A collapsing currency and surging food prices cuts. Im nicolas cage on the outskirts of sydney looking at how this trailer is expanding another coal mine this time under one of the citys reservoirs raising concerns about water quality. Now the tally of corona virus infections across the wild has now passed 3000000. 00 and with it has come a warning from the World Health Organization it says the effort to stop the spread is also having an impact on the fight against other diseases and that millions of children are missing out on vital vaccinations every year more than 116000000 in funds are vaccinated or 86 person of all children born globally. But there are still more than 13000000 children around the world who miss out on vaccination we know that the number will increase because of course weve 19 already polio vaccination campaigns have been put on hold and in some countries routine Immunization Services are being scaled buck or shut down well as your opinions begin to is their lock sounds the w. H. O. Has repeated its call that they must track and trace all suspected coronavirus cases that warning came as italy an ounce to phase to reopening of its economy but the u. K. Says its too soon to relax any measures and takes a look at the situation across europe britains Prime Minister back at work after recovering from coronavirus with a warning that there will be no letup in the lockdown yet i can see the long term consequences of looked on as clearly as anyone and so yes i entirely share your agency its the governments urgency and yet we must also recognise the risk of a 2nd spike. More than 21000 people have now died from corona virus in newquay hospitals in one of the worlds worst outbreaks the government has announced that the families of National Health workers who died from corona virus during this crisis will receive a 75000. 00 payout the number of tests being offered in the u. K. Is being expanded but the government has faced criticism for the slow rollout of mass testing and there are growing prostrations and questions even within Boris Johnsons own party about how soon the economy can reopen italy has set a date to start easing its lockdown the longest in europe factories and Building Sites can reopen next week bars and restaurants can fully reopen in june while schools will stay shut until september. And many parts of europe are grappling with the impact of this crisis. There is anger in some of princes poorest suburbs the lock down and restrictions on movement in communities where people often living cramped conditions has led to an arrest the police have been accused of being heavy handed in their approach racial slurs were allegedly used to mock a man trying to escape arrest last week. That we. Was going you know all are against you but it seems like france is at war against. You know it is you know so its difficult because people are suffering from there is suffering from. Economy and social impacts the real optimism in some parts of europe that the worst of this crisis may be over but the still no unified approach in how to keep safe Going Forward in most parts of germany people have to wear face masks in shops and on public transport. Elsewhere some families are saying one another for the fur. I mean weeks albeit through the glass put together all the fame emma he would is there a. Well us president tunnel trump is back to holding Coronavirus Briefings to missing the weekend in the wake of a storm of criticism for suggesting that disinfectants could be injected as a remedy he has unveiled new plans to help states ramp up their Testing Capacity and while he has repeatedly claimed that testing is on track regional figures in many state governors suggest otherwise today were releasing Additional Guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for a phased and very safe reopening or blueprint describes how states you dont lock their full capacity expand the number of testing platforms establish Monitoring Systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct Contact Tracing the White House Correspondent can be how it is in washington d. C. And she says the president used the briefing as part of ongoing down the control. It was also an opportunity for the u. S. President to grab hold of the narrative that has really spiraled out of control for him in the last couple of days that disasters Public Relations briefing that happened late last week when the u. S. President suggested injecting disinfectant or even shining u. V. Light might be a way to eradicate covert 19 in the human body will since then the president was not really heard from him and he has been criticized repeatedly for those cars and so this was a chance for the president to try to get control of the message to get ahead of it and well he did release this blueprint it was also an opportunity for him to push back on that mistake that many say the president made in giving information that was of a Public Health nature even though he has no qualifications in fact in the Rose Garden Press Conference the president was asked directly if he felt responsible for any potential deaths of someone were to follow that advice the president saying i take no responsibility i cant imagine why the president was also asked in this press conference about whether or not he following on the heels of germany might take punitive action against china for the fact that this would be originated in china but of course has now spread into a Global Pandemic the u. S. President saying that in fact this is something thats under investigation and that in fact there is a plan to hold china accountable for a figure much larger than the one being pursued by germany well in that same press conference the u. S. President also appeared to confound north koreas media is alive and follows days of uncertainty over the health and whereabouts of kim jong un who hasnt been seen in public now for more than 2 weeks donald trump says he has a good idea of how kim is doing but cant talk about it for now. Demonstrations in lebanon against the diet Economic Situation of turned violent petrol bombs were thrown and banks vandalized as people rallied in the Northern City of tripoli and near beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown the lebanese pound has lost more than half of its value and prices have soared many are calling with the Central Bank Governor to resign so in a call to has more from the capital. Lebanons currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the lever lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. The central bank is either incapable or directly instigating the dramatic drop in the heart of the dont have that. Those in power say there is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging Financial Stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh selami believe the Ruling Alliance led by hezbollah is trying to take control of the central bank which implements u. S. Sanctions against the iranian backed group mr time amy is perceived as. An american ally inside lebanon that does not mean that mr sam raimi is not responsible and im his one of 30 policy was wrong but definitely were phrasing it cool it. Is bog of. Our game taking place. Money transfer offices and banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of their savings due to informal capital controls. Hard Currency International donors wont help unless politicians reform the state that means giving up resources theyve been accused of using for political gain. All the while people are losing the value of their money protesters are reviving a movement that began in october not just against the Central Banks policies but a Political Class the accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the street these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground. What if the cronyism and the game probably mean both of them its seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and its putting lebanon stability at risk benefit their own beirut we can speak to joe macron hes a fellow at the arab center in washington d. C. And he joins us now on skype is this a reprise of the protests that we saw erupt in october but what has been were going to fundamentally change or shifted in some way i mean a lot of the issues that triggered those demonstrations all those months ago clearly have not been resolved it definitely relates to the same through the prism of the force of the of the coronavirus or the helping and the progress of. The banks the measures that it with calls to or the value of the euro. Of a book that small also a focus of course has to be seen in the beginning of the event is that. A crazy get a lot of must focus more of you see more active has more focus now its been on for the blog the regime of course. The political. Divide inside because since becoming get a pretty complex situation but definitely theres a lot of. Local Political Force or should all the over the last week and years should we receive it to do especially in. Joe were speaking about this in terms of an economic crisis but thats also deeply and to try and as you say with ongoing political discontent how has the governments response to the coronavirus pandemic affected things. I think the big difference liberal with the spirit of the book from the corner of it is that was measures and police. Believe the house input was within limits of the vehicle because their foot was a big because we already have. It via thier equipment for we should have been the economy to life stopped for a few weeks with all sitting pretty so we have less going to shit and then look over to if you are so the government and the Socio Economic impact of the of the air cooling of it is of the current been much quicker but also with the policies in the recent to be made if you wish and much more. Difficult for them and leave them. In the context of all of that has well as seems to be taking this opportunity to try to shape opinion around the government the central bank whats next for him. Whether its a very deliberate question of its politics now hes been in its position for for the kids its the portal for the body the. Yes im a stray sion hes been a key foot in for to get a section has blundered in the last few years but of the same person he or pursued him with fiscal policy of basically made him in with the value of people for whom is due the approach was very controversial that equivalence of the years that hes been the sponsor of the lot of the for the protests that live promotes the party but again he has the us support us support also from heavy duty and. So the question more i think over the weeks of the most with the coming going to see maybe im not there to basically move the issues the other police put it on and hizbollah want somebody else to them to be americas most democracy to do that so they give up we have big a list here 5 of you just go for those you clearly for and the commuter before him and hes going to be thinking more in this position for me if you choose and just as youve been talking that weve been watching these pictures of the violence on the streets that weve been seeing the band of them as well over the last few days do you think this could escalate further how is the military likely to respond to the stage. The middle of it is it has been used before but no we have seen more with you to. Take a course of measures because that article some of the military the assets and people you love the places the issues d we dont have a cute picture will help them to measure the of their for the active but maybe they are supportive of other parts of the group maybe those are the leaders of the growth of the business that they gave the anger the frustration of all the thought of but all we have to see i think it all depends on the situation if the there is a light that the circle is going to get up to now it will know what it has ballooned to and what the government may think will be immortal we are expecting some limited government or something but just a few comments there thats going to be insurable that is the reform and speech its overdue also i think its that story in the fall but there isnt the i mean as they said the level of what were at this fall i think were going to grow a lot of focus like this and its a situation well continue watching very closely and macro on that from the Arab Center Washington d. C. Thank you for joining us on aljazeera. If you. Still ahead on aljazeera authorizing lethal force well tell you where gangs are being put on notice after almost 60 matters in just 2 days. And a confession from the government in bangladesh after garment factory wakas define a lockdown ordinance. Hello this developing heatwave in china quite a lot of china as well despite the cloud you see around here theres precious little rain which you might want to see in the spring there is some rain up in honshu and its the same system gives you something in the far northeast of china otherwise a Strong Spring sunshine and such the reason beijing may stand out it should too because the average at this time of the year is 23. 00 and were around about a search tomorrow for the next 3 days well take here actually of towards next weekend the record is 34. 00 so not far off definitely heat white and extends beyond beijing even hong kong is pretty much on the warm side because the suns not really obscured by anything theres cloud for the Western Union there is cloud trip across the law grad of northern thailand for example in fact this whole area Southeast Asia sinks far more showers which is correct is tommy the rain should move really up from indonesia into this followed and its doing just that not every day but its likely to happen heaviest rain seems like to be in the fast sides of thailand open in standardizing of the next day or so but obviously there are showers elsewhere as you might expect as there are some pretty big ones potentially dangerous ones over bangladesh and the eastern side of india and indeed odisha could be pretty wet as well. But it. Was the morning a most towns initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for the bible buckle it was the muslims now moved from merely reacting to taking action putting the western crusaders on the defensive with hindsight this is seen as a breakthrough is a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective episode to revive on a jersey you know. Were moving. On. Hello again im the stars here take in doha a reminder of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization is warning the coronavirus pandemic could indirectly home the lives of millions of children who are missing out on vital vaccinations from other Infectious Diseases the w. H. O. Says 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some vaccines. U. S. President onil trump is back to holding Coronavirus Briefings unveiling plans to help states ramp up their Testing Capacity there were no briefings over the weekend off to trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. And a number of protesters have been injured in lebanon in demonstrations over the countrys di Economic Situation last week lebanons currency reached new lows against the dog. Now libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government have to says the skyrockets political agreement which aimed to bring about a National Unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and has son were killed by a rocket attack by have to us forces buffet up to wahid has more from tripoli he says have to his comments could be nothing more than grandstanding. Has been saying. Big news but everybody here is familiar that this is not very significant especially has been repeating all the time the abolishment of the libyan political agreement this high about agreement that brought about the current you and the recognize the government of National Accord he has been always speaking here and trying to announce the end of this libyan political agreement to but this has been interpreted in terms of his last defeat his forces lost many parts in the worst of libya especially along the coast the coastal way highway that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders of that they controlled it for the past 3 years also his forces in southern tripoli have been retreating and the city of the horn his main stronghold in the west of libya has been besieged by the Government Forces so on the ground have to have to his forces have been losing on the ground so his speech today as a kind of as you know that couple of days ago. Minor demonstrations not very big demonstrations in the east of libya were going have to take over power in the country well as several u. S. States start to lift their lockdowns one of the priorities will be repairing the Food Supply Chain the outbreak has significantly impacted americas meat and dairy industry is with stuff getting sick and products going to waste and gallica has. Across the u. S. Meat packing plants have been hit by the spread of the corona virus many of arda suspended or been forced to slow production with one of the biggest manufacturers warning that millions of pounds of meat will disappear according to the union that represents food workers 13 of their members have died and at least 6500 have been exposed to the virus many plants have been criticized for not doing enough to protect their workers. In agriculture to the picture is of an industry in dire straits farmers are unable to sell their stock as meat packing plants reduce production. That break in the Food Production chain is affecting some of the most vulnerable as lines to food banks grow across the country high unemployment rates are forcing many families to turn to organizations like 2nd harvest cars lined up here 3 hours before the food drive started and kept coming an hour after it closed were pretty standard by the response to it certainly but everyone heard about it you know this is really an were hearing about here in cannes and really throughout the last many of those fighting the virus on the front lines are also looking for help even as they put their own lives on the line to tackle the pandemic. Back to work back to kill every day. But just still trying to get a start on as a Food Production industry navigates a way to safely get production going again Food Insecurity is now a growing issue according to feed america the number of people facing Food Insecurity in 2018 was 37000000. 00 the long term effects of the coronavirus could millions more to that statistic some economists say if businesses dont we by the end of the month the effect will be catastrophic President Trump is talking to Industry Leaders many from Food Production who face the task of feeding the country safely its a delicate balancing act with those facing Food Shortages now among the high risk category and gallacher aljazeera. El salvador Security Officials have been authorized to use lethal force against gang members following a surge in violence and a state of emergency has been imposed in the countrys prisons within mates now locked in their overcrowded cells all day long youre a betting man i reports. Is a maximum security prison is on 24 hour lockdown for the out with social distance new rules dont apply to inmates. Crammed together theyre banned from any contact with the outside world the government says almost 13000 gang members and locked up in a prison. Following the recent spike in murders some of the most dangerous gang leaders have been sent to saw a tree confinement too strict their access to the outside walls and most of. Them. They will not receive sunlight they will be in total confinement 24 hours a day in the 7 maximum Security Prisons that they are in this country and this was an order from president now you book a we are complying with that order. The state of emergency came after 53 murders who reported throughout the country at the weekend in Northern England regularly sold we have taken the decision to mix and imprison in each of the cells the different groups of the criminal gangs that are causing so much damage to the country the government will not bow down to any terrorist structure the president tweeted hes ordered Prison Guards to use lethal force as a form of selfdefense and urges opposition parties to support his directive. And salvador has one of the highest per capita murder rates in the world many linked its nearly good to have strayed. President bush kerry said rate has fallen dramatically since he took over in june he immediately imposed tough measures on street gangs known as matter. And the crew of ours has helped reduce the murder rate curfews and travel restrictions help heart rates between february and march a country wide lockdown was imposed the march 22nd great scripts warn massive crowding in prisons lately to an epidemic side. As well as gang members the International Crisis group says many of the knocked up simply looking for something to eat the president says hes made history safe he also says danny does it take you beyond the croon of ours emergency with lethal results. Does era well more than 500. 00 garment factories in bangladesh has been allowed to reopen it comes after hundreds of employees returned to work on sunday in defiance of a lot of shut down they said they were facing starvation without their wages bangladesh fears it could raise around 6000000000. 00 in export revenue this Financial Year because of the shutdown our correspondent handed chattery is following developments from the capital dhaka. The Prime Minister has a stimulus package of 588000000. 00 now this was promised some time back many of the work has been protesting for the last several days many havent been paid for months some are on the brink of starvation now theyve been asked to join some of the factories that lets 1000 plus factories are opening all across the country is in a limited way because theyre under pressure from International Buyers to fulfill their obligation many buyers on the other hand have cancelled their order resulting in billions of dollars of loss another factor of main concern for the garment workers are their safety and of course their salary as you just mentioned garments on have a short theyll get paid and its guaranteed by the government and i spoke to one of the activists and leaders for the garment workers she said the main concern is safety and of course their salary as well and because many of them work in close compartment 3400. 00 workers in each floor they live in a densely populated area sometime in slums if an epidemic spread it is a potential time bomb for the workers. Now environmentalists and australia angry over the expansion of another coal mine the development is putting it under one of sydneys Drinking Water supplies raising concerns about possible contamination reports. This reservoir is one of 5 catchments immigration sydney supplying Drinking Water to millions of people surrounded by protected land if i haven for many threatened plants and animals soon it will also be home to Coal Mining Energy has been allowed to extend its metropolitan meaghan underneath the war nor. From my opinion really informed from some perspectives that to negligent a. Conservative consequences of. Metropolitan is one of the longest continually operating mines in australia using long wall mining methods where i section of coal is removed in a single slice and its an important part of the local community the company says the extension will protect more than 400. 00 jobs and inject millions of dollars into the economy but environmentalists say mining in the area has already led to cracking groundwater laws and pollution were at the entrance but you cant really say much from here because the mine sits within a valley surrounded by bush land and most of its operations happen about 500. 00 metres but on the surface and the company says from that far underground theres no evidence that it could threaten water supply. Coal mining has become particularly controversial since Drought Conditions worsened in a strongly a last year leading to some water shortages Catherine Read olds lives nearby and has collected more than 10000 signatures opposing the extension the government hasnt responded to the petition but says strict conditions are in place to protect the environment people are angry about this theyre horrified that mining is being contemplated under my to sydney water catchment under the Drinking Water. But i dont want this to go ahead the community doesnt want this go ahead many people in the community are divided about the economic benefits of coal and its impact on Climate Change some say its time for serious decisions to be made on jobs fossil fuels and the environment gauge aljazeera. And again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the World Health Organization is warning the coronavirus pandemic and indirectly harm the lives of millions of children who are missing out on file vaccinations for other Infectious Diseases the w. H. O. Says 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some vaccines u. S. President donald trump has held his fast Coronavirus Briefing since last week unveiling plans to help states ramp up their Testing Capacity and there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting that disinfectants could be injected as a remedy today were releasing Additional Guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for a phased and very safe reopening. A blueprint describes a state you dont lock their full capacity expand the number of testing blood forbes establish Monitoring Systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct Contact Tracing a number of protesters have been injured in lebanon and demonstrations over the countrys dire Economic Situation last week the lebanese currency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the Central Bank Governor to resign. Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government have to says the sky or a political agreement which aims to bring about a National Unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and her son were killed by a rocket attack by have to us forces the British Government says the risk of a 2nd spike in infections means the lockdown there will continue Prime Minister barak johnson issued the warning as he returned to work following his own fight against the infection which saw him spend time in intensive care. More than 500. 00 clothing factories have been allowed to reopen in bangladesh following a month long shutdown it comes after hundreds of workers defied the lockdown to return to work on sunday they said they were facing starvation if they went pays well those are the headlines do join me for more news here on aljazeera the inside story stay with us. Worldwide military spending is at its highest for 10 years where is all that money going on my governments change that priorities with the coronavirus scripts this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im boun its now its often said that war is good for business conflicts drive up demand for weapons defense equipment and so