this and get tourists back to your island that's about it yes it's a diverse stating in fact for sri lanka from the economic and source of point of view however of you've seen this as an opportunity to reset the sri lankan profile and the consumer that are there tourists that get to our country so we've used this opportunity 1st to look at the protocol that we're going to have a vitally already done are a guideline for the competition. sector for the airport as well so we've looked at that and then we're also looking at 8 years where we could improve the infrastructure issues that the government could to reef profile the country as it were because i think going forward the kind of tourists that would go out there is perhaps the inch every traveler who would look out to a new experience so we out you know our country our island is actually in a sense perfect fourscore it simply because of the pristine beaches the you know everything that we have to offer so we are profiling us is we've got the city. protocols sorted now but and we've also opened up our country now it was actually we opened

michelle: sri lanka is in the middle of a nationwide curfew. so, it is 5:30 a.m., and this is going to be the first time we leave our hostel in a week. bigad: their flights home were canceled, and then came the national lockdown and six-hour long lines to buy groceries. michelle: and really brutal heat. i think there is a point when, you know, the reality faces you of like something really, really bad could happen. john senyard: and i think emotionally, one of the toughest things for us has just been that literally everything is different here. bigad: the newlyweds, who are also good friends of mine, were supposed to be back in san francisco three weeks ago. but they've been stuck more than 9,000 miles away on the southern coast of sri lanka in a tiny beach town called weligama. some might think, "gosh, this is a dream, stuck on your honeymoon." john: yeah, and i think it-- i think it was for the first-- for the first about 12 days of our trip, bigad: but then they got kicked out of their honeymoon suite when their hotel was forced to shut down

just broadening moving away from the border a bit china's got to control controls a key ports in sri lanka now india nervous about that even though china's military isn't allowed to use it china india house poor is to be concerned about china's motives in that part of the world doesn't it when you are what he's doing in sri lanka and what's happening on the border together yes surely it does i mean it also china's relationship with pakistan for example is there any coal so many issues china india relations india has plenty to worry about about a rising china about one that's more said if and more and expansionist at the same time however india and china have have a lot of common interests they're both rising powers so that if they if they compete fiercely then it's to both of their detriment so i think. so so i think today there are pressures both to cooperate with each other as well as to compete and some it's again about the ports in sri lanka that china now controls is military's not allowed to use it but obviously india is worried about these worried about the himalaya border does indi

for our next question.” all the way to the capital of sri lanka for our next question. ka for our next question. i just wanted to know, can china reassure the world that there won't be another catastrophe like this after the existing covid—i9 crisis? victor, you are in the hot seat, what is your answer? this is a very good question. but let me remind you, good question. but let me remind you , coronavirus good question. but let me remind you, coronavirus is the common enemy of mankind. it doesn't attack one country versus another, for example. china is the first victim of this coronavirus attack. chinese economy, the first quarter of 2020 contracted for the first time in the last 41 years by 6.8%. the chinese economy was literally close down in the latter part of january, was literally close down in the latter part ofjanuary, the whole month of february and march. so you can see that chinese people endured a lot and make great sacrifices. i think stephen mentioned the confidence issue. if you look at different countries and how they dealt with the attacks by the coronavi

victor gao, again you're in the hot seat, what is your answer to this question from sri lanka? very good question. but let me remind all of us that coronavirus is the common enemy of mankind. it does not attack one country versus another, for example. china is the first victim of this coronavirus attack. china's economy in the first quarter of 2020 contracted for the first time in the last 41 years by 6.8%. the chinese economy was literally close down in the latter part ofjanuary, the whole month of february and march. so, you can see that chinese people endured a lot and made great sacrifices. i think stephen mentioned the competence issue. if you look at different countries and how they dealt with the attacks by the coronavirus, china proved to be the very, very competent government in rallying people behind it, imposing all kinds of lockdown downs and quarantines and managed to contain the spread of coronavirus. and in the process, china has gained a lot of experiences. china has cooperated with more than 100 countries in the world, as well as the who, in sharing their exper

protests against president jalal sanaa was decreed to reopen some businesses and uncertainty in sri lanka over bottom entry elections scheduled for next month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. at. the end afghanistan's president ashraf ghani is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks president gandhi has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other armed groups all but. the porter bill is spar repeated cool and from the international community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for public places and the attacks and threats from the taliban and other terrorist groups are ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy it will but the taliban deny any involvement in the attacks and they've accused the government of creating obstacles to peace us secretary of state my own pale has called the latest attacks head. and urged the a

well still ahead here on al-jazeera uncertainty in sri lanka over parliamentary election changes for next month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic also totally covert 19 patients in the netherlands are given a difficult choice between being sent to the i.c.u. or staying home to daryn. hello there fairly quiet picture across eastern sections of the united states and now finally the temperatures are beginning to rise very steadily but as you can see through wednesday we should have missed the case guys and say the temperatures begin to improve so 900 celsius in d.c. 16 up into new york but all walk across the central plains we have more rain developing some of this could produces some funnel so new goal is warm air of course ahead of that cold air across these northern areas and widely scattered showers coming in from a system just sitting there off the pacific northwest coast says heaviest balls of rain right the way down into northern areas of the california that will stay in the for thursday and this is when the rain becomes a little bit more widespread so really pushing across

the weather is going to be the most persistent the rain across much of the south across again into sri lanka just watching this disturbance has been sitting in for a few days into the bay of bengal sleeping in plenty of rain into the andaman and nicobar islands bunch of rain up into the northeast as well certainly into asama on thursday by friday the rain once again back in the forecast could be heavy across into bangladesh. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pioneering future energy. better get your remind of our top stories this hour and the government of a city in northeast china is warning of a major new corona virus outbreak 7 new cases have been reported in more than a dozen infections have al

medicine during the crimean war and laid the foundations for modern nursing on tuesday nurses in sri lanka celebrated her 200th birthday while also honoring the tireless work of nurses all around the world. at the demand event that in many of us on that there they will not know not. whether there is a pandemic or not. but my nurses will do their duty. now that workers don't look for public approval. or even expect to thank you from a patient who leaves the hospital after getting well. enough but what they do expect is better protection working on the front lines of the coronavirus battle nurses are paying a high price with many falling ill or dying from cloven 19 the international council of nurses says data on the number of those infected is lacking it is calling for accurate records on the rate of infection and death. nurses have become a symbol of resilience in the fight against the coronavirus but also strong advocates for further action from governments. in places like pakistan nurses have taken to the streets to call for better safety measures to protect them while working inside hos

officials in sri lanka say 3 people have died in a stampede in the capital colombo they say residents were scrambling to receive aid distributed to people who have lost their livelihoods due to coronavirus restrictions. the german i love tons us confront it's close to sealing the deal with the german government to secure a 9000000000 euro rescue package the airline and its subsidiaries have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in april fewer than 3000 passengers a day traveled with lufthansa with a prepare an average of around 350000. the deal is the culmination of weeks of wrangling between chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. conservatives and they're seen to lift junior partners in the s.p.d. over the details of any live tons of bailout pro-business politicians in miracles conservative c.d.u. party had fought against increased state involvement in lieu of towns up but the social democratic party wanted a bigger stake that would allow berlin to influence live tons of buses over potential job cuts or environmental targets. goal of tons a life raft is a 9000000000 euro package 30000

maritime bases in the in the indian ocean straits politically in sri lanka in bangladesh but also in pakistan and now prospective in iran and already in djibouti in the red sea where china is beginning to form deploy naval and air assets and piece of the source of assets where belton road could turn into a staging ground for a cold war style confrontation with united states. so under those circumstances if we begin to see the american push back in those 3rd countries says then it's not a large gap between what we now have which is an emerging as it were a diplomatic chasm for that to become a chasm of assuming more military characteristics it seems to have so many echoes of the last cold war between the united states and the soviet union there is one fundamental difference between then and now in the 20th century cold war the american and russian economies have virtually no ties with each other in the 21st century between the u.s. and china that is very different they do a lot of business together and the characterization of given the u.s. 'd china relationship in the future of the p

now we have seen rain fall in sri lanka. the monsoon season will start soon. a cold front is expected to move through and it's going to be sunny across the east. 19 for the high. that's it for me. have a nice day. ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of nhk newsline. thank you very much for joining us and we'll have more for you soon. >> welcome to newsline index. japanese children face rules governing their new life. no playing ball games in public parks, no dying their hair. skirts must be a fixed length and jackets a specified color. sometimes rules serve a purpose but if they're unreasonable why not speak up and challenge them? that's easier said than done even for adults but today we have two reports on children that did just that. in japan, signs like this are often seen in parks. in fact, many local municipalities banned playing baseball and soccer in parks. in many cities, children just don't have enough space where they can play freely. recently, so elementary school children in tokyo took matters into their own hands. >> after school every day. >> but l

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in sri lanka, the indian ocean tsunami swept over 70% of the coastline and claimed nearly 30,000 lives. rebuilding after a major tsunami is a major challenge under any circumstance, but especially so when undergoing a sustained recovery. the trees once thrived on the coastline. but were decimated for farming. now they've been massively replanted, but the majority aren't taking root. >> disaster brought people's attention to the many mangroves along the coast. they are natural barriers.s. this shrimp farm is built where mangroves stood for years before the tsunami. for yearsrs they y had been cho down for farming and charcoal. such logging led to the significant loss of life in the tsunami. now there's a nation-wide effort to revive the mangrove forest as part of disaster mitigation measures. a non-governmental organization grows saplings from seeds. the group now cultivates 100,000 a year. it sent them across the country for planting programs. >> translator: it takes a long time to revive a man grove forest. but it requires a whole forest, not just a sapling to reduce tsunami damage. >

india and while east bangladesh are in the past, heavy rain and flooding killed two people in sri lankae coastal areas have been warned against leaving homes until the cyclone passes. heavy rain has been .attering bangladesh residents and refugees have been working to keep rain from flooding homes at the largest refugee camp. they have been living there since fleeing a military crackdown in 2017. hundreds more have been evacuated from another island before the storm hit. the damager outlines in bangladesh. reporter: 4 million people are sheltered around the coastal belt. there is accommodation for 5 million. many shelters are basically makeshift schools. some are cyclone shelters. they are not big enough. they are congested. the challenge of coronavirus and social distancing is a luxury that cannot be done because of the number of people. bangladeshs crossing . we spoke with many contacts at the coastline. destruction. heavy storm surge. away. have been washed we have reports of one rescue volunteer being drowned. manrts also of an elderly who died from a fall injury. a five-year-old al

. >> reporter: rukshi and dave married in sri lanka. this was his second marriage. how do you want people to remember dave? >> he's a good husband to me. he looks after me so well. and he loved the lord. those are the memories i will have. and the last memory i want to keep is that he said bye to me in the hospital. that's the only memory i have, sir. >> reporter: as a kick-boxing trainer, he propelled some to national and world tits, saved others from a life of crime, and neighborhood.ng women in his >> for me, it was about building my resilience and really being confident, as a woman. glass ceilings, talked about reaching for the stars. and that was his principle, i think generally in life. he always made us believe that actually anything was possible, >>eporter: dave lee believ in giving back, and was a pastor in an evangelical church, th kingdom come temple. here, he was preaching about the importance of keeping promises. y>> as parents, we make m promises to our children. but when we break them, they adult-- not just their parents-- every adult is the same. the

was >> reporter: rukshi and dave married in sri lanka. gethis was his second marr how do you want people to rember dave? >> he's a good husband to me. he looksfter me so well. and he loved the lor those are the memories i will have. and the last memory want to keep is that he said bye to me in the hospital. that's the only memory i have, sir. >> reporter: as a kick-boxing trainer, he propelled some to national and world titles, saved others from a life of crime, and empowered young women in hisor neigod. >> for me, it was about building my resilience and really beings confident,woman. for me, he talked about breakinl glass gs, talked about reaching for the stars. and that was his principle, i think generally in life. he always made us believe that actually anything was possible, >> reporter:ave lee believed in giving back, and was a pastor in an evangelical church, the kingdom come temple.as here, hereaching about the importance of keeping promises. >> as parents, we make many promises to our children.e but wheneak them, they will grow up

rain is developing in the south and today the rainy season has set in across the south of sri lanka and green indicates the typical onsets of the southwest monsoon. typically the rainy season starts late june or july in northern india as well as pakistan. so until then, generally dry and hot weather will continue. that's it for me. stay safe. >>> and those were the top stories at this hour on nhk "newsline." thanks for joining us and we'll have more for you soon. >>> welcome to "newsline in-depth." i'm marie yanaka. today we explore how lifestyles are influencing food consumption trends. for one, that means more choice. we go to london to look at the booming vegan business. then we see how japanese people on the go are drinking meals. and in thailand, we discover a nation going mad for milk. now, the number of people identifying as vegan has been on the rise. in fact, veganism has entered the mainstream with many large companies offering plant-based foods and marketing animal-free products. let's look at how the trend is transforming london. >> across the uk, vegan markets are rising. t

people here in sri lanka we are so her history our high trust in the authorities. there are examples for instance when it comes to what in other parts of europe there are people who are very system magnet in their children and people are skeptical who are as service oriented last minute and against me as souls in sweden we have non-compulsory attacks nation but still there are 7 percent of all children are fully vaccinated so we had this kind of her culture in trust india or george's and following in direct meant mendacious so i think that's part of the return however to business of course a very special situation or not but it lou not. which measurements work the best so you know it's new ground for everyone so it's difficult as point and see whether the his recommendations are enough or not and let me bring you into the conversation to see the noted example to which is rather than under. explaining what would be able to be back today and inch on the krooman finest alley in the us as it's important to know doesn't legally couldn't be a lockdown as seen in other co

on tuesday, nurses in sri lanka celebrated her 200 birthday while honoring the tireless work of nursesund the world. >> whether there is a pandemic or not, nurses will do their duty. health workers do not look for public approval. or even expect a thank you from a patient whoho leaves the hospital after getting well. >> but what they do expect is better protection. working on the frontlilines of e coronaviruss battle, nurses are paying a high price with manyny falling ill or dying from covid-19. the ininternational council of nurses says data is lacking. it is calling for accurate records on data -- records on death. also strong advocates for further action from governments. in places like pakistan, nurses have taken to the streets to call for betty sector -- for better safety measures to protect them from working inside hospitals. in south africa, they protested outside a cape town hospital, also calling for better working conditions at more protection from the virus. the struggle faced by nurses is now in focus around the world. among those praising their heroism is the pope who saia

host: at least three women have been killed in a stampede in sri lanka as people rush to collect an eightcash handout. queued1000 people have for an annual handout during ramadan. nine others were injured. the area has a large muslim population and the residents were unable to do their normal work during the pandemic. the men handing out the money have been arrested for ignoring the lockdown. >> when the news got around, people gathered in numbers and then people fell down. he took about 10 people to the hospital. host: a security source tells al jazeera palestine informed israel it is ending all security cooperation. president mahmoud abbas declared an end to security relations with the u.s. and israel on tuesday. palestine has also stopped sharing intelligence with the cia. the palestinian authority is withdrawing security forces from some places where it had to operate with israeli approval. the u.s. is pulling out of a treaty with 34 other countries, accusing russia of violating the deal. the open skies treaty allows unarmed surveillance flights over signatory nations and is supposed

pakistan and sri lanka site and all the neighbors and then i see what is somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right i'm an indian i'm not attorneys what does somebody call the book of daniel laugh and say i'm not the biker so kind of meted out of date on that you could read any of the so because of course the assumption being that the dots a way that prejudice would play out there take your a partner standing or go through parker stars that is what is happening on an everyday basis. they say to legally know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes follow in their footsteps the stay forge their way in the was. al-jazeera shares these personal journeys. inspiring stories of people perseverance on their chosen path. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. they wanted 43000000000 pounds worth of weapons that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. there's no hope of any more because there's always a small album of people for really really good business. in essence we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function your shadow on al-jazeera. save humanity i really

come a huge cost for many of the 138 nations that have signed up to the program you may remember sri lanka couldn't keep up with payments on the port and eventually had to hand over the facility on a 100 year lease many nations have been rethinking their involvement amid accusations china was over pricing road and rail links. trying to understand just how much money beijing has lent the world has been a challenge for many but the kill in situ for the world economy has managed to cut through the opaque lending practices it says between 2 $12017.00 the world's debt obligations to china rose from $500000000000.00 to a staggering 5 trillion dollars that's about 6 percent of the world's economic output most of that has been bought on international debt markets beijing and its subsidiaries of lent $1.00 trillion dollars directly to $115.00 nations that makes china the world's biggest creditor overtaking the i.m.f. and even world bank or beijing has also made unreported loans worth $200000000000.00 which is wiring as other investors and international lenders can't make accurate investment decisio

pakistan sri lanka then all the neighbors and then i say what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right i'm going to tell you more than somebody called . me like i know you could read any of the year. so because of course the assumption being that the dance away that prejudice would play out there take your apartment standing or go to a park or stars that is what is happening on an everyday basis. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drivers. we follow their treacherous journey as they work through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. save humanity i really really not getting anywhere near it. when you see big groups of people walking through europe they're all individuals with children the law you have to fear all of them and to treat them with something within respect. no new cases in china a 1st since the coronavirus pandemic began. i'm sam is a band this is out to syria live from doha also coming up new video emerges showing the mo

around the world today their sacrifices are being honored as part of international nurses day in sri lanka nurses gathered to pay tribute to the woman credited with creating the modern profession florence nightingale today marks her birth 200 years ago. the original queen of hygiene florence nightingale she revolutionized battlefield medicine during the crimean war when more british soldiers were dying of infections than battle wounds and principles remain is just going to die. as they did you i'm sure you see i reach it is you need to wash your hands and you need to make sure that the environment is incredibly clean. and. the space between patients and the need for ventilation the coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals around the world that's led many nurses to protest from peru to washington d.c. outside the white house are removing our point across the country and we demand to be heard. president from cameron and all other governors that if we demand that you immediately get the american doctor and health care workers on the front line of the can't i mean. if you don't protect t

east india and bangladesh are in the storm's path heavy rain and flooding from killed 2 people in sri lanka those living in coastal areas have been warned against leaving their homes until the cyclon passes elizabeth al-jazeera new delhi heavy rain has been battering bangladesh's cox's bazaar which is home to more than a 1000000 rangar refugees residents have been urgently working to keep the rain from flooding their homes at the world's largest refugee camp they've been living there since fleeing a military crackdown in myanmar in 2017 hundreds who are had been evacuated from the front flood prone. island before the storm hit come to chandra is in dhaka he outlines the damage so far in bangladesh. so far 2400000 people are sheltered on the coastal belt there's accommodation for 5000000 many of the shelters are basically makeshift schools are some of them are cyclon shelter but they're not big enough you know they're congested so the challenge of her not virus spreading and the social distancing it's something as a luxury cannot be done because of the number of people there now as we speak

sri lanka's election commission is deciding whether to hold parliamentary polls in june elections already been delayed by 2 months because of a nationwide coronavirus locked on you know fernandez reports from colombo preparations for a poor that was meant to be held quickly but the coronavirus pandemic injury lanka forced the snap parliamentary election to be delayed when it became apparent people couldn't go to the ballot box really door on. election. over the weekend for that it would be youth of they get their public or the government open or the party elected we have a think about the. other way we have to think about the democracy president got up there rajapaksa dissolved parliament in march and called the polls 6 months early in a bid to win control of the legislature but with a nationwide curfew ordered to come back coronavirus the election commission delayed it that triggered fears of a potential constitutional crisis as the election was meant to be held within 3 months the new date of june the 20th phones outside that tragic says there be no need to recall the parliament do they