A mosque compound islams 3rd holiest site is closed during ramadan because coronavirus restriction. The dramatic drop in oil prices over the past few weeks has contributed to the economic fallout from the Global Pandemic and agreement decided among the worlds Top Producers to cut output has now come into effect and it appears that the deal came to be only after President Donald Trump reportedly pressured saudi arabia threatening to withdraw u. S. Military support for riyadh saw a bit of it reports. Oil and water do not mix but politics in oil bond very well there is no official transcript of the conversation between the u. S. President and the Saudi Crown Prince which resulted in saudi arabias latest Oil Production cut reports suggest president all trump told muhammad bin sole man that u. S. Forces stationed in the kingdom could be withdrawn if saudi arabia did not stop flooding the market with cheap crude within days riyadh announced production cuts and ended its Oil Price War with russia. In g. 20 members including quit in norway have already announced cuts in output but questions still remain over compliance the us president has taken credit for the nearly 10000000 barrel cut by Oil Producers which comes into effect on friday i think i got them to cut. The. Well they say 10 they say 10000000 but i think interesting 1000000 barrels i even heard. Saudi arabia and russias failure to agree on price stabilisation lead to a 31. 00 day price war which has resulted in a massive oversupply of crude that combined with a coronavirus shutdown of the worlds Major Economies provided a perfect storm for the 1st time in history traders were paying to get rid of world starts after storage ran out and u. S. Crude futures dipped to a record minus 40. 00 a barrel the International Energy agency estimates global Storage Capacity could be fall by mid june. With a powerful lobby and nearly a 1000000 u. S. Hydrocarbon sector jobs at stake its now an issue of National Security for the United States were also exploring potentially having the ability to store another several 100000000. 00 barrels so were looking at lots of different options were in touch with lots of people around the world and the president is determined that we protect the National Security interest and the job with flights grounded no one driving and factories closed analysts estimate the demand is in excess of 30000000. 00 barrels even though some restrictions are slowly being lifted the Energy Market is gloomy and positive predictions International Oil price is estimated to average around 35. 00 a barrel while the u. S. Price is expected below 20. 00 a drop of 60 percent compared to last year major firms such as Royal Dutch Shell out of readjusting shell cut its dividend for the 1st time since world war 2. Western europes biggest oil and natural gas producer wants to ease tax rules for oil firms to prevent a drop in investment there is the short term benefit for Oil Consumers the European Central bank says inflation has declined due to the shop foreign oil prices but slowing growth globally job losses and declining industry coupled with falling Oil Production doesnt bode well for the Global Economy some of. Their. South korea and india have decided to stop using chinese made rapid covert 19 test kits after they were found to be faulty scientists in south korea say that when retested hundreds of recovered patients returned positive results for a 2nd time they blame what they say are shortcomings in the test itself rather than reinfection india brought half a 1000000 kids from china it also discovered in accuracies china has defended its products dr patrick tang is to vision chief of Pathology Sciences at sidra medicine and says scientists are still trying to develop pets better testing methods because the virus is so new we have to distinguish all the different types out there and how they perform it in one of the problems right now is were mixing all of these different tests that and and grouping them all together and then you know kathleen blame on all tests when that isnt true there are tests that look for antibodies in the blood and there are tests that look for the virus that the genetic material of the buyers so those are 2 very different types of tests and they give very different answers because this has been a new virus and we dont understand everything about it weve been very cautious about interpreting these results and you know one of the possibilities was that people were becoming reinfected or that they were really lapsing. After not fully recovering from the action and finally that is that possibility that is the false positive oratory cast all of those things where we looked at and i think now theyve concluded that the viruses that they detected in the east that a few 100 people in south korea were not viable so these viruses are not actually theyre dead birol particles theyre picked up by that pass and ebook will not be able to transmit the infection to other people. India is extending words from the worlds biggest by 2 for the weak spot restrictions in some areas will be eased starting on monday elizabeth brought a new delhi on the governments strategy to ease the lockdown in some parts of india in the last nearly 6 weeks of the lockdown in india the government has divided the country into green orange and red zones depending on the number of cases and the state of transmission and its announced that while the National Lockdown will continue for another 2 weeks that they will be a considerable easing of restrictions mostly in green and orange. As of may the 4th all goods are allowed to be transported they will be. Green zones but with 50 percent seizing capacity taxis are allowed in green and orange zones but with only one passenger things like all construction and industrial activity is allowed even in red zones in rural areas now over the last 10 days we have see easing of restrictions in a number of sectors most notably agriculture indias biggest employer and all the businesses which supported and all standalone shops even those selling non essential items have been open for about the last week so one of the restrictions that remain in place while there is still no air travel hospitality Restaurants Hotels remain shot into state movements no movement between states and things like cinema halls you know sports complexes for main shot and they will be no political social or cultural gatherings. South africa has begun to ease certain restrictions after 5 weeks of lockdown to tackle the pandemic some businesses are being allowed to reopen from friday people can leave their homes to exercise the government says it will deploy more soldiers to ensure social distancing of followed by the serious form of the miller is in johannesburg with more now on how the 1st day of restrictions went. This is the main highway between johannesburg and. I and police have set up one of the largest road blocks in this area theyre also soldiers here to ensure that people arent hearing to the lock down restrictions not south africa has eased the regulations slightly in that some businesses are able to open and a 3rd of the workforce are able to go to work but for millions of south africans these are the kind of regulations that theyre facing police are making sure theyre here to regulations and theyre also on the lookout for cigarettes and alcohol because in south africa the sale and transportation of those items is still bad and police will likely see thousands of vehicles come through this roadblock during the course of the day they are about 7000 soldiers that have been deployed across the country but the government has also said its made provision for up to 70000 soldiers to monitor the streets in south africa while the stiction are being eased even just slightly the government has deployed more soldiers and police to ensure that people arent hearing to the lockdown regulations and even those of africa has now moved to a level full one level lower than previously were actually seeing more officials and more Security Officials monitoring the lockdown. May the 1st is recognized as labor day around the world honoring the struggles and gains made by workers but this year there is little to celebrate as millions of people find themselves suddenly unemployed the usual marches have been banned in many countries that are in lockdown but in athens workers defied a curfew to rally for better conditions the greek government had asked unions to hold off on demonstrations until next week. In france people stayed at home but still made some noise as well as banging pots and pans they sang revolutionary songs on their balconies a very different scene to last years may day when running in paris turned violent. Lebanon has officially signed a request for assistance from the International Monetary fund to help fix the countrys crippling financial problems its one of the main parts of a sweeping economic plan that the government says will help save lebanon from bankruptcy but as our 0 reports now from beirut that wasnt enough to satisfy angry protesters. Keeping the hope for change alive lebanese return to the central beirut square where calls for a new leadership rang out 6 months ago theyre back in the streets after a lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus was weeks of closures heard an already collapsing economy there is uncertainty about the future as unemployment rises. Im 33 years old i have been graduated from University Like 10 years ago. A person like me should be in a senior position the way so. Its because of the. Economy situation which was caused by the subsequent governments lebannon has already defaulted on its debt for the 1st time in history we. Called for the world bank and. Even larger public privatizing the whole. State and i dont think the. 6 prices of basic goods have increased by more than 50 percent while the local currency the lever has depreciated by at least 60 percent peoples incomes and savings have lost value. But the situation. The burden on the business because when the inflation im buying their own restaurant now its a bit difficult. The price. And the people are still paid the same. 30 percent of registered companies have closed and the Labor Ministry says 20 percent have reduced employee salaries by half. The dismissal of workers and the closure of organizations have been the biggest concerns the ministry has put forward a plan to solve huge unemployment and to protect the rights of workers but that will need money and the government has been unable to provide for the most basic needs as the state nears bankruptcy. Some people fear the country is sliding into chaos the middle class is becoming poorer government figures show up to 75 percent of a nation of 5000000 people need help while 45 percent live below the poverty line. Human rights watch is warning more than half of lebanons people are at the risk of going hungry the government may be promising better days ahead but admits the road will not be easy. Beirut. The u. K. Says its conducted more than 120000. 00 coronavirus tests in a single day the government set itself a target of more than 100000. 00 a day by may 1st it comes as the countrys death toll rises to more than 27000 lets go live now to serious neve baka whos outside a Testing Center near london neve the government having beaten one target is set itself another this time involving contact tracing. Yeah absolutely the government seems to like setting itself very difficult targets because only late on thursday it looked as if the government might be significantly missing out on reaching its target of 800000 tests a day was 18000 tests short yesterday evening but it seems to have broken that quite comfortably with over 122000 tests of course this is just the start these are the kind of tests that weve seen being used in a widespread way in many countries across europe and the British Government has been under growing scrutiny as to why it didnt introduce this kind of testing sooner nevertheless what its hoping to do next is. 18000 officials to take part in tracing and tracking down the spread of the virus so identifying potential clusters advise in people whether or not should they should quarantine for a period of time to avoid infecting others so by mid may thats quite a significant recruitment drive that theyre hoping to have fulfilled what youre seeing behind me is a large Testing Center in east london weve seen a steady stream of vehicles arriving here people register theyve given swabs they dont stay in their car do the test themselves then hand the swabs over to officials and get the test back in a couple of days these are largely key workers the hope is that sooner or later the bulk of the population of the United Kingdom will know whether or not theyve been infected or indeed are at risk but for the time being unless the government can see. A steady decline in infection rates and particularly at decline in the deaths theyll be no attempt to ease restrictions any time soon out as it was made back at the Testing Center west of london many thanks indeed knave. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera that as weve been hearing the worlds awash right now with crude oil it doesnt need now producers are running out of places to store it plus libyas un recognized government pushes back against rule the country for half the us and france after rejecting a cease fire. But. We got more hot weather pushing across northern parts of china warm weather thats going to make its way across the Korean Peninsula and on towards japan lost the clear skies here and those clear skies allowing the sun to burst what clabber do have is generally aced some clout there just into central parts of china as well and that will gradually make its way further east which as we go on through saturday heading towards see Korean Peninsula southern parts of south korea at least in the eventually it will push towards the south of japan take a 28. 00 celsius in that warm sunshine of a hot one in beijing at around 34. 00 degrees as we go on into sunday cools off a little in beijing wetter weather coming across south korea foss out of japan and linking back into central southern parts of China Hong Kong all the time staying hot dry and sunny meanwhile across Southeast Asia the usual rash of heavy showers coming through here some lively showers anywhere from the philippines pushing right through where malaysia pushing over towards parts of thailand and beyond we got some wet weather around the andaman sea pushing up into myanmar up towards bangladesh once again more heavy and thundery showers coming through here elsewhere it is generate dry some showers into the far south west of india and turning rather wet too as a funnel by sunday. But. 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 withdrawal from lebanon into one of the most horrific civilian massacres of modern times women children we couldnt believe. Chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. Oh. Hello again this is al jazeera on a 2nd monitor much of the main news this hour an agreement among the worlds top Oil Producers to cut output has now come into effect a reduction of 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day the Global Pandemic is course a dramatic drop in oil demand and prices. India is extending whats been the worlds biggest lock down by 2 further weeks but restrictions in some areas will also be eased beginning monday blocked on measures began in march. Crowds gathered in beirut as anger grows over lebanons financial crisis and the calls for demonstrations come despite a rescue plan announced by the Prime Minister the government has now signed a request for assistance from the International Monetary fund. As weve been reporting the oil industry has suffered twin shocks in both supply and demand too much crude has been produced and the global shutdown has meant that not enough of it is being used thats resulted in a crisis of weather stories all as john had reports. Cushing oklahoma is a small town with a big job in the oil industry it is the oil pipeline crossroads of america and that made it the logical place to become the nations Oil Storage Hub right now were just shutting in wells and doing whatever we can just reduce production work to the minimum agree we can now one tank after another stands in a landscape lined with Storage Farms brimming with crude waiting for delivery but with oil at historically low prices the crude keeps flowing in is sellers wait for higher prices and cushing is. Filling up fast its the Worlds Largest storage and. It has. 6 now you browse. Storage our right now there and outs on. Everyone scrambled its on its space thats all im saying use of oceangoing tankers just a little oil tankers with no destination full of oil waiting for better days and bigger prices nearby gas sells for under a dollar a gallon its hard to believe that the oil industry could face worse than when sellers had to pay buyers to take this stuff off their hands but thats what happened on april 20th when prices went below 0 but with prices going nowhere and storage filling up fast the worst could be yet to come. With a benchmark west Texas Intermediate Oil below 20. 00 a barrel now and with oil futures not selling for more than 40. 00 until 2022 bankruptcies in shutdowns have already begun is storage rises production is shutting down refineries on average are operating in the u. S. Below 70 percent some could soon refuse to fulfill their contracts to buy oil invoking a clause that makes it nolan void in case of an act of god from ayers. Situation supply we dont like theory its its a major imbalance blinder a dramatic imbalance with no sign of ending anytime soon John Hendren Elgin 0 chicago us president ial hopeful joe biden a spoken for the 1st time about allegations of Sexual Assault involving a former employee the former Vice President told us media that he did not assault tara reid when she worked for him in 1993 during his time as a senate. Look from the very beginning you know ive said believe in women means taking the womans claim seriously when she steps forward and then vetted look into it this is this that is true in this case as well women have a right to be heard and to read the pressured rigorously investigate claims they make and always a poll that principle but in the end in every case the truth is what matters in this case the truth is the claims are false our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has more on whether this is likely to damage bidens campaign. Well certainly he needed to speak out there were concerns within his own party but at the same time when you look at the standard that exists among prominent u. S. Politicians you cant you know discount the allegations against President Trump back in 2016 more than 20 women allege that he had been appropriately behaved against them sexually these are all things that the u. S. President denied on the campaign trail and then became president now for his part u. S. President donald trump did speak about the allegations against joe biden late on thursday he said that biden should respond but he also said that he could be falsely accused something that trump claims he knows a lot about again referring to the allegations against him he also said that he feels that there is a concern that a false accusations given the fact he believes that his Supreme CourtJustice Brett kavanaugh was also falsely accused during his confirmation hearings now in the midst of all of this the Vice President joe biden does have some prominent democrats that her in his corner particularly the House Speaker nancy pelosi you know she has not responded since these statements came out this morning but i can tell you that she was speaking on his behalf prior to him making this very Public Statement she said that he is a person of integrity and she is satisfied with by the instant aisles one of chinas most famous landmarks has reopened after being shot for months to get the pandemic beijings forbidden city chinas improve says a line up to 5000 visits as a date who must maintain social distancing authorities in the capital of loose travel restrictions for a 5 day national holiday. For the 2nd friday of ramadan jerusalems mosque compound remains closed in the streets of the old city are unusually quiet palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem having to adjust to a new way of observing the holy month while dealing with the Economic Uncertainty of the lock down harry force of reports. Holy month that islam is 3rd holiest site in the courtyards around the locks a mosque in the dome of the rock a empty mass prayer band to help stop the spread of the coronavirus usually tens of thousands of worshippers many from the occupied west bank who come here each day to pray the effects being felt beyond this sacred site by the people who live and work in the alleyways of the old city lockdown has already brought serious hardship but he says business is holding to nothing as customers save their money and theres no familiar ramadan boost to make up for it. We wait for ramadan the whole year ramadan is different with its beautiful atmosphere there is a lot of work in ramadan but this year there is no work and there is no ramadan foot traffic is down and thoughts of religious observance of competing with anxiety over job and finances that is even younger said i am 60 i have never seen anything like this my son has 6 kids he has rent to pay hes not working how are they going to wait and drink. As of this week the Israeli Government that controls jerusalems occupied east has allowed more types of businesses to open but as well as unlocked doors recovery requires customers some restrictions begin to be lifted shopkeepers here talk about a gradual return of some Economic Activity but very gradual especially given how few people comparatively are on the streets of the old city and all of this thrown into really by the fact that ramadan is usually one of the busiest times of the last year this was the scene at damascus gate as thousands headed into the old city to pray at. This ramadan the walk or Islamic Trust in charge of the mosque is telling the faithful to stay away. And were in great pain right now this month a month usually we have tens of thousands of people coming to the mosque and it reaches hundreds of thousands but for the sake of Peoples Health the works decided to spin the prius. And so the prayers are instead being brought to the people online and on television in the hope that it will feel all the better to be here for real with those tens of thousands of others who ramadan in 2021. Occupied East Jerusalem. In syria at least 10 civilians have been injured after explosions at an Ammunitions Depo east of homes in a Statement Released on state media the syrian army said the blasts were caused by human error but the u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights said that israeli strikes are to blame some civilians were hit by forming shells israel has previously targeted military storage facilities. The forces of libyas u. N. Recognized government in tripoli have made significant gains in their fight against the war Khalifa Haftar it conducted airstrikes after rejecting calls for a cease fire during ramadan hotting as the latest. This airstrike was carried out by libyas un recognized government in tripoli it targeted a supply chain for the forces of warlord highly for have to who has recently lost control of nearly 6 towns and cities in the west of the country. Earlier this week have to abruptly called for a ceasefire during the month of ramadan giving him time to reorganize his overstretched supply lines. The government in tripoli rejected that saying have has not abided by previous cease fires analysts say have to it is losing momentum. He declared himself the leader of the country this week insisting he has popular mandate to govern libya but that was shortly after losing more ground in his military campaign to take control of the capital it called. This is his forces that was significant growth. And theyre also d in the. Major was the one with. The amount of losses both boat battles and strategic interests. About libya has been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi 9 years ago the situation on the ground is changing day by day the un recognized government in tripoli controls this area in blue well have to out and his self declared Libyan National army control the areas in red and his forces are based in the eastern city of tobruk in a statement the uns mission to libya said it is very concerned by the targeting of civilians in civilian Populated Areas and the increase in civilian casualties from the use of rockets and artillery. After a year of fighting the forces back recognized government in tripoli appear to have the upper hand in this ever changing battle for control of libya harding al jazeera theres plenty more video along with the latest news sports analysis and comment at our web site take a look at aljazeera dont call. It is good to have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines on aljazeera an agreement among the worlds top Oil Producers to cut output has now come into effect a reduction of 10000000 Barrels Per Day the Global Pandemic has caused a dramatic drop drop in oil demand and prices india is extending whats been the worlds biggest lock down by 2 further weeks but restrictions in some areas will also be eased starting monday a lockdown measures began in. Crowds have gathered in beirut as anger grows over lebanons financial crisis the calls for demonstrations came despite a rescue plan announced by the Prime Minister the government has now signed a request for assistance from the International MonetaryFund South Africa has begun to ease some coronavirus restrictions of the 5 weeks of lockdown some businesses were allowed to reopen on friday and people could leave their homes to exercise he was president ial hopeful joe biden has spoken for the 1st time about allegations of Sexual Assault and told us media that he did not assault tara reid when she worked for him in 1993 when he was a senator. Look from the very beginning you know ive said believing in women means taking the womans claims seriously when she steps forward and then vet it look into it this is if thats true in this case as well one would have a right to be heard and to bend the pressured rigorously investigate claims they make always a poll that principle but in the end in every case the truth is what matters in this case the truth is the claims are false in syria at least 10 people have been injured after explosions at an Ammunitions Depo east of homes in a Statement Released on state media the syrian army said the loss of course by human error but the u. K. Based syrian observatory for human rights said that israeli strikes were to blame some civilians were hit by falling shells one of chinas most famous landmarks is reopened its doors to be shut for months due to the coronavirus pandemic beijings forbidden city once home to chinas emperors is allowing up to 5000. 00 visitors a day and those visitors must maintain social distancing of those the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera of the p. L. O. History of a revolution. 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. The