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A new economic package to help businesses and farmers. And newborn babies are among dozens killed in 2 separate attacks in afghanistan the taliban denies any involvement. To me a person spokesman is the latest senior russian official to construct the coronavirus as the number of infections surges to the 2nd largest world why. Should it be postal voting only for the us president ial election in november a political battle intensifies after dozens of covert 19 cases linked to a primary held last month. I did a member of the u. S. Coronavirus task force is calling on states not to rush to ease restrictions Dr Anthony Fauci has warned of serious consequences including needless death is among the experts testifying before senators theyre reviewing the trumpet ministrations handling of the pandemic and discussing plans to lift lockdowns but he said that ignoring guidelines could trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control. Well lets go live to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Hawk with complete dr fox he did give some indication of what he might be saying at this hearing when he spoke to the New York Times earlier people might have been expecting some strong words what was the tone of the hearing though the hearing was relatively measured having said that dr anthony found she one of the Top Public Health officials in the United States certainly was very frank in terms of the risks that are posed with reopening states too soon he was concerned and expressed that concern about some states that may be accelerating some of the key benchmarks the federal government has put in place namely that number of hospitalizations need to go down infections need to go down before there is a reopening in even then that the reopening should be faced but for his part he did also project some optimism saying that what will really stop the coronavirus in the United States is a vaccine and there have been some ed vance ments having said that he also once again underscored this concern that if states is sort of feel confident about reopening there could be as spike in cases take a listen to what he had to say they feel if that occurs there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and it could avoid it could even set you back road to try to get economic recovery which would almost turn that clock back rather than Going Forward that is my get your concerns dr fired chair and his colleagues from the coronavirus toss for us who are also giving evidence said that at this hearing having to try to fairly fine line because of course the spread of coronavirus in the u. S. Has become very politicized and were expecting to hear the president i think speak in about an hours time or so. Well there is going to be a press briefing out of the press secretary press secretary kaley mcenaney whether the u. S. President will show up its not impossible is certainly something that could happen particularly if hes annoyed with the fact that dr anthony found she was pretty frank about whether or not students could go back to school in the fall as they are expected saying that that may be a bridge too far what he did say and there is no question that the democrats as well as republicans became political at times with regard to the questions they were asking anthony found she and others really looking for that gotcha moment that could be used against a political ponette later on in terms of the u. S. Response but with regard to the School Opening in the fall dr anthony found she was very clear that theres going to need to be tens of millions of tests available for the hundreds of millions of americans that are not just going to school but are also trying to go back to work to put that in perspective as of yesterday the United States had conducted just 9000000 tests so there is certainly a long way to go and what dr anthony found she said in the meantime is the best prevention is staying at home but obviously that is something that is not possible so now they are exploring these phase re openings and again the issue for the u. S. President is that he wants to do that to get the economy back on track before there is a vote in november which he hopes will result in his reelection so theres no question that were going to see both sides democrats and republicans trying to spin the answers of the Public Health official that were relatively measured the next opportunity for that will be at the White House Press briefing that is set to begin at any moment Committee Thanks very much indeed were going to be keeping an eye out on that purse briefing that youre talking about just to see if the pro the president does turn up thanks very much indeed. Afghanistans president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other on groups follows the killing of dozens of people in 2 attacks one was at a Maternity Hospital and kabul the other targeted mourners at a funeral in eastern afghanistan alexey obrien reports. That the Maternity Hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f. B. I. And governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity. Shes. I brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i dont remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by bullets. Gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the Aid Organization Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. The attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason its a Government Hospital and a lot of people bringing their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panicking inside. And a gun battle with Security Forces. When the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he couldnt into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward. While the firefight was underway dozens of people will lead to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals. In the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sill into groups. And at a hospital in the Eastern Province of more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. Where there were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. The victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly. I some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. And the surviving mourners left planning more funerals. Brian al jazeera freelance Journalist Bill also water he is in kabul he says the taliban has distanced itself from the attacks. The taliban said that they were not behind both the attacks the attack here in kabul took place in a shia neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted and very brutal attacks by the Islamic State the attack in the east has the fingerprints of the Islamic State the commander whose funeral was being held as a family. Major security sectors they have really stood both against the taliban but also against the Islamic State in that part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with the new deadly front because we were time and again told that Islamic State was defeated but yet there are. State fighters in cells capital of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul opposition politicians in hong kong are warning the government against pushing through a proposed law that criminalizes mockery of chinas National Anthem chief executive carrie lamb announced the build will soon be prioritized in legislative debates that follows the arrests of 200 protesters taking part in flash mob rallies the opposition says the plans new law could trigger more antigovernment protests all 11000000 people in the chinese city of hand will be tested for the virus over the next 10 days after several new cases were discovered the city was the epicenter of the outbreak in china and where the illness 1st emerged in december 5 infections were reported on monday the 1st since its lockdown was lifted last month. Indias Prime Minister has announced an economic package worth 270000000000. 00 to help farmers Small Businesses and Migrant Workers restrictions are easing there despite the biggest single day infections increase in the countrys also resume services and parts of its vast Railway Network which is one of the largest in the world thats after a 7 week shutdown which left millions of passengers stranded are india correspondent elizabeth put on them reports from new delhi. They waited in long lines of the scorching sun for hours before their trains departed from new Delhi Railway station thousands of people who managed to get tickets on one of the 15 trains leaving the capital on tuesday. Student had the same problem as many others when the Indian Railways website crashed when tickets went on sale on monday evening which. I had to read a long time because. The tickets were supposed to be over. But they were. Those who were able to buy tickets for the lucky ones all 54000 tickets for 30 trains nationwide. Was one of those who missed. 15 month old baby who was born with a heart condition to new delhi for medical treatment in late march just days before the amount all hospitals cancelled treatment the family was a victim from their lodging on saturday after running out of money they tried to buy train tickets to their home and more than a 1000 kilometers away but missed out. We have no intention of staying here we want to go home so that he can get. At least his medications can. The family 14 kilometers to the train station hoping to find a way home 30 Train Services will travel between here in the capital new delhi and 50 major cities around the country some day some less frequent they will run at full capacity each carrying around 800. 00 passengers. Before boarding and must wear face masks at all times. Indian vary in ways that its up to passengers to maintain social distancing on board and the number of Train Services will be gradually increased. Some state leaders have said the resumption of services is too many and too soon but Prime Minister said theyll help. At the worlds 5th biggest economy moving again sabri exports of all the experts and Scientists Say that the krona virus is going to be part of our lives for a long time however we cant literalize revolve around the corona virus either we will wear masks follow physical distancing and we wont let our goals out of sight. For the millions stranded the trains counter vive soon enough elizabeth pran of aljazeera new delhi. But more ahead in the news hour including preparing for the worst held in the coffin 1000 patients in the netherlands are given a choice between being sent to the i. C. U. Or staying at home. Find out what an unusual kind of help several african countries are asking from china. Lebannon is now preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown only a week after easing song of its coronavirus restrictions government ministers made the decision after the number of new daily cases rose to its highest level in more than a month thats prompted concerns about a 2nd wave of infection then harder has more from beirut. The lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus was gradually being eased allowing lebanese to get back to something resembling normal life but in recent days the rate of infections increased prompting the government to order a 4 day closure as of wednesday night where you have been the mushing to. The rate of infections from one person to another has accelerated here in the past 3 days there were 109 cases in 4 days and this has reversed our gains the failure to wear masks and reckless disregard for social distancing ghouls are being blamed for the rise. Rather hard on a sort of pity to close the country again but the problem is people were not complying with the Safety Measures we already closed our shops for a month and we lost a lot. So far there have been fewer than 30 deaths reported and a 1000 cases but Health Experts warn the full extent of the outbreak is not known because of the lack of testing a daily average of 1000 tests in a nation of 6000000 people. But that there is. A strict mechanism should be put in place or else we will risk everything weve achieved this 2nd wave of infections will happen but we want it to happen slowly so our Health Care System will be able to treat all the patients more than 100 expats who recently returned from various countries contribution to the surge the government has been criticized for not enforcing strict quarantine orders thousands more are expected to arrive home soon levanon does not have the resources to deal with a major outbreak its Health Care System is fragile there is a lack of medical equipment economic recession and financial crisis have left the state close to bankruptcy it goes public and private hospitals and millions of dollars. Many lebanese cant afford to stay home especially those who rely on daily wages while the local currency continues to lose value the crisis has provoked months of protests but. The government of the people to stay in their homes instead of returning to the streets to revive the a revolution. They are already dying of hunger. Meant taining restrictions could lead to social upheaval and more economic losses but lebanons leaders say they want to prevent a Health Catastrophe with less than 15000 hospital beds available for coronavirus patients they warn of a tough phase ahead senator. The spokesman for russias president is in hospital being treated for corona virus 52 year old Dmitri Prescott was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago at a meeting with Vladimir Putin the kremlin leaders announced an easing of the nation wide lockdown despite russia having the worlds 2nd highest number of covert 1000 cases after the United States. A fire at a russian hospital treating covered 1000 patients in some pittsburgh has killed 5 people but patients were on ventilators in an intensive care ward on the 6th floor of St Georges Hospital the citys governor says its likely the far was started by a short circuit in a ventilator its the 2nd fart to break out at a russian hospital in less than a week officials have announced an investigation into ventilators used at some medical facilities on a bunch of sky is a russia policy analyst and a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and shes joining us now on skype from washington d. C. Thanks very much indeed for being with us what russias medical system be able to cope to think. I very much doubt that theres 2 theres 2 countervailing factors 2 different factors on the one hand russia has a history of stockpiling supplies much more so frankly than western countries and youre seeing in terms of whats being reported now these your time all mobilization efforts this is a menace and for russian citizens of world war 2 on the other hand on the other hand the pervasive corruption that is prevalent in all levels of russian government and Russian Society coupled with a quick and yes its there but its not very good its it may not be of good quality raises questions and the Biggest Issue really is that. Russia is not a democratic country its a place where the government lies to its people where the government lies to the rest of the world and certainly all these factors raise very very serious doubt that its at the medical system will be able to handle it as i just mentioned there have been a couple of fires at hospitals in the russian i mean were talking about 2 hospitals out of many in russia but does that tell us anything about the kind of pressure that the system and the doctors and the medical staff might be under. You know so to me when i saw news of this fire this reminded me of a horrible tragedy that happened 2 years ago in a safe area and town of camera well. A fire in a Movie Theater where children and their teachers died it was a horrible story basically parents watched stood outside helplessly and watched their Children Burn the fire to the extent that we know happened again because of corruption because of poor procedures put in place there were no sprinklers and so forth. As news evolves around of about the reasons for why this fire happened to me this is a symptom of again corruption other problems within the system that raise all these questions about how how will russia handle this pandemic Going Forward we were running a story just a few days ago about 3 doctors who had to partly fall into their deaths out of windows after upon complaining about the conditions that they were working in what do you think about tells us about how the authorities at least the authorities in those particular areas might be feeling about the way that the coronavirus is being controlled. Well it tells us that again the system the authorities want to hide reality right its certainly very suspicious to see not one but 3 doctors falling out of windows out and under mysterious circumstances frankly the whole issue of the reporting of the number of cases in russia in and of itself raises a lot of questions just as weve seen for in china as well so these numbers. Are likely to be its likely that the numbers for my child to begin with that shows us how worried are the authorities are how nervous they are about their own stay in power. We appreciate you giving us your time and aljazeera thank you very much and thank you. As the netherlands Health Care System comes under increasing strain doctors are advising older coronavirus patients against treatment in intensive care units thats prompted im from Rights Groups the netherlands is one of the few countries with far reaching euthanasia laws so possible ports from amsterdam. After she tested positive for covert 19 even the hardest doctor told her she would not be admitted to the i. C. U. In the nursing home where the 88 year old was staying 31 patients died from the disease these husband and children were prepared for the worst hope to for you for the for hold for i heard on television that people my age would not be admitted to the intensive care unit and with my bad lungs i would not of had a chance anyway if that sent me i would have asked for euthanasia in late march the federation for medical specialists issued a directive asking governments to be more selective in sending elderly covert 19 patients to i. C. U. Use the netherlands has a relatively low number of i. C. U. Backs and with the increase of course 1000 patients beds were quickly running out. With no cell phone stats for success the question is are they still capable of taking care of themselves how strong is this person we discussed this with the patients and of course we ask them what they want in short in the netherlands we decide if such an extreme treatment is beneficial for a patient he couldnt may and her colleagues held Difficult Conversations with patients and their relatives these husband 91 year old hellmuth under half was also asked what he wanted to do in case he got infected now go to. A spoke to my doctor about Something Else when she suddenly asked me if i still wanted to go to the intensive care unit i had to decide right away i thought that was pretty harsh. He told his doctor he wasnt ready to die and choose to go into i. C. U. Miami and the netherlands support its socalled humane death policy it is seen as a way to offer elderly. Patients a more peaceful way to die for around my family but some groups for the elderly have warrant for age discrimination especially after comments made by some public biggest saying that the elderly should be sacrificed for a Younger Generation 81 year old nini has a growing following on social Media Campaign against age discrimination. How an african they say these things about the elderly we exist we live and we arent important economic factor we spend a lot of money although still fit if she gets golf at 19 she would offer a younger person i see you there i want to die i have spoken to my doctor and he says that he will help me i have champagne in my fridge i want to do this in a sweet nice way there is the advantage of living in the netherlands. While many elderly have died at home or in Nursing Homes from the hapless survived the disease doctors now say the chances of survival for alderney patients might have been too pessimistic how much hope that soon hell be able to go on a boat ride with me like they have done together for 67 years step out in sierra amsterdam African Leaders are asking what china can do for them as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to destroy economies and wipe out about 20000000. 00 jobs beijing is both a top trading partner top lender on the continent how about a report from the kenyan capital nairobi. Days after the government announced on the easing of some looked on restrictions traffic on the streets of nairobi is slowly picking up. But many shops in the Central Business district remain closed. Those will reopen say business is still bad all of a sudden the streets one quiet after the announcement of the lock down. And so that is completely offered to a business if i could measure it would be about 90 percent drop in sales. The economy crisis caused by the colonel bite us all break is forcing hard choices not just here in nairobi but across africa many governments are struggling to find the money to fight the pun demick and shore up their economies the world bank and the i. M. F. Of oskar lenders to suspend the payments for african countries struggling under the covert 1000 outbreak but tonys Officials Say they will deal with african debt on a case by case basis what happens next depends on china which is not only africas top trading partner but also its top lender according to the World Bank Chinese government and fund some blunt african governments and state owned enterprises more than 100 and 50000000000. 00 between 2012018. Most of this money has gone into the development of Infrastructure Projects such as the rules Railway Lines ports journalist in that bind because they want to be able to continue to lend to africa after kuwait 19 to make money and influence but i do seem time to want to be able to. To be and how africa is going to in turn more than 100. 00 International Nongovernmental organizations have been forced calls for consideration of all debt payments in 2020 but many banks are reluctant to risk their Credit Ratings and private bond holders are likely to do so but even if all debt payments was suspended this year they still trouble ahead for african countries most collect relatively little tucks undervalues have decreased because of the locked arms so was this crisis is over a lot of repayments will have to be made to all just Nairobi Kenya still ahead and al jazeera. Im just such a hurry at a time for a drive through Testing Center in doha where the qatari government scientists are helping to better understand the virus and how to ease restrictions here. How the winds picked up against throughout the middle east were from the lower the vents down towards the amman and kostitsyn northerlies the shamar and spot you might think breaking a tool thats not affecting the winter too was just a line of credit breaking up and is a hot and dusty wind as well so temperatures from rocka down to mascot are in the high thirtys even the low fortys particularly where that window is quite strong cold back through the hot bit of central saturday so meccas go for cost of 45 or a few showers the south in the mountains of saudi or yemen otherwise its a pretty dry picture occasional sharyn iran maybe eastern turkey and thats about it. Still for this time of year of course weve had abnormal weather recently but the carry on name the same story throughout north africa the coast of morocco increasingly once again is going to be windy cloudy and wet rain coming in from portugal off the coast of rocker and in the forecast in about particular for the science standard fare again says tropical showers moving north with the sun so in lagos its going to be 30 humid degrees and occasional showers these sometimes look up into the ethiopian hardens but few in the next couple of days a rather more prevalent in guyana for example or carry around the core into sierra leone. Beleaguered out of paying the price for his political maneuvering in the middle east now desperate for american recognition good technique and absolutely denounce all the former miss studies how did the p. L. O. Find strength and support from their only lifeline oppressed palestinians living in the occupied territories chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera. Then latest news as it breaks the mind sits within a valley surrounded by bush land and most of the operations have been about 500 inmates has been able to surface with detailed coverage of the Malaysian Navy recently prevented a boat carrying around 200. 00 range of refugees from landing from around the world summit leaders are accusing their opponents of trying to topple them by tampering with financial stability. Woohoo. The marching orders either a reminder of our top stories this hour members of the u. S. Could on a virus taskforce have been testifying before a Senate Health committee thats trying to weigh reopening the economy against risks to Public Health Infectious Disease expert anthony fire has warned restarting too quickly could lead to needless suffering and death. Indias Prime Minister has announced an economic package worth 270000000000. 00 to help farmers Small Businesses and Migrant Workers who run a virus restrictions are easing there despite a surge in cases over the past few days. A fire at a russian hospital treating covered 900 patients in St Petersburg has killed 5 people the citys governor says its likely the fire was started by a short circuit in a ventilator thats the 2nd front to break out of the russian hospital in less than a week. Polls have opened in nebraska what americans are being allowed to vote in person for the 1st time in weeks the governor of the republican stronghold state promised to open polling stations for the president ial primaries despite the Coronavirus Health risk Election Officials encouraged early voting by mail. Dozens of covert 1000 infections have been linked to voters turning out for the wisconsin primary last month republicans and democrats are arguing over how the president ial election should be held in November John hendren reports from chicago. It was a scene of chaos anger protest and determination wisconsin voters dawning masks lining up at the height of a Global Pandemic forced to exercise their right to vote at the risk of contracting a deadly virus lesh they just make this terrible choice of you while you vote well you risk getting the virus or do i just because what if the well so and yet with a pandemic almost certainly still a threat in person voting is likely to be the norm again in the us president ial election in november Voting Rights advocates are pressing for universal mail in voting. Yes. Yes. But the battle over how americans will vote has evolved into a war democrats who filed lawsuits to expand voting by mail republicans are opposing those suits and forging ahead with elections as usual the reliably republican state of nebraska is going ahead with it in person may 12th primary it could soon be too late to move to mostly mail in voting that requires time to sign contracts in order supplies and money 4000000000. 00 worth according to the Brennan Center for justice so far congress has promised 400000005 states already have universal mail in voting where a ballot is automatically sent to every registered voter and americans approved a reuters poll in april found 72 percent of them want the government to require mail in voting in november that includes 2 thirds of republicans but mail in voting has soon powerful up. And one of them lives in the white house mail ballots a very dangerous thing for this country because theyre cheaters since the u. S. Civil war conservatives have used everything from poll taxes literacy tests and now the threat of voter fraud to suppress efforts to expand voting because im calling it. Out so. I always want to go i do quite clearly. With just 6 months to go come november much of the u. S. Could look like wisconsin in April John Hendren jersey or chicago well Michael Bennetts the chair of the district of columbias board of elections hes joining us live from washington d. C. Via skype thank you very much indeed for giving us your time said given the circumstances in the United States it would seem that snorts going to vote in person would kind of make sense what are the objections to postal voting. Im not quite sure what the objections are but in washington dana where you are 2nd primary weve encouraged all voted through their absentee ballot by mail of all use absentee ballots and weve had so far almost 50000 births in the city requests that theyve now meo and we were milling about their election day itself the 2nd they were also opening the old early and allowing the old to be open but persons who preferred the in person voted to be opened may 22nd all the way to do it we had the president referring to election voting postal voting as quote cheaters is there any evidence that elects that the postal voting is more prevalent on more at risk from being cheated being twisted or manipulated than opposed to votes that are made in punch than you know with the mail in vote every voter has a barcode at least in that if one of you anyway and so all of the the. And the ballots are trapped from the time we send them out to the time that it gets to the voter d and then back to the to the airport of the Board Election why is it that across the United States that there isnt a snob standard far the way that postal ballance should be held and would that allow greater monitoring of those postal violence. Well each voting is a is controlled by the state and even within each state. d the activities occur at the county level washington d. C. Happens to be different in that we really both state and a city or county if you look at it states that we control d it all but voting is a state both. In United States how is it possible for organizations like yours to encourage more people to see the benefits of postal voting particularly at this time well most people that weve said that weve been talking to in all of the. Advertising we. Perth of theyre very happy with most of the feedback weve gotten is how easy it is not being in it is you know many people just dont want to go through the both. So weve been getting incredibly positive feedback with 2000000 voters Michael Bennett we appreciate your thoughts thank you very much for joining us on our ages are very happy to take them. Brazils president has decreed that beauty salons barbers and gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should reopen jatos so not all has repeatedly downplayed the pandemic describing it as nothing more than a weak case of the flu but Brazils Supreme Court ruled last month the governors a man is have the final say on how to combat the spread of the virus from or not lets cross live to a lot america and at a turn to c. N. N. Human mishear lets start with brazil 1st of all both sonata still seeming determined to put the economy ahead of pretty much everything else. Stubbornly determined i would say he is insisting in fact a short while ago he attacked the governors of many states of brazil its a federal system remember so they are supposed to be autonomous are these have some autonomous rights he attacked them for not accepting the decree that he just issued allowing the gyms and beauty parlors and barber shops and so on to open saying that that would have to be done to the Justice System or through congress and the accuse them of being off for a tarion which is exactly what many people are accusing president bush of so not all of it this hour in fact the latest poll shows that his popularity and Approval Rating which is continuing to plunge the latest one shows that 32 percent of brazilians now support him versus 42. 00 about a month ago and there are other polls that show that his Approval Rating is even lower in the high in the very high 20 percent so he is not doing well in Public Opinion with him its questioning his way of handling the coronavirus epidemic and in fact his new Health Minister remember he fired the other one the previous one for not going along with his with his policies of of no of not promoting social distancing the new Health Minister whos supposed to be his close ally just said that he had no idea that the president was ordering for the beauty parlors in gyms and so forth to be open and he made it clear that he didnt agree with it lets talk about where you are at the moment thats you know 1. 2 he was saying that he was amongst the most prepared for the spread of the virus is that still the case. Well so it seemed to put no longer things are get are reaching a very very critical point here in chile im in front of a the emergency room of the south of odd public loss for the old its one of the largest and oldest in the country and this hospital like just about every other one here in the capital sun its practically full the Critical Care units can in many cases not take any more patients and the government at this hour is preparing air force planes to evacuate patients from the capital and take them to other provinces where there are a decent a few more beds 90 percent of Critical Care units are full in central 80 percent nationwide and the government in fact has just appealed to congress to pass an emergency bill that youve just been submitted to allow foreign doctors and nurses who are in the country who still have not been given their papers to to work in the country to be allowed to do so without going through any of the paperwork for the next 2 years they really do sound worried and with good reason to be hit the largest number of of contagions today war than a 1657 in just one day thats double what we saw 2 weeks ago in syria voting for us live from santiago to see it thank you very much indeed United Nations is sounding the alarm after ongoing violence in northwest nigeria forced nearly 3 times as many people to flee to neighboring new jersey compared to last year you wanted to see ours says that in april 23000 refugees sought safety in the agency says those who have fled to speak of extreme violence against civilians by on groups including murders kidnappings for ransom and villages being looted. More than 60000. 00 have now sought sanctuary since the 1st influx began a year ago the border region on both sides continues to be extremely unstable and within asia its led to an additional 19000. 00 citizens being displaced in their own country and our correspondent on the digits has more from. In recent months communities in the western idea have seen a sharp increase in the number of Violent Attacks carried out by armed men Security Forces called the bandits now some of these victims find it easier to cross into the general public for shelter or for refuge because its easier for them to do that than to cross over to larger towns and cities in nigeria where they are more secure because of restrictions put in place by the Nigerian Government following the our break of conflict 19 now this conflict has a long history where back in 2013 when things started getting out of and in some for a state for example local farmers formed their own vigilantes to protect their crops from animals belonging to the nomadic full anees who were accused of setting the animals onto their own farms destroying the crops now the bees are not just eventually started taking the law into their own hands by raiding fully settlements and then the full line is retaliated a tit for tat and see it for several years in 2018 the nigerian president sent in the armed forces to help deal or contain the situation when it became apparent that the police are not properly equipped to deal with the situation and eventually in 2019 some states in the region reached an agreement with the armed groups and that then peace ensued eventually an amnesty was granted to some of the repentant bandits in court as the security Security Forces a local forces called them and what these attacks what this recent attacks signify is that that agreement which between government in the region and the bandits has finally broken down and people are afraid that there will be more violence in the coming weeks and months. The u. S. Secretary of state is set to arrive in israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and benny gantz his soon to be partner in a unity government by prime pairs visit comes as the u. S. Signals its support for israels plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank how the faucet reports as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israels Prime Minister is promising to carry out one of the most controversial acts of his decades in politics the annexation of illegal israeli settlements as well as large parts of the Jordan Valley totaling nearly a 3rd of the occupied west Bank Last Month he reminded american evangelical christians that President Donald Trump had pledged to endorse it a couple of months from now im confident that that pledge will be honored that we will be able to celebrate another historic moment in the history of zionism. Netanyahu has made pledges before often during Election Campaigns without following through some analysts suspect concerns over regional stability might make him hold off once again but since the election an accession talk is strengthened not diminished netanyahu has built the policy into his Coalition Deal with his former rival benny gantz and above all theres been preemptive support from a trumpet ministration. The us israeli annexation mapping team is due to have finished its work by the end of june the American Ambassador to israel has said the u. S. Is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty within weeks if with annexation comes a commitment to negotiate with the palestinians to end there and then not give america to. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says annexation would see him dissolve all agreements with the u. S. And israel something that could collapse the Palestinian Authority and leave israel with direct responsibility for the Palestinian People its a warning hes made before and not delivered on but Officials Say this time is different we know it is difficult we know it is always a matter of survival but we think that. Accepting such as a defacto is not a choice you cannot live with such an exception netanyahu is prospective Prime Minister benny gantz plans to argue for delay from within government but he gave up any veto on annexation as part of the deal that would see him take the top job in 18 months time the International Consensus thats in the coalition remains the United States. Is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an exception in order to build up his eventual call base ahead of a floundering Election Campaign so american politics and israeli politics are in place right now to facilitate an accession. European nations are reportedly considering sanctions theres also the prospect of jordan egypt and other arab states pressuring the white house not to approve but in the end this decision with all its potential for far reaching consequences comes down to 2 men Benjamin Netanyahu and donald trump are a force that aljazeera west jerusalem. U. S. Supreme court judges are hearing legal arguments about why Donald Trumps financial records and tax returns should be kept secret the president s lawyers say hes immune from criminal proceedings while in office several lower courts have ruled against trump prosecutors in new york of a should subpoenas for his personal financial records related to ongoing criminal investigations. The movements of americans during lockdown are being revealed by researchers tracking their mobile phones they found a sharp rise in the number of people leaving home despite the u. S. Struggling to contain the outbreak of covert 19 aljazeera is high digital castro has more. Dizzee exercise parks near washington d. C. Are a sign of fatigue fatigue muscles and fatigue patients with staying at home are very restless group of humans feels great just to be outside. Outside in with their phones not all are aware their device may be among the 100000000 across the u. S. Sending location data that filters to researchers at the Maryland Transportation Institute to create this map tracking the social distancing trends of coded 19 the darker the color the greater part of the population venturing at least one mile from home the map is growing darker by the day it can start very can start a major shift and momentum in terms of a drop is what it is and the university of maryland researchers report a 20 percent increase in travel distances and nonwork related trips across states that have partially reopened as of may 1st we have to wait or at least probably 2 weeks to see is our impact on public house and you cases and you best numbers but were closing you know what were closely monitoring the situation and im sure that it was this is. The Maryland Transportation Institute plans to look next at demographics breaking down the impact of covert 19 by age race gender and income thats information coming from the u. S. Census and from your phone leading to some concern from privacy watchdogs do they get consent from users who says im getting any points for collection or for this. And also are people able to review into either the University Says it receives location data from cubic a data broker that measures foot traffic in businesses the users are anonymous and have opted in but not specifically for covert tracking privacy is completely with target without any person of a nation at all and we use the approximate location of our mobile devices in far whole location in a pandemic where many are tired of sheltering in the privacy of their homes more and more americans are venturing out under the eye of researchers. How do you know castro aljazeera washington. A drive through Testing Center here in qatar is one of the ways government scientists are hoping to better understand corona virus and when to ease restrictions more than 25000 cases have been recorded but the mortality rate is relatively low with 14 deaths most of the people infected a Migrant Workers who are concerned for their jobs dosage about it reports. 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 bleeding problem body will. No help when both in the 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 seen for 21 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 there was there were 5 politicking every day for. Morning even in my day and of again morning 4 oclock my body is very would have almost 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. Health authorities and gracious have apologised after a documents which resulted in a woman being buried under a wrong name the mix up happened after 2 elderly women suffering from corona virus one admitted to hospital in split earlier another model in the capital zagreb led to a virus free woman being treated in a covert 19 ward and the woman who tested positive being sent to a nursing home. So ahead on aljazeera whats being called out one in a 1000000 planetary discovery has a familiar look down here on earth. Its been described as a one in a 1000000 discovery a super earth new zealand researchers say the planet is one of only a handful ever detected it has an orbit and size thats close to our own its a bit larger than earth and it was found using a technique called gravitational microlensing sometimes barely perceptible objects distort the light of stars when the pos in front of them scientists look for this in order to discover new planets Francisco Diego is a Senior Research fellow in the department of physics and astronomy and University College london he explains the significance of this discovery. No not like planet is a planet which is more or less the same size of the earth it has to have a solid surface because a lot of these new plan is a classic on the gas giants which are easier to the fact in a way similar to jupiter and saturn but if the planet decisively then it is 6 i think because then it comes closer to what they had looked like with possibility of having or not most fair liquid water on the surface etc etc and then we have a possibility of another environment. That would be similar to the air through the host living organisms we are finding out how the universe works how life the universe what cheese mean there are plenty of possibilities so far we know now about by extrapolation we can tell that up there are about billions and billions of planets in order and not on. Weight aleksey alone but all of them are will be very very different very different from the air and the conditions on air thought very special what the sending off that despite the fall its an enormous amount of blood its we may be still in a unique place in the universe because the development of intelligent life if somebody if he called that improbable. Event to happen in in the universe and generally require so many conditions and were finding out by studies to. Count the amount of planets out there out there and the amount of planets that are not like the earth and we hope to find something that we see now on the screen a kind of plan in the house the house land and water we will find out in the future about these going to be a long way to postal. A temple in thailand has dropped a mosque on the face of a giant buddha statue the covering is meant to encourage the use of mosques to stop the spread of coronavirus thailand is slowly lifting confinement measures for its relatively small outbreak would be more than 3000 cases and 56 deaths by m i zs going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories are not matheson by. Its the u. K. s biggest hospital with the eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a London Conference Center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of Army Engineers dramatically expanding the Critical Care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in Testing Capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. 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 football rebels enters the world of footballing legend push each. Who when from coaching boys football to teaching young men life president bush each of the siege of sarajevo on aljazeera. The venezuela Colombia Border has become a Stomping Ground for trespasses. As desperate people transgress an illegal passage. To feed and imagine fuel trafficking markets. We follow that paris johnny unguarded through the line of fire. Risking it all the fan israel in colombia. On aljazeera. Youre. Youre. Only. Going forward the top u. S. Infectious disease expert one senator says of serious consequences for americans and the economy if lockdowns are ease too quickly. Hello im Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program 34. 00 dead in afghanistan including 2 newborn babies and their mothers after attackers time