A deal in israel today as Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu takes the lead in a unity government to end a long running political crisis. We begin in latin america which is emerging as a global coronavirus hotspot crumbling Health Systems struggling economies and political divisions are making matters worse in some countries and brazil which is the worst hit in the region with the 4th highest number of cases in the world president jabil tomorrow has been a rallying his supporters to back his call to end the lockdown and reopen the economy of the game according to the president we will change brazils destiny even with this crisis affecting the entire world thanks to mr spicer the wonderful people here we are together brazil is ours. Well brazil has recorded over 15000 deaths more than all other latin american nations combined 230000 people are known to be infected there but limits on testing experts say are likely hiding the true much higher figure in chile one of the regions other major pandemic hotbeds a growing number of cases are fueling fear and racism particularly against haitians the largest Migrant Community. But we begin in brazil where the president has repeatedly downplayed the risks of covert 19 and hes pushing to reopen the economy many people including Health Workers feel theyre being left on their own to battle the pandemic branka good to have more not. A virus that makes grieving difficult for those who are infected and also its little perspired put those claim to treat them this Specialized Hospital agree or destroy our state is on the frontline of brazils fight against the corner virus the country is the worst affected in latin america and the state has the 2nd highest number of deaths most hospitals are running out of blood and the intensive care units there are good while what is todays big problem its the law of supply and demand the number of doctors is very low were looking for more doctors to hire to run this hospital 100 percent this disease isnt kidding around whoever thinks its a joke is going to lose their life people have to take precautions. This neighborhood is one of the poorest in sao paulo and the virus has taken many peoples Friends Family members and neighbors the district. Has some of the highest numbers of deaths in the city. Clergy were trickiest lost his mother to the virus and his father is recovering in a Field Hospital hes spending his time distributing free meals put those who cant afford to eat let me say. I have a mission to fulfill and im sure my mother is supporting me at this moment im sure shes looking at me wherever she is and saying go and play your part a mission that seems critical in a place where social distancing im going in water seem like a. Huge detail we have all these advice about social isolation wash your hands stay at home but at a price of milk last there. Richest ones. Brazil has some of the highest number of reported deaths on infections in the world but experts say a lack of testing means there could be many more. Brazils Health Minister has stepped down after just weeks in the job the 2nd minister to go so the pandemic began preston job as a postwar towns and wants to reopen a quota soon even though the disease that hes called a little slow is taking many lives and causing much hardship. Aljazeera. Well haitians the largest Migrant Community in chile say theyre facing discrimination as the number of virus cases rise they have been some of the worst conditions and arming the poorest paid many are afraid to seek help for fear of being deported a lot in america and its honesty and human reports on their plight from santiago. They call them see dead is Large Properties subdivided into small quarters where one or more families live cramped together often sharing a bathroom with up to a dozen other families theyre the only option for many haitian migrants in chile like the show in santa fe you can see the kitchen doesnt work the bathroom too but its difficult for us to run to and hi to my children each have their own room i would never bring them here. To be has the largest haitian Migrant Community outside of the United States and its Public Knowledge that theyre exploited by unscrupulous landlords and now with the coronavirus pandemic theyre being discriminated further. Oh. How a few weeks ago this day with 88. 00 rooms became nationwide new Health Authorities moved the haitian residence to a special learned teen area with better facilities but 1st the results of their parole or virus test were published on the municipalitys web page violating a patients right to confidentiality the news spread like wildfire even before the cameras arrived the neighbors began throwing rocks and hurling insults at the haitians because a few of them had been confirmed to be carrying coronavirus now they tell us that they feel even more discriminated and vulnerable than ever. The fear of the virus is only increased to stigmatize ation of haitians says ralph gianbattista who works as a Community Translator there are only a 5th of the communities very angry and upset if theyd been from europe from german. This would not have happened ralph is always dressed impeccably because he says it helps to counter the constant disrespect of blacks by chileans there. Then these people say get out and blocky there is cruel discrimination here that we cant ignore. Its made worse because many haitian migrants dont speak spanish and dont know their rights and. With very precarious Living Conditions its even more difficult for them to survive in a pandemic they charged rents which many cant afford the virus doesnt discriminate but we do. The governor of santiagos metropolitan region agrees that many migrants are living in inhumane conditions. But when we asked why authorities havent stopped landlords from renting unsanitary and overcrowded living quarters he blamed the matters on which. The truth is that authorities have constantly turned a blind eye to a sanitary and human rights dilemma that is punishing those who came here for a better life as never before you see in human aljazeera sentimental. Afghanistans president ashraf ghani and his main rival Abdullah Abdullah have signed a power sharing agreement bringing to an end months of political deadlock both men had declared themselves winners of the last years disputed election under the new deal gone he will stay on as president of dollar will lead any future peace talks with the taliban members of his team will be in the cabinet in afghanistan as today is a historic day for our dear afghanistan afghans have proven that they are committed to their National Interests and will share in it without the help of International Mediation we can reach a solution in a reasonable manner i would like to thank the heat of the high council for peace and National Reconciliation of afghanistan mr abdullah for his commitment to the National Interest of the country in fulfilling this big responsibility. Reaching the political agreement was not easy because the views were very different but with gods help and for the benefit of the country a big step was taken because instability was not in afghanistans interest and could have plunged afghanistan into crisis well heres how we reached this point in february Election Commission declared ashraf ghani when a last years election but his rival Abdullah Abdullah disputed it saying he had won the vote in the following month adel announced the formation of a parallel government complicating u. S. Efforts to reach a deal with the taliban later in march u. S. Secretary of state might pompei a travel to kabul to mediate as washington announced plans to cut a 1000000000 dollars in aid and now with the power sharing deal in place the next issue will be to decide who will hold the top positions in government well Michael Ohanlon is a senior fellow and director of research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution he joins us live from bethesda in the u. S. State of maryland michael so how significant then is this power sharing deal between ashraf ghani and Abdullah Abdullah i mean these sorts of political deals are pretty shaky at the best of times or is it likely to work do you think. Well its very good news but it really just takes away a potential cause of catastrophe in the entire afghanistan effort because its gonna get out do and continue to feud United States might have become even less interested in supporting them might have accelerated its troop drawdown might have cut its 87 more other nato nations would have probably followed and this could have given great sustenance as well to the taliban narrative that the Afghan Government was not serious or legitimate or sustainable and so for all those reasons we were on a path towards a cliff when gandhian abdula could not agree on how to Work Together the fact that they have this understanding now i think is very good news in the sense that it takes away that particular cliff but there are still huge additional problems as you know which this deal by itself does not solve ok and even necessarily mitigate so that so under the deal Michael Abdullah will need peace negotiations with the taliban but lets just cost our mind back to last month the taliban walks out saying face to face talks with the government of fruitless so where does this then leave the Peace Process. Well thats exactly right this is not help the Peace Process it simply prevents it from completely collapse it does not provide a vision or a specific concept that could lead towards meaningful power sharing in a situation where both parties think they are essentially the rightful rulers d of afghanistan and that they have the momentum and the power on their side this is not a situation thats right for rapid compromise and i think that therefore this deal really just heads off a complete breakdown now dr abdul will have a lot of responsibilities not simply going to be a government spokesman or negotiator he will he will be attempting to bring together other parts of Afghan Civil Society and Political Society and represent not only the gandhi government but essentially all of the republic in afghanistan if you will the broader effort to build a new polity and build a modern state and so his responsibilities under this deal are enormous and thats good news that means that he actually has got some very big responsibilities hes not just accepting some Subsidiary Role in gandhis government thats why the deal makes sense and thats why the deal with gandhi in a duel makes sense because it doesnt necessarily help us as you say towards an actual deal with the taliban michael lets talk about the americans they are key to this as well because the pentagon says u. S. Troops are on track to pull out but some people question whether the u. S. Taleban agreement which was supposed to bring peace was mainly just a withdrawal deal to deliver on trumps domestic political promise to bring u. S. Troops back home. You know we have that worry about i interviewed secretary of defense mark esper 2 weeks ago over the same kind of electronic medium thats the way it happens these days and my last question my last big question was about afghanistan and he made it pretty clear that there has been no decision yet in other words if the taliban completely obstruct a Peace Process i dont think it is predetermined that the trumpet ministration would decide to pull all u. S. Forces out of afghanistan next year i just dont think that citizens but may for one thing trump hasnt been reelected yet and his chances of being reelected are probably only 5050 secondly the deal is written in such a way as to maintain creative ambiguity if you will to create the possibility of the United States changing its mind later on if it decides for example that the taleban has not been serious about the Peace Process just a final thought to michael meanwhile violence in the country is getting worse the economys in shambles and now we have the coronavirus so how much hope is there that this deal will bring a loss to peace to the people of afghanistan were a long ways away from lasting peace our hearts go out to the people of afghanistan tragically at this moment and so no this particular understanding just gives the possibility of Getting Started on a Peace Process in a serious way thats still very good news compared to the alternative but its nowhere near the finish line Michael Ohanlon thank you very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us thank you very much. Now after more than a year and a half of inconclusive elections and political paralysis and he was ready government has been sworn in a long time Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his political rival benny gantz have agreed to share power each will spend 18 months in charge are a force that reports now from western muslims. Even after 3 inconclusive elections and being charged in 3 Corruption CasesBenjamin Netanyahu has shown once again that hes going nowhere we dont have the old with out of great responsibility binny gains and i decided to form a unity government and avoid a further really how far we have to look at the division and distrust remain evident in this unity deal now you know who in his former rival benny gantz have written into it all kinds of guards against betrayal sworn in simle taney asli as Prime Minister and alternate netanyahu to go 1st then gantz after 18 months an unprecedented 36 ministries shared equally. We decided to take National Responsibility especially at this time israel needs a National Government that represents broad sections of the country after more than 10 years the era of government by one half of the nation is over we are here to represent those who felt they had no voice in leading this country. But gans also predicted bitter arguments to come one big difference their position on an exceeding 30 percent of the occupied west bank under the terms of the trump peace plan dances calling for a delay in consultation netanyahu is doubling down. On it it is time to apply israeli law and rise a glorious chapter in the history of zionism this state doesnt delay peace it brings it closer because peace must be based on the truth and the truth is that there are hundreds of thousands of settlers and you dare n. Sumeria under the Coalition Deal netanyahu can bring an extension for a vote and he time after july the 1st veto power of the terms of the deal say that annexation has to be carried out in coordination with the us and must not threaten any Regional Peace treaties and now the u. S. Seems to be signaling that it wants to see a delay and jordans king says annexation would cause massive conflict with Israel Netanyahu and dan say the new government answers the call of the israeli people at a time of pandemic and economic crisis began to swarm opposition ally says it serves the interests of politicians not voters accord look at how this government was established 0 trust between the partners everything through lawyers and Court Debates overriding the basic laws people who dont believe a word the other says. It is at least for now a functioning government the 1st israel has had a nearly 18 months but its structure is unprecedented and faces severe tests of the impact of the coronavirus and accession and having a Prime Minister whose corruption trial is due to start next sunday are a force that west to salem. Lots more to come here and aljazeera including a political standoff in syria is a Family Affair the president s cousin refuses to step down as head of the countrys top mobile operator more on that stay with us. From. Palo way say more severe storms into central parts of the u. S. Weve also got trouble storm after just offshore here thats going to run its way up towards the mid Atlantic States as we go on through the next day or 2 you can see the system which will push up toward North Carolina maybe into virginia as we go on through monday come inland we got some very wet weather still pushing in across the plains easing over towards the appalachians 12 celsius there in chicago some hate ahead of that d. C. At around 21. 00 degrees a similar value as we go wanting to choose say that western weather slowly but surely continuing to push its way east was bright skies come back in behind the course essential areas still a chance of one or 2 showers there over the rockies temps is around 800. 00 s. If a San Francisco need to see some useful showers theres a welcome showers coming into a good part of california even into central parts some lobby showers into the caribbean as we go on through the next day i also think across northern and western parts of the region so well see sweater weather into Northern Areas of cuba maybe sliding down into Central America big showers there just around costa rican to correct youre pushing into panama slushy fine for the Lesser Antilles with plenty of tropical sunshine. For. A city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but as the poet structure that maintains the can only project thats what we refuse it was one of the founders of the 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. Welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here on aljazeera brazils president jaya balls in our is rallying his supporters to back his call to end the lockdown this despite 15000 coronavirus deaths thats more thats more than all other latin american nations combined. Afghanistans president ashraf ghani has signed a sharing agreement with those rival of the. 2 men have been locked in a stalemate over last years disputed election. And a new unity government has been formed in israel after 3 deadlocked elections Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his former rival turned partner benny gantz would take turns leaving. Now the editor of a prominent egyptian online newspaper. Has been released on bail after outrage over her arrest the publication says lena was arrested outside the tora prison complex and cairo there ward winning journalist was interviewing the mother of jailed activist about fatah who was on a Hunger Strike protesting his detention and shell appear in court on monday a toddlers arrest is the latest in a wider crackdown thats been criticized by Rights Groups the u. N. And the committee for the protection of journalists well sure of mansoul is the middle east and north africa coordinator for the committee to protect journalists and joins us via skype from new york show so whats your response then to the arrest of lina and what more has your group been hearing about the reasons why she was detained in the 1st place. Whether neal for us live not the land mother must have suffered a lot of progress and by the Egyptian Government even allow for the novels currently on Hunger Strike in jail he is the mother must contribute on columnist and he was arrested after writing a critical column and. And for many reasons this is nothing. To marry you for egypt we know that egypt has been one of the waters jailer of jordan is now since 2 so the no 13 and the government had to use every possible excuse to go after john and its there and this time they basically are trying to do in the manner of taking videos and pictures of military look ation in this case its the tora prison where the many journalists and the political activists have been ok in jail but just let me just jump in quickly their share of because as you say we know she was arrested outside the prison where this prominent activist abdel fatah is being held what more do we know about any abuse of his legal rights and his Health Condition in prison. He has written very. Few times when he was allowed to speak up and when his family was able to hear from him but just in for example the fact that he was beaten and stripped naked when he was arrested and he was told by police that he will never see the light again and there was also a lot of news that happened over the last 6 weeks including his family trying to access him. Have the rights of visitation have his lawyer contact him when they should government incest then all of this they wouldnt even allow his family to. Enter food it occasion for him while he. Is saying there is no reason for him there was no charges over any particular is given to justify keeping him in custody in the pretrial detention right just a final thought to you sheriff we know that egypt has increasingly targeted as you say journalists since the removal of president morsy back in 2013 even Reporters Without Borders says around 30 journalists are still locked up in egyptian jails so against that backdrop what more can groups like yours the committee to protect journalists and the International Community actually do. Well what we can do is working at it. You know create more noise and make it even more difficult for the government to dismiss or try to justify those artists unfortunately though egypt has paid the scam price for repression and mainly because of the us that was the power its failure to pressure the country to think it over to speak climate for the press and we are hoping that would change if there is a better leadership in the us better than the trumpet ministration but even without any possible pressure from European Countries even their ambassador is egypt calling an end quote in constant lee is the most guaranteed to have any sort international churchmen so good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to aljazeera. Thank you for having me now theres a growing rift in syria within the president s inner circle Bashar Al Assads cousin a business tycoon has refused to step down as the head of the largest mobile phone operator in a 60 minute video posted online rami matter of says the collapse of syria tel would be a catastrophic setback for the economy he says hes on a pressure to one of the profits from his empire or face arrest this is the 3rd such video that mcclure has posted in recent weeks. But id be real easy i wont step down if i resign i would be feted the company and the country the height of the war i did not abandon my country my president or my folks to do it now. Now the u. S. President has hit back at criticism from barack obama who said the government has fumbled its response to the pandemic he was a president thats all i can say roughly. Speaking as he arrived back at the white house from his weekend retreat at camp david trump again boasted that a cure would be found by the end of the year a conference of timelines from medical experts the us has the most virus deaths on inspections in the world by far more than 98000 people 89000 people have died and there are over 1400000 cases john hundreds in chicago and says trumps popularity is wavering President Trump has made something of a short political career attacking barack obama really beginning with a time that he kept demanding that obama present his birth certificate the accusation being that he actually was not born in the u. S. And so now hes criticizing obama hes been blaming the Obama Administration for 3 years into the company ministration for the handling of the pandemic saying that bamma left him obama left him unprepared and you had some pretty harsh words from president obama who never invoked the name trump in these graduation speeches that he gave but made it very clear that he felt that the Trump Administration was doing a poor job telling kids that they should do the right thing essentially saying this administration was not doing it that echoes what obama has been saying in private meetings with other people some of which has leaked so this time it was trump firing back at obama but trump has been accusing obama of causing much of his problems for 3 years now its certainly hurt his popularity here in the u. S. Theres about 37 percent of the u. S. Population that seems to be in favor of trump no matter what happens but right now youve gotten roughly 90000 there are about 300000 deaths worldwide that means almost one in 3 are here in the United States. India has extended a nationwide lockdown for at least 2 more weeks schools malls and other Public Places were main mostly closed in the meantime Migrant Workers left jobless as a result of the lockdown continue to make their way home many of them on foot theyve complained the trains and buses organized by the government to take them back and not enough dozens of them have died in accidents the total number of infections across india has crossed 90000 supposing china where the pandemic began European Countries are coming out of the lockdown trying to balance the need of lives and livelihoods against the risk of a 2nd wave of infections in the u. K. The continents worst outbreak is still deliberating over when and how schools should open some of the reports soaring temperatures high humidity the 1st heat wave of the year has descended on greece in the capital africans the easing of the lockdown did little to tempt people onto its streets instead it was the beaches that many drifted towards all the while remaining one of the heart beat is a part travel across the main will be allowed for monday but it will be another week after that before its islands will allow visitors again. Slowly the country continues to open up. Its churches unlock their doors to the faithful for the 1st time in 2 months. Im taking precautions because they ordered it not so much because im afraid i always kept distancing and kept apart from my grandchildren. In the u. K. The lockdown has been extended until at least the end of june the woman weather has tempted few on to the beaches here confusion over the governments new guidelines remains as well as efforts to reopen schools while government ministers and scientists attempt to calm fears that allowing children back could cause infections to rise it does seem from what we know now that children are getting it. And certainly. Getting from the disease from one country trying to emerge from lock down to another still in self isolation russia has the worlds 2nd fastest rate of new infections behind the United States with moscow the epicenter of its epidemic. More than 1700 new cases were recorded on sunday the number of deaths from 19 has now surpassed 2600 much lower compared to the u. S. U. K. And italy but questions still remain about how russia is registering those deaths and whether its attributing them to cause is. Aljazeera. Africa check of the headlines here on aljazeera brazils president jeb olson arias rallying his supporters to back his call to end the lockdown despite 15000 coronavirus deaths in the country more than all other latin american nations combined. We will change brazils destiny even with this crisis affecting the entire world thanks to mr stein to the wonderful people here we are together brazil is ours afghanistans president has signed a posh airing agreement with his rival Abdullah Abdullah the 2 had been locked in a stalemate over last years disputed election. Will now lead the council to peace talks on members of his team before part of the cabinet a new unity government has been formed in israel after 3 deadlocked elections Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his former rival turned partner benny gantz would take turns leading each serving 18 months apiece its a prominent egyptian online newspaper has been released on bail after outrage over her arrest the publication says lena was arrested outside the tora prison complex and colorado the Award Winning journalist was interviewing the mother of a jailed activist she will appear in court on monday india has extended a nationwide coronavirus lockdown for at least 2 more weeks until may 31st schools malls and other Public Places will remain mostly closed. Meanwhile the exodus continues for Migrant Workers left jobless for months due to the total shutdown many are making the journey back to their home states by foot 150. 00 have died in accidents so far the u. S. President has hit back at criticism from barack obama who said the government has fumbled as its response to the pandemic you wouldnt got president thats all i can say roughly. Speaking as he arrived back at the white house summers weekend retreat at camp david donald trump again boasted that a cure would be found by the end of the year contrary to timelines from medical experts the u. S. Has the most virus deaths and infections in the world by far more than 89000 people have died and there are about 1400000 cases those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after risking it all statement on somebodys life now. The promise of peace in the middle east. But a new dilemma after the death of the man at the center of the palestinian struggle now more than 40 years after to stablish mint how far has the p. L. O. Come to achieving its hopes and dreams concluding the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home of p. L. O. History of a revolution on aljazeera