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The pandemic. And the babies are locked behind closed doors away from parents desperate to take the boy. But top u. N. Prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 994 a wanton genocide felicien had avoided capture for more than 2 decades until French Police raided an apartment there paris sunday gago reports of course and this is called this he was one of the worlds most wanted fugitives 84 year old. The man accused of financing the militias that mascot 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from International Justice for 25 years i had been indicted by the United Nations International Criminal tribunal in 1907 on 7 counts of genocide but the film a businessman managed to avoid arrest using his powerful International Connections to evade capture to go always had very close relate. Mr owens government in france hes very well connected in elite circles are in paris and i think use arrest and i will also raise questions about how much science he has received from the french government in recent. Kaluga had been living under a false identity in this apartment in as. Near the center of paris he had previously lived in germany belgium the democratic republic of congo as well as kenya and switzerland. This morning we were surprised because when we went downstairs like all the neighbors we were trying to get out and then we saw a whole army of police preparing this operation because. His son in law had been arrested in germany in 2007 for war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide the u. S. Had offered a 5000000. 00 reward for information leading to his arrest. Also in the chairman of the infamous ekta m. Radio station which he used to broadcast propaganda inciting ethnic hutus to murder to seize his arrest was carried out by French Police together with cooperation from belgian and british authorities now he will face the International Criminal court in the hague for his poet in one of the worst atrocities in recent history sonny diagonal aljazeera. Is the Central Africa director for Human Rights Watch he says this is an important moment for victims of genocide. This is a huge day for rwanda and this is a huge day for International Justice and its very difficult to overstate how significant this arrest is for this young couple is one of the big fish he is one of the last remaining individuals out there who really had it was alleged to have had excuse me a real planning purpose with regard to the rwandan genocide and for many years folks like myself thought maybe he was going to get away with it maybe we would never find him there was rumors of him being in europe in east africa for years so to wake up to this news is incredibly significant and i cant imagine how relieved and i dont want to use the word happy but how resolved people in rwanda survivors and victims family members of victims of the genocide must be i think there will be questions asked and i think they absolutely should be the fact is that for the not someone who was unknown there was a massive reward out for him for many many years he has been at the top of the rest the sort of most wanted list of not only east african countries but also european ones so i think there should be an absolute investigation as to how he was able to get this other identity and how he was able to evade justice for 26 long years. Moving now to the coronavirus pandemic and signs of cautious optimism are emerging in europe as many countries begin to ease travel restrictions and reopen some sectors of their economy travel told from italy will start again next month it will scrap the 14 day quarantine rule and our previously banned trips within the country travel is now also allowed across england but roles for the rest of the u. K. Scotland wales and Northern Ireland have not been used while in france and greece beaches can now be enjoyed by the public there are rules on the number of people allowed and how close together they can be force is back in germany with the return of the bond as they got Football League 6 games we played on saturday but spectators will not be allowed. To takes a look at the struggling italian tourist industry and how these changes cant come soon enough. Empty tables deserted holds rooms steeped in history left without visitors theres no one to the gilded walls of italys finest natural hotels instead of the silence on the once bustling terrace and the symbol of a pandemic that swept through italy leaving thousands dead given stating its economy is that the sort this whole would have been crowded noisy with people chatting at the bar visitors passing by and appreciating the beauty of these halls now its empty lonely it is the 1st time in almost 80 years of the history of this hotel which was built to the thirtys is empty and closed. But there are signs of hope the government is allowing people into and out of italy from early next month free travel within the country will also receive a number youre going to get we look forward to the reopening of borders and then there might be the possibility for travel forecast the not positive but we are very optimistic. A low italys coastlines hotel owners are preparing for a different kind of summer but on the other were ready to host tourists who come to the veneto coast in these last weeks we work to adapt our beaches our hotels and our campsites to the Current Health emergency we were able to guarantee the celebrity of a seaside holiday caution is critical for an industry that contributes 13 percent to its knees g. D. P. And employs more than 4000000 people the Economic Impact of the pandemic has been devastating to the limit were estimating they will lose about 18000000000. 00 in 2 risen this year but we need to understand what will happen from tomorrow on wards if hotels have a possibility to reopen giving Foreign Tourists the chance to reach italy we will limit those damages with many countries district and a travel tourist numbers are predicted to fall by between 60 to 80 percent this year globally but many hope that with enough the childrens business can get moving again and the lights can finally be turned back on. Well now to the u. K. Challenges in brighton on burson Southern Coast he says people there are worried about visitors flocking to the seaside now that restrictions have been eased. The fear amongst the local authorities here and ive been speaking to a counselor who is from the green party works here in Brighton And Hove and he was saying look its against every bone in his body every every fiber of his being but he was saying just dont come here this weekend if youre from london outside of brighton wherever this is not the place you should be coming the moment for a day trip up and you can see the beach behind me its there are people here but its certainly no way near as busy as it would be on a normal warm d may weekend but these are not normal times we know that weve been told it time and time again and the the fear is that as these restrictions are being slowly incrementally released in in the u. K. With Boris Johnson dropping the stay at home message now saying stay alert instead whatever that means that people are going to start rushing to places like this and theyre coming out of their enforced hibernation but for the moment it seems as if the people are still listening to their while the advice that they should be being very cautious and not going back to normal life quite yet. German police have confronted more protests in cities including berlin munich and still got previous ones found by far right groups have turned violent analysts say germanys anti migrant a if tea party has repositioned itself as an anti lock down force is among those encouraging demonstrations a recent poll by the spiegel newsmagazine fill nearly one in 4 germans voiced understanding for the protests and in the u. K. Fliers have been circulated calling for people to get out and have picnics in defiance of government restrictions but they still a far right groups are also involved vests. It can dimon is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the university of liverpool he says these kinds of organizations know an opportunity when they see it we know that populist groups far right groups in particular populist politicians do take advantage of crises weve seen this over over millennia when there are economic downturns that have Financial Difficulties when there are economic problems for instance after conflicts then often populist and far right groups take advantage of that so i think its probably better to see these protests less as a spontaneous popular protest against lockdown and im not sure theres much evidence of that and more some of the worry is that populist politicians can take advantage of social disruption i think we need to be guarded against that i think incidentally theres a responsibility of journalists to be clear about that as well as for politicians to respond to a serbian orthodox bishop had 8 priests have been released from jail in montenegro they were arrested for violating coronavirus or sections by holding a Public Service attended by several 1000 people their arrests sparked violent protests across the country. A massive testing drive is underway in the tiny city of new heart after a surge of new chrono virus infections its the 1st cluster of new cases in the city since it eased its lockdown an early april crowds have been forming attesting said to school some residents concerned that getting tested could expose them to the virus more than 4600 people have died in china since the pandemic began in ruhani in december. I think some measures should have been taken people should be separated its not very good to have too many people gave it in one place some people Wearing Masks some are not. Or you know what you know everyone is keeping a distance since the epidemic people have had a great sense of responsibility to keep a distance from each other to reduce risks i think its fine and im not worried Health Officials in yemen have confirmed 13 new cases of coronavirus and 3 deaths every is the number of known infections in government held areas to 122 who the rebels have also reported to new cases in territory they control 5 years of conflict have left the countrys Health System in tatters and aid workers say infections are spreading undetected. Aid Organization Save the children is warning that an unusual surge in deaths in yemen southern port city of aden could be the result of the spread of the current virus its issued a statement saying our teams on the ground in are saying how people are being sent away from hospitals breathing heavily or even collapsing people are dying because they cant get treatment that would normally save their lives there are patients who go from hospital to hospital and yet cannot get at miss it. The u. S. President says he may restore some funding to the World Health Organization donald trump tweeted saying is that ministration is considering several proposals including sending about 10 percent of the previous contributions from suspended u. S. Financial support to the w. H. O. And april accusing it of spreading chinese descent from asian about the corona Virus Outbreak scientists and doctors are raising more questions about President Trump suggestions that a Coronavirus Vaccine could be available by the end of this year he announced what he called operation warp speed at the white house on friday while we accelerate the final phases of vaccine draw as operation warp speed will be. Simultaneously accelerating its manufacturing and manufacturing process in other words were getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine we have the formula we have what we need were ready to go as opposed to taking years to gear up were gearing up its risky its expensive but well be saving massive amounts of time will be saving years as history tells us Vaccine Development can have devastating consequences when its rushed just 3 years ago a w. H. O. Bax campaign in the philippines to vaccinate 1000000 children against a fever was halted after it was linked to 10 deaths its caused people to turn against vaccinations and a Measles Outbreak that followed killed hundreds in 2012 early vaccines facades strengthened the disease fortunately this was realized before they reached human trials a vaccine for aids one n one used in some European Countries caused more than a 1000 people to develop the debilitating sleep condition narcolepsy and in the 1970 s. The u. S. Campaign to vaccinate all americans against swine flu was halted when it was blamed for paralysis and hundreds of people christmas is a consultant viral it just at the university of cambridge he says speed can be tempting but its fraught with risk. One sure fire way to solve our present situation is to confer immunity on everybody by getting a vaccine to everybody but that doesnt mean that we jump the gun and we make the situation worse we have got to be very cautious about this because we know what the risk is from corona virus and we know that about one percent of people may lose their life to it when if we make a vaccine that actually has a bigger risk profile than that then actually arguably its better to catch coronavirus and take your chances than it is to take the vaccine and thats what Clinical Trials are for but at the same time there are situations where sometimes you have to take short cuts because the loss of life potentially that you are avoiding is greater if you can get a vaccine into people than if you do go the long route take your time and guarantee that its safe to your basically trading safety against potential loss of life if you dont move faster at least 24 workers have been killed in northern india when their truck collided with another vehicle it happened in the state of the top british its the latest incident involving labor is they return home during the lockdown Elizabeth Branham has more details from the capital danny. The Migrant Workers were in a group of about 50 people who were traveling from the Western State of roger and a launch truck carrying limestone and other Construction Material they were from the states of just going to be high for the west bengal and were just trying to get home like millions of other Migrant Workers around the country are losing their jobs the government in the state of for this with the crash happened has ordered action against any Truck Drivers found to be transporting Migrant Workers and theyve also ordered buses to be stationed at each of the states borders to transport Migrant Workers found to be walking with the shares borders with about 7 other states unfortunately though this isnt the only incident deadly incident involving my when workers on saturday and the other 5 have died after the truck that they were traveling and overturned in the state of month for their shit was going between the states of maharashtra and again. And just last week we had Something Like 16 Migrant Workers die when they fell asleep on train tracks in the states with maharastra and Something Like 150 workers have died at least 150 trying to get home since indias lockdown was announced and hundreds of thousands have warped. A crowd of ours coverage continues in the news are we look at how the court of us demick could change how when and where it will work in the future. Also not everyone is on board with this list you will hear from those who say lives have been put on the line. Companies based in the United Arab Emirates is said to have sent mercenaries to libya to support warlords. And his campaign against the un recognized government the Bloomberg News agency says a confidential un or 40 details how a team of western mercenaries were dispatched from dubai last year to help puffballs bid to capture the capital tripoli the u. A. E. Has previously been accused of supplying weapons to have violation of a un arms embargo. Lets remind ourselves of how libya is divided between rival sides and who supports them the government of National Accord is based in tripoli in the west and is led by Prime Minister fires also out of his administration is recognized by the un with military support from turkey and diplomatic backing from qatar if lee and other western nations believe after all its power base is in the. Very power base in the government and to brooke in Eastern Libya he supported by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Russia and egypt france which has been accused of providing military support denies this. William lawrence is a former u. S. Diplomat to libya and is now a professor of Political Science at the American University he joins us from washington d. C. Thank you for your time was it a surprise to you to read that were western mercenaries were going from the u. A. E. To libya you know western mercenaries going in and students british french americans and others i think what was surprising is that they went in after the assault on tripoli in april this was in june and in a very cool d way and of course we had australia and South Africans which we had heard of being in the cockpit before along with french british and american mercenaries what do you make of the timing and how did turkeys entrance on the scene in support of the d. N. A. Change things. The timing was. Very interesting because it was support of this all to tripoli when all of these nations were saying that they werent and we had groups of French Special forces actually leave tripoli so western libya right around this time some est being on the cover of night tunisia saying that they were going to be involved in the in the attack on tripoli i think turkey after 2014 withdrew a lot of its support this is been ramped up again in late 2102020 in response to the attack on tripoli by have to organise orders so this is i think its wrong will in a lot of the war lets say a war influenced malice we hear that turkey turkey turkey said it will see things but actually its quite the opposite turkeys involved in the defense of tripoli and the nation is porting have to are involved in an assault on the u. N. In a scope. Before we came here we ran through the explainer of all who supports her but we didnt really explain why so if you can explain for our viewers why does the u. A. E. Back off the. I think its primarily due to their. Version in to every kind of islamism including political islam as they tend to lump together groups like the dim the largest the Democratic Party and morocco and tunisia along with the. Groups in parliaments in most of the our countries now jordan kuwait and elsewhere that play very important roles of politics within the loop of those groups together with groups like isis you know all islamists all threaten all equally deserving of being sanctions under International Terrorist sanctions and being attacked by any means necessary and that locking together doesnt even track with the u. S. State Department Issues and other western cost issues that tend to separate between one kind of islam is a minute another if i could just add there are geopolitical interests and in the case of russia thats probably more geo political and has to do with oil and gas and strategic locations ports and that sort of thing whereas when it comes to some of the other countries security it has more to do with ideology and the subversion to the threats posed by political islam there being so many efforts at a seaside heaven there and also coals to head to an existing. Why if they all failed. Each one has reasons for its failure but i think the Common Thread in all of them is that general have to has a long history of going to the negotiating table and then agreeing to something which you then violates or not agreeing to. Have to point back decades i think the International Negotiation efforts have been more in good faith than a lot of people think they know that russians try very hard in december the germans were successful in january to get an agreement International Community that everyone back to including the u. A. E. And russia the french and italian efforts have been less positive than even the u. A. E. Itself had one of the major summits and had an agreement but this agreement was then violated by general has star so the Common Thread is that after thinks he can win this militarily and doesnt really seek a political solution instead he uses the negotiations d for a temporary cease fires and recalibration of his efforts to try to gain ground in libya militarily so that ultimately can take over the country and impose a regime very much like this the regime in egypt well have lived there for time thank you for your time William Laurance there a former u. S. Diplomat to libya. Well on the ground in libya shelling by forces loyal to huffed are has killed at least 5 people and injured 2 others south of tripoli the attack targeted a university douma 3 used by internally displaced people in knowledge district an ambulance was also hit by shrapnel while medics were trying to treat the injured meanwhile Government Forces say they have surrounded a airbase in the southwest. Afghanistans government says its killed 30 taliban members during an air operation targeting their heroin labs president ashraf ghani has told the military to switch from defensive to often said mode against armed groups that was after an attack on a Maternity Hospital in kabul earlier this week which killed 24 people including 2 new ball its the taliban denied being involved. 10 people have been killed during raids in northern Rio De Janeiro brazilian Officials Say police were looking for a gang leader who escaped prison and 2016 later there was a shootout between the offices and locals the suspect who was also wanted for Drug Trafficking is said to be among the dead. Members of hong kongs protest movement have been gathering at malls across the city dressed to blend into crowds they sang and shouted slogans before dispersing the movements leaders are calling for an independent inquiry into Police Actions during last years protests on friday a Police Watchdog released a report saying some changes were needed the force had mostly stayed within the guidelines sarah clarke has been one of the malls where shes been speaking to protests. Restrictions have eased in hong kong as a result of these protests the saudi again and the government groups are targeting Shopping Centers in this weekend there are a number of rallies planned the police are here in the checking identification of some nice people present in this particular mall and also the security telling people here that they must not gather in groups of more than i people of the practices are living out they want to carry them to resign and then what china to stop interfering in Hong Kong Political Affairs theyre also angry at the police accusing them of using Excessive Force and brutality during last years protests. Just a bit in the paid on commission of inquiry which shes doing used to do so. Much to the government and most of the hong kong has done that they dont want to listen to people that a government backed watchdog defended the Police Actions last year during the antigovernment protests but said this room for improvement within the police force but these protests graveside that will continue until i see justice and i also want to further investigation into the police force and what i described as Excessive Force used on the protest groups during last years Anti Government demonstrations. Iran has sentenced a french iranian academic to 5 years in prison on National Security charges. Fariba carr was arrested in june last year shes been found guilty of conspiring against National Security and propaganda the 61 year old is a specialist and she is armed and the Research Director is sciences poll university in paris france has condemned the sentencing. Still ahead on aljazeera maybe as of today and told to stay at home as a fictional rise percent jago. And nearly half a 1000000 people have been left homeless its floods devastated hearts of east africa. But. How well hot and dry sums it up for the weather across the middle east for the most part of charles of want to see showers just around the south western side of saudi arabia but essentially it does look like plenty of hot sunshine and even up towards the levant were looking at some high temperatures 32 named by route could touch 38 in jerusalem im looking at 42 in baghdad so into the made fortys across much of the region so mid thirtys across much of the region pushing up towards the 40 degree mark 40 celsius in kuwait and 41. 00 in dubai similar values as we go on through the next couple days here in doha were getting up to around 37. 00 but we go with chance of wanted to showers down towards the southern end of the red sea the same as the rains well they are in play across central parts of africa not as widespread in place to say thats certainly the case as we look down towards kenya towards uganda towards the one that just around east africa the showers are there but theyre not as watched by the not as heavy not as intense they have been in recent days south of that it generates right we got a chance of wanted to showers into madagascar and also into mozambique on the shores showers pulling away now you might catch your shot pushing up towards central parts of somalia as we go into monday. Rewind return to care bring your people back to life im sorry updates on the best of aljazeera documentaries. Living close the books of no value like any other student rewind continues which shows its journey this is. The struggle continues book. From bad. To now of course used to students we want on aljazeera. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day its a new patent your new join our Global Community its up to us on how we come to be able to fight. Your questions can i just ask you think theres any directly thats coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the fact life on earth the great question that keeping you up to date and weve seen countries beaten back and beaten back successfully the stream on 00. 0. 0. I want you are just there on her mind our top stories this hour friends for those of arrested a rwandan businessman whos accused of funding the 994. 00 genocide felicien has been on the run for 25 years french Authorities Say the 84 year old was living under a false identity near paris. Italys government has to straddle restrictions from early next month all International Travel of movement within the country will be allowed italy was the 1st country in europe to impose a nationwide lockdown. Companies based in the United Arab Emirates said to have sent messages to libya to support war not only for hostile in his campaign against the un recognized government the Bloomberg News agency says a confidential un report details how a team of western missouri is we dispensed from dubai last year to help bid to capture tripoli. U. S. Food prices have had their biggest monthly increase in nearly 50 is the cost of groceries increased by more than 4 percent in april but more pressure on americans struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic 100 reports from chicago. Just when they can afford it least americans are suffering sticker shock at the Grocery Store the meat the deli. The ham the cheese even the bread is costing more now according to the u. S. Labor Department Food prices rose 2. 6 percent in april the biggest monthly jump in 46 years prices for staples like meat in eggs surged even more im a single parent i have a mortgage i have a car no still you kind of think like whats priority right now do i pay my mortgage or do i go Grocery Shopping with tens of millions of americans newly unemployed more than it any time since the Great Depression soaring prices mean long lines at food banks and more americans than ever questioning where their next meal will come from following this we already are worried that people are starting their houses and happen and now we know that people who are stuck in their house that number one in 5 families is Food Insecurity she says the number is 2 and 5 for families with children under 12 and higher for africanamerican and hispanic families. As meat plant workers whove grown ill and died from the Global Pandemic dozens of plants shut down and walk around all the 17 out of people. That i save it oh. And trump ordered the plants to reopen with new precautions in the said he plans to change visa rules so that plants can keep Foreign Workers in the u. S. Longer to replace those who are sick or under quarantine but panic buying and a supply chain slowed by social distancing are driving prices higher. Chicagos old meat packing district is filled with restaurants now the old slaughterhouses and meat packing plants have moved to rural areas but the meat is still traded on the Chicago Commodities Exchange a few blocks away where prices have been steadily rising. With no cure and no vaccine in sight the rising arc of food prices continues to mimic the growth of the virus itself john hendren aljazeera chicago the governor is also affecting sorry this is ukraine like many countries around the world as close as borders to foreign is preventing new parents from taking their Children Home has held up as hadiya reports. I know these new borns were supposed to be at home and. Theres change in a facility run by a reproduction clinic in ukraine they were born to surrogate mothers for foreigners but with the countries close borders the parents can travel to them and nurses are now looking after them. And then the muzzle of them in the rental cat cannot be replaced with a thing else no matter how professionally a person looks after babies the psychological and emotional connection must be established within the 1st days of the babys life we try to send parents photographs of the children and organize conference schools but this cannot substitute direct contact with. The issue was raised when the owner of this reproduction centering released a video showing dozens of babies waiting for their parents its estimated that across ukraine nearly 100. 00 infants are in the same situation at borders remain closed and locked down measures are extended many fear the number could quickly rise if you or your. Children here are facing a big problem they cant go to their parents who are in china france spain italy the us and bulgaria theyre all in the same situation because the borders are closed ukraine is one of the few countries that legally allow service e for foreigners with a weak economy many women turn to the controversial industry where they can earn about 15000. 00 for each pregnancy the Foreign Ministry is now trying to find a way to allow parents to travel to ukraine to pick up their infant were going to get them for big business so we have some parents who are 50 to 55 years of age theyve been waiting for this child for 20 years and they were given this opportunity for the parents of these newborns a journey years in the making will have to wait a bit longer. And so the young aljazeera several countries have reported children being treated in hospital or dying from an inflammatory illness so much of the rare kawasakis disease the head of the World Health Organization says theyre studying a possible link to covered 19 reports from europe and north america describe a small number of children being admitted to do intensive care units with a model to system inflammatory condition with some future similar to color searches diseases and toxic shock syndrome. Initial reports hypothesize that this syndrome may be related to 19 its critical toward a gentle and carefully caracter eyes disk lineker syndrome to understand causality and to describe treatment interventions. Many of us have become used to working from home during the pandemic and some businesses are considering whether these changes will be long term to see dorsey announced last week that his employees can carry on working from home indefinitely facebook and google say their staff can continue until next year other companies are doing a cost benefit analysis as restrictions are aides to Research Shows the advantages include greater productivity improved Work Life Balance and Better Mental Health and some employees feel isolated or distracted posing a challenge for employers casey wall is the c. E. O. Of a tuned ai a web based platform that analyzes Employee Motivation he says managing peoples needs will be tricky if working from home continues. So some people the whole reason for them going to work like we have data is in a tuning thats all social relationships and going to build those relationships are why they go and if theyre going to be working from remote for too long by themselves only seeing their families which have good things of course over and over and over it theyre not going to be able to do it so it i think its theres a certain segment that wants to be in the office all the time and a certain segment that really like the remote work and would prefer this to be it but its going to be difficult for companies this is probably the majority in between that like a little bit of this and a little bit of that and how do you set up policies because if its remote work 1st then its kind of easier to manage everybody you get everybody on the skype call but theres groups in person and groups outside you dont have that equal kind of conversation and level of relationship and i think were going to kind of see faces is Many Companies are going to get x. Rays go infrastructure ok you got the zune calls or the skype calls or the Collaboration Tools but how do you keep people productive how do you deal with the Mental Health i think there is a Mental Health benefits but theres also a kind of loneliness in the people that have social relationships as a big intrinsic motivator how are they going to be able to get their needs met epicene so theres a lot of complications i will be coming for these next years for us brazils Ongoing Health minister has stopped short of criticizing his boss chris noth less than a month from the film. Had many disagreements with president jaya both are not all about how brazil is dealing with it spiraling corona Virus Outbreak infections are also rising in mexico but the lock down there is being east. They report on the situation across latin america. Nelson down as brazils minister of health after just weeks in the job as president became increasingly at odds on how to deal with the coronavirus spend their make. This minister is too timid in his efforts to reopen the economy the last straw came after the president issued at the creed a clearing gyms in beauty parlors essential businesses without consulting him but in his Farewell Press Conference to refrain from criticizing the president life is made of choices and today i chose to leave i tell you that i gave the best of me during the period i spent here its not a simple thing to lead a Ministry Like this one in such a difficult time. Is the 2nd Health Minister to leave this post since the start of the crisis his predecessor. Was fired in april for resisting also now risk promotion of an unproven drug to cure could be 19 and his unwillingness to impose social distancing orders all this happening as brazil passes france and germany and the number of confirmed cases in the daily death tolls keeps getting higher the governor of the state of sao paulo where a lockdown remains in place despite the president s wishes as we knew this attack. Was the. President remember that so far 14000 brazilians have lost their lives we are not in the game we are facing a serious crisis of health lost in the economy. But if brazil situation seems increasingly dire it doesnt look much better in mexico where infections are growing at the fastest rate since the start of the pandemic. The spike that president Lopez Obrador announced a partial reopening starting a monday assuring its people that the pekin infections as been reached. Beyond the point where we are beginning to have fewer cases but we have to be careful and not take it easy. On friday clowns appeared at various mexico city metro stations making sure passengers wear a mask wash their hands and maintain social distancing but whats clear across the region as latin america enters the worst phase of the pandemic is that this is no laughing matter. The. Chinese government is shutting down the capital santiago infections there jumped 500 percent in just 2 weeks as a latin america ever said to see a new. Air force planes airlifted patients from chiles capital to hospitals in faraway cities while in santiago all ambulances waited with patients outside a hospital emergency room entrances for up to 10 hours tens of thousands of residents ignored calls for social distancing i think huge for essential goods ahead of the start of the total lockdown something president s of us camping it ahead said would not be necessary. But the exclusion of kuwait 19 inspections in the capital up by more than 500 percent in 2 weeks dashed his hopes of controlling contagion without down the economy. We are fully aware of the difficulties the restrictions and the shortages that a lockdown means for the chilean families were going to make the up mice if it to facilitate food medicine and other basic services during the quarantine might pull it out. Receiving an emergency shipment of ventilators at the airport the president appealed to opponents to unite in the face of a monumental threat behind me is the entrance to sunflowers general cemetery inside grave diggers have been working around the clock in order to meet and in fact surpass their yearly quota of tools in order to be prepared for the worst but many people believe it several have come to this so. The government had boasted that chile was doing better than its neighbors ignoring earlier pleas from doctors and mayors like rudolph or carter to declare a total lockdown before infections got out of control. We have to say it very clearly without panicking that these next 2 weeks are going to be the hardest speaks in the history of chile since the 1973 cool were going to have dead people youre going to have hurt families. Police will be on the lookout not just for those who violate the quarantine but the traffickers who are using Delivery Services which are allowed to circulate as the perfect cover for distributing Illegal Drugs to lose antinarcotic squads have already made more than 200. 00 arrests multiset. They misuse well known brands of Delivery Services to deliver drugs instead of food or medicine why because a policeman probably wont suspect a delivery man on a bicycle thats why were cyber patrolling the social networks to try and identify the traffickers. The battle to stop people from violating or abusing the quarantine is on now the chilis doing good most agree is the right thing but not necessarily soon enough you see in human aljazeera santiago. The u. S. Department store chain j. C. Penney has become the latest corporate casualty of the pandemic is now the 4th might american retail it to file for bankruptcy protection the company has nearly 850 branches and employs 90000 people and have been suffering from financial problems for some time the lock down made things worse. So the pressure is on for u. S. States to get their economies moving again arizona is one thats opening up exposing deep divisions reynolds reports. Demonstrators lay body bags on the grounds of the Arizona State capitol in phoenix they are protesting republican governor doug do seize decision to lift covert 19 restrictions on restaurants gyms and other businesses among the demonstrators practicing social distancing was retired Health Care Safety officer sharlee shape burger her frustration with governors in says decision putting ringback the body bags out there with the grim reaper was very difficult because we think its really doesnt happen to see says the time is right for gradual reopening this is a green light to continue Going Forward on the way out of this pandemic now this is not a green light to speed. This is a green light to proceed and were going to proceed with caution President Donald Trump is pushing to reopen the u. S. Economy despite warnings from Health Officials like dr anthony but a large majority of people do not fully agree with do see or trump a new poll shows more than 80 percent of arizona say theyre not ready to return to jims restaurants hair salons and other public spaces those results are similar to nationwide polls more than 150 arizona Business Owners signed an online letter saying it is too soon to reopen arizona Award Winning chef and restaurant tour Charlene Badman says the risks to her customers and staff are far too great you know with possibility that. Both say theyre frustrated with the media and widespread misinformation if its a hoax still there are still people out there that dont believe this is is real and press is getting a lot of attention says the people that want to reopen opponents of early reopening fear it will lead to another outbreak which will then force officials to clamp down again magnifying the economic damage as tests on all situation. And nobody wants their grandmothers and i would think. Certainly not so they can go mobile and to date more than 620 arizona nts have died from covert 19 and the number of new infections is rising set to reopen this weekend movie theaters rob reynolds aljazeera. Still ahead on aljazeera nasa announced as guidelines on how claimants could one day Work Together on. Blue and he is going to the polls for general elections. But with the u. N. Concerned about the threat of violence many wonder if they can be free in fact. And what effect will phase of coping 19 have on time out. On the indian accents on aljazeera. Apart after public. One just shouldnt on. The one i want to visit the putting school serving up put to vietnam disadvantaged and downtrodden to the phone aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discussed routes and no double life that was in these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and world class journalists. On on just. One of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for it is you know its very challenging the body particularly because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so ill just mend it is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. Welcome back ontarians are complaining about rising food prices during ramadan some items are twice as expensive and on to expected to drop even after the muslim fasting month and about interest has been speaking with baez and serve as a markets in the capital of. She knows what is a shop for the familys next meal she is a regular at this small market in the hurt of the city but says prices have increased dramatically since the start of ramadan. The prizes mean you know what you get for like. 5000. 00 for like 10000. 00 and you just have to keep buying the children not whole consumers say price rises during ramadan happen every year nigeria abundant its price control on commodity boards more than 30 years ago but many here say those boards help to protect consumers from exploitation and with workers wages not last in through to the next paycheck many want them back. Mohamed in a sort of gaze the head of the markets Traders Union he says 70 percent of his customers are staying away but the price increases are not entirely the fault of traders girlie when its all because demand outstrips supply when there are shortages the prices will increase when you factor in the cost of transportation we see that a lot these past few weeks so the increases then automatically transferred to the buyer its particularly difficult now with ramadan coinciding with coffee 1000 pandemic with workers forced to stay at home due to lock downs. Many consumers say theyre cutting costs and watching what they spend and very soon they could be hit by price rises because the muslim festival of the isnt far off. Comedy agrees aljazeera. Record floods have devastated parts of east africa this rainy season with nearly half a 1000000 people displaced like victoria is africas largest lake and sits between tanzania kenya and uganda as malcolm webb reports on what that means for the communities living near that like. Just a few weeks ago this market was bustling with life and sitting on dry land. It in ugandas capital kampala on the shore of lake victoria. Lakes level has been rising and the market traders livelihoods on the water are going to go to the west again but he owns 3 kiosks and was supporting her entire extended family are working my business are full of what i have now we have put my biz in. This mans trying to dig out his shop which is little more than a metal cage so he can take it elsewhere like the. Market chairman try to help by building this walkway. And the water level started increasing back in december we built the walkway to access the shops but it kept on increasing and now you see the shops on the water. Around the lake shore in neighboring kenya the rising water has washed back up rivers causing flash floods. This woman and baby were lucky to survive. Dozens of people have died. Its unusually heavy rains since the end of last year but of course the lake level to rise is here at the source of the river nile in uganda where some of the water flows out the rising waters of broken chunks of swamp land off the lake shores. Creating floating islands that have jammed the dams that generate most of east africas electricity. The lake level was relatively stable until the 1960 s. Since then its been prone to dramatic rises this one is the greatest on record this because were going to go even to the near future. Were going to see more about abilities and intellect so if we dont control development with. It but were going to have a lot of problems in future more than 20000000 people depend on the lake fish they need to live close to it. Tens of thousands are waiting for the water to recede so they can go home. And then waiting for when their homes are flooded again malcolm webb aljazeera. On friday nasa said the stage for global debate on what it can look like to govern the mood the socalled artemus accord seek to establish safety zones that would surround future moon bases to prevent interference from rival countries or companies now says said Companies Working on the moon could own the lunar resorts is that they mind but russia has not been thrilled with these accords criticizing washington for excluding it from early negotiations and an official from nasser has said that he hopes the future of Space Exploration will look a lot more like star trek and less Like Star Wars Francisco Diego is a Senior Research fellow in the department of physics and astronomy at the University College london he says all nations need to Work Together on this projects. People in the United States have not touch with the planet the what is going on well of course it out International Treaties and of course there are a waste of going out into space humankind if we have to remember a few when the us apollo astronauts landed on the moon they left a plaque that says we came in peace for mankind so these needs to be Truly International collaboration not someone that starts setting up the rules and people joining in but internationally set in their way in a way we could take the example of the antarctic treaty that person x. Ray conspiration for scientific purposes that this program doesnt contemplate scientific purposes is very important we want to see an International Collaboration own the lines with the antarctic treaty on the lines of the International Space station and then take it from there gemini but is like a football matches have received 6 games having played it spectators and not allowed across one and all mccain has the story from berlin. What we have right now is situation no fans in the stadiums anywhere across germany where the top flight football is taking place and theyre missing out on plenty of goals having been scored in the games that have been getting under way remember over the course of the next few days saturday sunday monday all 18 teams in the Borders League or will fulfill their fixtures but with nobody in the stadium to watch them in german its called guys goes to games nobody there the point is that these games are being watched if not by people in the stadiums but by people around europe because they are looking at what the boomers leader is doing and and wondering to themselves might this be a template for our countrys many football associations having their eyes on this to see well are the procedures put in place by the blunders the are going to be the sorts of things that they can do because remember the players the squads have to be tested on a very regular basis on the basis of those tests then the teams are able to to field squads who can play against each other fulfill the fixtures and get to the end of the season that is what the blunders League Officials really hope theyre going to be able to do. Well thats it for me for this news on dont go away though more news in just a couple of minutes time here on out so. You know isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story out some of the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact look its reality has a lot exposing ticks triathlon if the rhetoric and claims but they cannot manipulate fire the listening post your insight guide to the media which is the era. Refugees heading for a better life in australia in 2 seconds and sent to Remote Island indefinite detention in holistic conditions of conscience. Understand how to do this to smuggled out footage and eyewitness accounts is the main thing youre doing for people eames asking them not to settle to kill them to witness. A sign. On aljazeera. Its the u. K. s biggest hospital with the eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a London Conference Center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of Army Engineers dramatically expanding the Critical Care bed count and other similar sites on the way the actual london numbers could be much higher than advertised researches say that huge gaps in Testing Capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. For one genocide suspect. Arrested in france up to 25 years on the run. This is on sara live from doha also coming up. A slow move to reopen parts of europe that caution remains to prevent any 2nd wave of coronavirus infections. The babies behind closed doors away from parents desperate to take them home. And food prices