With the World Health Organization. New zealands titans restrictions on those entering the country as a trichords a father fold in corona virus infection. And a Hong Kong Court sides with the government upholding a ban on wearing mosques during an authorized protests. While we begin with breaking news from iraq where the Prime Minister designate has resigned the 2nd to do so since antigovernment protests began back in october i was there for you had until april 15th to form a new government but there was mounting opposition from some parties to his candidacy well lets go straight now to Samantha Fulton who is live for us in baghdad so mona talk us through whats prompted all of this. Well. Became the 2nd person to withdraw his candidacy for the Prime Minister post in just 6 weeks and of course this comes amid a month long leadership crisis in iraq today we have seen unfold since december really when caretaker Prime Minister other of the market was forced to resign and widespread government protests since then we have observed that the political establishment has struggled to come up with a candidate that is acceptable to all of the political factions and that also has support from the protesters who have been asking for a systematic change not a specifically he faced a lot of opposition from some of the uranium backed groups who saw him as being very close to the United States they then came up with their own proposal for a Prime Minister a man called me he is currently the chief of the Intelligence Service what is ironic that he too is seen as somebody who is rather close to the United States but he has now been put forth as an alternative to he has apparently secured the support of several Political Parties from across the spectrum including shia sunni and kurds and he is at the moment at the president ial palace being nominated as the next Prime Minister designate to be tasked with forming a new government and simone after all of these months of demonstrations that we saw where does all of this now leave the protest movement itself. Well the produce movement is one could say almost extinct and this is in part because there is currently a curfew in place due to the corona virus endemic there are only a few dozen protesters in Tahrir Square which has been the epicenter of the protests but of course if you look back over the past few months that protest movement has been gradually weakened due to various reasons and if you go back to the demands that the protesters put forth they really wanted a complete overhaul of the political system they wanted head of state who was not beholden to any political interest somebody who was who was a new figure a new phase who could really bring about far reaching change and that has not really been the case with any of the nominees that have been put forward you have. The latest Prime Minister designate and he too is part of the establishment because he is currently the head of the Intelligence Service so that very much appears that the status quo will remain and many people even feel that caretaker Prime Minister other loved may actually remain in place if the political factions fail to agree on a replacement there is a growing feeling that other loved the may actually werther this political storm and remain in power until the next elections in 2022 so manifold there live for us in baghdad with all those latest developments thank you samantha well its now just after midday and sunna and a 2 week long ceasefire has just begun in yemen between the saudi u. A. E. Coalition and he rebels now its the 1st time theres been a nationwide truce during 5 years of war the saudis state news agency has reported the Coalition Wants to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in yemen the u. N. Has welcomed the ceasefire and hopes it will be extended to pave the way for direct peace talks on the holiday live for us in santa monica whats the feeling there about what kind of a difference this is going to make on the ground if any. Yes despite that the saudi restrikes are still continuing the also the confrontations between the booth warring sides are still continuing but there is some kind of whove been optimistic because the this time its really critical for yemenis especially as in case the virus emerges in the country according to the Health Minister. At least 28000000 yemenis could be in effect by this Global Pandemic in just a matter of weeks or so while the Health Care Sector which has been paralyzed by the ongoing 5 years that war. Nearly 50 percent of this Health Care Sector has been paralyzed so there is no that is all you want there 1500 beds for in case such a virus emerges in the country at least 1000000 beds should be available for those who could be or could contract the Global Pandemic so while we the it is also some kind of disagreement among the south internationally back to governments with the with the internationally recognized president the saudi arabia according to observers has been for has been also for us to to do now or to do now is or to declare such unilateral ceasefire while the whole of these are still committed that the what they want to toss assertion of military operations by the saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the ground and also they are calling for a total left of the sea air or sea and also ground see that have been has been imposed on yemen for over 5 years and now so the mean terms for the hope is in order to start seriously dealing with the saudi arabias unilateral. You know little suspension of hostilities. Have there for us in the yemeni capital sanaa thank you. Well the United States has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the krajina virus now for a 2nd day in a row as officials warn the outbreak is yet to peak the total number of fatalities there is now 14817 surpassing spain to become the 2nd highest in the wild after ethically and even as that toll mounts President Donald Trump yet again criticize the World Health Organization mike hanna reports from washington d. C. A long line of ambulances queued outside a New York Hospital and Officials Say the peak of the pandemic has still not been reached its not expected to hit the city for several more days. Against the backdrop of the most deadly days since the virus hit the u. S. President trump continued his feud with the World Health Organization accusing it top initially minimizing the threat of the virus and responding sharply to that agencys director general who said that politicizing the virus could lead to more body bags please dont politicize this virus it exploits the differences you have at the National Level if you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more. Body bags then you do it if you dont want many more body bags. Then youd be framed from politicizing it if youre losing more body bags i think we would have done. And he would have been much better serving the people that hes supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis and everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time were all together made a decision against the World Health Organization i cant believe hes talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be chinas way thats not right its not fair to us and honestly its not fair to the world President Trump continued to endorse the use of the anti malaria drug hydroxy korak when ignoring the warning by many specialists that unsourced medical advice could prove dangerous zinc they say is ink the shit is zinc now and so has to be recommended by doctors physicians but they say zinc i want to throw that out there because thats where they seem to be having the best. Result and while the president was volunteering anecdotal medical advice new york city continued its preparations for what is to come fall and setting up a Field Hospital in a downtown hoping against call predictions that it will not be needed my kind of aljazeera washington. Well lets take you live now to geneva the United Nations human rights chief michelle bashful a is speaking on the coronavirus she is giving a Video Press Conference this isnt her but we will be hearing from her shortly lets listen in on the questions and answers when you claim to know. And demonstrate. The value of war not be like remonstration the United Nations 100. 00 to be married again and more of it national. 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Fallout well lets now speak to paul brennan who is in surrey england who are battling there also speaking about the need for appropriate and proportionate imagines the measures as well as concerns about cabs on freedom of the media an expression seen the un really wanting to address other dimensions of the pandemic today. Yes not just the medical aspects of this pandemic but also what the political response to it and weve seen it here in europe just last week the hung garion Prime Minister viktor orban right wing big majority in Parliament Passing emergency legislation which would let a century allows him to rule that country by decree without having to consult parliament at all and he passed his legislation because of his big majority he was able to push it through and theres no time limitation on those Emergency Powers that hes voted for himself so that is an excellent example of exactly what Michelle Bachelet is concerned about as we also have an example just from the smalling with italy deciding to designate its ports no longer ports of safety now the importance of that is to mean the migrants can no longer be taken to those ports so it cuts off the ability of n. G. O. S and people rescuing migrants and refugees from the mediterranean to go to italian ports for example so what Michelle Bachelet is concerned about is that running parallel to the clear medical necessity and medical concerns that there are there is the political aspect of all of this and the realize ation that politicians in certain parts of the world may try to use this this this pandemic as a a she described it a blank check to try to push through laws that really run contrary to human rights laws paul brennan that for us in fairy england thank you paul. Well spain remains one of the worst affected countries in europe by the krona virus more than 14000. 00 people there have died and the country is under lockdown until april 26th and that could be extended even further lets go live now to martin herero who is in the spanish capital in the dredd not a lets start with this up down it doesnt look like it could be extended today yes look to the spanish harlem it is spoke to the 2nd extension of the state of emergency of emergency and till april 28th. Spanish government headed by a premise that bit of sound it already has the support of the minority of opposition Political Parties that call the lower the lower house. Not that has got the support so that will be any surprises the only opposition he has is from the extreme far right what do the parties and the independent scotland and thats parties weve seen today an empty parliament keeping the assault at least unseen measures on the 45. 00 out of the 350. 00 that can form these lower house so they will be building remotely but there are some to promise that there are some tips has offered the british Political Parties that are meeting next week to reach up quite a deal to address this crisis this has never happened before except in 1977 this economic plan to come out of the crisis during the transition from francos dictatorship to democracy so weve seen also a bit of time to once again sending a message to the European Union saying European Union is in danger if it doesnt take and action with. With a conviction you will have forgotten europeans and a lot of a some time now the Spanish Government has also been sounding quite optimistic about potentially having reached the peak of the outbreak there whats the sense there. Well theyve been saying that we havent been reaching that pete we saw the slowdown tendencies trend in the past few days but yesterday and a day before do you so these are only effected cases were increased by a 4 percent on monday yeah thats 1. 30 in on a 4 percent on tuesday and a 4. 3 percent on wednesday so still would have to be very cautious of things in spain remain like a week ago were still hold Health Care Workers complaining that they dont have the project. The protective gear of the project at whitman and essential their retreat using the same protective gear they have put 24 hours is very risky we dont have to test it so we have to be really really cautious well we will have it shortly Health Minister figures released so we can make a comparison but we have to be very very cautious matar are there for us in the spanish capital and read thank you martha now new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions in the next few hours ordering all citizens arriving home from abroad into quarantine for 14 days Prime MinisterDecember Ardern says the lockdown measures are working announcing the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks foreigners have been banned from entering the country since march 20th and the country has been shut down for 2 weeks in the face of the greatest threat to human health that we have faced in over a century kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide wall of defense as a government we have had pandemic notices weve had powers that come with being in a mission all emergency where you have the greatest power of all you made the decision that together we could protect one another and you have you have saved lives. Now Hong Kong Court has ruled in favor of the government up holding its ban on unauthorized protesters wearing face masks now that ban was introduced last year in a bid to quell months of antigovernment rallies well for more lets cross now to sarah clarke trees in hong kong for us sara in the middle of a pandemic surely there are some Public Health implications here how is all of this being received. Well look at this particular judgement which came out of the court of appeal on thursday in hong kong its being considered a win for the government on the grounds it up held its ruling or its legislation of the n. T. Mask ban its basically damed of the judgement has ruled the people Wearing Masks at a Legal Assembly so those perceptions that werent approved by the police those people wearing those masks at the illegal assemblies can be charged but masks are allowed at those positions which are deemed legal so people wearing the mask symbol could the transmission of coronavirus still allowed to do that but the Hong Kong Appeal Court overturned part of the initial ruling which was declared in the high Court Earlier this year which labeled it unconstitutional it basically deemed kerry lams invoking of the colonial Emergency Powers as valid so basically means that the rulings that held the mask ban will go ahead and those people who are gathering at the illegal assemblies will be prosecuted and charged as a result theyre looking at a bit of background that the government invokes these colonial Emergency Powers back in october last year of course this was at the height of these antigovernment protests and obvious it was a key measure used by the government to try and identify those people the protesters taking part in any illegal activity that 24 prodemocracy lawmakers they challenge that particular ruling by carrying them declaring it unconstitutional the high court agreed and this is where the government then appealed that decision and weve had that judgement today so the government simply wants to use its powers to arrest a protesters in the future those people at those positions if those the police have denied the go ahead of those positions they can be arrested now a bit of reaction the prodemocracy groups have held a press conference in the last little while and theyve basically saying that the courts have misread the situation and this is an encroachment of the freedom of rights and the democracy of these people who are taking part in these protests and they havent ruled out taking it back to the final court of appeal for continue watching that closely sarah clarke for us and thank you sara. Well became a fast has one of the fastest infection rates in Subsaharan Africa with millions at risk the u. N. Refugee agency is warning that the coronavirus pandemic is now further aggravating what is already a complex crisis in the country reports. A little call may be the least of the worries of these villagers and yet its the biggest concern of aide workers it could be a sign of the coronavirus a threat these villagers fleeing attacks from armed groups have not heard of until they arrived at this Food Distribution center where extra precautions are being taken. Are habits have changed because of this disease now we wash our hands more regularly we so before eating or drinking we strictly follow the sanitary rules that they taught us to avoid the spread of the virus. Next to this Relief Center is an International GoldMining Operation where there are number of infected workers but production hasnt stopped the value of gold is rising with so much uncertainty in the Global Market traders are investing in gold and bric oenophile so is one of the worlds the biggest exporter but it has little to show for all the wealth created bric enough ah so as just 11 ventilators for 20000000 people and is ill equipped to deal with the outbreak hospitals and clinics are closing down after threats of attack by an al qaeda affiliate in the slum of state in the greater sahara 2 groups which have stepped up their operations despite the pandemic the few 100 doctors left are abandoning their posts leaving the people of brick enough us alone to deal with a virus thats rapidly spreading. Faso is a ticking time bomb this crisis is revealing how fragile vulnerable and weak some countries in west africa are during it when they make more specifically the cell countries faced with the challenge of armed groups. The United Nations is calling for a global ceasefire so countries like brickies and its people crushed by the violence of Armed Conflict hunger and poverty get bigger fight a virus that is quite League GroundNicholas Hawk 0. 0 hundreds of millions of people in india have been told they Must Wear Masks when going outside now that order applies to people in the 2 biggest cities new delhi and mumbai as well as the most populous state of the pradesh now with mosques in short supply wild why is the Health Ministry has also given instructions on how people can make their own in india has nearly 6000 cases of infection at least 178 deaths. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines iraqs Prime Minister designate has quit the 2nd to do so since antigovernment protests began in october id known i was there she had until april 15th to form a new government but there was already mounting opposition from some parties to his candidacy now the intelligence chief. Has been named as his successor simona fulton has more from baghdad this comes amid a month long leadership crisis in iraq could we have seen. Since december really when caretaker Prime Minister either he was forced to resign and widespread government protests since then we have observed that the political establishment has struggled to come up with a candidate that is acceptable to all of the political factions and that also has support from the protesters who have been asking for systematic change. A unilateral cease fire has just begun in yemen the saudi u. A. E. Coalition says the truce will last for 2 weeks its the 1st time theres been a nationwide cease fire during 5 years of war the Saudi State News Agency reports the Coalition Wants to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in yemen the u. N. Has welcomed the cease fire the United States has recorded nearly 2000 new deaths from the coronavirus for now a 2nd day in a row this comes as President Donald Trump and the head of the World Health Organization have entered into a war of words over how the pandemic has been handled well new zealand is set to toughen its border restrictions in the next few hours ordering all citizens arriving home from abroad into quarantine for 14 days Prime Minister just in drugs and says the lockdown measures are working announcing the lowest number of new cases in 3 weeks but she says the border must be watertight for the island nation to eradicate the coronavirus foreigners have been banned since march 20th from entering Hong Kong Court has ruled in favor of the government upholding its ban on unauthorized protesters wearing face masks the ban was introduced last year in a bid to quell months of antigovernment rallies. Well those are the headlines the news continues here after people in power. How much is the crew new virus on the stock market i dont think the rights to the internals we need to point to some of. The democratic nomination i believe we can be down. With developments in the u. S. Election campaign on al jazeera. Greece has a proud reputation as the birthplace of democracy of government by the people for the people but to the ethnic to kish minority of trace in the countrys northeast who say theyve suffered decades of discrimination from the state thats not have it seems today weve been to investigate