Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Ignored risks to civilians in a drone strike in tripoli last november. Actually. Going un special rapporteur from the young mom calls out that ations leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the continued persecution of rohingya muslims. And well to what i call the problem of india act of funk rock dies at the age of 53. Its still early days in the pandemic caused worldwide recession but we now have a better sense of how hard key sectors of the economy are being impacted the Worlds Largest economy the United States has wiped out a decade of growth shrinking by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter according to figures released a short time ago one of its largest manufacturers boeing has reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 while european rival air bus says that it lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter to europes largest economy will have the worst here since the end of world war 2. Germany contracted by 2 percent in the 1st quarter but is forecasting a 10 percent drop for quarter 2 and compare those figures with what we heard from china 2 weeks ago a near 7 percent decline there and historic drop in performance compared to the same period last year lets go live now to the white house where our correspondent kimberly hellcat the standing by for us kitty whats been the reaction to the figures especially the suggestion that they indicates that the slowdown was beginning even before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Well lever the economic cheerleader the u. S. President has once again sounded an optimistic tone saying as he spoke from the oval office that he believes that the economy that he builds was one of the best ever and hes convinced he can build it again in regards to the Current Quarter and the numbers that have come out particularly dismal or the projection that the next quarter will be even worse as a result of stay at home orders than virtually a shutdown or of operations of most businesses the u. S. President saying that he believes the 4th quarter will be in his words fantastic i can tell you that is not a shared view in fact there is a feeling not just among some Industry Analysts but also the American Public that this is something that americans may be settling into in terms of a very dim Economic Future one that they believe may take not months but years to recover from that weve seen it across the board in terms of various Economic Indicators whether it be the latest g. D. P. Report whether it be the filing of unemployment numbers remember up around the mid 20000000 mark we expect more numbers to come out tomorrow to be even higher as well we have these recovery packages that are being not only in the past that weve seen from the u. S. Congress but another discussion of another round of potential direct payments to americans what does that mean it means that people are out of work theyre struggling and congress is coming up with the idea of a request from the white house that perhaps it will be necessary to give people even more money as they continue to stay home to protect themselves from covert 19 around sprue stimulus but but the government surely is going to have to reduce incentives as well to get the economy moving. Thats correct and what were hearing right now from the Vice President who was also speaking in the oval office is that the sort of the headline out of all of this is the stay at home orders that have been in place in the United States until april 30th the federal guidelines those are not going to be extended of course for at the end of this calendar month the Vice President saying the recommendation to the states that weve been talking about for some days now is this phased reopening but again this doesnt mean a complete reopening and that means that the economy is not going to return to where it was so what were hearing from the u. S. Congress is that potentially is this is also a request of the u. S. President is that the next package of relief may include some sort of jobs measure in it perhaps in order to get people out of their houses and back to work this could include infrastructure rebuilding all kinds of ideas being bandied about but what i can tell you right now is theyre nowhere near close to passing any legislation a White House Correspondent kimberly how could reporting live there from washington can believe many thanks indeed will john hendren has been following the story from chicago he says the aerospace john boehner has been losing money already but the pandemic has made his problems even worse. For boeing these numbers were worse even than analysts expected it was hit by a double whammy 1st the company has been trying for a year to get its 737 max plane back up in the air thats its new most lucrative plane in that happen after 2 crashes the killed nearly 350 people is now hoping to get that plane back out midyear but meanwhile its losing revenue from that and then along came the coronavirus and the Global Pandemic just wiped out traffic the c. E. O. Of boeing dave calhoun says traffic passenger traffic in commercial airplanes is down 105 percent and that has just walloped the Company Airbus is down to half a 1000000000. 00 in losses the c. E. O. Of that company says this is the grave is crisis the Aerospace Industry has ever seen and it hasnt just hit them Southwest Airlines posted its 1st loss since 2011 analysts are saying this could hit the aerospace and Airline Industry for 5 years to come it could take them that long to recover and here in the United States boeing is the largest manufacturing export or so its said that when boeing sneezes america catches a cold and now foundations of highly skilled highly paid workers are going to be joining workers from the Service Industry waiters and others who were in that 1st wave of coronavirus layoffs this is going to be devastating not just to boeing not just to the aerospace and Airlines Industry but to the u. S. And global economies germany europes economic powerhouse is expected to plunge into its deepest recession in 50 years new numbers released by the government of the countrys g. D. P. Shrinking by bold and 6 percent this year the medicaid reports now from berlin. Before the coronavirus pandemic really took hold here people thought that the economy of germany would grow by just over one percent this year and now in the full flood of d the statistics coming through every day about corona one really gruesome statistic economically for this country that it is going to go into recession will shrink by 6. 3 percent and theres no way of sugarcoating that from a governmental perspective the economy minister peter meyer a key ally of angloamerican who works in that building behind me in the chancery building she and mr my are having to deal with this very serious economic shock that everyone in this country is experiencing they say they project that germany will rebound from this recession the worst in 50 years that they expect the economy to rebound next year in the next calendar year but of course those are projections those are based on an interpretation of how this pandemic might unfold if there is a 2nd wave of infections if they need to be more lockdowns if restrictions cant be eased so much then of course that means theyll be even more economic pain International Monetary fund has approved emergency funding of 3400000000 dollars to help nigeria tackle the economic fallout from the pandemic it relies heavily on oil which has been hit hard by the unprecedented drop and demands address as well from a butcher. I was before the International Monetary fund and now the 3400000000. 00 loan grant to nigeria the National Parliament approved 2100000000. 00 for going to jail and government following a request by the president for such an amount to be brought up from domestic market to finance the 2020 by the it may interest you to know that already the country is reviewing its budget by nearly 40 percent down want and this is a country that has seen a lot of borrowing in recent times in march early march 2020 the government at the parliament approved more than 22000000000. 00 as for for the Nigerian Government to borrow externally so this is also coming at a time when the external results of this country has seen a significant drop from more than 40000000000. 00 just a few years ago to only 33000000000. 00 the grant from the i. M. F. Is seen by economists and government officials here as a Welcome Development it could help stimulate growth and also cushion the effect of the covered 19 impact on the economy but a lot of economists also fear that this country may need much more than what it has already gotten from the i. M. F. External other external and internal voice at the at the moment the director general of the World Health Organization has defended his agency against criticism over its handling of the pandemic its been accused by the u. S. Of mishandling the early stages of the outbreak its been 3 months now since the w. H. O. Declared a Global Health emergency at the time as you may remember that there were less than 100. 00 cases notice. To be specific we had 82. 00 cases outside china. And no death when we declared the highest level of global emergency from the beginning w. H. O. Has acted quickly and decisively to respond and to warn the world we sounded the alarm merrily and we sounded it often in the news hour from our sara still to come on the program well have the latest on plans for a large scale prisoner swap in yemen. Im rob reynolds in San Pedro California where a fleet of dozens of oil tankers are anchored off shore with no place to go we have our report coming up. The u. K. Is government has begun to include coronavirus link deaths in care homes in the community and it staley figures the u. K. Is now the 2nd hardest hit country in europe with its covered by 18 death toll only behind italy foreign secretary dominic robb made the 1st such announcement a little earlier from today were moving to an improved daily reporting system for deaths so that deaths in all settings are included wherever the individual has tested positive for coated 19 rather than just those in hospitals and those figures show that up to yesterday on the new measure which we have recorded an additional 3811. 00 deaths in total and i think its just important to say that those additional deaths were spread over the period from the 2nd of march the 28th of april so they they dont represent a sudden surge in the number of deaths. I speak to talk to 100 money in the United Kingdom he severely just at Lancaster University could have you with us. To some extent these figures that the government is now including in its daily toll are only telling us what we already knew why are they important whats the significance well i think these are certainly important because as you mentioned the laws are included in any calculations for the montell of. It in the u. K. But you know like if we look anything like 2 days before even saying that the number of cases are declining the number of mortality is up and declining but now because of its inclusion of cases from the care home level for the last of the community and we cant really say that number of deaths have been declining now but the more likely leveling and thank you again and now if from lower d if they were considering the number of deaths from what of those locations within the hospital also out of the hospital would have certainly impact on 2 little number of deaths and which a whole maybe 2nd highest in the lot of so in coming days that the one weve been seeing going down were probably more level if not increase the Johns Hopkins University Track assess that there are 166. 00 more than 166000 confirmed cases of covert 19 in the u. K. But im from the u. K. Everyone in the u. K. Knows someone whos had symptoms that that appear to be covert 19 but theyve just not been tested so theyll never know whether they had the disease disease or not i mean the u. K. Surely must have many more cases than just the 166001 the official tally. Size lee i mean if we look on to the cup abilities of the u. K. In terms of diagnosing the number of cases right from the beginning in march it would not really at that stage to leave ample data agnostic opportunities from the beginning again for. Limitation was for people who are having critical signals they are going to be lost but i will they are the rumbles were diagnosed so in the beginning number or. Because of lack of this diagnostic couple that day so at the not the capability for the diagnosis increase the number of cases increased and no because i think theyre ramping up each 2 is all of what the government has to look at like if you do close and been conducted today so that gives me the indicating that their number of cases have been raised more than what theyve been calculating but certainly this is under estimated at significant underestimate that number because that you mentioned that we do know the number of cases in the community and we are i look at what has been picked up and that now mainly been because there was a limitation for the conditional cant you cant get it cannot be guessed it dr sort of sort of a rush of time is very tight here the inclusion of these figures outside of hospital and the death toll figures now puts the u. K. 2nd only behind italy in the number of deaths in this pandemic its rays of course its curve this is beginning to frighten does it mean perhaps that the u. K. Will rise to the top position in the number of deaths. Ted would carry on the me he gave. Me the inclusion of an outside the hospital thats certainly cold would increase at least for the next couple of days before it was started lining in especially under the floor of the divorce from death. Care home the word store be included in. It is expected that the number will increase relatively significant you really get to talk to dr many thanks indeed dr mohamed but here there iran is just at Lancaster University Human Rights Watch has condemned the United Arab Emirates for ignoring the risk to civilians when it carried out a drone attack in libya last year killing 8 people after its own investigation Human Rights Watch report says that the group of civilians was killed when 5 missiles struck a biscuit factory south of tripoli in november 2927 other people were injured the report says that little to no action was taken to minimize harm to those killed and that compensation should be considered Human Rights Watch also find no evidence of any military targets nearby that speak to Eric Goldstein in washington hes the acting director of the middle east and north Africa Division at Human Rights Watch thanks for being with us earth was the u. A. E. Doing operating a drone in libya. This is not the 1st time that it appears that a new a is firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians this is an attack where we were able to investigate on the ground collect evidence of the weapons used and that type of missiles the type of drones that we found that are only used by the u. A. E. In libya so even though there was no official comment by the u. A. E. And the force with which the u. A. E. Is allied huffed ours forces denied responsibility its clear that the u. A. E. Has been behind this attack if you say the u. A. E. Though isnt the only person the only country violating the u. N. Arms embargo on on libya there are the others doing similar things on but yes there are other countries that have been involved including russia and turkey on the side russia has been on the side of martial hop star but turkey has a pact with the governor governor the National Assembly and has been arming though their forces also in violation of the u. N. In barco on arms shipments to libya which has been in the fact since 2001002011 sorry and largely disregarded by a number of other countries in the region so what does your report say should happen now. Well we did write to the u. A. E. And asked for comment no comment came back they should investigate this incident and pay compensation to the the wounded and the Service Industry misers of those civilians who were kill but also Going Forward they should not be involved in this conflict and above all should not be arming the. Forces which have been involved in numerous violations of the laws of war and human rights indiscriminate attacks have been over 300 civilians killed in the congo but reaching our. We seem to have lost eric im sorry the signal is breaking up but many thanks indeed Eric Goldstein in washington theyre acting director of the middle East North Africa division to Human Rights Watch so in libya the un recognized government has complained to france of allegations that french warplanes have been operating over the city of misrata i was there as a hold up to what had explains why thats significant the city of misrata is the major stronghold for the Government Forces fighting against forces that we have to the world a lot of money for have that belief that. As you know that france is one of the major allies for the world have to so therefore a mystery here in tripoli says that its a waiting game spawns from the French Foreign ministry and the foot French Foreign ministry also sad that its checking with the French Defense ministry so that it can respond to that complain from the Libyan Foreign ministry. Meanwhile the internationally recognized government says that one person has been killed in an attack on a Health Complex near tripoli 6 others were injured during shelling on the military medical authorities headquarters the building is reportedly next to a Medical Center thats treating coronavirus cases it has been linked to forces loyal to all old colleagues after. Authorities in the southern every port city of 8 and have announced a 3 day curfew after 5 new coronavirus cases were confirmed the United Nations earlier warned that there was a very real probability that the virus was circulating in the water own country yemen reported its 1st case daily 3 weeks ago which prompted fears that an outbreak could ravage the countrys already decimated Health Care System. Al jazeera has learned that the u. N. And International Committee of the red cross of advanced plans for a mass Prisoner Exchange in yemen a swap which could potentially take place in a matter of days as part of a ceasefire proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths its thought that around 1000. 00 prisoners will be released in the 1st batch our diplomatic editor james bass has our exclusive report. A mass Prisoner Exchange was 1st proposed in the Stockholm Agreement in december 28th all sides agreed to the idea but it never actually happened now its being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the Un Security Council last week he didnt reveal that arrangements that now advanced for a Prisoner Exchange to be organized by the un and by the International Committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of it and we had to balance the interests that you made there in the trust of the people detain the fact that they could go back home see their family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made 10 operate there is to factor those so the risk of the day needs to be in fact so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. I would see that almost everything is in place. To me oh its a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. The government of our city it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. We are there we still need a couple of days to be ready but we need this this this button to be pushed and for this we need an alignment and just to be clear on the timeline you mentioned a couple of days this could happen within days potentially but tends to yes u. N. Sources tell me the actual prisoners for the 1st stage of a transfer have been identified there are about 1000 of them. Saudi arabias oil revenues foreign by 24 percent since the start of the year the Worlds Largest oil exporter suffered a deficit of 9000000000. 00 in the foss corso Global Demand is collapsed and Storage Units on a full as factories remain closed to the pandemic the all glass is creating a strange spectacle off the coast of california and the u. S. Role brunells reports now from los angeles. A sign of Global Economic breakdown floating offshore dozens of huge oil tankers sit it anchor outside the port of los angeles each vessel up to 365 meters long is brimming with tons of crude oil but theres no place to put it or what we have right now is a significant imbalance in supply and demand in the oil markets be asleep driven by significant demand contraction as a result of the economic slowdown translated from corporate economic speak that means that in the global lock down fewer people are driving to work or anywhere else as evident in these shots of near empty streets in los angeles with so many out of work people are buying less so fewer goods are being trucked from place to place and check out this near empty airport hardly anyone is flying so low needs jet fuel u. S. Consumption of petrol diesel and Aviation Fuel plummeted 31 percent since mid march with the price of benchmark texas crude dow 90 percent for the year in normal times we use about 100000000. 00 barrels of oil per day globally and in the month of april experts are estimating that that number is going to be around 75 or 80000000 barrels a day which is about the amount that was used globally 20 years. Years ago storage tanks on land are chock full so well companies are using ships as expensive storage bins the price charged by shippers for doing so is up to more than 150000. 00 per day and theres more oil on the way a flotilla of 20 Saudi Arabian super tankers is steaming toward the gulf of mexico u. S. Purchasers bought the saudi crude earlier when prices were higher as the ships keep on coming the u. S. Government plans to store millions of barrels worth in the Strategic Petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above and meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u. S. Coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesnt pose a hazard to navigation or the environment ending the oil glop depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus Industry Experts say it may be months before those oil tankers can unload their cargo rob reynolds aljazeera and piedro california a weather update banks here on the news out then south korea launches the worlds biggest container ship the pandemic will make it difficult to keep the commercial vessels full of goods. But if youre in my presence may not take. Place in the philippines are accused of abusing human rights they enforce strict coronavirus measures. How do we still have some disturbed weather across the middle east at the moment but some places have clout slot. Across iraq into iran and thats where were going to see the wetter of the weather little bit of cloud there just around southern parts of the gulf you might squeeze a spot or 2 of light rain after that i think a great feature will be the other the cane wind which will lift them dust and sand across that eastern side of the peninsula saving here in qatar we could see a little bit of lift the dust and sand over the next couple days 34. 00 celsius with a top temperature here on thursday there we go with those showers just around the other side of the gulf pushing across iran up towards the caspian and that west the weather will gradually slide over towards the foothills of the himalayas so well see it turning increasingly cloudy increasingly showery course northern parts of afghanistan come further back towards the west and islam they go want to 2 spots a possibility southern end of the red sea you could catch a shower or 2 he joining up with the show is that we have the ethiopian highlands still seeing somewhat weather there for a time into somalia much of north africa was dry and settle west africa the seasonal rains are doing quite nicely here actually the knotting their way a little further north was as they should be meanwhile those showers they continue into a kenya more heavy rain east in past tense in the. Desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of century are realized but sometimes disenchantment the totality drive them home. In the 2nd of 2 films on these contrasting experiences people and power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same. Gambia back home from aljazeera. That america is a region of wonder of joy of tragedy and of violence but it doesnt matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition. I wasnt trying to break away and. Ive been covering all of latin america for most of my career but no country is alike and its my job to lead light on how and why. It is good to have you with us hello Adrian Finnegan here in ohio with the news from aljazeera the headlines the u. S. Economy has shrunk by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of the year its the worst economic decline since the 2008 recession President Trump has been pushing for some states to ease coronavirus restrictions in order to get the economy moving again. The Aviation Industry is also reeling from a pandemic plane make a boeing us reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 it says it will cut 10 percent of its workforce and european rival says that its lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the for schools and 2. And europes biggest economy germany is expected to suffer its deepest recession since the 2nd world war he released government statistics showed g. D. P. Shrinking that by 6 percent this year. Nearly half of the worlds workers are in danger of losing their livelihoods due to the pandemic that set the uns International Labor organization for costing that it says that 1600000000 people working in the informal economy could find themselves out of a job where the workers without welfare protection access to health care and cant work from home in the 1st month of the crisis alone these vulnerable workers have seen 60 percent of their income disappear weskit sectors include manufacturing Food Services and the retail trade the u. N. Is calling on governments to act quickly to get Unemployment Benefits to those in need and to provide loans and keep Small Businesses flows for more on this lets bring in kate bond shes in washington d. C. It is the director of labor market policy at the Washington Center for equitable growth good to have you with this case once again this report showing that the crisis impacting workers who are already in the most precarious position in society. Yeah thats exactly right and what were seeing particularly as you noted is people who cant stay home and work from home and people to go in the u. S. Working in the Service Sector which have been a lot of low wage jobs and so these are workers who have been able of built up a financial cushion to weather a crisis but theyre making those earnings top of that theyre also less likely to have had access to a workplace than offense like time are paid sick leave and we have a really for a social safety net in the United States that makes it a lot of them fall through the cracks and cannot be captured by things like that an employment insurance system so in terms of a policy perspective how do you solve this this issue of course little economies a as wealthy they can all afford to dip into their pockets and give these people money to tide them over in the u. S. At least which is what my area of expertise the issue really is getting people money and so that is really has to be the primary focus of all governments particularly the u. S. At the federal and state level its just getting people money governments dont have time to really try to put together a really sophisticated nuanced program with lots for struction on who gets money in order to make sure that only the right people are getting money because that would just take too much time i think what is sort of unique about this crisis in terms of a bit of economic crisis is just how quickly its happened because weve had to shut down the economy so quickly in order to serve the Public Health interest we just need to get people money as quickly as possible to match how quickly the economy is currently declining ok it needs a it of us have solutions and as you say its a unique problem that requires fast action. Exactly what is totally unique is the Public Health crisis 1st and foremost and so we need to address the Public Health crisis that so that has meant social distancing and isolation across the whole world to make sure that were not spreading the virus as much and so that means we need to purposely shock to our economy and so what typically policymakers think of when theres a downturn which is trying to incentivize Economic Activities or trying to get people to go back to work but that is not what we want right now and we need to address the public process 1st and foremost and so policy really needs to just be focused on getting people money so that they can continue to pay their bills feed their families and then one speak to the Public Health crisis then we can turn towards thinking about stimulus and trying to get people back to work goods to you kate many thanks indeed kate bound up in washington d. C. While on the global Aviation Industry another sector taking a huge hit from the pandemic playmaking drive buses post of the 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 its see though is warning that this is the greatest crisis the industry is evident and as weve been reporting reporting its rival boeing has announced a loss of a priest 600000000. 00 in the 1st 3 months it plans to cut its workforce by 10 percent British Airways is set to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs around a 3rd of its workforce the airline is suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may Tom Ballantine is associate editor and chief correspondent of the industry magazine orient aviation he says situation is only going to get worse. The fact is that aircraft are 90 percent of the worlds leaders sitting on the ground and the last thing Airlines Want at the moment is to take delivery of more seats that theyll have to park i know the airlines around the world are currently right now in discussion with both airbus and boeing. Looking at not only not only cancellations but certainly many of the ferals of their deliveries because they simply dont want a fair graph right now as we all know now that theres a recovery when it comes is not going to be a sharp v. Shaped recovery is going to be a long u. Shaped recovery and its going to be a long time before the air transport network is good to be back where it was before the crisis were talking about a year up to 2 years so thats not a long time career wise to hold out for the plane makers to hold out there certainly need all the help they can get from governments from their investors and these governments and theres are also facing economic problems are facing recession shortages of casual around sochi going to be a long time before the industry has any chance of returning to what is going to be normal but some sort of normal the uns outgoing human rights envoy for myanmar says of the countrys leader aung san suu chain has failed to live up to her reputation as a humanitarian now young lance told aljazeera the chiba name spam us army carried out ethnic cleansing when hail reports. For more than 2 years young he leave was unable to do her job properly the United Nations expert on human rights in myanmar was barred from the country in late 2017 as the government labeled her biased and unfair just months earlier Security Forces had begun their latest and most violent crackdown against ridding good communities in Rakhine State now as she prepares to leave her position leases the military continues to deliberately target running and other ethnic groups as it fights a buddhist separatist army they know where their houses they really know where the religious right in our schools not one monastery was yet and shelling and bombings continue and its really hard to believe theyre not targeting civilians. Following the violence of 2017 hundreds of thousands of running get fled to neighboring bangladesh where they remain the murder rape and torture carried out by Security Forces was documented by many Rights Groups and resulted in genocide charges being laid against me and at the International Court of justice in december last year me and mas leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi travel to the hague to open her Governments Defense against the charges which she said are misleading in a preliminary ruling the judge has ordered the National League for democracy or n l d government and the military to take steps to prevent further attacks on the ring but li and other observers say nothing has happened not yet variac human right attack by the burning me and the there are repression and i remember the army and the government not in any direction are there in your nation in every direction are men and their right and yet all are very conventional you are right. In the current remain suchi was once held up as a symbol of hope for me and but his silence and inaction on rights abuses mean most of that hope has been extinguished young he leases shes utterly disappointed in her real knew that she was put on how to still were great trade as the icon democracy and human rights but as a sense the n l d has to end and ever since she took the our state council or all of her actions and her words statements quite otherwise. There is an election judge ruled later this year and sue cheese party will be expected to win again many believe the military which once ruled the country for almost 50 years will continue to control it from behind the scenes and the uns new human rights inspector will probably continue to be banned wayne hey al jazeera. In south korea a fire has killed at least 37. 00 construction workers they were building a warehouse in the city of it shown south of the capital seoul its thought the fire started following an explosion that involved flammable insulation chinas annual National Peoples congress which was delayed by 2 months due to the coronavirus pandemic will now be held in 3 weeks on may 22nd around 3000. 00 delegates from across china will gather in beijing to pass legislation and unveil key economic targets for the year event last around 10 days and is one of the countrys most important political meetings so a clock is in hong kong with more on chinas decision to go ahead with that meeting. It was sure to go ahead back in march the 5th or much the 5th and the Government Back in february made the decision to postpone or delay that particular gathering simply because were at the peak of the crime a Virus Outbreak at that particular time and a number of these legislative. And the 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 is being 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 traveling 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 from overseas its a 21. 00 day quarantine that the government is also imposed some new social etiquette rules which theyll introduce on june the 1st and they include when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing theres been no eating on public transport and masks must be borne by anyone in public if youre sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the National Peoples Congress 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 the Worlds Largest container ship has been launched in south korea just as global trade is suffering a sharp downturn due to the pandemic but having largely controlled the spread of the disease in their own country the government in south korea is now looking to repair the economic damage wrought mcbride reports from the southern port city of busan. About to start its Maiden Voyage to europe the worlds biggest container ship loading at the port of busan able to carry 24000 containers shes the 1st of 12 ships intended to make south korea one of the worlds leading shippers but the giant vessels were ordered in 2018 well before anyone had heard of cove it 19 clear so back of only one of our those are big vessels everybody just said simulation maybe a market or engrosses is as part of the kitchen right we have leno good histories to every year how much passant you know global balam increase so based on their concept he ordered those of us on the however to change to tell a difference Global Shipping has been hit badly with predictions of a world recession lasting months or even years and then theres the longer term prospect of countries restructuring industries that will further hurt trade but south korea is trying to look beyond this pandemic to a future recovery wise from the recent lesson of the past in 2017 the countrys biggest ship or hand gin went bust provoking a National Debate about whether the government should have intervened given the countrys unique geopolitics occupying the southern half of a divided peninsula south korea has for decades effectively been an island it relies upon air and sea links with the rest of the world and for this export driven economy ships are essential a point to the countrys president stressed when he launched this vessel. On make sure that we want repeat the history of ups and downs by strongly pushing to rebuild the shipping industry i mean to become among the top 5 shipping powers in the world. Shipping along with other Key Industries like car making and davey ation have been designated as essential in the allocation of relief funding south korea like many other countries realizing its not enough simply to survive this pandemic but ensuring it comes through with the means to make it prosper once more macbride aljazeera busan human rights activists say that the philippines government strict enforcement of lockdown has led to serious violations committed by police the u. N. Describes the countrys responses highly militarized. Reports now from. 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 he spoke of this nominee says rug was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and this death is a huge loss for them and. 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. 303 year in my presence 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 rodrigo to tear 2 or there de mille a chief and police to shoot anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they have arrested more than 100000 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 for. Every hard regulations regard reality so basic to asia. And that its going 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. Still to come here on the news hour well take a look at the life and career of the prominent indian actor a fun con whos died at the age of 53. Hello again el salvadors president has launched a crackdown on gang members in prisons that comes after the country saw its highest single day homicide tally on friday with 22 People Killed prison Officials Say that inmates are using the pandemic to cover their crimes but human rights are. Activists claim that the president is going to phone home and reports. Extreme measures in the. Ceiling will sell so that gang members cant make contact with the outside world no. No ray of sunlight will lend it to sales were going to look at all lines of sight so that they can not have any type of communication. Authorities say that many hits in the violence play country ruben ice from jail and the in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic would have moved killings. Last week and dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 stripped him mates and putting them together in a 24 hour lockdown. After that members of the warring gangs were mixed together in cells as 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 also recently marched into congress with sodas to get a security bill passed but many in el salvador think differently gangs have controlled entire neighborhoods in the country for decades extorting raping and killing it will bring even lascaux ones a transport company told us theyve murdered more than a 1000 people in his sector and squeeze almost 20000000. 00 a year from operators. Look at the what we have this is what every government needs to day after criminal groups are affecting the population is stopping the countrys economy from developing the least it can do is take a firm line and establish order they can look to have away. From president to come. Remains extremely popular for now it seems many salvadorans support his hardline stance john home and now does it or. The corona virus pandemic is increasing the strain on medical workers in afghanistan the Health Care System there has already suffered years decades of conflict and political instability to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed and the virus from spreading in overcrowded jails the government has begun to release prisoners so reports. Are rarely zef life during the Global Pandemic. These are some of the 230. 00 Prisoners Released on wednesday inherit province the epicenter of the coronaVirus Outbreak in afghanistan they are being given another chance by special decree issued last month by president bush of carney its also a practical necessity for the cash strapped government that cant afford covert 19 to spread in overcrowded jails. They release some of the prisoners to the governments trying to reduce the number of prisoners because those who are still inside the prison are in terrible condition because of coronavirus and having no facilities and the space as the prison is very crowded. No matter the circumstances they are glad to get an opportunity for freedom and potentially a new life under the heading of us ive been through so much misery inside the prison i havent seen my son knew he was born after i was jailed but now im very happy to go back to my family see my mother and father i wont get involved in crimes again but outside the prison walls is a country under lockdown decades of war and political infighting has forced more than half of the population into poverty more than a quarter of afghans are unemployed for now the focus isnt saving lives over livelihood. To keep ourselves safe women. Stayed home and not go out there is any important work to do we should take all the safety precautions when we come home we need to wash our hands and keep ourselves away from areas affected by coronavirus. Precautions that seem even more critical with the Health System suffering from shortages of ventilators testing scientists and staff they struggle to cope with a major outbreak of the virus Priyanka Cook the odyssey or. A funk on the actor known in india and throughout the world has died he passed away in mumbai after suffering from cancer at the age of 53 he began his career in Indian Television and then Bollywood Movies then started hollywood films such as life of pi Jurassic Park and Slumdog Millionaire will make also reports. There was there he was one of indias most recognize faces treading red carpets around the world but his success was gained after many years of struggle born in 1967 and rajastan shabbes other funnily han switch from chasing a korean cricket to one and acting and graduated from indias most prestigious theatre school. In 1988 he made his debut in the acclaimed salaam bombay produced by Indian American filmmaker Mira Nair Lismore role one little praise that changed in 2001 when he starred in british movie maker acid capacity as the warrior. The low budget film went on to win several International Awards including a buff the for best british film in an interview with aljazeera the actor said despite acting in many bollywood and hollywood films it was his role in the 2008 oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire the transformed his life doctors lawyers and they would get beyond 60. 4 act the main thing is to enter into mass audience psyche and that killed. 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That success led him found to more phones and greater recognition at home and abroad including a National Film award and indias 4th highest civilian award the pub mystery then he shocked fans with this announcement on twitter in 2018 if ion had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer after nearly 2 years of treatment in london informed returned home to shoot on crazy media that would turn out to be his last film it was released last month the news of a farm khans dead has brought tributes pouring in from across the world with his fans remembering the legacy of an actor who wasnt interested in his fame living on i dont want to or. No i just want to know what was going to happen after im gone after you believe your body what if i can feel that. For a moment that food my my what a bird the being alive i dont want to be remembered any of any with free. Time for us to pass the baton on to our colleagues in the love of bob or sarah here to update your just moments ill see you next watch. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day its a new bet that your join our global community. How we come to fight im sorry your questions and i just disagree directly that coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the fact like oh nothing or a quiet and not keeping you up to date and weve seen countries retreat back and beaten back successfully the street on 00. With its 25 year long broadcast license coming to an end will president bush 3 go to tertius succeed in shutting down abs c. D. N. T. V. By the fulfilled may join us for special coverage as we look at the possible demise of a media giant and the ramifications for press freedom in the philippines on aljazeera. Freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seemed impossible. But for afghan traders who braved the concordia door that is no choice. Combating the impossible to sell their goods and isolated areas. We follow their daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. Risking it all afghanistan on aljazeera. Played an important role. To trace. The. Warnings and nearly half of workers around the world are at risk of losing their livelihoods as new figures show huge losses in the u. S. Germany and nigeria. Alone Barbara Starr youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program the u. K. s coronavirus test talk passes 26000 as the government includes care home deaths for the 1st time britain