Coronavirus concerns. Controversial magadan project in ethiopia it hits a wall sudan says no to an agreement to fill about with water. The European Union is urging leaders to reopen borders closed because of the coronavirus pandemic tourism makes up 10 percent of the blocks economy and the e. U. Says industry is now at risk of collapse unless urgent measures taken the tasha buffet reports from paris. A glimpse of war going on holiday in some parts of europe will look like this summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience that most holiday makers a used to but one that complies with new social distancing rules we hope these barriers wont be the future for beaches we dont want this but if this is necessary and if People Safety depends on this sort of device then so be it we just want to work we want to get going in march borders in the European Union were shot and nearly all travel stopped because the coronavirus pandemic a huge blow to the Tourism Industry one of the blocks main economic sectors as some countries begin to ease their lock downs the European Commission has presented a rescue plan for the Tourism Industry its recommending foul chose instead of refunds for Council Travel sanitary measures for hospitality and transport services and the reopening of some borders of course this is not going to be a normal summer not for any of us. But when we all Work Together and we all do our part in the ways the commission is setting out today then we dont have to face a summer struck home or a completely lost summer for the european tourists industry some countries say that they are already considering lifting some travel restrictions germany says that it wants to reopen its border with fraud switzerland and austria and britain and france say that they wont impose quarantine for now on people traveling between the 2 countries paris is one of the worlds most visited cities the lockdowns been eased but monuments Museums Hotels and restaurants remain closed the french government has advised people to holiday in france this year after 2 months at home some people cant wait to travel. Worried about health risk and are really worried here to be able to travel abroad and outside france will be a valid i have a holiday home in spain and want to go but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we cant stop living more than 6000000 tourism jobs in the e. U. Could be lost unless the industry is revived the European Commission says the challenge is to encourage the sectors recovery but prevent a resurgence of coronavirus cases or risk is spreading even further across the bloke who talked about how just 0 powers were jamieson is the managing director of world travel and Tourism Council she says travelers need clarity so they can start making plans. We know Domestic Travel has been a they have very Important Role at the beginning and then its going to start expanding to this sort of bubbles of travel between countries and then eventually a long haul but the more that the travel there is certain that theres certain that enhanced safety and Health Protocols in place its going to be easier for sector to to restart all the Research Shows that people want to travel people want to get out i mean there is a desire to go out to meet cabin these 2 and julie all all the all the beautiful things that are sector brings now of course that needs to be done with with certain caution before a scene is available as i as i was saying so that we dont see this in 2 faces and before that happens its very important that all the businesses and governments follow these protocols to make sure that we avoid a 2nd wave of infection peoples livelihoods depend on travel and tourism so we know health is paramount and this is an unprecedented crisis but we also need to to consider the fact that people that many many people get people and its not only 11 particular industry but our sector is so interconnected that stopping travel for one company is something 11 particular side will have an enormous Multiplier Effect so its very important to consider the impact that this will happen people whilst we totally recognise that that health is a priority and that we need to follow our government guidelines in that sense thousands of people across england have gone back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks as part of a plan to relax restrictions which have been in place since late march people are not allowed to spend as much time as they want doors as long as they follow social distancing rules it is in scotland wales and Northern Ireland have rejected the changes saying its too early to ease restrictions john holl is in london where he says the reopening of work places brought the sudden rush that some that expected. Well its pretty much as you see it things have been extremely quiet here marginally busier of course than throughout the last 7 weeks of lockdown there certainly is an uptick of people out and about but this is not a rush back to work its a very very slow starts to the lifting of lock down here and in very specific circumstances the government as you say in england the devolved administrations elsewhere have been much more cautious but the government here. People who cant work from home but who can go to work places where social distancing is possible to do so so youre talking about sectors like construction and manufacturing and urging them not to use the Public Transport Network if possible but rather to walk to work to cycle to work to use cars where they can above all to use their own common sense and certainly reports suggest that the trains and the tube network and the bus network are busier than theyve been as a said in the last 7 weeks if not absolutely packed people urged to wear face coverings where they can to stand with their backs to one another if theyre concerned about not being able to keep that 2 meter distance between them coronavirus lockdowns been imposed on the city in northeast china its the 2nd this week new cases in jay leno are raising fears of a possible new wave of infections continue reports from beijing. While the rest of china returns to Something Like normality a lockdown has been imposed on the city of g. Lane for 25000000 people have been told to stay home and public transport is at a standstill neighboring should line city was locked down on monday more than 20 infections have been identified in dillon province since the beginning of the month but experts say it isnt a 2nd wave of disease. Whenever new cases emerge the Monitoring System would detect and track the cases will curb the spread of the virus in no time in rwanda china is at the center of the outbreak the discovery of 6 new transmissions has spurred plans to test the entire city of 11000000 people district authorities have been told they have 10 days to complete testing the details are still being discussed testing in some areas began this week. Analysts say the plan could cost up to 254000000. 00 and requires the rapid expansion of Testing Facilities to hans Testing Capacity reached 46000. 00 people today last month the people who live there say theyre not surprised a new cluster is been discovered so we know that a 2nd wave is coming anyway theres no way we can you know prevents. The new factions. On that sunday at 00. 0000 and we actually. Knew the Chinese Government has recruited about 83000 cases nationally with more than 2600 deaths since the virus broke out in december with just a week to go until Chinas National Peoples Congress the biggest political gathering of the year the government here is on high alert the communist party wants to project an image of strength and victory over the virus and these 2 new classes threaten to compromise i just want to train you aljazeera beijing. The u. S. President s former Campaign Manager palm on a phone has been released from prison to hong confinement it will serve the remainder of his sentence there because of concerns over corona virus a 71 year old was sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on tax fraud charges and followed special counsel Robert Mullers investigation into election interference our White House Correspondent can we talk it has more from washington d. C. Poll man afford is much like Many Americans who are being released from prison right now due to coronavirus this is something that prison advocates have been trying very hard to get through and congress listened in terms of some of those quite a virus packages that have been passed what this means and what this provides for is that those in prison who are of advanced age have preexisting Health Conditions or even concerns that in captivity they could not follow the social distancing guidelines of being approximately 2 metres apart that they can be released to finish the remainder of their sentence at home confinement so under this legislation it was requested by a whole manner for the former Campaign Chair of Donald Trumps campaign that he spend the rest of his sentence at home confinement there is a lot of leeway for the bureau of prisons to grant this and we understand that that was the case so he in serving his 7 year sentence only had served about 30 percent of it now he gets to serve the rest of it at home. Coming up on aljazeera. About. We hit the road was one of the Contact Tracing team help in south africa to flatten the curve of corona virus infection. And also had how the pandemic may have changed the way we work for ever. Had a pretty nice warm across much of japan also the Korean Peninsula the clown as they work its way eastwards as a loss or as still lingering in to record it also because if you want to go through thursday but look at this as good guys a crimp in so much as a very nice in the mid to high twentys celsius not so nice at all across central areas of china this is the area of rain to watch because as we go on into friday that will work its way off the east coast of china 27 shanghai a warm day but a very wet day and then work its way across the Korean Peninsula and western as a japans a very heavy amounts of rain at times it will feel cooler in seoul in just 19 but another woman in tokyo with a high of 27 meanwhile across into indonesia 1st of all the philippines were watching this little storm this is. And this by says they should have winds at about 165 kilometers an hour gusting higher than that it will begin to bring some very heavy amounts of rain into eastern sections of the philippines and then thursday into friday it does look as if this will actually begin to interact with the land it could actually still gave a little bit more strength but it will produce and torrential downpours and so this could well lead to some localized flooding some flash floods of course which are extremely dangerous further away from the borneo and sumatra the usual heavy shows and often in thunderstorms. They say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes follow in their footsteps as they forge their way in the wild. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. What you know does it out of mind of our top stories this hour here Pm Commission is pushing some Member States to relax border restrictions in an effort to restart tourism under the proposal regions which of contain the virus would open up. The government of a city in northeast china is warning of a major new coronavirus outbreak 7 new cases have been reported in the lean more than a dozen infections have also been coated in nearby school and city. Resident Donald Trumps former Campaign Manager paul manifold has been released from prison to home confinement 71 year old is serving a 7 year sentence on tax fraud charges that followed special counsel Robert Mullers investigation into election interference. U. S. Secretary of state might pump a has been visiting israel for talks with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu a unity government formed by netanyahu and Coalition Partner benny gantz is to be sworn in on thursday ari faucet has more from west to reach them. My compost 1st foreign trip since the start of the pandemic and the exceptions that required to be made to israels strict quarantine regulations raise a pretty obvious question why now and why the urgency well he and Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister in comments before a 3 hour session of talks they alluded to a number of topics for discussion iran the coronavirus pandemic itself but theres a lot of attention of course on one of the most controversial policy platforms of Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepares to join his former rival benny gantz in a unity government going to be sworn in on thursday that policy being annexation of large parts of the occupied west bank the key question is exactly what will the u. S. Position on that be because in the Coalition Agreement it is clear that it is required to have u. S. Backing before that can go ahead and there have been mixed messages coming from the u. S. Administration on that front so far both men talked about it neither gave very much away now were about to form a National Unity government tomorrow. I think that this is an opportunity to promote peace and security based on the understandings in the region with the President Trump in my last visit in washington in january will get a chance to talk about the vision for peace without some months on from the day that you came to washington when President Trump announced that vision for peace when you were there there remains work yet to do and we need to make progress on that im looking forward to it after those talks with Netanyahu Pompei are then met israels soon to be alternate Prime Minister benny gantz who has an entirely different position on annexation from that of netanyahu he wants to see a delay he wants to see International Consultations he is concerned about the security implications of unilateral annexation and indeed on the implications to israels relationships with other countries in the world the palestinians they are warning that they will dissolve all agreements with the u. S. In. Israel including Security Cooperation with israel should there be an announcement on annexation the key decider really in all this could be donald trump himself there are 2 schools of thought one that he wants to annex to give something to his very powerful u. S. Evangelical christian lobby ahead of the november elections the other case is that it could disrupt the relationship the United States in this region and that could be a moment a motivator for the u. S. To decide to try and slow israel down a lot to see what happens in the next few weeks sudan has rejected an ethiopian proposal to fill the reservoir of a controversial mega dam on the nile river africas the largest hydroelectric dam has pitted 3 countries against each other if the o. P. O. Wants to start filling the reservoir by july egypt fears the 4600000000. 00 dam will reduce its water supply if its filled too quickly he will morgan has more from khartoum. What sudan has rejected is not signing a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by if you appear if you peer proposed signing a partial agreement that would spur of the way for rates to start filling the dime and said that they could negotiate the rest of the feeling as they go on that something so dense as is not going to be possible because to start filling the dam there should be a Cooperation Agreement between the 3 countries as well as other legal agreements several rounds of talks between the 3 parties have been held here in her term last year all of them resulted in deadlocks which was why the talks were moved to the United States in late december early january now the 3 sides met along with the u. S. Counterparts there in the u. S. In washington and they have agreed on a schedule to fill the dam but they were not were able to work out many details such as how to operate during drought season and they said that they were not able to identify or determine how to identify what the drought season would be to each and every country and sudan is concerned that. If its built and if the thoughts being filled it will have an impact on the amount of water it receives via the blue nile egypt is also concerned that the amount of fresh water sources would reduce greatly especially with Climate Change and with more than 90 percent of its population relying on the nile but if youre saying that the dam would help elevate the status of many of its citizens so it will continue to work on the dam and will start filling it by july so right now what the Prime Minister of sudan of the lambda is proposing is a virtual negotiations between the 3 sides because of the pandemic. Virus pandemic and thats something the 3 sides are yet to respond to so were going to have to wait and see if egypt if you appear and if your people will agree to the proposal of the sudanese Prime Minister and if talks will get back on track before if your peace starts filling the dam by july. Bracing guinea have opened fire on protesters demanding an end to the coronavirus lockdown at least 6 people were killed in towns near the capital conakry. Reports. Liberty and freedom of movement is what protesters in several cities in guinea are demanding. Angry its coronavirus locked down measures restricting them from traveling in and out of the capital conakry and living they blocked roads set fire to Police Vehicles at several checkpoints built to try and contain the spread of kobe bryants love for the protesters no work means no food. At all weve. Learned with fed up with this lockdown the government has abandoned us that killed 5 of their friends but we will continue to protest until they open up the roads again the Security Forces responded to the violence on tuesday by firing at the protesters at least 6 people were killed across 3 towns near the capital conakry. When the madness started i lift the protest when i arrived home i got a call telling me my brothers been shot went straight to the hospital but he was already did. To me is one of the worst hit countries by the virus in west africa the government says the emergency measures are necessary protest as though it queues police of mistreating them and demanding bribes to let them through the checkpoints they are not a party. Were tired of the government were suffering it has no interest in its people in the chick points of causing too much traffic were stuck calling. Dealing with another disease is proving difficult following the evos outbreak which killed soon a half 1000 people a few years ago doctors fear the Poor Health System limited testing and a lack of sanitation will cause kovac 19 to spread fast to try and stop that happening the government can see. News to extend nationwide states of emergency Human Rights Watch accuses the government of using it as an excuse to violently crackdown on Opposition Party members and protest is. The number of coronavirus cases has steadily increased since march despite that protesters say though can see need to speak out against the closures curfew and checkpoints. Set aside at aljazeera. Riot police in bolivia have fought with protesters who accuse the government of failing to support the most vulnerable joining the covert 1000 crisis the demonstrations came a day after a National Lockdown was extended the government says is giving cash handouts to families in need but many people whove lost their jobs say they havent received any help colombias boosting its military presence along its amazon borders to help protect against imported coronavirus cases the government closed land borders in march its been gradually relaxing lockdown measures over the past 2 weeks but Health Authorities remain concerned over outbreaks in neighboring countries brazil in particular which is the highest number of cases in the region south africa has managed to stem the tide of corona virus infection and a key part of its response has been Contact Tracing a strategy thats drawn heavily on his experience of battling hiv aids aljazeera joined one contact working in Northwest Province has said talkie in his own words im a bit concerned about. 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Working from home has been so successful for twitter that it says employees can now do it permanently the social Media Company says most offices and Business Travel wont resume before september twitter announced that once offices do reopen those who are able to work from home can continue to do so if they choose governments worldwide have urged businesses to shift to a remote work set up to help contain covert 19 that is sound as an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Bond University in australia she says there are benefits for both the employer and the employee but smaller businesses may struggle one of the benefits of people being absent work from hiring is great if it is a patient workforce so it gives organizations access to a greater talent pool that includes Older Workers people who do have caring responsibilities or childcare needs and so it opens up you know much law possibility for the organization in that why people are returning to the office then obviously they have to put those arrangements back and i thought to be absent find workers who dont have restrictions to be able to attend the office so many issues with waiting from home is that people do feel professionally and socially isolated if theyre there all the time you dont have a chance to want to get a card or you know get a coffee so the problem and come up with a new idea so that its face to face encounters are really important and they do help organizational creativity so thats removed and people who work from one permanently do you feel that they can get overlooked for promotion and that they dont have a relationship its not possible for every company some Companies Already have Flexible Work arrangements where people can work from home but not all of them do and as you said not everyone has access to the technology to do that and it is a great cost potentially Small Business he doesnt have that in place and he might be struggling to recover from their current situation. Many voters in the u. S. State of nebraska largely avoided polling booths for its president ial primary election instead they shattered a state record for mail in ballots with nearly 400000 votes sent through the post republican President Donald Trump and democratic challenger joe biden security easy victories last in person election took place in wisconsin an early april and resulted in several people testing positive for covert 19. Sri lankas Election Commission is deciding whether to hOld Parliamentary polls in june elections already been delayed by 2 months because of a nationwide coronavirus locked on you know fernandez reports from colombo preparations for a poor that was meant to be held quickly but the coronavirus pandemic injury lanka forced the snap parliamentary election to be delayed when it became apparent people couldnt go to the ballot box really door on. Election. Over the weekend for that it would be youth of they get their public or the government open or the party elected we have a 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 delayed 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 phones outside that tragic says there be no need to recall the parliament do they have any doubt 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 you knew 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 but dition the Supreme Court to delay the election even further but with restrictions easing and an election approaching the court doesnt have much time to decide and then theres colombo. This is all to say that these are the top stories the European Commission is pushing some Member States to lower border restrictions in an effort to restart tourism under its proposal regions which of contain the virus would open up france austria and switzerland have already said theyll start relaxing controls as early as this weekend tasha butler is in paris and she explains that not all countries are on board with the plan. It is a fine balance of course for the European Commission because they are trying to make sure that the current virus pandemic doesnt spread further that they dont fuel the spread by people to move around but they also need to revive the economy and the idea of different Member States choosing to loosen restrictions in different ways it is a matter of controversy because of course the year opinion usually acts with consensus and unity so there are some Member States and say we need we need solutions for have for everybody but the European Commission is saying that you know you cant really have a one size fits all plan. Dozens of people across england have returned to work people cannot spend Time Outdoors as long as they follow social distancing rules leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland say its too early to ease restrictions the government of a city in northeast china is warning of a major new coronavirus outbreak 7 cases have been reported in jilin more than a dozen infections have also been recorded in nearby shoreline city president Donald Trumps former Campaign Manager paul mana for its been released from prison hell serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement because of coronavirus concerns a 71 year old was dissensions to more than 7 years in prison on tax fraud charges that followed special counsel Robert Mullers investigation into election interference u. S. Secretary of state to michael pump aoe is in israel for talks with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu the meeting was expected to focus on shared concerns about iran the battle against the coronavirus and israels incoming government and those are the headlines the news continues here on all jazeera in about 25 minutes after witness could buy. 5. Or 3. I am. I. Not only a nuclear