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Government is easing some restrictions. Under pressure workers rights come to the fore this may day was delivering agents working during the pandemic complain about a lack of protective gear. Canada is banning assault style weapons after the countrys deadliest mass shooting 2 weeks ago 22 people were killed in nova scotia when a man dressed as a policeman went on a shooting spree the ban comes into immediate effect but there will be a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons they already own the government also plans to introduce a gun Buyback Program. These weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use and no place for such weapons in canada 5000. 00 out of their estonia lack is for a study of tell us more about this ban well of course he didnt as you said it comes in the wake of the countrys worst mass shooting ever still not absolutely clear that the gunman there who was killed at the end of it by police was actually using one of these banned weapons but he certainly had a number of them and it certainly did motivate the liberal Party Government led by Justin Trudeau they came to power in 2015 for their 1st term promising sweeping gun control and never really enacted it to the satisfaction of those who wanted it here so it is safe to say that this was what motivated the entire country was calling out for something to happen its a very complex piece of legislation or its its got Something Like 1500 different models of gun named in it specifically well most of that has to be said for the fairly well known a r 15 rifle so widely used in the United States used by the march shooter in new zealand and in other mass killings around the world but it has so many variants made by so many Different Companies that all needed to be named as youve said there will be a Buyback Program eventually no mention of what the cost of that might be by some estimates there are some 90000. 00 of these weapons out there as well as tens of thousands of other banned weapons so early days yet for detail but the government has moved very boldly very decisively and we are waiting to see now what the follow is going to be. 0 down a lack live for us there in toronto many thanks dad. Its taken just 2 weeks to count as a brand new assault style weapons following the deadliest mass shooting in its history as you heard 22 people were killed in nova scotia the banning kluges the 15 and more than 1500 other types of weapon israel and announced a ban on military style weapons within days of the Christ Church shootings last year 50 people were killed by a single shooter. The u. S. Congress meanwhile hasnt passed any significant gun control legislation following Mass Shootings in las vegas parkland el paso and elsewhere more than 15000 americans were shot to death last year according to some estimates that speaks to what bruce haven in chicago hes a former u. S. Ambassador to canada good to have you with us so canada a new zealand can do it why cant the us no. I only way it in the thousands of people that have been killed including in religious institutions educational institutions you know it was just a few years ago that we had those shootings in parkland and in columbine now we had that anniversary and you know it peripheral thing that we have but we also have a constitution that has the right to bear arms and so the technicalities of it are very difficult for our country relative to others. Then this doesnt expose the tension and contrast between the 2 countries as do share that that massive border the fact that canada has been able to do this in just 2 weeks. Yeah it really does now is a bit of background for everyone while i was embassador Prime Minister trudeau and his wife sophie came to visit me at the embassy after the orlando shooting send signed a condolence book and we shared you know conversations about this and i know how deeply it pained him to see this experience in the u. S. And i know how painful it must be for him today it to experience this in nova scotia so it is not a surprise but you know ill tell you the parliamentary system a is different than what we have and so its maybe a bit easier to get some of this accomplished as daniel was saying a few moments ago a lot of what part of honest on him is driven by public appetite for a ban i mean is there a no you say that the right to bear arms is is enshrined in the constitution of the u. S. But is there at least public appetite for a similar ban in the u. S. Could could Something Like this move forward if the public are behind it. We are a country divided right now and you see it in the manifestation in the language between the president and he used this language just yesterday when he was speaking in a positive way about people standing up in michigan where they are 15 weapons you know protesting our stay in place orders that the governor of michigan put in place so it is a very difficult subject here but one in which im passionate about it and would love to see us do something because as the Prime Minister said these types of weapons are meant for hunting or protecting yourself these are meant for mass murder and only appropriate if at all in the in the room with the warrior in war but not in the citizenry so its a challenge we face in the states and unfortunately i think its going to go on for charo ongar you know i think that that kind of this move will will prompt any sort of soul searching of things to among politicians in washington. If we have an event in las vegas where 50 people are gunned down we have an event in a nightclub in orlando where 50 people are killed if we have the park when School Shooting in these Young Children if we have 2 little children in connecticut there were killed in kindergarten if that wasnt enough i dont think whats happening in canada is going to propel us i think you know i am i only wish is the Tipping Point in the United States so that we can get ourselves there but to date Mass Shootings in the u. S. Have not been it and you know i doubt whether canadas move will propel the United States unfortunately ive asked the goods to achieve many thanks indeed said bruce hyman there in chicago be well. The dramatic drop in oil prices over the past few weeks has contributed to the economic fallout from the Global Pandemic an agreement decided among the worlds Top Producers to cut outputs come into effect and it appears that the deal only came to be after donald trump personally pressured saudi arabia threatening to withdraw u. S. Military support from aljazeera summer punjab heard 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 drum told mom had been sold 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 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. Well they say can they say 10000000 but i think its 15000000 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 now to combine with the 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 stocks 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 booming on positive projections International Oil prices estimated to average around 35. 00 a barrel while the us prices 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 solomon job there. Well the low demand for oil has resulted in oversupply of dozens of saudi tankers a still heading west towards the u. S. Now some politicians there are trying to stop them according to the website tanker truck as well that a 50000000 barrels of Saudi Crude Oil is on its way to american ports marine traffic shows at least 26 tankers in a Southern Africa there are apparently bound for terminals in the gulf of mexico for delivery to refineries and storage sites in texas and louisiana one has already completed a delivery to saudi aramco and refineries in texas but with oil prices sinking to record lows and threatening u. S. Produces some politicians in washington now want the vessels turned back as the nowhere for them to store the oil and. Its director of Energy Policy advisors an Energy Mining Research Advisory company he says that it will be a while before we see the impact of the production cuts. Normally in the Oil Market Takes is quite far delayed when we look at the actual april data you saw production increases coming through so thus on the back of the original breakdown of the opec deal the size of the cuts are pretty staggering for may when you look at them in relation to april so i think there are going to be some countries the are going to quite reach their target certainly at the beginning of the month but there is there is a real issue into as well in terms of Storage Capacity filling up around the world and whether. Countries and companies can actually produce and sell the oil i think the the data will start to be visible over the next couple of weeks theres area early indications there rusher is making the cuts you can see for on the shipping loading data i used an oil tank tracking analytics paranoia last and theyre sharing the russian production in may has already started to fall. By thinking its going to take a few weeks to see the evidence of the large declines coming thrown in cerns of last leaving countries like russia. Other big exporting Oil Producers Africas Largest Oil Producer nigeria relies heavily on revenue from the industry and the huge surplus in Global Supply is causing concern amid address reports from the capital abuja its been a particularly difficult year for nigeria and all dependent economy is struggling low prices and cuts in production resulted in huge loss of revenue but more worrying for africas biggest producer is the damage the current clucked will do. With fuel Storage Facilities the options for nigeria like many small and medium sized produces is to give away its all or shut down somewhere else where 52 days and on president a lot nobody has ever been taken to the beyond but is into storage which includes thats never happened what it means when countries come back to work ill be so much supply that the demand cannot compensate for that revenue shortfall some all have already forced the Nigerian Government to consider almost 40 percent cut in this is spending estimate. 1000000000 it doubles identity for companies that youve had to shut down can i bring back the wealth if i can bring back do with what happens next for you a bit of pain of somebody that you could all but thats not a prominent judge in the current cost of producing a barrel of oil in nigeria is about the same as the market price something produces an expert say isnt sustainable for a long period nigerias oil company then m. P. C. Says its engaging its joint Venture Partners all companies to see how do a father cut production the countrys current output is 1400000. 00 barrels of oil a day and as producers desperately look to shop prices its awful possible that nigeria will be forced to make products experts warn that the current instability in the oil market is said to father damage the economy nigeria imports a significant amount of consumer goods including Refined Petroleum products i believe from the audience and my kids. And thats. True. Internationally. And thats whats much. More important and thats what. A lot of medium average nigerian. A bleak focused they could even get worse if the current market chart continues for a long time comedy preece. This is the news hour from aljazeera still to come on the program it came out of china and it could have been stop donald trump makes more accusations about chinas handling of the pandemic but office no evidence. And Jerusalems Al Aqsa mosque compound islams 3rd holiest site remains closed during ramadan because of coronavirus restrictions. 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 a 2nd time they blame what they say are shortcomings of the test itself rather than reinfection india bought half a 1000000 kids from china its also discovered in accuracies china has defended its products dr patrick tang is division chief of Pathology Sciences at sidra medicine and says that scientists are still trying to develop better testing methods because the virus is still so new. We have to distinguish all the different types of tests out there and how they perform i think one of the problems right now is were mixing all of these different tests that and and grouping them all together and you know casting 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 lapsing. After not fully recovered from the infection and finally there was that possibility that is the false positive. Cast all of those things were 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. Theyre dead birol particles theyre picked up by the task and these people will not be able to transmit the infection to ebook india as expects tending what has been the walls biggest lock down by 2 more weeks put restrictions in some areas will be starting on monday just arizonas about 4 of them has more now from new delhi on the governments strategy to ease the locked out in parts of the country. 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 in 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 the structures mostly in green and. Well as of may the 4th all goods are allowed to be transported there 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 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 holds you know Sports Complex is the main shot and they will be no political social or cultural gatherings the u. K. Says that its conducted more than 120000. 00 coronavirus tests in a single day the government sort itself a target of more than 100000 day by may 1st it comes as the countrys rises to more than 27. More now from london what comes next the testing has been ramped up. 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 not quite comfortably with all the 122000 test of course this is just the start these are the kind of tests that weve seen being used in widespread way in many countries across europe in the british governments been under growing scrutiny as to why it didnt introduce this kind of testing sooner never the less what its hoping to do next is. Higher 18000 officials to take part in tracing and tracking down the spread of the virus so identifying potential clusters advising 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 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 swarms 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 launched the 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 a less the government can see. A steady decline in infection rates and particularly at decline in the deaths there will be no attempt to ease for stricture any time soon the us president says that hes seen evidence that the Novel Coronavirus originated in the bar a tree in the chinese city of han this failed to give any further detail donald trump said that the release of the 19 with the virus that causes covered 19 could have been a horrible mistake but its pretty coherent explains the president didnt say from where he got the information. A Conspiracy Theory has been floating on the fringes of conservative media for weeks and now its made its way to the white house to you seeing anything at this point that gives you a high degree of confidence that there would have instituted a raji was the origin of this virus yes yes i have that was the president of the United States indicating he seen something that says the coronavirus was made in a chinese lab he didnt say if it was from a us agency or from Cable Television where he gets a lot of his information after reports that the city ministration has been trying to get the Intelligence Community to find a connection to the lab the director of National Intelligence issued this statement saying the Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide Scientific Consensus that the covert 1000 virus was not manmade or genetically modified and 2 weeks ago the u. S. Military seemed to make the same conclusion on the on the lab piece but thats theres a lot of. Rumor and speculation in a wide variety of media the blog sites etc should be no surprise to you that weve taken a keen interest in that and weve had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that and i would just say at this point its inconclusive although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural some republicans have been trying to point the blame and public anger at china some even saying they should simply refused to pay china back for the u. S. Bonds it holds the president though said he wouldnt go that far indicating more tariffs could be his response further straining the relationship between the 2. 00 countries and the whole ready stretched Bank Accounts of consumers in the u. S. Who ultimately pay the price for those tariffs pedicle hain aljazeera. James warren is the executive at as a new scott and former managing editor in charge of the Washington Bureau for the Chicago Tribune he says that one lab claim is possible trump is using it for his own political purposes well i think of almost todays Washington Post the best story obscene so far on on everything that we know and dont know about the wires and the bottom line is that the origins remain as murky now as they were months ago. And it remains technically possible that it came from the lamp but the consensus is it probably didnt at the same time one clearly has fair minded scientists and experts in the field who raise at least the possibility of a leak or in some way that having come out of that lap but politically at this point it certainly suits the president s selfinterest to suggest that this was all the fault of the chinese and to that extent one cannot underscore enough the role of one particular key white house aide a former journalist in china for the wall street journal Matthew Poppen there. Who ended up in the u. S. Military after a very good career in journalism who left china he believed distrustful of the regime and was the one who really convince many folks in the white house including the president that the virus was not only spreading beyond the borders of china a few months ago but that there was a clear clear Misinformation Campaign from the regime in beijing and the white house had to be very mindful of. Well white countries are falling into recession tens of millions of people losing their jobs on this labor day workers from some of the Biggest Companies in the u. S. Have joined forces for a mass strike calling for more protections thousands of people are joining what they call a rent strike to demand attention for those struggling with the Economic Cost of the pandemic well because at amazon the worlds most Profitable Company are unhappy about wages of what they call lax Safety Measures employees of amazon subsidiary a whole foods of those working for Food Delivery Companies like insta cause are also protesting theyve being critical in ensuring the flow of food and essential goods during the long downs however they say that theyve been left without protective equipment and tonight a paying crease the doing hazardous work Cathy Feingold is the International Director at the trade Union Federation known as the f l c o an organization that represents more than 12 and a half 1000000 workers she joins us now live from washington good to have you with us kathy what are your members telling you about why they feel the need to take industrial action today absolutely well 1st of all im a day here in the United States really really enjoying my brothers and sisters around the world calling for the same things the renewed social contract we need to see. We need to see Better Health and safety protections we need to see guaranteed hours of work in a formal contract and so thats really where you see workers not only here in the United States right enough to talk about today but also around the world amazon has fired at least 6 employees involved in protests recently is this going to make any difference. We hope it will we think it should send a very strong message to all employers here in the United States and globally but this had any it is making it worse working conditions are already exists but now we need these employers to step up for example workers are getting sick in the amazon warehouses theyre being asked to work longer hours without the necessary protections of social distancing now is the time for employers to make sure that they are in for many that needed safety protection and getting personal Protection Equipment to each worker intel that happens i think were going to see workers continuing to rise up in protest are you getting any feedback in real time today do you know how well observed this section is today how many people have stayed away from work today well i think ive seen things on lie unfortunately were used to marching in the street on may day but now this year its a 1st time weve had to do it virtually what i see is that absolutely there is a lot of activity happening today but i should say that it hasnt just been on a day we have seen these workers arising out throughout this whole pandemic and so i dont think its going to. I expect in a week. Or years it will continue if not increase why do you think these these Companies Look to exploit i mean that this know what the word for it but it but exploit workers like this. Well lets remember when people talk about the fact that we need to get back to a new normal that the normal that existed before was based on labor exploitation in the u. S. And around the world i think you know companies are very concerned in maximizing profits and so thats why here in the u. S. Were making sure that any Government Programs they give money to business it is that those businesses are held accountable they should be maintaining the incomes of workers at their workplaces and not using that income for example for i back to work because taking this action today. Symbolically is among labor day is this kind of industrial action going to be something were going to see more of in the future that i absolutely think so here in the United States this past year we saw one of the highest levels of a worker protest in collective action than weve seen in almost a decade so i do think well we cant rest on the needs are working people will continue to protest and what we need to see is that as we go towards thinking about rebuilding post pandemic we need policies that are implemented it respect and protect the working people Kathy Feingold that talking to us from washington d. C. Many thanks indeed cathy could talk to you thank you. Were going to weather update next here on aljazeera then u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful joe biden speaks out for the 1st time to deny allegations of Sexual Assault. But. Weve had one of the showers around the gulf recently exceed the savvier cloud here just pulling out seem to iran clearing the gulf we have one of 2 showers in doha should be fine through the remainder of stay going on into tomorrow well you might just have wanted to rush i was coming through but the most part as you can see is fine and dry further north at least and half of turkey still seeing some wet weather the showers that stretch from the black sea towards the caspian across caucasus pushing across northern parts of iran and ill continue to just make the well little further research as we go through sunday tended to thin and break as they do say some more sunshine coming through behind temperature 30 celsius little down to race in values but still pleasantly warm nevertheless want to see showers that see into that western side of yemen join in that with the showers across the ethiopian highlands down into kenya down the rift valley some showers there into the gulf of guinea as well and those showers of course they do stretch across west africa as they should do in the edge of the way nicely further north was come back into Central Africa because the big shot was there just around the democratic republic of congo some showers into northern parts of tanzania south africa on the other hand while much of Southern Africa as you can see is fine in fry clear skies in johannesburg with a high of 20 degrees. 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It is good terry with us hello adrian from going to hear how with the news hour from now sarah headlines canada is banning assault style weapons off the countrys deadliest mass shooting 2 weeks ago with immediate effect. Will be a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons they already have. An agreement among the worlds top Oil Producers to cut out post has not come into effect a reduction of 10000000 barrels a day the Global Pandemic is quarter dramatic drop in oil demand and. Prices. India is extending whats been the worlds biggest knock down by 2 weeks of restrictions in some areas and also be eased something monday the long term measures began in. Top story the effects of the pandemic on the oil industry as we reported its self a twin shocks of both supply and demand too much crude has been produced on the global shutdown has meant that not enough of it is being used thats resulted in a crisis of where to store it all the joy 100 reports from chicago. 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. It has. 6 now you browse. Storage our right now there and out so. Everyone scrambled it arent. The same use of ocean going tankers just a little or no 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 known void in case of an act of god virus. Situation supply. Period its a major. A dramatic imbalance with no sign of ending any time soon john hendren 0 chicago south africa has begun to ease restrictions off the 5 weeks of lockdown to tackle the pandemic some businesses are being allowed to reopen from friday and people cannot leave their homes to exercise the government says it will deploy more soldiers to ensure that social distancing rules follows. As in johannesburg with more on how the 1st day of the eased restrictions have gone this is the main highway between johannesburg. And police have sits up one of the largest road blocks in this area theyre also soldiers to ensure that people arent hearing to the lock down restrictions now the 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 they adhere 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. Police will likely see thousands of vehicles come through this roadblock during the course of the day they are about 7000. 00 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. Are being eased even just slightly the government has deployed more soldiers and police to ensure the people id hearing to the lock down regulations and even those of africas no move to level full one level lower than previously were actually seeing more officials and more Security Officials monitoring the lockdown a rocket attack by forces loyal to the libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has killed at least 2 civilians in tripoli earlier the un recognized government carried out air strikes on a half ton military convoy south of the gulf the capital the government of National Accord has rejected a cease fire called by the ward for the month of ramadan where libyas been divided by warring factions since the overthrow of the longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi 9 years ago and many groups back one of 2 main rival forces the un recognized government and tripoli controls the area in blue here. Shes in charge of the capital as Prime Minister while the warlord commands the self declared Libyan National army controls the areas in red after allied ministrations based in the eastern city of to broke forces loyal to him have been trying to take control of tripoli for the last year aljazeera holed up the one that is in tripoli and says that Khalifa Haftar suffered major losses in recent days. On the front lines the Government Forces have been carrying out airstrikes targeting get a convoy of military vehicles and including the. Trucks loaded with fuel they would on their way to have to us forces they were targeted by the Government Air force in central libya they were on their way to have to his forces and the city of the hohner and in southern tripoli the Government Military sources also say that they targeted. Individuals have to prove how to individuals and military vehicles in other words here a debate is about at 150 kilometers to the indus in southern west of the capital tripoli the government of National Court on the other hand says that it is rejecting get any. Truce announcement or proposal by have to his forces a less its been a good anted and sponsored by the International Community to say that given the fact that have terrorists cannot be trusted and he directed many cease fire proposals in the past stuff under john mchugh is a spokesman for the United Nations secretarygeneral he says the peace talks in libya must resume the mission calls it when both parties to seize this opportunity to media we called all military operations resume the 5. 5 joint military Commission Jobs on burchill basis it did it with the goal to reach a permanent cease fire based upon the draft agreements proposed by the mission on february 3rd the u. N. Mission welcomes the initiatives that will allow the libyan people or the brunt of the conflict preserve the holy month of ramadan peace the mission urges all parties to refrain from any provocative acts were statements that are the prospect of a genuine truce and its just it. 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 to save lebanon from bankruptcy but the countrys Banking Association says that it cant and doss the plan and that it wasnt even consulted the same to hold the reports from beirut the plan hasnt satisfied protesters either. 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. Away so. Its because of the. Economy situation which was caused by the subsequent governments lebanon 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. 6 prices of basic goods have increased by more than 50 percent while the local currency the leader 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. Now its a bit different. The same. 30 percent of registered companies have closed and the Labor Ministry says 20 percent have reduced. 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 the some people fear the country is sliding into chaos the middle class is becoming work 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 for their beirut. As Prime Minister apologize for the economic hardships and by his people during the coronavirus pandemic on monday the government has to ease whats been europes longest lock down but there are concerns that the road to recovery may take even longer. Explains. Food on the table and some hope this store run by the clergy in northern italy is helping some of these men and women whove been out of work for weeks theyve been living through the worlds longest and some of the toughest don measures. Dont see any if i come here because i dont know how to cope i have no savings i dont earn anything the situation gets worse and worse i cant do anything but come here. Things are even worse for some of the 600000 undocumented mostly african migrants who barely found enough work to survive before the outbreak no food not in the i have to. Not have the. Oakum is no good and they have. Italy has endured the worst of the corona Virus Outbreak in europe with the highest number of deaths in the region and now with a fall in the daily number of infections and deaths the government is allowing factories Construction Projects and parks to reopen starting on monday putting 4000000 people back to work but with the limited easing of restrictions has come a surge of anger from people barely coping under the strain of a pandemic and its Economic Cost. Bill responsible and staying at home for the last 2 months for 2 months to tally and Prime Minister decepticon to has been the only one speaking in making decisions social problems are growing also because many of the promises the government made have not materialized on friday Prime Minister just epic contrie apologized in social media for the hardships italians have endured and promised new measures for aid and economic recovery but even before the pandemic italy had one of the highest unemployment rates in the European Union and a large government debt. And now the euro zones 3rd biggest economy is facing a deep recession i think is going to be extremely difficult for italy to recover from the pandemic in part because its even my performance has been so poor over the past 2 decades it hadnt yet recovered from the 20089 financial crisis and the eurozone crisis of 2012 and indeed italians are scarcely richer than they were 20 years ago when their country joined the euro and that means that the underlying performance of the economy even in good times is weak. During that difficult weeks of the pandemic italians have relied on each other to support the many who have been struggling there are fears that those hardships may continue if its lease fragile economy doesnt recover soon priyanka gupta. Theres growing concern that the corona virus could be spreading undetected through parts of yemen containment measures have been stepped up after officials there recorded the 1st 2 deaths on wednesday charlotte ballasts reports. Inside the walls of the hospital in aden patients are dying of a mysterious respect her illness. The u. N. Says its likely corona virus is spreading undetected in yemen doctors are on alert yet the patients results a negative at the in the. Situation is very tragic during the last 2 days weve had 2 deaths and then 3 deaths as a result of infections in the wrist perche retract the strange thing is that the Current Affairs tests a negative but the symptoms of the cases suggest its a similar disease or the corona virus is present it was not diagnosed correctly. Human recorded its 1st case of corona virus on a protein there were no further cases reported into wednesday nearly 3 weeks later here at Aden German International Hospital with 5 cases were confirmed Humans Health minister says 2 of those people dies human in its Health System have been ravaged by 5 years of civil war the u. N. Has wound if coronavirus catches hold it will be catastrophic only half of humans medical facilities a functional the population is acutely malnourished there is a cholera epidemic and more than 24000000 people need aid to survive and that. We expect the spread of more cases but we can mitigate the spread of people follow instructions was protective measures like wearing face masks social distancing staying at home and washing their hands regularly. After the new cases were revealed a brief curfew was in acted in aid in the city closed its mosques in moves and extended the shutdown of restaurants and markets a number of private hospitals in aden stopped receiving patients. In the capital sanaa Health Workers have been disinfecting in fumigating the streets for more than a month this week they moved in to disinfect shops in the busy double salon. Good place. After the suspected cases were discovered we hope that sterilization measures are intensified and people adhere to Wearing Masks and taking preventive measures human reading the wounds and largest humanitarian crisis trying to keep our pain dimmick that may already be in the midst shall not ballasts. Us president ial hopeful joe biden a spokesman for the 1st time about allegations of Sexual Assault involving a former employee the former Vice President told us media he did not assault tara reid when she worked for him in 1993 journey his time as a senator. From the very beginning you know ive said believe me women means taking the womans claim seriously where she steps forward and then vet it look into it this is this thats true in this case as well one would have a right to be heard and the and 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 a White House Correspondent kimberly hell could has more now 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 in 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 of false accusations given the fact he believes that his Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh was also falsely accused during his confirmation hearing so 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 bidens denials. Just ahead here on the news are closed during ramadan Jerusalems Al Aqsa compound the light places to place of worship but is due to coronavirus restrictions. Again for the 2nd friday of ramadan Jerusalems Al Aqsa mosque compound remains closed and the streets of the old city are unusually quiet as 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 lockdown herefore supports. 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 of 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 glorified he says business is holding to nothing as customers save their money and theres no familia ramadan boost to make up for it. We white 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 in thoughts of religious observance a competing with anxiety of a job and finances and is even younger so 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 as alex 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 for ramadan in 2021 perry force it out 0 occupied East Jerusalem. Finally spain has closed its largest Field Hospital as infection rates that continue to Fall Health Care workers for the cost of all the lost patients left the a famous clinic in the dritte they celebrated alongside members of the fire service of service he went to completely dismantle dismantled in case of a 2nd wave roughly 4000 patients trishul the time for us in doha to hand the back to our College Colleagues in london to ring in here just a few months ill see you again. Freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. But for afghan traders who brave the work on corydoras that its no choice. Combating the impossible to sell their goods and isolated areas. We follow that daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. Risking it all afghanistan on aljazeera. Save humanity i really really not getting anywhere. A lot again a fellow being in control dont know what is tremendous for the country so i think in the u. S. Determined to go could use a look at the point of a sword to avenge its people slaughtered 88 years earlier he smashes the frankish ali captures the king of jerusalem he sees is the true cross and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective the result 3 unification on the jersey of. We understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound so no matter how you take a aljazeera were bringing you the news and Current Affairs that matter team. Down to 0. Or. Thousands of military style weapons banned in canada following the countrys deadliest mass shooting. Youre watching al jazeera live from london im dreading obligates also ahead the Worlds Largest lockdown extended by 2 more weeks but indias government eases some restrictions to keep the economy moving. Resistance to lebanons Financial Rescue plan as the government turns to the International Monetary fund for help