say they're regaining ground they've captured several towns around tripoli and are advancing towards tahu not an important base for supporting how fast forces fighting has intensified in recent weeks despite the spread of covert 19 that's as countries continue to supply libya's rival powers with weapons despite a united nations arms embargo well the u.n. has warned all parties that the worsening violence and humanitarian crisis could amount to war crimes and in a statement on monday it called for a cease fire this senseless protracted war must stop immediately it said u.n. s.-i and i'll refuse its call for a humanitarian truce to allow libyans to prepare for the holy month in peace and the authorities to provide urgently needed services treat the wounded and address the mounting threat of covert 19 will several attempts have been made to bring peace to libya in the past few months turkey and russia reached a tentative cease fire deal in libya in january that came after turkish troops had been deployed to support the internationally recognized government a while russian. private secur

joins us live from tripoli mark would just get us right up to date what's going on there. will be to the government of national accord that says that it's a measure of advancement its forces have achieved today by taken control of both cities coastal cities in the west of libya and so brought us abroad to bear the way a key city in the worst of libya on the coast that has been under the control of have to the forces for the past 3 years the government forces say that by taken control of our uncertain man this way they can easily take control of the whole coastal city the highway also connecting get tripoli to the tunisian borders. is a key city because whoever controls can also move on many other cities on the west of libya and they can forces loyal to the government of national accord can easily join in the. berber forces in this city of as one hour and they can all move or are on a word here as a stronghold for forces loyal to the world for have to end southern west of their capital tripoli also the government said that it has been preparing for this offensive over the p

days of heavy shelling are continuing on monday in tripoli home to libya's internationally recognized government forces loyal to renegade general kayani 4 huffed are accused of shelling residential areas a woman and her young son are reported to have been killed and. workers desperate for money in one of the world's biggest garment industries are defying coronavirus lockdown orders they're returning to work in bangladesh saying they haven't been paid for months the country is expected to lose at least 6000000000 dollars worth of exports to make up for some of its textile workers are selling mosques medical guns and other in demand personal protective equipment bangladesh has recorded more than 5400 corona vises virus cases 145 deaths have a child 3 is following developments from the capital dhaka. the prime minister has a stimulus package of $588000000.00 now this was promised some time back many of the work has been protesting for the last several days many haven't been paid for months some are on the brink of starvation now they've been asked to join some of the factories that. fact

that their stronghold of have to the forces in the west in the south of tripoli from which planes have been taken off to target government forces locations in southern now the government forces say that by taken control of these major cities in the west of libby. including the highway linking tripoli to the tunisian borders they can now eliminate the threats by have to his forces from the western direction of tripoli and they can now only focus on eliminating or have to force that tack in southern new tripoli more indiscriminate shelling is expected to happen but how the forces during the coming hours or days as a result of. action to their defeat in the west of libya ok are serious but more of the warhead reporting live from tripoli many thanks to do. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then south korea reports that more than a 100 people who were initially cleared of the current a virus have tested positive again plus. the economic fallout of the pandemic is hitting aid budgets the world food programme is cutting rations for more than a 1000000 refugees in uganda. w

sami all right mahmoud up there are heard from tripoli that the u.a.e. is foreign ministry is calling on all sides in the libyan conflict to come to the table for a political resolution it's released a statement condemning turkish intervention and praising the warlord who for hafter for what it calls combating terrorism was take a look at the situation on the ground libya has been divided by warring militias since the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler muammar qadhafi 9 years ago the militias back one of 2 rival factions the un recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue the wall of highly for hafter who form the self declared libyan national army controls the area in red phase astrology is prime minister of the government of national accord in tripoli after the ministration is based in the eastern city of tobruk half of those forces have been trying to capture tripoli from the g.n.a.t. for a year but haven't succeeded beyond the city's outskirts sami humvee is the editor in chief of the international interest a current af

warlord khalifa haftar announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shot 1600000000 people half the world's labor force could be out of work and a fly past and a promotion for a british war veteran as he turns $100.00 captain moore who raised over $37000000.00 for the national health service. so the latest coronavirus developments from around the world now we're starting with some good news from south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia for the 1st time in 2 months health officials have reported no new domestic infections that's the 1st time since the outbreak peaked in february meaning south korea's total now sits at a little over $10700.00 cases and $247.00 deaths according to johns hopkins university not such good news in britain though the number of deaths there is jumped to more than 26000 because the government is now starting to include fatalities from places like care homes for the elderly previously was just the hospitals so with that change the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in eu

also advances and 7th frontlines in southern tripoli our correspondent. giving us the latest from libya from tripoli thanks very much. 44 prisoners found dead in a cell in chad appeared to have been poisoned all were suspected members of the armed group boko haram they were arrested following the killing of 98 soldiers in the chaldean army's largest one day lost last month autopsies on 4 bodies found traces of a lethal substance also in charge 5 civilians died when a warplane on the ground accidentally fired a missile the rocket shot through a fuel truck narrowly missed another fighter jet and hit a house next to the airbase children are among the dead in the capital and john the ok let's return to our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and health care centers in latin america's worst affected countries are being pushed to the limit hospitals in the continent's largest country brazil are under increasing strain and the health care system is collapsing in ecuador's biggest city there is a book reports. coffins laid one next to the other in what the capit

economy have turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized in the northern city of tripoli and near the capital beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown that been on is facing its west economic crisis in decades its currency has plummeted prices have soared. reports. defying a look down and a curfew protesters attack a bank in the capital beirut the value of the money is decreasing at an alarming rate. and all monday the anger at the central banks policies and a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement erupted in a wave of violence across the country i demonstrators in tripoli knew the neben on blocked roads and food with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters. soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford anything anymore we are starving i sold my fishing boats for pennies enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i have a daughter in hospital she needs an operation and it's ramadan lebanon's currency has been depreciating for

hours after launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. levon on sunday will bank under attack again during another nights of protests across several cities. welcome to the program still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we do have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u.s. economy the world's largest a scene a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u.s. plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than $600000000.00 over the same period its main european rival airbus losing $515000000.00 and the e.u.'s biggest economy just. many forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 we'll begin with the u.s. we have this report from she have a tendency. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an idealized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $980.

demonstrators in tripoli in new than lebanon blocked roads and food with police officers responded by firing rubber coated steel bullets which injured protesters on the. soldier i swear please stand with us it's too much we stand by you but they are killing us we can't afford anything anymore we are starving i sold my fishing boat for pennies enough is enough for 15 days the dollar keeps going up and down i have a daughter in hospital she needs an operation and it's ramadan lebanon's currency has been depreciating for weeks bought in the past few days the near is lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. most of the central bank is either incapable or directly instigating the dramatic drop 100 on that. those in power say this is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging financial stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh sell amy b

with from dover sole robin also coming up in the next 30 minutes after launching another attack on tripoli libyan warlord khalifa haftar says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. brazil's supreme court blocks president also as choice of a family friend for the new police chief. welcome to the program the u.s. economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times it's seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and there's concerns a crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is only going to worsen she have returns he reports. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an idealized rate of 7.6 percent the. largest drop since $980.00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks 2nd quarter g.d.p. figures for apr

will stay on the african continent in libya there has been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar has been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya mahmud of the head is in tripoli and has the latest. ases early in the morning where been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with a government of national accord say that have those forces have been shelling get several areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the are to now have those forces the art of be used in the ains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get several areas including the government forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of enzyte a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today old saw a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random rocket launcher they have their forces in the vicinity of a would get

tripoli. new york is dealing with the largest number of infections in the u.s. putting and enormous strain on its hospitals and medical workers melanie malloy is on the front line of the city's virus epi center brooklyn and queens she explains that many precious she's been facing both at work and at home i'm on my way to work and i have just had a very nice and cathartic in sparty in my car which is a good transition to work from home because i had a little bit of a stress warning and with my children trying to get them set up for home school i am a widow so i don't have a partner to help me with them and i don't want to send them to my in-laws or make parents because they're getting older and some of them have health conditions that might put them a little bit more risk for coated. her myself. most of our parents are taken out by . you can't leave on their own and who are on the ventilator with everybody. almost everybody in the public. now even though a lot of very well put out by we have a full i.c.u. we have every patient in here on a ventilator but he. look

government's handling of the economy that turned violent on monday night in the capital beirut and tripoli people defied the coronavirus lockdown throwing bombs and vandalizing banks let's check out how it is now in tripoli in northern lebanon . well tension in the streets come out as you can see behind me people gathering outside by the banks that made vandalize last night protests turned into riots there is really a lot of anger in the city 11 on the 2nd largest city but at the same time it's most impoverished city the level of poverty is on the rise unemployment is on the rise this is a problem that began months ago the economic crisis is not new yes it was made worse by the lockdown imposed to try to prevent the spread of coronavirus but these people have been suffering for years there blaming the government for their economic hardships which really has been made worse by the collapse of the local currency now you can see the lebanese army arriving after the scene of the lebanese army was involved in confrontations with the anti-government protesters last night you mentioned earlier a

al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli libya and ward cleaver have to says its forces will stop fighting joining the holy month of ramadan and ickes ations of the syrian government is blocking medical supplies to the country's northeast. welcome to the program the u.s. economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times it's seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and this concerns of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is any going to worsen she has returned has the story. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an annualized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $1080.00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks she. 2nd quarter g.d.p. figur

in tripoli some heard it doesn't sound like there is much of a cease fire going on right now right. well there does not seem to be holding. that position of hostilities and i answered by have folks man last night because the government military sources say that they cannot trust any announcements by have to his forces specially that have to his forces rejected the civil ceasefire proposers in the past and also they say that have to the last ramadan when he 1st launched had this military offensive in tripoli last year said that in a more than is the month of jihad now this he said now he says this ramadan is the month of peace this is very contradictory excuse me. and now immediately after the mahdi the spokesman of how to the forces and i was at the secession of hostilities his forces targeted the city of them so lot with random rockets populated areas. random rockets landed in populated areas and the city of them said which is controlled by the government forces and it's a neighboring city to the city of god who now the major stronghold of have to his forces so it does not seem to

tez more now from tripoli he says half 1000 comments could be nothing more than grandstanding. has been saying. big news but everybody here is familiar that this is not very significant especially has been repeating all the time the abolishment of the libyan political agreement this high about agreement that brought about the current you and that ignited a government of national accord he has been always speaking here and trying to announce the end of this libyan political agreement to but this has been interpreted in terms of his last defeat his forces lost many parts in the worst of libya especially along the coast the coastal way highway that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders of that they control that for the past 3 years also his forces in southern tripoli have been retreating and the city of the horn his main a stronghold in the west of libya has been besieged by the government forces so on the ground have to have to his forces have been losing on the ground so his speech today as a kind of as you know that couple of days ago. minor demonstrations not very

for those forces the in the rains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get civil areas including the government forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of ns out a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random rocket launcher where have their forces in the vicinity of a would get a bully town about 25 kilometers east of the capital tripoli recently have those forces have intensified their attacks by random rockets again as to many it is the areas in southern tripoli especially after their defeat in western libya after the last the whole cause still way over the course of the road that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders in western libya. now the lebanese army has dispersed protesters who are blocking one of the main roads in the capital beirut demonstrators have been defying a lockdown and curfew to voice their anger over the worsening economic crisis l

won't have me for have to resign the pressure in libya its forces moral to the tripoli government make advance. so the pressure is mounting on us governance chewies rules over coronavirus with protests encouraged by president trump held in multiple states for the 3rd day in a row hundreds of conservative americans ignored advice on social distancing to join rallies demanding an end to the lockdown donald trump says that some states will begin easing restrictions in the coming days. texas and vermont will allow certain businesses to open on monday while still requiring appropriate social distancing precautions and i can tell you the governor of texas greg abbott he knows what he's doing he's a great governor knows exactly what he's doing. montana will begin lifting restrictions on friday ohio north dakota night who have advised non-essential businesses to prepare for a phased opening starting may 1st well some states have already started easy shutdown rules including creating florida many flocked to beaches in jacksonville as they reopen on friday the state has the 8th largest number of

the tripoli government blamed it on a leaf after on monday he ended peace talks with the government our correspondent mahmoud uphill will head joins us from the libyan capital has this ceasefire this sation of hostilities actually started. well it's now quite peter on the front lines but it does not mean that it has to other remember that have to as spokesman announcements has been contradictory you know that the last ramadan last year they said that ramadan is the month of jihad were boosting their forces to continue the battle to attack the capital of tripoli this ramadan this year he is calling on to he is an hour saying get the cessation of hostilities but that this has been interpreted here in the west of libya as a kind of maneuver to gain time to maintain their positions maybe to regroup and rearrange their plans and to also plan another or fresh attack on the capital tripoli in a member have to others have to himself rejected that many cease fire proposals in the past and only this comes only a few weeks after this set back his forces suffered in the west of libya after the

more from mahmoud up the one had in tripoli as the u.n. recognized government does not believe half there is committed to this ceasefire they say that have to force immediately after the announcement of his spokes man mcguinness mahdi of that sation of hostilities have to us forces targeted the city of them salon with heavy weapons and then the government forces returned the fire with heavy artillery fire. they say that the government military sources say that they cannot trust have to as forces announcement they say that this could be a kind of attempt by have to the forces to try to gain time and try to regroup rearrange their plans especially after this set back they suffered in the worst of libya especially after they lost control of several strategic cities along the highway linking the capital tripoli to the borders amnesty international has released evidence of multiple violation of a u.n. arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons can film and arms and con

recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue award khalifa haftar form the self declared libyan national army controls the areas in red fires also the prime minister of the government of national a cold that's the u.n. backed one in tripoli while half those administration is based in the eastern city of 2 broke his forces have been trying to capture the capital tripoli for a year but haven't succeeded beyond the city's outskirts sorry hamdi is the editor in chief of the international interest of current affairs analysis magazine with the to get a focus on the middle east he says that the timing of the ceasefire isn't just about ramadan. he's calling a ceasefire now because the tide of the tripoli offensive has altered now his 2 main bases the spine of the tripoli offensive is now under siege that's what the air base where the supplies come in from the east and out of one or both of these bases are holding out but it seems have there is concern that he might not be able to hold on to them for much longer but more importantly have to believe that domestically

line on all directions so brotha about 80 kilometers west of tripoli is a key city whoever controls it can move on many other cities in the west it also makes again in control of the international coastal highway easier. a key link between tripoli and the tunisian border government forces other anti have to forces can now link up with them the united nations has been calling on the warring sides to stop fighting and focus on responding to an amazing number of covert 19 infections so we are concerned about all of the continued fighting. from whichever side including of course the latest shelling but we as you know have been asking for the parties to cease fighting it's very clear that right now there are the 1st signs of groping 1000 and factions in libya and we need to make sure that they can set aside their all military offense and and work together in terms of being able to allow for us to deal with the pandemic before that comes out of control and so that is where our prayer priority lies coronavirus is opening up a new front in libya and the fall of these cities do they you and bac

tripoli. listen to soldiers return to the barracks after the prime minister ordered them onto the streets to in his words deal with rogue individuals thomas the bunny is under increasing pressure to step down over accusations that he murdered his estranged wife in 2017 the bunny appeared in court last month but was not charged on friday the constitutional court ruled against the 80 year olds decision to suspend parliament calling the move irrational. some of the biggest names in music and entertainment are joining forces for a charity concert to honor health care workers around the world. well such as the kill itself and join in the rolling stones a live streaming from their homes the one world together at home concert has been organized by lady gaga and the charity global citizen. i'm extending my gratitude to all the health care workers are risking their lives every day for us and those people who are turning out to work to make deliveries and to do groceries and. gas in our cars so thank yo

the city around 90 kilometers southeast of tripoli is have towards a major stronghold in the west of the country and the operations headquarters of the year long campaign to capture the capital. and. we've launched this attack to cut the supply line coming to their positions in southern tripoli we advance to 27 kilometers inside the administers of borders of thought who are and are now in control of the area. with the. government forces say they killed some pro have to the fighters and captured dozens of prisoners in saturday's advance on top of whom. we advance from several axes we captured a number of their forces weapons and military vehicles the move was ordered by our operation room we will win the battle. damage unity of have to his forces fighting in the suburban of southern tripoli come from tara who now many of them abandoned the battle to seize tripoli to return home to defend their city the pullout has helped the government forces make gains in other front lines past us forces it lost many areas along the coast of western libya last week. the battle for the horn is seen as

had reports from tripoli. residential areas in the libyan capital targeted by indiscriminate shelling the u.n. backed government says forces loyal to the warlord $34.00 have are attacking the city and reaction to their defeat in the west of the country. people in the coastal city of sobriety cheering the liberation of the city by the government forces. and other nearby cities including sort of mine and she learned have been also recaptured by the government forces. after supporters all controlled those cities for the past 3 years were driven out in 24 hours after heavy fighting. the swifty kovar of those cities sees government forces changing their strategy from defensive to a fine sieve mood the balance has shifted tradition and turkish aerial support and turkish training has helped the g.s.a. and now they've reached parity or maybe even supremacy in the air and they are undercutting the l.a. supply lines on all directions. about 80 kilometers west of tripoli is a key city whoever controls it can move on many

tripoli. returning to the corona virus pandemic and the number of confirmed cases in japan has doubled in just 10 days 568 new cases were reported on sunday raising the total there to more than 11000 and further rises are expected as more testing is done the state of emergency in tokyo in 6 other areas has been expand expanded now nationwide and it's a very different story in south korea where the daily tally of new infections has fallen to single digits for the 1st time in 2 months just 8 new cases were confirmed and the government's been praised for its widespread testing program to decompile and has more on the situation in asia from from hong kong. it's been a remarkable turnaround for south korea which at the beginning of this year became the epicenter of the coronavirus after china with increase new infections increasing up at about a 1000 a day south korea's managed to get that in control by still avoiding the extreme lock downs we've seen in other parts of the region what they've done

stay in human rights watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in the 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears that the firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to include ramadan the month of jihad this year it's the month of peace with their own not his cease ation of a still if he's lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shelob alice. the foreign minister is calling on all sides in the libyan conflict to come to the table for a political solution it's released a statement condemning turkish intervention and praising war khalifa haftar for what it calls combating terrorism is a look at the situation on the ground libya has been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader moammar gadhafi 9 years ago various forces backed one of 2 rival administrations the u.n. recognized government in the capital tripoli controls the area in blue border collie for half formed the soft clad libyan national army controls the area in red . fires are s

warlord had a for half turn out as a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs shop $1600000000.00 people she half the world's labor force could be out of work and a promotion on his 100th birthday for a british war veteran now after now. raise millions for the national health service . so the latest coronavirus developments around the world starting in south korea one of the worst hit by the pandemic in asia and for the 1st time in 2 months it has reported no new domestic infections this is since the outbreak peaked in february it means the totals that 10765 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped to more than 26000 after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly it means the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy there is some positive news though about a. possible treatment coming out of the u.s. officials say their same progress in trials with the antiviral drug. the mortality rate is repor

tripoli. result is there are these the top stories u.s. president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the rate of new infections is starting to slow more than $23000.00 americans have died from the corona virus outbreak so far with more than half a 1000000 reported infections. irq is continuing to make critical progress at our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat hospitalizations a slowing of hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence their aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done a u.s. navy sailor has died after catching coronavirus he was one of hundreds of crewmembers who became infected on an aircraft carrier the captain of the theodore roosevelt was fired for rushing to his commanders speaking for help to stop the spread on board soon after the acting navy secretary resigned for calling the captain stupid and naive nearer

tripoli. latest from thank you. jazeera ave told al plane carrying prominent officials from the united arab emirates flew to the sudanese capital on tuesday. sources say emma brady ti delegation emira was meeting sudanese officials to discuss military support for khalifa haftar. sudanese officials have denied any meeting taking place. brazil's supreme court has blocked the appointment of a family friend of the president as chief of the country's federal police. he was appointed after bolsonaro fired his predecessor. that prompted the justice minister to quit, accusing the government of unlawfully interfering with police affairs. brazil has reported more than 5000 deaths and over 73,000 coronavirus infections. bolsonaro dismissed criticism of his handling of the outbreak, saying even though his name is messiah, he cannot prevent coronavirus deaths. >> what do you want me to do? i do not do miracles. mean fresh product which would normally go to restaurants are being thrown away. the u.k. national farmers union has pr

tripoli. had reports. rockets launched it boy of forces loyal to have to hit injured civilians in civil districts of libya's capital. the barrage of rockets was in the retaliation for the offensive by those backing a deal and the recognize the government in tripoli to recapture horner. the city around 90 kilometers southeast of tripoli is have to the major stronghold in the west of the country and the operations headquarters of the year long campaign to capture the capital. and. we've launched this attack to cut the supply line coming to their positions in southern tripoli we advance to 27 kilometers inside the administers of borders of thought who are and are now in control of the area. where. government forces say they killed some pro half the fighters and captured dozens of prisoners in saturday's advance on top of whom. we had fallen from several axes we captured a number of the forces weapons and military vehicles the move was ordered by our operation room we will win the battle. damage u

one more the other one had as the latest from tripoli. the decision made by the government to move on the city of horner. has been taken after they took control of the west of libya last week and they say that if the take control of. it means that half the forces lose the whole west of libya eyewitnesses in the vicinity of the city of the owner say that the areas there have been shaken by heavy explosions we know that the government forces have been exchanging heavy fire with have those forces in the vicinity of the hole now since early morning and now as a kind of the activity action of retaliation have to this forces have started shelling get it is the initial areas in tripoli in so good and also were slim in the city center random rockets have been dozens of random rockets have been launched by have those forces landing in populated areas and also in the vicinity of 80 get airport. neighborhood government forces say that they have captured a number of have to his forces and they have destroyed a number of military vehicles in terms of

tripoli the new leader of britain's labor party says that he will work with the government to fight the corona virus outbreak in the national interest. replaces jeremy corbyn following the party's disastrous performance of december's general election promise to unite the party going back last versus i'm a hayward reports. no great surprise that kyrgyzstan has been elected as the leader of the labor party here in the u.k. the main opposition party he's been the front runner since announcing his intention to stand for the role he's a well known figure here he was the former director of public prosecutions well known within labor's sitting on the from the french as the shadow minister and this is what he said in his prerecorded acceptance speech earlier but we will test the arguments that are put forward we will shine a torch on critical issues of where we see mistakes or falter government or things not happening as quickly as they should we'll challenge that a whole lot out our purpose when we do that is the same as the government to save lives and to protect our country kids started out

war also if i have to announce is a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli. we start with numbers just released in the us that show the continuing trend of widespread job losses more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits over the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than $30000000.00 now the unemployment rate hovered around 3.5 percent between december and february but in march it jumped to a 2 and a half year high of 4.4 percent that's roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies their easing lockdown measures more than half of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of the week whereas the johns hopkins dashboard shows at least 1000000 people in the u.s. of contracted the virus and then the 61000 have died in just a few moments we'll take you live to gabriel and his own though in new york will have more on the city's planning to reopen but 1st let's start with our white house correspondent kimberly how could she joins us with reaction to those unemployment figures a

one year since i have to launch it his military campaign to take control of tripoli from the u.s. and other could nased a government. his offensive has failed to achieve its goals international mediation has failed to in the conflict including a recent poll on the warring parties to embrace a truce to allow the country to tackle covert 19 many parts of southern tripoli have been deserted and more than 150000 people have been displaced by the fighting the united nations estimates have to us forces have launched at more than a 1000 airstrikes since the beginning of that offensive last year. residential areas and state facilities have been targeted along with airports and migrant detention centers. triple as you enter the government blames egypt and the united arab emirates which supports have to for the hundreds of civilian deaths more than a dozen medical workers have been killed in drone attacks on field hospitals and in july 53 migrants were killed by air strikes the tripoli base to government accuses egyptian and you a warplanes of carrying out the attacks. if half his forces ad

how they found after announces a ceasefire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli also a coronavirus jobs one point $6000000000.00 people half the world's labor force could be out of work and the pandemic changing the way people in iran reserve are observing the fasting month of ramadan. so coronavirus developments for you from around the world starting in south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia but there is good news for the 1st time in 2 months health officials there have reported no new infections no new domestic infections since the outbreak in february it means the total sits at. just over 10700 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped at more than 26000 now after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly what it means is that the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u.s. officials say they are seeing progress in trials of the

only in tripoli but in western libya and in what yeah in central libya and the strangler. there are more airstrikes not in there have been since $120.00 i mean it's all it's a lot is that there is less war there's moon now and in fact it's the probably the cover of covert 19 the global destruction there's a lot that is in the way that in fact there was so much of the destruction in january after the assassination of general zinni many in iraq and that in that sense there was a huge upsurge in strikes in tripoli today that is very much the same thing but on steroids there is no appetite so watch what is happening in libya and those that are perpetrating those crimes sustaining that war and pushing that forward feel absolutely no sense of pressure and that's why they're making a land grab they might even be a land grab to that and it's in the green water they've been upsurge of violence towards that in the last 10 days it's huge what is taking place there but in fact this unnecessary war that's the real problem here not only of these numbers and the stats don't give you the

tripoli. an investigation is underway in chad after a fighter jet on the tarmac accidentally fired a missile killing 5 civilians including children this is the moment the rocket shot out as the aircraft prepared to take off from an airbase in the capital the missile went through a fuel truck and narrowly missed a french fighter jet before hitting a house next to the airport. soldiers in the southern african nation of list so to have returned to their barracks after the prime minister ordered them onto the streets to in his words deal with rogue individuals promise to bonnie's under increasing pressure to step down over accusations that he murdered his estranged wife in 2017 to bonnie appeared in court last month but was not charged on friday the constitutional court ruled against the 80 year olds decision to suspend parliament calling the move irrational apollon read a bit as a journalist in this hotel he says sending soldiers into the streets is the latest in a string of controversial decisio

which is reportedly under attack from minister fire saroj of the tripoli based government of national accord says his forces will continue their advance the united nations is urged a deescalation in the fighting. want up to a head is in one of the captured libyan cities is the gains are significant for the un backed government. it was a swift take over according to the government to military sources partly because of the turkish air force supply with the government forces you know that the gun forces have been targeting get half the force locations in the city of so broad and many other locations in the west of the country ahead of this operation this ignorance of this city so broad is that it stands on the way between tripoli and the teacher borders and whoever controls the broth or can easily control the international coastal highway linking the capital tripoli to the tunisian border sput authorities here tell us that they are now starting procedures to bring back those who were displaced those who were forced out of their homes by half those forces 3 years ago from many other citie

they can now focus only on defending the capital tripoli repairing have to his forces in southern tripoli as you know adrian that this is a major setback for half of his forces especially after they lost other cities before remember this is the 2nd set back to a house that had forces losing major cities after they lost the strategic city of at the end in sight in the south of tripoli last june ok but in all cases this is also a big gain for the government forces because they can now only now join their maziar but forces in the city of as wara and they can move on there was here a. base adrian out of the hold up all the while had there reporting live from tripoli many thanks they've taken life geneva but the world health organization is holding its regular press briefing on the corona virus pandemic that's less than human held and guided by what we know about the virus and how it behaves since the beginning this has been an area of intense focus. as we have said many times before this is a new virus and the 1st bundle me closed by a quote on a virus we are all learning all the time and i j

know that france is one of the major allies for the warlord have to so they're very messy here in tripoli says that it's a waiting get it spawns from the french foreign ministry and the foot french foreign ministry also sad that it's checking with the french defense ministry so that it can respond to that complain from the libyan foreign ministry the internationally recognized government says that a person has been killed in an attack on a health complex near tripoli 6 other people were injured during shelling on the military medical authorities headquarters the building is reportedly next to a medical center the treats coronavirus cases the attack has been linked to forces loyal to the warlord or the 4 huffed off. a weather update on al jazeera then one of india's best known actors has died we'll hear more about the life and work of a phone call plus. i'm rob reynolds in san piedro california where a fleet of dozens of oil triggers are anchored off shore with no place to go will have our report coming up. however we've got some rather hot weather into northern parts of china at the momen

last night in tripoli but a few days 2. bank branches in other cities that 11 on have been vandalized. we've seen this happen before at the beginning of the when the protest movement began in october a lot of the banks were vandalized because of those capital controls because of the fact that people couldn't access their savings so how serious is it is this is this is insane or to see images like this in a place like tripoli i mean lebanon is no stranger to violence but for so much of its recent history that violence has been so attached to factions ethnic religious divides we saw tripoli at the beginning of the syrian revolution wrapped up in some of that but this is different right now correct. to a certain extent yes it is about poverty people from all sects coming together. and demanding a change of leadership that's what we saw in october but at the same time there was at least half of the population still supporting the mainly sectarian political parties there's definitely the what people here call their uprising thei