Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

To filipino seafarers facing an uncertain future. The u. N. Is warning the pandemic is having an a devastating impact on Indigenous People well beyond that the immediate threat to their health. And research is Prime Minister stepped down after months of pressure related to the killing of his exwife. In School Professional rugby players in new zealand on the Training Field we report on the countrys efforts to secure its National Schools financial future. Now there will be an independent investigation into the World Health Organizations handling of the current virus pandemic the move by Member States comes as economic powers the u. S. And china continue to engage in a war of words over the outbreak thats now killed more than 300. 00. 1000 people china accuses the u. S. Of avoiding responsibility and shifting the blame for its mishandling of the crisis to present on trump threaten to permanently hope funding to the w. H. O. That means the agency would lose its single largest contributor the u. S. Gives more than 400000000. 00 a year trying to shoot the threats in the letter to the head of the organization which he then posted on twitter in it he accuses the w. H. O. Of mistakes and in action he writes it is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic have been extremely costly for the wilds he also says officials backed china saying the only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence he then ends the lesser demanding major changes to the Organization Trump writes if the World Health Organization does not commit to major substantial improvements within the next 30 days i will make my temporary freeze of u. S. Funding to the World Health Organization permanent while the us president also accuses china of being partly responsible for the w. H. S. Actions and i think theyve done a. Very sad job in the list period of time and again the United States pays them 450000000. 00 a year china pays them 38000000000. 00 a year and theyre a puppet of china. China centric to put it nicer but theyre a puppet of china. I mean war the u. S. Tries to use china as an issue to shirk responsibility and bargain over its International Obligations to the w. H. O. This is a miscalculation and the u. S. Has picked the wrong target and they were in there. The u. S. Leaders open later is full of hints perhaps and maybe tries to use specious methods to mislead the public and achieve the goals of smearing chinas anti virus if its an shoot responsibility for the United States on insufficient response this is futile. Well get reaction from our White House Correspondent can be held at very shortly but fast to london with us a baker has more from the w. H. O. As i knew assembly as a lets start with this resolution that were hearing about now no objections it seems to this independent inquiry. Yes thats quite remarkable considering the turn 4 weve been having over the dalles so the accusations been labeled at the devolved Health Organization and the politics been take that there were no objections that this was cosponsored by over 100 countries but it was put forward by the European Union now initially when a stray you had suggested a resolution calling for International Investigation china had responded angrily saying that that was targeted at them but this time china didnt object to neither did the United States and the resolution calls for an independent impartial and comprehensive evaluation and review into how the World Health Organization dealt with the pandemic and the results she will be reported at next years World Health Organization assembly now whats also important is that this text included within that resolution that says that they will look into the zoonotic source of the virus and how it got from animals to humans and that is something that investigators will be looking at china for and the agreement within that resolution that there will be collaborative field teams that will go out and investigate that said despite the seeming unity on this resolution there is this escalating blame game spat between not only the u. S. And china but also the u. S. And the w. H. O. Isnt clear exactly what the u. S. Wants the w. H. O. To do here. No its not clear at all and no one is clear in terms of what President Donald Trump wants the World Health Organization to do its not clear what he wants them to do over the next 30 days after threatening to permanently withdraw that funding that the accusations against the World Health Organization is that they were didnt want the world quick enough in terms of the risk of human to human transmission well the World Health Organization says that they. Warning in early january a warning of the human crewman to human transfer transmission also the accusation is that the World Health Organization is too close to china and in the evaluate the information that they were getting from china quick enough that the World Health Organization says that they put out a call in the pandemic a Concern International concern one day before the United States partly suspended flights from china so the World Health Organization has been defending itself yesterday the Director Director said that we cant have another organization this is the only one we have a pill for more support and more funded as a bank that for us across all those developments from london thank you i said well lets lets now go to our White House Correspondent candy how it can mean what are we hearing from the white house about all of these escalating tensions. Well we have a statement from the u. S. Mission to the United Nations it is calling for an independent impartial and comprehensive review of the World Health Organization is Pandemic Response and whats important in all of this is that this request is that it be a review that is done in consultation with Member States now is you pointed out the United States is alleging and particularly the u. S. President is alleging that the World Health Organization ignored credible reports of the virus spreading inside will han outside in december now we should point out that a Peer Reviewed medical journals its highly respected here in the United States called the lancet has said that this is factually incorrect still this is the assertion of the u. S. President who is looking for someone to blame for the fact that the u. S. Economy has been a blitter rated as a result of coronavirus hitting the United States and we should also note that when it comes to the president s threats they should be taken seriously weve seen this time and time again including with china the trade war that is in many ways devastated some aspects of the u. S. Economy the u. S. President continued to hike up tariffs against china bringing its goods into the United States in order to achieve structural change something that he was partially successful in doing in the promise that he made on the campaign trail so the view of this president philosophically from the beginning is always been the american taxpayer is not getting its moneys worth in other words the United States is the biggest donor to the World Health Organization it he feels that it was owed more in terms of being prepared for this pandemic again having enormous financial consequences so we knew this was coming the u. S. President said in april look at suspending the money for 60. 00 days now hes put a tight timeline on that for making it permanent saying that look we need this review done in the next 30 days or in pulling the funding all together and well be hearing from kimberly later on in the show about what donald trump has been saying about other things as well but for now thank you very much company. Well ties between china and a strain also under growing strain after beijing impose tariffs and suspended imports of australian Agricultural Products its being seen as retaliation for push for a global investigation into the origins of private 19 Nuclear Gauge reports from a farming town in the state of New South Wales. The paddocks of return to green on this farm in regional New South Wales where Jeff Henderson looks after 550 angus cattle recent rain brought. Drought but the multibillion dollar cattle industry is now in the middle of an escalating trade dispute between australia and china putting thousands of jobs at risk the. Things considerably plant crops up to the future. Potential caps like this sort of put there by. China has suspended beef imports from 4 of the strategies major rabbits was but its being seen by some analysts as china using tried to punish a strong leader for pushing for a global inquiry into the origins. Of droughts and floods and far as what we need in rural and regional is travelling at the moment is investment certainty and where there is uncertainty in markets like china that is not a good thing for farmers as well as disrupting the cattle industry china is also threatening to impose tariffs of up to 80 percent on a strategy in bali imports some farmers have stopped sowing to the. Beijing followed through with that threat on monday thank you plea putting in into a strange bali trade with china reaping hundreds of millions of dollars from the industry china is no longer a rising power its a reason and what we know of superpowers is that they are their wealth to try and influence of the countries to do that and i think we will see china doing more of that in the. Relations between the 2 nations have been under strain well before tain or of relegation chinese interference in australian politics but china is biggest trade partner the question is how to strike a balance between business and standing up to one of the worlds biggest economies gauge aljazeera in the town of ku quo. Well the current virus pandemic is also devastation the Global Maritime industry more than 20000. 00 filipinos who work on ships have now been repatriated while thousands more remain stranded on board after losing their jobs the billions that work is normally sent home account for 10 percent of the philippines g. D. P. And thats now dried up and the government says its having a devastating impact on the economy tomorrow and are going to has more from the capital. Given put at the will was a waiter and the entertainer for an International Cruise ship for over 80 years he was earning more than enough to provide for his family in the beginner region. But the coronavirus president changed all that. He was repatriated and now under quarantine for over a month in manila with no clear idea as to what the future home you feel stress you feel like youre going home but you can guess all those things that you experienced from this crisis its really hard because you know you miss your family intensities just need to have this shame for them. More than 20000 filipinos who work on ships abroad have returned home since the coronavirus pandemic began many remain stranded in hotels while others are held up on their cruise ships anchored off the harbor. The Philippine Coast guard is testing thousands of them in manila those who test negative are given clearance and the systems to go back to their communities while those who test positive are turned over to Health Officials but thousands more filipinos are believed to have been stranded abroad at International Ports where they were prevented from this embarking on here at the same time you are you are blessed said because he will work here you are earning him money. But on the other part of us now we are. We are mission that we are already whole and we are family we are waiting for the world to truth or not the normal the philippines provides a quarter of the workforce of the Global Maritime industry many working merchant ships ferrying more than 90 percent of global supplies and in the philippines their contribution is invaluable filipino seafarers are the country is the most prized exports they send back at least 6000000000. 00 of remittances every year thats about 10 percent of the countrys Gross Domestic Product but those who are returned home say they dont feel as if they are valued instead they have been discriminated against by the very communities they once called home the street in manila used to be full of aspiring workers looking for jobs and ships overseas now its been reduced to this a place where their dreams for a better life are put to hold at least for now. Im just here in manila. Well the United Nations is also warning that the coronavirus is having a devastating impact on Indigenous People around the wilds and brazil doctors say the number of critically ill patients in airlifted out of the amazon rainforest has increased by 60 percent since the start of this pandemic. Reports. Inside this plane theres a critically ill cope with 19 patients nobody. Really thought oh hes a member of an indigenous tribe who live in brazils amazon rain forest hes been airlifted to menow so one of the few cities in am is in a state with intensive care beds. Every day 2 planes are going out one is for normal patients and the other is to cover patients sometimes you dont have a normal patient but we have a patient with covert elipse for covered patients have gone up a lot its gone up 60 percent for removals. Latest figures show there were more than 500 confirmed cases over 19 among 40 tribes many Indigenous People have gone into voluntary isolation barricading roads to protect their villages from the pandemic but the disease is spreading quickly. We have an underdeveloped interior 4 or 5 cities have intensive care units and many of them are not operate tional those in the rest of the interior those in underdeveloped areas are trying to get to my mouse and we could see a new wave of crowded hospitals fights for vacancies and intense situation even before the Coronavirus Crisis brazils Indigenous People say they were in a struggle for survival they say president jaya bull scenario has stripped them of their rights and dismantled environmental protections opening the amazones mineral riches from all commercial exploitation. 19 is an additional threat a time of heightened tension the tribes say they dont have the resources needed to fight the disease if the question of Indigenous People is. Or its worth i mean especially in this pandemic crisis because. The marketing that is stationed the Indigenous People out being so for suffer historically its because also the lack of Services Human Rights Groups who own that illegal miners and logos in the amazon rain forest are exploiting the pandemic and that the government is ignoring or even encouraging illegal land seizures at a time when Indigenous People almost ponderable Victoria Gate in the aljazeera. Libyas internationally recognized government is continuing its offensive against forces loyal to world Khalifa Haftar in the west after taking control of the hour to air base on monday jan a forces now say theyve also retaken the towns of t. G. And dead that south of the base had been used as have does headquarters in western libya since 2014 but a spokesman for have to us forces is downplaying the loss of the base how bad the minute you are this move was not made in the spur of the moment it was planned for months weve been pulling out Strategic Equipment and heavy military gear from the banks 3 months ago we pulled out the jet fighters and their ammunition and spear parts only yesterday orders were given to personnel to withdraw under cover the withdrawal was successful and weve moved the personnel and all the weaponry in ammunition and we have our own planes and we will recapture the year base when our correspondent but otherwise head is in tripoli and he says im losing that base has dealt a major blow toward Khalifa Haftar as offensive. Escalation around the city. In. The south of. In the south of the capital tripoli the city of a sabah is one of half to the forces strongholds and the move to assad after the last the city of body and last june. After the capture of both towns of t. G. And bedded in the worst of the mountain moved on. And according to local sources there began forces try to convince Elderly Council and. Responsible people there to hand over without fighting but some have to fight as their fused and engage with the Government Forces in fighting now the Government Forces decided to war to the south with after the took control of a to b. As you know. Very strategic and. As have those forces last year. It has changed their balance of power in other front lines namely in southern tripoli as you know that the spokesman of how to the forces stated that they are repositioning the are regrouping and this has been interpreted as a kind of. He is paving for kind of was to the world now is Prime Minister has resigned after months of pressure over allegations of involvement in murder thomas to mine is coalition fell apart in Parliament Last monday and he was asked to step down by the end of this week to make way for a new government to manny is suspected of conspiring to murder his former wife his current wife has been formally charged with murder but they both deny any involvement in her death. Thats the look on true meaning remain. That the way that you address me may not yet be over but the time to draft them degrades yetto of action and take gleason 5. As. Well lets get more now from his following developments for us from harare given all of the controversy it really feels like this has been a very Long Time Coming but until now to bonnie has resistance or what finally pushed him over the line here. Well its going to one of those things where people are going to watch and see how things play out they know that thomas the money has officially handed in his is a list his resignation in a 2 king live even the king could ask him to stay on to some kind of kid take a Prime Minister until a new Prime Minister sworn in that person will likely be finance minister by jorai hes 58 years old he used to work through the i. M. F. Hes generally liked by people into camp when it comes to the army they really havent had to deal with him that much but political analysts say that they think that the army will be neutral and will support him to many things his priority will be the economy and reviving the Agricultural Sector and to make sure poor people in the suit to try to get a better life once he is in power to buy any of this got a resignation a thought she feels hes retiring because he feels hes too old to leave but many people in the city know that hes under a lot of pressure space when it comes to his being allegedly evil. Allegedly involved in the murder of his former wife. I do want to ask you more about that because it doesnt sound like this is a substantial of political shift in the city so what next then for thomas to ban and whats going on with this medical. All eyes go on this court case of his he had approached the Constitutional Court and he dodged them to basic. The say that because he was a sitting Prime Minister he should not be charged for his alleged involvement in the murder of his former wife but now thats going to change one thing you Prime Minister is sworn in so people will wait and see how that plays out some analysts say the reason why he took so long to resign is because he was maybe trying to organize some kind of exit package for him self maybe trying to protect people around him including his current wife and maybe is trying to make he gets immunity from prosecution but all of this will be revealed one thing new Prime Minister is sworn in it could be choose day or possibly even wednesday and well continue watching all that closely thank you very much daryn which also theyre following everything for us from harare. Hundreds of civilians have disappeared during yemens 5 year war many are said to have been taken in for questioning by the saudi u. A. E. Coalition and their families on desperate for answers about their whereabouts stephanie deca has mill its the no moon which is the hardest part its been 5 years since these children lost their father since his wife lost needs a certain he was in life and there is a new menu multiple perfumes i havent heard about my husband since he was abducted not even a color news i havent heard his voice since then i dont know anything i searched on looked everywhere i made reports to the police and the Security Director of i even went to the ministry of the interior. According to his wife adel her dad was a bus driver in yemen southern port city of aden she says he was taken for questioning by groups backed by saudi arabia and the u. A. E. November of 2016. He isnt the only one to disappear the 5 year war has left many families with the same pain and uncertainty these mother hold with the protest they want on cers. We appeal for the release of our children weve been looking for them for 4 years and we havent found them if there is something they should put them on trial at least they should let us talk to them see them what theyre doing is forbidden 2 of my sons were forcibly taken every mother and wife here has been in such pain for 4 years the risk of covert 1000 has added to their worries the relatives. Yemens Health Care System is barely functioning of 3 years of war the official number of current infections here is relatively low but aid agencies fear the numbers are far higher the World Health Organization has warned that a large outbreak of the virus here could be disastrous there is a severe lack of equipment especially when it comes to ventilators there is no capacity to cope and as the rest of the world focuses on battles to contain the coronavirus it seems to be the only subject that makes News Headlines these days but it hasnt stopped the conflict here and its only added to the worries of those desperate for answers Stephanie Decker aljazeera. Well returning to the corona virus pandemic now and as weve been hearing the impact from the pandemic is already being felt around the wild the World Bank Says some 60000000 people could be pushed into extreme poverty this year to provide some relief the banks Emergency Operations have reached 100 countries since march and says its trying to protect the most Vulnerable People reinforce Health Systems and support eco economic recovery now nearly one 3rd of the total projects are in fragile and conflict affected countries including afghanistan chad haiti and you say the world bank has promised 160000000000. 00 in grants and Financial Support over a 15 month period and that includes medical supplies for countries like pakistan the philippines and iraq well we can now talk to the president of the World Bank David Malpass he joins us now from washington d. C. Thank you for taking the time to be with us mr path and let me start by asking you about this 160000000000. 00 where is the money coming from and is it being redirected from the needs potentially. Hello and happy to be and so the money is part of the World Bank Portfolio you know how the World Bank Works is to borrow money from the Financial Markets and also take money from donors the major donor countries the higher Income Countries around the world are contributing and so did the bank puts that through both grants and loans to the poorer countries. But mr mouth us was that money meant to be going somewhere else and its now been redirected to addressing the pandemic. For some of the countries what theyve done is. Canceled. Their projects that were not moving forward either because they were having trouble making them work or they were they were no longer needed given the extent of the pandemic but in 60 out of the 100 country programs are brand new programs so theres a combination of new programs and redirected funds and expanded funds from from other existing our programs ive been looking at some of the applications here for this funding and it looks very very varied and there are a number of trends here that i want to ask you about because it does look like the poorest countries have asked for the least money and the richest countries have asked for the most i mean richest in terms of the portfolio that you cover so 0. 40 per head in malawi compared to more than 14. 00 a head in the maldives how do you decide just what to fund. The programs are tailored to the country and to the requests from the country i dont know those 2 specific cases part of it is the ability of the bank to provide the equipment in lets say personal protective equipment some countries need more some countries less it depends somewhat on the way their medical personnel work in their country and so there is variation among the countries but and there was an effort to provide meaningful assistance to the countries that dead applied and in keeping with what the countries wanted so thats been the goal of the program and i think weve said were succeeding in that you mentioned medical stuff there and i know that Health Experts are already expressing concern that in these these various different africa applications or proposals that there is a focus on infrastructure but perhaps not enough money being requested for the stuff to operate all of that equipment and almost half of the proposals less than 20 percent of the funding requested is actually being spent on health stuff does that worry you. Countries are are meant to be guiding the spending based on their government decisions and based on. The you know that it may be that in some cases the governments themselves are providing the money for the Health Care Providers while the World Bank Funds can be used for in for what youre calling infrastructure meeting things like equipment in the in the emergency room and so it is its going to vary substantially country by country and the goal is to for the country to state what is most useful for it and then find ways to provide that also i should note there is. Ample the programs are set up so that there are expandable that means that other of that bilateral donors. Countries with higher incomes can contribute directly through these programs with very little. Very little paperwork involved they get the quality of the World Bank Lending and they can add money to the programs and thats also true of the Multilateral Development banks for example the African Development bank could be adding to these programs to countries that you mention that want more more spending to frontline Health Care Providers that could be added to by other organizations around the world very very quickly meeting in a matter of days or or weeks so in this time of as i say that you the while bank along with the i. M. F. Have also been calling for a bilateral debt from the fed the outpour us countries and i say the g 20 agreed to a suspension of that debt but thats essentially just a delay and it will have to be repaid at some point while developing countries are then still reeling from this pandemic what are your thoughts on how that should be addressed. The 1st step is to have the moratorium work so the countries save cash flow immediately. And that needs to also be expanded to commercial creditors which is something some of the countries are working on and it will be up to them to and and the world to figure out how that part of the process can work and then i think there ought to be before theres going to be an evaluation of that debt sustainability country by country so it dead has a country already taken on too much debt for d its people to be able to pay and so theyll be 2. 00 steps in that one is transparency trying to have more clear disclosure of what those debts are and then moving to the issue of. Whether the moratorium should be extended or made permanent that that can be something for the country and for that both the creditor and debtor countries to think about and talk about as the crisis goes on depends somewhat that you know a key step in all of this is the safe reopening of the advanced economies that in many cases is the biggest beneficial step that would occur for the poor countries missed amount us just coming back to this 160000000000. 00 of funding this is essentially for 15 months and its also meant to address the economic fallout of this pandemic that youve already acknowledged but the while theres undeniably going to be grappling with those consequences for a long off the 15 months so whats the long the 10 plan here. The world bank will stay. After that with countries working with countries on their their recovery and their recoveries can come from the strongest source of that is the businesses themselves within the countries so the entrepreneurs the Small Businesses the systems within the even the poorest countries they can create commercial activity Economic Activity and Government Programs that are well enough funded that they can provide education and health and other needs so the bank we are trying to set up programs that will be sustainable that will create Sustainable Growth for the countries down the 4 years its important that the countries use or are take to take steps now that will make them more investable and stronger and more resilient in the future that means low Carbon Energy sources that means access by people to clean water all of the steps that are that are vital in order to allow Development One of the big challenges is the food. The Food Supply Network thats being disrupted by the local crisis and so that itself becomes a double crisis for the countries in east africa and were worried that that spreading to other other countries and we have a very important loan and program or a program coming out to try to deal with the locust crisis and the Food Insecurity thats going along with it and thats something well continue watching very closely to hear it out as there David Malpass that the president of the bank thank you seth joining us here on out is there. Thank you good to be on. Well it is now time for the weather and heres rob with more news. Which will make landfall within 24 hours so its mostly been based over the last 3 days and spot the fact is a massive cloud nobody really has been affected over the rains just starts to hit the coast of addition the winds around the center about 185 Kilometers Per Hour which makes it the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane is generating waves of 40 meters. None of this is yet reached the coast of india or bangladesh but the problem is it will and it will say within 24 hours thats the forecast passage of this thing until it goes over. So weve got within 24 hours to focus on where exactly it makes landfall it looks as though it will be west of the border so well be in west bengal and will be roughly speaking midday g. M. T. So local midafternoon by which time it will be a. It looks like the wind in the rain will be there on the indian side but the worst out of the storm surge could well be surprising in bangladesh which is effectively fairly low ground picture here from the place called the rose which is helps to protect. Some of the. Energy from the water across this eastern side of the magna river. Where within 12 hours youll get a storm surge with a lot of indonesian his former watch closely tomorrow. Thanks very much. Well. Have agreed to an independent. Organizations. To the crisis. Prime minister has resigned after months of pressure. Stepped down by the. End of this week to make way for a new government. And libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli says its forces have retaken the towns of t. G. And by a day that follows mondays takeover of our to air base from Khalifa Haftar us forces. Along with his threat to the w. H. O. President donald trump has added another dose of controversy saying hes taking an anti malarial drug that Health Experts warn could have faced will side effects his or castro has more President Donald Trump is so confident in the drug he himself dubbed a game changer against covert 19 that he himself takes one pill of hydroxy chloroquine with zinc every morning im taking that high drug should work for right now or you would. A couple of weeks ago i started to get it because i think its kind of had a lot of good stories and if its not good ill tell you right doctor to get heard but its been around for 40 years from malaria for a loop as for other things the president unsolicited admission came at the end of a winding press conference next to restaurant executives about reopening the country what do you have to lose ok what do you have to list thats despite no evidence of the drug working to prevent infection and own food and Drug Administration warning against using hydroxy chloroquine to treat coated outside of an Emergency Hospital setting a leading government immunologist testified before Congress Last week that he was demoted after doubting hydroxy clore whens efficacies we also knew that there were potential safety risks mcclurkin because of irregular heart irregular heart rhythms and even in some cases that a greater portion of u. S. Military veterans who took the drug to treat cope with 19 did die according to a government study as compared to fellow covert patients who did not take hydroxy chloroquine and 2 larger studies from new york found the drugs offered no significant benefit to hospitalized patients trump said his faith in hydroxy chloroquine comes from anecdotes that make their way to the oval office. I get a lot of positive calls about it the American Medical Association says it strongly opposes the non f. D. A. Approved use of hydroxy cork when without careful consultation with ones doctor trump says he has the white House Doctors approval he says he asked for it himself heidi joe castro aljazeera washington. Well as promised joining us again is our White House Correspondent kimberly hocket kimberly the seeming advocacy for this drug from the president isnt news so do we know whats driving it and how how are people responding with. The u. S. President has long as you point out been an advocate of this very controversial drug how the white house is responding the press secretary early this morning speaking on National Television once again underscore that this drug should not be taken without consultation with a doctor i think its clear that the press office here is doing a little bit of damage control after the president s statements once again about this controversy all drug in his support of it knowing that when the president speaks people may listen and made choose to listen to the president instead of their own medical doctor so that is the latest statement from the White House Press secretary at the timing of President Trump taking this drug is very interesting because of course it appears to coincide with the infection of his own personal valet that was widely reported and then of course we also have the Vice President s press secretary as well as a number of secret Service Testing positive for covert 19 sort of peers the u. S. President started taking this prophylactic lee that means to prevent from getting not that he has tested positive for covert 19 along with zinc but again the u. S. President is advocating for this for personal opinion this definitely is not something that his own public Health Officials were recommending in fact just the opposite theyre saying that none of the should be taken because its not proven but this is something the u. S. President seems intent on he says that the reason he feels so strongly about it is that he gets letters from people saying that they did this and they were healed from covert 19 so this is something that the president is doing he says in consultation with this doctor we know that its risky particularly with people that experience heart problems and in fact this is something that has concerned the House Speaker nancy pelosi who said that she wishes the president would be taking something that she a rather she criticized him for taking something not approved by scientists so clearly this is something that many in the United States are concerned about the u. S. President taking a drug howley controversy and certainly not proven controversial and it can be how that there are White House Correspondent thank you candy. Oh huff of chile is 50 members have been placed in quarantine on coronaviruses there this comes as demonstrators clashed with police and one of the capitals poorest neighborhoods hundreds the 5 a citywide lockdown to demand food and other vital supplies are latin america editor lucy newman reports from santiago. Angry residents of the community in santiago all have begun by blocking streets and screaming we are hungry right police try to dispel the crowd with water cannon in tear gas but they refused to budge and responded with rocks and sticks seems reminiscent of the social upheaval that brought chile for months until the coronavirus pandemic saw the pause button hit on protests. A bosc is a poor and overcrowded municipality where the majority struggled to make enough to survive even before they were ordered into total florentine in mid april a full month before the entire capital was locked down on friday people say theyre not against the quarantine just starvation but what about just get out of here you know this woman that police. This was exactly what many predicted might happen in the face of widespread unemployment and growing hardships brought on by confinement and a deepening recession. The night before president Sebastian Pinera had announced a plan to distribute 2500000 boxes of food and cleaning products for the needy across the country less than 24 hours later he rushed to address the nation again appealing for patience and understanding. That im in the process of preparing and distributing these boxes demands a tremendous logistical effort i need some time we understand the urgency for many so we are working tirelessly to start distribution by the end of this week or the beginning of next week. For tens of thousands of chileans who have been left with nothing nixed week may seem like a lifetime away this latest protest shows that many chileans have already run out of patience and the biggest fear is that this incident could well snowball into far more widespread protests that could be even more difficult to control than chiles an earlier social explosion you see in human aljazeera sunday out well speaking of protestors and protesters in ecuador say theyre more concerned about the future of their livelihoods than of getting cards at 19. Union groups a labor reforms will allow businesses to cut working hours and wages by hard the government says the moves will save jobs but many workers are worried about having enough to eat according to reports nearly 150000 people have already lost their jobs. Pakistan has launched a program to get emergency funds to people whove lost their jobs there because of the pandemic its specifically aimed at people who rely on a daily wage but critics say its too little too late to has more from his on the bat. Gummer dont progress on a lot today he started giving out. 75. 00. In order to head them each day situation. Gets done may feed rising unemployment according to a. 1000000 people may be affected and. That would include 1000000. 00 and industrious and 2000000. 00 and thats. The problem. Strictures that on buggiest on the number of 19. Exponentially critics saying it its too little too late by the government to think i did it. Out of this crisis the problem by a good standard one off economy and without economic stability and help from outside august on made millions of people unemployed according to the planning minister. The next morning children i in the number 19. Because of the restrictions being lifted. Up to 18000000 people. Out of a job schools in england set to reopen at the beginning of next month theyve now been closed for weeks to calve the spread of the coronavirus that some people still feel its happening quickly or a challenge reports from. For 2 months now the u. K. Schools have been quiet closed but for the few children of essential workers all other kids have been housebound waiting out the viral storm looking for brighter days and they might be close for england at least a week ago the Governments Task or leaders like steve chalke with safety welcoming some year groups back on june the 1st in some schools you didnt and you saw one way system using one set of stairs to go up another set of stairs to come down and different corridors for moving in the Different Directions you set out markings on the floor of 2 mates is so with think in all of that weve got enough people for every staff member or and and shout the plan is for the youngest 2 Primary School years and the oldest to go back 1st and others would follow later so had seizures have been scrambling to find ways they can safely open school gates to more pupils but a week of frantic talks between teachers unions and the government still hasnt convinced everyone who thinks this is all happening too fast ministers appointed to other European Countries where classes have started again portugal went back on monday but 2 English Councils liverpool and hartley have both said there are still too many local coronavirus cases to safely open schools on the governments timetable scotland and wales say they wont reopen yet either even teachers organizations that are now on board are still extremely anxious and ultimately what we would say is that the decision around opening and closing a school wrists with the teacher and a governing board are all the trustees and we would definitely support them if in their judgment they could safely do that and they need more time to plan and towards it there are warnings though that the longer schools the sharks the more poor kids are affected by disparities in home schooling kids from the richest families are spending 75 minutes a day more on educational activities than those in the poorest at them. Please if you take the 34 school days between the 23rd of march when schools close for the 1st time and the 1st of june when the 1st kids could start to go back to school that adds up to more than a week and a half of full time. School but the same institute of fiscal studies report found that well fewer than half of all parents are ready to send their children back to school given the choice even if schools in england do open on june the 1st classrooms may remain mostly empty rory talents aljazeera london. Well still ahead on aljazeera and scores. Im wayne hay reporting from new zealand where there is excitement about the return of professional rugby but well tell you why there is real concern about the future of the sport here. Business leaders just want to buy no brass power. Business leaders just want to buy no brass power. Org board. It is now time to force and heres andy thank you so much mr 0 professional replies in new zealand are back on the Training Field the Super Rugby Competition was suspended in mid march because of coronavirus and now the countrys same starting their own league but some major questions hanging over the future of the game in new zealand as white house reports. Tonight. New zealand is slowly returning to normal as coronavirus restrictions are eased and for many in this country normal includes rugby more than 2 months up to super rugby was called off new zealand sides have returned to training for a revamped 5 team domestic competition awesomely now its more personal on the view from the players were just really excited to be back together and we will do anything we can to make sure that everybody stays safe 1st and foremost and that hopefully we can get a really only quality product out on the. Training sessions are being held under Strict Health guidelines while the games which start on june the 13th will be played in empty stadiums the return of some form of sport particularly their beloved rugby will be welcomed by new zealand as but it doesnt mean that all is well in fact financially the business of rugby is in trouble the announcement about the resumption in professional games was teenaged with some grim news from the sports governing body here in new Zealand Rugby which announced a 4400000. 00 loss for last year forecast a drop in revenue for this year by up to 70 percent and announced its cutting half of that stuff will drug be has postponed all International Game sched jewel for july. And because of travel restrictions theres a chance new zealands all blacks may not play at all this year theres also uncertainty about the domestic and International Womens shed jewels as new zealand prepares to host the world cup next year but it may be here at the emirates Grassroots Level where the most pain is being felt club grounds around the country where the sports foundations allayed have seen no action this year and therefore no income we rely on no moral support will sponsor us which we do but also with a lot of down trust. Trust. Binocular for money so well. Be able to show. The return to training for the professional mens players may provide some clarity about the short term future of the game but in the long term things are a lot murkier wayne hay aljazeera hamilton new zealands. Christian around our house returns events is Training Ground after a 10 week absence and all those just finished at syria a period of self isolation in italy after returning from his native portugal serry are hoping to resume in mid june. The English Premier League is taking its 1st sensitive steps towards a restart sames have been given the all clear to start training in small groups its not anything like business as usual for the players heading into training the sessions a non contacts and no more than 5 players on the pitch should any one time all players encourage it will be tested for coronavirus twice a week i have been told not to share transfer with anyone to or from the Training Ground sessions are limited to 75 minutes for the league saying it will carry out spot checks to ensure clubs comply june the 12th has been a target date for matches to kick off again but thats now wanting to be pushed back you can see united manager steve bruce says the big challenge will come when players step up to full contact training. Although darker will the next step because that will start this virus is. Just like this you know its going to hang around it big the protocols place will do everything we possibly can to get rid of issue is the culture trade probably pretty normal thing not like this but its you know weve had some of the right 8 weeks of now prove actual or absolute precedent well less than 200 people will be inside stadiums when spains top League Returns players and officials will be tested the day before games and have the temperatures taken on the white into stadiums its hard matches will restart behind closed doors in june the 12th teams of just started taking part in Group Sessions now isabella we can train more like wed like to do it. You know the 1st record was a bit strange but now now we can be back in group and weve got to present the most of these more like we want to you know so now we just want to be all together and try to to walk as a group for a one World Champion Lewis Hamilton says his miss eightys team will be competitive as soon as racing gets underway f one hoping to start its season with seagram pray in austria in july i think we all need to make sure that were utilizing the tools we simulations of race relations. We will get in the simulator which i dont really love but its lies in those tools to make sure the money comes that 1st race to get well. As it would then as it would not miss any of the rights. And then be a superstar Le Bron James isnt giving up on i would soon see action the l. A. Lakers players says its his wish for the season to come back sooner rather than later the league was suspended in mid march 2 unnamed lakers players have tested positive for coverage 19 the governor of california while hes clear the wife sports regime in the state next month. Sporting events pro sports in that 1st week or so of june with out spectators and modifications and very prescriptive conditions also could begin to move forward ok well for me in a couple of hours that is it for not honest thanks very much sandy well now celebrities have banded together to help out parents whove been stuck in coronavirus confinement inspired by new zealands oscar winning filmmaker tycho y. T. D. Theyve been reading one of my favorite roald dahl novels janes and the giant peach on the roald dahl you tube channel. And mystery when they start on monday and will read the book in 10 installments with the money raised going to charity lets listen to a bit more. 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