Virus vaccine be free of charge for everyone caught between a pandemic and civil war between tragedies increase the suffering in yemen and the coronavirus is the take that in a bangladesh camp home to more than a 1000000 refugees. A whistleblower has issued a stark warning over the coronavirus pandemic in testimony before the u. S. House of representatives rick bright is the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus he says he was sacked for raising concerns over the u. S. Colona virus response he told the house that unless urgent action was taken the country would be facing its darkest winter in modern history there have been more than 82000 coronavirus related deaths in the u. S. So far well our White House Correspondent kimberly how kid joins us live tell us a little bit more about what dr rick bright told the house. Sharply critical of the administrations response to the corona virus pandemic inside the United States dr rick wright repeatedly said that when he was head of a Vaccine Agency within the u. S. Government that he warned some top officials including the health and Human Services secretary alex aids are that there were insufficient stockpiles in terms of personal protective equipment ventilators he was told that his urgings were causing a commotion and he was removed from those meetings still he said he pressed because he was concerned that lives were being lost or could be lost and hes also issuing a stark warning about the future that there if there isnt a coordinated central and scientific base play on more lives could be lost with the next wave of coronavirus that hit in the fall heres what he had to say our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of code 19 this fall and be greatly compound that by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history 1st and foremost we need to be truthful with the American People americans deserve the truth the truth must be based on science we have the worlds greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution. Now the u. S. President spoke alongside the health and Human Services secretary shortly before he departed for pennsylvania is in fact just arrived but when they spoke earlier alex aides are the head of that agency that dr bright reported to said that in fact dr bright really didnt have an issue because everything that was brought up was a ventilator addressed in terms of personal protective equipment terms of ventilators and the u. S. President for his part really tried to downplay and even discredit the integrity of dr bright take a listen. I dont know ive never met him i dont want to meet him but i watch him and he looks like a good run for the boy right boarding some people to do a very good job. So can really the president there sounding in pretty typical combative mood but hes got other issues as well on his plate the unemployment numbers still coming in still increasing tell us what the latest is but also that i suppose theyre likely to get even more so. Yes so the numbers now climbing into the mid 30000000 mark in terms of the number of americans who have managed to get in and filed their unemployment claims and well the numbers from this week to last week went down somewhat theyre still climbing and theyre expected to continue to climb somewhere into the 40000000 mark or higher thats because were seeing a 2nd wave of people filing jobless claims initially it was the Retail Sector it was the Restaurant Industry those jobs disappeared overnight but now as businesses realize that they are going to be close for a prolonged period of time that the reopening of the economy is going to be faced they too are laying off their workers and thats whats adding to the numbers still the white house and economic advisors speaking here earlier today said they are somewhat encouraged that the numbers from week to week are going down even if the overall number is climbing because this indicates to them that the economy is really activating although much slower now there are a lot of economies a sort of in with the state level that are looking for someone to blame the u. S. President as well who is trying to win reelection in november he has said that he will make an announcement on the World Health Organization one of the organizations or global bodies hes pointed to that he says didnt give enough warning hes threatening to pull that funding and they are the United States one of the biggest donors but then another notable fact that the u. S. President said in just the last hour or so when he was speaking at a factory in pennsylvania is also pretty significant because of course in order to reopen the economies bring back all these jobs youve got to do widespread testing thats one of the key factors of the his own task force for reopening these economies but the us president in just the last hour or so saying that he feels testing is in his view over rated and again this is astonishing given the fact this is what his own Top Public Health officials are recommending. Kimberly halkett with the latest from the white house kimberly thank you. And staying in the u. S. The head of the Senate Intelligence committee is stepping down as chairman because of an Insider Trading investigation richard burr allegedly saw sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stocks just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis from the coronavirus the f. B. I. Seized the burrs phone on wednesday well mike hanna joins us live now from washington d. C. Emiko what else do we know about this. Well on february the 13th richard burr traded in some 3 dozen stocks why and this is exactly if we can to set on the 12th of february the senator was briefed had a confidential briefing on the coronavirus issue so certainly even at that stage when the news of those trades approach out there was deep suspicion about the timing of those particular trades but now the f. B. I. Has been investigating for a period of time and it is now formally served in a warrant to get his phone now the issue here is that this requires a thorough thorough t. Being given from the highest levels of the Justice Department its obvious that a judge would have looked over the werent as well so most observers saying that once a warrant is handed on a sitting congressperson like this then hes in a lot of trouble so certainly this investigation now being pressed forward by the f. B. I. Its important to note too that a number of other members of congress were accused of Insider Trading there were trades noted by a number of members of both the house and of the senate however richard byrds the only one who we know has been investigated by the f. B. I. At this particular stage its also important to note that berg headed the Senate Intelligence committee through the 3 years of its russia investigation they release a report on april the 21st in which the Intelligence Committee found that yes russia did indeed interfere in the u. S. Election in 2016 this report was greeted by the president with absolute fury his relationship with senator byrd has been deeply impacted by the news of that the Senate Intelligence report so now weve got a situation f. B. I. Continuing to investigate we will hear more in the days and weeks ahead i can with the latest on that from washington d. C. Thank you. Public Health England has confirmed a new coronavirus Antibody Test these nearly 100 percent accurate Prime MinisterBoris Johnson spokesman has hailed the finding as a potential game changer the u. K. Is in talks with the swiss manufacturer of hosh which says it can produce hundreds of thousands of the tests per week for britain governments worldwide are considering mass Antibody Testing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions that tests show whether a person has had covert 19 but its not yet clear whether the antibodies confer permanent immunity the hall has more on this from london. Well the government has hailed this development as an important one the fact that there is now and 2 body tests that Public Health england has verified is nearly 100 percent accurate in determining whether a person has had the corona virus in the past by the level of antibodies in that persons blood its something that Boris Johnson the Prime Minister previously had said might be a game changer in in terms of lifting the lockdown further in terms of deciding who in Society Might be immune in future to the corona virus and therefore could go back to normal life in this talk of buying large quantities of this Antibody Test from the swiss manufacturer the Pharmaceutical Company russia and beginning by giving it to Frontline Health care workers scientists are already pushing back somewhat at the underlying assumptions here because its not definitively proven in fact that you do get immunity having had coronavirus its not proven how long you get immunity and also there are questions about whether different people get different types of immunity if you were asymptomatic and had only a very slight infection with coronavirus you might have only a very low level of antibodies in the blood not conferring any sort of significant immunity and the government seems to accept that more needs to be known about immunity above all of course as everyone reaches for ways to lift lockdowns across the world the issue really is about a vaccine is it is only a vaccine that will definitively bring this pandemic to a close and to that end as the race towards a vaccine goes on an open letter has been written by a pretty illustrious group of signatories more than 140. 00 public figures around the world including 50 World Leaders former and current the headline figure is Cyril Ramaphosa the South African president and the century what is better is doing is its the developing world urging the developed world where a vaccine is more likely to be discovered to ensure that it is made available. They are all paid free specifically produced at scale very quickly to be provided to the billions around the world who will need it most as a gesture of Global Public good so the letter goes. John hall there will meanwhile the c. E. O. Of a french Pharmaceutical Company has pledged that if his Team Develops a corona virus vaccine it will be available to all paul hudson who heads up the scent of it has said the u. S. Government would be supplied 1st because it had funded the research said a fee which is based in france has issued an apology after the french Prime MinisterEdward Filipe responded that equal access was nonnegotiable theres no guarantee any of the research being carried out around the world will actually be turned into a usable vaccine that there has more from paris. Well the backstory to this is that the boss all of the french pharmaceutical companies santa fe said that if his company were able to produce a Coronavirus Vaccine that vaccine would be available as a matter of priority to the United States because the u. S. Has invested so much in Research Well those comments caused quite a controversy here in france firstly because of his benefitted from tens of millions of dollars worth of research credits from the french state and also because the french presence in mt omar kong has repeatedly said whichever country does come up with a vaccine for that vaccine must be available to all countries equally because this is a Global Pandemic while a French Health minister olivia all says that he has spoken to the boss of santa fe the boss of santa fe has since retracted those comments and the Health Minister says that he now feels assured that that vaccine would be available to all the french Prime Minister felipe has also been speaking today hes been talking about tourism about how to rescue from his tourist industry has been battered by the current virus pandemic by the knock down because people of course have not been able to travel Hotels Restaurants museums cafes of all been shot millions of jobs of course are at stake the french Prime Minister says that 18000000000 euros will be put forward by the french government to help try and revive the industry. A team of engineers and physicians in the u. S. Has developed 2 devices that could help in dealing with the coronavirus staff at the university of michigan designed a portable helmet and what they called a negative pressure tent both devices essentially prevent infected air from escaping into the wider environment hospitals usually treat severely ill covert 900 patients in negative pressure rooms to prevent further infections but such specially equipped rooms are not widely avail. All in developing countries well dr Paula Fujiwara is the scientific director of the International Union against a brick yellow sis and lung disease she joins us from San Francisco via skype dr fujiwara thank you for joining us explain to us briefly how these 2 devices would help in the fight against covert 90 well is just mentioned no the usual thing for a respiratory infection like this is to have a diff depression room however of those are large and the air exchange there it is 1212. 00 exchanges per hour which is very loud so what were doing is basically making environment smaller environments 11. 00 of the devices is an actual helmet it goes around the patients head and the patient is able to talk you can use you can do various procedures on it on the on the on the patient and the tent is even larger so you can do other less invasive procedures rather than actually mechanically ventilating the person so these these will have the ability to. To have to have a place where its not is not as large but more controlled more controlled environment. As well as size i am guessing that these 2 devices are a lot cheaper than there are then there are alternatives so presumably these could be used in parts of the world where there isnt as much medical assistance as youd find in some parts of the developed world. Absolutely when when you develop a negative pressure room it costs about 120000. 00 u. S. Dollars and you have to retrofit rooms and obviously the takes time but when you have a device such as these its estimated the cost of just the parts parts are readily available if you see the machine but the its a 1. 00 off you see you can change those about 100. 00 now the price on the market that will depend on the economies of scale though obviously the more we make the more the cheaper the pro the price will be so this is and we have to understand that in my work and i work in africa for example i have never seen in any hospital in uganda zimbabwe the democratic republic of congo a negative pressure room at all in a hospital so having a device like this where you can control the environment make an environment smaller but actually useful to the patient and to the Health Care Workers is going to be very very important and dr for you are earlier in the program weve been talking a lot about a vaccine in the search for a vaccine that then would be available worldwide but do you think that theres also huge importance to be placed on the different way to treat the different ways of treating cope at 19 both for price like were seeing here but also the fact techniques different devices like these ones. Heres what i mean objects seen as ultimately what we need and thats absolutely true but where we get there we need to treat the actual person who has the. Disease and also we have to make sure that we have the Health Care Workers that are kept safe so you know using devices like this this is one of many i think the what the pandemic has done is to increase innovation and it makes it it means that we were able to use dip very different techniques and in options in a while we wait for a vaccine Paula Fujiwara scientific director of the International Union against a particular us and lung disease madame thank you so much for having shared your expertise with us thank you. Coming up in this news hour from london u. S. Health officials warn that children are being affected by a condition related to the coronavirus. From the highway to working from home a Swedish Company keen to get remote trucking on the move. The u. N. Envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color on malaria and the coronavirus confirmed infections have surged to 72. 00 in recent days but the charity save the children says that actually 385 patients have died over the past 7 days showing coronavirus like symptoms are diplomatic editor james bays reports from the United Nations thank you very much giving his Monthly Update to the Un Security Council special envoy Martin Griffiths seem frustrated his efforts to achieve a cease fire have not borne fruit and the situation in southern yemen has got much worse president im deeply concerned about the situation is caused in the south where a perfect storm is brewing. The people of them in particular facing outbreaks of privet 19 and other diseases believed to include malaria cholera and others death is rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the Health System is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. Ever since the coalition began its campaign upon bogland 5 years ago the un has been describing the humanitarian situation in the country was the worst on earth saudi arabia has led the coalition and the other main military participant has been the United Arab Emirates yet it is forces backed by those 2 countries who are now fighting each other in the south official statistics show there been 13 deaths in yemen from cope with 19 but there is virtually no testing being carried out in the country and the real situation might be much more concerning save the children who published the to sticks from doctors in the southern port city of aden suggesting in the last 7 days alone 385 patients have died with corona virus like symptoms james aljazeera at the United Nations earlier i spoke to used. To save the childrens advocacy and will get their rector for yemen she says the lack of testing is making it almost impossible to track infections. What officials are saying in aden is that about 50. Recording 50 cases of the day and that has been going on for the past week which shes when this situation has really become critical in terms of. The current iris pride in the south in terms of comparison the same officials back in april where only recording 9 to 10 deaths the day so thats a 5 fold increase most of these cases were presenting risk richer recent tomes covert 1000. 00 likes him tomes and thats giving us an indication that the number of cases is much higher than what is being reported possibly because its difficult to carry out testing only 800. 00 tests have been carried out across the country. And hospitals as well and then are closing you have only 2 of the main hospitals the are open currently in didnt most of them are not receiving patients most private hospitals are closed Health Workers are not going to the Health Facilities because they dont have protective equipment to do not have b. P. And therefore they are afraid of catching and spreading to disease. U. N. Agencies save refugees and migrants living in libya are being threatened by both fighting and the coronavirus the u. N. Says theres a high risk that the outbreak will escalate following that thats of 3 people and dozens of infections and its war the fighting is hampering the delivery of aid them having a catastrophic effect on civilians including migrants libya is home to more than 650000 migrants many of who lived in cramped conditions with little access to health care. Meanwhile fighters loyal to the warlord have tar launched a rocket attack on the capital tripoli on thursday thats where the un recognized government is based a hospital in civilian areas were targeted injuring at least 14 people. The number of corona virus infections in brazil has surged to nearly 200000 but as the country struggles to contain its outbreak the president has called on state governors to ease their lockdowns meanwhile argentina is beginning to lift its strict measures for the 1st time in 2 months that is about takes a look at the situation across latin america. This is a regular occurrence in brazil this days people burying their loved ones who died of call the 19 the death toll in brazil continues to rise and its now the hardest hit country in south america but in spite of the rising infections brazils president who refers to the coronavirus pandemic as a little flu remains defiant and wants to open up the economy the nest. For the lego staying at home for those that can is find not a problem but for those who cannot those who have an empty fridge and 3 or 4 children crying with hunger it is out of reach. Brazil. Has been a staunch opponent of lock down prioritizing the economy and like argentina whos president of the for a man this imposed one of the strictest quarantines in the world. At an annual gas owns a bookstore in one of scientists this week the government authorized some shops in the city to open up you were no further. Its difficult because the economys in very bad shape but i support what the president did we had to do it because if not the death toll would be much higher. But the possibility of a rice infections has not been discarded as the death toll in recent days has doubled argentinas government has started to open up some sectors of the economy and millions of people mostly informal workers are struggling to make ends meet argentinas economy was already in the lead before the pandemic which makes the situation for many years even more difficult for us in the medical man that i have to take to we impose a complete lockdown if there is a surge in cases nationwide. That lockdown is not working out everywhere else in the region has almost 80000 infections in spite of the lockdown imposed 2 months ago in the city of those right next to the amazon river dr c. Theyre desperate for a part of it today we are in a state of total catastrophe the Health System has collapsed more than 300. 00 people are cared for daily Health Personnel both doctors and nurses and technicians in general are decimated today there are more than 150 doctors hospitalized will do a serious in the i. C. U. We are demanding that the government declare libretto a catastrophe and disaster. 19 reached latin america a bit later than other regions and while some government used the time to gear up others like brazil continue to prioritize the economy over the populations health. And deceit when a situs well Health Officials are warning that children are being affected by a condition related to cope with 19 sri have died in new york chris salumi spoke to the mother of one child who has recovered. Amber deen seen here with her son bobby thought she was one of the lucky ones the mother of 3 from her now in new york had a mild case of coded 19 in april and has since recovered but for bobby it was a different story started what just seemed like a tummy bug so you know were treating it as such and then it had progressed to a low grade and a heavy amount of vomiting and he couldnt keep anything down the 9 year old spent last week in the hospital one of more than 100 children in new york struck down by a mysterious condition thought to be related to the virus bobbie recovered but at least 3 children in the state have died and more than a dozen other states have reported cases similar to a rare condition known as callous saki disease or toxic shock syndrome it causes inflammation in the blood vessels from what we know or what we think we know at this time its something thats occurring probably a few weeks after the initial inspection so most likely a lot of these children were infected a few weeks ago and now there are immune system is kind of wrapping up and causing this inclination to rock the body the leading u. S. Public health body the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning doctors to be on the lookout for the syndrome experts are also looking at a possible genetic predisposition but the man leading the u. S. Medical response cautions there is still a lot they dont know i think weve got to be careful if we are not cavalier if thinking that children are completely in the in the deleterious effects with tens of thousands of People Killed and millions more out of work one saving grace of the coronavirus was supposed to be that children were spared the worse now as theres new evidence of this syndrome coming to light even that is being challenged kristen salumi aljazeera new york. Thank you more ahead in this news hour including south africas economic powerhouse johannes verge has almost a 1000000 households going hungry during lockdown and how israels coronavirus restrictions are threatening the livelihoods of the farmers and herder is of the occupied west bank. How there is still a big contrast in weather from the north and south of europe and you get an idea of the movement of the cloud you think well thats the Long Division maybe that where youd be right for a few speaking its still cold that of this cold as it was in Northern Europe terms of its in the middle teens not the low teens this line itself is the frontal system has been waving pulsing rain from spain through italy towards dark patch on friday in southern ukraine and i think the city increased by saturday even some snow in the italian alps sudden slopes of swiss alps sasso that those temps the really up to the suns been shining weve actually had something of a heat wave running through sicily in southern italy its in greece on friday if athens reach 36 has within the degree of the existing may record temperature madrid represents a disappointment if you happen to be no iberia. But to walk 120 degrees rain for fridays as they were the best day on sunday. 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Immunologists says the country could face the darkest winter of recent times if it doesnt improve its response to the corona virus pandemic dr rick bright says it was removed from his government post for raising concerns about preparedness World Leaders have made a plea for the eventual covert 900. 00 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries 140. 00 current and former leaders Nobel Laureates and academics and the open letter of calling for a global sharing of technology the u. N. Envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color on malaria and the coronavirus confronted factions have surged to 72 in recent days but ongoing fighting is making it difficult to monitor this. Meanwhile 2 people have tested positive for covert 19 in a refugee camp in bangladesh the government says one of the people infected is a refugee and the other is from the surrounding host Population Health experts warned the virus could spread quickly through the camps because of the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions the camps are home to more than a 1000000 refugees who fled a military offensive in myanmar more than 2 years ago Louise Donovan is a spokeswoman for the uns human rights commissioner in coxs bazaar she says whats needed there is sufficient facilities to cater for those infected. Its a very worrying development and todays but the 1st step positive case within the refugee camp so far just a hunch an ace and tests have been done and most of the refugee population but in the causes but our district is the number is continuing to increase leaves 134 cases and causes our district today and in bangladesh more generally the numbers are there and surpassed 70000 so the numbers continue to increase that there is a shortage of testing however it is increasing and testing only began in causes or at the beginning of april so were in cant continue to increase the testing and whats particularly important for us at the moment is to establish adequate response capacity and weve been putting preparatory measures in place with the government of partners since the beginning of march but at the moment what we need is to have adequate facilities to cater for people who may be in fact it social distancing is extremely difficult its the biggest refugee population in the worlds we have had more than 40000 People Living living press square kilometers so its very very challenging and in terms of hygiene promotion we have established handwashing facilities all over the county were increasing distributions and in terms of response capacity at u. N. H. There is a stoppage to isolation and Treatment Facilities which should be operational from from next week and while there are other partners there also submachine isolation Treatment Facilities and also quarantine facilities so basically anybody who is identified as being over 1000 positive all contacts through the Contact Tracing in these people who put into quarantine at the moment the target is to have 1100. 00 and isolation treatment beds available which will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we are going to reach the tigers. Swedens g. D. P. Is projected to 47 percent this year despite not imposing a coronavirus lockdown the damage to the economy is projected to be lower than the eurozone average restaurants schools and shops of all stayed open while swedes have been trusted to adopt social distancing but their death toll of 3400. 00 is much higher than in neighboring countries neils calcine is a University Professor and the c. E. O. Of the Racial Institute a swedish think tank focusing on the economy and politics he says swedens approach will have long term advantages as the world lawrence to live with the virus. The short term consequences the deaths compared to other countries is a bit higher current click compared to norway denmark and so on its lower them from the ok but the long term consequences what will happen to the economy what will happen to total deaths after a 2nd or 3rd wave that may hit other countries harder than sweden thats the big question what we know so far we dont. Say it may take one year 2 years nobody knows so the efforts to contain the virus is doomed to fail i think so much of the world will have to handle to manage the barkers and i think there are lessons here in sweden. We are approaching or a place augmenting Community Stock on the projections on shore of course but some people say that mid june or something we will reach something approaching herd immunity down the virus will damage automatically we have to find ways of handling this without a vaccine and we cannot do it by the severe lock downs the author or terry in the us has that been all over the world because the economic social psychological counter consequences are dishonest because we will see unemployment rates are heard of since the 19th thirtys and those costs have to be taken account as well as well staying in sweden many people continue to work from home one company is developing new technology that could allow Truck Drivers to do the same for race reports now from sun hold in southern sweden. This may not be the most thrilling driving experience just yet but it could be the future of Long Distance trucking this is a testing site for i mean right already in commercial operation with one Haulage Company in sweden i mean right builds remote controlled trucks driven from a far from the comfort of an aerodynamic office chair. We just have to show the general population that the trucks are safer or safe for them the crooks that we have on the roads today they will never get tired they will never fall asleep and the reality of today is that theres a shortage of Truck Drivers if youre doing trucking its very very hard to find drivers its hoped that some may find this less exhausting than life on the open highway now from the point of view of a truck driver taking this job instead of buckling up for a long day on the road there just arrived to the office drive the truck from here perhaps go to the gym at lunch time and even at the end of the day of the truck was hundreds of kilometers away they could be home in time for dinner. The trucks all fueled by battery operated via mobile data so it sends out in progress some measures the distance the government right now restricts them to 5 Kilometers Per Hour so the Trucking Company already using them only does so at their own premises their actual top speed is still secrets but is already much closer to National Traffic limits on rights say the trucks can also keep the flow of goods moving during crises such as the coronavirus pandemic while the remotes drivers remain isolated. Its not an idea as yet fully embraced by swedens existing army of truckers here in the Southern City of moll my. Job. I like my job you meet many people say hello sometimes 60 stops a day this thing can work and floats would mean ferry terminals but the way we drive i dont think so doing me could make things easier when it works but its hard to replace a human being who doesnt force me into retirement anyway i dont want things to change too fast. Or to closures and reduced production have caused job losses in swedens Trucking Industry but the lack of a lockdown has helped keep it rolling remote driving may be a vital addition if not a replacement for a system that keeps people and the economy alive whole race aljazeera some told sweden. Millions of zimbabweans are living without access to Safe Drinking Water off a truck spring someone east but they attract huge crowds and social distancing is impossible many people say they dont feel safe and are urging the government to act mohammed has more. Crowds scramble to carry as many buckets as they can as a water tank arrives into agrees a many go for days without water and the town on the outskirts of the capital harare has anxiously waited for summer spite to have been on a bit of support others that they were about to give us lunch at the funeral but i knew i had to run the moment i heard the truck. Go to escape because of the worst drought in decades forcing many to leave their homes as they just get their share of water its difficult to practice social distancing covert 19 is the new threat to the area once the epicenter of a nationwide cholera epidemic graeme what do we know that they are not that yes i got the water but chances are that i also got the disease social distancing here you cant avoid the pushing Everyone Wants a drop. In other townships aid groups are trying to enforce the rules so is that what the point is that what happens communities that scientists would replace with a in a safe place in which the so what we did is well scott i must tell him you will be connected to training for the what happened for me to use sensitizing them to fight us and how it spreads in their encourage that these social distancing if they want to so that when people are fixing whatever they encourage social distancing so that these centers this what a place whats become if you seem to as a people can get to fight us but some residents say it isnt enough to keep people safe and want a long Term Solution if you were going to deal with the roses which we thank Doctors Without Borders for these water points because we are desperate for water hunger is hitting us hard during these times of covert 19 we can die from malnutrition and disease we also need food where Human Rights Watch says more than 2000000 people in harare khans get Safe Drinking Water or Waste Disposal services and is the government to improve infrastructure zimbabweans also face food and fuel shortages. And a surge in malaria cases with the economy in turmoil many are forced to stockpile as much as they can and q 4 hours for basic necessities risking their health in the process. And the mayor of south africas largest city johannesburg is warning that a 1000000 households dont have enough food to eat the country was already in a recession before the coronavirus struck and its been made worse by a nationwide lockdown for me the miller has a story. Can displayed says shes making the most of the little food she has she lost her job at a job Printing Company when it was shut as the lockdown began weeks ago with no income she depends on Government Support to feed her 4 children will move from the log down it was that he asked for on the fly and here times it was really difficult because it was for the whole month we had to wait for the whole month to get like the Child Support money so we did was a struggle for me every day and though we received the money last week last few days to go by we lose him by chicken and stuff like that to buy if food like full groceries for the mind whether the end of the day we still struggling the mayor of johannesburg says people in a 1000000 households dont have enough to eat the National Government in pretoria has increased the Child Support grant and its created a special grant of 20. 00 a month to help workers whove lost their jobs survive the lock down government leaders say theyre spending the equivalent of almost 3000000000 dollars on the unemployed and the poor but even before the lock down 45 percent of johannesburgs 5 and a half 1000000 people lived in poverty to make the crisis even worse many workers have lost their jobs since the lockdown began the government says its handing out food parcels to about 2000 homes every day but its simply not enough organizations like this one a cry for help or would go up by handing out 2 cooked meals every day. Neuron gain has run this food charity for 7 years but says she can barely keep up since the lockdown began. When ive started the feeding we started with about her in 50. And its turned over in a matter of a week after the lockdown to almost 4 to 500 a day saturdays i did 300 right now is standing on 1200 and. Secretary on the organization relies on donations and has not received any help from the government delia jones has run this barber shop for 16 years its been closed for weeks leaving for Staff Members with no work and dleo without any income shes applied for a government grant but has not heard back instead her customers help her buy food with an economy largely stalled and no clear indication of when the lockdown will end many are relying on handouts to survive the media aljazeera johannesburg. Farmers in the occupied west bank are under increasing financial pressure because of coronavirus restrictions the economy was already in tatters but the measures have made it difficult for farmers to sell their products either abraham reports from the Jordan Valley the impact of covered 1000 can be felt all across the occupied west bank even for those living in remote communities. In a hurry to be sure the bedouin living near an older village in the Jordan Valley no cases of the virus have been deported here. Livestock has been had a male source of income for decades now she says its becoming a burden sales of sheep usually increase before islamic holidays and in a if was getting up for a hard thiessen but closures imposed by the Palestinian Authority to control the outbreak of coverage 19 have slowed down the market. Shes now having to pay extra money to feed the animals she couldnt sell and has stopped making cheese popular among palestinians i mean you know my josh and i made cheese and no one wanted to buy a lawsuit for a week before it went bad and i threw it away so i switched to making a dried form of yogurt so it can last longer we dont have fringes because there is no constant electricity just several meters away from this Bedouin Community is an area declared as a nature reserve by israel any palestinian cause structure and require as a permit from these radio 4 it is but theyre almost never granted palestinians in the Jordan Valley already have limited space to expand but the limitations of movement because of covered 19 mean that shepherds and farmers are facing greater difficulties although the Agriculture Sector is not expected to be affected as much by the pandemic there is a growing risk. Shepherds that natural grazing lands in the Jordan Valley but they lost thousands of hectares of land its just the expansion of israeli settlements this increased cost of feeding the herds by 75 percent to cover some of his losses are says he had to lower his prices by 40 percent in the beginning of the state of emergency in march he couldnt find buyers and didnt want his crop of chickpeas to go to waste no cases of covered 1000. 00 would reported here so you were still able to farm the land will see it hey theres a look out island if we have more closures here it will be disastrous its my only source of living we fear that we might be asked to leave i think this is not a store to shut down if i leave the land for a couple of days i will lose it the Palestinian Authority in the west bank has decided to gradually relax its restriction but vulnerable communities like this one are expected to feel its impact for months to come. As the occupied west bank. A suicide bombing in southeast afghanistan has killed at least 5 civilians and injured more than 20 a truck packed with explosives blew up near a military facility in pak province the taliban has claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation for the governments decision to resume an offensive against the group it happened 2 days after more than 50 people including women and newborn babies were killed in kabul and the high prosecutors in malaysia have dropped Money Laundering charges against the stepson of the countrys former Prime Minister hollywood producer says agreed to repay 107000000. 00 as hes was accused of illegally receiving 250000000. 00 misappropriated from malaysias Sovereign Wealth Fund and one and the the u. S. Department of justice suspects aziz used the money to finance 3. 00 films including the oscar nominated movie the wall of wall street his stepfather analogy result is at the center of the scandal and is accused of stealing billions Florence Louis has more from kuala lumpur she says a total of 4 and a half 1000000000. 00 has been stolen from the fund. The government will receive a substantial sum running into millions of ring get prosecutors also say they will seek a full acquittal for result of this once he agreed some has been paid in full no reserve was charged last year with 5 counts of Money Laundering hes accused of receiving nearly 250000000. 00 through the Bank Accounts of red light thats a Hollywood Production Company he cofounded prosecutors say that money was stolen from malaysian state Investment Fund one empty beat now read grandma has also been tied to the Corruption Scandal the u. S. Justice department has said 3 films were financed with money stolen from the fund including both of wall street which starred the caprio and red granite has since returned 16000000. 00 to u. S. Authorities and these are just 2 cases tied to the Corruption Scandal at one end the u. S. And malaysian authorities have said 4 and a half 1000000000 dollars was stolen from the fund which was set up during the administration of former malaysian Prime Minister. Who is the stepfather of ozs u. S. Authorities have described the Corruption Scandal at one m. T. B. As clip talk at its worst one m. T. B. Officials and their associates have used the money stolen from the funds to buy Luxury Properties expensive jewelry and fine art the u. S. Has returned or helped malaysia recover around 600000000. 00 from the sale of some of those assets and the former Prime Minister himself. Is facing dozens of charges related to the Corruption Scandal at one m. T. B. Including criminal breach of trust and Money Laundering hes pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. And thats the major 200000 people have been forced into emergency shelters after a typhoon hit the eastern philippines typhoon evolve following is the 1st to hit the country this year power has been cut off and homes the story provincial and city governments already shortened resources because of the coronavirus pandemic still to come on aljazeera shopping with the stars and saudi arabia eyes out Entertainment Companies hit by the coronavirus. The Entertainment Industry is one of the sectors hardest hit by the corona virus pandemic but the loss of revenue has provided ample opportunities for investors willing to take a risk including saudi arabia from cruise lines to music riyadh has been buying large stake same Companies Left devastated by covert 19 reynolds reports from los angeles. As the World Economy staggers under the shock of the coronavirus saudi arabia led by de facto ruler crown Prince Mohammed bin sol mon is going up ng these are very speculative investments but it does seem like they will spend money at any place thats asking the 320000000000. 00 saudi public Investment Fund has bought big stakes in companies devastated by covert 19 as the funds governor explained in an investors video conference. Would look and to me opportunities i mean if you look at different sectors like an alliance. And the saudi fund snapped up 8. 2 percent of Carnival Cruise lines some of whose passengers were sickened by corona virus in the early stages of the outbreak carnivals stock price was in the cellar the fund also invested 500000000. 00 in live nation Parent Company of ticketmaster and a leader in big live concerts featuring the likes of madonna they are little bit scattershot theyre mostly in entertainment as saudi led group is trying to buy Newcastle UnitedFootball Club in the English Premier League for about 370000000. 00 and the saudis are reportedly seeking a stake in warner music which bones and operates some of the worlds Biggest Record labels and Music Publishers look i think every company that needs money is lining up in cop and calling saudi arabia and that wasnt the case a few months ago indeed the saudi regime was for a time an International Business pariah following the murder of journalist joe moll khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul a killing investigations by the un and the cia concluded. It was most likely orchestrated by the crown prince but things have changed in a market where if you want to survive you have to go into business with the partners you dont want the plays a risky if the search for a covert 19 vaccine and treatments drag on for years cruise lines and Entertainment Companies could go belly up leaving shareholders like the saudis holding the bag even as the shopping spree continues saudis are being asked to tighten their belts the government recently announced it would triple the value added tax to consumers pay after state revenues fell 22 percent in the 1st quarter due to a collapsing oil prices rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles well edge of my show jesus fiance has urged Newcastle United fans to oppose the saudi takeover of the club the teacher changes that made her call in an open letter with the Investment Group on the verge of buying the club she wrote i know that many of us are tempted by his offer to get out of the dire situation that has crippled your club but the crown prince is accused of ordering jamals murder and making this move not to help you and not with your best interests in mind but solely to serve themselves you as the loyal fans that do have a big say this i am for you all to unite to protect your beloved club. New zealanders are enjoying being able to do everyday things again as well as businesses reopening children will be allowed to go back to school on monday social distancing though remains will bring you the latest on the Coronavirus Impact across the world in just a few minutes join us then. This underwater treasure is a risk of disappearing juice a coral bleaching caused by rising temperatures but we think the great strain the area the Cultural Heritage its iconic literature is an industry name of baseband says we will lose instantly if we have another bleaching event of these movements if this continues they just wont obey the opportunity for the corals to recover in between those mad. Scientists a calling for stronger Climate Policy from the government to reduce emissions without this the situation will find they get worse. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains the can only project thats what we diffuse it was one of the founders of for settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem our rock and a hard place on aljazeera you know certain isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at a new. The other side of this story not so much the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and you have a lot exposing ticks try and fill in if the rhetoric and blame but they cannot manipulate the fires listening post your insight going to the media which is iraq. War. 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