The edge of our solar system and students it passed within hours. More lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil then all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows more than 58300 people have now died and more than 1000000 people have been infected eberle and is on the reports from new york the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak. We could needed fly over by u. S. Air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for Health Care Workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u. S. Krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than 20000000. 00 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than 300000000. 00 americans under stay at home warders transforming even the busiest cities like new york into ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over. 1000000 cases in the u. S. President trump is accused of being slow to take over the bank teen seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u. S. He said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the American People remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacularly wrong as a country and economy shutdown trump and america as a whole were forced to face the stark reality there were numerous missed opportunities in the long term investing in public out the budgets for Public Health in significantly decreased over the years and this would only a way american public. Has really needed in our ability to respond in the more short term while most of those 1000000 confirmed cases in the u. S. Have been relatively mild many thousands more have not more than 50000 lives have been lost to cope at 19 and many thousands more are expected on tuesday trump was asked about his earlier predictions in the light of the new milestone will go down to 0 ultimately and you have to understand when it comes to cases we do much more testing than anybody else so we could go to some of these other countries you know as an example china if you test youre going to show many more cases the United States and particularly new york are a long way from being over this Health Crisis and with persistent worries about large gatherings the streets could remain mostly empty through the end of the year leaving time for people to ponder questions such as when will this be over what will america be like what it is and what went wrong. Gabriel is on go out is it a new york. Well u. S. President donald trump has ordered Meat Processing plants to stay open despite concerns about worker safety production was stopped at around 20 of the countrys factories after workers fell ill responding to a warning of a global meat shortage signed an executive order to reopen the plants and give Companies Legal cover in case employees catch coronavirus by canada has more from washington d. C. It is on the face of it an order to go back to work but what it is most importantly about is to grant the employers some form of legal and liability precedent troublemaking very clear earlier in the day that the employers are in a situation where they could be sued by their employees forcing them to go back to work in a situation where they could contract the virus part of this executive order is absolving the employers of any legal blame for what happens but the bottom line is it was done in consultation with the meat Packing Companies it was a major supply crisis in terms of supplies coming through massive drops in the production of pork and beef so although on the face of it the order is meant they turi it is still very much in association with the companies themselves and of course the employees have to decide whether to continue their jobs to go back to work and run the risk of a virus or not go to work and quite possibly lose their jobs very clear dial lever for those working in the meat packing plants which have of course been a focal point of many viral outbreaks in recent weeks at least 13 plants had closed across the country because of the high rate of infection in the plants now youve got a situation where the president signed an executive order which is strictly speaking is mandate 3 the plans have to reopen. Ford has posted a 2200000000. 00 loss in the 1st quarter of this year and expects to lose more than double that next quarter the automakers shut down the u. S. Production in march also say its not clear when workers can return to work in the u. S. There will be a gradual restart in europe beginning next week. Saudi arabias oil revenues have fallen 24 percent since the start of the year demand has been decimated as factories remain closed and planes ships and vehicles sit idle opec and other Oil Producers agreed to slash production by 10000000 barrels a day analysts say that may not be enough to redress flooded markets violence has escalated during the 2nd night of protests and lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators have been back out on the streets as the crisis hit economy crumbles further due to chronic virus protesters hurled rocks at Security Forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets on monday one protester was killed during the riots from aaa reports. 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 the 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 on this news that follows marble went to the streets because there are no jobs children are asking the parents for food and they dont have money to buy them any of the young man who was murdered it was a father he had nothing to lose if your daughter asked for food what will you give up here nothing to lose. Calls for a change in leadership. A protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals and palmer thanks to all 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. 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. Trying to. Buy time for. Field of antigovernment protesters. Say those in power are trying to hold them accountable 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 the scenes could be a warning of whats to come. At least 46 people have been killed in Northern Syria after a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded in a busy market it happened in the city of afrin 50 others were injured often has been under the control of turkish banks fashions for 2 years turkey is blaming the kurdish y p g armed group for the attack. Oh days its been announced for one of the most important political meetings in china the National Peoples congress is when china unveils economic targets and approves new legislation it was initially scheduled to be held in march but had been delayed due to the chrono Virus Outbreak the meeting sees thousands of delegates from across china gather in beijing sarah clark joins us now live from hong kong for more sara so chinese authorities must feel pretty confident theyve got coronavirus under control to give this the green light that. Well certainly this is the message that chinas trying to share the world that theyve got got the corona Virus Outbreak under control and business will return to normal now that particular announcement by the Chinese Government was shared by the shin wa news agency thats the Chinese State controlled media operation im a 22 is the big day as you mature should want to go ahead back in march the 5th on much the 5th and the Government Back in 50 made the decision to postpone or delay that particular gathering simply because were at the peak of the crowd of us outbreak at that particular time and a number of these legislative. And they government delegations they were deployed on the front line to try and contain or fight the virus at that particular time now weve got 3000 National Legislators who will attend this gathering in beijing on may 22 but we also have a huge number of staff and delegations that will join those legislators and thats what about 5000 people now clearly the meeting has been allowed to go ahead because chinas number of crowd of us cases has been falling and in beijing weve had no local cases for the last 36 consecutive days and this is simply to the capital imposing some tough quarantine restrictions those travelling to the capital were talking about domestic travelers those coming from anywhere across china into beijing must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand and from overseas its a 21. 00 day quarantine that the governments also imposed some new social etiquette rules which theyll introduce on june the 1st and that includes when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing theres been no eating on public transport and masks must be worn by anyone in public if youre sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the National PeoplesCongress Meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that chinas trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal thanks sarah clarke live from hong kong. Still ahead here on aljazeera why charities are concerned about children and Asian Countries during the ongoing virus lockdowns. Hello once again were back to grow some pretty big thunderstorms up is what is really Tornado Alley we come into the season as the stored start of it rests a fair amount of pad around but thats what well focus on that large extends really from the Canadian Border all the way down to the Southern States got streaks in it and when you get streaks like that that suggests thats the biggest on the stove the one that could produce tornadoes certainly produce heavy rain and therefore but a flash flood risk is well now once hes gone straight cools down a bit and things are settled but never quite as hot as it currently in the Desert Southwest where phoenix of 41. 00 now that would be in a pool record least equal a pool record not heat waves staying around in Southern California arizona Southern Nevada for the next few days in the meantime they sharing the sunday rain goes off towards the eastern seaboard to make it wet in raleigh washington and then eventually new york later on thursday with thursday night now boston is growing the last frontal system that went through is this one here producing a few suns told or more likely showers now just showers in the bahamas and back through cuba and towards the yucatan peninsula in fact that could well grow quite big showers in mexico and you look further south coming out of colombia into power mark costa rica the seasonal rain is showing up. Becoming a Living Legend to the young age was simply not enough. He transformed his influence on the pitch into political clout the book piece to the ivory coast. Hosted by eric cantona football rebels begins with a look at the life of to talk about the footballer who succeeded with politicians of not. To be a joke but in the ivorian civil war on aljazeera. Youre watching are just there are a mind of our top stories this hour more lives have now been lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the death toll has now surpassed 58300. President trump has signed an emergency order compelling Meat Processing plants to stay open despite a string of deaths after concerts supermarkets may run out of supplies. Violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators a back out on the streets as the crisis hit economy crumbles further due to the coronavirus. Child Protection Agencies a war that millions of children under lockdown and asia are at risk of Domestic Violence 7 charities including save the children and world vision are asking governments to prioritize the safety of children who may be in danger many asian nations including india and singapore have reported sharp rises in Domestic Violence. Detroit child tree is director of programs and policies save the children india he joins us now from new delhi thank you for your time so 1st off what are you seeing there in india in terms of Child Welfare. I think this is an unprecedented time and to be very honest none of us have seen anything like this before we have now noticed that in the last if you if you compare the pre lockdown and the current scenario it is a rise of 50 percent in terms of Domestic Violence against children through our child line which is a government mechanism where children can record you know their complaints over the telephone call the telephone number being 10 and i need jen and i need and batf has been this is unprecedented we have never seen this many cases of Domestic Violence against children and we still dont know where to go with it so so its a its a pandemic of a different sort why its ahead many globally and people are dying over the coronavirus but what is also true is that the shop rides in you know in violence against children which we are experiencing in india and many other countries in asia and if thats what youre seeing you know numbers from a government run hotline and then i guess we can assume that the actual number of children in danger is much higher. Oh most most certainly i mean this is only the ones that have directly come up and reporter now we can imagine how many are not reporting also i must say that you know in the. Region violence against children to a certain of a certain degree is still culturally acceptable so a slap or do you know using the stick to a reprimand the child is not very uncommon and and thats also something that we need to consider that the number of cases that were seeing now are already the ones that are being reported which means that these are the ones that have probably gone to a certain extent the children feel the need to. You know need to reach out to the child mechanism because frankly speaking im sure the numbers are far more than what were just getting about what can actually be done and how can governments protect children when when those children are a locked in their homes. I think its a its a very diffuse good situation in very many ways i mean we know for the fact that the lock down is to the top of me and then it could extend till probably the 25th and so on and even if it opens up there will be reabsorbed etc. A couple of things of 3 things really that that should probably be focused on one of course is bringing the Child Protection work force back into work whether its the Child Welfare committees whether its in a district units theyre cutting in not functioning because of the whole lot of and i think thats its very important for them to you know even if we have to provide them. Gears productive years for them to be on the field they must be because thats thats number one number 2 is no enforcement agencies have gotten to focus primarily on maintaining the lockdown i think the Law Enforcement agencies also be deprived of the needs of children especially with regard to Child Protection issues because the protection is a huge concern the timeout piece which i think is very important because whether its through daily calling at least at this phase or otherwise we need to give children access to Counseling Services because i list children realize that there is a space for them to go and talk about issues that actually go with their property in the same homes and therefore its making them make it even more difficult for them to negotiate and the fact that you know livelihoods have taken a huge hit its also a to go for for families to kind of lose their cool and take it out on children and thats something that we need to focus and so i think Counseling Services or psychosocial for state services as we call it is something that must focus on and this point thank you for your time have to leave it there unfortunately thats an inveterate child trait director of programs and policy at save the children india. A Rights Group Says sorry b. Philippine government strict enforcement of lockdown says that a rising Human Rights Violations committed by police more than 100000 people have been arrested for violating the curfew and the un describes the countrys response as highly militarized to mainland oconnor points from the capital manila. These were the last few moments of winston ragas his life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they fired detained. Twice. But witnesses deny this they say he posed no threat to anyone in the movies who spoke to the islamic he says ruggles was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and this death is a huge loss for them. So he was very thoughtful especially to his nieces and nephews here remember there were birthdays and he was a very generous man. Other videos that critics say show excessive use of force by police have gone viral to. Prevent in this one a Police Officer forcefully tries to arrest a Foreign National jury a dispute over quarantine measures imposed by the government. And here another officer appears to break into a private condominium before threatening to arrest people using areas like a Swimming Pool the Philippine Government displaced around 50000000. 00 people under lockdown across the region designed to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus thats nearly half of the countrys population just a few weeks ago president with the go to tear to or there de mille achieve and police to shoot dead anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they. Have arrested more than 100000. 00 people since the lockdown was implemented more than a month ago Human Rights Watch has issued a statement urging the government to investigate reports of abuses and hold officers have committed Rights Violations accountable. I mean its really been subject to very harsh regulations were both regard the realities of basic to asia. And that its going to do so in the. Anger and frustration and. The government says its policies are necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus but people here tell us the use of what they say easy heavy handed and violent response by police is creating fear and anxiety. Dogon aljazeera manila a u. K. Pilots union says British Airways stuff a devastated after the carriers owner announced plans for up to 12000. 00 redundancies astutely a 3rd of its workforce the company says it will likely take several years for passenger numbers to return to where they were in early january British Airways has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may. Lets take a look now at some other news and the u. S. Government has extended a sanctions waiver allowing iraq to continue importing gas and electricity from iran the way visit usually granted for up to 120. 00 days thats been reduced to 30 days and what some say is part of president Donald Trumps efforts to increase pressure on the iranian government some of altering reports from baghdad. Iraq is fighting a 2 pronged battle to increase power supply the country is trying to resolve power shortages but u. S. Sanctions mean it must do so without the help from neighboring iran. And 3000 megawatts the my a plant south of baghdad is iraqs biggest its racing to add capacity ahead of the summer heat when demand soars and frequent power cuts fuel public anger construction has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic just the latest in a series of crises that have complicated the governments efforts the challenge was that was the. First was the protests in october last year 2019 and then the fact that the government was forced to resign. That made us lose a lot of executive of 32. 00 to move on continuing and implementing or signing contracts iraq is also under increasing pressure from the u. S. To wean itself off of iranian electricity and gas imports which account for 25 percent of its power supply during peak times on sunday the us extended a sanctions waiver it has been in place since 2018 allowing iraq to continue importing Iranian Energy for another 30 days but the shortening of the duration of waivers has angered baghdad the last would like to see. Is bullying or threaten we need support instead we need 3 to. 4 years under normal circumstances with a sufficient fund and. Enough timeline and executive authority to deliver the needful and basically building up the capacity to achieve that Energy Independence iraq is the worlds 4th Largest Oil Producer but its gas capture Capacity Remains limited. This power plant relies entirely on earring gas to generate electricity if that gas can no longer be imported it might need to use fuel instead which is much more costly and less efficient to avoid having to resort to domestic supplies of diesel iraq is working on developing its capacity to produce gas but in the short term analysts say it has few options to substitute iranian gas imports thus far iraq throughout all these negotiations that hard. With its neighbors and everybody has not been answered a a price for gas or a mechanism for getting gas as fast as possible at a price that is lower than your one increasing supply will only solve part of iraqs electricity problems proposals to remove electricity subsidies so as to cover production costs and regulate demand have faced political opposition and over half of supply is lost through poor distribution and theft with or without Iranian Energy power cuts are likely to remain a frequent reality for many iraqis seem wonderful to aljazeera but the bat. U. S. Secretary of state mine pompei always says hes concerned about the situation in the yemeni port city of arden after a separatist group declared self rule over the areas it controls in the south on sunday the Southern Transitional council announced its imposing emergency rule the internationally recognized government warned of catastrophic consequences from the move and its allies in the saudi Led Military Coalition urged the s. T. C. To cancel the declaration of paris says the development will threaten peace efforts. Large asteroid will fly past earth in the coming hours astronomers say the space rock want to collide with our planet so it is safe but it will get close enough for us to study it and gallacher reports from florida. When a small asteroid broke up over siberia in 2013 the ensuing shockwave injured over a 1000 people and caused extensive damage it was a reminder to space agencies across the world of the dangers asteroids can pose the asteroid now heading our way is being classified as a potentially hazardous object Scientists Say 99080. 00 or 2 is not a threat its traveling at 30000 kilometers an hour and is at least 2 kilometers wide will pass by at a distance of 6000000 kilometers dont have to deal with it with fear we have to deal with it with the science so people should not be afraid of asteroids people should be our earth to assess the risk of these assaults and to follow the. Research program and most importantly to maintain these Asteroid Research program in place programs like nasa is double asteroid redirection test or dont program aimed to tackle potential threats in the future its one of many programs around the world that not only track large asteroids but after tensional solutions to redirect them the area cboe observatory in puerto rico is one of the facilities that tracks asteroids using sophisticated radar scientists here are already tracking the apostasy asteroid due to skirt the earth in 2029 the head of planetary radar says their research is vital without the quote there really are summations or or very expensive relations we would actually be very. Good years when its been one so now we know that we dont have to do it that theyre really going to use those resources for Something Else this latest asteroid has been tracked for the past 2 decades and for amateur and professional astronomers alike. Its been greeted with excitement and not fear nasa Scientists Say theyve tracked more than 90 percent of new pose a global threat thankfully 998. 00 or 2 isnt one of them but it will be close enough to watch on a telescope like this in terms of the visual universe this is a close shave but a celestial event that will be seen as a slow moving star and to go across 0 miami florida. And Kimberly Darr how would the headlines on aljazeera more lives have now been lost to the corona virus pandemic on u. S. Soil then all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns HopkinsUniversity Shows the death toll is now more than 58300 and more than a 1000000 have been infected mike hanna has more from washington d. C. There were 58000 People Killed in the vietnam war that was over a 10 year period the death rate weve seen in the u. S. Is basically in the last few months more than a 1000000 infected that means roughly one in every 330. 00 americans has tested positive for the corona virus and now the fear among Many Health Workers is that this figure could be as much as 10 percent higher because it does not account for those who have not been tested or who got the virus without being tested for it. President donald trump has signed to an emergency order compelling Meat Processing plants to stay open despite a string of deaths thats after concern supermarkets may run out of supplies ford has posted a 2200000000 dollar loss in the 1st quarter of this year and expects to lose more than double that next quarter the automakers shut down the u. S. Production in march off to say its not clear when workers can return to work in the u. S. There will be a gradual restarting europe beginning next week. Violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protest and lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators a back out on the streets as the crisis hit economy crumbles further due to chronic virus protesters hurled rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets on monday one protester was killed during riots. A date has been announced for one of the most important political meetings in china the National Peoples congress is when china unveils economic targets and approves new legislation it was initially scheduled to be held in march but had been delayed due to the corona Virus Outbreak. At least 46 people have been killed in Northern Syria after a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded in a busy market it happened in the city of afrin 50 others were injured a friend has been under the control of turkish banks fighters for 2 years turkey is blaming the kurdish why b. G. Armed group for the attack. 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