Brazil records its highest number of daily coronavirus cases and approves the use of an untimely leiria drug despite warnings about the risks. Thank you very much for joining as i knew standoff could be brewing between the United States iran and venezuela over a shipment of millions of dollars of fuel 5 Iranian Oil Tankers are just days away from arriving in venezuela to help ease your shortages said lexie obrien has a report in the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days or the import all important 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 recognize an Opposition Leader one go i dont know as president a force of u. S. Vessels including Navy Destroyers patrol the caribbean on what 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 the deal it would constitute an actual mission. And that. The whole. But analysts say a conflict is unlikely 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 this 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 alexia brian el jazeera. And venezuela has fined a legal claim to try and force the bank of england to release 1000000000. 00 worth of its own gold the government says is to help funded school run a virus response the bank of england has gone to 31 tons of venezuelan gold since 2018 because of u. K. And u. S. Sanctions a number of nations use the bank of england to store their bullion reserves in other world news at least 26 people have been killed and many more have been made homeless after a powerful storm slammed into eastern india and bangladesh sank lower and battered west bengal in Odisha States with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour its destroyed homes flooded streets uprooted trees and cut power to millions of households hundreds of thousands of people have shifted from low lying coastal areas well well have an update on the situation in bangladesh in just a moment with tanveer childfree whos in dhaka but 1st lets speak to prima rajaram who joins us live from skype from kolkata in indias west bengal west bank that is of course where the cycle made landfall almost 24 hours ago how much damage has it cost there. When the city of joy which goes often to football is now the city of blue as it faces the off the mark off the cyclonic and the airport has been badly affected even though commotions right lights are not operational many parts of. It just so much work go there that theres a lot of damage that has been done and that the majority quite some time for the restoration work to begin as far as restoration work in the rest of the city is concerned that is also something that youve missed among the bandages is assisting along with what she said in upper class force and we will take some time maybe it were done in 3 or even more gives you assess the situation in the city and across the state as well as far as the state is concerned so 24 pardon us. Well the sum of bonds is that it did and thats where the cycle made landfall on wednesday it is maximum damage over there and that is something which will take quite some time as hard as assessing the situation as the sun as many thoughts are this in the bonds are cut off now not 24 by the nazis another the strictest achievements and mention is badly devastated as far as you know the richest and so on is it not me but the city is looking to get back on its feet as soon as possible back to what is still under coronavirus knock down to what extent are restrictions going to make it difficult to get help to people. The restrictions are making it difficult because people are not even to reach out to salt in a cotys or even other places where they can look for help also chance for coast care so that is something which is definitely impacting them as far as the Electricity Department is concerned in various parts of the state and also it is a big concern because in many parts of the state electricity still got but also it is not the best i mean literally also too much but nonetheless the state authorities are doing their best to make sure that all the stage is back on its feet and the city of flaws is really under a lot of the back of the cyclonic trees havent fully electric having fallen and of course the special or even the fear of being electrocuted is there are cars that often samoyed under water because of what the logging and what the field is in the olden part of the city is aware that a very small bidens that is majorly impacted because of the what the logging and of course what fires destination work is concerned there will be a lot of time before those feet administration can access again assess what the chance of the damage is as far as the monthly constraints monist you i suspect is concerned i thought was the way forward that thank you very much for that update primera rajon reporting there from kolkata and lets check in now with Tanveer Chaudhry whos in bangladesh whats the latest from where you are chan tanveer how how bad has it been. Well i mean the Damage Assessment report is still coming through its trickling through since last night now we know for sure that the hundreds and thousands of houses around delta plane have been destroyed or washed away oxfam reported the same about thousands of houses were washed away by the tidal wave and we also know about 5000000. 00 people are out of power and this area of the southwestern bangladesh which took the biggest hit is an area where there is a large farming as well as regular farming so a lot of this people are going to suffer from this destruction of the farmland now we also know that the country is fighting through the 1000 pandemic due to the shutdown there is an Economic Loss so there is a major challenge ahead this is also a monsoon siege and rehabilitation work is going to take time now fortunately millions of People Living in the camp in the caucasus. Have been spared from the sideline because it was not directly in the path of the cycle on that theyre clearly still on danger because in the monsoon season those area can get flooded and there could be a landslide in the hilly slopes where a lot of these refugee camps are by and large we still have a lot of reports to see what comes up but the damage has been very severe this is one of the hardest gone since 1902007 so well know farther down the road thank you for that update time chantry not for us there in dhaka. The u. N. Special envoy for the middle east has called on israel to abandon threats to an expired so the occupied west bank israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been given the u. S. President s blessing to press ahead but the Security Council was told it could be it could breach International Law diplomatic energy james space reports. Many observers have predicted that Prime Minister netanyahu threat to annex parts of the west bank was simply an election ploy or some in fact in office he now says hell actually do it and thats got many of the United Nations worried u. N. Special coordinator nicholai mad not briefing the Security Council restated the uns long held position that annexation 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 it openly and very frankly. Whatever it will assessments are just you know reaction to this really threat that exists and maybe and its 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 lives 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 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 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 the 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. Libyas un recognized government has launched air strikes against forces loyal to warlord highly for half time Government Forces bombed several targets including the have to hold into who many of the capital tripoli after us forces have pulled back from all front lines near tripoli they say its to ease conditions e. Ring the Easter Holiday and have called on the government to do the same the strikes on to come after Government Forces captured a major airbase in the west along with a number of towns. Still ahead on al jazeera getting tourism into gear for the summer out of french government intends to kickstart the sector and save jobs plus we look at how Climate Change has turned parts of antarctica great. After a very wet day in serbia this massive cloud is very cold out of the way and its rather than going north was going south was again has been pushed out of the way by quite a cold breeze right through Eastern Europe so book arrests there in the sunshine more or less at 16 degrees athens at 28. 00 this is still the warm area turkey and cyprus less so Greece Greece is going to endure rain later on search as you can see but at least much of central and western europe to enjoy the sunshine this temperature is definitely on their way up and fortune this rain hangs around if anything in house itself come thursday with that breeze still blowing it heads towards the bosphorus but mainly we talk about bug areas still and northern greece so london still warm 25. 00 and see a slow dropping off a few showers by saturday istanbul with our cold breeze still sees thunderstorms doesnt quite achieve the temperature even in london. North africa well in foods a bit by the on shore breeze but its warming up into this a 24 degrees with occasional showers thats all right isnt it and thats a 26 they dont think its a slightly warmer feel by the weekend we still got big shouting of Lake Victoria but not as many as there were along the coast of somalia its a different story. But. Easily test and treat and trace frank assessments wise italy struggling to cope with a number of her own. Failure to take really aggressive action meet them behind the herd informed opinion its going to be much more challenging in a place like it is with theres one ventilator 3000000. 00 people in depth analysis of the days global headlines india doesnt up to the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al jazeera. The in. Their watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories venezuela says its military will escort 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to ease years of shortages both countries are on the u. S. Sanctions and washington says it is considering a response to the shipments the most powerful cycled to eastern india and bangladesh in 20 years has left a path of destruction in its wake compound has killed as many as 26 people destroyed homes flooded roads and cut power to millions of households and the u. N. Special envoy for the middle east is urging israel to drop its plans to alex parts of the occupied west bank under a deal with the u. S. Has really Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu could begin an exciting Palestinian Land as early as july. Of chinas biggest political gathering of the year is set to begin 3 months late due to the coronavirus pandemic the opening session of its political advisory body is now underway these are live pictures from beijing this is one day ahead of the National Peoples congress when chinas top leaders meet katrina you has our report from beijing. How. This time last year leave they was running from one International Business meeting to another but because of the pandemic who work as a freelance interpreter has dried up shes turned to on line teaching to make ends meet and i find its quite challenging and depressing for me. Sometimes but. I would be reminding i by people around me and to understand that its not just the me its actually everybody and there are people being hit harder than me when chinas leaders gather for the National Peoples congress on friday the slowing economy will be front and center local coroner virus infections have slowed to Single Digits and Manufacturing Activity has resumed but a state harm and investment is down shuttered Small Businesses are a common sight while closed borders have hurt the tourism and conference industry this is the Biggest Convention center and during this time of year its usually overflowing with crowds of people and tending International Trade shows and conferences but because of corporate 19 all of these events have been cancelled and this venue has remained closed some months millions have taken a pay cut or are out of work the official Unemployment Rate is 6 percent but analysts say in the 2nd quarter the real figure could be closer to 18 percent unemployment is. Closely related to social instability and for chinas government the number one jobs this year is to create enough jobs to absorb those unemployed migrants and the upcoming new universe it graduates this year nearly 9000000 graduates who entered the worst job market in chinas recent history and its not just students who are worried. The epidemic has their own economy auditor people are less willing to spend money. Leaders attending the congress are expected to announce further economic stimulus measures and a growth target for the year. Virus related travel restrictions will be relaxed so International Events can resume until then like millions around the world she stay home and standing by. And katrina joins us now live from katrina the advisory Body Department meeting today ahead of the opening tomorrow of the conference leaders a gathering to tackle a number of issues every year they do this whats significant about this he is meeting. Thats right felice of the 2 sessions as the known here in china began today with the c p p c c meeting thats about 2000 people who advise the government academics Business People celebrities but the real event tomorrow is the n. P. C. The National Peoples congress where 3000 of the countrys most powerful including president xi jinping will gather to help direct the country into the future and many analysts that weve spoken to the last few days say that these 2 sessions are really gathering at a time when the country has never faced so much pressure and so many challenges internally and externally as we just heard in that package you call me is slowing in a good Strong Economy is key to the communist party has legitimacy in strength as a government theyve got rising unemployment and business is knocking on that asking for the government to do more to stimulate the economy of course theres also the coronavirus in this 2 clusters of the coronavirus growing in holland and in the north east which are increasing concern to authorities and externally the china faces a lot of pressure theres a growing China Sentiment because of the handling of the virus many governments questioning and have this International Criticism including the us who have a number of complaints against china the virus security trade diplomacy is so its really a lot on the plate for the right leaders meeting in the next few days a lot of tension with the u. S. As you say the u. S. Secretary of state my bet on wednesday hinted at reviewing Hong Kong Special trading status with the u. S. Whats been trying his response of. All time is Foreign Ministry this morning thursday morning released a statement accusing the u. S. Of trying to blackmail the Hong Kong Government and saying that it was interfering in internal affairs now why pompei was questioning hong kongs autonomy saying that its hes not sure that the territory still does. Special treatment from the u. S. Which allows it to function as an International Financial center the statement from the Foreign Ministry went on to state that the Chinese People are not afraid of the words of the u. S. And that china will continue to do whatever it can to safeguard its sovereignty and security lets listen to a bit more of what michael had to say on that. In hong kong or decision on whether or not to identify hong kong as having a high degree of autonomy from china still pending closely watching whats going on there this week prodemocracy legislators were manhandled while trying to stop or procedural irregularity approaches pro beijing legislators leaving home from activists like martin lee. Hauled into Court Actions like these make it more difficult to assess the hong kong remains highly autonomous from mainland china. The u. S. Secretary of state there referring to a tussle in the Hong Kong Legislative Council between beijing and prodemocracy lawmakers when they tried to get control of the floor now beijing lawmakers have long said that the other side have caused chaos of the not abiding by the one country 2 systems principle and prodemocracy law makers and activists have accused beijing of tightening its grip and really strangling the democratic rights that were guaranteed to the territory for at least 50 years when the handover took place in 1997 in beijing is continuously maintaining this line but prodemocracy activists a simply being used by foreign partners foreign powers namely the u. S. And thats not an opinion shared by most of the hong kong thank you very much for that katrina you live for us there in beijing. They Coronavirus Crisis now in brazils government is sanctioning the use of an untimely leiria drug to trade school the 19 despite a lack of evidence that it works president support for the drug has cost tensions within the Health Ministry where military personnel have now been appointed to keep posts brazil has a 3rd largest number of infections worldwide and its Health System is struggling to cope a lot america is in the sea and human reports. Brazil is now latin americas ground 0 with coated 1000 infections spreading faster than anywhere else and president 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 will say not all sense is 93 year old mother has a box by her bed. I prescribe it to all my supporters and give those left wingers to buy into the hes referring to a soft drink popular among the poor also not his last Health Minister resigned because he refused to greenlight the use of hydroxy chloroquine but his interim replacement a retired general whos not a doctor has had no problem following orders back to use just named 14 more members of the military to keep Health Ministry positions brazillian epidemiology just dr julie valley badal says hes extremely concerned. Indiscriminate use of couric is trying to reverse 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 see 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 have submitted impeachment against bill so noddle accusing him of crimes against public health. Or 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 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 bill scenario supporters are out on the streets demonstrating what should critics decide to come out of their selfimposed quarantine to call for the president ouster as brazilians have successfully done before also now those days in office could well be numbered you see in human aljazeera. Spain and greece are looking to reopen for tourism this summer but across europe the entire sector is preparing for a tough season some restrictions are being easy its expected to take until next year for the number of foreign visitors to rebound. In paris on the struggle the french government is facing to balance Economic Needs with public health. Try thing youve been teach to c. V. Call is both a passion and a business for roma yet but a Coronavirus Crisis has put the brakes on his 2 company in paris he hopes that has some countries begin to ease knockdowns and travel restrictions tourists will return to the city without them his business may struggle to survive work more or less with tourists for in your tourist former europe and us and its really hard to work hollywoods parisian dont do really thats kind of tour. Paris is famous monuments are shot so it cafes restaurants and hotels like this one another way sice in the center of the city it opened less than a year ago the managing director says the financial. Acts of covert 19 is the worst shes experienced in her 25 years in hospitality i mean normally in this period there in july and august for example we have a lot of people from the middle east from doha from dubai from riyadh but the problem now we can say that we have totally lost 2020 because there is no doubt that the business for not coming back i mean strongly coming back before 2021 paris is one of the worlds most visited cities tourism one of its main industry so reopening and reviving the sector is vital for its economy but doing that safely when the Health Crisis isnt over is a huge challenge paris is not alone in this low is global world so every capital every city has hope the same challenges actually so im pretty sure that we will all be committed to have the same Safety Measures everywhere some of pariss smallest museums have been limited to reopen only 10 visitors at a time are allowed in the committee foundation since distancing isnt forced mosques are mandatory but the new rules havent dissuaded. For her it was essential to reopen. Spotting again we asked for showing again and the author culture should be that the french government has yet to decide when Borders Hotels restaurants and cafes will fully reopen last week the Prime Minister announced a more the 19 1000000000. 00 tourism rescue plan he said saving the industry is a National Priority but so is safeguarding Peoples Health its a fine balance for everyone particularly when its hard to tell whats around the corner its actually a bottle aljazeera. Climate change is having an unusual effects near the south pole by turning parts of on talk to green blooms of spreading on the snow giving the worlds most barren continent a splash of color rising temperatures have made the spread so prolific it can be seen from space more than 1600. 00 growths have been identified over 2 square kilometers but Scientists Say the overall impact will be insignificant. So again im fully back with the headlines on aljazeera venezuela says its military will escort 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to easy is of shortages both countries are under u. S. Sanctions and washington says its considering a response to the shipment the most powerful psycho in to hit eastern india and bangladesh in 20 years has left a path of destruction in its wake obama has killed 26 people destroyed homes flooded roads and cut power to millions of households a mirage rahm is in kolkata with a situation that. The city of joy which is often difficult is now the city of new as it faces the off the mouth off the cycling and the airport has been badly affected even though commotions writes lights on all operational of many parts of the. Almost walk oh there that theres a lot of damage that has been done and that the majority white some of all the restoration work to begin as far as restoration work in the best of the city is concerned that is also something that you missed the bandaging is assessing along with she said to. Be will take some time maybe. 3 or even more is to assess the situation in the city and across the state as well. The Un Special Envoy for the middle east is urging israel to drop its plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank nicholai madge now says that threats of onyx ations are not advancing the prospect of peace under a deal with the us israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu could begin an extinct Palestinian Land as early as july chinas biggest political gathering of the year is set to begin 3 months late because of the coronavirus pandemic the opening session of its top political advisor a body is underway right now these are live pictures on one day ahead of the National Peoples congress when chinas top leaders meet National Peoples congress is likely to announce measures to kick start the struggling economy after the outbreak caused the biggest contraction in decades and maybe as u. N. Recognize government has launched air strikes against forces loyal to warlord honey for have to are Government Forces bombed several targets including have tar stronghold into near the capital tripoli those are the headlines on aljazeera inside story is next. What impact will called it 19 and the drop in the oil drilling coupled the rings to the white. Donald trump took only these historic sent down until the job only takes to beat. The special coverage on aljazeera. Is the World Health Organization on life support its response to the coronavirus demick is to be scrutinized by a number states with calls for change growing louder all the lessons to learn for the next time that this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program on burn its the coronavirus pandemic is one of the Biggest Challenges the World Health Organization has ever faced its also receiving