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Families in senegal forced to make their case for food is the pandemic threat and starvation for millions worldwide. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. And im santa the mostly sport is n. B. A. Basketball moves a step closer to restarting the concerned citizen talked with disney about possibly finishing the season at one venue in orlando. And we have all those stories surge but 1st breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of warlord who are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks the forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government well have a live update from libya without cross wanted short. Now israel where the long awaited trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun although he had asked to be excused he was required to attend the opening proceedings on sunday to hit the charges against him it was a brief apparence the herring has already wrapped up for the day heres some of what netanyahu had to say as he went into the courtroom is a very slow motion citizens of israel whats on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me in the right wing camp for over a decade the lift didnt succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police and Attorneys Office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell the baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing Prime Minister mr remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years so after more than 3 years of Police Investigation Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases as we just heard he denies the crimes and says he is the victim of what he calls an attempted coup herrings meant to stop a march were delayed because of coronavirus restrictions since then and now who agreed to a Coalition Agreement with his former rival benny gantz to end more than a year of political deadlock this may give netanyahu Legal Protection so he wont be forced to resign because of the charges against him under the deal that yahoo serves as Prime Minister for the next 18 months before handing over to kents hard force it has been reporting from outside the courthouse in occupied East Jerusalem he tells us more about netanyahu is defiant message. Israel has never seen a day like this in its history and then for the man at the center of it all to stand on the steps of the court room and just lambast the entire legal Law Enforcement Police Establishment in the terms that he did he said that this was a delusional trial that it was cooked up that it was essentially an infection can confection of rumors and an invention against him and that he would hold his head high and walk into the court in that fashion and fight it off that is very much the message that his supporters out here have been amplifying and wanted to hear as far as whats been happening inside the court is concerned weve heard from a singer whose legal team they are arguing for a spring 2021 starts at the trial itself. The other there are other defendants in this case as well the the single largest shareholder in the biggest Telecoms Company in the country and his wife their legal team also talking about the amount of evidence its required to go through their arguments about whether its possible to search terms within them and in the format theyve been given and so there is an obvious push to try to get this pushed back as long as possible the prosecution on the other hand the chief prosecutor is saying that the people of israel dont want to see any delay they want to see this resolved as soon as possible. Hoffman is chief Political Correspondent at the Jerusalem Post hes in western and joins us now live thank you for your time whats your reading of wants netanyahu had to say before he went into court today. No its against all things were in the middle of an election weve had 3 elections over the past year and he has not stopped campaigning in part because hes very good at it but its not the people of israel who keep electing him will decide whether hes innocent or guilty its the 3 judges in a courtroom and theres a long trial ahead but i it could very well be that his campaign outside might boomerang against him i was interested to see that he didnt just take a man at his opponents but sort of that the entire legal system what are the repercussions of him sort of saying that that corrupt that there is a real concerted coordinated effort to take him down well it depends if hes innocent or guilty if hes guilty and he ends up going to prison then hell be able to say to the people look this was a witch fund and the case was decided well in advance and im your man and i am the rebel and. That could cause a very serious problem here in israel if hes innocent then he needs to change his tactics immediately and focus on defeating the case in court insulting judges making them a comparing him to the wolves and himself to the poodle that they want him to be im not sure affective thats going to be do you think well see more speeches like this more attempts to try and control the narrative as this trial continues. That depends on if he has lawyers that they have a decision to make about their tactics about what will work weve had politicians in israel who campaign against the courts during their trials i dont think its worked out for any of them. Whether its in you how could you do what others have done before hes proven very effective at whatever hes tried so maybe he can defy what others have said that will say will this have any impact at all do you think on hays gulzar naming and his plans to push ahead with an extension. So 1st of all on his governing the trial isnt going to begin for real for several months and he will have plenty of time to government we know that you also have plenty of time between now and then to apply israeli law to areas over the pre 67. 00 border the democratic and republican administrations in washington have said would be part of his role for her that will be happening starting in july and its not because of the court its not in spite of the court its because there is this unique opportunity of having a president of United States who sees i with netanyahu and out after having many president s who had very different points of views and an International Community that hasnt been willing to allow that in and now you have a powerful president who would enable it to happen thank you for your time for you and now sisko health from the chief Political Correspondent at the Jerusalem Post thank you. In scenes that reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong for months nastia police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters and returns to the streets to denounce beijings plan to impose National Security laws on the city from hong kong reports. The panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds who gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. A familiar arsenal was deployed to clear the streets of demonstrators angry about the chinese governments plans to impose a security law on the city why the whole culture truly serious and really critical. We are very good to be trying this communist party to support the people offering to press forward all the people in thailand all pay the communist party is far more dangerous than covert 19 you know and it could soon be dangerous the way flags like this calling for an independent hong kong or banners predicting the destruction of the communist party under the proposed law such sentiments could be defined as subversion. Familiar slogans rang through the causeway bay shopping district there from god not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protesters occupy some of the citys busiest roads hong kong finds itself caught in the middle of a deepening cold war between china and the United States and the could be more economic pain on the way because washington is now warning that its going to review the special trading relationship that hong kong currently enjoys with the u. S. Another sign of what chinas top diplomat says is foreign meddling in hong kongs affairs like russian external forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to china is next. Security. It is still not clear if the new law will restrict protests like the chinas foreign minister insists it will only target a narrow category of attacks the law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of sensitive anniversaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Turning out that breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of warlord had a leaving the country lets go live now to our head who is in tripoli for us from what more can you tell us. Well the mayor of benny will lead the city of that south of the city of god who now just stated that 3 flights left from but he will lead the airport loaded with that the russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with have to his forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain where they were heading maybe to burn of ozzy to bimini and then from there to syria may be back to russia but what we know for certain according to the mayor of been you will need city that the russian mercenaries. Have been fighting going on would have to have forces have left the country they were accompanied by a Russian Air Defense system unit bannister that was accompanying them from tripoli to bend you will need to protect the cut of one now the russian mercenaries have been playing a vital and crucial who will in this battle especially in southern tripoli and the major advances achieve the white house that his forces over the past year are mainly at 2 the russian mercenaries from the Wagners Group as you know that according to International Reports or a 1000 russian mysterys have been recruited by after the forces to help seizing the capital of tripoli as you know that it has been reported that the United Arab Emirates has been paying the bills or has been paying salaries for those mysteries but the question now is that why did leaving now especially after the defeat or the setback have to those forces have been suffering in southern tripoli after the last civil and locations especially the Strategic Military camps in southern tripoli and also the strategic. Need of the tunisian border and in mid april several cities and towns along the western coast in western libya. We dont know now why that was the now but the bag no group which is which has close ties to the kremlin and to the president Vladimir Putin himself. Has denied it several times but we know for certain that according to the International Reports that the russian medicine is fighting along with half the forces in southern tripoli they have been recruited by hefted and they are more than 1000 they have been specialized in. Infantry. Infantry weapons and also there have been a lot of the snipers from the russian most rees fighting along would have to us forces in southern tip of the question now is whether or not the withdrawal of the russian mercenaries from have the resources will give more chances to the Government Forces to advance on have to his forces in southern tripoli think that mahmud the other head their cost developments from turkey think. In the news ahead. Some relief soon at the fuel pumps and Congress Says an iranian shipment reaches a venezuelan which leads. To new coronavirus cases in brazil now makes it the 2nd worst affected in the world. And the stars explains their legal will be back and action soon take a look at what fans can expect when the action finally resumes thats coming up and spoke. Calls are growing for the u. K. Prime ministers chief advisor to resign of accusations he broke a lockdown rules the government has defended Dominic Cummings after he drove more than 400 kilometers from london to his parents home when he was supposed to be in self isolation a number of m. P. s have now demanded he resign or be sacked including a member of his own conservative party a short time ago it was announced that Prime Minister Abbas Johnson will lead todays coronavirus briefing. Joins us now live from london so nave this news that Boris Johnson is going to take todays briefing i mean is that a sign of what we might expect. Probably is a very strong sign of what we might expect we believe that Dominic Cummings is being here at 10 downing street for all of 4 to half hours now if hes going to be fired thats an incredibly long me seeing it which is taken place one can only imagine what kind of discussion has gone on behind closed doors but we believe the contrary is true and that Boris Johnson will give his briefing and. Some tough questions in defense of Dominic Cummings there have been some somewhat awkward appearances by warm members of the cabinets on British Television trying to explain exactly where way not Dominic Cummings was. Over apparent journey to the north east of england. One can only imagine that this for the half hours has been used to try and get exactly the story straight so this was a tight before the almighty grilling in front of the journalists at this briefing that we know also is being delayed by an hour when it comes to the allegations leveled against coming as well we knew already that he was accused of traveling hundreds of miles to the northeast of england to stay on in a house on land owned by his parents he we know that he and his wife believe that they were suffering from a common a virus symptoms and they were worried about the welfare and well being of their 4 year old son which is why they were looking for childcare but now 2 more allegations have surfaced the 1st that only cummings and his wife may have left a lot down to visit a beauty spot and the 2nd that he may have revisited the northeast of england a month later in april in breach of the governments guidelines on what or what not should be done during wont. Nave it just explain for our International Viewers why do we care about Dominic Cummings hes not an elected m. P. But he is influential. Oh hes hugely hugely influential he 1st of all is one of the arch creators of the Relief Campaign a man who really pioneered a completely different style of politics to win that argument and of course has been a vocal figure in breaks it ever since he is a prominent advisor of the government and a personal advice to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself he worked closely with the board with Boris Johnson in the hopes of revolutionizing how politics is done here in westminster but hes been accused of some of course stick approach to politicians hes paid by the friends of course weve also made many enemies as well including members of his own Political Party some of them in the back benches that are now calling for Dominic Cummings to step down then attempt to be made during the height of the whole breaks the debate to have him unseated over see is that he was a little bit too powerful those voices have started to emerge again or calling for cummings to step aside. And no doubt will be coming back to you when boss johnson holds that press conference in about an hours time to see how everything shakes down thank you that the now the foka brazil now has the 2nd highest number of covert 19 cases in the world behind the us confirmed infections are nearly at 350000 more than 22000 people have died president jaya both n. R. O. Is coming under increasing pressure after he dismissed the virus as being mild and opposed many restrictions to stop it from spreading and hes now had to defend a tirade caught on video after accusations of interfering in a criminal investigation into his family with more on this is on the m. P. s he joins us now live from bogota so incredibly both sonata doesnt seem to phase defy the spread of coronavirus in his country with his attention apparently elsewhere at the moment. Yes kim unfortunately for brazil the worst of the spread of the coronavirus korean sides where its not their Major Political crisis then presidency. Is being consumed by a number of accusation and investigations not only into his response to dammy even if he has lost to Health Ministers in practically a month because of the way hes been fighting against isolation measures because he has been promoting an unproven drug that he said would cure kovi the 19 but also because of this investigation that you were pointing to in your introduction which is being led by said she a model who is a former minister of justice and hes also a sort of Anti Corruption superstar in the country mightily considered by a great majority of brazilians for is on a c. N. N. Hes the one leading the charge against bolton at 0 who he says has been interfering in Police Investigations concerning his sons and increasing number of brazilians and experts brazilian politics are now saying that this could even bring forward impeachment proceedings that against them and that. Lose his job. The day after he was seen on video explaining why he wanted to sack the federal police chief in an expletive ridden Cabinet Meeting brazilian president was in damage control mode but without a hint of remorse. He dismissed accusations by his former Justice Minister said hugh morrow of trying to interfere into Police Investigations explaining that he was instead talking about his security detail and refusing to hand over his phone as requested by opposition parties in congress. Just collapsed theres not a 2nd in the video where someone could suspect. The federal police im sorry mr. Again posing as a victim i dont know what your interests will not be foolish enough to make false accusations. And. Might be increasingly against the ropes but remains relentless playing the devastating effects of the spread in this country which on saturday reached another depressing record. The 2nd worst affected nation in the world behind the United States and experts believe the reality of the pandemic is significantly worse than what the official numbers show. Government officials that made it that there are thousands more deaths beyond the more than 21000. 00 cases that could be related to the team but that nobody will be able to test. I am very worried about the evolution of the disease but also with all the changes in the government there is a lot of instability those who should be informing us and taking care of the situation of being replaced but most brazilians are horrified by the government response to the for the president s base of supporters this is just a ploy to kick him out of office. You dont have to study politic. Very much to know what this is about the news about brazil today i think its a sickening country with more positive cases that certainly a lot i want to overthrow our president by dividing us that brazil is not alone in seeing a dramatic increase in cases in latin america but its unique in its response from. A rising cases means new measures are being put in place resilience instead can expect political fights taking center stage while the cemetery. Now came obviously most styes are focused on brazil this situation is obviously the worst across the continent about the numbers are truly rising of the coronavirus throughout latin america in particularly in south america that now has more than half of all the cases anywhere in the world more than 650000 cases and theres a lot of worry of what. Will happen in the coming months in particular in the south of the continent countries like for example argentina. Great job so far in keeping the coronavirus at bay feared the arrival of winter months which mean. Sorry hill misses and that could make matt matters much worse thanks for that update there. From bogota one of 5 iranian tank is carrying millions of dollars worth of fuel has entered venezuelan waters despite warnings from the u. S. To iran has threatened to retaliate if washington tries to stop its vessels. Now according to online tracking dosser the ship of fortune is in northern venezuela after passing Trinidad And Tobago its it to reach the port of alito west of caracas later on sunday the other 4 ships are expected to arrive in the next few days bringing in a total of 1500000. 00 barrels of iranian petrol its expected to ease fuel shortages in venezuela but its in violation of sanctions imposed by washington on both countries scenes like these are common in venezuela and oil rich country thats frustratingly short of petrol drivers lined up through the night on saturday anticipating fresh supplies at petrol pumps with the arrival of the iranian ship that is why it is fuel used to be among the cheapest in the world now its as much as 3. 20 ilesa on the black market bomb and randy is professor of our antilles them at the university of tehran he joins us via skype thanks for your time as always why are we seeing this deepening of irans relationship with venezuela now why is venezuela so important to iran. Well its largely because of the ugly behavior of the United States and those countries that align themselves with the United States the United States imposes sanctions on countries as if it rules the world and then countries like in within the European Union or other countries like australia they obey trump so when the americans want to star the syrians of oil. The e. U. Base and in particular britain last year they hijacked an iranian super tanker to prevent it from sending fuel for the Syrian People to consume member course irani iran would have aided and the british were forced to release the supertanker and now the iranians feel the same is happening to venezuela the americans and their allies are trying to star the venezuelan people who are trying to make them suffer as much as possible to impose their will upon the nation and the iranians will refuse to abide by american demands that there must be something in this for iran i mean this console to be about countering the the balance counterbalancing the us and getting in the way of american follows the Foreign Policy interests that must be something in this for iran. Well its interesting that you say that the u. S. Initially was saying that iran is taking Venezuelan Oil well venezuelan gold where of obviously in any transaction something will be given and something will be taken its that its as if the iranians in the Bennetts Willems are doing something illegal and now brian hook the trump regime representative on the run is saying that the iranian people are their assets are being given to the venezuelans and majority of americans cant make up their mind on the what 1st they say that the iranians are taking from the venezuelans and now theyre saying the venezuelans are taking from the iranians what is important is that these are normal trade ties between 2 sovereign independent countries and their regime in washington is in no position to dictate terms to the International Community and iran is not a weak country like countries within the e. U. Which will simply bowed down to the United States when it makes demands what do you make of the fact that iran that the u. S. So far hasnt done anything to stop the shipment it has of course sent Navy Destroyers to patrol the caribbean but that said it. Well and also the trump regime told reporters imply that military action may be taken and that the ships would be halted and that was a risk that the iranians were willing to take and sending 5 ships was that big mass it wasnt just one or 2 tankers of fuel it was 5 tankers so the iranians did that both to give support to the venezuelan people out of solidarity with the venezuelan people to prevent them from suffering and also in an act of defiance to us hegemony and also i think the americans understood quite well that the iranians would retaliate the iranians are very serious when the americans are considering this as an iranian attempt to extend influence in venezuela as well thats really strange coming from a regime that has bases are across the persian gulf iraq afghanistan and a surrounded iran with military bases and has a host of war ships and aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf Region and this year or month and then when iran sends some tankers the fuel so that the people of venezuela can live ordinary lives they find that to be an extension of iranian influence ok i thank you the times there mr Mohammad Marandi im sorry well have to leave it there for time. There from the university of tehran we appreciate it as a life. Thank you. Much more still to come here on aljazeera open or not confusion on the u. S. Beaches and new york state tries to relax coronavirus restrictions. And in sports find out why one Baseball Team in florida is putting it stadium on abby and. How i will hot sunshine pretty much sums up the weather across the middle east at the moment not quite as hot as it has been just around that eastern side of the mediterranean into the levant as i say every a cloud has swept through this introduced some fresh conditions so well see temperatures no higher than about 20 to 23 celsius there for jerusalem and full beiruts mashal as theyre making their way across eastern parts of turkey heading towards the caspian so armenia julia as well john seeing some wet weather clearing through as we go on into choose day across the peninsula dries us it does sum it up 39 celsius here in doha on tuesday just a chance of one of 2 showers around the gulf of aden the western parts of yemen could see some showers and they join up with the showers which will fade their way back into ethiopia south sudan showers there through kamarudin southern parts of nigeria seeing live shows i was right spread through gonna or the way into liberia may well we will still see some showers just around the coastal parts of kenya pushing across the tanzania even insist still in the areas of somalia but to the south of that it is generally try say generally because weve got some wet cool and windy weather making its way through cape town feeling rather chilly here no one within 15 degrees but choose day. 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Youre watching aljazeera our mind on our top stories this hour breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting support off warlord honey for half the are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that the passing through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli follows a series of setbacks for us forces. The corruption trial of israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun yahoo denies charges of bribery fraud and. Breach of trust says this is an attempt to topple him in any way possible. And thousands of protesters in hong kong a big round against a National Security bill proposed by beijing Police Responded by using tear gas and Water Cannons to disperse the large. India has reported its biggest steady increase in confirmed covered 19 cases nearly 6700. 00 were added to bring the total number of infections there to nearly 132000 another 140. 00 people died on saturday sikkim the last thanks that was free of the virus has now reported its 1st case as despite a nationwide lockdown the Health Ministry says it has increased testing. Is a professor of economics at the Ambedkar University and a member of the right to Food Campaign she says india needs to improve its Health System what we know of from the evidence on the little notice on the now and the expedience all we know the last 2 months of the last the whole well plus of that kind of a national law is if you are the betting your Health System so that those reading infection and that the something i think we did not do enough what we need to focus on. Health system to be able to take on the increased but at the same old school in full up on the testing and. Solution and so on this is where we are doing very poorly and in the country like india a bit more the bank people think of the locals as a being almost like bill and this almost all of the media really cannot afford a nationwide lockdown and social distancing or physical distance doesnt mean the same thing of all people across classes so what we really need to focus on the simple this thing chasing isolation and a better Health System. The u. N. World food program says an additional 130000000. 00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic most to live in parts of africa. Reports from and senegals his region. As children they were classmates job went on to m. I. T. In the u. S. And around a Multinational Company before returning home to become the towns mayor. Stated i had several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now shes appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap here people are producing because should of which you see fish is very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is a very good decision we have. In the Health Food Industry the. Mayor job is meeting with town elders theyre deciding which families will receive state provided bags of rice each making their case because theres not enough food for everyone no one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the virus is Economic Impact this is one of the largest markets in senegal people come here for food vegetables meat look at it now with been like this for weeks people here were shaken by a virus many of them hadnt heard of coming from china now impacting their lives here deep in senegal is countryside job wanted to transform sun jar not into the Silicon Valley of senegal but into the shenzhen of the region chinese investors opened Fish Processing factories in transformed barren fields into Agricultural Land for vegetables but with border shut the project is going rotten. We need to stop the virus and find solutions so we can get people back to work because so many of us depend on farming to survive well the number of infections are multiplying in senegal the government is easing restrictions on movement fearing a looming food crisis. We need markets to reopen its a question of survival. There is a sense that the measures to prevent the outbreak have become a heavy burden for many in the face of hunger because hawk aljazeera. The New York Times has published the names of nearly 1000 american cars and 9000 victims on its front page the list comes from a big trees and death notices from across the country it also includes the victims ages interests and life and jobs the paper describes it as and calculable loss saying they were not simply names on a list the overall u. S. Death toll is approaching 100000. How does a Holiday Weekend in the u. S. And many beaches in the northeast are open for the 1st time since the arrival of the pandemic but not all of them and this christian salumi reports that is caused both confusion and concern. Its memorial day weekend traditionally the start of beach season in new york the city has about 22 kilometers of public shoreline this retired School Teachers lived in whats known as the rockaways for 30 years i dont have a backyard in our front yard i live in and i go out building this is my yard this is my outside space this is where i go for fresh air and socialization and enjoyment and i want my beaches open but Rockaway Beach like the rest of the city and its surrounding communities remain under strict social distancing requirements with some of the highest rates of coded 1000 in the nation what we know for sure is we do not want large numbers of people going on mass transit right now and thats the only way the vast majority of new yorkers of the beach get to the beach here in new york city the beaches are officially closed no life guards on duty no swimming allowed walks are fine the mayor says as long as people maintain social distancing but hes threatened to take even that away if people dont comply yet just beyond city limits many beaches are open for business long beach is one of several limiting access to residents david zeilinger is relieved the beaches are reopening for his businesses sake but he is wary its a tough balance to strike between keeping you know their Community Safe given the periodicals to their beach which is a big part of our life here following the rules is my concern because if they dont have to close the beaches altogether and i dont think anybody wants the rules include wearing a mask near other people and no Contact Sports nearby federal beaches are open to anyone but you need a car to get there state rules require all beaches to allow only half as many people as usual when the city announce that they wont be opening there was a fear that its really hard to keep a safe and healthy beaches 50 percent capacity with tens of thousands of people coming out from the city rain in the forecast may keep the crowds away for now but warmer weather is on the horizon with 8600000 City Residents just over the border christian salumi al jazeera new york. Egyptian president after r. C. C. Has pardoned more than 3000. 00 prisoners to coincide with the holiday mangrum is a hit man who murdered lebanese singers suzanne to mimi and dubai in 2008 on the orders of former egypt to m. P. Stuffer no activists journalists all Political Prisoners have been released. Aljazeera journalist Mahmud Hussein is still in prison in egypt without charges or trial after their early 3 and a half years the United Nations has called on egypts government to end husseins arbitrary detention and release him immediately. Millions of muslims around the world are celebrating marking the end of a month of fasting its one of the most important holidays in the islamic calendar but this time the coronavirus pandemic has brought about unprecedented restrictions in some countries where prayers and mosques and public celebrations are barred preg gupta reports. Or. Is one of the most important most and best of all. But its been so polluted under the shadow of a global pandemic. In indonesia there were no hugs no bearing gifts and no visiting families. The Worlds Largest Muslim Country has been of southeast asians highest number of call to 900 factions and deaths. Worshippers were barred from offering prayers inside mosques and open fields. I am of arghandab but resigned myself i performed i had prison the midst of the plague of covert 19 only resigned to allah hopefully i will lift up this disease yes. In saudi arabia the grand mosque in the holy city of mecca was largely empty. Versions followed strict social distancing measures while marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan. Mosques across the kingdom are coastal problems. Here heard it here in jerusalem as i walk some mosque compound protests were allowed outside the gates of islams code holy site. While in gaza most were reopened put a 2nd time in 2 months since the lockdown was imposed. Health officials sana casa promises on peace must do people and condemn the time when i thought her up and thats the end of the the whole were taking all the necessary measures so people can safely practice their prayers the preventive measures that the ministry of health instructed include masks each person should bring their own praying carpet each one at least a metre apart between the worshippers people are happy that they can pray inside the mosques after a long break especially on this day of eagle foot that. In pakistan to the feet will congregate but sacrifice some of the 2 traditions. Maybe its in all of that we couldnt celebrate this eat as we used to do in previous years because of current or virus and social distancing we couldnt even harder friends or hen chick with them one of the in syria this time comes to her a period of peace aside the lady at the foot of this seat is considered the calmest one as there is no bombardment things basic god the situation is calm i hope the displaced will now return to the homes. Its been a different kind of feed but the soul and prayers of love comfort and healing still resonate for many in the sun pressed into times. On syria. Lets get back now to our breaking news story from libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of war probably for half that are are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that there departing through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks for how far. He is founder and director of the sidique institute thats a Public Policy think tank specializing in libya fares he is in london thanks for your time how significant is this retreat by these russian mercenaries. Well its sort of soon john in perth for most who are in some russian reason sort of look at this new king for the markers in the National Army or navy and on the force in this is a sort of humility in the recruits of those im most in forces kind of d destroys the image that has been part of it will attempt to because of the last 100 years or so the popularity of lamas left or real damage the safety of his image over the last couple of years and its one in libya internationally this is this is very significant when russia deployed is there but it must for one sole purpose liability laws of the well im going to say that sort of. Retreating from tripoli and of the courts captured and killed in tripoli suburbs the 5 of them leaving a very high profile and a lot of been really level is a massive massive blow to russia that theyre playing with as movements in the libya conflict and its mostly in effect in silence and i should remember its been in the works that against the u. N. But the government of national thats a government that is officially backed by russias own its really kind of plays against what you have been saying in the media for many many years thats likely to be a foe sort of pulled out a good by these necessary is all just every grouping i mean what does this say about the situation on the ground. Well i mean in the last couple of weeks especially since march and maybe 12 now theres been a significant number of flights that have been coming from lets talk you know and syria the russian i mean that part of the russian evidence that is in syria and theyve been using and i have mine shandlings which is officially blacklisted which is officially sanctioned by the us treasury for foreign militants and on the balkan National Level of law and militants are Many Employers just like a lots of they move in from home and are based in the last 10 days nice than if you are into an app bases the couple have been worse operate or bomb the lot of slums constructed simulation of your 1415 that were around 6 years with the build up of more mr nice than if you had the look of russian medicines that are not even burning or needing to be going but to use them that night and given the crippling kind of signals what has been happening over the last month month and a half since properly making is not submodules in western libya it seems like youre making a build up of forces in Eastern Libya which was so close that a stronghold of the principles of the power its one of the top one has been looking increasingly tense has been looking into recent developments and you may need to try and call in reinforcements from his months really on the part of forces that were supposedly backing him since 2006 the mature men were that many of those once and now have been loyal to him since around 2000 level so you have all of those incidents you have actually been its a little attempted assassinations against them but often to leave and was and is in the area and russia on the phone is that is no no no censor and blind of course is that its kind of were trying to push him out so its a real tense situation and it could be a big case that hes building up another only for what is going on like that on a sound come out say that as a counter strike to of the city construction. All towns and cities across the u. K. Struggle with the impact of code 191. 00 of the poorest areas is coping with a pandemic so you made International Headlines when the un highlighted it as an example of how the British Government has failed to deal with poverty the visited the community and found its proved its more resilient than most in coming together during the crisis. At the best of times j. Week is a town on its knees the form a seaside resort east of london has barely a shop or a doctor and many people have Severe Health issues as elsewhere several deaths have been reported in the local care home with the virus among the population everywhere it sounds like a recipe for disaster dealing with a lockdown is proved difficult enough for communities across the u. K. Which have all the things like food and medicines that anybody might ever wants and so good to see you in a place like this with very limited supplies and things would have been doubly difficult in fact though the story of jay which has turned out to be one of triumph over adversity the 1st step was to find some money a mixture of handouts got them to the equivalent of about 3000. 00 which doesnt sound like much of a couple 1000 pounds we got some stock in some of the supermarkets and so we decided separate kitchen here yes with that theyve already cooked hundreds of meals for the old and the sick who cant leave their homes stored in a donated freezer after their is packed up they did it on a shoestring and they still thats enough money for several more months the guys here obviously theyre in prepackaged meals so they get they get delivered to peoples doors to anyone whos isolating for whatever reason and that means theyve got access to hot food. Paper out collecting prescriptions for people and yet every just mucks in and gets things done so this is the unique thing about j. Week having spent years abandons theyve had to learn to deal with crisis after crisis alone but you know you know do well everywhere else has been forced to change everything j. Which believes it can cope with cold feet because it doesnt feel much different to how things usually are people in their pocket and gave me food clothing items to get the people that televisions are bad mobility scooters ive had bugs in bags of shopping like 6 or 7 bags and that is basically how were overcoming the some what we doing as a. So brothers not feet would have a stop loss. Whatever the weather a few months ago the United Nations human rights visited j. Week and ended up condemning the British Government for keeping the population in poverty nothing whatsoever came out of it which was what jay was expected to happen they do a good job of ignoring the fact that they hardly have anything it seems to make the virus that bit less frightening largely aljazeera jay quick. Chinese 20 makers are focusing on domestic customers as china emerges from the worst of the pandemic cancelled shipments returned goods on a decline in new orders have left companies hugely overstocked but recovery has been hampered by locked down some restrictions overseas. The former Prime Minister of papa new guinea has been released from prison on bail after being arrested on suspicion of corruption peter oneill lead the country for 7 years until 2019 every star investigating allegations of misappropriation and abuse of office there relates to the purchase of 2 Power Generators for 14000000. 00 without the approval of Parliament Well time now for support has sana thank you very much it came while n. B. A. Basketball bosses are in talks with disney about restarting the season in florida at the end of july while theyre exploring the option of using the s. P. L. In a wide world of Sports Complex on the disney property near orlando is a huge campus so with multiple arenas the idea is that it would host all of remaining at n. B. A. Games and that teams would be housed and train there 2 or theres been no n. B. A. Action since march and its still not clear whether the format of the league will have to change it to get the Season Completed well u. S. Sports broadcaster Michael Costa no joined us earlier he believes that the n. B. A. Will have some major issues to deal with is there to make their plan with this new work. The biggest problem i see. Is twofold and 11 is working out the other contracts that are in place for the league with the teams in their own stadia their own local broadcasting their Network Contracts with various people which which should be easy enough to fulfill because the broadcast facilities are there as well and secondly and this applies to all sports when they try to resume once you get a confirmed case with in that quarantine what happens then can you continue because everybody is quarantined to do you have to protect all the other players in the end so every staff which goes right from general managers down to ticket or not there will be ticket takers but cleaners you know technicians who keep keep things going how do you protect them in that tight quarantine situation if you get people testing positive and exhibiting sim symptoms you more or less have to shut the whole thing down then. Rb leipzig have moved to 3rd in the german woods league team or were in a hat trick to help them beat the minds of 5 no away on saturday by munich maintain their 4 point lead to at the top of the table they beat and to 305 to the result makes it to and from 2 since the return of the league all matches in the league are being played behind closed doors. For up next for buying our 2nd place brasil dortmunder who also won on such a day before spoke to no way to also secure 6 points from the 1st. 2 more people at English Premier League clubs that have tested positive for corona virus including one player from bournemouth or this follows a 2nd round of tests involving mine 169. 00 players and staff means there have been 8 positive cases in total since teams returned to limited the Group Training premier league hopes it to restart the season in june but no date has been fixed the league a says it will arrange a restart date and fixture schedule in the next few days follows the league getting the green light from the Spanish Government on saturday to resume from june 8th all teams in the league still have 11 matches to go barcelona lead the table by 2 points spains top division has been suspended since march 12th because of the pandemic what was spoke to madrid based sports journalist finance who says theres huge excitement in spain over legal restarting. The country starting to get. To get back to the new normal life so i think that football is going to be a huge boost for the population football its a part of the society so as the society is going back to the new normal i think that its only logical that sports go back also suits of to be played of course without public we dont have we dont we will have huge crowds here in spain for i dont know a long long long time like they were cockily that they could lose between 600 to more than 1000000000 euros if the league wouldnt go back so i think thats going to be a huge boost for the economy for the finances its a big but its not in the same show part of the economy but its a big part of the economy and everything that goes around the from around the football match people are going to be watching at home of course they cannot go to the stadiums but i think its going to be good for the economy and for the for for the clubs of course while the u. S. Baseball season remains shut down so one Minor League Team is trying Something Different to make money pensacola bellew who is in florida put the stadium on air b. N. B. For a price up to 10 people can stay overnight at the stadium pay out on the field and use a batting cage its the 1st time a u. S. Professional stadium has been listed on the site the team is coned by a pro golfer and 2 time losses champion bubba watson. Baseball season in south korea has been back for a few weeks behind closed doors in empty stadiums at this game there was a home run the ball got stuck between 2 seats the city a fan would keep it as a souvenir but there was no one there to retrieve it. Save indeed thats it for me thanks so much for that ana. And finally fear of covert 906 and lock downs have made even the most simple tasks like errands much more difficult an indian engineer has built himself a solution this robot the remote controlled cots drives to the local market where it can collect and carry home up to 50 kilograms of groceries its even programmed to maintain social distancing with a custom is. Thats it for me for this news out dont go away though were expecting him to appear any moment to give his daily call a virus briefing stay with us here on aljazeera. A tsunami of mud there the 16 indonesians villages submerging the homes and livelihoods of 60000 people. Years later local inhabitants a still fighting for justice from the Fracking Company they play. And the hot sludge continues to flow. Great a witness documentary. On aljazeera. Egypt strongman is ruling with an eye and faced and the silence from his allies is deafening the us was perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even their own citizens have fallen victim to his repression executions torture or censorship is not acceptable and you wont hear such strong words from lets say berlin or paris or london in cairo on aljazeera. Investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on aljazeera. Pressure mounts on the British Government after the Prime Ministers chief advisor is accused of breaking up down. There but all of this is obs there live from daw also coming up Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the 1st sitting israeli Prime Minister to Face Criminal Charges in course. I. At least in hong kong. Tear gas at protesters who gathered