Socalled cures for the corona virus in africa. A cruise ship linked to the crown a Virus Outbreak in australia drops anchor off the philippines. Being allowed. The. Control venezuelan state t. V. Video of us mercenary who the president claims was behind the failed coup washington denies any link. With the sports as 3 footballers test positive for current a virus that brazilian champions flamengo well hey why the country still pushing for a return to the game as soon as possible. The severe Economic Impact of coronavirus around the world is becoming too. The International Monetary fund is forecast the biggest global contraction since the Great Depression well as taken over some of the details then the bank of england for example expecting the u. K. s Economic Production to slump by 14 percent this year and unemployment to rise to 8 percent the European Unions been warned to brace for its worst ever recession with the economy to shrink 7. 4 percent of the years of growth in the u. S. 30000000 people have filed for unemployment in just 6 weeks because of this think g. D. P. Could fall by 30 percent there but there are signs of recovery in china exports rose for the 1st time this year by 3 and a half percent after many factories reopened a tree in the u. S. In beijing with more on how chinas trade ins is moved on since being hit by the pandemic there is some Real Recovery in chinese trade and this is really a surprise to many analysts they were predicting up to an 11 percent drop and some people are tribute ing this to the fact that perhaps during april there was an increase in exports of p. P. T. Or protective medical gear such as masks and respirators also one other analysts are speculating that because there was a backlog that needed to be filled in terms of export orders or all customers were front loading orders ahead of what they expected to be a bad pandemic year and also the other thing is that paps this concern about demand dropping maybe thats yet to hit chinas exports maybe with still maybe the worst is still yet to come thats also a possibility what we did see though was of foreign imports they fell by 14. 2 percent compared to march and thats a 10. 2 percent drop your own year and that was worse than what analysts expected. Patrick peregrine is an International Economist and head of research at macro he joins us by skype from london good to have you with us as i was saying that you know the i. M. F. Saying were looking at the greatest global recession since the Great Depression how worried should people be for their futures well i mean the reality is what were seeing now because the traders there the virus is going so quickly weve had a rather short term measures and im afraid they should be worried or were already seeing lots of Large Companies all around the world make the big permanent decisions in terms of reducing headcount particularly over say the Airline Industry is one of the 1st signs. But that really gets to the cation of how these big businesses think theyre going to be going over the coming months even if not years and will there be when is as well as loses economically from the pandemic i mean china for example reporting that theres a rise in its exports for april so i think one takes the chinese export numbers where they have to pinch of so i think its very much down to the fact that china was largely shot for thurber and so you have as we say what were saying is very clear we just look at all the status from across the world look at germany into soda 70 percent. Would. Expect to see chinese exports fall again so id also not only that when we look at the actual have a look consumer activity in china is still far far below what it was previously europe the us a lot of Major Economies facing contractions now can this be mitigated by the usual way you deal with a recession low interest rates. You know as simple as that really what were saying is the here just destruction on both demand and supply and a permanent hit to Consumer Confidence this will this will people will become more cautionary they save more which in turn restrains the Recovery Companies cut back on investment that is also restraints to recovery and the reality is were going to see these very very sharp rise we get us in climate data tomorrow the official unemployment numbers we will see unemployment come back down but it took us 10 years in the u. S. For unemployment to to get back to where it was in 2007 how long do you think this recession is going to last what the recession itself when you go the right 2nd economy sort of gone off a cliff and it seems to be stabilizing at very low levels now. As lock down these we should say demand rises slowly but the idea of the they shape the economy is simply not credible the other side of things is as far as the virus concerns everyone is taking tiptoeing basically into. Getting back to activity but we know from the whole social system saying and the behavior is Going Forward that people talk about a new normal we dont call it that we call it the new abnormal. Its a wiring picture but thank you for painting it for us patrick peregrine there thank you. New data from the u. K. Is shown that people from black asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to die from covert 19 than white people figures released by the office of National Statistics show blank men and women are 4 times more likely to die after being diagnosed with covert 19 than those who are white the risk of death is also significantly higher for men and women who are bangladeshi pakistani or indian the report says such people have been this for portion at the affected by Underlying Health conditions and economic disadvantage john holl joins us now live from london so jonah what kind of conclusions are being drawn from these rather grim statistics. For people really looking at this issue for some time now these statistics from the onus shine more light on this trend the extent to which black asian and minority ethnic groups circle b. A. And need groups are suffering high rates of mortality but their white ethnic counterparts as you said you know innocent including at the moment that it is 4 times more likely that the da the person would die or wrote a virus of his or her white ethnic counterpart im standing in brant its a barrel of london in the northwest of london an area that has a very High Percentage of b. A. And even residents its also one of the hardest hit areas of london code 19 im going to spend a day out about talking to people trying to get to the bottom of this but the oh and s. Research out today points at deprivation and social inequality as key factors here thats the extent to which yeah medieval boys in low income jobs often as socalled essential key workers on the health and social care front line for instance or transport london bus drivers for instance to be securely badly hit as a group bike over 1000 all of these people more exposed to the virus than people in other professions and jobs might be there are also issues of low Income Housing multigenerational. Families in those lower income homes making it harder to observe the lockdown social distancing protect against the virus and so on i mean these are enormous generalizations obviously and the onus does make the point that these account for only a part of this trend there is still a part of it that remains unexplained but clearly another aspect yet another aspect of covert 90 that is tearing not just into the economy of the world but its societys as well. And journal doing though where the government thinking stands at this point ahead of that meeting to discuss easing the lockdown restrictions. Yet when you started the bulletin didnt we talking about the economy the Global Economy and the enormous hit taking place no less here in the u. K. And theres a lot of pressure on the government to ease the lockdown well senior ministers and the Prime Minister will in the next half hour also go into a meeting to assess where we are at the end of the 2nd period of lockdown here at the 2nd 3 week period and on sunday night Boris Johnson is due to give an address to the nation to set up a sort of road map for a phased a gradual phased lifting of the lockdown with some suggestion that from monday small gestures might be applied like being allowed to pick nickel sunbathed in the park so exercise more frequently thats not clear is yet to be seen but the warnings are that its blocked and will be eased extremely gradually infection rates are still too high in this country theres still too great a fear of a 2nd wave but as i say weighing on all of that the enormous damage being done to the economy unemployment expected to go up to 9 percent in the coming months and a contraction of 14 percent for the year 30 percent by the middle of this year the biggest contraction in 300 years in this country john holl there from london. But the most still ahead on the new sound clothing. Reform of morals to fight organized drug gangs which experts say its all getting the wrong. Day. Collectors one of the most essential jobs and now one of the most dangerous. And in sports planes top football stars are tested for corona virus in an effort to get them back on the. Least 10 people including a child have been killed in a gas leak in Southern India more than 200. 00 of those have been taken to hospital People Living in nearby villages have been moved to safer places happened at a factory producing plastics. Was shot. In st elizabeths for. Local government Officials Say that they received an emergency call from the Industrial Area in the Southern City of them at around 3 30 in the morning saying that they with gas from the air they said that when they arrived on the scene that it was difficult to breathe but they couldnt stay in the area for more than a few minutes rescue workers started arriving at 4 oclock in the morning now the National DisasterRelief Agency has been called evacuating people within a 3 kilometer radius of the chemical Plastics Factory and they have said that the gas leak has stopped but police are also saying and anywhere between 200. 00 to 500. 00 have been taken to hospital that theyre having difficulty breathing and that they also have been police also say that the gas leak came from 25000 ton tanks all of styrene gas and that these tanks were left on attended while the fact. For 40 days because of indias lockdown that the an attendant in the tank caused a Chemical Reaction that heat was produced and that is what was released now we do know that again evacuation teams are checking if everyone in the area is ok the concern that this happened in the middle of the night when people would have been sleeping a cruise ship at the center of a criminal investigation into coronavirus deaths in australia has reached the philippines the ruby princess has around 200. 00 Filipino Crew on board its at anchor in manila bay its not known if permission will be given 20 of the ports the ships link to 21. 00 fatalities and 700 infections this trading government is investigating how 2700 passengers were allowed to disembark in march despite some showing signs of disease jemhadar and theyre going to manila says several cruise ships are bringing back filipino workers. It will remain in an anchor manila be up until everyone has been tested were getting reports that in the coming days basically the Philippine Coast guard will be leading the testing of all of the crews on board and there are about 200. 00 Filipino Crews there also those coming from Different Countries at this point there are about 12 ships 12 crew cruise ships currently docked off manila be stranded out with stranded crew workers here and it remains to be seen exactly when theyre going to to leave and according to the philippine goosed coast guard more are expected to arrive or to dock in the coming days but whats critical here though is just how big the impact is on filipino overseas filipino overseas workers as you know the philippines supplies about a quarter of the total labor workforce in the maritime industry more more than 100000. C. Men workers are filipinos more than 20000 have already been repatriated or brought back here and hundreds of them remain stranded here in manila bay so now at this point theyre looking at the Immediate Impact of getting as many of these workers as possible tested those who are cleared will be able to will be sent home those who are possibly will be sent to a medical facility but again the critical part is what happens to those who are non filipinos those who are stranded here according to the Philippine Coast guard most likely they will have to stay in the ship until further notice until things develop on the ground. The u. S. Says its relationship with china is disappointing and frustrating france in reference to a deepening rift over the origins of the current virus President Trump maintains the virus came from a bar true in what the Chinese Government says theres no evidence of that mike hanna has more from the. D. C. The secretary of state has given some 90 interviews or briefings in the past month alone and a central theme in all of them has been the accusation that china is intentionally covering up the origins of the coronavirus and the timeline of the spread of infection the most important piece here is that the American People remain at risk the American People remain at risk because we do not know to your point we dont have certainty about whether it began in the lab or whether begin someplace else in the countrys foremost neurologist is adamant the virus did not begin another of our tree stump and to be false she has stated repeatedly that all Scientific Evidence points to the microbe originating in a mammal like a bat and jumping between species. But president like a secretary of state continues to push back on the science and references the pandemic as an attack this is really the worst attack weve ever had this is worse than pearl harbor this is worse than the World Trade Center theres never been an attack like this and it should have never happened could d have been stopped at the source could have been stopped in china it should have been stopped right at the source. And it wasnt ok and the criticism of china is echoed by the press secretary indicating this is an administration wide strategy right now its a relationship of disappointment and frustration because the president has said how frustrated he is that some of the decisions of china put american lives at risk the question is why you see such a concerted push against china at this time President Trumps anti china rhetoric began to ramp up a week ago following a meeting with his Campaign Manager brad pasco the possibility is that the president s being persuaded that china bashing is an effective Election Strategy that would delight his Political Base it was just a few weeks ago that President Trump was describing the chinese leader as his very good friend now for whatever reason its a relationship that is very much at risk mike hanna aljazeera washington confirmed cases of the coronavirus are slowly rising in africa now Health Experts warn efforts to contain the virus of being undermined by misinformation including from some African LeadersCatherine Sawyer reports from kenyas capital nairobi. Victor evers job as a journalist to the facts checking agency is to verify information on the internet and examine the truth to what government and political leaders are saying he especially needs to be more diligent during the coronavirus pandemic never has just analyzed the social media video of the governor of kenyas capital nairobi. Who recently included potholes of a brand of cognac in food relief packs and gave these explanations that is chemistry which has some but it. Didnt end up she does us troops and it kills the. The virus is something that it kills as the disease continues to spread across the continent so does misinformation about it a lot of false information a lot of misinformation and disinformation play on your emotions and when people are emotional the come to be the can be critical of this would have been the one not getting the right thing sounds in uganda president yoweri with 70 reason he endorsed the production of a sanitizing spray that a medical investor said could cure the disease but id ask this president and roger alina also launched the distribution of a how cool drink he said calicivirus and kenya some people are using Home Remedies they swear will protect them from getting sick the World Health Organization has said there is no proven cure or vaccine give up confusing time for everybody many people are now relying more on online content for their coronavirus some of those we talked to say they are overwhelmed by all the information on fossil media either way very lying and for paul who are the people you know online and most of the often formation have been shared millions of times across the continent. For enochian use a volunteer with the kenyan red cross she distributes sanitizers soap and masks on the streets of nairobi. And office Accurate Information as opposed to the nice information online. That theyre linking a lot so it means they cannot divide us and people believe that. 1000 is not for africa and theyre saying that if in fact this morning someone carried me and he told me. Just what each people he doesnt believe in that. She saves the only way to counter the online misinformation is doing what shes doing talking to people answering their questions and trying to calm their fears catherine aljazeera arabic can you. Now are the wrong people being targeted in the battle against Illegal Drugs or former heads of state diplomats and crime experts are telling governments their policies are wrong and drug laws need to be reformed the swiss space Global Commission on drug policy says criminalizing Illegal Drugs and drug users and petty offenders has led to overcrowded prisons and young people in poor communities are suffering disproportionately the Commission Says government should instead focus on combating the most dangerous and profitable crime gangs drug traffickers are often linked to other crimes such as people trafficking Money Laundering and arms smuggling they also use Online Marketplaces and cryptocurrency for their transactions the Commission Says regulating the multibillion dollar illegal drug trade will make organized criminals less powerful earlier we spoke with former new zealand Prime Minister helen clark whos involved with the Global Commission on drug policy she says most drug policies actually end up helping criminal networks. The prohibitionist approach has really been a gift to organized crime because its given a huge market is to Something Like 650. 00 plus 1000000000. 00 market a year pivot drugs so the view of the Global Commission on drug policy is you could actually disrupt that by states taking on the responsible regulation of drugs and getting supply all criminal hands then you can focus on whats really important and that is organized crime itself with its general extortion for Money Laundering people and guns trafficking and so on thats what the lower more attention should be on not on the simple member of the community who is a person using drugs its all politics really to say that youre going to be hard on crime and criminals and yet in our jails globally theres a couple of 1000000 people sitting there for the simple possession of drugs and after anyone else any harm overwhelmingly these people are nonviolent and it is interesting that in these circumstances of covert 19 with fear of going into the giles and indeed it isnt in a number of generals around the world then countries are taking steps to release these new home defenders so it really raises the issue of why were they there repeat at the Global Commission we see prohibition and the laurels draft of the round there which repress people who use drugs as highly counterproductive the best incentive often is an economic one there are plenty of arguments based on human rights for not treating people who use drugs the way theyre treated at the moment in the criminal laws. But the reality is its also costing a lot of money for no good purpose to pursue the people who use and persist drugs to lock them up to keep them in jail for a very very long to. On and then few people ever come out of jail a bit a person giles recruiting stations or organized crime so the way were dealing with these issues at the moment is not all its expensive and well the damaging to Peoples Health will be with many people on the long down during the pandemic Health Experts are warning about a surge in drug and alcohol abuse a federal u. S. Emergency hotline reported a 1000 percent increase in calls in april and a polish found there lee hof of americans say the crisis is affecting them Mental Health john hendren reports from chicago it 13 Jennifer Jimenez became the face on a 1000 fashion magazines my life literally went from growing up and went outside us argentina where there is dirt roads and donkeys run around all over to becoming a supermodel overnight just like that then after ending years of cocaine and alcohol addiction she went from the youngest model to grace the cover of elle to the front of recovery today now she says she fears a pandemic of drug addiction within the coronavirus pandemic there isnt it and. Its and you know. Its. I think its. I think that there are people coming. Thats out during. Her husband tim ryan is a former heroin addict turned interventionist so what people are doing. Well oh i know its. A lot. The couple is now fielding more than 100. 00 calls a day on their own helpline. Experts say addiction is a disease of isolation and quarantine social distancing increase the risk of a relapse. It seems clear people are self medicating whether out of fear or just boredom in the 3rd week of march when much of the u. S. Went on lockdown the research from nielsen found alcohol sales rose 55 percent even though most bars and restaurants had closed online sales rose is staggering 243 percent for attic suffering in isolation Jennifer Jimenez has a message ive heard china gets china and so are you so far. Realize that your so your work and your life matters i dont even think there are knowing that youre in the circle. Its a road that these days millions of that aches are walking alone john hendren chicago. That was a bit of a sad picture but the picture is now about to get a little bit sunnier not only because we talk about nicer weather in europe because our very own mr rainbow and sunshine is here its a hows that for thats after you wonderful thank you very much. If theres a rainbow youre after you probably need to go into eastern parts of europe weve got warm sunshine for the most part and if its not sunny now it soon will be youve got clear skies right across central and western parts of here you can see the shower cloud over towards the east itll hook of clouds just rolling in here thats where we have got a few showers in play but High Pressure dominates across so central parts and with an area of High Pressure the winds travel in a clockwise direction so were dragging up warm southerly winds across that western side of europe that swear he really is in play then so we getting up into the low twentys across many of those central and western parts that he will its a little further east which as we go through the next couple of days as we go on through saturday on into sunday you can see how the darker red colors the warmer colors they are pushing further eastward just noticed over towards the northwest im afraid here its going to go downhill for you were getting blues and greens coming in that means you may well see some snow with the high ground struggling to get into double figures for london this we go on into monday madrid at around 21 celsius matches up with moscow 21 by that stage for the time being though those showers are there across at least the side if youre there is that pleasant sunshine that gorgeous weather that we have across so central and western parts as we go on through friday and on in c. Saturday a few showers starting to push in we are going to see some rain im afraid and some showers and rainbows for western parts by week and im glad there was a rainbow in there somewhere thank you so much there was a rainbow when they were here for brahma. All right still ahead on aljazeera. Great justice for people breaching warrantied in latin america but i dance to help. And more evidence of russian mercenaries fighting against internationally recognized governments in libya. But its for the Boston Red Sox crown star find a way to pass the time even though theres no baseball being used by. Law. When the news breaks over the night of the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people who need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place of the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and indepth took notes for obvious reasons as the world battled them from endemic to bring you the latest developments from around the globe aljazeera has teams underground to bring new moodily documentaries and life means. Eyes early test treats and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with the number 4 on a virus pushed failure to take really aggressive action we put them behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where theres one ventilator 3000000 people indepth analysis of the days global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on aljazeera. You know this era time to recap our headlines now china has reported an unexpected rise in exports during april and many other countries are reporting bleecker economic updates including the u. K. Which has been warned coronavirus pandemic could push it into its worst recession on brattle. People from black asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds in the u. K. Are more likely to die from cope with 90 and than white people new dancer has found the office for National Statistics report says Underlying Health conditions poverty and age are all driving factors behind me in policy. A gas leak of a Chemical Plant in Southern India has killed at least 10 people hundreds of bodies have been taken to hospital. Cope with 19 deaths in latin america surpassed 15000 some Health Experts say the region is several weeks behind europe with the peak yet to come brazil is worst hit with around 8 and a half 1000 deaths in just over 2700 mexico as the 2nd highest number of regional fatalities ecuador has borne 1600 dead indigenous communities in the amazon rain forest feared genocide from the pandemic despite peru been one of the 1st latin american countries to shut down cases of doubled in the last 10 days with 1500 dead Health Care Workers are applauding for their sacrifices during the pandemic but other Unsung Heroes who also risk their lives often get little recognition or support our latin america editor of a syrian human joins sanitation workers in chile on shifts in the careful santiago. They make their living by doing the dirty work. And she school and are a team. From dawn to Early Morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and taboo neighborhood. Of bell residents that theyre coming back to my daniel has been doing this for 33 years. Someone has to do it we dont have advanced education so we have to do this but im not sorry on the contrary its a noble job. Maybe so but its hazardous. This is dangerous because of the dogs people leave sharp objects in the bags even syringes we pick all this up with their hands and isnt fictions theres no sugarcoating this is one of the least hygenic and also a 1000000 jobs that one can have and its now become one of the most dangerous because these men have no idea if the rubbish that theyre handling over and over again belongs to the people who are going ok that was when i told. Francisco this is now afraid to go home how the world. Because of the family they say this fire is get stuck to the bags and to the handles on the truck. Chillies more than 16000 sanitation employees work with gloves that easily ripped to shreds the few disposable face masks the company gave these workers ran out long ago so they wear whatever they find you think that you are meant to look at they might see what you are the security measures in this country are appalling for the sector is specially under these new conditions. While the private companies arent paying these men any extra ordinary people are showing their appreciation and. Rubbish collectors have always been stigmatized and seen as the lowest on the totem pole but now with this people giving us credit where its due its would keep their spirits up as the joke with obvious pride that theyre now consider. Part of the frontline against coronavirus you see in yemen al jazeera sent out. Governments in latin america leading the fight against the virus no been eyes crime gangs are taking up their efforts to also gone home and has more from mexico city. Hes about to be punished for heading out during quarantine. But not by the police by the m s 13 going you know salvador theyve been taking action against violators of coronavirus curfews in their territory. And so the criminal groups across latin america the chief concern and list say isnt for the greater good but strategic goings. The fact that you are seen as. Benevolent so controlling authorities in your communities has some benefits in terms of its own and a certain moments will be 13. Trolling secondly even their use and sort of interaction element and gangs that they are able to implement some initiatives on all issues increase their its all in there never is. Further south in brazil gangs in a couple of 5 villages in Rio De Janeiro which usually get their money through street crime and drug dealing now in Public Services says fernando brunn callie so what theyre doing right now is basically. Trying to promote a lockdown of. Who should be on the street and what time but also i think private doctors i mean it matt try to keep this straight and yesterday is trying to look like a state and says brian cawley charging residents the socalled taxes that go with that. I mean i guess its all old news to mexican criminals. Whove long played the good hearted outlaw with the coronavirus theyve simply stepped up their publicist and. Just look at this slickly edited video of the new Generation Cartel handing out food parcels the citizens think its leader. And here reportedly a sell of the sin aloa cartel with a packages to some reason with Osama Bin Laden labels that even the daughter of imprisoned drug lord chappell has handed out 2 packages with his face on it but some of the groups on even putting up the money themselves. Where half. A half are in. And. I know. Displaced neverlands and im some have already started stealing. And hire trucks. As well. Mexicos president has said it is better if they just dont kill it but at the gun law they shouldnt go around like rulers who think that just like you know theyre forgiven. And thats just the thing in mexico the murder rate hasnt gone down and it only on the lines that here and elsewhere in latin america these groups have no problem with killing in and terrorizing communities and no amount of robin hood posturing is going to change that. What may change say analysts is the amount of power criminal groups can accrue by strategic good beats and that should be a worry to any state john homan aljazeera mexico city. The man for more food in soup kitchens is being made in argentina protesters say the amount being delivered to the poor isnt enough about 11000000. 00 arjan tons of applied for Food Assistance since the lockdown started in march. The u. S. Governments denying any involvement in what venezuela says was a failed attempt to overthrow president Nicolas Maduro state t. V. Is broadcast video of what it says is a u. S. Mercenary captured with other former soldiers in the speedboat but duros described the military mission as a modern day version of the infamous bay of pigs fiasco in cuber in 1961 stories about reports. 2 former u. S. Soldiers were part of what venezuela says was a plan to overthrow president equal a mother wouldnt they were part of a group of around 60 people that say they were hoping to help venezuelans regain freedom but the plan did not work out 8 of them were killed and at least 13 others detained when they tried to reach the venezuelan coast in a speedboat. On wednesday my little gave a press conference where he showed the video of interrogation of one of the former u. S. Soldiers involved my responsibilities to sue in court there he explained his job was to train venezuelans and help them take control of the airport and get a cast member will once again blame donald trump columbias president and Opposition Leader why the for the plot to oust him the 3 of them have denied involvement. Who organized this mercenary and terrorist incursion that wanted to fill venezuela with violence who did it who gave the order who financed it these are the answers were getting every day he also showed a contract that was allegedly signed by why the unjoined then go to the u. S. War veteran that owns silvercorp the Security Company hired for the failed military operation matador said he would request his extradition from the united states. 8 and that the captured americans would be tried in venezuela u. S. Secretary of state mike one said he would do everything in his power to secure their release were going to work on this its a counsellor matter in the sense of anytime there are americans that are detained some place will work to get them back we are we will start the process of trying to figure a way if every fact these are americans that are there that we can figure a path forward its not the 1st time venezuela accuses the u. S. Of supporting plans to get muddled out of office its been used as a smokescreen to cover the many problems venezuelans face today but the detention of 2 u. S. Former soldiers in the country raised questions about who was behind a plot that most analysts say was doomed from the start because how will i just. To libya now and links between waldheim if i have to in the kremlin the United Nations says around a 1000 russian scenarios are in libya theyre working for the wagner group a mercenary operation with close ties to the government the u. N. Also says have those recruited up to 2000 fighters from syria to reinforce his attempt to depose the un recognized government in tripoli. That we are very concerned and the intervention. Foreign citizens in libya is something the secretary general has spoken out about publicly it is something of concern it is of no help to the people of libya. Who are who arent directly political reconciliation so peace can return to their countries. Our diplomatic heritage james phase has more from the u. N. Zerah spoke to a number of Security Council members whove confirmed whats in the report weve known for a long time there are russian mercenaries operating in libya we didnt perhaps know the scale of the operations of the Russian Company the wagon the group it has about a 1000 operatives its believed in the country including about 40 sleepers who are on the front lines trying to tilt the battles in favor of general haftar the 57 page report gives pictures of some of those operatives and pictures of some of their weapons it also reveals for the 1st time that general have to is getting support from fighters that have come in from syria weve known for a long time that turkey has been sending syrian fighters to support the government government of National Accord but it seems that syrian fighters have been coming in on the other side to support general have to we believe as many as 2000 fighters who are on contracts of 800. 00 a month for 3 months we believe to try and help general have to in his fight or various countries support opposing sides in libyas conflict lets take a look the government of National Accord is based in tripoli led by Prime Minister phases of a large his administration is backed by the u. N. With diplomatic support from qatar italy and other western nations turkey recently sent military support award hoping for half of those power bases in the government and top broke in Eastern Libya hes supported by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Russia and egypt france denies providing military support cloudier against xeni is senior libyan analyst for the International Crisis groups joins us now by skype from rome good to have you with us so d what is that stake for russia 1st of all in libya. Well russia has been involved in the in the libya conflict for some time its more than a year that were starting to see russian operatives ministrys private security contractors on the ground there helping her what their ambitions in libya its slightly murkier in the sense that they seem to have sort of 33. 00 goals produce the will to pursue their regional interests of exerting influence in the mediterranean creating an alliance of countries that back also and have relations with russian back said regina and syria but also to simply over the years it seems to have been aimed also at annoying of the u. S. Policy in libya u. S. Backing the government of National Accord in tripoli since 2016 and thirdly pursuing economic interests trying to carve out a state put itself in libya to have economic returns in the near future so essentially its a low Cost Investment for russia with potentially oil or as a whole high yields in the in the future now that were seeing the u. N. Confirming the presence of Russian Private security contractors in libya is there likely to be action or a push for action. Well it has been no or no secret i mean i think the u. S. Diplomats and other foreign capitals have been seeing evidence of russian fighters on the ground what was. What was the debate was how many u. S. Officials were saying 3000 that to us always seemed like an inflated number i think the number 1000 proposed by the u. N. Panel of experts reports is is more is more realistic now will all of this push parties into action meaning push the International Community towards reconsidering its military strategy well we can only hope so i mean turkeys intervention in libya since the beginning of 2020 was in part a reaction to the gulf states intervention in libya u. S. Diplomatic posturing on libya was also in the last period a reaction to russian involvement meaning that the u. S. Supported Khalifa Haftar at the beginning of this offensive in april 29th team but then when the u. S. Started realizing that the russians were so deeply involved militarily it started sending mixed messages and sort of backtracking on that support so we can only hope that with further evidence of foreign involvement made clear and made evident even the libyans will start to realize that they better. Push for a reconciliation a peace plan rather than being a gabble of the great job political war that other countries are pursuing on their land how much of an understanding is there between russia and turkey for example have they reached the same level of understanding that they have over syria. Well their relations are. Both difficult on some fire hells and easier on others i mean you can ration. Perhaps the 2 countries involved libyan war that actually have channels of communication because of their shared experience in there in syria because of their Common Energy interests because turkey imports gas from russia and because of their military cooperation in terms of turkey rely on also on Russian Military equipment on its own soil so they are channels of communication there was an attempted turkish russian back cease fire earlier on in january but things have sort of frozen since then so there is a that perhaps these 2 countries can still open up that dialogue open up their conversations and all those supporting 2 different sides are in that into conflict or perhaps because they support different sides of the libya complex to try to foster a new attempt to to go back to the negotiating table this is very different than other half step back its the the emirates in cairo i do not have those channels of communications with turkey and actually are very much more hostile to turkey then then russian so its where pursuing a russian turkish dialogue will be new dialogue on libya in order to try to avoid a further escalation or for analysis there from a cloud there the theme. Thank you. So how to aljazeera. One of the most ferocious fight is in boxing history eyes a return to the ring. Or. The or were. All right sports fans lets find out if theres anything going on the green joe well there isnt there isnt some a because we start in brazil where 3 footballers have tested positive for corona virus at reigning champions for the mango it comes as the country pushes to restart the game assumes. All the players are among 38 people connected to the club who are asymptomatic the names of the players not being disclosed their coach george has tested positive in march on monday from a long time the search died at the age of 68 after being diagnosed with copd 19 busy in football has been suspended since mid march but franco had previously been planning to return to training this week after being given the go ahead by the Rio De Janeiro football federation. But as you want to do when you want calls from all but the decision to restart football in brazil is a controversial one this video put out by the Athletes Union features 16 players from 12 top clubs including a player from flamingo saying theyre worried about safe working conditions if they go back out onto the pitch to saying. Joining me now is brazilian journalist fernando callus fernando willies positive test of flamingo effect when the lakes restarts i just think its crazy when you think that one of the last countries in the word to fight against the start fighting against. Coronavirus is the one of the 1st that wants to go back to play football what he saw we fly many more is just its just that everything you know the 38 its basically the everyone that works for the clerk so one of every 3 and people that works right now they have corner fires so how come people in brazil still think that its possible to come back to football in brazil is just ludicrous its just its crazy whats happened in brazil not only in football everything ive surrounded coronavirus its just brazil it looks like a Science Fiction movie right now so obviously youre against it the Athletes Union is also posing a return to football too soon who is pushing for it and why. I dont know its just like the press that the bought a photo for example will have badges that he thought yesterday that that is ludicrous its a crazy idea in the hes words so everything looks like crazy in brazil like you have 600 new cases today in brazil brazil is already the leader is self america of nuclear in the finest ass. So i dont know i dont know who is pushing for is some blogs. Its just its a completely you if you have that little every beat the less country in the word despite you start fighting against going to fire where is the regions theyre completely different with the way that react some some readers their own in lockdown some other regions theyre not in lockdown so we have a country that is its as big as a continent so you have lots of cases in some places the other places you have the will be the hospitals theyre failing the system so it now youre talking about playing soccer again football again is just its just crazy i dont understand it i dont understand at all where president de botton are is said that he wants that will to return how long do you think that clubs can survive financially without playing. Well i dont know it but it its a problem that you have been all over the word and its not about it when you went but also now to say that who wants to go back if he is the one that is saying that it was saying that it was just a small flu he what he was the saying that its an International Conspiracy we have right now and hes a responsible parents events in brazil running the country that air negates the science facts negates that the country that people are dying every day in the country so now hes talking about football 1st he has to respond to corona virus in a responsible way as a politician as a human being and hes not doing there and he started talking about food but right now its not time to talk about food or he resists thought about the time about talking about saving lives in the country soul the president he should be more responsible in just accept the science facts not negating science its just crazy whats happening in brazil all right fernando callus thank you welcome gemini sit with us as a meeting today to agree every start date ought to be given the go ahead by the government that chancellor Angela Merkel made the announcement after meeting with germanys 16 state governors the earliest the games can start a week on saturday with no fans players having as take it seriously up to has a billon Salomon Kalou was suspended for mocking social distancing on instagram. The football season in france has already been scrapped but liams president says the decision in germany shows that he can still be completed person as a man were declared french champions while i mean and to lose were relegated beyond finished 7th which means they must now win the league cup all the Champions League to get a place in europe next season Club President michel us warned he will claim millions of dollars for a loss of a charity he told sports paper keep ive noted that training has resumed in almost 10 European Countries by adapting our method we would probably have been able to complete the season were on the wrong track but its not too late to try and think about something coherent spain is one of those countries still trying to play lean on messi and other stars return to their training grounds for the 1st time since march to be tested for coronavirus its part of the 4 step plan to resume action without fans in june and over in the states some of the Major League Soccer teams are returning to training david beckons into miami right now theyre only allowed individual sessions outdoors and players dont have access to the locker rooms theres no restart date for the m. L. S. Which has been suspended since march the 12th its a bit of a tease and ideal scenario were out here training and we have the full group out here but thats just not the case and so we have to respect that and were just really grateful were really thankful that we have found a way to be here and you can at least see the guys from a distance and we are in a sense working together and its just nice to be back at our facility all major sports in the u. S. Is shut down including baseball but the Boston Red Sox ground staff have been busy on us National Nurses day they mowed a giant heart into the outfield at fenway park. Mike tyson says he wants to return to the ring to raise money for charity hes been retired 15 years but he still. Felt this 5 2nd clip earlier this week and its been viewed 9000000. 00 times the 53 year old former heavyweight champion has already been offered as much as 3000000. 00 for an exhibition fight in australia tyson retired in 2005 after losing to kevin mcbride. That is useful for now have will feel like to sammy highest but save for this news hour but so will be back in a few minutes another show that will be with her shall so stay with us. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day the new patent your new join our global community. How we come to be able to fight. Your questions can i get on with you trying to say directly that coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the front line on etheric life and keeping you up to date and weve seen countries beaten back and beaten back successfully the street on aljazeera. 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