Belief that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u. K. Prime minister of defense is chief adviser whos under pressure to resign over claims breach that lockdown. And dont calm protest is mobilizing there are thousands rallying against chinas plan to impose National Security goals. We begin the news hour in libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of the warlord holly for how far 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 this follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces whove been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government mahmoud head is in tripoli for us. The major advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you know that last month when the reports reveal that about 1200. 00 the Russian Military is from the group have been fighting along with his forces in southern tripoli so the mayor of benny will lead the city thats south of the city of stated that 3 flights took off from the airport of benny will lead carrying get russian medicine to these who have been fighting along with half that as force we do not know for certain why they are leaving the country at this crucial time because as you know couldnt lee have to his forces are losing momentum on the ground because they have been losing strategic locations including military camps in southern tripoli and also the cities you need the near the tunisian border and the Government Forces have been advancing on have to his forces recently there was that all of the russian mostly is could have major consequences on have those forces on the ground. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu launched a tirade against the nations Justice System as his long awaited corruption trial got underway hes facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates Benjamin Netanyahu is israels 1st sitting Prime Minister to ever go on trial he was sworn back into office says head of a rare unity government just a week ago henry force that has more now from occupied East Jerusalem. This was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics Benjamin Netanyahu decided to make it more so clear in his intention to fight not just within the courtroom but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel whats on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me and the right wing camp 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 an Attorneys Office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not b. B. Bunch they tell of baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing Prime Minister and thats to remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years. In the courtroom itself what could become a defining image of israels longest serving Prime Minister in the dock facing criminal trial just a week after he was sworn in for a 5th term after the cameras were rejected his legal team asked for delays in calling witnesses well they argued about access to evidence the strategy to push the start of the main phase of the trial well into next year outside supporters saying in chanted and amplified the Prime Ministers message of persecution already in its 1st day of this trial is a window into just how polarized israeli politics is and Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies making no bones about appealing to supporters like these on the basis that the trial is not a criminal one rather a political coup designed to ousted from office but there are warnings that such a strategy risks for the division this was the main and demonstration outside his residence. Netanyahu is accused of asking for and taking lavish gifts from wealthy friends of offering to hinder one newspaper to get better coverage in another but exchanging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulatory help to a telecoms chief again but better coverage on his news site. Before caught a glimpse of the parallel worlds to come for a Prime Minister on trial. Leading his 1st Cabinet Meeting of the new coalition talking about iran the economy and governing for all his former fierce opponent and now alternate Prime Minister in a rotating Coalition Deal benny gantz released a statement saying that was innocent until Proven Guilty calling for reconciliation so Benjamin Netanyahu says this will be his last term in office and spend a good deal of it fighting not just for his innocence in court but against the very institutions that accused of breaking the law are a force that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem coming up on aljazeera this news hour india experiences its worst a day for corona virus infections despite a National Lockdown its spread to every state remaining defiant brazils president ignores coronavirus guidelines to embrace his supporters and the desperate cry for help in senegal stopping the violence stopping trade and there is not enough food for everyone. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached the virus restrictions Dominic Cummings travelled from london to northeast england at the end of march while suffering coronavirus symptoms government advice said the time was for all citizens to stay at their primary residence but Boris Johnson insists cummings acted responsibly and legally leave parker reports. Dominic cummings had little to say to journalists outside his home on sunday its alleged the Prime Ministers chief advisor broke a lockdown rules travelling hundreds of kilometers to daraa in northeast english to his parents estate at the height of restrictions in march and get to meet his he was and if things went awkward enough for cummings cue the arrival of a protester van with a reminder of boys johnsons address to the nation to stay at home you must stay here coming said the trip was to ensure his 4 year old son was looked after because his wife was suffering from coronavirus symptoms something he would also develop he said he remained in isolation in a separate property on his parents estate but eyewitnesses claim cummings left locked down to visit in the air by beauty spot and that he made another trip to the northeast after returning to london in april after allegations the Prime Minister was quick to dismiss an unshared told appearance at the daily downing street Coronavirus Briefing there have been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so fights relation and thereafter some of them probably false i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. Despite support from the top cummings faces a storm of criticism from figures in the Police Health service and Scientific Community some m. P. s in his own party want him to quit i think his position is untenable its because of dominics slogans around the these rules that mums and dads grannies and grandpas across the country will have felt that they have to stay at home if coded got into their families and of course they too care about their children but they knew they had they must stay at home 7 days the 1st person 14 days for the others and now it turns out they could have been driving around the country with symptoms this isnt just a story about one man this is about faith in a government that sets rules and regulations demanding selfdiscipline and sacrifice of people stopping the spread of the virus is meant to be a collective endeavor no exceptions. Dominic cummings is one of the most divisive figures in british politics the mastermind behind the campaign to leave the e. U. Who together with Boris Johnson plotted to revolutionize british politics hes a non elected official but wields more power and influence the many people are comfortable with opposition m. P. s are now calling for a full inquiry into all of the allegations against cummings at a time when trust in government has rarely been needed more needs barca aljazeera westminster. Joining us now via skype from surrey in southern england this Chris Wilkins who is the managing partner for the Strategic Advisory firm audley hes also the former director of strategy for to reason may when she was british Prime Minister mr wilkins thanks so much for joining us here on aljazeera always johnson didnt just back Dominic Cummings during the brief need used incredibly Strong Language saying that cummings acted responsibly legally and with integrity soared really Strong Defense there remind us why Dominic Cummings is so important for the british Prime Minister. But well golly cummings is somebody who vote is. Given people political voice is a proven winner he won the. Referendum in 2816. 00 he was leading the Vote Campaign and against many peoples expectations he were not campaign he won previous political campaigns and only in december of last year of course the Prime Minister secured an 80 seat majority in the general election which cummings was its rental in getting him to core and also in the structure of that campaign so hes a proven winner in that sense and you know hes somebody whos the promise of clear voice working force the difficulties because part of the reason hes a crew winner is because hes always been somebody whos played certainly the edge of the stablished group and thats kind of what youve seen with this case is that people look at it now and think well hold on is this somebody who thinks the rules dont apply to him in this instance just to some people argue over the course of his political career hes argued that in the past and there certainly be many members of the conservative party have made it very clear that theyre any easy with the whole situation also because theyre getting a lot of feedback from the public because this is something that has really gone beyond what is often called the westminster bubble because everyone has made sacrifices during lockdown so in light of all of that how do you see this developing. Well as true there are real world consequences to this because if it appears that theres one rule for the general public and another for people in power then the general consensus that existed around the lockdown in any future measures the government wants for investment there may be less compliance with those most public and because they think they dont need to hear to them theres also political consequence which is that the promise the chief advisor is in trouble the punisher is a big huge amount of Political Capital to try and get it through it but what you saw today was they took the view that actually this was a sort of westminster story only for people in westminster and not really been paid that was tested by people in the country but if you look at for example the front page of tomorrows daily mail newspaper the daily mail is typically very very supportive of conservative government the front page to most any mail newspaper one of the best in the country calls for donica mr zine or the promise to sack him so if the judge and actually its a westminster story not really cutting to the public i think they may have just got that calculation wrong and there was a question of the Prime Minister then and so or could be seen to have dodged that today and that was whether he was aware that Dominic Cummings had travelled to outside of london how keen do you think that issue might become in the next few days. I think that is important im sort of surprised there hasnt been slightly greater focus on that because i think if you are somebody who is a Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister you know and ive been in that world and when you make judgments of this nature one of your 1st question to ask yourself is how will this look you know that not only my biding by the rules but i abide by the spirit of the rules and will i am i doing anything that could bring embarrassment to the Prime Minister of this of the Prime Minister and so in a circumstance like this oh except its pretty exceptional a pandemic were going through then you would i think Seek Commission to take the action that you proposed to take because its clearly open to interpretation as to whether its in the rules or not you would ask the question if the rhythm didnt ask the question and i think thats really pretty disrespectful to the person who is his boss and who he owes his job to and if you didnt ask the question then its unclear why the government hasnt been more open about this over the past couple of days as this storm has been raging and if the promise to give permission then i think thats a really big problem the interests are they probably didnt the question probably wasnt asked but as i say even that then is quite remarkable d because i think it shows a degree of disrespect to the office of the Prime Minister the person in when your political advisors this nature youre supposed to be protecting and so on what would you advise Boris Johnson to do now then. Well its quite extraordinary circumstance theres only sort of 3 courses you can take you can quickly issue an apology and say the wrong apologize try move on you can resign or be fired alone move the story on that way or you can even if you want to try and sort of say that you can call an inquiry by the Civil Service by the cabinet secretary and that often is way through these issues to then cross didnt do any of those things he just thought he could present it out and i think having tried to do that he has no choice but to carry on trying to do so that the difficulty is that youve got tory m. P. s same its not good enough and that is that its got this judgment wrong youve got members the Scientific Community saying that theyre stressed you know a Public Health strategy lies in tatters and youve also got a state newspapers like the daily mail saying well no this isnt just westman so its really cuts to the people and its going to have long term consequences for the government so theyve pretty much decided the strategy they need to try and stick with that strategy now trying brazen it out and maybe they will but i think the long term political cant consequences for the government probably set now and so even if dont come in stays the struggle ahead of the government in the months to come chris work ins managing partner for the Strategic Advisory firm orderly and former director of strategy for terrorism a south thank you. India now the country has reported its biggest daily increase in confirmed virus cases more than 6700. 00 were added taking the total number of infections to almost 132000 across the country 140 people died on saturday the virus has now spread to every state in india despite a nationwide lockdown the Health Ministry says it is increased testing the percent here is a professor of economics at carr University Delhi she says the pandemic has exposed many cracks in Indias Health system what we know of from via ribbons on the little notice until now and the experience all we know the last few months of the lockdown the whole purpose of that kind of a master lockdown is if you are the bedding your Health System so that those fighting infection and that the something i think we did not do enough of what we believe need to focus on is strengthening our Health System to be able to take on the increased load but at the same. Info up on the testing and seeing and isolation and so on this is where we are doing very poorly and in the country like india more than 90 percent of the workforce is of the moment and this almost all of the media really cannot afford a nationwide lockdown and social distancing or physical distance doesnt mean the same thing for people across classes so what we really need to focus on the simple this thing tracing isolation and a better Health System. Brazils president has greece had hundreds of supporters as an unfolding political scandal adds to the countrys Coronavirus Crisis jade also matter was seen posing for photos and shaking peoples hands near the president ial palace in brasilia brazil has the worlds 2nd highest number of virus cases now after the United States with more than 347000 infections at least 22000 people have died that was stationed against virus restrictions are also taking place in sao paolo for more on the situation in brazil we can speak to dr juicy menaces she joins us live now from the eastern city of received via skype dr menaces thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera 1st of all give us a little bit of background about what the situation is like where you are where youre working. Well i work in b. C. My city is a sci fi which is in the northeast of brazil we are the. Most forward city with the most cases of 19 and in the northeast we have the most cases of the disease and particularly i work in a maternity they have they have selected some hospitals to be specifically for attending kovac 19 my hospital where i wore my maternity is the one here in the region that is that was chose to specifically attend covert 19 and so we are attending all the pregnancies the d the pregnant woman with covert 19. We are in lockdown my city has been in lockdown for the past. 2 months and we are still seeing that people are still resistant to to not to go out to mean we have police all over the place and so we are really in the crisis. We are hoping that they think its happening is that we are most the Health Workers and everybody is most of them have more. Learning with the cold 19 and now we see people that have come out of the intensive care unit where. 2 months ago it was a still a high mortality still have a high mortality but we are seeing that we are learning to cope with the disease and also with the severe forms of the disease. We still have the problems with. We have a political problem here in brazil with the president as you mentioned before he has just during this crisis to. House ministers have to retire i mean did not retire to have gone out from the government and the biggest thing that happened last week was that the president is using the chloroquine even in mild cases and so that is has. Been cool yeah i mean you mentioned the political situation and we have just seen that the president was going around shaking hands. Earlier on what impact do you think that has on the people that you see you were mentioning that perhaps you feel that youve reached the peak of contagion and some people are Getting Better learning how to deal with it but what impact do you think the image shown by the Political Class by the president has all on brazilians trying to cope with the onus well the country is divided carol the supporters of the president and they support the president whatever he says and we have the other nonsupport as of the president which includes most. Health workers well at least most of them work in universities and have a better understanding of the disease and of the treatment but i would say that the could be really is defiant it is people sometimes think that him going out on the streets and talking to everybody that is there is a type something that is nice for a president do and so from a from a medical point of view or just in general what do you think brazil needs than out to cope with coronavirus. I think that we have to let the people that are supposed to make the decisions make the right decisions for us to cope with this disease with the spreading of the disease i think it should not be a political issue it should not be a government issue i mean just the ministry of health issue and i think that if we let that happen and. That the things will work out better fortunately our states have. Autonomy so even though the president is doing those type of things it is is saying that he wants to reopen some things also that govern theirs they have looked on a me to do what they think is best in their state for example my state we have a very strict governor who really maintains a lockdown and is believes and that dr juicy minutes is were going to have to leave it there would love to speak to you again just to see how the disease progresses in your state and of course across brazil speaking to us from receive a document as us thank you thank you very much now in a National Address the president of south Africa Sitaram oppose says the lockdown level in the country will ease up starting june 1st he says cities with the higher infection rates like cape town and johannesburg will continue to be monitored in time however through our efforts it would be possible and we are aiming for this to place only us where infections though are numbers 2. 00 and 1. 00. The implementation of a little over 3 from the beginning of june will involve the return to operation of most sectors of our economy subject to the observance of Strict Health protocols and so show distancing rooms the opening of the economy and other activities means that more Public Servants will also be required to go back to work a month ago the World Food Program warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause a famine of biblical proportions in guatemala and el salvador 2 of the poorest countries in Central America hundreds of families are flying white flags outside their homes or in the street to signify that they need food in war torn yemen 80 percent of the population was food insecure before the pandemic emerged this is mental storage hes havent been able to impose restrictions the spite their shattered Healthcare Infrastructure and its not just the developing world thats been impacted even some of the worlds financial hubs are struggling new york city for example announced it would deliver 1000000 meals a day to fight hunger during the outbreak. The 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 live in Subsaharan Africa they call us talk reports now from some of the incentive. As children they were classmates job went on to mit 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 very situation we have no. d food in this. 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 its 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 senegals countryside jope wanted to transform not into the Silicon Valley of senegal but into the shenzhen of the region chinese investors open Fish Processing factories and 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 while 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. Nicholas hawke aljazeera sun. So to come on the aljazeera news hour the battle for the beach is confusion in new york with some see front open to the public while others remain closed. Eat in the age of coronavirus drive through celebrations keep it socially distant. Enough it would have a stop loss going to enjoy a week was to open each other whatever the weather why this town that had nothing gave them everything to stop the coronavirus. Head of the mass across much of western europe consequent the same about central and eastern areas this cloud is bringing with it well a cloudy picture but also plenty of rain which will work its way east was over the next couple of days mostly fine and dry throughout much of the mediterranean and look at this the eastern end of the mad into cyprus pretty windy few days it has to be said but some glorious sunshine people are finally getting out and about social distancing at the beach but finally enjoying the lovely warm weather a quote is busy on the beach in england but this is certainly where the weather is actually set to improve now the winds have been very strong for the last few days and these winds finally easy as we head through monday sunny across much of southern areas of the u. K. A high of 24 celsius in london on monday a warm day in paris plenty of trout across the central. Valley messy picture plenty of rain across into areas of germany on into poland across into ukraine and then across the south one or 2 showers likely in and around greece and maybe in a few showers in 3 will central areas of spain but really for the whole its a fairly good picture and if that woman get further on tuesday 26. 00 in paris but plenty of class still bubbling up across the central and southeastern areas widespread rain again across the southeast i mean could see one or 2 severe thunderstorms. Physical bodies on the line indias biggest on earth but the industrys stunt performers are unknown and under when i won a state than men and women risking it all for the brought lots of bali on aljazeera more than 10 years after the Global Financial crisis you have taken home more than 480000000 dollars your company is now bankrupt our economy is in the state of crisis i have a very basic question is this where millions lost their homes in the us alone who was held responsible i will be fabulously wealthy and i will pay in christ for thank the lord the man who stole good will on aljazeera. Save humanity and i really really not getting anywhere. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has accused police and prosecutors of conspiring to topple him in any way possible he made the comments as his long awaited corruption trial got underway in occupied. Russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of libyan warlord he for half that are leaving the country its not clear where theyre headed follows a series of setbacks for half arsed forces in his year long battle to seize the capital tripoli. And u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he reached the virus restrictions cummings traveled from london to northeast england at the end of march despite suffering from coronavirus. In scenes reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong 4 months last year police a fire tear gas and water cannon to the thousands of protesters they returned to the streets to the announced plan to impose National Security laws on the city from hong kong heres a dream bro. The panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds 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 through a series of really critical. Because the authors try this communist party which proves a lot of the people offering to put those press powerful people in power and 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 oban is predicting the destruction of the communist party under the proposed law such sentiments could be defined as subversion. Familia slogans rang through the causeway bay shopping district there was not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protest has occupied 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 it 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 Labor sure external forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to chinas National Security into my well 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 x. The law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of cents it. Anniversaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Well meanwhile chinas foreign minister has accused politicians in the u. S. Of spreading lies about the countrys response to coronavirus pandemic katrina you has more from beijing china wants cooperation with other countries and world bodies but will stand up to any challenge to its sovereignty or its message that was a key theme from foreign minister one at his press conference in beijing he appeared to show a very little patience for any International Criticism leveled at china in fact he appeared quite torn death to it in particular he focused on chinas relationship with the u. S. He said it was important for the true countries to Work Together as the worlds biggest developing country and the biggest developed country and to show Global Leadership and respect each others systems whether he acknowledged the deterioration of via lateral relationship he said that it had been brought to the brink of cold war and through this he laid the blame squarely at the feet of u. S. Politicians he didnt name any names but he said that u. S. Politicians have been engaging in an anti China Smear Campaign around covert 19 and had been guilty of spreading what he called a political virus. Political virus used to be used about unity to attack and the discredit china some a politicians have ignored the most basic realities of the fabricated to many large but his strongest words for the us were around taiwan he called this issue a red line and said the International Community needed to respect the one china principle and using quite strong words he said that the u. S. Was dreaming if it bought it anyway it could prevent reunification future we advised the u. S. To throw away on realistic fundus ease and the let go of domestic political calculation were telling the us not to challenge chinas bottom line and finally he defended china from any accusations that it had mishandled the corona Virus Outbreak he repeated words that weve heard time and time again from beijing saying that beijing has acted responsibly and with transparency and he also said that the World Health Organization needed to be supported and strengthened and not the opposite the New York Times is published the names of nearly 1000 american covert 1000 victims on its front page the list comes from a bitter reason death notices from across the country it also includes the victims age interests and jobs the paper says they were not simply names on the list the overall u. S. Death toll is now approaching 100000 many of whom died in new york well it is 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 krista salumi now reports thats 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 a coop 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 are 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 their Community Safe giving the periodicals to their beach which is a big part of our life here following the rules is my concern because if they dont theyre not 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 kristen salumi aljazeera new york. Researchers have found that nearly half of twitter accounts pushing to relax coronavirus restrictions or what they call reopen america maybe balts or automated accounts during events like elections or natural disasters the normal level of engagement from balts is between 10 and 20 percent but the study by the center for informed democracy and social cybersecurity suspected that 45. 00 to a staggering 60 percent of twitter accounts discussing the coronavirus are actually automated many spread misinformation including false medical advice and conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus the balts have also become more sophisticated at spreading their message and edging to dominate the top accounts re tweeting inaccurate covert 19 stories or more this weekend speak now to kathleen and carly from Carnegie Mellon university where that study was carried out she joins us live now from sin weekly in the us via skype adam thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera its an extraordinary job from 20 percent say during an election to potentially even 60 percent during the Coronavirus Crisis why do you think weve seen such a jump and what impact has it had. Certainly is a huge shift from we think that theres a variety of reasons for that 1st any bought that is useful for spreading and talking about medical issues is going to be repurposed for this particular case secondly this event is very politicized and as a result people are getting their message out by again use the lighting but its become just the kind of information environment whereby its become very useful both for sending good information and for sending inaccurate information so what impact that they actually having on twitter specifically to the to the conversation as a whole. But to use largely on twitter or also use on any other social media platform. But so when you say they employ fi the message are they being more divisive are they causing more divisions more tensions when it comes to the coronavirus conversation specifically so what we find is that bots are used on both sides if you have a divisive conversation such as. Reopen or you will find bots on both sides some arguing against it and some arguing for it some are just simply you know responding there theyre never the start of the information but theyre respecting information from lots of different websites linking people to youtube videos and things like that. Every once in awhile twitter specifically has outages where people will find theyve lost many of their followers because twitter is trying to get rid of vaults and you mention in your research that also getting more sophisticated so what should people be looking out for what are the telltale signs that both so involved in a conversation so some of the things to look for are accounts that have these names is just long strings of numbers and the other thing to look for are accounts where theres a gender mismatch between the name and be accounted because when you see a lot of different tweets from Different Actors but it be but its not a retreat but its the exact same method timing you know critical timing is also another thing to look for typos and spelling errors in the names of credible news sources is another thing ok and in the research what would be your conclusion as to how to best deal with with the situation. So dealing with the whole situation is very complex because you cant just ban all bots because a lot of my doing legitimate good things you cant just find and get rid of all this information because its thats a its just impossible to do currently so basically what we need to do is one is keep their lead but the other thing is the different platforms could Work Together to share information on what the bad actors are let the just information story lines are so that the information once is banned on one platform doesnt you know pop up on another and then re come back secondly oversight committees built from companies academia policy makers working together would be helpful in this arena and thirdly we as the public need to play an Important Role in calling out to some from ation when we see it you know and not passing it on even if we think its funny kathleen and carly from Carnegie Mellon university who was part of that study where that study was carried out by them thank you for sharing your views with us thank you its my pleasure. Now while towns and cities across the u. K. Struggle with the effects of the pandemic one of the poorest areas seems to be coping rather well a week made International Headlines and the United Nations highlighted it as an example of how the British Government has failed to deal with poverty for asli visited the community and found its proved more resilient than most in coming together during the crisis. At the best of times j. Week is a town on its knees the former 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 youd assume in a place like this with very limited supplies that things would have been doubly difficult in fact though the story of j. 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 so a couple of 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 dated freezer after their is packed up they did it on a shoestring and theres still that enough money for several more months the guys here obviously are doing prepackaged meals so they get they get delivered to peoples doorsteps or anyone whos are slighting for whatever reason and that means theyve got access to hot food. Paper out collecting prescriptions for people you know 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. But you know if you dont do what everyone else has been forced to change everything jay would believes he can cope with cold feet because it doesnt feel much different to how things usually are people would put their hand in their pocket and gave me food clothing items to give to people about televisions are bad mobility scooters ive had bags and bags of shopping like 6 or 7 bags and that is basically how we are becoming a somewhat we doing as a community to help others not feel whatever stop us no job no angel. Whatever the weather 18 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 j. 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 al jazeera. Still to come on aljazeera this news hour war who told me. Muslims mark the end of ramadan but the coronavirus makes it in league with it that its. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discussed moods and norden life that was in these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and world class journalists on aljazeera. Challenging the brazilian dictatorship with a democratically run for the team. Clean fields change the course of. The center was a revolutionary foot. Known to locals as the dr. Football rebels concludes with a celebration of the life and legacy of socrates in the Corinthians Democracy Movement on aljazeera. One of 5 iranian tankers carrying millions of dollars worth of fuel has entered venezuelan waters the spike us warnings the fuel shortage in caracas is so severe that drivers have been lining up at petrol stations waiting for the liveries the packers will supply about a months worth of fuel tehran has threatened to retaliate if washington tries to stop the shipment petrol in venezuela has gone from being the worlds cheapest to a mall the most expensive. Afghanistans government says it is releasing up to 2000 the taliban prisoners in a statement president heinie called the move a goodwill gesture the prisoner swap is seen as a confidence building move before long awaited peace talks between the government and the taliban after the taliban offered a 3 day truce over the ied and feet that holiday the u. S. Is welcome the surprise announcement as a momentous opportunity that should not be missed. For millions of muslims around the world are celebrating marking the end of a month of fasting but this time the coronavirus pandemic has brought about unprecedented restrictions in some countries where prayers in mosques and public celebrations are banned Priyanka Gupta reports. Is one of the most important. But its been so polluted under the shadow of a global pandemic. In an asia there were no hugs no bearing gifts and no visiting families. The Worlds LargestMuslim Country has one of southeast asians highest number of called the 19th actions and deaths. Bought from offering prayers inside mosques and open fields. So i am not going to not resigned myself performed i need prison the midst of the plague of covert 19 only resigned to allah hopefully a long lift up to say yes. In saudi arabia the mosque in the holy city of mecca was largely empty. Streets social distancing measures while marking the end of the fasting month from a young. Mosques across the kingdom are close footprints. Here whom here in jerusalem as i walk some mosque compound prayers were allowed outside the gates of islams holy site. While in gaza mosques were reopened put a 2nd time in 2 months since solo was imposed. Health officials on a cause that promises and gave must do people and condemn about one a. And thats the way to do all of that we are 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 evil for the. Pakistan to defeat will congregate a lot but sacrifice some of each of the traditions. Maybe as in all other 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 him check with them. In syria this time comes to do for a period of peace and to have economic tama. 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 food but the soul in praise of love comfort and healing still resonate for many in these unprecedented times. On syria 3 and a half 1000000 muslims in the United States are also celebrating the end of ramadan and as heidi castro reports mosques have gone the extra mile to keep people safe. Welcome to eating while driving thats eating to end the month long fasting of ramadan and drive it was the least that we can do to try to make our community feel the festive nature of the read the birth the darley he draws lawmakers center in Falls Church Virginia is among the american mosques hosting socially distant celebrations this holiday. President trump on friday declared houses of worship essential many state and local governments bar large religious gatherings and throughout ramadan normally a time when hundreds of congregants gather in mosques to break daily fast and pray the devotion has moved online the road to be larry menas shape on your right he. Our faith has taught us that no matter where we are and what the circumstances might be that we still have to go forward with life and do the best that we can who are necessary add observe ramadan with her daughters in a home korean team shes watched friends lose loved ones to cove it and struggles with not being able to comfort them in person a lot of people have passed away and you know dusty unfortunate part of this but for those of us who are home and who havent been affected and who can actually give back you can do that in so many different ways from the perspective of being grateful at dar Islamic Center volunteers gave away more than 600. 00 meals a night during ramadan families are receiving more goodies now on ied than the return home some to small gatherings where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from a far heidi joe castro aljazeera Falls Church Virginia. For the 1st time in months pope francis has the liver of his son the blessing before a crowd in st Peters Square there were several dozen people in the square they kept their distance from each other and many wore masks pope francis gave his message by internet from his library with people watching on large screens before he went to the window for the silent blessing for the past 3 months he blessed and the square. A 15 Year Old Girl who peddled her injured father across india has been invited to try out for the National Cycling team g. O. P. Kumari carried her Migrant Worker father on her back on the back of her bicycle as she rode from Google Graham city near new delhi to their home village in the Northeastern State of bihar a distance of about 1200 kilometers that took 7 days a family was left destitute when the coronavirus put her father a motorized rickshaw driver out of work amazing girl you can find out much more about that and Everything Else that we have been covering on our website there it is al jazeera dot com thats it for the news hour stay with us im back in just a few minutes with more of the days news thanks for watching. It was who are there could be busy and i mean work. With cattle in the rubble and. Most are there. Not all of them the most are there in baba bar none of the. Men. The story of black man. Has killed i have strength i have a story of current a lot of the fear is real. Passion. And a very simply just. 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