Europe professional sports returns to south korea but fans arent yet to be taken out to the ballgame. Hello thank you for joining us a senior washington official who was removed from his key role in the u. S. Corner virus response has attacked the trumpet ministrations handling of the crisis and accused his former agency of an abuse of authority or gross mismanagement dr rick bright of was the Deputy Assistant health and Human Services secretary in a whistleblower complaint filed on tuesday he says he was reassigned because he tried to prioritize science and safety over political expediency with more on the story im joined live by khanna in washington d. C. So mike this broke in the past hour or so what else can you tell us about dr brights complaint. Well dr bryant was a director of the biomedical advice and Development Authority otherwise known as barbara certainly a highly senior official he was a centrally in charge of developing vaccines for any virus that would hit the United States now he has filed an official complaint with the office of the special counsel the oas see an 89. 00 page complaint in which he outlines all the reasons he feels he was unfairly removed from his job as director of barter and it certainly is a litany of complaints among the most important things he says is that in january he was sending out warnings to the health and Human Services including the secretary warning of the virus warning of the severity of what was to come he also sent out a series of emails insisting that the National Stockpile of masks of ventilators org mentored because they were going to be needed in the weeks ahead it certainly is a diverse state and complained along with the fact that he specifically mentions that he was sidelined from his job because of his opposition to the use of hydroxy chloroquine as and or as a treatment for the corona virus now this was a drug that President Trump had touted at a number of news briefings however the director of the Vaccine Department of the administration making very clear he objected to the use of the drug he outlines why it was not if da approved there had been a donation given from a bay a big Chemical Company of millions of hydrox of chloroquine drugs however dr bright said these were sourced in india and pakistan from facilities that the f. D. A. Has not inspected so certainly there is a litany of complaints within this document he is the most senior official to publicly criticize the administration for. Its handling of the corona virus and weve just learned in the next few minutes that congress is intent on subpoena to appear before a Congressional Committee next week of the interesting to see how that develops and currently as this news comes out donald trump is actually not in washington hes in arizona and he just held a sort of News Conference without any questions there was he doing there. Well this is the 1st time hes publicly left the white house since the end of march it is part of what is a very Clear Strategy by the trumpet ministration to push the opening up of states to lift the mitigating measures in an effort to rebalance the economy thats been absolutely dormant for a period of weeks now so President Trump publicly getting on a plane flying to arizona hes held a meeting with the native americans there signed an order about Domestic Violence among native American Communities and of course the main point of is a visit it would appear was a visit to a mosque manufacturing facility a Massive Corporation called honey world which has changed its development at that particular plant to develop millions of mosques and 95 marks for the protection of civilians however once again some point out this merely highlights of fact that there were not enough masks in the 1st place but President Trump above all obviously wanting to be publicly seen to be out and about pressing for more states to reopen to drop a more mature gaging measures in a bid to get the economy going again however once again medical experts have pointed out this is a very dangerous tactic indeed that there is still not sufficient testing protocols in place to say free open states with a full knowledge that the virus is not going to research i can there with the latest on all those developments from washington d. C. Mike thank you. Its going to india now which is launching one of the Worlds Largest repatriation missions to help hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded across the world by Coronavirus Travel restrictions passenger jets and warships will be used to bring workers home. There are an estimated 70000000 indians who Work Overseas now some of those who desperately want to return home will be able to have gone to the Indian Government has given the go ahead to bring back indian citizens stuck abroad the travel will be done either by airplanes or naval ships all flights into india was suspended in late march because of the coronavirus pandemic since then those affected by the restrictions have been vocal in calling for a change of policy if you look at the 2 identical uploading missions and the piece because they have been flooded by the victims what in saying that the. Other countries have been thinking oh that is an act why arent you bringing us back now so this is basically a dive of dignity in. The Indian Government says arriving passengers will be screened segregated and quarantined but critics are warning the virus may still spread. According to the information from the Central Government people be put on a plane without testing 1st with or they have coronavirus this is dangerous a plane has more than 200 people if one or 2 have the virus all the passengers will be in trouble the civics the whole country and raises the possibility of the disease spreading further there are also concerns that poorly paid migrants may not be able to afford a ticket home which could cost the equivalent of more than 200. 00 from the gulf and more than a 1000. 00 from the u. S. Could look at subsidizing or are only just going to be used to get specially for people who get 95 to be people who do not have the economic ability of buying but use of ticket home is estimated there are up to a 1000000 indians waiting to go home in what will be one of the Worlds LargestInternational Repatriation missions the turia gate and be al jazeera. The u. K. Has recorded another 693 deaths taking its total past to 29000 and making it the country with the worse the death toll in europe however the foreign minister dominic rob says that accurate comparisons between countries cant be made until the crisis is over i dont think well get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over in particularly until weve got comprehensive International Data on all cause mortality but i think theres 2 points id make about the way the u. K. Has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know weve had that debate in this country we now published data includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so im not sure that the International Comparison works unless you can youre reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics. Well as john holl explains from london the figures dont tell the full story. The numbers by direct comparison dont tell us all that much what they do though is fuel questions which are being asked here almost every day of the government now or quite why this country appears to have been so ill prepared for this epidemic having had a good couple of weeks to look at with horror at the time of course what was happening in italy a country that had far less time to prepare and also a wider questions about quite why western countries in general in europe and in the United States were far less prepared or appear to be than Asian Countries take south korea for instance after all of this only recording just in excess of 250 deaths from coronavirus so they feel all the questions they dont necessarily provide very much of. The British Public are looking and listening all the time to pronouncements from government in the Daily Briefing and elsewhere from scientists and so on about when and it might be appropriate to start lifting the lockdown that speed in place in this country and others there looking of course at the reproductive rate of the infections from cocoa covered 19 looking for that to remain below one this famous are figure the number of people that carries with corona virus infect it is currently below one but not sufficiently below want to give them much wiggle room but theres an enormous amount of pressure from industry for business on the government to restart the economy the war is that if you go too far down the road in terms of saving lives you end up going too far down the road in terms of being able to save the economy and that ultimately that causes more problems than it helps down the line. Russia has reported the largest number of cases of recurring a virus in europe or the total number of infections now exceeding 150000 Health Workers there have been complaining about their working conditions after 2 doctors fell out of a window and died at the reports. What digging graves instant petersburg russia 2nd city victims of covered 19 a scene thats becoming more common on tuesday the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe and now there are disturbing questions over Health Workers whove raised the alarm about their working conditions but after 2. 100 this video on twitter shows dr alexander sure left off on the left and a colleague was explaining how she had been forced to keep working despite having covered 19 the colleague previously criticised the Hospital Management for protective gear shortages and was questioned by police for allegedly spreading fake news but another video made 3 days later apparently at the hospital seems to show surely pove by now being treated for the virus retracting their complaints. I feel right my temperature is not rising why did the this a think dramatic of a runny nose otherwise all is well what we said was said when we were high on emotions. On saturday according to local state television quoting Health Officials surely power fell from a 2nd floor window at the hospital hes now reportedly in a Critical Condition in intensive care after suffering skull fractures the same sources say hes the 3rd russian doctor to fall out of a window in the space of 10 days the 2 others died all 3 incidents which are being investigated by Law Enforcement or thirtys have prompted intense discussion in russia about whistleblowers in the Health System everywhere we have a lot of problems then a lot. Of hospitals. Enough. Doctors with all her off lights we dont have enough equipment. Across russia the number of recorded covered 9000 cases stands at more than 155000 officially the disease is killed almost 1500 people now. School remains the countrys worst hit region accounting for more than half of new cases and his 90 percent of patients are younger than 65 several cities remain on lockdown and while much of europe looks to ease restrictions the russian government says theyll stay in place until theres a vaccine. Aljazeera. Still to come on aljazeera an attack on press freedom president. Of being behind the shutdown of the philippines t. V. Network. And the hornets from hell a giant killer inside could wipe out be populations arrive in the United States for the 1st time. Showers are returning to the coast of New South Wales and queensland but theyre not doing much in land now thats going to rely on the front coming through the bike that this time of the year they dont make much progress i have to say and in the next 24 hours its sunshine with that northerly breeze it warmed up in adelaide 22 and its rather better in melbourne to about 19 the action has been through perth with a stormy few hours now that storm system is largely over the water now winds are dying down purse back in the sunshine 19 degrees for those strong winds would of course come east and affect some processes trace was a adelaide and probably across victoria and tasmania a windy day the temps will eventually drop and that wind. Japan talking are some pretty the moment better rain may be coming in but the main rain is still to develop 1st toms got out into the ocean next one in and charters not just decisis right up to the north and that is heading towards beijing so the whole lot is developing in edging east towards beijing as temperatures come down to 20 with the cloud coming over the top shanghai represent incoming rain its forecast friday looks fine but saturday and sunday both rainy days not particularly humid but middle twentys it probably feels actually quite pleasant. For. A celebration tradition like. Aljazeera what gateway insights into the diverse culture of some. Different couples. Together the wedding. To see and. The in the the the on the. Back is a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has left washington for the 1st time in weeks his trip to a protective gear factory in arizona happened as a former key official at tack to the administrations handling of the Coronavirus Crisis india is launching one of the Worlds Largest repatriation missions hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded by Coronavirus Travel restrictions will be brought home and the u. K. Has recorded another 693 deaths taking its toll past 21000 and that means its now in the country with the highest number of deaths in europe. Its good libya now with the internationally recognized government has launched an offensive to capture an air base controlled by warlord honey for half that. Has been used to launch airstrikes for on Government Forces the Government Troops recently seized control of major cities along the western coastline and they reject that have to call for a cease fire during ramadan believing that he would use it to regroup following losses of territory libyas ongoing fighting is raised further concerns that the u. N. Security council the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal court told the u. N. In a video briefing that her team plans to apply for new arrest warrants in its investigation of alleged war crimes committed in libya aljazeera is diplomatic editor james bays reports from u. N. Headquarters in new york. Addressing the Un Security Council the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal court for 2 bensouda said that 2 men shes already identified as suspected of war crimes needed to be handed over straight away arrest warrants for mr hallett and mr mcdonald were fairly yet to be executed the arab republic of egypt where mr ham is believed to resign but has not arrested and surrendered him to the court. As Libyan National army has neither facilitated the arrest and surrender of mr fairlie to the i. C. C. Law ensured his genuine investigation and prosecution in libya mr foley is reported to be under the command of general have. Also speaking in the Security Council meeting the ambassador for libya who is loyal to the government of National Accord the internationally recognized government which controls tripoli and the west of the country said it was time for the Security Council to recognize the general haftar is the main impediment to peace in his country is anyone still hesitant to name and shame this aggression and work criminal by name when will he be held accountable until now im hearing from all of you general words. As if the person who is committing these attacks and these violations and massive violations is just against the u. N. Had been hoping that 2020 would be the year that would bring peace to libya they had to do International Summit in berlin they were hoping for peace talks but since then violence has only intensified venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro says 13 people have been captured following what he says was a coup attempt my daughter says the group including 2 americans arrived in speedboats on sunday intending to kill her child home and has more. 2 americans captured along with 11 others after a failed on the incursion into venezuela they tried to get in by sea but the plan floundered off the coast 8 were killed according to the venezuelan government minister lionels this man said hed organized it jordan good drove a us make special forces Soldier Turned security contractor he was aiming to topple Nicolas Maduro together with a few dozen ex members of venezuelas armed forces but something 100 hours a daring and 5 u. S. Raid was launched from the border of colombia deep into the heart of caracas our men are continuing to fight right now my door himself claimed that his longtime enemies were behind it. Yesterday sunday made venezuela face down and attempted maritime incursion from terrorists mercenaries that were trained in colombian territory and financing and support from the United States and the current colombian government on tuesday President Trump dismissed that nothing to do with our government the venezuelan government also claimed that Opposition Leader one boy though recognized by more than 50 countries as venezuelas legitimate leader was in on the plot d he also roundly denied that saying this was a ploy to distract from the countrys many problems. There will be chaos and they want to hide it they want to hide the lack of gasoline in the main cities and want to hide the struggle of hundreds of thousands of in a swathe ants here they are the fisherman protesting again asking for the rights to make a living to buy gasoline to feed their families when dura is chaos the opposition say they fear this will be used to persecute them. And the ministration is deploying 25000. 00 security personnel to search for anyone else involved they said im probably going to be out of the opera hes under pressure himself not just internally but increasingly from u. S. Officials who slapped a 50000000. 00 bounty on his head or narco terrorism charges. However real the threat the incursion was it does give his government Something Else to talk about john homan aljazeera. The philippines leading broadcaster has been ordered to shut down the telecoms a source he says a. B. S. C. B. S. License has expired president of the Legal Defense the has regularly criticized the network opposition groups accuse him of targeting independent media a. B. S. C. B. S. Has been given 10 days to respond to the decision Jimmy Fallon Dogan is in the capital manila with more on this the season deceased order according to the National Communications commission is immediately executor and thats something that the department of justice secretary also said however based on local interviews with the commissioners of n t c it remains to be seen how exactly he is going to implement that whether theyre going to need the help of Law Enforcement to come in and actually literally physically stop the network from airing the letter was received officially this afternoon a. B. S. E b. N. Continues to air today and this is a complete turnaround from what he said a few months ago that it may issue a provisional authority to e. B. s pending its approval of the extension of its franchise in congress now the spokesperson of president d through the go that theyre doing for the past few months of said that the president has nothing to do with this although last year the president himself threatened that he will shut down a. B. S. E b. N. Because of the Networks Failure to air his president ial campaign ads in 2016 now this is seen as a major blow to press freedom according to rights experts here they see this is the time when the biggest Media Network in the country would substations across the country is needed for information the simulation of the current pandemic and the situation in the country now despite denials from the Philippine Government experts also say that this is seen as an impervious curtailment of press freedom and also spawned by political retribution of this government. Honeybees are in decline in the us and the deadly species of hornet is threatening to wipe them out completely the asian giant hornet has already had an impact on be colonies in canada now the killer insect has been seen in the u. S. For the 1st time and the gallagher reports. Theyve been described as hornets from hell and with good reason the giant asian hornet is about the size of a matchbox it sting can penetrate a beekeeper suit and they kill around 50 people a year in japan in december the Washington State department of agriculture verified 2 sightings of the hornet reports of honeybee colonies being destroyed soon followed their one of the largest hornets that we have on a planet and so thats what makes them so unusual and makes them so striking. To people and they do not occur here its thought the hornets were either deliberately released or arrived or stowaways on International Cargo they become active in the spring and Scientists Say just 15 of these giants can destroy an entire colony of 30000. 00 bees in ours their habit of devouring native honey bees is now a real concern our biggest fear is that it will actually impact small beekeepers and maybe drive another business and raise costs a larger just something we dont want to see plans are now in place to begin trapping and killing the hornets before they established themselves as a dangerous Invasive Species for years now bees of being dying at record rates impacted by Climate Change disease and pesticides the Agricultural Industry is already been fighting a battle to keep healthy colonies alive now theres a new threat according to the department of agriculture one in every 3 mouthfuls of food is in some way a product of b. Pollination crops like apples blueberries and cherries all rely on these Scientists Say this new threat needs to be tackled before its too late pollination is a huge part. We have here in the United States and so if this were to become well established and then start spreading it could be pretty catastrophic members of the public a being warned not to approach the hornets if they see them for now theyre confined to the remote northwest of the United States stopping them spreading further is now a priority and a gallica aljazeera. South korea is easing current virus restrictions with sports leagues restarting the baseball season is up and running after being postponed from the end of march but as robert fried reports from in chen it will be some time before the sport fully returns to business as usual the final warm up for the long awaited start of the delayed baseball season local incheon favorites s. K. Y. Vns take on visitors and why eagles but conspicuously absent from the stands their fans instead many of the seats occupied by printed versions of spectators while real fans could only watch on t. V. Or online through a club stream that combines the action in the park with the cheering in homes. Pinion to look. We are hoping to deliver some of the atmosphere of the stadium to the fans at home so they feel as though they are here at the game. Theyre also joined by potentially millions of baseball fans around the world as the 3rd ranked baseball playing nation after the u. S. And japan south koreas live games are in big demand in a world starved of live sports action. We welcome the increased attention on korean baseball its great to promote it and its all thanks to our citizens for getting us to this stage south koreas success so far in defeating the coronavirus is also allowing the football k. League to start its season later this week but again without fans in another sport for which large cheering crowds seem indispensable so crowds are important because theyre part of what we expect when we go to see a game or when we watch a game the noise the tension the drama the anxiety the happiness the a more this is this is not driven by empty stadiums this is driven by full stadiums south koreas baseball teams hope to start adding the essential family ingredient soon even when the fans are finally allowed back in there will still be a long time before we see pack stands again their numbers will increase only gradually with empty seats between them and for now their silent stand ins will have to do and when they do return theyll find previously unheard of precautions for the players such as low hugging and no spitting the way baseball is played and the way its watched is turning into a very different game robert bride aljazeera incheon south korea. While to celebrate south Korean Children as they are in the pandemic the countrys 1st couple switched to the Popular Video game minecraft. On. President year in and wife kim jong soak offered a virtual view of their blue house palace instead of the traditional guided tour using their mind craft characters they thanked the children for being patient with School Closures and remind them that reminded them to wear masks and wash their hands social distancing rules are expected to be further relaxed from wednesday when some businesses will be allowed to reopen more on the web site aljazeera dot com. And now a reminder of the headlines on aljazeera a u. S. President donald trump has left washington for the 1st time in weeks his trip to a protective gear factory in arizona happened as a former key official attacked the administrations handling of the Coronavirus Crisis india is launching one of the Worlds Largest repatriation missions passenger jets and warships will bring home hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded by Coronavirus Travel restrictions or flights into india were suspended in late march the u. K. Has recorded another 693 deaths taking its toll past 29000 the country is now overtaken ately and has the highest number of fatalities in europe but separate figures counting people who work tested released by the office for National Statistics suggest that at least 32000 people have died while the British Government has the fended the countrys rising death toll foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons between countries cannot be made until the crisis is over. I dont think well get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over and particularly until weve got comprehensive International Data on all cause mortality but i think theres 2 points id make about the way the u. K. Has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know weve had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so im not sure that the International Comparison works on the show can you or you reliably know that all countries and measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good frankly countries are in gathering their statistics. Libyas internationally recognized government has launched an offensive the capture of the out what the air base controlled by warlords huffed that Government Troops recently seized control of major cities along the western coast like they reject that have to call for a ceasefire during ramadan believing that he would use it to regroup following the losses of territory in the philippines that leading broadcaster has been ordered to shut down the Telecoms Authority he says a. V. s c. B. S. License has expired president a very good at that the has regularly criticized the network opposition groups accuse them of targeting independent media those of the top stories a stay with us p. L. O. History of a revolution is next examining challenges yes arafat faced. 3 times to turn up the volume on the. Old way you dont know 6 exam in the us. Were going to bomb the taliban in submission and bombing them to the peace table during gunfire coming to action. Holding the powerful to account doing this film has cancer and knows that someone that lives here can stand. Fault lines coming soon on aljazeera. 148 the state of israel was proclaimed. Palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization or the p. L. O. Was founded. Made up of different factions the p. L. O. Has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. Leaving. The