Hong kong protests are said the government is using the coronavirus pandemic to suppress to set its. Hello turkey says that lee attacks on libyas only functioning airport and Diplomatic Missions are bound to work crimes its warning it will take action against forces loyal to warlords kind of a have to if they continue turkey supports libyas un recognized government in tripoli which has launched a counter offensive following saturdays attack planes were damaged in a fuel tank set on fire half that its forces also struck nearby residential areas killing at least 5 civilians without then why hasnt tripoli he has more on turkeys reaction. Turkey is now threatening that if have to as forces attacks continue targeting its interests in libya then have to individuals or elements will be a legitimate target for turkey this comes after thursdays attacks targeted the embassy and to reproduce a dissenter and killed 3 people in the vicinity of the. Embassy in the city center now turkey also reiterated that it has it has been supporting its friendly and brothers in in libya and it said that it will continue according to the statement it will continue supporting the government of national called because it is diligent mut a government thats presenting libya and is because mazed by the International Community the turkish intervention with the government of National Accord has changed the battle process on the ground dramatically it has shifted the balance of power in favor of the government of National Court especially after turkish drones were introduced to the battles and have been targeting have to his forces locations in many areas. With antigovernment protesters back on the streets of the iraqi capital the new Prime Minister has made good on his pledge to free people detained during previous demonstrations its one of his 1st decisions following his inauguration on thursday so in a fulton house more from baghdads. Protesters are back atop the barricades but thats republican bridge demanding the downfall of a government that has only been in power for 3 days. Oh. To me was confirmed as Prime Minister last thursday nearly 6 months after antigovernment demonstrations forced his predecessor. To step down but people here see me not as a chance to start over but as the continuation of a system that has spilled them. Into beginning every Prime Minister makes concessions but we dont know what the end result will be were not protesting against one person we are protesting against all parties all the parties inside parliament are still the same so nothing will change since march to here square has been largely deserted after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus the curfew has since been part of the lifted this is the largest demonstration here in years where in 2 months and even though the numbers are lower compared to last over protesters today have managed to send a clear message that simply replacing the head of state is not enough to make the movement go away on saturday the new Prime Minister announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the protesters grievances he formed a committee to bring those responsible for the killing of more than 600 protesters to account and ordered the release of those still in the tension because i think. Well you just know that is a mere we also ordered the release of all detainees who participated in the demonstrations and we asked the High Judiciary Council to cooperate in releasing those who have been sentenced for simple crimes except those who are involved in shedding iraqi blood the Prime Minister also reinstated popular general abdel wahab by society at the helm of iraqs Counterterrorism Service saudis decommissioning last year was blamed on the cronyism and among the factors that sparked protests but there is no quick fix for years of mismanagement no easy way to restore the trust of many who say they have given up on the entire political establishment. And i mean are there any tired of hearing those promises its like they gave us a general anesthesia for these protesters on the same this time were staying how long have they been in power 16 use they didnt do anything for us we will stay here until we have achieved our demands those demands include jobs Better Services and an end to corruption even if the best of intentions they will take years to fulfill and few here believe that iraqs new Prime Minister can serve the people more than the political interests which brought him to power seem wonderful to aljazeera but at that. Moment u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has begun outlining how the country might ease itself from coronavirus restrictions introduced nearly 2 months ago on sunday johnson addressed the nation saying increased exercise would be permissible from wednesday while its hoped some schools could resume by the start of june with a global number of cases now passing 4000000 some countries that have begun easing restrictions are noticing a rise in the number off infections so south koreas president warns of a potential 2nd wave later in the year germany said the reproduce. Auction rate there had risen to 1. 00 france had noticed a new cluster linked to a funeral and will han the chinese city where the illness was 1st noticed has now reported its 1st infection in 5 weeks and the United States remains the global hot spot almost 80000 people have died there thats more than a quarter of all coronavirus related deaths globally so in the u. K. One of the new measures unveiled is a new virus alert system and people have been told they can return to work if theyre unable to work from home but for some the messaging from the British Government is not clear enough as paul brennan reports from westminster. The sites of people basking in sunny parks and strolling along the river thames this weekend offered just a snapshot of the wider reality that 7 weeks after they were introduced the u. K. s stay at home restrictions have stopped being strictly observed or strictly enforced now there is a new Public Health slogan stay at home ditched in favor of the new mantra stay alert theres also a 5 level alert system that will govern how quickly the lockdown can be eased the Prime Ministers priority is to find ways of getting people back to work the 1st step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week. We said that you should work from home if you can only go to work if you must. We now need to stress that anyone who cant work from home for instance those in construction or manufacturing should be actively encouraged to go to work many elements of the Prime Ministers National Address had been widely previewed in recent days for example from weapons day the idea that people will be no longer restricted to just one hour of outdoor exercise per day and in fact people will be allowed to lounge in parks if they want to so long as they observe social distancing but any further freedoms will depend highly on the critical our number keeping the rate of infection below one throughout this period of the next 2 months we will be driven not by mere hope economic necessity. Will be driven by the science the data and Public Health the stay alert message has attracted criticism for being too ambiguous and open to interpretation but the police will find it unenforceable and the public might find it confusing it doesnt really mean anything theres no instruction in the same way as the last message and i think you saw in the Prime Ministers speech just now how the government has had to come back from some of the things they were thinking of doing earlier in the week because theyre just on shore about how to get this right im like weve already seen today in United Kingdom there is going to be a lot of uncertainty and theres a lack of clarity about what it sees the government want people to do they should really have just found different wording to try to navigate these next 2 or 3 weeks to make things even more confusing since coronavirus restrictions are id volved matter with scotland wales and Northern Ireland setting their own policies those 3 nations are firmly rejected the Prime Ministers new slogan clarity of message is paramount if we expect all of you to know exactly what it is we are asking of you and as leaders we have a duty to deliver that clarity to those we had accountable to not to confuse it to that end i have asked the u. K. Government not to deploy the state a lay at Advertising Campaign in scotland because the message in scotland at this stage is not stay at home if you can the message is except for the essential reasons you nor boat stay at home fill stop from the outset it was realised that lifting the lockdown was always going to be far more difficult than imposing it in the 1st place the Prime Ministers heavily conditional sketch of a road map makes it abundantly clear just how complex its going to be paul brennan aljazeera westminster. Saw as youve been hearing in germany new coronavirus in fact. Sions are rising just days after the government ease social restrictions people have been able to visit restaurants in some areas after chancellor Angela Merkel said germany had passed the 1st phase of the pandemic but a report on new infections shows the countrys reproduction rate or the number of people each confirmed patient in facts is now above one germany has recorded more than 170000 cases and 7 and a half 7500 deaths so far. And china has also reported the 1st case of covert 1000. 00 for more than a month and han thats a city where the virus was 1st detected in december its National HealthCommission Says the new case was previously as symptomatic the capital of whom a province was the 1st city in the world to go into lockdown its been slowly returning to normal since restrictions were lifted last month yemen reported 17 new virus cases on sunday taking the total number of infections to 51. 00 at least 3 deaths have been confirmed yemen was one of the last countries to declare its 1st coronavirus case on april 10th the war torn country is grappling of the worlds biggest humanitarian crisis the United Nations fears the virus could be spreading undetected across yemen due to inadequate testing capabilities and protective equipment a province in southwestern iran has been placed under lockdown because of a 60 percent increase in the number of coronavirus hospitalisations restrictions have slowly been eased across iran against the advice of Health Officials in an attempt to revive the struggling economy prayer gatherings have resumed in 180 cities and towns and schools will open next week but the governor of kazakhstan province says people havent been social distancing hes ordered offices closed and imposed travel restrictions for 10 counties in the oil rich province. And ron a saying its ready to conduct a Prisoner Exchange with the u. S. Without any preconditions government spokesman i need a bae was quoted local media saying they have expressed willingness to exchange all prisoners but have not heard back from the u. S. Both countries have called for the releasing of prisoners during the covert 19 outbreak. Former u. S. Diplomat Hillary Mann Leverett such an agreement between washington and tehran seems likely as well as the possibility of a change in relations there do seem to be more and more indications that both the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran are getting close to what may be called a prisoner swap there are more and more comments from officials both sides about this American Navy veteran whos a medical fergal in iran and this iranian professor here who is still in prison but has been acquitted of all charges in my assessment of in 1000 pandemic is having influence on both sides particularly the iranian professor here in the United States he has been in fact from what we understand with the coronavirus and hes still in prison there is no mechanism or no mechanism has been made for him to have medical furlough like the american who is in iran and so hes really in a dire situation here in the United States hes been acquitted theres no reason the United States needs to hold him and similarly for the american in iran hes a medical for a low theres no reason at this point for the iranians to continue to hold someone who they have. Released on medical furlough so the code 1000 pandemic to me is the most important thing that could be happening here but i will say there are more and more indications here in washington there are people speculating that maybe there is some warming in the relationship. Coming up in just a moment right here on aljazeera former president s and their pandemic experts weigh in on the trumpet ministrations response to the corona Virus Outbreak and mexico and factions near their peak but are official numbers concealing the real extent of the crisis. How i record High Pressure dominating the weather across much of australia so it is largely dry not exclusively we still have a few showers down towards the southeastern corner maybe one or 2 showers just around the east coast as well from time to time but for the most part it is settled and sunny 1718 celsius there for melbourne and for adelaide temperatures touching 23 degrees in perth a chance to want to see showers into the fosse out of w. A. Got some wet weather making its way across the tasman sea pushing over towards the southwest of new zealand needs in the should stay largely dry over the next couple days as is the case for a good part of australia although we will see some wet weather just not in its way back into tasmania as we go on through chews day meanwhile we got wetter weather making its way towards japan at present big area clouds sweeping across the country as we go on into the middle part of the week it will turn dry amp right on monday sees that rain starting to as a way finally try across the Korean Peninsula temperatures here at around 22. 00 celsius and warming up again in beijing to around 28. 00 celsius some very heavy rain in place still there across southern parts of china that will sink further south was as we go through the next couple of days hong kong with a top temperature of 28. They say to really know someone you must walk a mile. In their. Follow in their footsteps the state from which they way in the one. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. The with. The. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera turkey says deadly attacks on libyas only functioning airport and Diplomatic Missions around to work crimes and its warning it will take action against forces loyal to war its fairly fast out if they take. Antigovernment protest as a return to the iraqi capital baghdad the new Prime Minister mr father called to me has fulfilled his pledge to free people detained during previous demonstrations. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has laid out the 1st steps to easing walked on measures be announced a new virus solar system and says people will be allowed to spend more Time Outdoors and go for drives of members of their household. New york has announced stricter measures surrounding Nursing HomesGovernor Andrew Cuomo says all staff will be tested for the coronavirus twice a week and hospitals qantas charge patients back to Nursing Homes until they test negative for the disease. Or the nursing home staff must now be tested twice a week. Thats not just a Temperature Check that is a diagnostic test we have the tests available we have brought them on line the state is more Testing Capacity been any state in the country they have to test their staff twice a week that is a rule its not a id appreciate it if you did nearly 80000 people have died from the corona virus in the United States its the highest death toll of any country President Trump continues to describe his administrations handling of the crisis as a success but as mike hanna reports its facing criticism for the lack of any Pandemic Response strategy in past decades the u. S. Was the Global Leader in Pandemic Response the Bush Administration largely set the world agenda in combating the h 5 n one or bird flu virus if we wait for a pandemic to appear he warned it will be too late to prepare president obama demanded daily briefings from the Pandemic Response team then ordered troops into the field to fight the 2014 a bowl epidemic the 1st of a deployment of the military in a medical crisis and heres stablished a Pandemic Response unit within the National SecurityCouncil Called the Global Security team said it would allow for an all of government response in the event of an outbreak or if a foreign epidemic got to us soil so that we would have coordination across Homeland Security our National Security the military health and Human Services c. D. C. And all the various state Health AgenciesLaurie Garrett advised the Pandemic Response team in both the obama and Bush Administrations the pandemic flu plan of 2005. You know look at the size of this thing this was the 1st serious attempt to come up with a pandemic plan to the United States a plan that the Obama Administration built on and presented to a new president in 2016 and they they handed it over together with a demonstration of what would an outbreak look like to try and bring the trump team up to speed but almost immediately the trump team started cutting everything and so by the time you hit the f y 2018 budget most of this whole construct was gone i think the global Response Team was formally disbanded in sweeping budget cuts imposed by President Trump which also a mess of lee reduced funding of the centers for Disease Control actions that in the face of code that 19 had to global as well as National Consequences the whole world is failing right now and in that the nature of the failure the scale of it may vary from one country to another but boy this is you know this is the the biggest set of mistakes made out a global scale since 1929 and may very well end up being far worse than that as a microbe seizes opportunity in the wreckage of the Global Health team that one set the standard in Pandemic Response the nations and cities of the world continue to come to the devastating costs by kind of aljazeera washington. Mexicos government says the country is at the peak of its corona Virus Outbreak there has been more than 33000 confirmed infections and 3000 deaths but experts say the true number could be at least 8 times higher John Heilemann reports from mexico city. For 2 weeks this mexican criminal tore him has been going day and night exhausted workers told us that almost all of those here a covert victims. Of the method that we are working to triple what we usually do we just cant keep up before we committed it when one and 3 bodies a day now its up to 15 or 20. The countrys official coded death toll is it just over 3000 thats in a country of almost 130000000 people at the peak of its epidemic there are fears in reality it could be higher. Of a criminal for him to report there also max capacity like this one in its to palapa on the outskirts of mexico city that i have access to not for the most sometimes our ovens are so saturated we have to cremate the following day we leave the bodies at the hospital because we have no room for them if given a list of the countries coronavirus saw sit in a prove that the real number of cases likely to be at least 8 times higher than the official figure. Many other countries also admit that they take out but it could be bigger here because the testing rate is so low and that goes if a toilet sees 2 personas. Patients come articularly in face 3 in a serious condition which doesnt give us the chance to do the tests it could be done after the dead at that really happens so we have people that die and have the symptoms of corbett at our in vegas there is such. But some local governments say that on top of those problems the death tolls they purported havent been reflected in the federal count. Of what you see was they counted us as having 24 dead but we had 87 more than 3 times more than that as the mirror there and you know not you up until last night we had 54 people who died of cold meat 19 according to their medical certificates and in the daily roundups from the state and federal government theyve only registered 60 in that. I mean while the fatalities continue at this local cemetery they told us theyve been taken up to 4 times normal amount of bodies amid the worries for some over transparency there is also cause for optimism the capitals Health System or those suffering from a lack of equipment and at times coordination is still not overwhelmed even though the government says that the epidemic in the country has reached its peak. The governments hoping that it can get through the peak period without a huge jump in the death toll whatever that really is John Heilemann how does it or she might work on. Police in hong kong have broken up protests in several Major Shopping Centers despite social distancing controls hong kong a single revival of antigovernment demonstrations today gopalan reports. Its the 1st weekend since hong kong strict social distancing rules were east many shops and restaurants opened expecting celebrations for mothers day instead there were scenes like this in several shopping malls across the city because you have protesters would appear in different parts of the mall then disperse a since there was word that police were on their way to visit some of them but this day is a tradition in the name so i find it really annoying ana and i have no idea why the police are so i guess the. Protesters gathered spontaneously to chant slogans and sing and in line with the days theme calling for independence for hong kong the chance for independence are likely to provoke beijing and the Hong Kong Government and the protesters say had taken advantage of the current Virus Outbreak to crackdown on the citys Democracy Movement thing for which in the midst of the coronavirus the government has imposed restrictions on gathering and turn it into a crackdown on freedom of assembly not only for the human rights of citizens but also for religious. I think this is a gross violation of human rights. Hong kong has not had any new local infection of covert 19 for nearly 3 weeks on friday its government eased social distancing restrictions increasing the number of people allowed to gather from 4 to 8. Months or we have to spread in groups in a flow as it moves the police go broke as we can only go guerrilla star anyone flouting the rules could be immediately find 250. 00 a large sum for many of the young protesters this is one of hong kongs main tourist and commercial areas its hard to tell who is a protester all rather they are simply here to shop the boss police could identify protesters because they wore mosques to remain anonymous but now almost everyone in the city is wearing a Face Covering as advised by the government to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Most of the crowds on sunday were part off or supported the prodemocracy protests last year which would often lead to violent confrontations between police and demonstrators the coronavirus pandemic has subdued many activities including the antigovernment protests but it seems to have done little to diminish the anger of the protesters who see the government as taking advantage of the situation to further erode hong kongs freedoms and many here are calling this the start of protest season the bigger pollin are jazeera hong kong. Restaurants and bars in parts of spain are preparing to reopen on monday in regional areas with low cases museums germs and hotels will also open their doors for the 1st time in nearly 2 months cities with the higher infection rates including madrid barcelona and granada will remain in a prolonged state of lockdown spain has steadily reported a lower daily number of virus deaths countries total death toll is almost 27. 00 thousands and france will also begin easing its economic and social restrictions from monday the country has been under a Strict Lockdown for over 50 days and 100 kilometer travel restriction will be applied for people inside red zone hotspots including the greater paris region coded systems are being used to distinguish regions with more or less risk there will also be a compulsory quarantine for travellers outside arriving in the country. Belgium is allowing every household to invite up to 4 guests to their home as part of the countrys strategy to ease coronavirus restrictions the Prime Minister announced the plan to allow social bubbles saying separation from friends and family had become unbearable for some but Belgian Police say the plan will be impossible to enforce other countries are reportedly considering similar moves to allow people to expand their social groups. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera turkey says that lee attacks on libyas only functioning airports and Diplomatic Missions are bound to work crimes and its warning it will take action against forces loyal to warlords or have to if they continue to turkey supports libyas u. N. Recognize government in tripoli which is launched a counter offensive following saturdays attack. Antigovernment protesters have returned to the iraqi capital baghdad the new Prime Minister must the final car there he has fulfilled his blood still free people detained during previous demonstrations the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has laid out their 1st steps to easing lockdown measures he announced the new virus alert system and says people will be allowed to spend more Time Outdoors and go for a drive with members of their household he hopes some schools can return at the start of june. Every day we are increasing data we will be monitoring we are in the number of new infections and the progress were making and if we as a nation begin to fulfill the conditions i listed out the few weeks and months we may be able to go further weve been through the initial peak but its coming down the mountain that is often more dangerous we have a route and we have a plan but everyone in government has the all consuming pressure to challenge to save lives restore livelihoods and gradually restore the freedoms that we need now corona virus infections are rising in germany just days after the government is social restrictions people have been able to visit restaurants in some areas but a report on new infection shows the countrys reproduction rate or the number of people each confirmed patient in fact is now above one. Police in hong kong have broken up protests in several Major Shopping Centers this fight social distancing controls hong kong is seeing a revival of antigovernment demonstrations as esthers chanted slogans and sang calling for independence for. You have to date for the headlines on aljazeera witness is coming up next thanks for watching but i. Me Steve Clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society im changing the institutions frequently dont the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on aljazeera. I mean i was. My god. Im. A man of. God