1st military reconnaissance satellites also more heavy rain and flash flooding turned the southern yemeni city of aden into a disaster area and well look at a u. K. Report bringing focus to the severe impact the pandemic is having on many young and vulnerable minds. So the u. S. Senates approved nearly 500000000000. 00 in extra aid to help businesses and hospitals during this pandemic the house of representatives will vote on it on thursday it would be the 4th such package since the crisis began meaning a total of around 3 trillion dollars mike hanna has more on all of that from washington with many senators working from home the boat with take them by voice all in favor say aye. All pose no. Yeah its fair to have it this follows intense negotiation between the white house and congress in recent days at the core of our remit is 320000000000 more for the Paycheck Protection Program which is already saving millions of Small Business jobs and helping americans get paychecks instead of potentially. Democrats successfully 4 to include 75000000000. 00 for hospitals and 25000000000. 00 protesting which had been excluded in the initial republican proposal we dont have enough shafts that cry rings from one end of america to the other to urban suburban rural north east south and west we dont have enough jets well now help is on the way because democrats stood and fought for it President Trump says hell sign the bill when it passes in the house of representatives on thursday but in coming hours his signature will 1st go on an executive order limiting immigration would be wrong in a gesture americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad we must 1st take care of the American Worker take care of the American Worker. The details of yet another ban on immigration and travel into the u. S. Is yet to be made public no visas have been issued for weeks because u. S. Embassies are shuttered around the globe and this week the restrictions on travel across the u. S. Has southern and Northern Borders were extended for another 30 days President Trump says the order will not apply to those visiting the u. S. On a temporary basis but rather on those seeking permanent residence critics argue that the move would have no impact on Public Health or unemployment but is rather yet another intent to decide who gets to be a u. S. Citizen in the long term. Administration officials have been working through the day and night to drop the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means Mike Hanna Al Jazeera washington. There we heard from analyst john h. Jones who says the president s new immigration plan is more about politics than actually helping struggling american. President s from has not been shy by the fact that hes got a government by tweet you can see that how he announced this. Effort to. Spend immigration has already been scaled back to green cars anyone whos ever gone through that process can tell you thats already a bent the process to begin with to announce an across the board immigration suspension which in many ways just to begin stabilized American Farms who are busy with the effort under this pandemic making sure american state that so i think look this is President Trump speaking to his Campaign Promises that he made back in 2000. Bases peek into his electorate and you can see right now that this is a player that hasnt really been fully drawn out as. He plays the immigration car. Himon time again because time and time again it has worked for him in terms of rallying his base but right now if you look at where Everyday Americans are want republican or democrat theyre looking at what can be done right now fix and implement a solution to this pandemic what can be done right now so that testing initiatives and Small Business support and be implemented as expeditiously as possible so that some relief is seen down the line. Donald trump soul search promising to help the u. S. Oil sector prices a falling because of anxiety about the pandemics economic damage brant crude which is the International Benchmark for oil is hovering around 17. 00 a barrel which is the lowest its been in 2 decades with more from the New York Stock Exchange has been on its own that. Was an ominous sign for those hoping wall street had turned a corner in recent weeks the 2nd straight day u. S. Stocks rallied at the opening bell as the chaos in the oil markets weighed heavily on investors minds and apparently on the mind of the president as well as the dow lost nearly 500 points to kick off the trading day President Donald Trump sent out a tweet promising Financial Support for u. S. Oil producers mondays historic crash in the u. S. Oil price deep into negative territory continued to send shock waves on tuesday with other oil markets also falling brant crude the International Benchmark dropped to its lowest price since 2002 the problems are many 1st too much oil is being produced much of it sitting in Oil Tanker Ships off shore with nowhere to go does almost no. Storage needs to be 1st before the new production can be brought into an assumption into the consumption thats existing right now so. Be are looking at your yes from now before begins the unknown lies and with uncertainty about corona virus and no vaccine or proven treatment on the horizon the market remains uncertain it was barely a week ago a record deal to cut production by producing countries including recent rivals saudi arabia and russia it was meant to alleviate the pressure on prices but he clearly didnt work its another blow to President Trump a keen backer of the u. S. Oil industry in texas secure easy anna and north dakota all states trump one in the last election the future outlook for oil remains poor crude is traded based on speculative pricing meaning how much traders think or oil will be worth at any given point in the future on tuesday the futures market for us oil in june dropped to under 10. 00 a barrel with the u. S. Economy still shut down nobody driving to work flying or traveling in a realization that it will remain like this for weeks if not months to come april zonda oh ill just data new york will return to pandemic coverage shortly you do want to look at some other news from iran which says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit that would likely increase tensions with the u. S. Washington says irans Space Program is a cover for Missile Development of irans leadership denies that same bus drivers bus rob is looking at this one from to tell us about the actual launch today. Well we heard this morning that the slavic revolutionary guard corps has said that it launched the 1st military satellite as you said belong to iran about 425 kilometers up into earths thermosphere it is called the noor and it is a result of of years of developing the Rocket Technology to do so iran spent the 1st decade of this century developing the ability to achieve orbital launch and using a 2 stage rocket now theyve launched what they say is their 1st military satellite they achieved orbital launch 1st in 2009 and were actually a Founding Member of the u. N. Agency involved in making sure that the space space is governed for peaceful means but in the last few decades the western countries especially the United States have expressed concerns that irans Space Program is a cover for more missile activity but they have launched satellites into space in the past mostly for the Defense Ministry or for communications and telecommunications but this is the 1st time the government has claimed to have launched a military satellite into orbit tell me more about how the iranian government well how it describes they sell to satellites and what they use for. Well that is really the question that most World Leaders most people will be asking themselves what does it mean that iran says its launched a military satellite now military satellites are generally used for similar purpose purposes to communication satellites just for military purposes so were likely to see this for intelligence gathering for gathering imagery visual imagery of earth from orbitz were likely to see it being used for secure military communications and for navigation purposes for military forces on land and sea but what were also seeing here is that this serves not only practical military purposes but also a very important symbolic purpose the r. G. C. Does not do anything that does not project strength any time it carries out carries out any sort of activity it is primarily 1st and foremost to project strength and that is what were seeing here lets not forget that this is just a short day after a Global Oil Prices fell iran is projecting strength by saying we may be suffering as well but we still can take care of our military needs this also comes just days and weeks since theres been more tensions in the waters of the gulf weve seen iranian fast boats come up against u. S. Military in International Waters weve seen last year iran shot down a u. S. Drone back in 2019 so this all taken in context is really a reflection of the fact that iran is saying that not only do we have assets on water on land but now we have the ability to from the sky facilitate our operations on earth zain us across some other developments out of iran thank you zain. When i look at yemen where the Prime Minister has declared the southern port city of aden a disaster area after it was hit by flash flooding 8 people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes shot up unless. It was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strange isnt it into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. Thinking. It is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own power through the city turning roads into rivers meaning record sound we have to be safe from the vehicle was our god these boys trying to cheer up a woman they risk use by singing to her compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then the u. N. Had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger human is battling a cholera outbreak of disease spread through. Some 400 kilometers north in the capital sana residents a cell which in what they can from floods a week ago he winds and rain killed 7 people injured dozens in damage 16 refugee camps in the neighboring government of marine. Seriously the heavy rain destroyed everything they werent expecting and it came from the mountains and swept everything away without warning running to go codes busses everything in its path. And yet there is a potentially more ominous disaster on the horizon yemen has had just one case of coronavirus the u. N. His wound it would be catastrophic if it catches hold here only half of yemens medical facilities a functional the population is acutely mon nourished in about 80 percent to 20. The 4000000 people need aid to survive Multinational Companies including tetra pak and euna lee the donating tens of thousands of Virus Testing kits to yemen the shipment will arrive next week. A devastated Health System and neglected infrastructure a symptoms of humans 5 years who whether it will continue is a negotiation weve all noted continued violence what mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties to agree to a nationwide cease fire sustainable the schwarzs far those discussions are ongoing obviously challenge the circumstances. But thats thats what hes trying to do challenging circumstances for all that yemenis a resolution cant come soon enough shelob alice. The world news continues after this break we will be in latin america as the United Nations says the region is sliding into its worst ever recession. But. Hello weve got more warm sunshine across much of Northern Europe laws the clear skies here looking good over the next couple of days for the south a very different story more lively showers there across central parts of the mediterranean particularly that western side of the med now we had 81. 00 millimeters of rain in barcelona in the space of 24 hours yesterday as twice the rate in just 24 hours since showers will linger here for a time but not as heavy the wetter weather is making its way into central parts of central areas of italy 7 possibly seeing the showers want to see showers creeping towards grace as we go on through the next as a further north is fine and dry some pleasant sunshine coming through into the high teens there in norway and sweden some of the temperatures there for london thursday looks the warmest day temperatures getting up to around 21. 00 in london a 26. 00 in paris the showers that we have further south are going to make the way across southern parts of italy making the way towards a greece and one of those showers one of course affect the far northwest of africa so weak still a fair bit of cloud here running across northern parts of algeria northern parts of tunisia some very heavy rainfall coming through here with the possibility of some flooding those heavy showers still there as we go on through thursday. But. Throughout history human kind has come together to prevail in our darkest this is a moment for pretty much the opposite side laying low saving humankind i really really. Not getting near every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who come after. This one is ours. This is the top stories this hour on aljazeera iran says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit something that will likely increase tension with the United States which says tehran Space Program is a cover for Missile Development wants to ship denies that. The u. S. Senate passed in the a 500000000000. 00 relief package to aid Small Businesses that will also provide more funds for hospitals than coronaVirus Testing that bill goes to the house of representatives for a vote. And donald trump is promising to help the u. S. Oil sector as prices fall because of anxiety over the economic damage from the buyers International Benchmark for oil bring crude is hovering around 17. 00 a barrel the lowest in 2 decades. Now south africas president has announced a 26000000000. 00 rescue package to deal with the devastating impact of covered 190. 00 ramaphosa unveiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation about 2 point 6000000000. 00 will go to the poor in the form of grants south africa is under a 5 week lockdown does recorded more than 3400. 00 infections and 58. 00 deaths. On top of that more than 70000 South African soldiers almost the entire Standing Army is being deployed to enforce the law joining the nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets in johannesburg following this one so many soldiers from a to why is this well thats the question from millions of South Africans that this new information hasnt yet been announced formally by the president its emerged through a procedural letter that hes had to write to Parliament Saying that this is whats going to happen an additional additional 73000. 00 soldiers and also africans are asking why so that africa is currently in a 5 week lockdown its due to end at the end of next week and so now would this mean that the lockdown would be extended we have heard from the minister of defense has spoken to the media saying that in addition to the troops we see on the streets so far these soldiers will be on the streets to help with medical services and also give support to the troops a Radio Monitoring the borders patrolling the streets who are in charge of roadblocks to ensure that the lockdown is observed but this additional deployment has certainly raised more questions that its oncet so far one of those things being the fact that the army has been accused in some quarters of abusing its power i wonder how people would feel about 70000. 00 odd troops being out on the streets at some point. And a couple of us abuse of power. 1 arises from a one prominent death so far of a man in the johannesburg township of alexander and its alleged that he died after being beaten by members of the south African NationalDefense Force and its raised a lot of criticism against the army weve seen a lot of videos and pictures on social media where people say their rights have been abused and that the the army and police in some instances have had a heavy hand in dealing with people who are not observing the lockdown so that rika does have one of the strictest lockdowns certainly in africa there is limits to the amount of people who can attend funerals weve seen people arrested when theyve had weddings that have exceeded more than 50 people and so given the uncertainty around just how long the slap down will continue if there will be a phase reopening of the economy a phased you know easing of restrictions if there is concern around just what the army will do drink that period the Defense Force has see it it is initiating an inquiry into the conduct of soldiers but they are many South Africans unhappy with what they perceive to be an abuse of power from him and with those updates from johannesburg thank you. Latin america now where were often talking about economic problems but the United Nations is actually saying this carbon 19 allbright will likely calls latin americas worst recession in history in human reports in something. Venezuela has the Worlds Largest oil reserves but youd never know it by looking at the endless patrol queues in the capital caracas. Any of them but weve been to q. C. s 11 last night and still there are more than 100 cars ahead. Linda street was already in shambles unprecedented low production u. S. Economic sanctions and low prices made it hard to import chemicals needed to produce petrol now the little money that was coming in from oil exports is gone with the collapse of the market. Venezuela isnt alone neighboring colombia and ecuador which is already deep in debt depend heavily on oil exports as does mexico with the number of infections from cold with 19 is rising sharply admitting that the crash in oil prices will hit mexico very hard president and that is. A load tried to comfort his compatriots. I want to go on t. V. And give you all the security that we mexicans will be able to feed this crisis. On the 42 the world country and of the mexican people. The crown jewel of Argentinas Oil Industry the vaca muerta the shale gas formation is now practically paralyzed at a time when the country needed most to offset a steep recession and debt commitments here in chile the problem is the plummeting price of its main export copper but along with the caribbean islands this is one of the seal latin american countries the practice of practically no fossil fuel which means that the drop in the price of oil is actually a bit of good. But not for long the u. N. Economic our. The latin america and the caribbean has just downgraded the forecast for the region even further everybodys what we want to say is that this crisis will create the worst recession in the region since 9141930 this is the magnitude of it a forecast that could be even worse if the price of key commodities like oil does not recover soon to see a neumann aljazeera sent. Protests have been building again in lebanon as the Global Health emergency worsens an already months long economic crisis the new government is trying to avoid bankruptcy when the pandemic hit the reports now from. Protesters are returning to the streets reviving a campaign to topple lebanons political. Hardships this time theyre demonstrating in their cars due to fears over coronavirus. Away from the streets because of the. Its been 6 months since nationwide rallies against corruption and mismanagement began a new government was formed in january but it was appointed by politicians who protesters blamed for wasting and stealing public funds. Where. We know where they are. Politicians have denied claims of corruption the rally coincided with a parliamentary session that protesters fear is. That protects politicians instead of holding them accountable. And the state. Government. And frustration with. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs in recent months others have had their salaries reduced and the majority of those who still get paid in the local currency. Has lost more than 50 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market over the last 6 months have not just been losing their purchasing power they dont have access to their money in the banks informal capital controls have been in place since november as foreign capital inflows. Slowed people no longer have access to dollars bucket of sake about when people get older they cannot depend on the money they saved for retirement money is becoming worthless at supermarkets. A 3rd of the population was poor in 2019 according to officials that figure is now 45 percent many of them live in the impoverished north making a living has become harder under lockdown no one can be much like that people have become poor and the treasury is empty their evolution is ongoing and the politicians will pay the price. In the protest Movement Lost some of its momentum earlier this year but as prices of basic goods and unemployment continue to rise that could change so much for the beirut families of the u. K. Where more than 17000 people have now died in hospitals and there are fears the true extent of this outbreak is actually much higher but while many Health Officials tackle the virus others are responding to a surge in demand for Mental Health services for both adults and children and back as this report. The zipper will ring and disjointed days especially for the young. East. Stem my life because i cant go will say its like. It wants to make people sick i dont see a University Study found that warning 5 children and now afraid to leave their homes we have to be careful to not get sick. Why this change because i cant go to school and and its a very hard learning. Disorientation. And confusion are being very understandable natural reaction to children and increasingly i think the days. Started to feel more restrictive more and a. Sense of things unraveling a little that. Technologies help close the gap left by social distancing theres a video play date hosted by elmo and some other familiar faces. But for some children the strangeness of it all is distressing especially for those with serious Mental Health problems in the past few weeks secure Mental Health units have been forced to discharge large numbers of patients including children over fears of staff and bed shortages. Al jazeera has learned of at least warm front lines secure Mental Health units in london that had to send home 40 percent of their patients there are children suffering from psychosis who believe the virus is a conspiracy others with eating disorders or histories of self harm and there are some with obsessive disorders like compulsive handwashing the virus only seems to confirm their worst fears with hearing about people with severe Mental Illness such as schizophrenia. Who are being sent to their families and the families are not being in any school or any information. We shared. Issues building our nation Mental Health in the months to come we need to be careful i. Mean you my life here my hopes of the future are all that like santas find a mentor to cure the kernel fires that the kernel fires has stopped there are many layers to this crisis the worlds attention is on controlling the virus and saving lives but there are countless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help Neve Barker Al Jazeera london. Lets take you through the headlines on aljazeera iran says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit which is likely to increase tension with the United States which says teherans Space Program is a cover for Missile Development irans leadership denies that or in teheran. What we know is that this is what the revolutionary guard the r. G. C. Say is their 1st military satellite being launched into space they call it the newer one and it is orbiting in the thermosphere at around 425 kilometers up thats about half the distance of the 1st satellite ever launched into space by soviet Russia Sputnik of course now we do know what that iran has for the 1st several years for the 1st decade of this century theyve been developing the kind of rockets required to achieve orbital launch they achieved that in 2009 and since then theyve launched a number of satellites. The u. S. Senate has passed a nearly 500000000000. 00 relief package to help out Small Businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and for corona Virus Testing the bill now goes to the house of representatives for a vote meanwhile Donald Trumps promising to help the u. S. Oil sector as prices fall because of anxiety over the economic damage from coronavirus brant crude at the International Benchmark for oil is hovering around 17. 00 a barrel its lowest point in 2 decades but its really is taking advantage of the oil crash spending 59000000. 00 to buy it all at record low prices that oil will help build up a straight emergency stockpile though it will be held in the e. U. s reserves until Storage Space is made available locally the imports 90 percent of its fuel south africas president announced a 26000000000. 00 rescue package to deal with the devastating Economic Impact of covert 19 Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation 2600000000. 00 will go to the poor in the form of grants south africa is under a 5 week lockdown also more than 70000. 00 South African soldiers which is almost the entire Standing Army is being deployed to enforce the lockdown they will join the nearly 2300. 00 personnel already out on the streets of south africa those are your headlines on aljazeera were back with more after the string. Talk to al jazeera we want your force were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build you know the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on aljazeera. And you are in the stream at home edition welcome to my dieting room table now today we are talking about people with disabilities and the impact that the coronavirus is having on them i have an excellent lineup of guests i am going to get them to introduce themselves that. I am the director of disability rights and human rights watch. Good to have you in the stream im all right. And disability rights. Campaign up and