Also governors of brazil refused to reopen businesses to find the orders of a president accused of mishandling the Coronavirus Crisis and thousands of people have died in care homes in the United Kingdom and there are fears of further outbreaks. Welcome to the program afghanistans president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence ashraf ghani has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other armed groups after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks or the back. Part of the will inspire our repeated call and from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and to flee or to tax and french from the taliban and other terrorist groups or doing. Afghan Security Forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. But the taliban denies its behind the assault sand it accuses the government of creating obstacles to peace you know secretary of state my pumpin call the latest attacks humus and urge the asking government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice alexy abroad bergens our coverage of cheese days attacks. 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 that was a model that shes going to lexington 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 a bullet. Gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the Aid OrganizationDoctors 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 bring in their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panicking side. And a gun battle with Security Forces. The question. 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 transfer to other hospitals was. 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 still 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. 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. One is a Research Fellow at the lower institute for International Policy he says eisel is most likely behind the attacks. I think the Afghan Government will find out more in the next few days that it at the moment you probably think its more likely to be. State ophelia though done something of this nature previously weve also seen those they not oppression militarily some of their Senior Leadership resitting a couple over the last few weeks so if you were to say whos more likely youd probably say its more like these let me state at this stage is any state on so many years lists an issue that it probably was 4 to 6 months ago or even or even less though something some pedophile folks is there any indications any americans and knowledge that taliban have gained support of our attacks against or putting military pressure on Islamic State and chorus and province that was part of the agreement at the head with the United States that have you base it yet is the only state where they are show that theyre still capable of managing operations against such targets and they use these kind of operations to they still have a presence the sort of the target the more Media Attention that youre going to gain and the more of the appearance of being relevant that you have that i think is a mixtape has been significantly reduced over the past few months you know down a standard as a force to be reckoned with but to saudi backed Government Forces and 10 separatist fighters supported by the United Arab Emirates have been killed in fighting in southern yemen the 2 sides of vying to control is the provincial capital of province separatists in southern yemen declared selfwill last month breaking agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in the. The f. B. I. Has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks its information so sensitive the u. S. Government has been trying to keep it secret for months the official was named during a u. S. Federal lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the attacks on september the 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f. B. I. Official a senior u. S. Government official says this was done in error now a spokesman for the victims families says they believe theyve uncovered a link between 911 hijackers and the Saudi Embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 hijackers were citizens of saadi arabia the saudi government denies any connection Michael Isikoff is chief investigative correspondent yahoo news he says the official f. B. I. Account of saudi arabias link to 911 differs from what was revealed in court. The saudis are critical ally of the Us Government despite all the strains and u. S. Saudi relations over the years particularly the murder of Jamal Khashoggi the. The Washington Post journalist and. Revealing information that the f. B. I. Argues is inconclusive i should point that out that in the same declaration the f. B. I. Assistant director for counterterrorism argues that the evidence is not that strong that it was more a theory of the agents then an actual conclusion that the Embassy Official was involved that is the f. B. I. Is official position its different than whats can be found in the documents and i think that if the f. B. I. Concluded the Justice Department concluded that it was inconclusive information that it did not wasnt sufficient to build a criminal case against the Saudi Embassy official then better to keep it all under wraps then let the lawyers for the plaintiffs for the families of the victims have it and try to pursue accountability in a civil court. The top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Has issued a stark warning on coronavirus she says rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths this as a number of states have begun lifting lockdown measures encouraged by President Donald Trump michaela has more from washington d. C. Thank you senator casey it was a meeting of the Senate HealthCommittee Like none before 3 of the witnesses and the Committee Chairman were not present because they were self isolating yourself quarantining to some degree one of them dr Anthony Party came under attack from a republican senator for his advocacy of a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions on me as much as i respect you dr i dont think youre the end all i dont think youre the one person who gets to make a decision dr poti responded by saying he was guided by science and undeterred by the hostile questioning repeated his warning against states dropping mitigating measures to quickly there is a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact after dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death could be avoided and could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery a position backed up by some of dr parties colleagues who also gave evidence to the committee the experts were unwilling to be drawn into a detailed discussion about testing protocols within the United States but dr power is on the record as insisting that they are not yet at a standard to affectively crack the virus this is a critical factor in reopening the society its an opinion thats apparently largely ignored by President Trump whos been encouraging states to open d up as soon as possible the sign an accurate reflection of the reality as is the president s contention that the us has the Global Leader in testing protocols in the span of just a few shoe. Months weve developed a Testing Capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world and its not even close this is a core element of our plan to safely and gradually reopen america and were opening and were starting and theres enthusiasm like i havent seen in a long time theres certainly was an enthusiasm in this colorado restaurant that a lot of the state shut down order by opening this past sunday the owner tagging President Trump in a tweet saying he was opposing what he called the overreach of the state gov the restraint is now had its license suspended for a month but the scenes other stuff off mike to those Health Experts cautioning against undue haste mike hanna aljazeera washington dr bob barlow his the former chief medical correspondent and b c news he says the trumpet ministration is taking a dangerous gamble by encouraging states to lift locked arms. I think its an incredibly dangerous time for the us you know if you look at the curve and hand china it went up like this it got flat which is where we are right now and then it descended only when they did contact case tracing it took every single contact and put them into quarantine so were playing with fire here at the top im in the state of vermont weve been incredibly successful yes that we had no new deaths we had no new cases weve had a hard lockdown here very smart about industries starting up its smart in other words outdoor landscape to make sense small manufacture when youre 6 feet apart but look at some of the mindless opening up georgia as an example you have hair salons nail parlors tattoos restaurants theaters gyms people in close contact makes news no sense and fundamental problem here is you have phenomenal scientists like dr fox you have known since 1983 and then you have the politicians who are using this phrase open up which is just its playing with fire its incredibly dangerous because its encouraging people to go out and live life as they did instead of opening up smartly. Well still ahead here on aljazeera uncertainty in sri lanka over parliamentary election changes for next month in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic also totally covert 19 patients in the netherlands are given a difficult choice between being sent to the i. C. U. Or staying home to daryn. Hello there fairly quiet picture across eastern sections of the United States and now finally the temperatures are beginning to rise very steadily but as you can see through wednesday we should have missed the case guys and say the temperatures begin to improve so 900 celsius in d. C. 16 up into new york but all walk across the Central Plains we have more rain developing some of this could produces some funnel so new goal is warm air of course ahead of that cold air across these Northern Areas and widely scattered showers coming in from a system just sitting there off the Pacific Northwest coast says heaviest balls of rain right the way down into Northern Areas of the california that will stay in the for thursday and this is when the rain becomes a little bit more widespread so really pushing across the midwest the great lakes and then trading right the way down into the Southern Plains and again its times because now have the threat of those severe thunderstorms this woman in kansas city 26. 00 and well watch the south as she won in dallas to say it is warming up as well across the eastern sable so 23 the high in d. C. Plenty of rain across much of the caribbean this is all coming from a trailing front she just stalled across the region itll be here wednesday and on into thursday and in fact across into cuba where the rains will be particularly heavy we could see as much as 150 millimeters. 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 push each. Who went from coaching boys football to teaching young men like president bush each and the siege of sarajevo on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera means the whole room a reminder of our top stories afghanistans president is blaming the taliban for increase in violence after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility but president bush of ghani has ordered the military to resume offensives against the taliban and other groups. This b. R. Has mistakenly reveal the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks its information so sensitive that the u. S. Government has been trying to keep it from the public for months saudi arabia has always denied a connection to the attacks. And the leading member of the u. S. Current virus task force has told Congress Rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony found she says testimony contradicts president thomas repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. Current viruses the number of victims mounts across and lots of america governments all facing criticism for failing to provide an adequate response in brazil the president has consistently downplayed the crisis hes now being defied by local governments who are pressing ahead with mandatory lock downs while in chile the government is being accused of dragging its feet as infections saw a lot in America Ditto lucien even reports from santiago. In the city of need that oil local authorities are restricting entry from neighboring Rio De Janeiro which has the 2nd highest called the 1000. 00 infection rate in brazil some of the hottest its necessary because the population is not respecting social distancing and not affects more people if the virus isnt stopped now who guarantees that it will be stopped later. It seems logical enough but not the president. Who is blocking it calls from governors to impose a lockdown. At. First he went on a jet ski escapade and the day brazils death toll surpassed 10000 and called fears of coronavirus paranoia. Now is the toll approaches 12000 hes issued a decree to allow barbershops beauty salons and gyms to reopen as essential services the prestigious british medical journal the lancet says boards are not all may be the single biggest threat to brazils fight against corona virus. In chile the government is also under fire accused of taking too long to impose widespread quarantines in the capital. Infections have soared from 15 to more than 30000 in just 2 weeks nationwide the majority here in santiago the death toll is still relatively low but thats likely to change very quickly this is the entrance to the emergency room of one of some towels oldest and largest Public Hospitals the beds in the critic. Care units are now almost full and that isnt even the worst problem its the lack of nurses and other technicians that are needed to care for patients that need emergency care. The air force is airlifting recovering patients to other provinces to share the load short staffed and with 90 percent of beds taken the government has declared what it calls the battle for santiago will clearly worried president. Is overseen the arrival of massive amounts of protective gear and more ventilators and itll dimple that there see that these next weeks will be very challenging and would require the best of all of us. But many say the government should have done more already like these mourners who are waiting for a loved one to be brought out for burial at bills says he lost his nephew and his uncle in less than a week with no one in the world now were all dying because of the incompetence and greed of our leaders who refused to declare a total lockdown in santiago we were supposedly experts prepared for the worst but its a bunch of lies more than half of santiago is now finally under quarantine but it may be too late to prevent the Health System from collapsing even before chile reaches the peak of the pandemic you see in human al jazeera sent the hour protesters in central bolivia say the government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by extending covert 19 lockdowns in the streets of Culture Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many who have lost their jobs say they havent received support even though the government says its giving cash handouts to families. Because Election Commission is deciding whether to hOld Parliamentary polls in june the election has already been delayed by 2 months because of a nationwide lockdown milton and us. Preparations for a poor that was meant to be held quickly but the coronavirus pandemic in sri lanka forced the snap parliamentary election to be delayed when it became apparent people couldnt go to the ballot box really bore on. Election or their patients or the beauty of the public or the god or the working elected reality think about the. Other way we have to think about the democracy president got up there rajapaksa dissolved parliament in march and called the polls 6 months early in a bid to win control of the legislature but with a nationwide curfew ordered to come back coronavirus the Election Commission to lead it that triggered fears of a potential constitutional crisis as the election was meant to be held within 3 months the new date of june the 20th falls outside that tragic past and says there be no need to recall the parliament. They went to law does not expect to do the impossible whatever happens i have no need to recall the Old Parliament i can only convene the new parliament if a new english teachers are appointed by an election the opposition says the election must be held soon we are very mindful of the necessity to have elections the importance of elections and the protection and promotion of Democratic Institutions having said that we need to have a precious environment an appropriate context where we can have a free and fair election. Critics argue Large Campaign rallies canvassing for votes and voting in ballot boxes will risk Peoples Health several individuals and groups have petitioned the Supreme Court to delay the election even further. That with restrictions easing and an election approaching the court doesnt have much time to decide and then theres aljazeera colombo the spokesman for russias president is getting hospital treatment for krone virus 52 year old Dmitri Peskov who was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago with Vladimir Putin the president has announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the worlds 2nd highest number of cases after the United States and russian Authorities Say theyre investigating the safety of ventilators after possible malfunctions calls to deadly fires in hospitals at least 5 patients were killed in petersburg when a machine reportedly short circuited sending flames through an intensive care ward another ventilator defect was blamed for a fire at a moscow hospital on saturday. While staying in europe care homes account for a quarter more than the 32000 deaths from covert 19 in the United Kingdom the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns care workers could bring the disease back into the Wider Community journal has more from london. The effect of covert 19 on care homes in britain has been devastating these are places where the elderly and frail should hope to live out their lives in comfort and safety where you have that and yet at least a quarter of all covered 900. 00 deaths have taken place in the sector which lies outside Britains NationalHealth Service and while there are signs the worst of the crisis may have passed experts warn against complacency we need to see really clear evidence that p. P. Is getting to care homes we need to see comprehensive testing and that needs to be on a Rolling Programme and it needs to test both staff and also the residents of care homes we also need the n. H. S. To really upscale it support to care homes at the start of this pandemic they withdrew and now they need to be really there shoulder to shoulder with the care sector care home staff many poorly paid and without medical training feel particularly let down its been many decades that so she has been receiving that the respect and recognition for the amazing work that were at and i think this crisis can take he shares how much is on the front line where in hand in hand with the n. H. S. And social credit is that parity of the seen with the n. H. S. As britain prepares to take the 1st tentative steps back to work the government is counting on a falling infection rate to ensure the lock down is lifted further gradually sector by sector breathing new life into the economy but there is a weak link and that is social care in the community at large the trends are encouraging infection and fatality numbers are falling steadily but care homes are struggling to shake off what critics describe early policy failings by the government. I dont know what the motivation was behind the decision but the decision was made it seems to me that Community Spread was going to be allowed. To run. Fairly. And that care homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected. Is one such natural event another is the annual flu season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is of a dual assault yet to come against societys most Vulnerable People the government has promised testing for all residents and staff by early june and training in Infection Control the wider concern is that new outbreaks in britains care homes could push the infection rate up and plunge the country back into crisis jonah hill aljazeera london. The netherlands her Health Care System comes under increasing strain doctors are advising older krone virus patients against treatment in intensive care units thats prompted anger from Rights Groups the netherlands is one of the few countries with far reaching euthanasia laws reports from amsterdam. After she tested positive for covert 19 even the hottest 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. To for you for the for hold for the adults 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 have 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 governors 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. Bats and with the increase of called 900 patients beds were quickly running out. Of most selfish stats for success the question is are they still capable of taking care of themselves how strong is this person we discuss this with the patients and of course we ask them what they want and 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. On the line not 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. Many in the netherlands support its socalled humane death policy it is seen as a way to offer elderly covert 19 patients a more peaceful way to die surrounded by family but some groups for the elderly have warrants for age discrimination especially after comments made by some public figures saying that the elderly should be sacrificed for Younger Generation 81 year old nanny has a growing following on social Media Campaign against age discrimination. A show in how an african to say this things about the elderly we exist we live and we are an important economic factor we spend a lot of money. Although still fit if she gets cold at 19 she would offer a younger person that i want to die at home 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 that is the advantage of living in the netherlands while many elderly have died at home or in Nursing Homes even the hapless survive the disease doctors now say the chances of survival for alderney patients might have been too pessimistic how much hope that soon youll be able to go on a boat ride with me like you have done together for 67 years step class and amsterdam. Me so horribly reminder of our top stories of gods souls president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility but president ial garny has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other groups all but fall apart they will inspire our repeated and from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and to tax and frets from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering afghan Security Forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. To saudi Government Forces and turn separatist fighters supported by the United Arab Emirates are being killed in fighting in southern yemen where the 2 sides are vying for control of the provincial capital of the province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in the dumper. 50 years mistakenly reveal the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks its information so sensitive that the u. S. Government has been trying to keep it from the public for months saudi arabia has always denied a connection to the attacks the leading member of the u. S. Credit iras task force has told Congress Rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony found cheez testimony contradicts president trance repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy and in brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns against the will of the president. Has repeatedly dismissed the coronavirus as a little flu and says job losses will be more damaging. Protesters in central bolivia say the de facto government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by extending covert 19 lockdowns Police Used Tear Gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many whove lost their jobs say they havent received any support those were the headlines about that more news in half an hour here on aljazeera next to an artisan its a football rebels do stay with us. 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