And expats back in and the trusted face of americas a virus crisis is in quarantine as infections hit the power base of the u. S. Politics. This is a very very scary virus you know that the people are going to go back to work and theyre getting worried about their eggs. Have you with us and welcome to the program saudi arabia has announced tough new austerity measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic from july the 1st it will raise a value added tax from 5 to 15 percent it will cut up to 26000000000. 00 from government infrastructure upgrades including crown Prince Mohammed bin still mans vision 2030 project and from the beginning of next month is the spending a cost of living allowance for workers. Is director of the institute for gulf affairs he says the announcement of the new measures was expected. Government qana mean saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that thats why the government would drew 23000000000. 00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from from the reserves ever in the history of the country so and then moodys obviously dont graded saudi just a few weeks ago so were looking at continuous back. Problems facing the economy and hurdles and hits not only corona has blocked or stopped ramadan you have about one and a half 1000000 people coming to america and medina during ramadan but also had been cancelled in addition obviously to the oil prices being decimated by saudi arabia itself and its policy i dont think the project will ever start little let along completed because they cannot make reality have changed massively the oil prices about going to go back to where they were a year ago for a long time and that means that there are no money to to throw it out this project or other projects they need for the country are now greater and the resources are way less because of the policies really championed and led by medicine man himself. But china is continuing to take steps to reopen its economy even though as it reports a rise in new coronavirus cases Chinese Health authorities announced a 17 year infections the highest daily increase since late april and the answer is the Disneyland Park in shanghai reopened its doors after being closed for more than 3 months katrina you has more from beijing. Its not exactly business as usual though because of the coronavirus the usual capacity of shanghai is disneyland 80000. 00 people but the government has mandated that all venues have a 30 percent cap so disneyland says theyre only allowed up to 24000. 00 and because its a 1st date even less than that but tickets went on sale for disneyland on friday at 8 am local time and they sold out almost instantly in 3 minutes there were nor more tickets so that really shores the appetite for people wanting to go to disneyland more strides will be or than but there are some current virus caveats for example theyll be social distancing measures for people lining up people have to wear masks at all times and some parades and performances will also be cancelled and for the Chinese Government this is good news or trying to sow a sort of use this reopening as a symbolic measure to say that china really has the upper hand over the virus now and trying to express some confidence not only towards the people here in china but also of the world trying to sort of set itself as an example of how the economy can recover after krone virus measures have been pulled back while staying in the Region International charter on commercial flights are allowed to start flying into the capital of the philippines ago flights to manila temporarily banned to free up quarantine facilities after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas lets cross over to our correspondent joel arlindo going to whos in the capital manila youre at the airport right now and perhaps the good news not just for the public who want to leave but its good news the business the airport to be open. Oh well definitely so hale i mean its quite a crippling period for the Aviation Industry and specially for overseas Filipino Workers you know since this lockdown began over a month ago weve been seeing fence of thousands of overseas Filipino Workers repatriated by different philippine embassies all over the world and as you know so hail the government is actually used to emergency mass repatriation what its not used to is the idea additional work of actually housing them in facilities for weeks and medically processing seeing them before they are released and this is actually what prompted the temporary halt of incoming passenger flights because current quarantine facilities need to be congested they needed to clear out and gives make space for more overseas Filipino Workers who are expected to arrive in the coming weeks what were seeing over the past few hours here actually foreign nationals leaving those who have been stranded here for over a month so vale jamila the president has been very vocal about the infection rate in the country and controlling peoples movements and connected to it was one of the problems for him wasnt about opening bid because he knew that there were thousands of filipinos that needed and wanted to come back home and in many cases to come back home because theyve lost their jobs. Well yes definitely surveil and one example of that is the Global Maritime industry as you know the philippines supplies the a quarter of the global labor workforce and weve been seeing more than 20000. 00 filipino seafarers repatriated over the past few weeks a lot of them are flown directly hundreds of them while others are brought here ships and made to sea in ships that have been turned into quarantine facilities weve spoken to these overseas filipinos seafarers those who are expected to leave manila before the lockdown to be deployed as overseas filipino were safe while and also those who have been brought here stranded they see so veiled the fear the pandemic they understand the dangers of the pandemic on their bodies and their health and the danger it brings to communities but theyre also much more fearful about the long term impact of this crisis does them overseas Filipino Workers which actually comprises more than 10 percent of the countrys total population so here so this is expected to impact the philippines far longer than the fund and this is what many are worried if you. Believe its international thank you. Know as the u. S. Government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the current virus taskforce all south isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive as a number of white house staff have shown symptoms and been advised to work from home alan fischer reports as you know we give leeway to the governors as donald trump tries to get the American Economy moving again he faces in a break of covert 19 on his own doorstep to white house staffers have tested positive for the virus the concern is the would be the last 3 senior task force figures of no put themselves in quarantine best known and to the phone chief the man most Americans Trust because of a simple and direct explanations of whats going on the director of the center for Disease ControlRobert Redfield and the head of the food and Drug AdministrationStephen Hanna also impacted yeah i know thats right one of president trying to Top Economists at mits those in the white house are warning this is a very very scary virus you know that people are going to go back to work and there have been worried about things and its going to take a while for things to get back to normal absolutely this is a preview of what nearly ahead for many getting back to work. At this building site in washington d. C. There are no temperature checks. And washing stations and more protective gear but even that might not be enough to keep workers completely safe for the most part we tried we in for social distancing but as you can see theres guys who cannot hurt their job or hurt its just not possible 100 percent of the time one Top Health Expert says there has to be a nationwide plan its the only way to get the economy up and running again we have to we cant stay locked down for 18 months but at the same time when you have cases increasing deaths increase in Health Care Workers out addict. Protective equipment and were suddenly going back to what was once our normal lives thats not a safe place to be a states ease restrictions some are facing a surge in cases a stark reminder moving around creates greater risk the other thing that were were seeing in some states is which is why we like to revise the forecast on a very regular basis is that were just seeing more cases and deaths than expected in certain places donald trump sees a Strong Economy as the key to his reelection but a quieter way swing at the white house will serve as a reminder of this week he still has a long way to go alan fischer aljazeera washington. Well still ahead here on Al Jazeera Turkey threatens action against libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar after his forces bombed an airport and civilian areas in tripoli also. We look at some of the creative ways people are celebrating mothers day across latin america. Hello its looking largely dry across a good part of the middle east but for northern parts we could well see one or 2 showers up towards the back seat was caspian sea just around the caucuses there is the cloud pushing through here one or 2 showers a possibility northern parts of iran what a stiff wind developing across iraq into the north of iran and this we go through monday that wind will intensify through the gulf even here and when picking up so lifted dust and sand certainly to watch out for that does include kuwait as well temperatures here well know that around 36. 00 degrees celsius still a chance one of 2 showers into the northeast of around pushing into tech menace dan and into afghanistan but elsewhere it is generally looking dry we come down into the ethiopian highlands the seasonal rains continuing here showers pushing across into south sudan pushing into uganda heavy downpours also a possibility around coastal parts of kenya pushing up into the south of somalia those showers a series of showers across a day stretch right across the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea more big downpours coming into the south of nigeria in particular but south of that across much of Southern Africa it does look a financial you might see wanted to go still showers into madagascar and pushing back into tanzania. Isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise youve been looking at another side of this story now from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and you have to reject. Exposing the optics triathlon if the rhetoric and claims but they cannot manipulate the fire listening post your insight going to the media on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me so ho rahman reminder of our top news stories saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and a 3 fold increase in value added tax the moves aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus and damage. Also Chinese Health authorities have an answer to new infections the highest daily crease since late last month this comes as the Disneyland Park in shanghai reopened its stalls after being closed for more than 3 months and the u. S. Government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns the white house is becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the Coronavirus Task force of self isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive. Turkey says attacks on libyas only functioning airport and Diplomatic Missions in which civilians are being killed amount to war crimes and its warning it will take action against forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar turkey supports libyas u. N. Recognize government in tripoli which has now launched a counter offensive following saturdays attacks by have to us forces planes were damaged and fuel tanks set alight well libya has been engulfed by conflict for almost a decade now there was a brief hope for a reprieve when the u. N. Secretary general called for a global ceasefire in late march in order to tackle the coronavirus pandemic but far from suspension in hostilities fighting has increased since then on thursday turkey and italy said the area around their embassies in tripoli was shelled on saturday have to forces launch an attack on the port of facility targeted so often its been forced to close. Head is in tripoli with 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 a thursdays attacks targeted the embassy and to the police city center and killed 3 people in the vicinity of the Turkish 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 the government thats representing 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 Accord especially after turkish drones were introduced to the battles and have been targeting have to look asians in many areas. Syria and its russian ally are being accused of carrying out unlawful attacks on opposition held areas in northwest syria a misty internationals latest report says some of the ground and air offensives between december and march amount to war crimes amnesty documented 18 attacks on medical facilities and schools at northwest hammer and western aleppo and highlights witness testimonies of russian airstrikes in january that killed 11 civilians a residential buildings close to a hospital Amnesty International also accuses Syrian Government forces of breaking International Law the following month when cluster bombs hit a school in italy killing 6 people including children and nearly a 1000000 people were displaced by the syrian russian offensive between december and march creating the worst humanitarian crisis since the war started. Is a senior crisis advisor at Amnesty International and coauthor of the report she says amnesty collected witness testimonies and russian and syrian recordings they concluded that some attacks in civilian areas were unlawful. Both syrian and russian Government Forces committed serious violations of International Law that amount to were crimes and in addition to that this fits into the wider pattern committed by Syrian Government forces the widespread and systematic pattern of targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in opposition held areas and therefore they also amount to crimes against humanity indeed close to 1000000. 00 people were forced to leave their homes between december and march 2020 and they joined an already exploding population of displaced people close to the border in turkey both in governorates and parts of aleppo governor these people are essentially trapped theres nowhere left for them to go they cant exactly cross into the border and claim asylum in turkey even after the cease fire many of them are afraid to go back to their home towns either because they have been taken by the government or are at risk of being retaken by the government and of course we and others have documented the pattern of Syrian Government forces have arbitrarily arresting people disappearing them and torturing them for any association with opposition held areas and there is a huge pressure of course on the humanitarian response that has been only that has only gotten worse due of course to concerns about covert 1000. To our current Virus Coverage now and an operation is underway in malaysia to arrest undocumented migrants but here released by the media show crowds of migrants lining up just outside the capital kuala lumpur after the arrival of a number of Police Officers lets get more on this more correspondent florence louie hes in kuala lumpur and flow as many of these migrants were already in a lockdown situation so whats this latest raid about. Thats right now this is very similar to a rape that was carried out at apartment blocks in kuala lumpur on the 1st of may now these raids on monday morning as you said are carried out in an area that is under lockdown which means residents in those areas are not allowed to leave their homes whether for food or medicine things are delivered to them and this is to prevent or contain the spread of the corona virus these are areas where clusters of the virus have been reported now everyone in those areas would have been tested for the current virus and the government has said that it intends to detain undocumented migrants in areas under lockdown and this appears to be what the government is doing in carrying out these raids on monday morning the undocumented migrants who were detained in the raid on the 1st of may were sent to an Immigration Detention Center and its very likely that the same is going to happen to the ones who are detained in the operation on monday morning however the several issues with that and one is that there is a possibility that refugees who are not yet registered with the Un Refugee Agency in malaysia or Asylum Seekers who may have their registration expired may inadvertently have been detained as well and the other issue is these rates could be counterproductive yes the government is detaining undocumented migrants in areas and locked down but what about undocumented migrants in areas that are not under lockdown then these people will be more reluctant to seek treatment or to come forward to be tested even if they are exhibiting symptoms and this could be a potential health issue for malaysia in trying to prevent the spread of the corona virus. From the slurry in call little bit thank you new zealands Prime Minister for the easy old restrictions just. So businesses Domestic Travel and other services are now allowed to resume the country was. I am announcing that kevin it agrees we are ready to move and to leave ought to open up the economy but to do it as safely as possible so let me see it out how we would do that on thursday this week retail morse cafes restraints cinemas and other public spaces including playgrounds and gyms can reopen the u. K. Prime minister has laid out the 1st steps to easing coronavirus lockdown measures Boris Johnson and els to a new virus alert system and says people will be allowed to spend more Time Outdoors but with the highest death toll in europe johnsons latest plan for the u. K. Is already attracting criticism paul brennan has more from london. The site of people basking in sunny parks and strolling along the river thames this weekend offered just a snapshot of the wider reality the 7 weeks after they were introduced the u. K. s stay at home restrictions had 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 im sure 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 nort 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. Bring you some breaking news coming out of the middle eastern state tell of. In iran says a missile hit a support ship that was too close to a target during a naval exercise in the gulf of oman one person reported dead the incident happened near the port of jasc which is around 1270 kilometers southeast of teheran in the gulf of oman were trying bring you more on that as we get it now germany a new Coronavirus Infections are increasing in germany just days after the government ease social restrictions the robert hot institute released of the reporters dardens of protesters gathered to demand the lifting of all locked down rules they concluded that germanys covert 19 reproduction rate or the rate of people that each confirmed patient infects is now above one and that means the number of infections are on the rise germany has recorded more than 171000 cases and over 7550 deaths so far. While staying in the region france will also begin easing its economic and social restrictions from monday the country has been under a Strict Lockdown for over 50 days the 100 kilometer travel restriction will be applied for people inside red zone hot spots including the greater paris region color coded systems are being used to distinguish regions with more or less risk of patni theyll be also a mandatory koren team for travellers arriving in the country. The people across latin america have been foals to take a more creative approach to mothers Day Celebrations across the region will repel reports. In unexpected musical numbers zips down the streets of sao paolo brazil on sunday. As musician. Played the piano from the back of a moving truck brazil is the hardest hit country in latin america with a coronavirus death toll nearing 11000. For the go says his music is a way to make mothers day special for those who are coroutine and separated from their families i am assignment of going to do for the its an amazing feeling to be able to share my art so that people can feel good and i feel good to be here collaborating and to be part of this history that we are going through. Through the eagle is one of dozens of artists who have volunteered their time and skill to celebrate brazilian mothers. In many countries in the region this years mothers day has required a bit of patience and creativity to celebrate when i would also what im going to get a woman in she has capital santiago a socially distanced party was held for 101 year old. Greeted visitors from a distance of at least 6 feet and sent her love to grandchildren and great great grandchildren over video calls. The only thing i want which i ask of god is to have compassion over us to sort things out because its a disaster with this virus crime everything is always the case when good is lost than evil arises here. By sunday julian officials said the number of covert 900 cases had reached nearly 29000 in equity for mothers who work as doctors and nurses have had to put the holiday on hold hoping 1000 cases here are approaching 30000 making the country one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in. Region Sarah Maddison have responsibility that. Being a mother is an immense responsibilities and now with the crisis that. We have put our families aside and to to dedicate ourselves 100 percent to the hospital. At least 19 ecuadoran medical professionals have died after contracting the virus. The festivities at this hospital on sunday were twofold celebrating the mothers day holiday and the heroism of these medical moms one ended up a little aljazeera. What you all deserve means the whole romney a reminder of our top stories and iranian warships has mistakenly launched a missile at another ship and its own fleet state television says the support vessel was too close to a target during naval exercises in the jasc region of south southern iran in the gulf of oman well have more on that as we get it saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts and a 3 fold increase in the value added tax that being done as part of measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the corona virus pandemic Chinese Health authorities have announced 17 year infections the highest daily increase since late last month this comes as the Disneyland Park in shanghai reopened its doors after being closed for more than 3 months between you has more from beijing. So of those 17 cases 7 of these are imported cases and 10 of these are local transmissions now theres a bit of a whole sport in northeast china in chilean province there there are a few cases there but in the at the center of china outbreak in 160 there were 5 new cases reported and thats the 1st time weve seen a jump like that in walk on since much so quite significant indeed International Charter and commercial flights are allowed to start flying into the capital of the philippines again flights to manila were temporarily banned to free up quarantine facilities after terms of thousands of workers returned home from overseas and that sense the u. S. Government pushes to reopen the economy there are growing concerns the white house itself could be becoming an infection hotspot 3 members of the Coronavirus Task force ourselves isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive and turkey says attacks of libyas only functioning airport and Diplomatic Missions in which civilians are being killed amount to war crimes but its warning it will take action against forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter turkey supports libyas u. N. Recognize government in tripoli because youre full of those stories on our web site at aljazeera dot com back with more news in half an hour here on aljazeera but next its the listening post do stay with us. Aljazeera may well be. Lower machard has been youre watching the listening post working from home this week were breaking from our usual format for months now weve been doing nonstop coverage of the media side of the coronavirus pandemic from the misinformation being spread by governments citizens and journalists alike to the war of narratives being waged by great powers but covert 19 has also brought out some of the best in the 4th estate people who are producing vital