nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, sana'a.nt's scientific advisors today — to seek assurances about plans to open schools to more children from june. some teachers are concerned that social distancing will be difficult to implement and have questioned whether staff should be given ppe. difficult to implement and have questioned whether staff should be given ppe. the education secretary gavin williamson has said there's a duty to get children back into schools. here's charlotte rose. schools in england are counting down the days until some people's return to the classroom on the first ofjune —— pupils. the members of the teachers union says they want reassurance about the risks of the transmission of the virus between children and adults. schools are already taking like increased cleaning, reducing class sizes, staggering the start and end of the school day for different groups of pupils and creating one way systems around their sites. but teachers are asking why the government is recommending people wear face masks on public t

that there have been scores of covid—19 cases and deaths in sana'a alone.d by the authorities, videos like this one have been circulating on social media. yet across the country, there have been few containment measures to keep the pandemic at bay. in some neighbourhoods, mosques were closed and markets shutdown. but others are terrifyingly crowded. here in this quarantine centre, health workers are scrambling to prepare for a third influx of covid—19 cases. translation: there is only one floor out of five that is ready to use. we are facing a shortage of ppe and disinfectants. every ten people here share a bathroom and there's two to a room. there is so much to do in a country that is already the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the people here are acutely malnourished. cholera and diphtheria waves have ripped through the country over the years. more than 2a million people survive on humanitarian aid. it has been hampered by the saudi—led coalition blockade. and now american aid officials decided to halt funding, cutting off about $70 million in assistan

infections that the rebels and yemen have announced the 1st known coronavirus death in the capital sana'a an area they control these health minister says the victim was a somali national found dead in a hotel human rights groups are criticizing the closure of leading broadcast network in the philippines calling it a serious blow to press freedom a b s c b m was ordered to shut after its attempt to renew its operating license stalled president margaret go to tears he has repeatedly criticized the network and said the headline keep it here on al-jazeera another bowl isn't for you at the top of the hour in the meantime we're going to hand it over to the folks at the stream. talk to al jazeera we ask what you will of course were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build the united states or we will but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the al-jazeera. platter langley no modern history in the current system or a sunday times in history into an awesome watch so i would no

in yemen's capital city of sana'a, shoppers block into the market to buy new clothes and dried nuts.non— folding catastrophe in the city of aden with many people dying of covid—19. wright normally swells with prayers in the last days of ramadan but with the pandemic forcing mosques to close, these men are reciting the call to prayer from door—to—door. after 30 days of fasting, for muslims, eid is the most exciting time but with a deadly virus claiming more lives, it's going to be very different. amazing to see how different countries around the world are going about things in dealing with things. you been fasting yourself. how will you be celebrating and how will that be different? like most muslims around the world, my eid will be different, like ramadan will be. i've been fasting and locked down, not seeing my family, just face and skype on zoom and technology we been relying on. eid will be the same. normally we go out a few days before, we have hannah on oui’ days before, we have hannah on our hands, it's a time everyone looks forward to. 30 days of ramadan is finished, it's a re

international legitimacy like someone like assad khadafi but when that militia who the militia take over of sana'a take over large parts of yemen happen i think was very reasonable to come to the aid of the sovereign government and indeed you mentioned that the united states in criticized saudi coalition went much further than that it's actually supported what saudi arabia was doing though a terribly by providing intelligence and military support of all kinds i think the problem was that very soon into the saudi led campaign it became clear that saudi arabia was very interested in our money our intelligence our weapons systems but not very interested in our advice or our legal counsel for example on which targets the targets could be struck and which the targets could not be struck and i think at that point that was really the time. to turn off the spigot and to say you know there are too many violations of international humanitarian law happening if you want to learn just like we have had to learn in afghanistan iraq about how to discipline this fight i mean you're losing hearts and minds every d

in yemen's capital city of sana'a, shoppers flock into the market to buy new clothes and dried nuts. city of aden, with many people dying of covid—19. iraq normally swells with prayers in the last days of ramadan but with the pandemic forcing mosques to close, these men are reciting the call to prayer from door to door. after 30 days of fasting, for muslims, eid is the most exciting time, but with a deadly virus claiming more lives, it's going to be very different. now, for many of us living in lockdown, a holiday abroad sounds pretty appealing. and greece officially begins its tourist season in june. but foreigners could be turned away, if the virus isn't under control in their home country. quentin sommerville has more, as athens gets ready to welcome the tourists. when you arrive here at athens airport, this is one of the first things you see. you get a swab test for covid—19. they've been doing this since march 20th. everybody who has the test, me included, then has to go into isolation for 2h hours. in fact there's been a two week quarantine for everybody arriving in this countr

in the capital city, sana'a, the streets are being disinfected. circulated in crowded areas undetected, but the rebel houthi movement which controls the city says all suspected cases have returned negative. 0fficial case numbers are still low, but the saudi—backed government has issued a plea to all citizens, regardless of their political alliance, to take the outbreak seriously. translation: we are calling opn yemenise to take preventative measures and to stop gatherings in public markets and attending friday prayers during these exceptional circumstances. meanwhile, the united nations has called for the coalition ceasefire to resume in a desperate attempt for unity. freya cole, bbc news. at least 26 million americans have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic. for many, that means losing healthcare, too, because about half of the workforce get medical coverage with theirjobs. angelica casas explains why that is. this is susan. she is a breast cancer sui’vivoi’ this is susan. she is a breast cancer survivor and has aftermath. until

in the capital sana'a health workers have been disinfecting in fumigating the streets for more than a month this week they moved in to disinfect shops in the busy double salon. place but the head of the new star had after the suspected cases were discovered we hope that sterilization measures are intensified and people are here to work masks and taking preventive measures human. just humanitarian crisis trying to keep our pain dimmick that may be in the midst. of moving now to some other news the top prosecutor of the international criminal court says the court has jurisdiction of the palestine the clarification could lead to an investigation into allegations of war crimes against israel for 2 been soda ss the areas of investigation include the occupied west bank east jerusalem and gaza reporters located to decide on the matter of jurisdiction in may israel is not a member of the i.c.c. . donald trump reportedly pressured saudi arabia into ending its oil price war with russia by suggesting the kingdom risked losing u.s. military support that's according to a reuters news agency report

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in the capital sana'a health workers have been disinfecting in fumigating the streets for more than a month this week they moved in to disinfect shops in the busy double salon. a place . that has and wish to have after the suspected cases were discovered we hope that sterilization measures are intensified and people adhere to wearing masks and taking preventive measures human all reading the wounds not just humanitarian crisis trying to keep out of pandemic that may already be in the midst of dallas al-jazeera for the 1st for the 2nd rather friday of ramadan jerusalem's compound remains closed in the streets of the old city are unusually quiet palestinians living in occupied east jerusalem having to adjust to a new way of observing the month while dealing with the economic uncertainty of locked out how to force that explains. holy month of islam's 3rd holiest site and the courtyards around the mosque in the dome of the rock or empty mass prayer band to help stop the spread of the coronavirus usually tens of thousands of worshippers many from new york the pied west bank who come here e

in the capital city, sana'a, the streets are being disinfected.is circulated in crowded areas undetected, but the rebel houthi movement which controls the city says all suspected cases have returned negative. 0fficial case numbers are still low, but the saudi—backed government has issued a plea to all citizens, regardless of their political alliance, to take the outbreak seriously. translation: we are calling opn yemenise to take preventative measures and to stop gatherings in public markets and attending friday prayers during these exceptional circumstances. meanwhile, the united nations has called for the coalition ceasefire to resume in a desperate attempt for unity. tim neilson, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: president trump says china will be held accountable for the pandemic as soon as us intelligence reports confirm what went wrong. as india completes six weeks into its lockdown, millions of poor who rely on daily wages face extreme poverty. south africa has begun to ease what was one of the world's most severe coronovirus lockd

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al or further flooding in sana'a is quite likely with the high ground or western society also generating showers recently and in the forecast this is the forecast for tuesday so only a few down here rather more gathering on the eastern side of the mediterranean so the event will see temperatures drop below the 2023 mark and those blue dots are showers brought along by quite strong breeze they will swing through iraq and syria given that sort of pattern on wednesday leaving the sun to come up behind and drop in temperature all this while the clouds been wandering around central society is just going to make things a little bit more humidity things that he said up in riyadh about $35.00 in their home most of north africa now is bone dry which is no big surprise if that's true along the mediterranean coast and the wind directions been critical to how it feels here it's getting hard to get in tunis and tripoli into the low and then the highest thirty's next day or so the cooling breeze that shows bengazi 22 dancer egypt and still the south into the sahara bringing dust with it as for showers