Malaria drug despite warnings about the risks. And appetite for business our vendors of malaysias ramadan bazaars are finding new opportunities despite lockdown restrictions. And you standoff could be brewing between the United States iran and venezuela over the shipment of millions of dollars worth of fuel 5 Iranian Oil Tankers could be just days away from arriving in venezuela in a bid to ease fuel shortages there alexy obrien reports. In the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days what an important one to get this is the richest country in the world and we should not be like this because there is wealth there is oil there is everything. The shortages have plagued venezuela for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed which critics blame on underinvestment and mismanagement by the state oil company now president Nicolas Maduro has turned to iran for help for fuel itself and chemicals to help get the oil industry back on track. Those 5 ships are bringing gasoline regarding the Technical Support for the reactivation of the refinery what the venezuelan government asked us for in the past week was to bring input materials catalysts which iran brought through the planes ship tracking shows the 1st of the 5 tankers left the iranian port city of banda roberson match the 1st tanker fortune is expected to arrive in venezuela in the next few days. Iran is a longtime ally of venezuela and fellow rival of the United States both Countries Oil does are we under u. S. Sanctions the white house says its considering how to respond to the shipment this would be an example of the Iranian Regime taking the wealth of the iranian people and wasting it in venezuela on the door of the u. S. Is one of more than 60 countries trying to push Nicolas Maduro from power recognizing opposition laid out one guy i dont know as president a force of u. S. Vessels including Navy Destroyers patrol the caribbean on water u. S. Officials say is an anti drug Mission Venezuela sees the vessels as a threat and is sending its own military to a score the iranian tankers through its territory in case. It would constitute an actual mission. And that. The whole. But analysts say a conflict is unlikely but nobody in washington wants it war her or any sort of conflict with iran over venezuela in the current circumstances so although the u. S. Commander in chief of the Southern Command has expressed concern over the earth and washington is clearly watching it closely i think it is in the current circumstances that probably going to be. The extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the United States and next year brian aljazeera at least 14 people have died in eastern india and 8 in bangladesh cycling on porn boxes the region its the strongest storm in decades with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour aside from his destroyed homes and downed power lines in bangladesh more than a 1000000 or him refugees in the overcrowded camps of coxs bizarre are being asked to stay indoors very is in dhaka with the latest from bangladesh. Bangladesh is very familiar with the yearly cycle on but this cycle has been one of the most intense since in a decade you know the last one was in 2007 cycle on cedar and were still getting reports as the day breaks so far what i can tell you the local media is reporting that at least 7 people have died due to this cycle on now we cannot independently confirm that but the local media as are reporting there is theres been heavy damage especially in southwestern bangladesh and shown there been mangrove forests which got the direct hit and that actually protected many of the inland areas now we also know from oxfam that thousands of houses been washed away due to a tidal surge the rise of water people are definitely going to lose croplands for sure is that area is known for shrimp culture and other aquaculture so these people are going to lose their livelihood now we also know that the bangladesh Disaster Management council reported that the losses could be over 1000000000. 00 by the end of the day well have more assessment on the report it is a southwestern part of bangladesh got the biggest heat right now as modern as the head of the International Federation of red cross and red crescent Bangladesh Office and hes joining me now from dakar thank you very much indeed for being with us i realize of course this is a busy time for you and your teams what are you seeing on the ground when youre out on the streets helping people. Im. A few hours ago and. It was a. Very very high tide. 15 feet. We understand that there was. Electric i. Reach back and. Feel. Very unusual. Very high. As well to. The north an area i mean ive. Got. Very active. Evacuations. By. That. The country of course was going through like many other countries around the world coronavirus restrictions to what extent is not making things more difficult for you to be able to help people. Yes that has obviously made things very difficult much more difficult question with regards to evacuation. Authorities. All of. All coping prevention evacuations so i was present. At. A mosque and not a high getting ready to. Go to. And the red crescent. Also link up with. The authorities on social distancing. On the other hand have been providing opening more or less so that a degree of thing can be maintained however. Lifesaving with those goes. On to the line and if the people elevate. They will just simply parikh so at the moment the need of the moment was lifesaving for us. Given that and given what our correspondent time for charlie was mentioning before that this is of course not an unusual occurrence for this region nevertheless its very traumatic for the people that have to go through it how do organizations like yours help people from a psychological point of view to get through the devastation they are facing. Yes right now. We have National DisasterResponse Team we have about 200 people mobilized. All training. Including the provision of psychological support and a lot of the. 70000 volunteers in the. Morning they are volunteers why. With the community they know what a community they live in the community they face they have that and with the community and with our response we have different technical description that was trained over the years. Not only we appreciate your bringing some today before your organization is doing on the ground in bangladesh thank you very much indeed thank you thank you. Brazils government is sanctioning the use of an anti malaria drug to treat corona virus despite a lack of evidence that it works president jab also novel support for the drug has caused ructions within the Health Ministry where military personnel are now been appointed to keep posts brazil has the 3rd largest number of infections worldwide and its Health System is struggling to cope latin america editor of the c. N. Newman reports. Brazil is now latin americas ground 0 with couvade 1000 infections spreading faster than anywhere else and president bush for not all has responded by getting his new Health Minister to approve the use of hydroxy chloroquine controversial antimalaria drug is untested pretreating coronavirus and can have serious even fatal side effects. But president bill so not all senses 93 year old mother has a box by her beg you know that if i prescribe it to all my supporters and give those left wingers to buy you know. Hes referring to a soft drink popular among the poor are also not his last Health Minister resigned because he refused to greenlight the use of hydroxy clora plane but his interim replacement a retired general whos not a doctor has had no problem following orders of fact hes just named 14 more members of the military to key Health Ministry positions brazilian epidemiology just dr julie valley badal since hes extremely concerned hes now in. The indiscriminate use of couric is dangerous what is happening here is more political than scientific do you think that the president is militarizing the public Health System though he said its sad to say that the government is throwing science aside and that it is indeed militarizing one of the most important ministries in any country especially during a pandemic. With more than 800000 deaths and rising a group of opposition deputies. Had submitted in impeachment against bill so noddle accusing him of crimes against Public Health and yet they see that the way hes managed the pandemic is putting brazilian lives at risk promoting crowds in close contact that increases infections and deaths on tuesday more than 1100. 00 people died in 24 hours and the president insists on using a drug that has no Scientific Evidence the president himself doesnt know the difference between a republic and an absolute monarchy. Right now only bolster National Supporters who are out on the streets demonstrating what should critics decide to come out of their selfimposed quarantine to call for the president s ouster as brazilians have successfully done before also now those days in office could well be numbered you see in human aljazeera. Still hadnt on the Southern Africans regional bloc stands with mozambique in its ongoing battle against us a link fighters. As the us state of michigan deals with historic flooding and the coronavirus pandemic well tell you why President Trump is threatening to withhold funding to the state. Of. How the temperatures are rising now in the Arabian Peninsula and the levant there is cloud in the sky which always suggests there could be showers thunderstorms wanted to maybe in the rainy and high ground and back in west and south in and yemen but its not widespread to you theres not much breeze around so humidities up is fairly warm even hot and sticky in the u. A. E. In qatar up in kuwait dry a picture in baghdad will tempt you here 44 and still pretty warm in jerusalem representing what has been something of a heat wave in the southeast of europe turkey part of the front. South of all this now if you have a look at this cloud gathering you cant tell very much except when there is cloud gathering those thunderstorms are part of the system which of course is turning up into the southwest monsoon the rains going across the indian ocean its unfolding heavily carol and thats probably it to stop the monsoon rains sitting out in the water and i would ask for africa was that a gap a bit of a hiatus for you to get the big showers north of like victoria nasser uganda south sudan and ethiopia so they are moving north and they have to and they followed the sun further sas course is a different season is to pretty well when he wants to be there portal is about 3rd drops and 30 to 20 by friday. They say to me only know someone he must walk a mile in their shoes. Follow in their footsteps the state from which they way in the wild. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. Who were moving. Forward. Watch aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour venezuela says its military with a score of 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to ease years of shortages both countries are under u. S. Sanctions and the white house says it is considering a response to the ship. And is 14 people have been killed in eastern india and 8 in bangladesh after the strongest site on in decades made landfall cycling on pond has battered the engine destroying homes and downed power lines. Brazil now has the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases in the world with more than 291000 the government sanctioning use of an anti malaria drug to treat covered 19 despite a lack of evidence that it works. The uns special middle east envoy has called on israel to abandon threats to annex parts of the occupied west bank by mr Benjamin Netanyahu has been given Donald Trumps blessing to press on but the Security Council was told it could breach International Law diplomatic editor james bays has more many observers have predicted that Prime Minister netanyahu threat to annex parts of the west bank was simply an election ploy back in office he now says hell actually do it and thats got many the United Nations worried u. N. Special coordinator nicholai mad north briefing the Security Council restated the uns long held position that amec sation would be a serious breach of International Law by israel derailing a 2 state solution but his response to palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas his decision to withdraw from all previous agreements and stop cooperation with israel was perhaps more surprising if i missed the only and very frankly. Whatever arent usually assessments you know reaction to this really threat that exists maybe it is certainly one thing it is a desperate cry for help it is a call for immediate action it is a cry for help from a generation of leaders that invest it their life in building institutions and preparing the state for over a quarter of a century in the virtual session on one point there was near agreement any i think sation of any parts of the west Bank Including of settlements all only would represent a violation of International Law one by one Security Council members urged israel not to pursue a policy of annexation except for one the emission of such a statement by the Us Ambassador kelly craft was telling she though left it to her boss in washington d. C. The secretary of state to criticize the palestinian president but i regret that he has decided to abrogate these agreements we laid out a very clear vision for how peace could be brought we asked simply for this we asked the israelis and the palestinians to agree that that would be the basis for negotiations between the israelis have accepted that the palestinians have continued to refuse to just simply sit down and enter into goshen based on president terms a vision for peace there so where did peace efforts go now the socalled core tat has almost been forgotten for the last couple of years it consists of the European Union the u. N. Russia and the United States the United Nations believe it now has the best chance of reviving diplomacy james plays aljazeera at the United Nations. Mozambique is calling on his neighbors in Southern Africa for help and combat ing armed groups attacks by isolated fighters in villages and government buildings have been on the rise for the past 3 years the problem has been the focus of a Regional Security meeting in zimbabwe as one of a toss of reports. As fighting in the Northern Province of kabul intensifies mozambiques president is asking other leaders in Southern Africa for help to the problem wolf was on before we were removed from. Everywhere in this is why for the good target. We believe we have to return to work to make sure that our peaceful militias have been raiding villages and government buildings for the past 3 years mozambiques government says fighters affiliated to eisele operating in parts of kabul dug out of problems you know. Thats led to speculation that some Southern African leaders could send in troops to help wasnt because government to stop the fight is infiltrating neighboring countries and if indeed it is assumed the islamic states 11 of their. Models of operation mystics enlarge their territory and then take over much more space and much territory if it definitely whatever impact on the 1st live the moment on populations in tanzania and in mozambique but then it with their great support potential for spillover effect in the rest of the region we have porous borders its you know between zimbabwe in mozambique South African muslims malawi and muslim big and these really no such security guarantees that this will not rule of law into the neighboring states. Over the years some Southern African countries intervene militarily in the democratic republic of Congo Lisicki and mozambique the reasons given were to bring peace and stability to the region. Regional leaders havent confirmed or denied reports theyre planning to send troops into mozambique. The long term effects of any subject intervention in in mozambique especially with the military intervention is that obviously the people will start asking is it really necessary to intervene was a wise mozambique and able to do it by itself but said it has a history of assisting the center militarily or in terms of liberation struggle solidarity human rights workers say whatever leaders decide that plaid must include the protection of civilians thousands of them have been forced from their homes by the fighting. Forces loyal to libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar have pulled back from all fund lines near the capital tripoli they say its to ease conditions for civilians preparing for the eve holiday and theyve called on the governments forces to do the same but fighting has continued elsewhere troops from libyas un recognized government are pushing forward west of the capital and have entered the town of. Maltese authorities have been accused of breaking International Law by turning away more than a 100 migrants was stranded at sea activists say the Maltese Armed forces tried to force the margarets back to libya last month and left several people to die so your reports. 101 people in distress. Caught at the mercy of the maltese or storage fees on april the 11th the vessel they were on had come from the libyan port of zlitan and had been drifting in malta search and rescue zone. Alarm phone the ngo that locked the case said several people had been left to die at sea under the watch of the Maltese Armed forces using dangerous maneuvers they attempted to force the migrants back to libya and eventually made them land in italy giving them fuel and an engine for the journey according to those on board there has been a surge in my currents arriving in malta this year and the government says its Reception Centers are full Prime MinisterRobert Abella vowed he would prevent war from landing unless the e. U. Completes a deal to share the burden when the pandemic hit to europe or employed private boats to intercept migrant vessels coming from libya before they could reach the island the people who are trying to escape from libya are not changing their plans because of a coronavirus and of course the solution has to be found at a european level but in the meanwhile. Refused to. Rescue people in distress. While italy a mole to continue to be the main landing zones for refugees and migrants coming from libya both countries complain that not enough is being done to help them deal with the ongoing crisis and in the middle of a pandemic and a deteriorating security situation in libya many Vulnerable People there are seeing their struggles become tougher than ever with little or no possibilities of a way out so on a diagonal aljazeera. The failure of 2 downs is adding to a flood emergency in the u. S. State of michigan thousands have had to evacuate from their homes after days of heavy rain and rising waters some of calling it a once in 500 year event john hendren reports. Across the midwest days of pounding rain water swelled to historic floods that swallowed entire towns. Under. The worst of the water borne havoc swept over Central Michigan where surging waters overwhelmed to nearly century old dams submerging whole towns beneath the deluge and driving those quarantining from the pandemic out of their homes and into the streets we quickly got our to do. A couple changes of clothes and ourselves we had to do what we had to do as far as finding a place to stay otherwise we would be sleeping in our vehicles in oppression warning one of the breached dams the town of midlands 96 year old eatonville dam was raided and satisfactory in 2018 its now the latest failure in a nationwide infrastructure crisis floodwaters blew electrical boxes. And collapsed bridges like dominoes bridge after bridge after bridge its hard to believe that were in the midst of 100 year crisis a global pandemic. And that were also dealing with a flooding event that looks to be the worst and 500 years as michigan struggled to cope President Trump threatened to cut funding for the state over the way it is preparing for the november election President Trump opposes an expansion of mail in voting saying fewer republicans would be elected that way and the state of michigan is in applications for all of its 7700000 voters to vote by mail but the threat to withhold for. Ending at a time when michigan is a hot spot both for corona virus and flooding could hardly come at a worse time whitmer a democrat urged the president not to inject politics into the crisis one another is not the enemy the enemy is a virus and in this case the enemy is also a plot of the water surged across michigan and the midwest in illinois a river swept over its banks and into the town of list sound in ohio 1st responders rescued stranded residents in boat say after streets turned to streams back in michigan local Officials Say they fear the worst is yet to come as floodwaters continue to swell john hendren aljazeera chicago hundreds of Migrant Children have been deported from the u. S. Using the law allowed to joining a pandemic figures from the New York Times reveal more than 900 young migrants were deported between march and april previously unaccompanied minors were provided with shelter and an opportunity to go through the asylum process but the Top Administration invoked in 1994 law which allows migration to be blocks in order to stop the disease from spreading. Ramadan is the holiest month in the muslim calendar in malaysia its also a time when Small Traders and hawkers make the most money but as their shops remain closed because of the pandemic many vendors have gone online on to the reports from kuala lumpur. Mohamed. Is taking down the days orders via social media to stand out from the crowd he and his Business Partner post videos of their protest sandwiches no locally as well every few days on a digital platform. Files this year definitely less compared to the previous years with a lot of Competition Online its quite hard to compete for the past 4 years and are if and his partner have had a stall in one of ramadan street markets selling mostly food for if top the break in a fast these extremely popular in malaysia and ramadan is usually a lucrative time for the food vendors but the government has banned them this year because of the pandemic in their place countless groups have been created across digital platforms for vendors to sell online. Heidi who sells meat skewers. Is a member of at least 10 groups but theres also some of the facebook groups have been really helpful to my business especially the one thats focused on. Because of the location that were in its helped me a lot its probably helped some of the others here too born in a suburb of quality its the closest thing to run. Almost everyone here whereas a months hardly anyone gets they pick up their food and the. Its not as lively but im grateful we can still buy food at the stalls there arent as many choices but maybe thats a good think we dont end up wasting as much food if its not as crowded as a ramadan bazaar we can observe physical distancing and that can help us break the chain of transmission. The pentagon has changed the ramadan habits of many muslims in malaysia. But vendetta also hopeful it may have created new ones and opportunities for the future florence carry out. This is all it is here these are the top stories from venezuela says its military will this court 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to ease years of shortage both countries are under u. S. Sanctions and the white house says its considering a response to the shipment the United States a special envoy on iran has spoken out against the shipment and irans support of venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. This would be an example of the Iranian Regime taking the wealth of the iranian people and wasting it in venezuela on the doura and im not surprised that you see. 2 countries. That are not poor countries theyre rich coming countries that are governed by thieves and these countries are now working together to prop them up prop up each other during very difficult times i least 14 people have been killed in eastern india and 8 in bangladesh as the strongest cyclon in 2 decades hit the region 2nd on poland battered west bengal and a vicious states with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour the destroyed homes flooded streets and its left millions of people without power hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from low lying coastal areas of brazil now has the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases in the world with more than 291000 the government is sanctioning use of an anti malaria drug to treat covert 19 despite a lack of evidence that it works. The un special middle east envoy has called on israel to abandon threats to annex parts of the occupied west bank under a deal with the us israeli minister Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu could begin an exciting Palestinian Land as soon as july but the Security Council has been told this could breach International Law and. International war crimes prosecutors have asked a court to transfer a rwandan genocide suspect felicien couple go to un custody the 84 year old was arrested in paris after 25 years on the run they appeared in a French Quarter cues to financing on groups that took part in the killings in 1904 those are the headlines next on aljazeera its witness goodbye. A story of long family and freedom one for my living here is the u. S. He heard the sounds of large bush. And the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i think i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners. And the our pricing. 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