was hit and major oil and gas terminal, months after the revolutionary guard mistakenly shot down after it had taken off from iran. and we have an alert. the federal reserve the secondary market in a silt will buy e.t.f.'s on friday and announced they would do this through the second market lending through the fed's primary and secondary market. and purchases are corporate bonds. that will start soon thereafter. and included in the secondary facility. boost included to liquid witness in the markets. they haven't been set up and the fed will be buying e.t.f.'s on tuesday and up to $750 billion in debt and e.t.f.'s under their emergency coronavirus action. how the shipping industry is navigating the coronavirus fallout with the c.e.o. of japan's largest network. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> strong demand. a major question is when the industry might rebound and global trade will be permanently affected by the pandemic. c.e.o. of ocean network express, japan's largest shipment container. and what is the scene you have seen in the economic downtown we have seen on your business? >> we saw t

the iranian revolutionary guard supreme court ruler of iran saying death to america and death to israele took out soleimani, does that represent accuracy. i think twitter needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. eric: i've got to interrupt you. let's go to-- a few moments ago to the reporters at the white house. >> with regard to the hopefully seeing a great launch. it's about a 50-50 chance, but it's important i think as president to be there. what we've done with nasa is amazing, we've brought it back from the dead and it wasn't effectively functioning and now it's the greatest ever in the world. and i think i have an obligation fob there and it's very exciting. even though it's about a 50-50 shot. otherwise it will be postponed until wednesday, i understand, not sunday, but wednesday, but we'll see what happens. so we look forward to being there. some of you are going with us. any questions? >> mr. president, mr. president. >> with your tweet today, are you concerned that you might be stoking more racial violence. >> no, no, not at all. maga, make america great again. th

for years iran has claimed its space program is peaceful and and the revolutionary guard corps makest all along. iran's space program is neither peaceful nor entirely civilian. israeli officials say they've seen evidence that iran's proxy force, some of them have begun leaving syria and news that was welcomed earlier today by secretary pompeo. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime all along, iranians need to leave. not only the southwest corner that has a direct and real impact but more broadly, throughout the country. >> the arms embargo and iran expires earlier and the they will be crushing reaction if that arms embargo is extended. >> lucas tomlinson, thank you. >> sandra: president trump lashing out at some conservative critics after they posted that ad criticizing his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic. the group behind of that ad led by counselor to the president kellyanne conway's husband, a frequent and vocal critic of the president. let's bring in karl rove, white house deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor. you can clearly respond to thi

the revolutionary guards are running the response to the virus and you know, the guards are the sortof the state and of khamenei, the leader. so they have a political interest in keeping these numbers down. i don't even believe those. it's a lot worse than what's being reported. >> dexter, the government was -- the regime was already under pressure because of the shooting down of the aircraft back in january. and now covid. can you give an accurate read from the outside of just how much pressure the government is under? >> you know, i didn't -- i have to say, i wasn't there a long time, but i managed to talk to a lot of people, and i snuck out at night without a minder and i talked to a lot of people privately. i didn't find any supporters for the regime. i just -- i didn't find any. so, you know, maybe they're all somewhere, but i just found the popular support had evaporated. and what we saw in november -- november 2019, there were demonstrations around the country over gasoline prices. the government killed possibly hundreds more than a thousand people to put the -- to put the reb