Monetary fund for help. And u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful joe biden denies allegations of Sexual Assaults made by a former senate colleague. Below canada is banning assault style weapons after the countrys deadliest mass shooting 2 weeks ago the ban comes into effect immediately but there will be a 2 year amnesty for people to dispose of weapons they already own while the government also plans to introduce a Buyback Program last month 22 people were killed in nova scotia when a man dressed as a polish man went on a shooting spree 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 so that was the Prime Minister speaking earlier on lets bring in dana like hes joining us from toronto what more do we know about this legislation daniel. Well its safe to say that the government was prompted into action by this this government led by Justin Trudeau 1st elected in 2015 and promising some gun control measures in response to gun crime and other things in canada not to mention Mass Shootings in the United States but they moved rather slowly they brought in much less than they promised last weeks shooting in nova scotia was definitely what got them moving this is a big long list of weapons at least 1500 weapons many of them modeled on the a ar 15 a very familiar weapon to those who follow the news of Mass Shootings in the United States not clear if the nova scotia shooter was using one of these banned weapons but other mass shooters in canada have used them in the past most recently 3 years ago when the mosque in quebec city was attacked that shooter did use a variation on the a r 15 as you said there are talk of a Buyback Program there is estimated to be maybe about 150000 or so weapons like this on the banned list in canada held legally by people gun collectors target shooters and the like so they have 2 years to turn them back in to get rid of them legally to dispose of them or even possibly to export them and sell them there are totally illegal in canada now the government has said it will consider buying some of them no details on that yet what is not being banned though are handguns which do cause a vast majority of the gun deaths and injuries in canada handguns are practically illegal here for individuals to use who arent gun collectors members of gun clubs and they come illegally over the border from the United States some estimates more than 90 percent of those used in crime handguns come from the United States so critics are saying this banning of assault weapons well certainly widely supported by members of the public in urban areas and elsewhere isnt necessarily the key to getting rid of gun crime in canada having a tighter border with the United States is more inspections for illegal handguns and that sort of thing but absolutely no question though that the. The public is behind this polls have indicated Something Like 80 to 90 percent of canadians want to see more gun control and the government has taken its 1st quite dramatic steps along that road all right daniel lak with an update from toronto daniel thank you. Now the World Health Organization says its confident the coronavirus is natural in origin that comes after speculation including from the u. S. President donald trump that it was created in a lab we listened again and again scientists who looked at the sequences looked at this one of us and we were assured this was natural in origin and what is important is that we establish what that natural host for this virus is. And the primary purpose of doing that is to ensure that we understand the virus more we understand the animal human. Interface and we understand that human species barrier was breached and the purpose of understanding that is that we can put in place the necessary prevention and Public Health measures to prevent that happening again anywhere south korea and india have stopped using chinese made rapid coronavirus test kits after they were found to be faulty so scientists in south korea say hundreds of people who had recovered were found to be positive for the disease when retested they blame shortcomings in the test itself and said the patients were not re infected india about half a 1000000 kids from china before also discovering in accuracies china has defended the products. Well india is extending whats been the Worlds Largest lock down by 2 more weeks but restrictions in some low risk areas will be eased. 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 restrictions mostly in green and orange zones so watch well as of may the 4th all goods are allowed to be transported they will be buses in green zones but with 50 percent seizing capacity taxis are allowed to 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 rail travel hospitality Restaurants Hotels remain shut no interstate movement no movement between states and things like cinema halls you know malls sports complexes for main shot and they will be no political social or cultural gatherings. Of the number of deaths in the u. K. From corona virus has risen to just over 27 and a half 1000 elsewhere spain appears to be showing signs of recovery and in baba has the latest on the virus in iraq. Throwing things are going in the right direction in spain Health Workers celebrating the closure of a huge Field Hospital installed at the end of march in madrid largest Conference Center but all broke up with 19 infections are these facilities will remain in place in case theres a new outbreak in the 110th of them all and i feel happy because we have won the 1st battle of this great virus so lets hope it was the war but if not we will return here with more strength than before to continue fighting spains had one of the toughest lock downs but from this weekend people will be allowed to leave home for exercise on their own of course the crisis is having a huge financial afflicted too the government now says it expects the economy to shrink by 9. 2 percent this year the only places in europe with higher official death tolls than spain or italy and here in britain following fierce criticism over the relatively low covered 19 testing levels the British Government has been increasing its capacity it wants to put in place a network to test track and trace people with the virus as it looks to ease lock down restrictions and its announced its a past its target of 100000 tests a day for the end of april testing is crucial to suppress the virus i know from personal experience to just how much people with symptoms want to know if theyve got the disease i know that i did it helps remove the worry it helps keep people safe and it will help us to unlock the lock down. Meanwhile worrying statistics of emerge suggesting coronavirus disparities a new study in england says the death rate among British Black africans and british pakistanis is more than 2 and a half times that of the white population and people in the poorest parts of britain are dying from covered 19 a double the rate of people in the richest areas on friday the french president explained the traditional may day events including protests to work possibly because of coronavirus restrictions but he said the spirits of workers solidarity is stronger than ever. Its thanks to the work is being celebrated today that our nation is Still Standing its thanks to the work and dedication of our Health Workers our Security Forces and our military that were saving so many lives every day there were demonstrations elsewhere like this one else id the Greek Parliament in athens keeping their distance but determined to keep up the pressure of the government. In the unaired today the countrys working class despite the protective measures to minimize the spread of the fire is here has a voice demands not to be burdened by the crisis which is excel or rating because of the pandemic. Friday also marked the Catholic Churchs feast of st joseph the work of pope francis used the morning mass in the vatican to say too many people globally are either denied a fair wage or treated like slaves in forced labor his audience just a few moans and priests his message universal the aljazeera. Former u. S. Vice president and democratic president ial hopeful joe biden has publicly denied an allegation of Sexual Assault the accusation made by former senate aide tara reid threatened to derail his president ial campaign alan fischer reports by it still many to talk about the biden president ial campaign for weeks and it wasnt going away former senate aide tara reid claims she was sexually assaulted when she worked with then senator joe biden and allegations she only made public in the last few weeks an allegation biden could no longer ignore no it is not true im saying on a quickly it never never happened and it didnt it never happened i dont remember any type of complaint she may have made it was 27 years ago and i dont remember nor does anyone else that im aware of democrats have been pushed to address the allegation in the last few days Speaker Nancy Pelosi who endorsed by this week insisted she has no doubts about the former Vice President i have a great Comfort Level with the situation as i see it with all the respect in the world for any woman who comes forward. Republicans accuse democrats of double standard saying they would ignoring the allegation against their president ial hopeful while they piled on when Supreme CourtJustice Brett kavanaugh was accused of Sexual Assault the for his eventual confirmation more than 20 women have accused President Donald Trump of Sexual Assault he was also caught on tape bragging of assaulting women he denies all the allegations and offered to put support to joe biden at the white house on thursday you know. It could be false accusations i know about false accusations have been falsely charged numerous times and there is such a thing one political analyst says republicans will use the one allegation against joe biden to continue to attack him one of the things that the trump people do in their Strategic Maneuvers is they dont try to claim to be superior they trying to create moral equivalence so they say youre just as bad as i am which makes you a hypocrite which makes you worse you know. You know its a period of that what did your job id knew he could no longer ignore the allegation against him hes ahead in the polls particularly with women hell be hoping by addressing it no it wont continue to be an issue in november election alan Fischer Al Jazeera washington still to come on aljazeera 5 weeks after coronavirus restrictions were imposed South Africans slowly begin to emerge from lockdown. And unusual quiet at jerusalems and some mosque other coronavirus pandemic is affecting worship during the holy month off from eye to. How it got sunshine and showers across much of europe at the moment mind you into the. South its looking largely financial i warm sunshine pushing across a good part of spain as we go through the next couple of days we look a little further north as lots of cloud lots of rain piling in from the atlantic blustery showers rattling across the northwest pushing into northern parts of germany and pushing their way right across into the Baltic States easing over towards that western side of russia russia showers into central parts down into the balkans pushing over to. Pushing frost remain here and up into ukraine there you go theres that sunshine in sioux or spain madrid at 26 celsius and rising we could hit 32 degrees by the start of next week about 29 there as we go on through sunday still some showers there into france but fewer and further between joe see the showers a little further east with some of the on the shop side from time to time in turkey staying in the mix with some shabby rain from time to time across Northern Africa here it is settled you can see the seasonal rains across the heart of africa some big downpours that bring out just around us and the African Republic easing over towards cameroon into west africa some of the in the shop side from time to time and the shasta in very nicely pushing right across sierra leone. But. When covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread across asia. Some in the west criticized countermeasures as to harm or to we. Have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. Coronavirus lessons from asia on a jersey or. The. Fellow again the top stories on aljazeera assault style rifles are being immediately bans in canada more than 1500. 00 models of gun will be outlawed and this comes after the countrys worst ever mass shooting just under 2 weeks ago. The World Health Organization says it doesnt believe the coronavirus was manmade thats after u. S. President donald trump claimed hed seen evidence it came from a lab in the chinese city of. The u. S. President ial hopeful joe biden has denied allegations of Sexual Assault involving a former employee its the 1st time the former Vice President has spoken out about the accusation which dates back to 9293. 00. Lebanon has officially signed a request for assistance from the International Monetary fund to help fix the countrys crippling financial problems the government says its one measure to save the country from bankruptcy but that hasnt stopped its esters taking to the streets again xina holder who was with the crowds of beiruts. Keeping the hope for change alive lebanese return to the central beirut square were 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 or. A person like me should be in a senior position like away for you know its because. The overall 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 must give us loans again to put us even larger public privatizing the whole. State and i dont think that can help 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 theyre wasting no. Burden on the business because when the inflation im buying their own restaurant now its a bit different. The price. Im the people are still paid the same a little bit misleading. 30 percent of registered companies have closed and the Labor Ministry says 20 percent have reduced employee salaries by half 35. 00 news about 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 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 if admits the road will not be easy to set up for their beirut. An agreement among the worlds Top Producers to cut outputs is now in effect it follows a collapse in global prices. Spurred by a slump in demand because of the pandemic but the deal to cut output came with a lot of infighting between the Major Oil Producers so they met in vienna in early march to work out how to keep prices stable but failed to reach an agreement opec recommended taking one and a half 1000000 Barrels Per Day off the market if russia agreed to cut production as well russia refused done so opecs top producer saudi arabia retaliated by announcing a production increase instead the price war lasted nearly a month and prices dropped below 20. 00 a barrel moscow and riyadh resolved their differences and agreed to gradually cut production by 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day american producers may have been hurt most by the price war prices for u. S. Crude collapsed on april 20th and briefly went negative for the 1st time so the arabia and kuwait say theyve lost their output ahead of the may 1 production deadline well nigeria is Africas Largest Oil Producer it relies heavily on oil revenue to support its economy but the huge surplus in Global Supply is causing further damage. By disease reports from abuja its been a particularly difficult year for nigerians whose 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 blocked will do with you Storage Facilities the options for nigeria like many small and medium sized produces is to give always oil or shut down some wells. Why do you have 52 days and on president a lot nobody has ever been taken to the beyond but is into storage within 2 weeks 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 youre better off paying off somebody that you could all but thats not a permanent that judging the current cost of producing a barrel of oil in nigeria is about the same as the market price something produces and experts 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 product i believe you. Me and that much and its. True. That a lot. Internationally. And thats what. Price or important and thats. A little even for an average nigeria a big forecast that could even get worse if the kind of market charge continues for a long time. Well the u. N. Mission in libya has urged the countrys tripoli based government to agree to a truce called for by warlords the half the forces loyal to the u. N. Recognized governments have been making significant gains in their battle against and they say the eastern based warlord wants the time to regroup their heart and reports 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 his popular mandate to govern libya but that was shortly after losing more ground in his military campaign to take control of the capital it will be. Bad this is his forces that was significant growth. On some of those bridges and then also d in the. Major was. Able to this was the amount of losses both boat battles and strategic interest. In the but 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 it 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 backing the un recognized government in tripoli appear to have the upper hand in the ever changing battle for control of libya were hearting al jazeera. South africa has started easing some coronavirus restrictions off for 5 weeks under lockdown some businesses have been allowed to reopen and people can leave their homes to exercise for mr miller has more from johannesburg. This is the main highway between johannesburg. And police have set up one of the largest road blocks in this area theyre also soldiers to ensure that people arent hearing to the lockdown restrictions now 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 bad and. Police will likely see thousands of vehicles come through this roadblock during the course of the day there 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 while distinctions 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 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. For the 2nd friday of ramadan jerusalems an exxon mosque compound remains closed and the streets of the old city are unusually quiet. Living in occupied East Jerusalem are having to adjust to a new way of observing the holy month and theyre dealing with the Economic Uncertainty of the lock down Harry Fawcett reports holy month of islams 3rd holiest site and the courtyards around the locks a mosque in the dome of the rock or empty mass prayer band to help stop the spread of the coronavirus usually tens of thousands of worshippers many from new york the pied west bank who come here each day to pray the effects are being felt beyond this sacred site by the people who live and work in the alley ways of the old city. Lockdown has already brought serious hardship for a fight 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 and thoughts of religious observance are competing with anxiety of a job and finances and 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 relief 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 work decided to spin the prius. The 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 harry for sit out his ear occupied East Jerusalem. Tel aviv and the headlines on aljazeera assault style rifles are being immediately bans in canada the announcement from Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau comes after the countrys worst ever mass shooting just under 2 weeks ago then a man shot 13 people dead and killed another 9 in an attack in nova scotia more than 1500 models of gun will be outlawed with owners given 2 years to hand them in or have them deactivated. 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 the World Health Organization says it doesnt believe the coronavirus was manmade the agencys emergencies chief michael ryan said scientists are certain the disease occurred naturally he was responding to a question about u. S. President trumps claim hed seen evidence it came from a Lab Scientists in south korea say it appears having coronavirus stops you getting it again they now say that tests showing people had caught the virus twice were faulty the chinese made rapid test kits have also been withdrawn in india after in accuracies were spotted nearly 300. 00 South Koreans were thought to have been infected again after taking the tests u. S. President ial hopeful joe biden has denied an accusation of Sexual Assaults the Presumptive Democratic nominee said the claim of an assault dating back from 1903 was not true terry it who worked for biden when he was a senator said he endure against the wall and he touched her inappropriately. From the very beginning you know ive said believe me women means taking the womans claims seriously when she steps forward and then vet it and look into it this is this that is true in this case as well women have a right to be heard and to bend 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 all right well youre up to date with all the latest headlines on al jazeera well have more news coming up at the top of the hour for now its risking it all in afghanistan thats next but by