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Intensity Populated Areas decades. So its been a deadly few hours in afghanistan with 2 attacks one in the hospital the other at a funeral the suicide bomber is believed to have been behind an explosion among a crowd of mourners in one the whole province in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed there 30 others are reported to be injured and a hospital in the capital kabul is also come under attack explosions and gunfire were reported and that apparently is still going on that lets get more from Matthew Chance on that attack in kabul he joins us on the line from there now how things going with a gathering information on this attack message now. Well nick a couple police confirmed. That they could evacuate 4 the person from the area which they want to attack there means that theres a lot of people back in this hospital as well as in the back of this hospital there is a there is a guest house to which all foreigners are living around. The fight is ongoing and. I asked about the number of casualties the local t. V. s are saying that there are 5 People Killed and i found 6 to 7 people injured but. A couple police is not come 1 bring the numbers its still too early to say to talk about the number of casualties or about 3 thanks for that the attack in kabul will bring you more on that as a day goes on as well as the other attack in one go off province. Well after being shut down for most 2 months because of the coronavirus pandemic india is reopening its Fast Rail Network one of the biggest in the world tens of thousands of people have tickets for Services Running between the capital new delhi and 15 other cities it will be up to passengers to maintain social distancing requirements when they travel as elizabeth friend has more now from new delhi where the 1st trains have been departing. Were at new Delhi Railway station where people have been lining up even hours before their trains departure to make sure that they get on one of the trains after 7 weeks since Indian Railways one of the Largest Railway Networks in the world shut down all passenger trains 33 started on tuesday travelling between the capital new delhi and 15 major cities around the country tickets sold out in minutes tickets are only sold online people have been told to come 90 minutes before departure to ensure theres enough time for thermal screening everyone must wear face masks at all times the trains are running at full capacity around 1800. 00 passengers in each train and Indian Railways has said that its up to the passengers to ensure social distancing and also up to the states to decide on the protocol upon arrival Prime Minister modi has said that the restarting of trains is an important step to live up to the economy but there is concern especially from some state leaders who said that this is happening too soon well singapore has also begun to ease restrictions some businesses including head dresses and stores are now open and next week small groups of students will be allowed to return to school the Health Ministry says restrictions are being lifted gradually to avoid a 2nd wave of infections it has reported nearly 24000. 00 cases. Well while india and singapore ease restrictions concern is growing over a potential 2nd wave of corona virus infections in Germany Health Authorities Say the disease has been spreading faster since a lockdown was ease just days ago the reproduction rate which measures the number of people coated 1000 will in fact is estimated at 1 point one and that means that 100 people in fact 110 others on average more than 7500 have died from the virus in germany and that figure is much lower than its european neighbors but many other things civic he insists no im a its very important for me to again draw attention to the fact that were entering a new phase of the pandemic it will now be necessary with all the easing of measures to be sure that people stick to the basic rules keeping their distance wearing mouth and nose protection and showing consideration for each other or lets head over to the United States now where the top Infectious Disease expert is warning that opening the country too soon could lead to needless suffering and death dr anthony found she is due to testify at a Senate Health committee in a few hours President Trump who threaten to 502 last month says the u. S. Is on track to defeat coronavirus and fisher has more now from washington with 2 white house staff testing positive for corona virus with senior members of his task force self isolating the president put on a bill is displayed in the rose garden of the white house we have met the moment and we have prevailed americans do whatever it takes to find solutions pioneer breakthroughs and harness the energies we need to achieve a total victory we will defeat this horrible enemy we will revive our economy and we will transition into great this. Thats a phrase youre going to hear a lot because thats whats going to happen asked if he was declaring Mission Accomplished the president clarified he was talking about testing claiming the u. S. Had no tested more people than any other country the white house has also told staff to wear masks while in and around the building a dramatic shift in policy senior figures attending the briefing did so the president did not in new york the governor insisted the state was through the wash to divide us a break saying it was on the other side of the mountain but with more than half of all american deaths season no rush to abandon the looked on measures some states are opening even though they havent met the c. D. C. Guidelines which i dont even know how that happens federal government says here the c. D. C. Guidelines which are basic Health Guidelines some states dont meet those guidelines and theyre opening anyway in florida the city of nichols was forced to shut down its beaches just 2 weeks after declaring them open people arent following social distancing guidelines i hate to say the base is closed down but i can see a very good reason for it as the president was speaking the number of dead in the u. S. Passed the 80000 mark he says some democratic led states are moving quickly enough to open up alleging without evidence a prolonged economic shutdown is claiming even more lives i want our country open to i wanted open safely but i want it open dont forget people are dying the other route recent opinion polls suggest the majority of u. S. Citizens are concerned states will reopen too quickly and the 2nd break will fall on fisher aljazeera washington. Jarius News Conference President Trump also said hes not in favor of reopening talks on phase one of a trade deal with china and the agreement was reached earlier this year after the success of rounds of negotiations and under the deal beijing pledged to buy at least 200000000000. 00 of additional u. S. Goods and services for 2 years while washington rolled back tariffs on chinese goods which any media are reporting that beijing would like to change it china would like to reopen negotiations on the trade deal to make the term more favorable to them is this something youd be interested in doing no not at all not even a little bit now im not interested we signed a deal i heard that too theyd like to reopen the trade talk to make it a better deal for them john has been taking advantage of the United States for many many years for decades because we had people at this position right here where im standing sitting right in that office the oval office that allowed that to happen im not interested in that lets see if they live up to the deal that they signed or here rights watch is accusing the Israeli Government of discrimination by enforcing land policies that have left palestinians living in densely Populated Areas that are important says the policy of boxing in palestinians extends beyond the occupied west bank and gaza to the palestinian towns and villages inside israel since 948. 00 israel has authorized the development of more than 900. 00 Jewish Population centers compared to just a handful of townships and villages for palestinian Israeli Citizens israeli planners have designated large parts of palestinian towns and socalled green zones restricting residential growth theyve also approved the building of roads and of the infrastructure around palestinian communities further preventing expansion. Shakira is the israel and palestine director of Human Rights Watch and he says the extent of state controlled lands makes it easy for the government to dictate who lives where. If we look at land policy within israel you realize that 93 percent of the land of is state lands that are directly controlled by the state nearly half of the seats of the body that administers that is run by the Jewish National fund with a mission solely to develop housing for the Jewish Community meanwhile while palestinian citizens of israel make up 21 percent of the population the minas of how these where most of them live in have only 3 percent about of the land in the entire country and so its very clear that theyre being boxed in israeli planning policies land confiscations over many years have reduced them to a series of dense Population Centers while jewish communities are allowed to thrive very similar to the policy that you see taking place within the occupied territory the government in fact has i think in recent years recognize that there is a serious problem theyve set aside some money to deal with that and the planning immiseration highlighted some initiatives that theyre trying to take to deal with this issue the reality though is that none of that has yet translated into changing the reality of hemmed in palestinian villages to change the reality for palestinian villages and towns inside israel will require significant investment in those communities allocation of state land expanding the jurisdictions of these towns and villages will take a really radical departure from the kind of discriminatory policies that have been in place for decades. Well still ahead here on aljazeera. Im dorsetshire pari and in time for a drive through Testing Center in doha where the tory government scientists are helping to better understand the virus and how to ease restrictions here. Plus why australian seafood supplies are forced to seek new ways to get their catch to peoples real. Hell i was about to get particular wet in the central philippines i think and this cluster of thunderstorms doing it now the suns gone also it gets become it becomes more active anyway its the season to watch avatar films this things obviously a completely closed circulation the moment as it moves west it will probably strengthen so the winds are become more a feature of the rain certainly will be like that elsewhere in this part of asia although javas hes a few thunderstorms the bulk of the heavy ones are further north than borneo sumatriptan stimulus here theres another spin here to watch in the bay of bengal moving slowly slowly nor has the forecast for manila the capital of philippines is fine ish until we get to the weekend then thunderstorms both days but thats just the capital will be heavy rain to science i suspect in australia its a mostly quiet picture the moment the last front is dragging itself through tasmania the previous one is giving some rain in the south of new zealand and the onshore breeze for east australia queens in particular might give you a few showers up in tropical queens and but no more than that temperature wise in perth for 26 or 27 by day it has been surprisingly cold by not clear nights and long nights and that will probably continue for the next few days. As yugoslavia disintegrated war descended on its inhabitants. Amidst the death and destruction one man created a peaceful microcosm for boys whose fathers faced each other in battle episode 3 of football rebels enters the world of footballing legend praed rag push each. Who went from coaching boys football to teaching young men life praed right push each of the siege of sarajevo on aljazeera. Were going to watch aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour there being 2 attacks in afghanistan one on a funeral in the Eastern Province of niagara and its killed at least 17 people another at a hospital in the capital of kabul which is still ongoing. As india reports its biggest daily increase with more than 4000 new infections the vast rail network is starting to reopen the trains are making return journeys to 15 major cities from the capital delhi after 7 weeks shut down. The United States top Infectious Disease expert is warning that opening the economy too soon could lead to needless suffering and death and she felt she was due to testify at a Senate Health committee in just a few hours. Or a corruption trial is underway in the democratic republic of congo the president s chief of staff has denied charges of embezzlement corruption in the countrys top court he was arrested last month and is being detained in a high security prison in the capital kinshasa michael ware has this report. The. Supporters of the talcum mary saying dont protect any of them they think its other politicians who should be facing corruption charges camero a democratic republic of congos chief of staff was arrested and jailed last month prosecutors say he stole 50000000. 00 of public money along with 2. 00 collaborators so. Police are chasing is a way because authorities dont want people to know what happened in this case all accusations against america are lies he didnt do anything wrong this is why theyre chasing has a way. Marys being held in here to macau a high security prison in the capital kinshasa. The hearing took place in the side where supporters and journalists and not permitted proceedings were pool cost on National Television camero was working alongside president felix to security until his arrest they both lead Political Parties which are in a coalition of arrests and trials of senior politicians who most on herself in congo america has denied the charges. We are not here to entertain an audience i have an important job to do i have the notoriety that corresponds to this job and so i must act as a statesman through truth we will achieve justice if convicted comerica be sentenced to up to 20 years hard labor the trials jus to continue in 2 weeks time. Back outside police moved porters away corruption is seen as normal here corruption trials on not thats why a lot of camero supporters think his trials politically motivated mary had to deal with president xi security to succeed him but the future of that deal and their Ruling Coalition is now unclear and congress fragile politics have been thrown into further turmoil malcolm webb aljazeera. Forces allied to libyas un recognized government say theyve destroyed 2 fuel trucks taking supplies to find is loyal to the world really for after it happened in the south of the capital which is seen fierce fighting and a growing civilian casualties in recent days tripoli government is trying to end the Year Long Campaign by have to force it to seems that city. If you have here is expected to respond to the gyptian complaint to the Un Security Council about a dam be constructed on the nile in a written protest egypt said the 2 governments had not made any agreement on the project car it was calling for the International Community to step in ethiopia said it would stop feeding the downs reservoir by july its set to be africas largest hydroelectric huge it depends on the alpha 90 percent of its water fish the project will reduce its supply to advisors to venezuelas Opposition Leader have resigned after the government accused them of links to what it calls a botched invasion they both denied involvement 11 more people were arrested on sunday bringing the total to more than 48. 00 are reported to have died earlier this month Venezuelan Security forces captured men blinded by boating with less than an hour from the capital caracas. Brazils president has decreed that beauty salons barbizon gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should reopen jaya both sonora has repeatedly downplayed the pandemic describing it as nothing more than a week case of the flu but Brazil Supreme Court ruled last month that governors and mayors have the final say on how to combat the spread of the virus. Called make a tesla has told employees of its main factor in california to return to work defying local authorities chief executive you know musk has tweeted that hell be on the Assembly Line and hes ready to be arrested states governor has allowed manufacturing to restart and local county where the factories located says lockdown measures must continue. Is taking the county to court. Hundreds of thousands of people in russia are returning to work after the president nationwide lockdown mode essential workers can return to their jobs from choose their regions may choose to keep some sectors closed if the threat of further rigs is too high or russia is still recording more than 10000. 00 factions per day and has the worlds 4th highest number of cases. Welfares of a 2nd wave of infections in lebanon will be discussed at a covenant meeting due to get underway the Health Ministry has said 48 hour complete shutdown may be the only option to stop the spread becomes as the country looks to the International Monetary fund for help with its economy financial crisis has driven many to protest in recent weeks so how to insulate us from. The rate of infections was described as manageable alarming that is slowly changing the government restrictions 2 weeks ago the country slowly reopening as you can see behind me traffic people are out and about this may change the Health Minister is warning that the situation is dangerous on sunday there was a Record Number of cases detected in the 24 hour period 36 cases now that may seem like a very small number when you compare it to other countries but 1st of all 11 on they dont do a lot of testing less than 1000 tests a day so you do not really get a clear picture about the extent of the outbreak in this country this is also a very small country a population of 6000000 people the total number of cases nearing 1000 with 26 and 300 recoveries but the problem is this is a country that cannot handle a major outbreak it has a very Fragile Health Care System in fact the state is close to bankruptcy over the public and private hospitals millions of dollars so that is why the authorities want to maintain this curve make sure people dont get sick at the same time in order to be able to treat them in hospitals so now the Health Minister is concerned the problem is a lot of people are not to be respected social distancing rules theyre not taking this really in a responsible manner. Almost 6 in iran have reopened but just for 3 days many were allowed to hold friday press for the 1st time last week the mosques remain shut in the capital and other areas deem tyrus can now that all allowed to open temporarily as part of the muslim holy month of ramadan the virus has killed more than 6 and a half 1000 people in iran. A drive through Testing Center here in carter is one of the ways government scientists are hoping to better understand the coronavirus when to ease restrictions 26000 cases have been recorded but the mortality rate is relatively low with 14 deaths but most of the people infected a Migrant Workers concern for the jobs which were this report. These men are survivors of covert 1946 year old money or is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march the breathing problem but he will. Know it helped when both a nice book from. Nobel and body nobel and. Abdomen near lives in a compound with 40 people he shares a bedroom with 6 others who have all tested negative for the virus. So deem is a 34 year old driver for qatari family an outbreak at his local supermarket led to Contact Tracing and he tested positive he was then placed in government corn teen for 21. 00 days so deem is one of the majority of positive cases who do not show symptoms none of the people he lives with have tested positive no i dont have any symptoms taking in the hospital there were 5 or taking every day for. Morning even in my day and of again morning 4 oclock my body is very old that obviously no problem you have will be no you cannot dont worry now they are all here to donate blood plasma they have antibodies in their system which can help others who are sick. This is a neighborhood in doha known as the Industrial Area it is home to nearly 50000 Migrant Workers it was the epicenter of qatars outbreak which began in early march. Until recently the entire area was locked down aljazeera was. Granted access to film here but we were not allowed to speak to any of the men on camera officials said it was for our own safety since not everyone here has been tested yet government Officials Say the workers have been receiving their salaries during this time but there is the issue of those who work with individual Business Owners and subcontractors theyve complained of salaries not being paid or not having enough food during this crisis human rights is one of the main issues authorities are dealing with alongside the pandemic these are some of the 2 and a half 1000 expat into tory volunteers who have been selected randomly based on age gender and ethnicity the goal here is to conduct a broad survey to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future health Officials Say the rate of new infections has slowed the goal now is to increase testing and Contact Tracing it is a great opportunity as well to know where are the virus or the those. Patients are located so it would be easy for us to inform the Decision Making on what to do next the government provides free testing and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. Door such a pari aljazeera. To senegal now where the president says people will have to adapt to living with the virus as he eases restrictions not time curfew so short of a markets and businesses are allowed to open as long as a shop for pretty one day a week but schools will remain closed until next month. Fall is in your face of losing their home of astute to a lack of available migrant labor because of the pandemic unions and its only have one that the Agriculture Sector is at risk of collapse and unless Migrant Workers are able to harvest crops in open spain work has desperately needed to shift sheep and thats what typically done by laborers from south america germany has lifted its ban on seasonal farm workers flying into 80000 people during april may and that still leaves a gaping hole in the labor force which usually includes 300000. 00 workers from Eastern Europe will pick a president it represents a cultural denies ations and farmers in the European Union and he says e. U. Countries should allow more Migrant Workers to travel but we certainly are short with with the necessary labor force that we were looking for in a minute partly. I think it would say that we will most probably have any impact number all crops especially fruit of vegetable but also other sectors. I think in in some regions in france spain italy and germany in particular i could also has been affected and it may actually lead to certain changes and differences in trying to seize in comparison with last year well 1st we were very closely with the commission another year institutions and Member States to come up with what the European Commission called guidelines to imMigrant Workers within the e. U. Borders and also when it when they came to europe from other members to other countries outside that you Member States and we are very happy that European Commission actually work for us recently and now these items are being implemented in Member States and we hope that the e. U. Member states actually would enable Agriculture Sectors in these countries to have access to seasonal labor within the e. U. Itself and also in certain countries quite importantly for instance not africa and ukraine. Both the demand and price for seafood around the world is plummeting as the pandemic disrupts supply chains in australia the industry is being forced to reassess how it gets its product to consumers if you gauge reports now from say the Hawkesbury River is well known for its fresh oysters shared employment has been operating here for more than a decade but now its in survival mode earlier this year she lost about half a crop to floods and hot weather then coronavirus heat closing restaurants and wholesale markets and she cant sell whats left and its been a very difficult time for everyone and thats everyone in this area as well and i assume that oyster farmers are probably going through the same thing given that 90 percent of alice has probably assaulted restaurants directly like others sheridan is being forced to quickly adapt looking to sell online delivering directly to consumers but shes still navigating exactly how it will work. Downstream lobster prices have plummeted when exports to china halted Mark Cranston was forced to shut down costing the business about 200000. 00 hes now selling to local markets but its hard to make a profit prawns and abalone have also lost value the astroland seafood industry as a whole is predicted to fold in at least 400000000. 00 this Financial Year the lacing process and weve already pied is that 10. 00 less than what were getting for our lobsters Tommy Trotter run by its. Pretty much running at a loss based lobsters would normally sell for about 50 u. S. Dollars each now theyre worth about half of the us and despite some International Markets like china reopening the lower prices and high freight costs mean that for many its just not profitable to export them. Charter flights have been delivering some produce to International Markets but the cross is expected to radically reshape how seafood reaches consumers plights in the future i believe strongly trying. To shade. Manage. Change where you are right we dont know. Sheridan beaumont navigating new markets is daunting but also promising she hopes it will lead to more opportunities in the future at the moment she just wants these always choose to leave the Hawkesbury River and make it on to customers plights. Aljazeera sydney. So this is observe that he saw the top stories and there have been 2 attacks in afghanistan one on a funeral in the Eastern Province of ny go which has killed at least 17 people another on a hospital in kabul and that one is still ongoing i deserve as you say is in the capital has more on the attack. Our sources told us that their Security Forces managed to be there as soon as they heard the blast and the blasts were followed by many gunshots in the area Security Forces managed to rescue at least 40 victims from the hospitals many of them were Children Women and doctors and we know that some doctors are still trapped inside the hospital but as india reporters because daily increase of corona virus infections with more than 4000 new cases the mass rail network and starting to reopen trains are making return journeys to 15 major cities from the capital new delhi after 7 week shut down United States top Infectious Disease expert is warning that opening the economy too soon could lead to needless suffering and death and she felt she is due to testify at a Senate Health committee in just a few hours time president maintains the u. S. Is on track to defeat coronavirus singapore has begun to ease lockdown restrictions some businesses including head dresses and pet stores are now open and next week small groups of students will be allowed to return to school meanwhile concern is growing over a potential 2nd wave of corona virus infections in Germany Health Authorities Say the disease has been spreading faster since a lockdown was relaxed just days ago brazils president has decreed that beauty settle. In gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should reopen the Supremes Court has ruled that governors and mayors have the final say on how to combat the spread of the virus. Forces allied to libyas u. N. Recognized governments say they have to strike to fuel trucks taking supplies to fighters loyal to the war to leave have to it happened in the south of the capital which is seen fierce fighting and growing civilian casualties in recent days. Headlines are not just got more news coming up right after football rebels are from. What impact will call did 19 on the drop in the oil prices have on the race to the white house can gold trump survive these historic setbacks and does the job only have what it takes to beat the special coverage on aljazeera. I am has been going to school. But in this from doing. A month on the calls for the community she fled but you dont see the abuse this lead is also a substitute for the emotional part of the shows. Body to follow the lead is on me our lives we lead. And lead