A lockdown plus pakistan overturns the death sentence for the man convicted for the kidnap and killing of u. S. Journalist daniel pearl. A decades old defense lawyer is now being used by u. S. President donald trump to fight the coronavirus after criticism over the white house response the u. S. Is now the epicenter of the pandemic with a quarter of the 1000000 cases worldwide new york citys mayor is urging everyone to cover their faces aware of mosques in public the number of cases in the state of new york is now at 92000 with nearly 2400 deaths say Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned its supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in 6 days. President all the time says a lot more medical equipment is on its way after his truck deals with private firms for face masks and ventilators and other equipment but americans are not just fighting a highly contagious virus 6600000 people now say that theyre jobless. Were now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that 100000. 00 test a day and these are accurate tests and theyre moving rapidly which is more than any other country in the world both in terms of the road number and also on a per capita basis the most the f. D. A. Is also authorized the 1st coronavirus Antibody Test developed of the cell x. A key step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system ok our White House Correspondent kimberly hole could was at that briefing and shes joining me now i cant believe this was a very long press conference it was covering a wide range of subjects what were they talking about. Yeah theres no question theres a lot to unpack well try to give you some of the Key Highlights in terms of those unemployment numbers we heard from the team there in the White House Briefing room one of the ways theyre hoping to alleviate the loss of jobs that are hemorrhaging in the United States is through a program theyre calling the sort of Small Business per paycheck protection act of essentially what this does is it helps Small Businesses to retain employees in essence those who say they dont have the payroll available to keep these employees on any longer now there would be some help from the government that this would allow them to keep the workers in their jobs through 350000000000 in loans now another thing that was important to discuss here the president believed was the issue of shortages particularly when it comes to ventilators he made it very clear that he has somebody from the military in charge of that that person was brought to talk in granular detail about how various types of supplies whether it be ventilators whether it be personal protective equipment that this is getting to the areas that they need now reporters brought up that the concern for many states when it comes to these shortages is that theyre often going to the highest bidder in other words sometimes that bitter is outside the United States that is when Peter Navarro the adviser economic adviser to the u. S. Presence in fact they have already begun seizing lawfully obtained part personal protective equipment in order to put that into the u. S. Supply chain there is no question that there may be some cost constitutional questions about that later on and then the president also very quickly talked about that ongoing will supply situation the dispute between russia and saudi arabia the president once again discussing that he had had phone calls with both the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin solomon as well as the russian leader of law. Tamir putin and he once again reassured the sort of the broader globe that in fact these leaders have agreed to some sort of truce and that this could be announced with some specificity in the coming days that they are are agreeing to a cut in production of between 10 and 15000000 barrels and that the u. S. President believes as a result of his intervention he says this potentially could save this industry when we were listening in to the press conference within the last hour the president was also making reference to this the rising numbers in other countries as well like italy and spain and i know that you spoke to him about particularly the situation in iran what did he say about the. Yeah because of course the United States has its ongoing maximum Pressure Campaign against iran tough economic sanctions that many around the world including in this country at the United Nations are suggesting need to be lifted under compassionate humanitarian grounds this is what i asked the president given the fact that he says he stands with the iranian people this is something he tweeted last january if he would consider lifting sanctions at least temporarily heres what he had to say. He said. That the people of iran can hear president senor continue to stand with the people of iran given the fact theyre so hard hit with chronic fire theyre very hard hit but theyre here in a lot of ways theyre hard hit their head in with their economy with their military and with obviously the virus theyre very hard when you consider hes in sanctions to allow medical supplies to get in they havent even tested it we know that sanctions hit the people not the definition of what they havent even a system to if they want to me would love to meet and would love to settle the whole thing out but i doubt theyll break them realistically how does a person in tehran pick up the pot of coffee i think they love america i think the iranians love america i think theyd love to be free i think theyd love to have just some of the things that we have you know i remember and many years ago friends of mine were always in around there were doing real estate deals in a room they were building beautiful buildings all over an apartment house as it was they were very successful and then one day there came to an end but you dont want the people to read they remember that it was a long time ago but not so long ago they remember it and ill tell you they love america they love what we stand for. And were not looking for shit were not looking for government to take over government changing no this countrys been through that many times that doesnt work people do encourage other countries to who are maybe a certain amount of what i did what i didnt you know i put it out very publicly with respect to iran and said if they need help with respect to the virus would love to sit with the greatest medical professionals in the world would let their cities are you encouraging perhaps 2 to lend their support because there are many countries that he only encourages his kids and. Theyve been a very hostile country they made a deal that president obama should have never made it was a short term deal giving a 150000000000. 00 giving them 1800000000. 00 in care. Greenfield this is interesting to note the moral responsibility. To. Have a moral responsibility to help them if they ask if they if they needed help i would certainly consider different anything she says they need help well thats up to the United Nations im talking about us and what happens is if they want to help because they have a very big case of virus a very very big case it one of the worst on earth if you believe what youre reading and i happen to believe what i see and what i know and if they wanted help we give them help now this answer from the president is unlikely to satisfy many of his critics in the u. S. Congress and potentially the person hell be facing off against in november if the former Vice PresidentDemocrat Joe Biden is ultimately the democratic president ial nominee in fact joe biden has called for the president to ease sanctions saying and suggesting that if he doesnt what this does effectively is it puts in place sort of a discouragement to other nations who are fearful of helping out iran for fear of running afoul of the United States and so our White House CorrespondentKimberly Holcomb bringing us up to date kimberly thanks very much indeed. I new lockdown has been ordered in china after infections were reported in your home province where the outbreak began the discovery has further raised fears of a 2nd wave of the virus well in the philippines the president has ordered soldiers on the police to shoot anyone who breaches lockdown orders following slowly reports have mounted chinas government has ordered a lockdown on g. X. County in one on province it borders who break which was the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak in china 600000 people have been ordered not to leave their homes unless they have official commission the order came after and in fact none came into contact with 2 doctors who then tested positive the new lockdown has sparked a fears of a 2nd wave of infection just as china is restarting the walls 2nd biggest economy after months of enforced quarantine Chinas Foreign Ministry says u. S. Officials are shameless fall accusing beijing of covering up the true picture of the outbreak a Ministry Spokeswoman accused the americans of politicizing a health issue when the decision we have said multiple times that slanders smears and finger pointing cannot make up for the last time theyll only cause more lost time and lives if they continue to lie just like china did at the start of the epidemic many countries in the region have imposed tough restrictions on Movement Malaysia is reporting early signs of a slowdown in the infection rate but the government says strict control measures need to be adhered to the president of the philippines has ordered soldiers and police to shoot anyone who violates the mandatory month long lockdown rodrigo to ted tate issued the warning after protests by residents in a poor area of manila complaining about the lack of food and government aid but the. My orders are to the police and military also with the village officials if there are troubles or occasions where theres violence and your lives are in danger. Sure dead Rights Groups have criticised his remarks with Amnesty International calling them heartless and unjustifiable gloriously aljazeera. Europe has reached another grim milestone with its death toll now 30000. 00 Health Systems across the continent are increasingly under pressure with many now overwhelmed theyve barker has the latest in. A window on a worsening crisis in this paris intensive care unit its a race against time to save lives. But healthcare workers are under strain hospitals are overwhelmed. The french militarys airlifted some patients to other regions and even neighboring germany and switzerland spain hits another grim milestone on thursday as the number of deaths there past 10000 the countrys cut 900000 jobs since impose strict measures to fight the virus. In hard hit northern italy a deep cleans on the way by specialist teams from russia moscow sent plane loads of aid to the country a kremlin p. R. Exercise almost certainly but one thats raised questions about the e. U. s ability to support member states. Meanwhile in moscow red square was off limits a surrounding street was sprayed clean president putins ordered people to stay off work until the end of april to control the spread. Responded to mounting pressure for help on thursday with a proposal to borrow more than 100000000000. 00 to protect jobs the commission chief said it was time for an economic Marshall Plan for europe Many Companies are now left with no income and if we do nothing they have to lay off their workers the employees and this has as a consequence when the engine will restart when the World Economy will restart they will not have the Skilled Workforce they need to take the office so we will do as markets and this will limit our recovery in the u. K. No longer and. Theres been a surge in the number of people relying on emergency food banks 950000 people have applied for welfare support 10 times the average over a 2 week period this is British Airways says it was suspending 80 percent of its workforce thats 32000. 00 cabin and ground crew who will now have most of their salaries paid by the government more than a quarter of all british firms have now star this is a crisis within a crisis some of the biggest economies in europe or men knees ill prepared for this on relenting virus. The. Still ahead on aljazeera the u. K. Vows to ramp up testing amid another big rise in the number of fatalities and why the virus is spreading in israels ultra orthodox communities. Hello again well start in northeastern parts of asia weve lost one weather system from japan weve got another area of cloud giving some very heavy rain across southern parts of china which will extend out towards northern parts of taiwan over the next 24 hours but for the Korean Peninsula and for japan where the conditions are looking ok now particular woman 17 in tokyo where we like to see a Development Taking place across the east of russia moving across the sea of japan e. C. Into northern parts of japan so expect wet weather to develop in sapporo for the south showers across western parts of japan tokyo probably dry for much of the day and other states we should see some easing of the rain across southern parts of china and northern parts of vietnam but you see how noisy could still see some heavy downpours moving down into southeastern parts of asia here are still looking at some pretty heavy showers for parts of java through into borneo and through the late french i think youll see some showers activity for both singapore and kuala lumpur and further north across much of thailand and into cambodia and vietnam where the conditions arent looking too bad headed across into south asia is looking pretty quiet at the moment largely draw a fine picture for many areas are those we head into south a we will see some rain affecting northern parts of both india and pakistan. The hillbilly harmless caricature or a malicious label denying the people their culture to justify the exploitation of their Natural Resources that the batting practice thing has been so successful that even people in the region believe the stereotype then becomes dangerous its only a region of trash so. Why not trash it whats in a name hillbilly the witness documentary on aljazeera. Move. Over. Youre watching our jazeera in mind of our top stories this hour new york citys mayor is urging people to wear face masks in public to stop the spread of coronavirus President Donald Trump says medical equipment is being produced on our war footing after we struck deals with private firms from mosques ventilators and other equipment. The economic fallout continues to deepen with an unprecedented 10000000 americans losing their jobs in the past 2 weeks the u. S. Has a quarter of the worlds 1000000 cases of the virus. And you lockdowns been ordered in china after infections were reported roberts with the outbreak began the discovery has further raised fears of a 2nd wave of the virus. The u. K. Has placed to carry out 100000. 00 coronavirus tests per day by the end of april Health Secretary matt hancock has set out a new 5 strategy after days of intense scrutiny over failures with the current regime john a whole reports from london britains numbers are increasing exponentially with the death toll doubling every 3 days makeshift morgues are being built like this one on an ice rink in Milton Keynes to meet those grim demands meanwhile Frontline Health care workers continue to make hurried preparations where personal Protection Equipment is in short supply as it widely is there fashioning solutions from hardware shops even resorting to seaside snorkels and School Science class goggles the government insists millions of items are in the delivery pipeline but in many places they arent arriving quickly enough i am now setting the goal of 100000. 00 tests per day by the end of this month that is the goal and i am determined that we will get that. Testing is another crucial part of the u. K. Governments response that for now is wanting this is a drive through Testing Center in an ikea car park in North West London its one of 5 across the country finally allowing Frontline Health care staff to get a test for covert 19 if theyre self isolating at home with symptoms and find out whether theyve actually got the disease and if they havent to allow them to get back to work quickly we spoke to one National HealthService Worker who just being tested she didnt want to be identified. And so i was moved to the crisis of the magic bullet. Out people that would supply weight only 7 times are. Very difficult to slam into. A lot and i think thats. Going to come dancing with critics saying its too little too late its emerged that private Research Labs who have valuable testing equipment and expertise have so far had their offers to help rebuffed by the government well i think its not a question of criticizing in order to criticize the sequester policy the government must either have the goals that they do not need or do not want help from the sort of essentialist university laps around the country or their policies that would be useful and on those issues to know how those bills it is going to shes the girl but my feeling is thats where they need to either were part of the solution or were not and here comes the sun its not all bad news the famous crossing at abbey road studios got a new lick of paint in the unusual absence of beatle fans taking selfies ready for life after coronavirus dont know how aljazeera london. The pandemic has forced the postponement of International Climate talks which were to be held in scotland in 7 months time government leaders were expected to follow up on last years partial agreement in madrid to set more ambitious targets and cutting Greenhouse Gas emissions the venue for novembers cop 26 meeting in glasgow is being turned into a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients. Israel has put the city of night brack on lockdown after an outbreak of corona virus Health Officials fear some 75000. 00 of its residents are already infected its one of israels ultra orthodox neighborhoods which have been criticized for not observing Movement Restrictions and social distancing out in force at reports. As Movement Restrictions across israel are tightened in response to the coronavirus in ultraorthodox neighborhoods the message has struggled to get through few here have a television let alone the internet and many rely on Community Newspapers for information last week a mass funeral procession for a rabbi in the televisa have been a broch caused nationwide anger a public flouting a rules banning Mass Gatherings after weeks during which some rabbis were contradicting government orders encouraging schools and synagogues to carry on as normal police toughened their response making several arrests some of been abused called nazis one ambulance crew was attacked with rocks what we are dealing with is a small percentage of ultra religious extremists who are not paying attention and not listening and also receiving the information in a delay their week behind israels 1000000 strong ultraorthodox community lives and often parallel life with her knitting government may be met with distrust large families often subsist on welfare payments to men whose sole task is to study religious texts and who also receive exemptions from serving in the army. Video showing extreme behavior by a minority within the community of stoked a resentment already present among the mainstream they may question 2 wars the view sure is where there are within the community will be voices that now we dont hear enough that we say ok we want to protect our community but we also err belonged to this date authorities talk about a growing acceptance of the seriousness of the situation in communities such as this one and that improvements. It here its so the new rules certainly this major junction inside me assure him an ultra orthodox neighborhood in west jerusalem is far less busy than usual but they also talk about the delay in the communitys response and the damage already done as a result belabor awkward just 2 percent of israels population accounts for 14 percent of confirmed infections nationally one Health Care Executive estimates nearly 40 percent of its residents have the disease and. We have decided to reduce to the minimum necessary excess and egress from been a brac and the easiest to avoid infection the Prime Minister himself is now back in isolation after the ultraorthodox Health Minister tested positive for the disease netanyahu would only just been cleared after his advisor on ultraorthodox affairs contracted the virus through a recent video sparking anger one has been welcomed and ultraorthodox man berating a prayer group for breaking the rules calling them murderers the fear is that this community whose leaders treated the disease most likely is now the one awaiting the heaviest toll are a force that aljazeera west jerusalem brazil has begun work to transform the grounds of its iconic maracana stadium into a Field Hospital for coronavirus patients their designated facility will have 400 beds its one of 8 temporary hospitals being set up across the country to deal with an expected surge in covert 19 cases brazil has recorded 20909 coronavirus deaths the most to any latin American Country the virus is hitting communities hard in argentinas capital a lock down and what i say it is means people are out of work and out of food that is a bore has been meeting some of those who are struggling. These are busy days for father. He runs a parish in the slammin when a site is people like him are on the front line in the fight against the spread of call 1000 argentinas poorest areas. There is a lot of need here but its never met the good side is the change in mentality that shows us that people no longer think only about themselves and it is only as a community that we can survive whats going on its imperative we help each other out especially for the future. Father is part of a group of slum priests that have historically worked with pope francis before he became the leader of the Catholic Church this parish has a kindergarten a school and over 8 soup kitchens in the slum of 70000 people. Cooks every day to feed the elderly even though shes 70 herself she says its about helping her community demand for food has increased sharply in recent weeks. That i and i know that we miss our freedom and now we are in prison and this makes us feel bad we cant work i cant see my family we cant go to church and hug each other everyone is sad argentina has imposed a mandatory lockdown that will last almost a month and drastic measure that aims to control the spread of covert 1000. 00. Thousands of people have been detained for violating the quarantine but in places like this one the situation is different staying indoors is not an option for many of those living in the slums of one outside if because they have to come to parishes like this one to find and daily meal most of those living here have lost their jobs because of the current lockdown and that means that they depend on the government to survive. In spite of a Major Economic crisis and the possibility of default on the sovereign debt argentinas cash strapped government has increased financial handouts to help those in need the government says theres been an increase of 3000000 people in need of government assistance and many works in construction but he has been without a job for weeks double talk we dont have work we cant do anything theres no money and were trying to find some help with food and things for my 3 children were trying to stay at home but its very very difficult for us argentina is a test on whether at total lockdown will help prevent the spread of disease a major challenge in a country where millions of people are already need. In other world news venezuelas Opposition Leader is due to appear before state prosecutors to answer questions on whats being described as an attempted coup or was summoned following an investigation into the seizure of weapons in neighboring colombia its alleged id ordered the weapons to be smuggled over the border had a plan to assassinate president nicolas maduro. Guineas a ruling party has won a majority in last months disputed election the vote to place on the same day as a constitutional referendum which critics say paves the way for president african day to stay in power for another 12 years both poles were boycott over the countrys Opposition Leaders the political crisis has led to months of violent protests in the west african country. The us has criticised a ruling by a Pakistani Court to release the prime suspect in the killing of american journalist daniel pearl a court overturned the murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed shaykh but find him guilty of pearls kidnapping daniel pearl was killed in 2002 when investigating a pakistani rebel group for the wall street journal has more from islamabad. Marche watson tends to 18 near the goal by an antiterrorist court along with 3 days he was given the death and then were given and life imprisonment however then defiant and and ascend the high court that case had been going on for. The defense of course arguing that the prosecution was not able to prove its case that most of the witnesses were police men and also the fact that a u. S. Psychologist had mentioned died when he interviewed Khalid Shaikh mom the mastermind of the september 11th attacks in 2001. He had made that he actually wanted war and beheading danielle so the court of course commuting that sentence from the dead benedetti fall all marche and that of course now 70 ad but because hes already 18 hes likely to be denise along with the other 3 who were given a life sentence each day of cause have also been very nice by this and the high court. This is all just evil deeds of the top stories new york citys mayor is urging people to wear face masks and public to stop the spread of the virus president tom says medical equipment is being produced on a war footing after he struck the deals with private funds from mosques ventilators and other equipment. Were now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that 100000. 00 test a day and these are accurate tests and theyre moving rapidly which is more than any other country in the world both in terms of the road number and also on a per capita basis the most the f. D. A. Is also worth arised the 1st 2 were a virus and a body test developed a cell x. A key step that will help identify people who have recovered and to understand their immune response and their immune system 6650000 americans have lost their jobs as the corona virus continues to spread making the u. S. The global epicenter with nearly 250000 cases the unemployment figures across the country were hof that number last week. And year long time has been ordered in china after infections were reported problems with the outbreak began 600000 people in pain and have been told not to leave their homes the discoveries further raised fears of a 2nd wave of the virus venezuelas Opposition Leader is due to appear before state prosecutors to answer questions on whats described as an attempted coup it was summoned following an investigation into the seizure of weapons in neighboring colombia its alleged why though had a plan to assassinate president nicholas mcdougal. Guineas ruling party has won a majority in last months disputed election the vote took place on the same day as a constitutional referendum which critics say paves the way for president off a calm day to stay in power for a further 12 years the political crisis has led to months of violent protests in the west african country and those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story goodbye for now. How can Health Workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic be better protected doctors and nurses around the world are risking their lives to treat the growing number of patients can the enormous mental and physical strain on them be reduced this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im a gem to him the war against the coronavirus pandemic is being fought in hospitals around the world doctors and nurses are on the front line but the long hours and huge workload are taking their toll