And it concerns the peak is just weeks away. Irans revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit the u. S. Has accused iran in the past of using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development allegations iran denies israel has condemned the latest launch without addressing the launch director the us President Donald Trump has gone on twitter saying he has a warning about iran how are seeing american ships at sea is what the head of the revolutionary guard said about the launch. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space. Today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Within it putting the satellite into orbit gives us the technological advantage of that and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence warm and. Well our White House Correspondent kimberly hell could is monitoring reaction for us out of Washington Life after we speak to me in tehran so zain this is clearly very significant and very symbolic but this is the real deal this is not north korea testing something this has been a success it would seem. Thats correct this is a very significant military development as far as the Iranian Military is concerned and it has been a Long Time Coming since the beginning of this century of the 21st century iran has been working on trying to develop Rocket Technology as well as Satellite Technology to be able to launch this kind of military satellite into earths orbit and this morning iranians as well d as the rest of the world woke up to what was essentially the announcement of a successful d secret military operation from the central desert in this country. Of the rocket launch happened earlier this morning and now we can say for certain that d the newer satellite is 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth rockers thermosphere and the military has said here the Iranian Military has said this is certainly the beginning of what hussein salami the head of the urgency called new horizons for irans military dont forget offers all manner of strategic assets it offers more battlefield Intelligence Data and says that will make it work on a more Formidable Fighting force on the ground saying thanks very much lets go to complete standing by for us outside the white house any reaction yet from the state department or indeed even the pentagon kimberly. Not yet you know often this is the case the u. S. President tweets and then his administration caught off guard is left scrambling to catch up what we can tell you is that this tweet from the u. S. President follows warnings earlier this month where he accused iran of planning a sneak attack against u. S. Troops assets and that he cautioned there would be a heavy price if this happens the u. S. Theres no question about this peter sees this as an advance or an escalation in irans Missile Program and in the midst of all of this the u. S. President had believed even as recently as a few weeks ago speaking in one of his briefings that he had restored deterrence against iran following the sensually the killing of general sula mahdi but weve seen these tensions ratcheting up as recently as last week the United States accusing iran and its fast boats in the persian gulf of coming very close to the u. S. Navy ships kucing it of pointing a machine gun at one point is it was conducting drills near kuwait so the question becomes you know where things stand you know the u. S. Has been concerned about widespread reporting that it may have some military vulnerabilities right now of course we have the u. S. S. Roosevelt that is off of warm right now hit hard by corona Virus Outbreak on that Aircraft Carrier and whether or not this is an opportunity being seized by iran in the midst of the United States trying to deal with this pandemic potentially exposing some of its vulnerabilities even as these military rivalries continue can really do stay with us because i want to talk about another story the ban on immigration to the u. S. Could come into effect on weapons day president from again on twitter saying ill be signing my executive order prohibiting immigration into our country until today in the meantime even without this order our southern border aided substantially by the 170 miles of new border wall and 27. 00 funds and mexican soldiers is very tight including for human trafficking. The u. S. Senate has approved nearly 500000000000. 00 in extra aid to help businesses and hospitals jurong the pandemic the house of representatives is set to vote on thursday on what would be the 4th such package since the crisis began for a total of around 3 trillion dollars. A disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help 8 people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes palace. It was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away stranger this mix 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 path through the city turning roads into rivers many records out had to be saved from movie because i was these boys trying to cheer up a woman they rescued i seem to have compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then u. N. Had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000. 00 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger yemen 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 and damaged 16 refugee camps in the neighboring government of marine. Cyril the heavy rain destroyed everything they werent expecting and it came from the mountains and swept everything away without warning running took out 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 moen nourished in about 80 percent to 20. A 1000000 people need aid to survive mostly National Companies including teacher pac and union even 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 yemens 5 years civil whether it will continue isnt a negotiation weve all noted continued violence where mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties to agree to a nationwide. Hes far as datable the schwarzs far those discussions are ongoing obviously challenge the circumstances. But thats thats what hes trying to do challenging circumstances prove that yemenis a resolution cant come soon enough shallop alice. To south africa now where more than 70000 soldiers nearly the entire Standing Army being deployed to enforce a locked arms theyll join the nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets for me to miller has more now from lichtenberg a town in the northwest province. Well according to what weve heard from the government so far is that theres increasing concern about just how the numbers regarding the number of infections in south africa is escalating and this is what the minister of defense said earlier on local radio the rate at which the infections has gone up you realize that at some point we might need the kind of Human Resource deployed like weve never seen before and so this deployment of more than 73000 soldiers in addition to that initial 2000 would be the largest deployment by the south African National Defense Force in south africas history i mean that even goes back to the 1st im a practical actions in 1900 for the government here is concerned about just how bad the infections will get in south africa and estimates show that theyre working on a model that indicates that south africas Coronavirus Crisis will perhaps hear it in august or september the government is saying that they need these soldiers to enforce the lockdown it needs these soldiers to prepare quarantine sites ensure people are abiding by the lockdown and essentially try and flats in that curve head of the coming months the u. K. Parliament to sell the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m. P. s were allowed into the Lower Chamber the house of commons so most of the questions came on video platforms most of those questions were about the governments response to the pandemic particularly the issue of supplies of protective gear p p for doctors and nurses well the session was also the debut of the new opposition to the cure starmer who criticised the governments testing record rory chalons is in london. He was saying look you are saying that you are doing or have the capacity to do 40000 tests a day or. Health care workers etc but thats the wrong metric he was saying because you may have the capacity for that but all youre doing at the moment its 18000 so why is there this discrepancy you can talk as much as you want about capacity but if youre not actually reaching the required number of tests and there are all these people out there there are care workers there are doctors and nurses who are saying theyre still not being tested thats what you should be aiming for upping the number of tests not the capacity for tests there is also this problem with quality tests because the government has admitted today that a story that was published yesterday by a newspaper here that some of the tests that are being given to us workers have proven not to be up to scratch and therefore the. People Public Health england has said that these care workers needed to be brought back and tested again it just shows really how rapid and how mad the scramble has been to get the u. K. In a kind of proper state to be able to deal with this outbreak with this crisis and how many mistakes have been made along the way. Well have a lot more on me coronavirus later for you here on this program Spains Parliament is to vote on a new plan to extend the nationwide long run there. Plus also ahead choosing the best picture of our planet from space those stories when we come back. We got a few blustery showers still rolling across japan at the moment but it will quiet down as we go through the next 1000 you say little more cloud here is the area of low pressure seen the process of drifting out of the way she was to follow on behind across that western side of honshu pushing up into hokkaido sheltered by the mountains had in tokyo around 17 degrees 30 celsius also a little on the coast side many 19 in beijing on thursday warms up nicely and by friday basing his 26 celsius well as you try but a few showers still in place there into japan the wetter weather is further south southern parts of china saying some very heavy rainfall at the moment and that wet weather stretching its way into northern parts of the as well central and southern areas the v. And im also seeing some wet weather showers will creep a little further south which as we go through the next day or so some showers today coming into the philippines particular for southern parts of the philippines well sunshine and showers than the usual scattering of showers through much of Southeast Asia joining up with a showers that we have across the southern parts of the thing goes frankly could catch a shower would say over the next day also some really heavy rain there to northeastern parts of india into bangladesh lively thundery downpours for many but hot and dry for the plains. Is really just 3 days and trace. Frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one dance away here very relieved indepth analysis of the days global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on aljazeera. To. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha your top stories so far this half hour in iran the revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit. A disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden often beset by flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help the country has already been ravaged by ears of civil war. And in south africa more than 70000 soldiers nearly the entire Standing Army every boy to enforce a lockdown in place to prevent more coronavirus cases will join nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets. The Mexican Government says its heading into the most serious stage of the pandemic the number of reported infections a surprise 9000 with nearly 900 deaths as it prepares hospitals and clinics to meet surging demand the governments also freeing prisoners whose crimes arent considered too serious. The worst of mexicos coburg 19 contagion could be only days away mexicos Deputy Health minister warns the national Health System could soon be under the greatest pressure from the virus or that today we want to start phase 3 of the pandemic remembering that we are in the phase of rapid ascent where a large number of cases of an affectionate and hospitalizations will accumulate and we must continue to maintain social distancing so that sees a minimize as much as possible. For Mexican Health officials phase 3 refers to the point where the virus will spread the fastest hitting its peak in the 1st half of made. The announcement also coincides with another major Public Policy change the passage of a new amnesty law which will oversee the release of thousands of low level offenders from mexican prisons. This will allow us to release people from prison who have not committed serious crimes those who are sick or elderly this will allow us to carry out a humanitarian gesture for. Human rights organizations have warned that mexicos overcrowded prisons are a ticking time bomb for contagion of coronavirus those familiar with the legislation however say that while the new law is an important milestone in social justice it will take months to implement many of the impact on covert 1000. 00 containment will likely be minimal. I think this is an important law that weve needed for a long time because of all the injustices that occurs but one thing should be clear that this law will not contribute to the depressurize ation of the penitentiary system in the context of covert 19 it but it could help in the future and for future pandemics. Also bracing for the worst of the virus or tens of thousands of migrants among them Asylum Seekers stuck in mexico under tough new rules imposed by the trumpet ministration governors across the. On monday u. S. President donald trump tweeted that he would be temporarily suspending immigration to the United States mexican Officials Say they dont expect this latest executive order by the white house to have much impact on existing code 19 containment policy which already restricts migration and includes a partial closure of the Us Mexico Border monreal it up on the algis eat up mexico city as the u. S. States move ahead with plans to reopen their economies there are new warnings of a 2nd wave of cope with 19 infections in the winter months ahead of the centers for Disease Control says it could be far more dire because its likely to coincide with the start of the flu season having 2 similar breaks would be a huge burden on the u. S. Health care system and the visuals who develop antibodies it will have protective immunity the question is how long but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when its very likely that were going to have another. Wrestling match with this virus as it comes back and were going to another battle with it you know up front and aggressively next next winter at least 7 people are thought to have contracted the virus during the primary election in the u. S. State of wisconsin earlier this month they do include 6 votes and one poll workers who were identified in city of milwaukee Officials Say the number of election related infections could increase after more data becomes available wisconsin has so far 4620 known cases and nearly 250 deaths. The Spanish Parliament to set to vote on a government proposal later today to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th madrid has already started using some restrictions children can go for walks as of next week and some factory and construction workers have returned to their jobs already nearly 208000 people have contracted the virus in spain and a policed 21000 of died a martyr how darrows in madrid she says the governments proposals are meeting some resistance is the extension will be voted today a spanish Prime Minister has had to pass the senate of the 3rd extension of the state of emergency lockdown until may 9th it comes when spring has been in a lockdown of 6 weeks already since march 14th and its had to have been with these the creek or i allow in children on their 14 years old to go out to the streets for a walk from sunday on once this measure was announced yesterday and it caused a lot of criticism amongst Many Political parties associations and n. G. O. S because initially the government announced that children underneath 14 years old would only go with their parents to back offices to the soup to the groceries to the chemist and the people started complaining and 6 hours later the government Spanish Government and mend it is that the situation so it is going to be more relaxed and children will be able to go for a walk for at least one hour keeping this safety distances and and being like one kilometer away from from their houses so as i was saying that today the Spanish Parliament will vote this extension of their extension that the 4 think if there is another one wont be easy as these one because the opposition parties are already threatening that it wont be easy to get a lot and out there for that session. The Global Pandemic is driving nigerias rich and powerful to local hospitals theyve been avoiding for years doctors are reporting a sharp increase in the number of government officials and Business Leaders seeking treatment and interest has more from the capital of. Rosie and war is a cancer survivor who regularly travels abroad for treatment next appointment is in india in may but because of the Global Pandemic she fears she will have to miss it and she says the local hospitals here in nigeria dont offer any hope if you find out that theres something going on right now you can go to the hospital. Because. Its. So and he said early on snow i mean. So whether you know. We dont if for and it comes well it wasnt really. A lot of. Our concern is echoed by many in the country it was a few so you know that i mean so many anytime so many. And you know so in this well theres just a lot of you still theres im not im not in the process of nigerias regularly seek medical attention in other countries every year because of the poor state of the Public Health care system here. But the travel restrictions imposed by countries around the world has now forced many including the rich and the powerful to stay home and rely on the same Health System they neglected for decades. Well as you claim. Just. Now you. Know. The increase in the number of people using local hospitals is adding stress to a system thats already in a bad state many hope the pandemic will force Public Officials to focus on improving nigerias health care system. An estimated 1000000000. 00 is spent by nigerians on overseas medical treatment every year including government officials in 2017 nigerias president spent about 20 weeks in hospitals in the United Kingdom although government promised to address the problems in the Health System here nothing much has improved. So im not going to say they will avoid local hospitals for now not because they have alternatives but because they fear doing seoul will put them at a greater risk for covered 19. Aljazeera. Ok lets round up some of the top stories for you this half hour the police in india are being accused of targeting muslims during investigations into communist violence earlier this year they have arrested dozens of people including those leading protests against the citizenship Amendment Act accusing them of being responsible for the attacks more than 50 people were killed in 3 days of violence in delhi elizabeth purana reports now from the capital. Were calling her cider to protect her identity she lives in northeast delhi and hasnt heard from her brother in 10 days shes afraid for both their safety side a says that on april 10th police came to their home and asked her brother to go to the Police Station to make a statement about being shot during the communal violence in delhi in february. They called us at 9 at night and said were not going to let him go because weve seen footage of him and he lied to us we asked them to show us proof but they didnt they said well show it in court but how can we go to court when its shut they havent let us see him or give him food cider doesnt know if police have charged her brother since the lockdown began 4 weeks ago hes one of dozens of people arrested in connection with the attacks 53 people were killed in the worst violence of the delhi territory in decades it began when supporters of the government citizenship amendment at fort hood protesters complaining that all was anti muslim even though weve had reports of. Even before the lockdown before the lockdown lawyers were still able to physically visit Police Stations they were able to make it to court to file applications needed to protect the rights of the arrestees those options are unfortunately no longer available because of the distractions on court functioning. Also arrested a prominent members of the citizenship protest Movement Including made on high that a Research Scholar at Jamia Millia Islamia university among the charges against him rioting murder sedition and promotion hostility between religious groups. Civil Society Organizations say police are trying to blame Muslim Leaders like hi there for februarys weiland while ignoring members of the hindu majority of the party who openly called for attacks on protesters picking them up. Looking for conspiracy and after time when all of us are fighting the enemy. The m. P. And hi this lawyer told aljazeera the charges against him and others a baseless delhi police didnt respond to requests for an interview but they tweeted saying delhi police has done its job sincerely and impartially and all the arrests made have been based on scientific and forensic evidence including video footage saga and her parents and many other families are still waiting to hear what the evidence charges against their loved ones elizabeth purana aljazeera new delhi Greenhouse Gas emissions from australias devastating bushfire season this year have exceeded the countrys average annual emissions a government report estimates at least 830000000. 00 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide were released between september and february the report says most of those emissions should be reabsorbed by forests in the coming years but it goes on to say Climate Change could impact the forests ability to recover the view from space is not one many on earth will see for themselves but now nasa is holding a competition that will help people experience out of this world sites heres. Our planet hasnt looked at this healthy in decades with fewer people on the road our air and water has become cleaner and clearer and the effects are visible from space now says earth observatory has been documenting our world for decades 20 years of photos show the changes in the atmosphere land air and water from the himalayas to south america. Nasa has launched a competition for the public to vote on the top photos to celebrate 20 years of learning about our rounds around the sun as a way to commemorate earth day many of these images were taken by astronauts or satellites Scientists Say they are important in understanding our world we are. Going through a crises. Also exacerbated by the fact that we have this from the me im now threatening human kind and making us feel really feel our friend. And then we feel now not on the opportunity but the fragility too far environment voters can choose from lunar eclipses volcanic eruptions or water wonderlands the effects of Climate Change are also among the top snapshots of sun astronomy i know the uniqueness of our environment i know that there are billions and billions of planets held there but like the earth broady not many but probably not which makes our presence here now a miracle so we have to put her back the competition is now down to these 2 photos ocean stand behind from 2002 and reich ok our reps from 2019 the winner will be announced later this month. These images from space show us how 7000000000 people impact our planet and how it continues to have an impact on us harding aljazeera. Welcome if youre just joining us youre watching aljazeera live from doha im peter dubey your top stories in iran the revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching this 1st military satellite into orbit the u. S. Has accused iran in the past of using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development allegations iran denies is what the head of the guard said about that launch. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Putting the satellite into orbit gives us a technological advantage and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence war. A disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by a flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help the country has already been ravaged by years of civil war in south africa more than 70000 soldiers nearly the entire Standing Army are being deployed to enforce a lockdown in place to prevent more virus cases theyll join nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets the u. K. Parliament has held the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m. P. s were allowed inside the Lower Chamber so most of the questions came on video platforms the government was criticized for its response to the pandemic particularly a lack of p. V. T. For doctors and nurses. Spains parliament to set to vote on a government proposal to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th madrid has already started easing some restrictions children can go for walks us off next week some factory and building workers have returned to their jobs nearly 208000 people have contracted the virus in spain u. S. States moved ahead with plans some of them to reopen their economies there are new warnings though of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections in the winter months the c. D. C. Says it be far more serious because its likely to coincide with the start of the flu season those are your headlines sammy is here with another news of our. News of 15. Hours coronavirus continues to devastate the United States the race to the white house goes on joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he still trump joiners for continuing coverage of the u. S. Election 2020 on aljazeera. And you are in the stream home edition and welcome to my dining room table saturday we are talking about people with disabilities and the impact that coronavirus is having on them i have an excellent lineup of guests and im going to get them to introduce themselves the. Director of disability rights and human rights watch. Good to have you in the stream. All right. And disability rights. Campaign up
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