Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Killed as a warship hits a vessel from its own fleet. A powerful politician and a top aide to the democratic republic of congos president goes on trial in a corruption case. Abused and overworked on a diet of fish baits the allegations from indonesian fishermen that have prompted a joint investigation with china. U. K. Government has released a report to detail in how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic changes this week include removing limits on outdoor exercise and encouraging certain sectors to go back to work the senate gago reports the still confusion about Prime Minister barak johnsons latest guidance. In it for the long haul and an easing of the lockdown that is conditional on progress in fighting the virus as the Prime Minister set out the new measures for england it was clear that there would be little that would be returning to normal sectors that are allowed to be should indeed be open subject subject to social distancing with a cabbie at this pandemic was going nowhere yet if youre not level begins to rise we will have no hesitation in putting on the brakes reintroducing measures locally regionally or national. As the u. K. Tentatively prepares for the changes to its lockdown it is a journey that will be taken slowly with many obstacles ahead some people who cant work from home of being encouraged to return to work some outdoor socializing measures have been eased but now England Wales scotland and Northern Ireland all have different rules but lead is more wary of releasing their lockdowns as much as england i nor these restrictions continue to be extremely tough and i nor that hearing talk about easing the law dont make them seem probably even tougher but please i am asking you for no you to stick with that the u. K. Will soon be imposing a 14 day quarantine period on people arriving from overseas apart from the irish republic and france but no detail as to when it would start and for how long it would last the British Government is only advising not mandating Face Coverings in enclosed spaces in other countries such as france people are required to wear them on public transport. The u. K. Still has the 2nd highest reported fatalities from over 1000 in the world and the new measures have not necessarily provided reassurance to the public its still a bit of confusion around whos to go to work and who is not to go to work and why its difficult to know. Who is taking her then so it doesnt appear as much time and its consistent with how the government has operated throughout the whole throughout this whole period which is not one in some way any hard and fast decisions there are still many Unanswered Questions resulting from the latest guidance and it is a deeply complex operation the knowledge of the virus is constantly evolving as will the reaction to it for some time to come sunday diag aljazeera ok lets talk to paul brennan whos joining us live from london paul youre been outside westminster there and thats of course where Boris Johnson has been talking to politicians there on giving some more details about whats going on were waiting for Boris Johnson to speak a press conference there is in fact lets just before we go to paul lets just listen in to what he has to say on the latest data on our fight against crude of ours i can report through the government on going testing and Monitoring Program that as of today 1000000 921770 test recruit a virus have now been carried out in the u. K. Including 100490 tests carried out yesterday 223060 people have tested positive thats an increase of 3877 cases since yesterday. 11401 people are currently in hospital with corona virus down from 11768 the previous day and sadly of those tested positive for corona virus across all settings 32065 have now died thats an increase of 210 fatalities since yesterday this figure includes deaths in all settings not just in hospitals before we begin questions from the public and from the media i just want to remind people of a number of important things i said in my address to the nation last night and can we have the 1st flight please 1st in order to monitor our progress we are establishing a new. Alert level system the coded alert level has 5 levels each relating to the level of threat posed by the virus the level will be primarily determined by the aunt value and the number of create a virus cases in turn that couvade alert level will determine the level of social distancing measures in place and the lower the level the fewer the measures the higher the level the stricter the measures throughout the period of lockdown which started on march the 23rd weve been at level 4 meaning a qubit 980 denecke is in general circulation and transmission is high or rising exponentially. Thanks to the hard work sacrifices of the british people in this lockdown weve helped to bring our level down a number of infections down and were now in a position to begin moving to level 3 in steps the next slide please. And we set out the 1st 3 steps we will take kathleen to modify the measures gradually ease the lock down and begin to allow people to return to their way of life but crucially one avoiding what would be a disastrous 2nd peak that overwhelms the n. H. S. After each step we will closely monitor the impact of that step on the r. And the number of infections and all the available data and will only take the next step when we are satisfied that it is safe to do so so step one from this week those who cannot work from home should not speak to their employer about going back to work you cannot spend Time Outdoors and exercise as often as you like you can meet one person outside of your household outside outdoors provided you stay to metres apart the social distancing measures or make absolutely crucial to us keeping the infection rate and the number of cases down as low as we possibly can so step 2 from june 1st the earliest we aim as long as the data allows it we aim for Primary Schools to reopen for some pupils in smaller class sizes. Nonessential retail to start to reopen when and where its safe to do so cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors without crowds and then step 3 no later than july the 4th and again only if the data says it is safe we aim to allow more businesses and premises to open including potentially those offering personal care such as Leisure Facilities Public Places and and places of worship many of these businesses will need to operate in new ways to ensure their safe and we will work with the sectors on how to do this center given weve taken the 1st step in catholic adjusting some of the measures today and therefore our advice to people what to do weve also updated our messaging when our asking people to stay alert control the virus and save lives and yes staying alert for the vast majority of people still means staying at home as much as possible but there are a range of other actions were advising people to take as we modify our measures people should stay alert by working from home if you can limiting contact with other people keeping distance if you go out to meters apart where possible washing your hands regularly wearing a Face Covering when youre in an enclosed spaces and where its difficult to be socially distant for example in some shops or on public transport. And if you or anyone in your household has symptoms repeat you all need to self isolate because if everyone stays alert and follows the rules we can control coronavirus by keeping the arm down and reducing the number of infections and this is how we can continue to save lives and livelihoods as we begin as a nation to recover from create a virus and im not going to go to questions probably the public and the the media and i dont think either. Of c. M. A. Are going to say im going to say anything at this stage were going to were going to go straight to questions and beginning with scott who has a question from devon. Can we save friends and family at the park if we practice social distance roles or if theyre already at the park when we get there should believe or can we stand tall if we keep those social distance roles thank you. Well thank you very much scott what were saying and. Chris and patrick too to comment what were saying is that you can go to the park to exercise. On your own certainly and there are in a limited way you can go with members of your your own household. But if you want to meet somebody from outside your household its going to be you and that other person just as a pair and you should observe social distancing. And so it should be it should be basically a one on one thing but with social distancing so keeping 2 metres apart and abetting the rules but chris just to reiterate what the Prime Minister has said really what were trying to do is to take very small steps which allow us to be sure that were not going to end up with an increase in transmission again and these are the 1st steps which allow much more exercise and activities outdoors and this is for 2 reasons there are 3 reasons and in addition to the 1st one is that it is very important for people to take exercise whenever they can thats very good for health generally also good for Mental Health as well and the 2nd is we recognize were going to have to do changes for a long period of time and making things sustainable is extremely important and the 3rd reason is that the scientists on the sage group looked at this and are confident that the risks of transmission doors are much lower than the risks of transmission indoors but they are not 0 so we therefore want to take these modest steps one stage at a time and thats why the ministers in the government have decided to make this small change. An important change but does not lead to people meeting with multiple people outside the house of the ones yes so chris just to get to exactly what scott was was asking. I think what he was saying was can we go meet lots of members of our family in the park at each end is in each number is individually spaced 2 meters apart and our answer to that at the moment is that pushing it too far correct so you can meet other people in the park but it should be one other person from another household and observing social distancing patterns or me you will know thats exactly right and. Its important that we take these very small steps because thats the way were going to know what the effect is we can monitor it we can see what at what effect thats having on the arm on the numbers and only by knowing that thats a small difference can we then move to the next steps to doing this step by step monitoring carefully measuring is a crucial part of how we take this forward and its a vital to repeat what we were saying earlier with the coded alert level system if we think that the alert level is in danger of going up again then thats going to mean that we cannot proceed with the steps that weve outlined in our road map will be will be forced to be be frank with everybody and and hold off and we wont be able to deliver stages 2 and 3 in the steps 2 and 3 at the pace that theyre currently set out to do lets go to simon in essex. Where skoal said from maine accessible to children of k. Workers are they now expected to allow children to return where their parents are from industries theyre being actively encouraged to return to work such as construction manufacturing accept or if not how do you propose these people return to work theres no childcare available. Thanks thanks very much simon and 1st of all i want to pay tribute to the teachers in the schools who have been going throughout this crisis looking after at least some kids of some vulnerable childrens environment pupils and some kids some peoples of essential workers what were saying now is that if we continue in the same way then were hoping to begin to open Primary Schools at the earliest by june the 1st and so our reception. Year one and year 6 will come back for Primary School hope by the end of july for all Primary School pupils to have at least one month of education and we hope that well be able to as i say to get those those children back into into school and yes what we do want is people who are from now people who cannot work from home who whose jobs do require them to to go to work to talk to their employers about doing that and again i would just remind you that throughout the the crisis construction lots of businesses actually have kept going and theyve done so in a way that is safe and secure their workers whether in construction manufacturing a lot of offices of have kept going but as we as we go forward now as we encourage people who cant work from home too. Worker to think of going to work to get in touch with employers about getting to work the key thing is that those places of employment should be safe and theres guidance that were publishing. Today and tomorrow about how to make. Places and work secure how to make transport could secure and its only on that basis simon that will be encouraging people to go back to work when they cant work from home and your point about not having access to childcare is a crucial one obviously if people dont have access to child care and theyve got a child to isnt back in school for one reason or other yet coached at the back until the 1st of june or even then theyre not they dont fall into the years were getting back immediately then i think its only fair to regard that as a obvious barrier to their ability to go back to work and and that the i im sure that employers will agree with that so stay home if you can but go to work now if you if you have no alternative. And watching our desire that weve been bringing you a press conference by the u. K. Prime minister bars johnson who has been taking a somewhat unusual step of taking questions from apartment members of the public to try to explain some of the points in his roadmap that hes laid out that he laid out on sunday with a view to trying to get u. K. Out of coronavirus and back into operation the economy up and running again lets get more on this one paul brennan hes been listening to all of this from outside westminster paul its been an interesting kind of way of doing this really there might be an indication there by of answering these questions allegedly put to him by members of the public that they the Boris Johnson and his government are aware that perhaps they havent been as clear as theyd hoped and the message they were trying to put out. And there are good questions as well from devon and simon from essex really going to the crux of a couple of the real main points of d this relaxation of the stay at home order that the government the u. K. Government is now kind of amending and evolving. We know that the Prime Minister is asking people to apply a degree of common sense in the new stance towards the coronavirus restrictions but in the parliament behind me when he was addressing members of parliament south to noon he said there were a mere iyad different possibilities hypothetical questions that would be that would be raised he spoke about inevitably being complexities and those 2 questions that we just heard referred to a couple of them i mean for example the idea that if you go to the park as a family unit which youre allowed to do and you bump into a another family unit that you know what do you do then you have to separate yourselves one has to go home you know these kind of questions will be asked because people have been going to the parks the clear advice at the moment is baby steps is what its all about you should really only be meeting on a one on one basis on maintaining social distance it might sound a little bit counterintuitive but at the moment that is what the rules are and of course the question the 2nd question from the chap from essex talking about well you want people to go back to work but the schools arent fully open yet so if childcare is an issue surely you cant be pushing people out to work and i thought the Prime Minister ounce of that rather well when he said look that again its down to some people who dont have children and can go back to work should go back to work but of course employers would probably take a lenient view if if employees were unable to because they cant get childcare paul thanks very much indeed. Well on monday france cautiously ended its lock down although many restrictions remained in place particularly in paris they said it was far from resuming normal service is now tasha butler reports. Back to work for some people in france but not quite back to normal in the paris metro staff handed out masks that are now obligatory on public transport and distributed hand sanitizing gel but with a large number of people commuting so should distancing was clearly impossible. The 20 minutes for a train some people were not Wearing Masks and at my station in the suburbs staff were not handing out mass like here you cant socially distance with so many people but. We should have a very modern orderly metro were not confined spaces its just a shame we were at grice a rare mass in the 1st began in france because maybe they couldve been staying home after 2 months of Strict Lockdown the french government has lifted some restrictions allowing some businesses to resume work as people began to move around paris again traffic returned to the citys famous shells an easy avenue and shops welcomed customers many the shops on this street are open even though its not busy there are clearly people out and about enjoying a little bit of freedom but the government says that unless people remain vigilant it could consider reimposing some restrictions see the use of if the virus begins increasing rapidly again with no control and risking the health of the french people we would be forced to impose confinement measures again either in certain territories or differentiated as we did initially or even more widely if the population were in danger although some restrictions have been lifted many remain restaurants cafes sports and cultural venues a still shot as well as some parks many schools ready to open the government says that mosques are now easily available i am testing is widespread but with no Coronavirus Vaccine yet they must rely on peoples ability and will to helping an end to the Health Emergency Natasha Butler aljazeera paris. Well to her who is in madrid who after nearly 2 months of a lockdown spaniards can meet their families and friends we are at a Mens Clothing shop in the middle of madrid one of the b. C. S. Areas commercial areas that is just getting ready to reopen to the public next week so weve got everything ready weve got 100. 00 ties are we have the gloves we have them last year thats the owner does this infecting all the garments in order to reopen to the costumers today in spain over 50 percent of the regions have moved on to phase 21. 00 is a part of the deescalation plan of using these lockdown measures after 57 days of a strict low down so people will be able to go to terraces and at a capacity of 50 percent will be able to go to hotels still to a 50 percent of the capacity mosque and church and well also be able to meet their friends and families as one of the most important things of biggest singing measures russia will start easing restrictions from tuesday despite infections surging to the 4th largest worldwide over 220000 cases have been reported president Vladimir Putin says sectors like agriculture and construction can resume operations provided they follow safety rules and also announced plans to further support the economy as well as welfare payouts for struggling families. Theres been fierce fighting in libyas capital because the un recognized government tries to end the Year Long Campaign by warlords. To seize tripoli fighters allied to the tripoli government made this show of force after huffed are loyalists said they had entered the citys Southern Suburbs of those allies fired rockets at tripolis only functioning airport on saturday killing 5 People Living nearby reason fighting in libya has centered on the countrys airports and air bases lets take a closer look at exactly what each side is dealing with and have to launch his offensive in tripoli last year he had a force of around 15 fighter jets a few gunships and transport helicopters it was up against a u. N. Recognized Government Force of similar size but the Fighter Aircraft were mostly decades old and in Poor Condition nearly all were grounded for maintenance reasons a few weeks into the offensive since then hostile has relied on up to 8 combat drones theyve been maintained and operated by the u. A. E. From a base in the countrys northeast the japanese government has also got a major boost in the form of more than 10 turkish drones were joined by Christopher Thornton whos a doctoral researcher in International Relations at the university of oxford whos joining us on skype thank you very much indeed for being with us just give us your assessment of what the balance of power is like in libya at the moment. Well i think when have to launch it is offensive but wasnt expecting to come up against such resistance and when it sentimental stalemate debate last week and months in respecting long got to pass but what weve seen over the last few weeks is that we increased Turkish Military in both men has brought its air supremacy and thats allowed the g. N. A. T. To me yes significant advances on the ground so theyve retaken coastal cities so modern its a proper as we speak weve launched a major offensive against what areas in the mountains and we basically have now its up to mean bastions or western media surround it so i think that have to has undergone significant setbacks in the last in the last month or so and thats probably explaining what were seeing at the moment increasing erratic behavior and increasing we have a natural targeting civilian infrastructure and what were seeing in fashion i want to ask you about that because just in recent days obviously there was an incident involving inverts civilians that were targeted and turkey said that it would regard that as i believe a war crime and also threatened that if any of the turkish assets were targeted by half todd then it would retaliate on hoft side of course we do have reports that there are russian musson arrays fighting on his side what do you think the risks are that we may end up with turkey and russia having a face off in libya. I think that certainly see there being a major risk a major escalation in the. Coming weeks ago i do think that the. Speaking of russian nasa be somewhat exaggerated i think that there is russian involvement on half of sanctions but that in a field into insignificance when it comes to be sustained in strategic involvement of the leaders you mentioned and also egypt so i think that we definitely there is a risk of a Major Mission involving both and thats the International Forces most likely thats more of a between turkey and we. In terms of this to the logistics strategy that are happening on the ground on a daily basis in libya. Who actually has the greatest amount of influence to the g. N. A. S. Still control their forces and how to control is his or do they have to Pay Attention to on turkey on one side on the jna and those supporting coughed on the other. I think paradoxically one of the things which have to the sense of. Course is that it galvanized local support from the g. Any other than the west in the u. S. And its actually exposed some of the underlying and existing practice within the master plan. So i think you have to be it will be very very aware of the need to manage is in space managing constituencies well within say libya and so and similarly the g. N. A. T. So obviously aware of the fact that the foreign position is as a result of the support that its getting. There in particular one wants to and. So upset or i really appreciate your analysis thank you for joining us and ill just share christopher saunter. Still ahead on al jazeera malaysia runs up undocumented migrants again in an effort to contain the pandemic. Were wiping down 3 times a day in a crowd and which theyre like every time we get in and out of the crowd canadian Truck Drivers tell us why the pandemic has made life on the road even more dangerous. Though the dusty somalis blowing again out of iraq dying through kuwait and the eastern side of that dissolving line is the reason for it is that ghost sights the wind followers it tends to be called a dry winter humidity drop for temperatures and so to get a good hour much 38. 00 in there ha about 44. 00 in muscat youll notice but theres not much tiredness god could be shouting at the peak in the Western Mountain society we seen them the last day or so but they tend to i think die away in the next couple of days so will think little of them is just the wind still blowing strong and of course the sun blazes all the way up to the Turkish Border and i few showers in northern turkey beyond that is just woman sunshine as it is through most of north africa although once again the cloud thats just developing in spain and portugal wants more effect morocco sort of bats got 19 degrees circulating wind on shore breeze and rain or at least showers the showers of the trough going to church are working their way slowly up into these countries of west africa are doing exactly what you might expect him to do is time of year the coming up on a daily basis a bit further north occasionally fairly heavy just give you an example in abidjan we got rain but sundry rain. A story of love family and freedom go into my living years old you were at school we heard the sounds of large explosions. And the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i buy his name i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners in the our pricing. On aljazeera. When the news breaks over the night of the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place of the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and indepth reports of obvious reasons as the world battled them from endemic well bring you the latest developments from around the globe aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you move boldly documentaries and life news. Question obviously there are a mind of our top stories this hour the u. K. Governments released a report detailing how it plans to lead the country out of the pandemic promised about us johnson says the recovery will be long and its too early for drastic changes. France has ended its 8 week lockdown with people allowed to return to shops at work but cafes and restaurants will remain closed meanwhile spain has relaxed more of its restrictions churches mosques and outdoor bars are not allowed to open. An accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own vessels has killed 19 sailors it happened on sunday during exercises near the strait of hormuz a busy International Shipping route zain besought it reports a military exercise gone wrong in the gulf of oman resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of iranian sailors 24 hours after sundays incident the navy verified the worst of the unconfirmed reports already on social media. A missile test by an iranian frigate the jumper on hit a smaller support ship. Killing 1000 and injuring 15 the government was quick to declare the men heroes before dawn i was informed of a painful accident for the canary vessel and the deaths and wounding of our brave Service Members who protect Iranian Maritime security which deeply hurt my heart i dont know what to say to make it better we are all indebted to those loved ones who sacrificed their lives for our security and well being. But what happened is still unclear reports suggest the smaller ship was setting floating targets and did not clear the impact zone in time to avoid the destroyers missile fire it happened in the iranian waters of the gulf of oman a short distance from the strategic strait of hormuz its proximity to a major shipping corridor is likely to have World Leaders concerned you can imagine that if another ship would have passed close close by. Accident and what is very important here is that any incident because the situation is so volatile i could actually lead to further escalation and thats that is the real issue. Last month President Donald Trump said the United States would shoot and destroy any iranian boats found to be harassing american ships in the region. Iran responded with a similar order for its own naval forces everything irans military does in and around its territorial waters is to project power a friendly fire incident like this hurt irans carefully managed public image one that is still recovering from another incident involving an accidental Missile Launch in january the military shot down a civilian ukrainian airliner over to run killing all 167. 00 people on board. The trials underway in democratic republic of congo for a powerful figure and president felix just a katies office. Katis chief of stuff and also leads the influential union for the congolese Nation Political Party is accused of embezzling 51000000. 00 from funds set aside for building prefabricated homes for disadvantaged communities and i had denies the allegations which are going to has been at the heart of congolese politics for 2 decades he held multiple key posts and government on one side of it as Parliament Speaker under former president edges of kabila after ending his bid to run for. Didnt in 2018 come there he emerged as the main ally of feelings and shes a kid in the Opposition Leader who won the election the pair made a pact for coming here to succeed she said katie when his term expires in 2823. 00 supporters of committees say the case against him is political and an attempt to stop him from running in the next poll but its a rest is also seen as a step forward in the d. R. Sees broader fight against corruption amongst its elites well Michael Moore is a specialist in african politics and hes a senior physical fellow at the London School of economics hes joining us now via skype from chatham in new kate thank you very much indeed for being with us so which is it is this a politically motivated case or is this actually a triumph for an Anti Corruption dr. Well it is both and were going to find out they are you know to try out where they are its actually true that we talk to mary is guilty of any of the allegations against him we have to know them in that context of all of this actually we have a man who asked we see is already a president ial candidate for the 23 elections but on the underside on the side of the governments. Against cant you know country where the previous president s so hostile and my general parliamentary control so it is clear why it can be seen as politically motivated you know the state prosecution. With a parliamentary majority maybe see someone with the seat larry as the next president ial candidates with this case pending what does this do to the president s credibility and his possible political future. Really the president s credibility is not affected in this case i think what seems to come out though is that the country e. C. T. Dont want to investigate. 80. Allegations of mis misappropriation or actually you want to investigate come up with the truth and seeing that there may be other businesses who are probably benefited from this best move the funds and probably havent delivered exactly what they found innocent and keep it to deliver so that means there was a case to young said by. Project company it was through with regard to the delivery of. That in the funding for the Housing Program disadvantaged people who need to know how. To get your thoughts on this Michael Moore thank you very much indeed for joining us on aljazeera thank you the u. S. Justice department is considering whether to file federal hate crime charges in the killing of 3 it was an unarmed black man gunned down while jogging in the state of georgia in february georgia is one of 4 u. S. States that does not have a hate crime law but there are questions as to whether racial bias played the hand in his killing 2 white men a father and son face murder charges after being arrested last week this confusion surrounding u. S. Vice president mike pence after a spokesman denied reports he was self isolating pences press secretary katie miller tested positive for the corona virus on fighting the White House Correspondent Kimberly Hauck is in washington d. C. Ok kimberly lets try and find out what his actually going on what more can you tell us about this outbreak of covert 1000 at the wiser. Well there are a large number of cases now at the white house in terms of infections and even more isolating yourself isolating as a result what was unclear is whether or not the Vice President was among them on the weekend we know that he was self isolated but now it appears that he is at the white house or at least on the white house campus and is keeping his distance after his press secretary katie miller tested positive late last week though thats not the only case of course we know that the u. S. President s own personal valet also tested positive as have at least a dozen u. S. Secret Service Members but with regard to the case of the Vice President s press secretary this is had enormous ramifications because as a result now social distancing in clothing the Vice President s press secretary is her husband Steven Miller who works for donald trump as well as 3 members of the chrono virus Task Force Dr anthony found she dr Robert Redfield in the f. D. A. Had dr steven hahn interestingly this will result 4 in dr found she having to testify before a Senate Committee on tuesday by Video Conference but as you can tell this is certainly becoming a more serious issue given the large number of cases here on the white house campus also reflective of the rising number of cases in the United States now 1300000 infections in the u. S. And approaching 80000 deaths could be whole crypts talking to us from of the waters thank you very much. International flights can land in the philippines capital again after the government reopened its airports flights were stopped last week after the country couldnt cope with thousands of workers returning from overseas dorgan reports from manila. These foreign visitors are now able to fly out of the philippines after waiting for over a month Many Airlines begun cutting flights in march and a week ago by the us main airport was closed i was going back i dont margin but a good bin laden they know im going but im feeling really good good about my government and im very thankful for them and also philippines government. The government temporary halted flights as it struggled to speed up testing for corona virus and ran out of room in quarantine facilities since the start of the pandemic thousands of filipinos have been returning to the philippines philippine embassies are used to pray you are the emergency mass repeat. But with this influx the government has had to medically tests and house tens of thousands of people and it admits resources are stretched the government says the flight restrictions will be in effect until early next month and this hopes to ensure that the airport will be able to handle our own 400. 00 passengers a day that is the estimate that capacity under the current lockdown there over 10000000. 00 Filipino Workers overseas around 10 percent of the countrys population thats why the impact of the Global Pandemic is felt so deeply here. Just borrowed money to come to manila from his home province of cebu to start to work as a seafarer he was waiting to be assigned to a ship when the lock down began. Our food this ration deadly day you dont even though if you can go abroad. The philippines provides a quarter of the workforce of the Global Maritime industry since the pandemic started more than 20000. 00 have returned a majority now stranded and jobless Filipino Workers they are also aware of the dangers of the coronavirus but what they fear more is the uncertainty of not being able to provide for their families to. Manila. Chinas report of the most significant increase in infections since april with 17 new cases but more businesses are returning among them shanghais disneyland which welcomed by crowds for the 1st time in 3 months is in beijing. In the u. S. Its known as the happiest place on earth now disneyland has broken crowds back to its gates in china for the 1st time in months the government here says the corona Virus Outbreak is now under control and the shanghai theme park is the 1st in the global chain to reopen since the beginning of the Health Crisis right now here in china and shanghai. Conditions are such that we feel with the right measures in place. That we are able to open successfully here this is the numbers are capped at 24000 roughly 30 percent of the pox capacity temperature screenings and social distancing measures also in place that means no selfies with mickey and minnie mouse and now but fears of a 2nd wave of infections did nothing to deter crowds tickets sold out in minutes. I feel happy i finally have a place to take my child. Analysts say the sell out open day points depend up consumer demand but dont expect the chinese economy to bounce back anytime soon i think the overall outlook is going to remain very uncertain and subdued as long as we do not have a treatment or a vaccine for the coronavirus still authorities here are hailing the reopening as a milestone in chinas coronavirus recovery it comes as beijing is walked in a serious war of words with washington over its handling of the outbreak many believe the true countries have entered a new cold war the Trump White House says it has evidence carved 19 released from a chinese lab Chinas Foreign Ministry says u. S. Leaders are using what it calls dirty tricks to mislead the world about china. Do they really have such little balls standards and conscience that they can nothing at all with their own political interests even when human lives at stake but the tension seemed far from the minds of those enjoying their day at disneyland in shanghai the theme park fantasy a welcome respite from the reality of the pandemic and the political fallout left in its wake. Aljazeera beijing authorities in malaysia have begun arresting undocumented migrants in a targeted operation on monday just outside the capital kabul and poor video released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of Police Officers the malaysian government has already carried out similar operations in what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the virus new zealands Prime Minister has announced a further easing of restrictions just sent out and says businesses Domestic Travel and other services are now allowed to resume the country was locked down for more than a month. I am announcing that kevin that 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 will do that on thursday this week retail morse cafes restraints cinemas and other public spaces including playgrounds and gyms can reopen schuman who say they were exploited for working on chinese Fishing Vessels have returned home to indonesia after the deaths of 4 crew members the indonesian government is launching a joint investigation with beijing but worker advocates are skeptical as you know washington reports from jakarta after 13 months working on the high seas these indonesian fishermen are relieved to come home but some of their fellow crew members never got that chance at least for died while working for the dolly and ocean Fishing Company in recent months one died in hospital but others died on board the chinese vessels the fishermen say their bodies were thrown into the Pacific Ocean crewmembers told aljazeera what they endured on the ship. Our salary was meant to be 300. 00 a month but in reality i received 120. 00 for the whole 13 months just finished our food was the same as fish bait for tuna it was reading me. The men say they worked around 18 hours each day catching fish including endangered species and cutting the fins off sharks. Just in reality sometimes we had to work a shift of 30 hours or more. Whatever fish required we are asked should be process sort of not if they said yes we did it as the months went on the fishermen say one of the hardest parts of the job was watching their fellow crew members fall ill and die. I feel so free now free from how. The company did not respond to aljazeera as questions indonesian authorities are speaking with the men and say they will launch a joint investigation with beijing into what happened. We condemn the Inhumane Treatment experienced by the indonesian crew who are working on chinese vessels the government is very committed to solving this issue by improving regulations. Millions of indonesians are employed in the fisheries industry and the exploitation is rampant most of them young men are cursed at by agencies in their home towns and many dont know what theyre signing up for advocates say its not the regulation thats the problem but the lack of action by the government to protect the rights of these young workers. So what we need is a Law Enforcement so we dont we dont need. A new regulations he says until that happens more young men will risk their lives on the high seas just to washington aljazeera jakarta. Egypt has written to the u. N. Security council protesting a lack of agreement over ethiopias construction of a down on the nile river egypts asking the International Community to step in as ethiopia says it will begin filling that reservoir with water as of july said to be africas largest hydroelectric dam egypt depends on the nile for 90 percent of its water and fears a diminished supply. 100000 free flights ticket said to be given away by Qatar Airways to Health Care Workers around the world chief executive officer dock but all baka told aljazeera its being done to recognize the hard work and the fight against covert 19 Health Care Workers can register online to receive their free tickets Qatar Airways is also hoping to resume flights 80 countries by the end of june. We have decided to launch an initiative but at a ways. To celebrate the international no this day and that this. Is going to give away a 100000 a return ticket to frontline as get professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking up to people doing the current bit endemic so in adeline we intend to continue delivering on this mission by acknowledging the incredible efforts of healthcare heroes and heroines and it was with this ticket give a beat the big it will be distributed. On to what the one do every single country in the world. Including our neighbors so that is that it will be no country that will be left out and the tickets through the end ok did according to the size and population of the country we are already planning to more than to be the seditions now so it will be a thought an 80 the sanitation gradually it could be 50 it could be fought the it could be 55. 00 we dont know but we can go up to a maximum of 80 this initiative by the act of doing the job is unarmed today of every Single Airline in the world so we are not unique you know we have to make sure that we set wise in this very difficult period and as a as a c. E. O. It is my job to make sure that i protect the interests and integrity of the airline and as we are going to reduce nearly 25 percent of fleet we have that many extra stuff so dont even not go to those to that extent but we will. Make of laying off people and taking salary cuts we will try to minimize the pain of you know letting our dedicated commit to. Stuff leaving the company. Truck drivers in canada have been working overtime to keep supplies flowing across the country but with many people stuck at home those in the freight industry are facing their own unique challenges as david muscle reports from call agree a crucial efforts are not going on noticed. Outside his shop in calgary chris standing prepares to pick up a load of dry past his routine is changed more in the past few months then during his 25 years in the Trucking Industry and with the coronavirus still spreading across canada chris wants to keep his family and his clients safe we set up a Company Policy to make sure that that were wiping down 3 times a day in the truck and were sterilizing her hand every time we get in and out of the truck whether its going into a client or just picking up a load in the pandemics early days says hauling goods was a bit like driving into a freak storm a little scary and a little exciting at the same time he feels safer now as most businesses have introduced protocols to reduce face to face contact even so today chris has to enter a warehouse to sign paperwork and with workers coming in going social distancing is a challenge but the biggest risk he says is when filling up everything in the beginning that a lot of the major spread of or 3rd out on. The board that would talk all of our guys to make sure even when theyre using the keypad make sure they put their smaller gloves on so that they can still hit the numbers despite their vital role transporting essential goods truckers have faced harsh conditions since the start of the 1 pandemic Truck Drivers have struggled to find open businesses to buy food use the washroom and wrath but their predicament has also led to random acts of kindness and brought out bollen tears to truck stops like this one calgary Sikh Community is one of many groups helping truckers across canada they give out around 100 meals a day theyre really appreciated like we have a form for number set up and they use the. I had a time so then b. Show up at the truck stop even on the highway even at the beer house where theyre delivering Trucking Companies and associations are now worried by a huge increase in socalled empty miles this happens when theres no cargo to haul back home after making a delivery the cost of an operation is basically. Increasing while the Revenue Generating aspect of the truck is decreasing and you cant pass on the cost to the customers because there are clearly hurting tough times ahead for these Unsung Heroes who are trying to steer their country out of a pandemic david mercer aljazeera calgary canada. I have a style that fell out of fashion many years ago as making a comeback in east africa thanks to the coronavirus this solemn and kenyas capital nairobi as offering what its calling the corona hairdo the braided spikes echo the shape of the virus parents say its educational i was a cheaper alternative to some other styles for the night. We took over 1000. 00 has just joined the economy taken our jobs a name money is scarce so i decided to have my childs hair done up like this for just 0. 50 and she looks good there so ill also help to communicate with the public about the virus. During our it is going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories rob matheson thanks for being with me good bye. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day the new passenger and join our global community. How. To fight on soaring your questions can i get on if you think this is a directly thats coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the frontline well and i think for a climate and keeping you up to date and weve seen countries retreat back and beating back successfully the strain on 00. Context these are the 1st storytelling around the biggest issues but had to do you should do it again. They wanted 43000000000. 00 worth of weaponry that was. 6000000000. There is no end in war because theres always a small cobbles to. Really good business. In essence we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. One half scottish and half lebanese so diversity is really important to me and aljazeera is the most diverse place i have ever worked we have so many different nationalities and this is a nice pull together in this one News Organization and this diversity of perspectives is reflected in our coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we report on and thats a key strength of aljazeera. The british Prime Minister outlines his plans to lead the country out of the pandemic but critics say his message is confusing. Youre watching aljazeera live from london im dead you know also ahead on the move again france and spain start lifting some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. Asia rounds up on documented migrants again in an effort to contain the panda