A reward for his arrest. A surprise twist in Israels Parliament Opposition Leader benny gantz nominates some self to serve as speaker. So now the European Commission president has warned that coronavirus is too big for any one country to handle alone live on the land is calling for unity saying saving lives has to remain the top priority spain and france are struggling to contain the virus which are it has reported more than 600. 00 deaths in 24 hours aerotow is following the latest developments from madrid. Despite the grim figures reported by the Health Minister officials in spain more than 1500 more cases of corona virus infections and told increase by 600 people in just 24 hours but though these figures keep increasing theres a small window of hope as for the 1st time in spain the number of contagious and best and theres have increased have to work is now a 10 percent of this to total a population that are infected by corona virus is not only the Health Care Workers but also Police Officers and seal guard that are the ones that are in the front line of the fight of corner virus which are controlling these lockdown nationwide in spain every people confined at home no one allowed to go to the street and less its completely unnecessary going to the pharmacy going to buy groceries going to Shop Supermarkets and thats all that we can do so all these people that are fighting in hospitals and in the streets trying to control the no one breaks the slow down all these people what are claiming what are calling for. Immediate there there are demanding the immediate supplies of protecting gears of of the correct equipment the gloves mask googles in order to battle to develop their duties in the front line of these growing up virus without getting infected or even spreading the corona virus when its a Prime Minister is warning the coronavirus will cause what he calls a hold severe recession in europe she said were going to address parliament to wrote and said europe would only be able to face the shock with the exceptional measures that are locked down for the last 2 weeks promise to run 27000000000. 00 worth of emergency measures if we have the highest number of virus deaths of more than 7500. The e. U. Chain france criticize european nations for what she calls a lack of coordinated response in the fight against the grain of ours live on the land so the commission has created europes 1st stockpile of medical supplies it will serve as a bank of crucial equipment to help its a 27 member bloc for one of the worlds worst outbreaks when europe really needed to be there for each other too many initially looked out for themselves when europe really needed an all for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a fear whether union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncoordinated action lets say now from lawrence lee who has more in that speech from london. Individual countries have their own Health Care Systems and you know i dont suppose occur to any individual country to think about what they might have to do for anybody else in the in the event of a pandemic because its never happened before but clearly philosophically the point of the european project is that individual countries oppose without help each other and thats where wonderland set a completely fall in the past in the decisions that countries took in the last few weeks shes really talking about a period in march when cases in italy started to rise exponentially and countries started to close the borders because that meant that countries which were stopped to stockpile things like mechanical ventilators and protective equipment for doctors and nurses started to hold them and inform the lens view what they should have been doing at that point was to actually give them to italy but they but they are the refuse because they wanted to keep themselves or they said they couldnt get across the borders now the lens of the things were now improving and told everybody off in no Uncertain Terms in this speech but she employed effectively that these countries which supposed were supposed to be friends of italy and spain had in a sense betrayed them. To the United States and more than 3000000 americans apply for Unemployment Benefits last week that is a record in fact thats 5 times more than the previous record back in 1902 i meant the latest sign of just what effect the coronavirus is having on the economy businesses all across the United States be forced to close its cities impose lockdowns to stem the spread of the outbreak it takes on with our course when it can be how to use in washington d. C. And as i say these are extraordinary numbers huge numbers and we expecting this to continue for the medium to long term. Yes we are this is just the number of americans the millions of americans who have made it out of their homes in the midst of most things being shut down in order to file these claims so the numbers are only going to get larger as more and more things shut down so this is just kind of a sliver of the actual larger bigger piece of the pie if you will in terms of this grand picture of what we have going on in the United States i mean the numbers are really in the 10s of millions of americans that lost their job or lost their part time or freelance work overnight ive heard numbers in the neighborhood of 46000000 so were going to see those jobless claims numbers rise and even in the midst of all of this there is an effort underway the u. S. Congress is working on their historic rescue package to help workers in the short term gave in the payments Cash Payments of 1200. 00 per individual if you earn 70000. 00 or less but it still hasnt made its way through the congress it took a very long time a lot of fighting in the u. S. Senate just to get that passed now its moving to the house were hearing that there will be a vote on friday but were also already hearing before this legislation is passed and signed into law by the u. S. President that in fact theyre going to have to do another package in fact in the words of Chuck Schumer the top democrat in the u. S. Senate he says odds are high congress will need even more measures in order to alleviate the economic carnage that were seeing right now in the United States right and its interesting with. The cool the calls for Unemployment Benefits the 3000000 americans applying for Unemployment Benefits weve been hearing from the treasury century on this and he seems quite dismissive of the. Yeah its just another scoring of kind of the tone deafness of this it ministration when it comes to crown a virus at times just really not understanding the basic suffering that is starting to set in with ordinary americans and an example of this is the treasury secretary steve minutia is comets when presented with those jobless claims numbers the historic numbers 3200000 americans filing Unemployment Insurance claims just in one week he said that those numbers are relevant essentially what hes saying is just a small part of our whole of government approach to combating coronavirus well i can tell you for the millions of americans say get help it is pretty relevant theyre wondering how theyre going to pay their rent theyre wondering how theyre going to buy food and that sort of things the basic necessities of the reality is for most americans theyre living paycheck to paycheck so this is not going to be comforting in any way whatsoever still the administration is continuing to try and put a positive spin on this in fact on trucks meeting in just the last hour touting his press conference hell be having at 21 g. M. T. I should point out is what he has every day im not sure what makes this one so special but hes going to be updating ordinary americans on his Conference Call that hes having with the nations governors as they continue to try and coordinate this whole of government response as they call it you know it will see what he says then kimberly thanks very much indeed the u. S. Justice department has charged venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and several senior officials with Drug Trafficking attorney general william barr announce indictments against his top of tenants are accused of running a socalled not who states and using the proceeds of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenues a lot in america as it is in human is life for us from santiago in chile a Drug Trafficking charges against the venezuelan president what will this actually mean. Well it may not mean very much in practice and short of sending in the marines to grab president Nicolas Maduro and take him out something that happened back in 1990 when they went to get. The of the general out of panama that does not seem likely in this scenario i think every country in the world has bigger fish to fry with the coronavirus but the the timing of this announcement and declaring the leader of venezuela a terrorist or narco terrorist is very suspect it comes just after the United Nations announced over agreed to send funds emergency humanitarian funds to venezuela to help that country deal with the coronavirus outbreak and clearly what the white house seems to be saying is that a person who is a narco terrorist cannot be entrusted with that kind of money. Putting more pressure on the government but as i say president Nicolas Mahut is not going anywhere the country has been been slapped with one economic sanction after the other and he has remained in the president ial palace until now perhaps the 15000000 dollar reward for anyone that can give information leading to the arrest and conviction of president Nicolas Maduro that is what the United States is now offering could entice somebody or some forces of the of the military in venezuela which supports nico last my little to perhaps hand him over but that is still at this point a long shot goes you know theres been one. President we hear anything from him. Were not hearing very much at all from one weibo but we have heard from other members of the opposition who are in fact saying that they would Welcome International support funds at this point solian explosive really to help the country. The corona virus pandemic and that it perhaps could be distributed by the vatican and those are negotiations that are taking place behind the scenes but why the has been really hasnt had much to offer in the midst of all this for weeks now. Being human in santiago. Still ahead here on aljazeera a surprise admission in new zealand from the Christ Church last time. Hello there on his way into japan over the next few days were seeing a stream of clouds here on his figure this summer it. Will seem plenty of heavy rain into southern and Central China and in fact friday is going to be a day where we really see some of the take hillary have examples particularly to the south into. Providence at 27 celsius the high in hong kong that will come with the childs a thunderstorm but look at this line of rain showers and as a say very heavy income seeing all of japan right there way up into her it does begin to push on saturday so should be a drive day so sapporo a dry day if you just 5 celsius and they will see their shadows continuing to have their way eastwards but we will see some heavy spells of rain particular cross into tokyo with a high of 19 and also a soccer meanwhile as i say it is a better picture into china and we will see a dr later in the day in hong kong now friday and saturday weve got the usual rains across into borneo a little bit lighter in some arch of the next 2 days and with a peninsula to scout it showers it was a few those further to the north as well sooner. Or later in the day but really the very heavy rain that pradesh in india and also you see here into pakistan friday by saturday it dies away this also shows on the whole it 24. When diplomacy fails and fear sweeps then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division and its not effective instead of being an obstacle to it joe wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a 4 part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on aljazeera. Hello again youre watching aljazeera a reminder our top story and spain has reported 655 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours total number of fatalities has surpassed 4000 thats the worlds 2nd highest number after the. Newly released figures show more than 3000000 americans applied for Unemployment Benefits last week as coated 19 batters the economy thats 5 times more than the previous record back in 1982. The u. S. Justice department is charged venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and several senior officials with crimes related to what they called narco terrorism and Drug Trafficking they are accused of running a socalled narco state using the proceeds of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenues. Leaders of the worlds Major Economies at the g. 20 of held a summit by Video Conference to discuss a coordinated response to the coronas virus coronavirus pandemic the from matthew edited james bass explains what was discussed. These were the summit conclusions released in the last hour they say theyre going to work to protect lives safeguard peoples jobs and incomes restore confidence in the markets minimize disruption to trade provide help to all countries in need of assistance and coordinate on Public Health and Financial Measures ive read through this very quickly ive only had it for a short period of time were telling you there are no figures in here at all apart from with regard to the Financial Markets where as you know a combination of the measures from the various g 20 countries theyve already said theyll inject 5 trillion dollars but what about the things that one person who was addressing them the u. N. Secretary general spoke about he spoke about a global ceasefire thats not been endorsed by the g. 20 he also said this line in his speech to the g 20 leaders all countries must be able to combine systematic testing tracing quarantine and treatment with restrictions on movement and contact and to suppress the transmission of the virus will theres no indorsement of that test of that test testing everywhere and also quarantine and containment wherever possible that has not been in endorsed in the 20 communique will do they do say that theyll provide all the necessary resources for diagnostics and support to the World Health Organization rusher is grounding all International Flights from friday midnight except for Russian Airlines flying citizens home from other countries borders were closed to foreigners last week in moscow people over 65 are being told to stay at home 3 russians have died with 840 porta places so far now dr michael ryan is helping lead the World Health Organizations response to the coronavirus he told our desert vaccines are coming but it will take some time. And its going to take at least a year to bring vaccines into the fight against this white house there are at least 30 can that it actually is currently being developed are already under under under trials in fact trials were started last week in the United States and further trials will be starting in china and other countries in the coming weeks thats a massive effort its going to require a coordinated Public Private partnership to do that we will get vaccines but its going to take time dr ryan theres a lot of conspiracy theories out there right now especially due to the rivalry between the u. S. And china has the w. H. O. Been asked to investigate claims that covered 19 was manmade we tend to look for these explanations in situations when weve such a. Horrific event but the reality is and this has always been the reality is that we human beings have behaved in a way over the last number of years weve globalized the planet and with that globalization have become some benefits in terms of freedom of movement in terms of economy but we have stressed the environment we have invaded the animal human interface we have allowed diseases to cross into humans and when those diseases do cross from animals to humans those diseases can amplify and poorly equipped Health Facilities they can amplify in peri urban slums that can amplify amongst stressed refugee populations and then they can spread because we are connected globally so the problem we have right now is manmade the problem we have right now is that we have left ourselves vulnerable to emerging diseases who the diseases themselves are entirely natural but the situation in which these diseases are spreading because we human beings have created the conditions in which these diseases can spread and cause as you see tremendous damage to our Health Systems to our economies to our social systems or more importantly deaths amongst those we love. Well you can watch the full interview with dr michael ron on talk to al jazeera which airs for the 1st time right about 10 minutes in fact 1630 g. M. T. On thursday well israels Opposition Leader benny gantz has just been elected as Parliament Speaker thats a day after unity edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court lets get the very latest we can join her a force it whos in western slope and harry whats interesting here is that benny ganz nominated himself today why is he made this move. Thats right i mean essentially the whole narrative of israeli politics in the last few months has been turned up side down in the space of a day benny gantz in his opposition blue and White Alliance were railing against the lou could of Benjamin Netanyahu as late as yesterday saying that the speakers refusal to have a vote to see him replaced by an opposition speaker allowing the opposition to start legislation which could have really harmed you know his prospects of holding on to power saying that was an anti democratic and a travesty and all the rest of it and now rather than nominate that opposition speaker when given the chance benny gantz is instead nominated himself its part of an impending deal between him and between his wing of the blue and White Alliance and Benjamin Netanyahu and his likud so all of Benjamin Netanyahu his right wing bloc voted for gantz along with his own Israeli Resilience Party and that is a pretty preemptive step towards a unity government between these 2 wings so netanyahu calling to reports will remain as Prime Minister for 18 months from now gantz will be foreign minister according to these reports and then take over after 18 months but many people are predicting that netanyahu has got more tricks in him yet and that dance will never see the inside of the Prime Ministers office or residence and this is a man who really set himself up as a someone who was a former army chief look the part might be somewhat boring but a good solid alternative after all the drama of the netanyahu years someone who is absolutely determined to replace he said netanyahu and indicted suspects in 3 separate Corruption Cases and it was necessary to get him out of israeli politics now hes decided to join him in government and given benny gantz his ambitions hurried to be president why might he have gone down this route. The problem is certainly if there is a deal Prime Minister needed if there is a deal which has some kind of mechanism in place to ensure that netanyahu keeps to his word and and stands down after a certain period as i said that the period being reported is 18 months then that could be a routes to the Prime Ministers office hes also been fighting this battle in 3 separate elections without success he didnt have the numbers in terms of a Minority Administration necessarily to to to have a stable government of his own he has been leaning towards an emergency unity government because of the Coronavirus Crisis but hes been telling supporters this week that he had to go 1st in any rotational deal with netanyahu thats always been his line that netanyahu cannot sit in the Prime Ministers office at the same time as trying to fight off Corruption Cases especially at a time when of course there is a National Emergency going on hes decided it seems to to give up on those various firm points that hes been making for so long and hes been called all sorts of things as a result there are those on the left of israeli politics who are calling a collaborator someone is going to be a rug under the feet of an alleged criminal and race hate inciter which is what they say Benjamin Netanyahu is so this is a big political gamble hes losing a huge amount of Political Capital and possibly goodwill as a result of this he says obviously he will say that its big its trying to save israeli democracy the time of National Emergency we wait to see how it plays out no government announced yet but that looks very much the next phase of all this big gamble from benny gantz of the air force a thanks a lot. Now the australian man accused of murdering 51 people in attacks on 2 new Zealand Mosques a year ago has admitted his guilt brendan tyrant change his plea from not guilty to guilty in a hearing at the high court in christchurch on thursday he also pleaded guilty to 40 counts of attempted murder and one of terrorism the 29 year old will be sentenced to the later date these ilands Prime Minister says his guilty pleas are a small reprieve for victims families. That they will still be im sure a certain sense of relief that the whole nation but particularly our Muslim Community have being speared. From a trial that could have otherwise acted as a platform. Nothing will bring their loved ones back but this is a small reprieve and lets hear now from charlotte who has more from. Britains parents lawyer apparently signal to the Court Earlier this week that his client was interested in changing the plays on 92 counts they filed the paperwork yesterday and then the hearing was how this morning just enjoyed doing and that press conference at a personally she felt a huge sigh of relief hearing that brinks and parent would be changing his place on all those counts 51. 00 charges of murder charges of attempted murder and one charge of terrorism now not many people got to hear this raid and now because new zealand is on a lockdown due to coronavirus so brentons harris. Has a name to read out to him he said emotionless wire video link concedes yes guilty to all of the night and very few people got the chance to hear it 10 there are any 17 people allowed in the Christchurch High Court were this morning do these coronavirus lockdowns over the Muslim Community in christchurch be moms of both more who are there as representatives to hear brentons her side guilty and acknowledge the crime and the attacks in christchurch mafia. So now that he has admitted all of the charges we made straight we do not have a trial and during as was expected we moved straight through to seem to be saying and people will have the opportunity to fight the apace unlike today where very few people were allowed in the court were the judges say that was a great symbol when the people will be allowed to give statements people who have been affected by this personally witnesses move be allowed to give statements in court with seem to thing but seem to can die the diagnostic issues and the lockdown is right. To yemen now where the warring parties are welcomed u. N. Calls for an immediate truces the conflict enters its 6th year the u. N. Secretary general has urged an end to hostilities to focus on fighting the coronavirus epidemic there has been a recent escalation in violence in yemen which is already facing the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. As this report. March 2015 and the her thirtys push into central aden. And begin expanding their influence not only in southern yemen but over most of the country president ill double month so had the flat to saudi arabia where he called for a military intervention by arab nations on march 25th a Saudi Led Coalition launched their military campaign to oust the her thiis. Operation the size of storm further expanded targeting military installations airports Missile Defense systems and i mean across the country. But it was yemeni civilians who bore the brunt of war the un and International Aid agencies accuse the Saudi Led Coalition of indiscriminately bombing Populated Areas in the last 5 years thousands of people have been killed and yemenis dont have enough to eat with warnings of famine in yemen is described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Said their goal was to defeat the healthy rebels and restore how these government of the scope of their involvement raised many concerns among yemenis the u. A. E. Supports militias in the south that operate secret prisons where detainees are tortured. The kingdoms hugely expensive military campaign has failed to ask the who these saudi officials accuse iran of supporting the. These are the shia rebel groups that rose to prominence in 2014 when it took over the capital sanaa with the help of former president ali abdullah saleh. Also known as unsubtle or the partisans of gant have repeatedly launched cross border attacks targeting the oil rich kingdom i was they have expanded their territory by taking control of well giove province near the saudi border and fighting is intensifying in the oil rich province of mary forces supporting the president had with creating after suffering a series of setbacks. The un still hopes to convince the warring factions to implement the terms of the agreement signed in stockholm 2 years ago. As a fusing science failed to reconcile their differences the stalemate is likely to play more innocent lives. The seychelles and setting up protection zones for marine life in its waters this covers 30 percent of marine life and waters surrounding the 150. 00 islands in the indian ocean almost no human activity will be allowed in one of the 2 marine attention so its just home to rest on a us. So this is our desert these are the top stories and spain has reported 655 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours total number of fatalities were supposed to 4000 thats the worlds 2nd highest number after italy. Well italys Prime Minister is warning the coronavirus will cause what it calls a hard severe recession in europe giuseppi counter addressed parliament in rome and said europe would only be able to face the shock with exceptional measures. The chief is criticize european nations for the lack of a coordinated response to the pandemic slow on the land says the commission has now created a stockpile of medical supplies to help all the nations fight the virus when europe really needed to be there for each other to have many initially looked out for themselves when europe really needed and all for one spirit too many initially gave and only for me response and when europe really needed to prove that this is not only a sheer Weather Union too many initially refused to share their umbrella but it was not long before some felt the consequences of their own uncoordinated action newly released figures show more than 3000000 americans applied for Unemployment Benefits last week as coated 900 batters the economy thats 5 times more than the previous record set back in 1000 leave you to stand in the u. S. Justice department has charged venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and several senior officials with crimes related to what they called narco terrorism and Drug Trafficking are accused of running a socalled narco state and using the proceeds of the cocaine trade to make up for lost oil revenues. Israels Opposition Leader benny gantz has just been elected as Parliament Speaker this comes a day after uni edelstein stepped down after a showdown with the top court this could lead to a Political Alliance between benny gantz and the caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are you up to date with the headlines here in algeria weve got more news right after talk to our dear daughter my crime. Lucas. Covert 19 has killed more than 18000 people and infected at least 400000 worldwide and counting. It all started in december last year when cases of an unusual pneumonia were reported in the chinese city of war haun. Most of those affected by the unknown virus seem to have something in common they were working at a local seafood market. At the Chinese Health authorities were trying to investigate the causes of the illness for the numbers kept growing on january 7th the World Health Organization announced it had identified the new virus 4 days later
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