A leaked document reveals the daily death toll could double by early june. And nigeria is locked down restrictions in some places fears of a new outbreak emerge in the countrys north. And coordinated attacks in iraq killed 14 members of the Security Forces we meet the group that was targeted. Welcome to the news our World Leaders organizations and banks have pledged 8000000000. 00 for research into a Coronavirus Vaccine and treatments the e. U. Which hosted the online fundraiser hopes it will kick start unprecedented Global Cooperation and this comes as europes worst affected country italy began listening tough social restrictions that means people can go back to work visit family and some business. A reopening after 8 weeks in lockdown alexia brown begins our coverage. Of the how good theyve been waiting for for 2 months. Old grandfather and granddaughter 3 united. During the korean teen we were desperate because now i call you can speak for how excited i am too excited we have only seen her with video calls for 2 months but it was not the same it couldnt be the same. Quarter when i saw her my heart stopped it seemed to be a century since id seen her after the longest lockdown in europe family visits ever allowed but only of relatives live in the same region. Elsewhere the queues were back at romes main determining station though its not just take it but temperatures being taken. By a lot of the what is that obviously after staying at home for almost 60 days it feels good i feel good and i feel safe. Across as a lay more than 4000000 people were back at work as construction sites and factories reopened and restaurants were allowed to sell takeaway food but taking public transport is still being discouraged by government and mosques a compulsory when share in public spaces and doors. Funerals remain limited to 15 people but the bereaved able to lay flowers on the graves of the dead the florists nearby carefully disinfected. With more than 210000 reported cases and around 29000. 00 deaths italy is one of the worst affected countries government leaders fear the loosening of restrictions will lead to a resurgence in cases Health Care Workers are taking extreme measures to track infections isolate clusters and make sure hospitals and overwhelmed again. Want to get every morning. Were being careful trying not to do too many things but at least were finally outside and breathing some fresh air families making the most of the sunshine and parks that have been reopened so playgrounds remain off limits but some of them think youre happy because finally today they have opened up or gezi after having close to 4 months and a half even though obviously my daughter was disappointed to find the playground up walked off there are many reminders that life isnt the same with school cinemas and theaters shot indefinitely but those ancient country has witnessed plagues before and recovered italians just need to find a balance between staying safe and embracing their new found freedom. Brian al jazeera. Francesco gambit tony joins us live on skype from well and good to have you with us just tell us a little bit more really about how italians a feeling the must be mixed emotions sort of life tries to get back to normal. Well you are as you were saying they were saying the emotions are definitely makes because there is excitement for this 1st return to a sort of normal life of course with masks with social distancing with new rules but many people where on the streets today thousands of people went on the streets today because. The service was saying there was a lifting on the restrictions on personal freedom so people are now allowed to go out for a walk or to go to visit their family and the police cannot check who they are actually going to meet for privacy reasons so much is left to the sense of responsibility of the italians and there are on the other side there are also concerns that this face if the responsibility d doesnt work this phase could bring to a 2nd wave of cases so of course the next 2 weeks will be crucial to understanding of the lockdown will continue or not here in italy gives you touch upon the issue of concern about a 2nd wave if it does happen whats the strategy of the government to either prevent that 2nd wave or put in the stops stops and checks that it requires to make sure 2nd wave doesnt happen. Well the apparent lack of a strategy is one of the reasons that worry people more because it doesnt seem to be as it doesnt seem that there are new measures to control the virus except from masks mandatory and public transport close spaces and in the distance and growth thats why many people are worried nothing was said about the possibility of increasing the number of tests in march and in february were not enough for everyone who needed to be tested there is a long public debate about the content tracing app that the government is working on but this app is not ready and the government didnt even decide to isolate infected people in facilities like hotels to avoid in fact ing family members so its not easy also to understand why some regions are making immunity tests and some are not as i was saying before much as still asked to the responsibility of people but these people are also asking authorities to implement new strategies to fight the possible new cases after 2 months or. So the latest from jessica battery thank you now the search for a crown of honest vaccine and treatment has been given a big boost for leaders from the e. U. And other nations have pledged 8000000000 dollars for research that the United States didnt participate in the Video Conference that included president s prime Ministers Health officials and other donors china hope. Corona virus is going away so the world must find ways to live with it better ways of testing for it more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually a vaccine against it. The practice on many the goal is one to defeat this virus and virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the Global Response its not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good. Measure of science and. Its really. Now. Why. The u. S. Isnt involved and while china is offering to help there are concerns the worlds Top Economists already had political loggerheads may engage in a vaccine war donald trump has already claimed a vaccine is just months away scientists point out that even if a vaccine is discovered in months it will be a lot longer than that before its stale dup and available to the billions wholl need it which is why its so important to find drug treatments that work in the meantime both are central to the funds being pledged and both are at advanced stages of trialing and research here at the university of oxford professor Martin Landry is leading the Worlds LargestClinical Trial into coronavirus drug treatments a project called recovery hes hoping to find an existing drug or combination of drugs that works to save lives well before a vaccine becomes globally available. I think your is probably too strong i dont think therell be a single drug that suddenly wipes out clone a virus but i think effective treatments are in sight and theyre critical theyre critical because patients are dying today and tomorrow and the day after and even with the best will in the world with 18 months off having a scaled up vaccine at best we need treatments that deal with the problem of now. Only in europe and parts of asia are there real signs of an infection slowdown globally new cases of covert 19 are being reported at more or less the same rate as they were a month ago he was a greatest for the developing world where social distancing is an adequate impossible the greatest hope lies in a global effort against a global threat jonah how aljazeera oxford the hardest hit country in the middle east is reopening some mosques but irans capital tehran remains a virus hotspot president rouhani says social distancing is more important collective prayer. Is in the capital. Irans government announced the names of more than 100. 00 towns and cities across the country that they now consider safe or white stones these are places that Health Officials say have seen a dramatic drop in the rate of infection of the coronavirus mosques have the green light to go ahead and reopen their doors and in some cases friday prayer congregations will also go back to normal but it has to be said these are small Population Centers in a very big country to iran still one of the worst affected places in iran this city remains a red zone major religious sites into one musher than home in the cities places that were considered hotspots for the virus at the start of this outbreak those remain closed for now when the pandemic began in iran the government response was about weighing what was good for Public Health against what was good for the countrys Economic Health some say iran implemented a lockdown too late and reopened too early now in the islamic fasting month of ramadan the countrys leaders are under pressure to find a balance between managing Public Health and the countrys Spiritual Health we have to remember that modern day iran was built on the back of a religious revolution this is a country that has a large and vocal population of religious people and this is one of the most religious months of the islamic calendar its a time of religious gatherings and the government will no doubt be feeling the pressure to reopen places of mass worship some mosques like the one behind me local neighborhood houses of god have restarted limited operating hours individuals can go inside and pray throughout the day but as long as they maintain social distancing measures its a small but significant nod by the government to the countrys religious identity but bigger gatherings of any kind for any sort of mass worship remain forbidden. Well hundreds of Migrant Workers stranded in western india her fault with police. Workers from across the country have been stuck in suter since covert 19 restrictions began in late march they say the government hasnt provided them with promised food and train tickets home and government leaders say doctors need time to check their infections. Now the trumpet ministration is predicting coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Will reach 3000 today by june the 1st now thats according to an internal report seen by the New York Times the document also forecasts about 200000 new cases each day by the end of the month it comes as a number of states and started to reopen their economies despite warnings from some Public Health experts well lets go live to our White House Correspondent kelly healthcare in washington d. C. And of course the death toll being apparently much higher than is officially forecast in the usa where is this all coming from. Yes coming from the centers for Disease Control modeling and also fimo which is the federal Emergency Management agency these are Government Agencies and certainly the trumpet ministration has access to this information and we started to see on sunday evening the changing of this projected death toll and also the number of infections when the u. S. President was speaking at a town hall he talked about how initially it was thought that there would be 60000 deaths the number he put forward that was downgraded from an initially very high number now saying it be closer to 100000 but these models from within these agencies suggest that it is much much higher you pointing out there that it could be 200000 a day and deaths as high as 3000 a day by june the question becomes with such high numbers why is the administration pressing for the reopening of these economies now that is something that the administration is going to have to speak to but for its part it has just responded in the last hour to this wide reporting about these new numbers saying that these are not Trump Administration models that they have not been reviewed by the current virus taskforce that these guidelines that they have for states to reopen are based on science and also that the white house is monitoring the state led efforts to reopen their economy so it doesnt seem to speak to the question of why this administration is turning a blind eye to these numbers but those numbers have now been made public and as they continue to sort of reverberate across the United States certainly this will be astonishing to Many Americans indeed but it also feeds it in directly kimberly to this very nasty war of words over covert 19 between the u. S. And china and its getting very contentious. Its getting very contentious and increasingly we see a number of members of the trumpet ministration laying blame against china for what the United States is now dealing with you have to put this into the context of an Election Year it certainly bears repeating that this was once the historically low unemployment Strong Economy all of thats been obliterated as a result of covert 19 this is ministration and particularly this president is looking for someone to blame and its very easy to blame the Chinese Government given the fact that. We dont know because of the classified nature of the intelligence the president has provided per syslog when he knew what he knew now he is since this thing that the initial intelligence he was provided was downplayed that this would not be severe and when it became clear that it was very he began those travel restrictions particularly from china in january that did lead to we should point out at least 40000 people coming from china following those closures so the u. S. President is insisting that hes done all he can but of course this is something that his democratic opponents have seized upon given the fact that they believe that he could have done more and the president they say has blood on his hands given the high number of deaths that are occurring now in terms of these models we now know that the numbers will be even higher can be held to a White House Correspondent. On Chinese State media say the u. S. Has been throwing around groundless accusations over the origins of going to you katrina you is in beijing with reaction to it. Theres been a escalating war of words between the u. S. And china in recent months and this latest state media editorial is only adding fuel to that fire so it was in the global times which is a Chinese State media newspaper and its published both in english and mandarin and both versions really had searing words attacking secretary of state mike pompei oh in particular they called him a liar saying that he quote is engaging in filthy behavior to mislead the public and that hes lost his moral compass theyve also accused Michael Pompei of really only being interested in getting donald trump reelected in the next elections in november and in store king and the chinese hatred in order to do this now this is in response to the comments we had earlier of my composure saying that there is significant evidence that corba 1000 region ated in a chinese lad in the history of roller g. And they doing has flat out denied this its also denied that its engaging in any cover up would just Information Campaign and this editorial is really demanding that mike pompei and his colleagues really produce this evidence that they say they say that they have and theres just said look hes really just engaging according to state media in a bluff in a big bluff and really just continuing this anti chinas Smear Campaign in order to divert attention from washingtons mishandling of the crisis back home. Is an associate professor in the school of policy and government at George Mason University joins me now via skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program so i mean it would be easy for the u. S. To point fingers now but china could have done that back at the u. S. In 2008 during the financial meltdown. Sure they could have and there were fingers pointed at the u. S. But i think people at that time all around the world were concentrating on how do we stop this financial pandemic and today it is very bad news not just for the United States and china but for the world that the 2 largest economies and 2 of the most important nations are in a blame game a war of words that is going to really hurt cooperation as weve already seen with america withdrawing funding from the World Health Organization in the past 24 hours weve seen this war of words over the source of the outbreak the u. S. Saying one thing the china saying you have a how do you sort of analyze the way that china sort of rebuffing the statements well it is amazing how china has gotten so good at International Media because they released a short cartoon about a minute and a half film that ad teams from madison avenue would be very proud of its brilliant it takes trumps own words his own contradictory statements his own lies and accurately depicts them and makes america look stupid and its devastatingly effective and so china is anxious for the world to forget its mistakes its lies the way it kept the truth in the early days of this epidemic when it was just an epidemic and it was located in will one day want to focus on trumps obvious misbehavior lies and incompetence but the attacks on china come from various angles of various Pincer Movement perhaps because states within the us also putting pressure on china by taking suing them taking them to court and thats independent of what President Trump is saying yes it is but i dont think those are anything more than governors attempting to find someone to blame also there is no chance whatsoever that any of these lawsuits are going to have any Financial Impact that they are farcical. What do you make of statements such as china is running a classic communist disinfo mation scenario which sort of harks back to that sort of china u. S. Cold war pre 970. 00 s. Well i think its good rhetoric to come from the transit ministration because china isnt very popular they are communist dictatorship but i think the chinese are not running a classic communist Propaganda Campaign theyre getting damn good at it and communist propaganda tended to be very heavy handed i think the chinese are also going to be learning from what the russians did in 2016 in the way they manipulated misinformation on social media to help elect President Trump china may not not want to reelect trump but they will want to be involved in american campaigns of course the talk is about the november election and the focus on the way that the trumpet ministration is talking about this scenario either its a blame game or its trying to divert the scenario of whether the trumpet ministration have acted in the interests of the American People and this will come down to the people in november how important do you think the rhetoric right now is for an election in november. What a long wait till november but i dont see how trump can do anything but seek for someone else to blame we are 4 percent of the worlds population we have one 3rd of the cases of this virus on earth as far as we know we have about one 5th or one 4th of all the fatalities in the whole world or in this america so trump has clearly got to cover up the 7 weeks when he did nothing almost nothing and the one good way to divert attention from that is to blame china and then to link his opponent former Vice President biden to china and you already see this coming out with digital ads from the trunk campaign and you know what it may work because of course china did do some terrible things not just in this incident but of course they have a 1000000 people in concentration camps who are leaders so there are reasons that americans can be whipped up to hate china and if trump succeeds in it he may well succeed this will be the issue in the november election well we shall see for the moment during their joining us from washington d. C. Thanks to times now the u. S. Supreme court has held its 1st ever hearing by phone because of coronavirus restrictions its a major shift for the court which has long resisted Digital Change the arguments were also live streamed to the public for the 1st time a long time demand of transparency advocates. Nigeria has joined a host of countries easing restrictions following a 5 week lockdown but medical workers warn the large crowds returning to the streets could send the country on track for a major spike in cases and the dangerous reports now from the capital a picture. That nigerians in the capital take tentative steps towards normal life after a week lockdown but scenes like this shock medical workers on the front lines of the fight against 19 it is not a good position. I distilled on their property which in india this is their diet is not strong. If we have lives we know about people who are for whom we know how to carrying capacity of the hospital beds to be able to take care of those who may have been affected. Some of the citys open markets remain closed frustrating many traders have not sold anything for more than a month. And there is no provision for the masses so i think. We dont. Treat the lockdown has taken a toll on my eyes and livelihoods and many here are in a hurry to recoup their losses. The collapse in oil prices has been another major blow for nigerias Oil Dependent economy. Was a full were trying to keep the prices as they are we dont want to even think about how losses as a businessman your priority is to keep your customer in good and bad times remember that many people didnt earn any money for weeks now but some Health Experts insist the government should continue to enforce emergency measures the government says are certain restrictions are being lifted night from 8 oclock until further notice and wearing off mask like this well outside and social distancing will not be strictly enforced in addition to reducing presenter numbers on public transport. For now all places of worship will remain closed with government worried about enforcing social distancing and other nigerians fear the lifting of restrictions when infections are on the rise could be disastrous how many trees. Which are. Well japan is holding off on easing its measures instead its extending its month long state of emergency until the end of the month at least Prime Minister shinzo says Health Experts will assess the situation in 10 days to see if other extensions are required nationwide emergency measures announced a month ago empowered local governors to urge businesses to close and people to stay at home. Can you feel like you know enough japan has not experienced the explosive spread of infections like in other countries and some positive results are beginning to appear such as the effective reproduction number of the whole country falling below one but at present there is still a considerable number of new infections and the number of infections is not the climbing at a sufficient level. Turkey will begin easing restrictions to slow the spread of the virus from monday travel between 7 cities will be allowed for the 1st time in weeks more than 130000 people in turkey have tested positive for covert 19 thats the highest infection rate in the middle east. Syrias president has warned there could be a catastrophe Coronavirus Infection rate spike there although there have been few recorded cases in Syria Bashar Assad says theres still danger as Health Services could be overwhelmed if there is change a curfew has been in place for one month 44 cases and 3 deaths have been confirmed yemen has recorded 2 more cases of the virus bringing the total to 12 infections were found in the port city of more cholera its further increase fears for the war torn country which the u. N. Says is unequipped and unprepared to fight the virus. Still ahead here on the news are israels political future in the balance well have the latest on a legal challenge to a new power sharing deal. And masks by the 1000000 the challenge facing a sentry in afghanistan as it works to provide much needed protective equipment. For. Al or further flooding in sanaa is quite likely with the high ground or western society also generating showers recently and in the forecast this is the forecast for tuesday so only a few down here rather more gathering on the eastern side of the mediterranean so the event will see temperatures drop below the 2023 mark and those blue dots are showers brought along by quite strong breeze they will swing through iraq and syria given that sort of pattern on wednesday leaving the sun to come up behind and drop in temperature all this while the clouds been wandering around Central Society is just going to make things a little bit more humidity things that he said up in riyadh about 35. 00 in their home most of north africa now is bone dry which is no big surprise if thats true along the mediterranean coast and the wind directions been critical to how it feels here its getting hard to get in tunis and tripoli into the low and then the highest thirtys next day or so the cooling breeze that shows bengazi 22 dancer egypt and still the south into the sahara bringing dust with it as for showers oh along this part of actuarial africa increase in the coming north but the progress is erratic focus abidjan on the coast the ivory coast does give you showers daily. 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Welcome back youre watching aljazeera news hour with me as a whole ramadan reminder of our top stories after 8 weeks in lockdown italy is starting to ease restrictions the construction and manufacturing sectors are we starting people are also allowed to visit family members also the search for current virus vaccine has received a significant funding be used during an online conference dozens of countries pledged 8000000000. 00 to speed up research the u. S. And china did not take part. And the u. S. Disease control agency is projecting coronavirus deaths in the country that will reach these 3000 a day by june 1st and thats according to documents seen by the New York Times it comes as a number of states have started to reopen their economies despite warnings from some Public Health experts. New zealand has recorded no new cases for the 1st day in 6 weeks a lockdown has been partially eased although restrictions remain for schools restaurants and public areas just over 1100 cases have been reported we did bisa than many other countries we compare ourselves to and the ongoing commitment to physical distancing and staying at home has no doubt been the biggest contributor to our refuge dropping cases leavell for you or if its new zealand has put us at the front of the pack and everyone should feel very proud of that. Afghanistans Health Ministry says the number of Coronavirus Infections in the capital could be much higher than limited testing has detected so far a random test of 500 samples suggest that 30 percent of kabuls 5000000 people could have contrived to cope with 19 more than 80 deaths and nearly 3000 cases are officially recorded so far well earlier my colleague folly but he spoke to a what the mayor hes a spokesman for afghanistans Public Health ministry and says the government is doing what it can with limited resources its an alarming sign for us to be more vigilant to take more vacation early measures to implement preventive measures and. Enforce lockdown and other measures to reduce the spread of the current Iraqi Government and units because the virus has already been given for this mission. Spread and why rest has getting day by day so you say that for you the priority now is to implement the stay at home measures but as you know for many afghans staying at home is not an option the economy of the country is very fragile millions of afghan children are struggling with hunger according to save the children so how do you reconcile with that its a choice between sickness and starvation for many people. This is one of the Biggest Challenges for the Afghan Government and luckily there are 11 stakeholders there are the ministers have been working very hard to utmost the problem of starvation and unemployment and there is a program that they distribute most not ready to take the risk and the ministry of health has been working closely with the relief. Agencies with the relieve program to make it whether. The 1st place to poor and needy and of course there are other really programs that support needy people. You know that afghanistan besides. Poverty it was besides military and besides that we have been at war for 2 decades in daytime one of our think its going to turn some problem is. We get back to work and in recent days if you calculate the number of flights that have been taken by work is more than the number of fatalities due to what 19 right but obviously the concern about this pandemic in a country as fragile as ive gotten stan so what are your current predictions as far as a number of cases and deaths and how well prepared is your Health Care System to handle this crisis whats needed the most right now while we have been doing our best to utilize limited resources that we have and we use it on worst advice in an admissions way but you know that. Requires lots of assistance from planes National International donors. One fortunately we have received a letter from world about it from Mission Development bank and from were u. N. Agencies that there will be a system now to be honest going in fighting against or are not quite. Well staying in the country a factory in afghanistan is making personal protective equipment for the 1st time now the plan is to make 5000000. 00 affordable masks which cost a fraction of the imported ones it has more. Suited and booted these factory workers are practicing a social distancing and ensuring health and Safety Standards are maintained theyre making thousands of masks a day by hand it can push. It good mud received or like many of the countries around the world theres a shortage of good to protect afghans against covert 19 you know of genocide is a poor country doesnt have enough money to spend for protecting our people i myself try to hold of going to stand because the National Market the people good causes out the 60. 00 buy them here just in 5. 00 with the same a standard the factory in the capital kabul is also providing Employment Opportunities because. I was jobless before this and was doing nothing in lockdown as home but im lucky that i have this job serving my people the government says corona virus has infected close to 3000 people but the true total is feared to be much higher there are not enough testing kits and its difficult to track case numbers especially in rural areas nearly a 3rd of 500. 00 people tested for cope with 19 out of a population of 5000000 in the capital kabul were positive in a bid to contain the virus the nationwide lockdown has been extended until may 24th but is widely been ignored by the public this is not a complete and lockdown why hasnt the government insured and implemented a complete lockdown 2 factors primarily one. Rush to unemployment and poverty i mean hungry man is an angry man you can not keep him and push him to be at home or up to a quarter of a 1000000 poor families living in kabul started receiving 10 pieces of bread a day in the 1st phase of the governments handouts program the charity save the children warns millions of afghan children are its risk of going hungry. Food is also being distributed by Community Volunteers going door to door to raise Safety Awareness during the pandemic. Poor people are contacting us for help but unfortunately we cannot provide enough help we prioritize the poorest of the poor for example the widows who have no want to take care of them decades of war in afghanistan has damaged the Health System hospitals rely on aid from the World Health Organization in countries such as china and turkey despite the foreign help afghanistan remains poorly prepared for a major outbreak sort of aljazeera. Brazils Amazon Region has become the new frontline in the battle against covert 19 infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed in the city of one else but president continues to downplay the pandemic. As well. A face mask is projected on the statue of christ the redeemer the symbol of religion nato its a call for awareness as the number of coronavirus cases keep rising across brazil. President. Has been marking the seas from the start keeps hugging and shaking hands with our own supporters. On sunday he once again led a protest in the capital brasilia against stay at home measures ordered by local governors as he fights against accusation of corruption from the countrys congress and Supreme Court. Hear that we want the true independence of the 3 powers not only a fraction of the constitution we dont want that enough with interference we want to admit any more interference im being very clear patience has run out. Last week we placed the countrys most popular Anti Corruption crusader former justice minister. Who now accuses him of trying to meddle in Police Investigations against him and his sons but while the president is focused on his political problems the virus is spreading rapidly in the amazon state capital Health Services have been overwhelmed by the number of sick people handling more than 100. 00 deaths per day 3 times the normal average as. The mayor of International Plea for help has concerns grows that the virus could have devastating effects on the. Indigenous tribes. We have. Of the forest. A call for help that so far has rung hollow for a president who. Seems more worried about political survival keeping brazilians alive. Well correspondent john holmes enjoys going from mexico city and it seems that brazil certainly is dealing with a great deal of political thought the president is anyway between himself and his critics yet the Health Situation in some states is causing real concern and nothings being done about it. Yet this is the worst a country in latin America Brazil without a doubt you saw from ellis some of those report there whats going on in the city of man hours in the hours a region its quite terrible we see video of dead bodies along with live patients in hospitals there weve heard about mass graves being dug up bodies being piled on top of the other others and to relatives of complained about the book weve just heard actually a statement has come out from the Defense Ministry of brazil from the armed forces basically saying that theyre in support of book crissy in support of free free speech and against attacks on the press and theyre saying that basically in the context of the Reuters News Agency reporting that 3 photographers were attacked when both sonata met with supporters in the rally on sunday in brasilia they also said that then the spirit separation and they believe in the separation of powers in brazil in the context of that is as we saw in a listen to this report president joe youve also not of his of tended not just one but 2 rallies in the last few weeks in which supporters have been calling for widespread powers as in under the military dictatorships of the country and he escaped in 1985 so the military sort of seemed to be making clear that theyre not on the side of those protesters that are calling for a return for that calling for congress and the Supreme Court to be halted and which president joe you also know seems to be flirting with by coming out and speaking to them of course on a change of theme but sort of staying within the country or in the region reports of mercenaries allegedly arriving on venezuelan soil was. We were reporting 24 hours ago you have an update on that story. Yet the. The story as it was was that mercenaries had been killed by Venezuelan Armed forces thats what the government said and president maduro said it been an attack to overthrow him now the countrys attorney general came out and spoke today and basically sort of confirmed that and also he said that 114 people have been detained in attacks like that one since august of 2018 so thats the sort of the governments line on that the opposition in venezuela saying that this really is just an excuse to deflect from the coronavirus and also to persecute persecute the opposition which the government has been doing for quite some time in that country the administration also has said that its going to be putting out 25000 military personnel to try and search and find out if anyone else is implicated in this attack so as always in venezuela its quite hard to sift through what is government propaganda what is news and what the opposition there sort of vision and what theyre trying to put out the United States state department is also said that this is an attempt to distract from the coronavirus country crisis in that country so theres a lot of different sort of versions of events in venezuela right now. Thank you. The International Creditors are rejecting argentinas offer to restructure 65000000000. 00 of its foreign debt the deadline to reach a deal runs out on friday now the government wants to delay repaying Loan Interest for 3 years and 60 percent of payments to be written off Foreign Investors of all that failure to agree will lead to a 9th debt default and yet more disaster for the economy eisler tanks in iraq over the weekend killed at least 14 Security Force personnel a similar fall team reports i saw fighters are taking advantage of political and economic instability as well as sectarian rifts within the Security Forces. These men from the Popular Mobilization forces or p. M. S. Are the 1st line of defense in one of iraqs most dangerous areas across the river lies and stronghold yet their outpost salahuddin province has no thermal cameras not even a generator to power the lights when electricity cuts out at night. There is no support for us no cortlandt no armor no clothes no have you a printer. That formed in 2014 to fight eisel are shia led but this unit is sunni and part of the socalled tribal which draws its fighters from local tribes though poorly equipped theyre often deployed deep into rule areas and are easy targets for eisel 9 were killed last saturday in the most brazen attack in months when i slipped governments not up on their checkpoint at night and opened fire killing 3 instantly 3 others were burned alive 3 more were killed in a roadside bomb when they rushed to help. It wasnt until 6 or 7 hours after the incident that more help arrived its because of the lack of effort and support from the Security Forces around here. Until a few weeks ago an Emergency Police unit was based nearby but it was redeployed to urban areas to enforce coronavirus lockdowns eisel frieds on instability and the group has taken advantage of the Political Economic and Health Crises that have hit iraq over the past few months in addition to that political tensions and rifts inside Popular Mobilization forces have impeded the ability of Security Forces to contain the insurgency the unit commander blames sectarian strife for the lack of resources and accuses the shia based on the other side of the river of not doing enough to secure the area. Dont control the 7 kilometer strips facing us we also tell them that theyre not covering these areas but they dont deploy forces there its empty. The commander says his battalion enjoyed more support from the p. M. S. Prior to the assassination of its charismatic deputy chief of the alamo hondas he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in january alongside it raining in general kassam cell in money since then the p. M. S. Has real from internal competition. Not in 100 words. He understood that you didnt see up there in outreach approach after that we so i knew. We knew and very much the vision and. Letter implemented that to we then are they going to. Be integration. The killings and maki sheaffer have sparked calls for greater empowerment of the sunni p. M. S. In securing their own areas many tribesmen hope that the incident will usher in greater Material Support as they confront isis resurgence the want to fulton al jazeera. And some other world news now in israels political future could become clearer her Supreme Court judges her final arguments about the legality of a new power sharing deal 8 petitions have been far against the Coalition Agreement between Benjamin Netanyahu and benny gantz critics argue netanyahu shouldnt be allowed to form a new government because of his indictment for corruption or the force it is in west jerusalem with more on how the Supreme Court might reach its decision. There were clues from yesterdays deliberations and exchanges between the 11 justices and the various attorneys for for the parties involved it seemed pretty clear that the court was extremely sensitive about overstepping its bounds it wanted to make sure that the arguments were about the actual niceties and exactitude of the law which says that a Prime Minister doesnt have to step down if indicted but a minister does what exactly is the status of netanyahu as a caretaker Prime Minister someone who is putting himself up to take on the job again properly does he hold a status a Prime Minister or a minister they were examining those sorts of things so that indicates that they are pretty likely to rule in favor of netanyahu on that question it doesnt necessarily mean that they will take a similar view on the intricacies of this deal we have to see how the arguments play out there is a huge amount of pressure on the high court though not to undo all this work after 3 consecutive elections which of not yielded a result theres a good deal of political pressure on that front and also there been threats on the high court that if they were to netanyahu supporters terms overstepped their mark in all of this then there could be retaliation taken attempts to try to undermine some of their powers in the future so thats the context in which theyre operating today an investigation is under way after a plane carrying aid supplies crashed in somalia killing all 7 people on board the cargo aircraft went down. In a region the plane was registered to african eriks frest but it is unclear whose cargo it was carrying. Now the World Health Organization says theres no evidence the herbal tonic touted by madagascars president is a cure all for the corona virus actually works but that doesnt stop the drink being exported 1st equitorial guinea and now to get even lower burden manly reports. This hoberman is proving popular in the past so they can scoff at 19 but with no proof it actually blocks monegasques president only drug it to his exposing it to the other side of the continent getting to south president is also in perth he visits the airport to welcome the new shipment yes. I see this donation as a gesture in the fight against the Global Pandemic called cope at 19 id like to say with this will be seen in a very different concept of nationhood it will be seen as a country that always has good people and today the world will talk about the south. Its the 2nd country to the imported it the harp with diseases the tonic contains the ultimately a plant which is normally used to treat malaria but the World Health Organization warns that the effectiveness of the hype has not been proven even tested by scientists but that hasnt stand its popularity tanzanias president says hes in talks with madagascar to send a plane to collect a shipment to pick a sample we are origen touch with monika scott there ought to us an official letter informing us about the cure i shall send our airplane to go and pick the drugs so our citizens can also reap the benefits tanzania has recorded 17 deaths but the governments been accused of failing to take the virus seriously in the capital its business as usual schools the shot that markets most and churches remain open. And back in madagascar the army has been knocking door to door to give the tonic the most Vulnerable People the country has so far recorded few cases and no fatalities as government actions have gone beyond the hard. And social distancing rules have been enforced. Measures medical experts say affective even if the tonic is not nor about a minute because they are. Both still head in spoelstra football is in its legs top Division Said a back in training will have those details children. In the old. Order. Book about plays an issue these top Football Division are finally back on the Training Field monday marks the 1st day that syria clubs can conduct individual practice sessions having got permission from the Italian Government so lose players were the 1st side to get started teen training will be allowed to resume on may the 18th well we spoke to football all the nicholas the betty earlier despite training getting underway he says all parties concerned moving towards a syria restart with extreme caution. Really lacked them to really express an opinion and i dont see them really enthusiastic but at the same dimes no player really speak out against that there is start either saw what seems like a situation or wait and see that think that any way anyone is playing a role that theyre racing to get enough of the Football Federation just say ok football need to restart but is not too much. The government that the same time clubs are. Really really pressuring the government but they are kind of tongue. In their responsibility for. Someone to get tested positive for Health Reasons for doubt leggo legal point of view and also the government that sometimes we can say yes the power to completely stop completely restart the season but that is quite cautious as well so it seems like. Kind of operate out here in play where everyone is playing his role but without assuming full responsibilities. Now for toronto to france champion chris froome its not sure the shares race can go ahead now the tour has been postponed until the end of august but Mass Gatherings abandon france until at least september speaking on a web chat with former cricketer Kevin Pietersen for him said he doubts organizers will be able to fully prevent the large crowds which the race is famous for. We can put on the race and be broadcast on television but im not going to. Get from a spectator i mean youre not going to get the same scenes as you were going through these tunnels are just people everywhere and all of us have made. Maybe thats the version of race we need to see i dont know. I mean in theory we can put the race on but i think the bigger question is would the organizers be able to keep people from. From actually coming out and gathering in large crowds. And you can follow all sports and news stories of course on our website at aljazeera dot com its updated through the day and you have been watching the aljazeera news out with me as a whole rob. Well have more from our london new center in a few minutes time to learn from me on the new state thats your time and your company. What impact will called it 19 on the drop in the oil prices have on the race to the white house can gold from survive these historic setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat a. Special coverage on aljazeera. In countries like mine people have been killed to make we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function was this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they came to britain for being all to help the past bombs deals off you will rumsfeld was meeting saddam isnt that interesting there are a shadow on aljazeera. Choices and sacrifices made in the name of mothers love to provide to have children a woman in thailand must deprive them of the love they crave and focus this compassion and kindness on how work with alzheimers patients from the west. Oneness with spam and travel halfway around the wild to leave their own mother in her cat. Witness kissing mother goodbye on aljazeera. Save humanity i really really not getting in. The way. A Coronavirus Vaccine in record time thats the aim as Global Leaders pledged billions to urgent research. Alone barbarous are you watching out as they are live from london also coming up coronavirus restrictions begin to be eased initially but there is concern about a 2nd wave of infections as nigeria eases its lockdown in 3 states fears of a new outbreak emerge in the country