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Down in south Koreas Capital after a surge in new infections is going to party goers. And volunteers in spain paul out there sewing machines to ease the shortage of protective equipment to. Install the return of the ultimate fighting championship its a bump as one of its fighters test positive for corona virus but the comeback event in florida still goes ahead behind closed doors. We begin in libya where forces loyal to war also before have to have 5 at least 80 rockets into tripolis only functioning airport its believed a civilian plane on the tarmac of airport was hit one person has been killed after us forces had targeted some residential areas in the capital close to the turkish and italian embassies. In this story lets bring in Mahmoud Abdulla why have you in tripoli a man who weve seen over the last few days half the forces intensifying shelling on the airport and civilian areas on embassies are they advancing towards the capital. Will they are not advancing at all. In fact they have been losing ground but the attack on a matey get airport today as if you can see behind me the this mark is still rising from airport many people here attribute it to their leaders to defeat that house that his forces suffer the specially of that of the last strategic cities and towns in the west of the libyan all sort of all attacks by the Government Air force on the woods yet aid bees have those forces stronghold close to the tunisian border is now Security Forces here say that they have called on the area to prevent civilians. Mainly the highway the coastal way that links the city center to the may to get airport is now blocked is trying to prevent civilians from coming closer to the because because of possible for their attacks by have to his forces meanwhile authorities in America Air Force to have told us that 2 airliners have been damaged one of them was set on fire. That belongs to Libyan Airlines and it was due to fly to spain to bring back the libyans stranded there due to 19 prevention measures and meanwhile the authorities also tell us that there were many foreigners european from European Countries there were also supposed to fly on that Airline Others to travel back to their countries their situation remains very tense inside and in the vicinity of m 80 gear but as you can see the smoke is still rising and the. Oil Marketing Company thats. Part of this state owned Oil Corporation posted that one of its jet fuel tanks inside was also damaged and set on fire because of the explosions caused by the multiple rocket attacks this attack comes only 2 days after it helped us force that attack on the vicinity of the turkish and italian embassies in the city center many people here are angry especially the civilians hold live nearby they may to get airport they say that they have been calling on the International Community to put pressure on have to us forces to refrain from targeting it civilian areas civilian facilities and residential areas but it seems that so far have the forces have not been responding to these calls or thanks so much for mahmoud. Or ward cleaver half has been trying to take control of the capital for more than a year but as the terms have been repelled the u. N. Recognized government based in tripoli is led by Prime Minister face a sort of large size the u. N. His administration has diplomatic support from italy and other western nations turkey recently sent military reinforcements have those power bases the government in Eastern Libya hes supported by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Russia and egypt france denies providing military backing nor for the buddha is the executive director of the Nordic Center for conflict transformation he joins us by skype from robots in morocco good to have you with us so recently weve seen half of those forces particularly focus on a lot of civilian infrastructure why. Well 1st of all we expected that after senate after the massive loss that he scored recently he wanted to do that for 2 main reasons one is to show that he stayed there for his followers of the few followers that hes losing and now there are. Converting to also torture actually degenerate and the 2nd reason for him to do it to is to show for his and for the country that to do theyre supporting him that he stayed there and he can do things so dont like. Mahmoud said they did is no a plan or tactics for him hes just trying to show that is still there unfortunately he choose this period of time to do it its around a down its people that hes a pandemic and most of the people are in their houses and hes descending rockets up in iraq its on their heads i dont think this is sustainable for him he realizes that he opened a bank and there are a war and he can or cant control it so for him in my opinion that i mean maybe indicators by which and he can say that what hes doing is this is not sustainable 1st in terms of tactics he doesnt seem to have a very solid one has to rely more and more on mercenaries that are actually courting it by russia and the private company wanted to bring what do you need missionaries into the war more than 1200 mercenaries are added to the existing mercenary the u. N. Reports regarding that it war are not sustainably won by neither be sustainable by missionaries the 2nd point that i would like to raise is that he can no longer want to invade his the people that is fighting with him we have seen that locals are actually dont want to support the d. N. A. The u. S. Backed government under me he doesnt seem to be able to beat people in libya. Contextualize his moves and also read the d. N. A. Statics. Has the tide changed it off for one side to defeat the other no i dont doubt but i still think that the. Un backed government of the d. N. A. And has more now support of the people than before and this is a very major 6 another point that i would like to read and its very important and we dont talk about it too much is the role of the us i believe that the un has wasted so much time when after the resignation of the un envoy to sense a landmark. There and they had the opportunity to nominate a new mediator who can actually bring a problem solving to the conflict. In a peaceful manner a mediator and that is actually supported by all the parties and if you want what what had happened is that you then do when presented somebody who we knew that hes not going to be able to be supported by everyone into the conflict if the former minister of Foreign Affairs on the jury that saddam hour will serve this country as minister for an affair from 2008 to 2013 we know that on geria its border in libya and we might even consider say that in libya isnt it a concern are to enter the conflict in with stakes in the conflict in a. More precisely so i did a serious thing that this is not reversing the war is not reverting to one side or another we knew war is dark and there are a boxes and there are a lot of things that we can no longer control when there are triggered we expected the retaliation after unfortunately this retaliation against all the standards of International Law by targeting civilians we thank you for your analysis. Youre welcome thank you. The delicate balance between keeping people healthy and protecting the economy is going head to head in pakistan along town measures are being eased just as the number of daily interactions reaches new highs more than 1500 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours bringing the total to around 27000 close to 700 people have died pakistans government has started listing lockdown leisures despite the number of daily infections soaring among high there as the latest from some about. August on has been in a state of law ground for over a month now initiated hurting. People who are relying on making an extra amount of money because of the month of ramadan however the government shared that it was taking a difficult decision to open up to benefit the factory however schools and colleges are going large congregation were still north be allowed the important thing now is what kind of effect this will have on pakistan spiritually at that time when the infection rates are writing within the country there are already warnings by the medical fraternity there such a move mayport extra pressure on pakistan. Medical facility that they will not be a very good deal british friend they make. The big worry is that if the situation gets worse in the next few days and the influx of coronavirus patients increases by tens of thousands then the whole Health Care System will collapse because we dont have many ventilators and we dont have the capacity to cope with a mounting crisis now the government is moving in a calculated man expecting the people to go observe the fop but we have been able to keep people regard mark oblivious to the dangers of the friend theyre making and theyre going to be a rare danger for bar gets done. We understand. That there is an increased threat of infection to people but we are also faced with an economic crisis lifting the lockdown will help us earn a living for our family as people will be out for each shopping and off to eat the government can go to lock down again and we wont object to it with the idea that you know though the government has lifted the lockdown this will endanger more lives as no one here is following the Standard Operating Procedures people here are also not taken it seriously. By the government stricture and pressure of. Reopening their business but did in. Danger and lead to an alarming. End of number of. Russias frazzled and potent lead a scaled down celebrations of 75 years since the end of world war 2 the vishal parade was postponed because of the pandemic russia has the 5th highest number of cases in the world the numbers are rising dramatically it registered more than 10000 new covered 19 cases a day for a 7th day a row. Instead of a military parade on moscows red square russians marked 53 day in solitude covered 19 has changed everything the streets routinely used to display russias military power are empty no tanks no music no marchers. President Vladimir Putin place flowers at the eternal flame near the kremlin walls and for the 1st time in recent hears western delegates who were due to attend the event canceled. Addressing the nation he called for unity. During the year we know and they firmly believe that we are going to believe and we stand together. A military air show replace the ground parade with jets flying over 47 cities across russia. During the 2nd world war the then soviet union lost about 25000000 people more than any other country with social distancing traditions have turned to technology and set of families carrying a photograph of a relative lost in the war like previous years portraits were uploaded online for a digital commemoration the start menu price nick i dont mind the celebrations but cancelled people will celebrate at home and can watch the parade from previous years. But the president was counting on the parade to mark the 75th anniversary with his Approval Ratings hitting a record low. Theres frustration over the handling of the pandemic as russia becomes a new hotspot for the virus at home a weak economy and a slump in oil prices are making things worse. Abroad its involvement in the war in syria and libya has fueled and sions with adversaries the president was hoping the parade would help us political standing and the countrys more out. But as it marks the end of the 2nd world war russia now faces a new in a visible anime katia locus of the young aljazeera. The mayor of south Koreas Capital seoul has ordered all balls and clubs to close over concerns the virus could be spreading that the government had began relaxing its social distancing measures ultra dropping new infections but insults are reports of new cases linked to some bars and nightclubs which prompted the orders to shut them down from hong kong the video polland says theres optimism after infections in south korea dropped to single digits. But this now is becoming a cautionary tale for south korea and letting its guard down too soon this latest cluster of infection stems one man 29 year old man who on thursday was identified as having corona virus it was then revealed that he had visited 5 bars and nightclubs over overnight on may 1st which was the 1st few days when south korea was easing its social distancing measures that happened to be a long weekend to use of people from all over the country happened to be in the area to celebrate south koreas overcoming their out break so now about 40 people have been identified as testing positive link to that cluster but it goes much further than that in fact the district now says they have to track and trace about 7000 people who may have this is the area over that period because of what theyre calling silent spreaders or secondary infection so its not serving as an example or a test case for the rest of the region and other countries for instance germany which had a similar trajectory jack 3 to south korea as far as infections go which is now opening up china also which is now using restrictions and opening up and hong kong in particular which this week is now opening bars and entertainment areas. Officials in turkey say the use of socalled contact traces help control its corona Virus Outbreak more than 3600 people have died since march of all talus the rate has been falling for 17 Straight Days so in course all the reports on the treatment method getting the credit this patient has just been transferred from the hospitals Emergency Service to the intensive care unit. He has severe coronavirus along with other complications most of these i. C. U. Patients are 65 or older. They know they are especially vulnerable but they are fighting to return to can tell. Here their. 60 percent to take these cases are reported in istanbul we treat many of them here we still get 8. 00 to 10. 00 cases overnight now its more like 4 or 5 per day are intensive care unit is still 3 quarters full but fewer people are dying after recording some of the fastest growth uncovered 19 infections in the world the outbreak in turkey appears to have hit a plateau after 6 weeks. Because all the rubble the Health Minister saying his contact tracers their socalled white army have been the key. 6000 contact tracers across turkey ensure a Covert Mission stick to quarantine rules and identify anyone with whom they have been in contact. This records who has called it and where they are helping to identify and contain hotspots yes Mission Contact tracing eliminates the virus contamination and possible new cases youve got the patient on what to do how to sen eyes and isolate the number of the covert cases in our district went down at least 40 percent. And the tracing begins this young medical worker has tested negative so far but were confident fraser team has the spot where that 1st family has been in contact with the person with the koran the virus while they are running a test to find out whether anyone is in fact the outbreak may have reached in turkey but caution remains and people are being warned that social distancing rules will be around for a while longer and that to avoid covered 19 the safest place is home. Aljazeera the stumble plenty more still ahead on the news hour including reports of threats bloodshed and forced eviction tanisha megaproject planned by saudi arabia. Demand for Home Deliveries is out but some kenyan drivers are missing out on profits tell you why. And then be a players take their 1st steps back into training joe well have the latest coming up in sports. A prominent saudi prince has been reportedly detained by authorities in saudi arabia Human Rights Watch says prince feisal been up the road was detained at the end of march and hasnt been heard of since hes the son of the late King Abdullah and the former head of the countrys red crescent society. Forces have condemned internationally for have been condemned internationally for carrying out a spate of arrests targeting prominent saudis the death of a tribal leader meanwhile in saudi arabia has thrown the spotlight on tensions over the kingdoms new mega city project. He was shot by Security Forces 3 weeks ago after refusing to give up his home to make way for the planned city financial concerns amounting about the project to. More. This is when saudi officials reported 300 over the body of a key to his tribe his family denies the official narrative that up to him was a terrorist who was killed after opening fire at Security Forces. And in videos uploaded on the internet he complained that he was being asked to leave his ancestral land a rare public defiance to a royal decree. That if. I am from out of here i but where mohammed bin solomon wants to build his new neon projects so many villages have started the phases of displacing people in this area these are sort of houses evaded start forcing people to leave their houses of course the people here are all rejecting this and refusing displacement im still not sure whether muslims are welcome to be here or not. The tribe in north west in the blue province is in the path of a mega project called the oem a 500000000000. 00 city to be built from scratch on the picture rescue at sea and a rock said he was standing in its way. This is when he was killed for refusing to comply in a shootout with Security Forces. The Saudi Crown Prince is ambitious vision 2030 and the construction in the new york project had snags since its announcement in 2017 satellite images of pain by aljazeera sure that in the last 3 years just a few royal palaces have been built the small airport for private planes is far from the Grand Junction promised in the Marketing Campaign 3 years ago activists say there is major corruption involved to a degree which transfers land to mohammed bin sole man that is then bought by the saudi state for new york and the people of the land are evicted the confiscation of the land will not be stopped the g. M. Will take them and it will it make to be able to destroy their houses but there is no and i was no financial ability to build and was not able to convince International Investors to put money in this region c n n since the killing of 280. 00 most of the international companies. Decided not. To come inside today beyond and invest in any project so neither the gene kranz most of its. International investments the kingdom is likely to borrow 58000000000. 00 to balance its budget and with record law and prices additional finances for ambitious projects are unlikely. Progress and a failure to attract investment was before the coronavirus pandemic and the Global Economic slowdown if that doesnt change the princes dream could remain just that osama bin job it does there. Well as you just heard no sam his report there are Major Economic hurdles facing saudi arabias ambitious plans chief among them the government needs oil prices to be around 76. 00 a barrel to balance its budget thats according to the International Monetary fund but in april brant crude the International Benchmark plunged to just 21. 00 a barrel on saturday it was trading at around 30. 00 a barrel the kingdom is rolled out an unprecedented economic stimulus package which may provide some help for the i. M. F. Is predicting its g. D. P. To 4 by 2. 3 percent and theres increasing tension with another massive oil producer the us which has put pressure on riyadh to cut its all production lets cross over now to our senior political analyst Marwan Bashara marwan a lot to unpack here lets start 1st of all with the arrest reports of arrests of senior figures prince last time we heard reports of arrests of princes it was to try and basically it seems to get money out of them whats this one about well you know you know you never know and so clearly people not only dont have the right to express themselves certainly not to criticize they also apparently dont have the right to be silent meaning either you support vocally their regime in saudi arabia or you lose it and it doesnt matter who you are you could be one cause in the 2nd goes. And already the crown prince has put a whole bunch of cousins and many many other activists civil rights activists and journalists and some support imprisoned not only or not because they are exciting the regime merely because they are keeping silence everyone knows theres a lot of pent up tension in the kingdom because of the Economic Situation because of the political situation because of the russian source of course but every month every week maybe every day we hear yet but another human rights violation another arrest and this just continues to go on in addition to arrests of people like prince feisal been on the low of also had the recent killing of a tribal figure and when you had the all that up together that must be causing some internal tensions. But cups a little and i think theres a 2nd erratic behavior on the part of the crown prince nowadays its actually been going on for the last 5 years but clearly the regime in saudi arabia the royal family is box they in its corner the Economic Situation is going from bad to worse its economic rating its credit has been downgraded by western. Agencies and of course as weve said arrogant but report the oil revenues are coming down that debt is rising. In that benefit to spend on its war thats been going on for the last 5 years in yemen and thats where remember this if this is going to go on for 2 weeks its been 5 years and continues and theres of course the commitments to the United States hundreds of billions of dollars weve heard when the conference was a Good Washington certainly and it 1000000000. 00 to buy american arms so all those commitments the war the purchasing arms to investment overseas that i suggest that the climate all prices and the fight of corruption that has gone nowhere because as you were saying they dragged the whole question princes and others who think its called to them what they do basically blackmail theyve been and get a whole bunch of money out of it. But at the same time the crown prince was playing at castle and a painting for over a 1000000000. 00 so im only and i get this but i dont think you fight corruption with corruption and secondly you dont cycle ruction with torture but with all of the storm a fact is coming together one wonders whether it will impact some of the ambitious plans of the kingdom whether its now all whether were talking about diversification of the economy. This is a very important question that i think every saudi should be asking for her so at this point in time and let me tell you my headline for this state i think mama can say man is basically running over the downfall of the so. Since the late seventys since the mid eightys or late eightys since the sidelining of egypt and iraq some would get radio has basically right over the region this was just the iraq for the last 25 plus years and i think over the last 5 years under 100 some odd we are witnessing b. And of the middle east so. One ever asked another one war one conflict at another manufacturing a conflict with anybody cut or if i think the gulf region now can so. Many factions even war with next door yemen basically spreading stability of course the region and instability within saudi arabia etc put spoken in europe or the kingdom all of that together i think sunday is the leading perhaps of the beginning of of the end of the middle east era. Thanks so much our senior. Observer senior political analyst not on the shot of that joining us. All right lets bring in some whatever jenny hows it looking in europe now some variants of the weather are still the way sammy but i should think the summit will be a little bit welcome perhaps not as much rain as im going to be telling you about and showing you but you can see here rather unsettled picture a lot of has been streaming in from the together last few hours as i say this brings a change but look at this you can just make it out its a funnel cloud this is captured over the skies in shops in england and a funnel cloud is literally a rotating column of wind and anything that doesnt make it a tornado is because thankfully it doesnt touch the ground of course generally sporran we have these the thunderstorms overhead and we could be seeing plenty of those over the next 2 or 3 days plenty of rain pushing through saturday as the day continues across much of central and western france and then as we push on into sunday that rain becoming particularly heavy Northern Areas of spain but in particular the southwest and southeast of france the amount of rain coming down over the next 2 or 3 days is a lot this could well lead to some localized flooding up to 180 millimeters in the southwest of france now while thought is happening you know just to the north those when i was looking a bit bigger and a little bit faster and they are both of those and theyre coming from the very cold north so it is going to really take the top of these temperatures you can see the warm air across Eastern Europe then these other colors these yellows and greens indicating where the cold air is in place and look at what it does the temperatures in london thats about the average of course its been very mild but its really going to cool off through monday and tuesday a similar story across into 08 and we will stay very little as we go through the week and this is monday and i just want to show you this summer because this is the very heavy rain then on its way to germany but we need the rain in germany because they really are dealing with a long term drought across much of the country need some rain but we need some sunshine to get that balance in about the balance. Standing still ahead of al jazeera taiwans bid to participate in World Health Organization meetings also its grown a virus success get support in the u. S. Tell you whos trying to blow. I have never felt more fearful than 1st treated in my wife. And isolation taking its toll lentil health cases in the us on the rise during the pandemic. And from the pitch to look cool to our French Football Team is taking legal action over its treatment during the pandemic. Playing. Madagascar a breathtaking tropical paradise. Where its former protectors. Are now in its interests. We followed their journey as they put their lives on the line to. Risking gets all. On aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discussions i know and a life that was in these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and world class john and thats. All now just sierra. You. Know come back youre watching out just in time to recap those headlines now libyan warlord forces have attacked tripolis only functioning airport with at least 80 rockets its believed a civilian plane was hit one person has been killed after its been trying to take control of the capital for more than a year. Russia is reporting more than 10000 new cases of a day of covert 19th for a 7th straight day it has the 5th highest number of cases in the world now russias task force also said 104 people have died bringing the National Death toll past 1800. Pakistan and started lifting lockdown measures as the number of daily infections reaches a new high draft fears of the state of the economy that slipping into recession. Now in the u. K. The government is set to announce all incoming travelers will have to isolate for 2 weeks the restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month found breaking the rules could face fines or deportation for this lets join paul brown and he joins us now from london so what more do we know about the south isolation. Were in a strange kind of inbetween day here sami in the u. K. Court sandwiched if you like in between the very subdued ve Day Celebrations of friday and tomorrow sunday when the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce some modest relaxation of the stay at home order that has been in place here in the u. K. For the past 6 weeks and into that sort of sandwich. Speculation as to exactly what Boris Johnson will say on sunday evening at 7 pm local time and whats grabbing the headlines today is the expectation of he will say that travelers entering the u. K. By plane through airports will have to self isolate for 14 days after their arrival they will be subject potentially to police spot checks they will have to give the address at which they are self isolating on the penalty for not abiding by that self isolation could be the equivalent of as much as 1200. 00 u. S. Dollars there are question marks though 1st of all about how enforceable it is 2nd of all about the impact that it will have on the travel industry certainly the Airline Industry is concerned that it will. Put a big nail in the coffin for british travelers wanting to travel abroad later on in the summer and deciding not to if they have to face a 14 day corteen when they get back that said there are other issues that are being put forward as being possibilities for Boris Johnsons announcement on sunday one of them is for example a relaxation on the amount of exercise that people can take instead of just one hour a day maximum perhaps he might follow the welsh example whales for example 2 days ago deciding that people can exercise for as much as they like here in richmond on thames rather affluent of southwest london you can see over my shoulder people are not ignoring the stay at home but applying it rather flexibly theres people lying on the grass people sitting on the benches read. Police patrols going around about mt a half ago a group of police on foot went around and spoke to people but we told us that theyre not really moving anybody along unless theyre actually picnic on the grass and looked like theyre staying for some distance so that the message from Boris Johnson is that the people must stay at home but what the message to Boris Johnson is the clear unambiguous guidelines need to come the other way all right paul brother. Wearing masks is now compulsory on public transport in spain as the country moves to relax its lockdown theres a lack of protective equipment is now getting there sewing machines out to address the shortage. Spain is gradually reopening following the lockdown which began mid march like many of the countries theres a shortage of protective equipment for Health Workers and support staff caring for coronavirus patients. The scarce supplies have prompted volunteers in northwest spain to put needle to thread common garcia is one of many described as a warrior with the sewing machine. Of the corner and i decided to help by doing something for the Community Common says something made her feel less helpless cheering the state of emergency and though shes returned to work she continues to dedicate time to producing 20 masts a day each folded and measured to a specific size but i want to understand much that he just. Used to kinds of material disposable cotton and t. N. T. Nonwar them fabric with cotton we fold the fabric so one side and 2 or 3 fold then attach elastic on both ends this can be washed and reused t. N. T. Fabric is much quicker as there are no folds and theyre disposable. More than 600. 00 spaniards have joined the cause 90 percent of them women with tailoring experience working around the clock. Mask. Everythings going to be ok. The volunteers say theyre following Government Health and safety guidelines. In organic and inorganic chemistry chemistry as well as a manufacturer has the materials fabrics are the native. By dry cleaners and that. More than 80000. 00 mosques have been delivered so far including to Nursing Homes supermarkets petrol stations and the local council in the region. Helping with collections and logistics taxi drivers. This is all. Groups. Spain has been one of the hardest hit countries with more than 25000. 00 fatalities as the government begins a full phase plan to get back to what it calls a new normal by the end of the month exercise outdoors is allowed and some have returned to work but Wearing Masks is compulsory on public transport the government says it will distribute around 6000000 face coverings with help from the European Union and china and these women are a sign of the solidarity with in Spanish Society theyre determined to make things better one stitch at a time the mohamed al jazeera. A group of u. S. Lawmakers has written to nearly 60 countries asking them to support taiwan taking part in World Health Organization meetings taiwan has avoided imposing lockdowns and is seen as a Success Story and how to counter the coronavirus but taiwan is not a member of the United Nations and is excluded from the w. H. O. Because of objections from china beijing considers taiwan a breakaway province and objects to it joining International Organizations as a sovereign state taiwan says its not part of china and the global fight against corona virus is weakened by not being w. H. O. Member on saturday hong kong broadcaster. An interview with the w. H. O. Assistant director general bruce i worked when asked about living in taiwan join the organization he was reluctant to discuss the issue would that be extolled consider how once membership. Alone we were that was. Your question ok i let me let me let me repeat the question is that. Right i think this is im im actually curious on talking about how won this war on power once case. We decided to give dr alward another call to follow up and i just want to see if you can comment a bit on how high one has done so far in terms of containing the fire is what we already talked about china. Russ feingold is a Political Risk analyst joins us by skype from taipei good to have you with us so the no huge surprise of the some sensitivity around discussing taiwan sometimes is it its a quite an unusual step though is it not for u. S. Law may to themselves contact such a large number of countries an os them you know for all to make this kind of appeal right well that the quantity might be unusual but the action itself is actually not new because u. S. Politicians have been advocates for taiwans participation in the World Health Assembly in the World Health Organization for many years whether its by passing resolutions were inserting into u. S. Laws that the u. S. Government should take action to achieve those goal oh issuing statements in support around this time of year prior to the annual World Health Assembly meeting what might be different this year is as as your report alluded to is the virus situation and that taiwan has been recognized for its generally successful efforts at at managing the outbreak here in taiwan but the difficulty is obviously china and there are some associated issues as well which is frankly what status with taiwan participate with india as. A full member or an op server sometimes its actually on clearer what its what taiwan itself wants and also what it is that the foreign governments including the United States or other countries japan australia are they seeking taiwans participation only as an observer or a member as well given all of that that youve mentioned is it likely that those countries are going to respond to the request by u. S. Lawmakers in a positive way. Most likely they will also do what theyve done in the past which is similar to the United States is to issue statements saying we support taiwans participation as an observer so it would not be unusual because its happened before and that some of these other major countries that not the 60 that the us politicians can bring to but large countries who are some of the western European Countries australia china to japan theyve made the statements in the past again around this time youre saying we hope that taiwan could participate substantively we hope taiwan could be the observer unfortunately theyve never done anything after that and then the following year they just make the same statements again and we keep going around it around with taiwan being excluded so its its up to these other countries as well as the United States whether theyre going to take war substantive action to achieve this goal or if theyre only just going to shoot statements and then move on. 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Awake because after years of being addicted to alcohol then there are a wanna shes sober the singer songwriter from new orleans says she quit in late february a decision made just before louisiana shut down due to cope with 19. I was able to prepare myself for what was happening as opposed to being in a constant state of being high stress full of anxiety social isolation is the number one Public Health tool against the coronavirus but it has a Mental Health toll with the elderly and those fighting addiction being the most vulnerable. Theres still little data on the psychological fallout of this pandemic but previous studies of quarantined individuals found them twice as likely to report mental distress if you have a history of trauma youll be more triggered to without such as this the reactions that youre having are actually quite normal at normal time that we are living in and around therapists encourage people who are suffering alone to seek help online the Mental Health association of oklahoma virtual therapy groups weve been able to offer hope in the middle of the crisis and we. Unable to offer connection in the middle of social distancing and have never felt more fearful and frustrated in my life kerner has had her down moments in home isolation to get through them she attends daily online meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous is a huge thing youre going to close yourself off from the world and lock yourself in your how in do whatever you want to do and why great excuses and to me it is a lot yourself in your house and not have to go to work yesterday anybody. Shes taking a day at a time she says writing music inspired by the koreans. And knowing shes not alone. Castro aljazeera washington. Still ahead of aljazeera in spalls we ask if the ultimate fighting championship should be returning so soon amid the crowd a virus pandemic. I sorely test treats and trace frank assessments why is it only struggling to cope with the numbers for older voters failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the curve informed opinion its going to be much more challenging in a place like eating where theres one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day its global headlines as india done enough to miss the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on aljazeera. Al jazeera. Truck. Or i lets catch up with all this falls news so is the fight on the war it is on the us that really the much hyped return of the ultimate fighting championship has had a bump with one of the on the card fight is testing positive for corona virus brazilian mid weight Jack Qarase Caesar on the rights was supposed to fight american your i hole but the balance has now been removed from the cards saturdays u. F. C. 249 event is being held in Jacksonville Florida in a sealed off of arena with no fans you see say there are no more positive tests so the other 11 bounce will go ahead the interim like title bout between tony folks and justin tops the bill fighters were tested for the virus on arrival in florida and most have been isolating in their rooms or former u. F. C. Fighter dan hardy told us the positive tests would have taken some of the shine off the event. There was a lot of positivity coming into this week from all the fighters in camps law excited to be back at work excited to be back competing and you know get back to a regular schedule of of the life force but you know that i think this is certainly a reality check for everybody you know everyone in the hotel all of the production staff will be now be on high alert now you know any time when they were thinking about not washing their hands there will be now so it actually i think it reinforces all the safety protocols obviously its not ideal but not not really surprising in the circumstances especially given the fact that were you know were bringing in pipes from around the world one thing we have to bear in mind is that you know of course everybody is susceptible to corona virus but the fitter and healthier individuals are far less susceptible to being taken down by. Fortunately everybody in that hotel is in tip top condition theyre all parasites and all well and healthy and well fed and and so i think you know theyll be minimum impact on everybody and obviously further precautions will be taken to make sure that that no further issues arise policy you know getting jack or out of the host hotel and isolating them separately is why its going to think you know what this will do is because that the u. S. Is going to continue putting a schedule together this will now reinforce the safety protocols Going Forward so perhaps even fighters get tested before they get on the plane to the venue might be the next stage the interest and think amazed families no crowds there because obviously some of it like 20 in the crowd and that gives a bit of extra in the performance but i think all of these all these flights were shot right formant and you know that is a patient you know whats to be on the life the 1st life that that in a long time will be will be motivated for. Point one champion knows how and since has the thought of racing with that family slease him cult the sport is set to resume behind closed doors in austria and in july. Probably the worst thing in the sense. Theres not a. Lot but there are still so. To even have nobody in the crowd this can see. But racing is racing i dont think any of us are not really truly. Started really pretty. Much the g. P. S. Organizers say theyre confident theyll be able to get the season started with 2 grand prix in spain in mid july they submitted plans to the regional authorities for the races at the her death circuit donor say theyve been working with other countries and sports with a view to staging up to 12 races altogether. Every weve seen by maybe by 1st battle we can propose a calendar different look in different dates also we are awaiting their calendar reform not one to know exactly who are we really if we can be short of time and well be many brands but i probably the margin. That clash with that will form a one the us womens Football Team is not giving up its fight for equality the world cup winners are appealing last weeks Court Decision which threw out their equal pay case against the Us Soccer Federation a judge dismissed claims that theyre underpaid compared to the mens team the women had been seeking 66000000. 00 in damages. The delay to take care lympics could be the greatest games ever according to one of the key officials involved john coates is overseeing the tokyo project for the International Committee he says they are fully focused on the new start date of july 2021. We are working through now getting the same venue as the site in 43 venues weve got the sign diets so the sign share jelling were doing all of that and. You know were proceeding on the basis that it will there is no planned day of the ferry mcadams again all right thats just for back to sammy thanks. For this news hour im back at them i would have another for politicians so stay with us. 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Russia is a very challenging place to work as a journalist even though the authorities here say you can do it its not allowed to build always pushing boundaries part of the stance of moscow with guns were locked down people are being taken for peacefully march here in the city that we are the while traveling the extra mile we are the media dont go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. Libyas main airport targeted by at least 80 rockets with the reports of civilian plane was hit on the tarmac. Im sam is a this is live from also coming up despite a Record Number of new infections pakistan starts easing its coronavirus long down. Turkey says an app that tracks people who have coronaviruses working