Of the drone a virus feels anger against the government. And are quick and simple 1. 00 testing kit as helps and i go become the country with the highest recovery rate in africa. My. Thanks. To our President Trump continues to focus on the u. S. Economy the toll the coronavirus is taking on americans wessons more than a 1000000 people are now confirmed to be infected there more than any other country well that total has doubled in a little over 2 weeks with more than 57000 people dying well this is news to ticks in the u. K. Show the number of deaths to the middle of april were 50 percent higher than 1st thought once those who died outside hospital are included it pushes the total above 24000 germany has been held up as a model of how to control the disease as it tries to return to normal life its reported a slight increase in the infection rate and france has set out how it will begin to open up making masks mandatory on public transport and only allowing freedoms if new infections are kept to a minimum mike hanna joins us now from washington and mike theres latest numbers that talk us through the significance of them in the u. S. Well its a massive amount of more than 1000000. 00 infections reached in the course of the afternoon president continues to insist that the country is doing well as he puts it saying that there are now more tests being conducted in the u. S. And in any other country in the world twice as many as any other country in the world the president claimed but still many Health Officials and governors are insistent that theres just not enough testing and one of the examples of this was at a Veterans Home in massachusetts where its been reported that more than 70 veterans have died of the virus this is the biggest single outbreak in an elderly facility throughout the United States as many as 81 members of the staff of tested positive and there are another 80 in habitants of the home who have also tested positive the governor of the stuff massachusetts is looking into this local prosecutors are considering Legal Proceedings but what it does go to show is the lack of testing in the 1st place it does appear that the owners of the facility were very late to Start Testing the governor of the state was very late to start ordering testing to be taken particularly in a high risk areas such as these facilities for the elderly and meanwhile trumps team still giving out mixed messages about social distancing for example. Well indeed heres the Vice President by tense visit to the mayo clinic in rochester minnesota in the course of the day and to the astonishment of many he did not wear a face mask in pool video from the adventures that the Vice President was the only one within the facility not wearing a mask now the mayo clinic put up a tweet saying that it had told the Vice President before that its clinic policy that all wear masks however it has since taken down that tweet by president pence himself that he gets tested once a week and therefore its not a symptomatic a spokesman for the Vice President says that he wanted to look at the staff of the clinic in the eyes and be able to tell them how grateful he was for the work they are doing but certainly its sending out mixed messages both President Trump and the Vice President insistent that they will not wear masks despite federal guidelines and guidelines from the white house that all should be Wearing Masks in public so here weve got a president and a Vice President basically flaunting the very guidelines that the white house has put out if i can i thank you very much indeed. And here of both france and spain have outlined how they plan to ease restrictions if they can keep a handle on new infections meanwhile the u. K. Appears to be a long way off lifting the knockdown as its people pay tribute to front line workers killed by the virus so youve got reports a moment to remember them by the key workers all those who worked in Frontline Services and died in the service of others. The Prime MinisterBoris Johnson recovered from covert 19 also paid his respects forward. But that has not dampened criticism over the governments failure to provide Health Care Workers with adequate personal protective equipment and the death rates in england and wales reaching a new high way above previous government daily figures which count just deaths in hospitals the office for National Statistics said on tuesday that 22351 people died in england and wales in the week ending april 17 and a growing number of deaths the elderly in care homes where doctors warn the pandemic has not yet peaked from tomorrow will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day but the number of deaths in care homes and in the community to this is something that wasnt previously possible with the guidance from british scientific advisors there is little appetite from the government to relax lock down measures yet but in france with a similar sized population to the u. K. And the 4th highest recorded death toll from covert 19 in the world preparations were announced to ease the restrictions on daily life. Never in the history of our country have we seen this situation not even during the war nor cheering the occupation nor cheering previous epidemics never never has the country be confined as it is today and evidently it cannot be so for long term. In spain a drop in the daily death and infection rates has also prompted the prospect of an ease in its lock down deaths from coronavirus fell once again on choose day now the government has set out a framework for regions to start phasing out one of europes toughest lockdowns. The most important thing is to protect Public Health and whatever they leave to save the lives of our citizens its a simple off spot from their own words we want to kick start spraying every territory and every city but amid the easing of these restrictions the shadow of corona virus still persists while there is no vaccine it will be up to the public to continue social distancing measures a far cry from the familiar in its place a new detached normality sunnah diagonal aljazeera germany is seeing a rise in corona virus infections after some of its restrictions were eased its her reporting about a 1000 new cases each day the mccain palin has more. The German Government finds itself in a quandary right now ever since the pandemic began ministers have stressed repeatedly that what informs their Decision Making is the Scientific Data the numbers that are provided to them by the robert cock institute which is the responsible body for the tabulation of testing and the compilation of statistics relate to the number of infections the number of deaths and so on and while the reproduction rate of the virus was in a downward trend it meant that the ministers could start to contemplate the easing of restrictions which is what they have done but now the on north reproduction rate of the virus has reached one again that means that each infected person can infect one other person that is the point at which alarm bells ring for the ministers for angloamerican in the chancellery behind me that dynamic is they want to try to reduce the economic damage to ease the restrictions on freedom of movement but they know by doing that and with the are not backing one there is the distinct possibility of a 2nd wave of infections. The you know the nigerian state of kano is under a 2 week lockdown after a spike in corona virus cases president have a dual harris says the government will deploy all necessary resources to the state to fight the infections counted as 77 confirmed cases but residents are concerned about reports of hundreds of deaths the local government has rejected claims they are career virus related senegal has the highest rate of recovery for corona virus patients across africa and despite its tiny Health Budget its using its vast experience of Infectious Diseases and is nicholas hack reports from the capital dhaka research as a trying a 10 minute testing kit that cost just a dollar. Senegal is doing what most countries count testing everyone symptoms are not entering a Health Center for the Novel Coronavirus it has no shortage of testing kit thanks to this lab at the best researchers are developing a one dollar quick diagnose ticket originally made to test for dengue fever patients drop blood or saliva onto the devices and wait for a blood line to appear like a pregnancy test explains researcher i do sell tests there is no need for a highly equipped its a simple test that can be done anywhere the idea is to rip at least produce 2. 00 to 4000000. 00 kits not just for us but for african countries so that we can detect and isolate patients quickly the sick are administered a cheap anti malarial drug called chloroquine commonly found in Subsaharan Africa where malaria is endemic while the World Health Organization cautions the use of it to cardboard scientists did you know how woods says its an Affordable Treatment for poor african countries dealing with the outbreak it. Is clearing the virus from the respiratory system proven in making said people on the mall contenders. No more sick. With only 50 ventilator machines for 16000000. 00 people senegalese engineer using a 3 d. Printing machine to produce more well imported ventilators cost 16000. 00 this one is just 60. 00. Sinegal is counting the cost and its paying off more than a month into the outbreak the small west african nation suffered only 2. 00 death with most patients treated healed senegal has the largest rate of recovery in patients infected with the current virus in africa the 3rd in the world ahead of countries like the United States and france and while it has a tiny Health Budget compared to those countries it has a wealth of experience in dealing with Infectious Diseases and outbreaks over 3000. 00 children died of pneumonia last year in senegal thousands more from malaria coronavirus is one of many deadly infections the country is dealing with Lessons Learned from the aids epidemic the recent a bull outbreak were key strategy in dealing with the pandemic and. Already. Important case coming in the country and the mutation of movement in confinement of people from. These measures were taken when there were less than 100. 00 cases scientific modeling predicted tens of thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths but this has not happened Early Detection and african led Research Means senegal is so far beating the odds Nicholas Hawk the car. Pushing out there live from london still ahead of us comic afford to host a pandemic related to 1000000000. 00 last quarter loss in a further blow to the global car industry. And extreme measures in el salvadors prisons president hit back after an outbreak of brutal violence. And whos going to feel a bit more like early winter i suspect in melbourne over the next 24 hours that front on its way through would suggest a change of weather type firstly its rain thats quite extensive rain from adelaide east was to sydney eventually in all points sasa that tell just by reaches queensland if you see the orange bit thats heavy rain core possibly sundry showers there up to the middle to high teens the moment but once its gone through the air comes up from the sides and down to the low teens 13 and now when the sun and she should be out and despite the fact the bondi beach might well be rexs eyes its a witnessing day on thursday theres only this part of australia further west in perth for example its fine and sunny 22 degrees a great lack of rain now greets us in most of the station weve had a lot recently and certainly a bullet of clouds moving towards cairo in northern honshu should bring some rain to you otherwise its warm sunshine and strong sunshine today largely a dry picture but there is cloud building for the saturn is right in creeping after you know one to go eastwards but look at these temperatures remember late a few will going into early may nevertheless it shouldnt be that high the average at this time of year so shanghai is 22. 00 or up to 30 on friday. The time had come for the p. L. O. To seek a new and peaceful solution. Pursuing a path of diplomacy but what was to turn their agreed withdraw from lebanon into one of the most horrific civilian massacres of modern times women children we couldnt believe this chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home. P. L. O. History of the revolution on aljazeera. And again are one of the top stories here now to syria more than a 1000000 people are now confirmed to have been infected by corona virus in the u. S. More than in any other country more than 57000 people have died from the disease there. As the u. K. Paid tribute to front line workers whove been killed by the virus new data revealed a number of deaths to the middle of april as high as 50 percent higher than 1st thought put it on track to be one of the worst affected countries in europe. And the french Prime Minister it roughly present oust a number of measures to start the easing of frances knock down a crude making masks mandatory on public transport. U. S. Carmaker ford has posted a 2000000000. 00 loss in its 1st quarter because of the coronavirus pandemic figures expected to more than double as it weathers a shutdown of its north american plants which cannot measure john hendren in chicago for more such on some brutal figures there. Thats right lauren few people are even getting gasoline let alone looking for a brand new car so you would expect it to be a bad time for carmakers and it was ford says that 1st quarter cost them 2 1000000000. 00 in losses and it gets worse from there in the 2nd quarter they expect to lose 5000000000. 00 were than that and this couldnt possibly come better or worse time for the darker. Were going to find so they are giving up on cars like the for tourists a ford fiesta the ford fusion sedan smaller cars and they have moved to more lucrative big cars so theyre going to make 90 percent issue these crossovers trucks and this could have come at a worse time because while very cheap and people can afford petrol for those gas guzzlers they really cant afford the cars themselves because so many people are out of work. This cool car wreck the company is going to be restarting its european operations on may 4th with safeguards too. And the c. E. O. James hackett was just on a call with reporters he says the company has 3 priorities 1st they say 2nd continue to retool to make ventilators and personal protective equipment for the pandemic and to manage smartly through the crisis but. Its not just that industry any industry involved in transportation. Since the. Disaster the main reason for that is there are 7 next claim its a break from spring to summer and now will come out they say until the middle of next coming year and that means it will be over a year that the company has not had what was expected to be its mostly gritty of plane Southwest Airlines hasnt had a loss since just after the 2009 financial crisis it just posted one the company says it has lost 77000000. 00 starbucks is. Some 10 Percent People arent even buying coffee but theres one bright spot and that is that 3 am the company that makes masts and other personal equipment at a good quarter the sales were up 21 percent for the year so far john hendren thank you very much indeed. And im lebanese troops braced for more violence after one protester died in clashes with Security Forces of the countrys deteriorating economy violent demonstrations started in october and the 2 promise to saad hariri is resignation in january and new government headed by her sunday was formed tasked with reversing the worst economic downturn in decades and this week protests intensified in beirut and the 2nd largest city tripoli triggered by a crash in the National Currency and a surge in food prices so you know how to reports from aaa. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casualties among protesters and soldiers during confrontations that began monday night. Went to the streets because there are jobs children are asking the kurds for food and they dont have money to buy them any the young man who has mounted it was a father he had nothing to lose if your daughter asks for food what will you give he had nothing to lose calls for a change in leadership knew a protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals in parliament they stole public funds and transferred billions of dollars outside lebanon even the Army Soldiers oppressed like this salary is now worth 300. 00. Officials acknowledge inflation has increased by 50 percent and 45 percent of the nation of 6000000 people live below the poverty line but they havent presented any plan to restore trust in the economy and fight corruption. We are hungry the revolution is against corruption all official say there is corruption but what have they done we dont see any thief in prison instead they are shooting at the people should be. Rival politicians who have been in power for decades deny allegations of corruption and are blaming each other for the states near bankruptcy government leaders are accusing their opponents of trying to topple them by tampering with Financial Stability that fuels the anger of antigovernment protesters the leadership over the say those in power are trying to hold on. How the goal for years of corruption. The states finances are under immense pressure lebanon has a huge debt to pay and not enough foreign currency the government also doesnt have many friends abroad these scenes could be a warning of whats to come senator as his leader tripoli. At least 42 people have been killed in a suspected truck bomb attack in the syrian city of a free in 3 of them children 30 others were injured in the blast which is thought to have targeted an oil tanker the Turkish Defense ministry has blamed the kurdish y p g which it considers a terrorist group a free and has been under the control of Turkish Backed troops for 2 years a number of civilian casualties have been reported in war torn libya it comes as forces from the un recognized government continue to advance on warlord holly for have to stronghold into huna the government of National Accord is currently attacking have to us forces in the city of misurata around 95 kilometers from the capital tripoli after us forces have responded by shelling the city indiscriminately on monday have to ended all political talks with the government. Uns top human rights representative to me in ma is stepping down yeah a least spent the last 6 years highlighting the atrocities committed against they will hang a minority and in her final report she said the militarys actions of the hallmarks of genocide. Reports require. The human rights envoy to myanmar made her pronouncement visit to myanmar in january 2017 she seen here in Rakhine State in august of that year man must Security Forces attack the mainly Muslim Minority there and the myanmar government has not allowed young to visit since military commanders said the crackdown was in response to attacks on security posts at bahrain get fighters nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 rahane get escaped over the border to bomb british many reported rape torture and abuse by soldiers and protest the gambia accused of genocide against the regime and launched a case at the International Court of justice last november we had muslim leader Aung San Suu Kyi tonight the charges and defended her country for granted pretty gambia is placed before the court and incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in Rakhine State and. Yet it is of the uk those importance that the court assess a situation obtaining on the ground and her crime dispassionately and accurate for the remainder little has changed in with time the still denied citizenship are unable to move freely and have little access to health care and education me or mine has done nothing to dismantle the system of violence and persecution and the rohinton remain in record time live in the same dire circumstances that they did prior to the events of august 2017. Many have tried to escape to neighboring countries risking their lives with people smugglers but increasingly no country wants to let the men the Malaysian Navy recently prevented a boat carrying around 200 rangar refugees from landing and last week the bangladeshi foreign minister said 2 other boats carrying around 500 people in the bay of bengal wouldnt be accepted either. In the last 2 years the rangar have also been caught in the fighting between the Myanmar Military and the our economy fighters for the armed groups. The un says fighting has intensified with near daily reports of violence tens of thousands of civilians. Have been forced from the hopes the myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout in several townships for months and the governments accused of arresting journalists and government critics in her final report to the United NationsHuman Rights Council last month lease said the optimism she had when she started the job 6 years ago has been lost and shes watched devastation and tragedy since florence italy aljazeera on the board a former us president ial candidate Hillary Clinton has officially endorsed a fellow Democrat Joe Biden for president the former secretary of state said biden had been preparing for this moment his entire life biden will go up against president all trump in novembers election so i want to add my voice to the many who have insurance you to be our president just think what a difference it would make right now if we had a president who not only listened to the science facts over fiction but brought us together show the kind compassionate and caring that we need from our president. Brazils president joy ableson our own is appointed to close allies as Justice Minister and head of the federal police the president sons are currently on the Police Investigation raising concerns over a family friend becoming the new head of police the former Justice Minister resigned on friday accusing both an hour of trying to interfere illegally with the federal police Brazils Supreme Court has authorized an investigation into his. 9 inmates have died after a prison riot in peru ever demands for better coronavirus cab prisoners climbed onto the roof and threw stones at Security Forces they were calling to be pardoned after the president signed a decree inmates to be moved to curb the virus in the countrys overcrowded prisons. Has more than 31900 cases and 854 deaths. El salvadors president has launched a crackdown on gang members in prison this comes after the country saw its highest single day murder tally on friday with 22 People KilledJohn Heilemann reports. Extreme measures in a salvador sprayed the ceiling of cells so that gang Members Company contact with the outside world know. No ray of sunlight will enter to sell youre going to look all lines up cycle so that they can not have any type of communication. Authorities say that many hits in the balance play country is from jail and the in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic told to move killings. Last weekend dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 strip to make its impact them together in a 24 hour lockdown. After that members of the warring gangs were mixed together in cells is part of the new plan to break the communication lines. Before theyve been separated to avoid prison riots. Its all come from the top president. On monday he tweeted were going to make sure the gang members who committed these murders regret it for the rest of their lives hes also said Security Forces can now use lethal force against gang members on the streets human Rights Groups have denounced images as inhumane and authoritarian reminding the bouquet lake was so recently marched into congress with soldiers to get a security bill passed that many. Salvador think differently gangs have controlled entire neighborhoods in the country for decades extorting raping and killing it will really be a last go one to transport company told us theyve murdered more than a 1000 people in his sector and squeeze almost 20000000. 00 a year from operators where system look at. This is what every government needs to do if there are criminal groups to effect in the population in stopping the countrys economy from develop a man believed to be authorities can do is take a firm line and establish they can look the other way. President remains extremely popular but now it seems many salvadoran support is hardline strong john home and how does it. The organizers of the Academy Awards who announce that films released only on streaming platforms such as netflix will be eligible for an oscar at next years ceremony the change follows the closure of movie theaters across the United States and much of the world due to coronavirus previously a film had to be a had to have been screened in a cinema in los angeles for at least 7 days to be eligible for oscar consideration. Top stories on aljazeera more than a 1000000 people are now confirmed to be affected by corona virus in the u. S. More than any other country over 57000 people have died from the disease there President Donald Trump says the u. S. Will be able to carry out 5000000 coronavirus tests a day soon. In the u. K. Tributes have been paid to front line workers whove been killed by the virus comes as new data reveals the number of deaths to the middle of april was 50 percent higher than 1st thought putting it on track to being the worst affected country in europe once those who died outside hospital were included it pushed the total above 24000. 00. The french Prime Minister it roughly president s to a number of measures to start the easing of frances lockdown they include making masks mandatory on public transport the former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton has officially endorsed her fellow Democrat Joe Biden for president the former secretary of state said biden had been preparing for this moment his entire life will go up against President Donald Trump in november election so i want to add my voice to the many who have insurance you are to be our president just think what a difference it would me right now if we had a president who not only listened to the science facts over fiction but brought us together showed the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our president more violent protests are expected in lebanon after one person died in demonstrations over the countrys collapsing economy as anger at the government and banks stopping people withdrawal money. At least 42 people have been killed in a suspected truck bomb attack in the syrian city of a freend 3 of them children 30 others were injured in the blast which is thought to have targeted an oil tanker the Turkish Defense ministry has blamed the kurdish y p g for the attack which it considers a terrorist group a free and has been under the control of Turkish Backed troops for 2 years. Theres been top stories do stay with us p. L. O. History of a revolution is up next i found out. As the world battles the corona virus and millions of infections staff had tested positive for the corona virus with countries in lockdown and the threat of a Major Economic crisis the feel of loss to global g. D. P. Could be around 9 trillion dollars well bring you the latest developments from around the globe prosecutors say theyre also seeing price gouging on a vital medical supply coronavirus a pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. In 1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since