Advisor defies calls to resign over a 400 kilometer trip he took during the coronavirus lockdown. Israels Prime Minister vows to push ahead with plans to annex more of the occupied west bank. And a matter of survival filipino family struggled to get by as millions of lose their jobs due to cope in 1000 restriction its. Now the World Health Organization has paused a global trial of the drug hydroxy car a queen over safety concerns the antimalarial drug was being tested as a possible treatment of the 19 the temporary suspension comes off to a study said the people taking the drug were at a high at risk of death u. S. President donald trump had been using it as a precautionary measure for a short period his own Health Agency has warned people against its use to treat the virus. The executive group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy cloaking arm within the solidarity to try out what the data the safety data is that i viewed by the data safety monitoring board the other arms of the trial and continuing now President Trump and democratic president ial candidate joe biden have both been marking memorial day a National Holiday honoring the nations war dead the event has been overshadowed by the pandemic as u. S. Deaths now 100000 from benelux reports. President donald trump visited fort mchenry in baltimore the site of a victory by u. S. Forces over british invaders in 814. 00 the president framed the struggle to control the coronavirus pandemic in military terms together we will vanquish the virus and america will rise from this crisis to new and even Greater Heights as our brave warriors have shown us from the nations earliest days in america we are the captains of our own fate. In less than 6 months covert 19 has killed more americans than all who died in the vietnam war the war in korea and the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan combined former Vice President joe biden the Presumptive DemocraticParty Nominee made his 1st public appearance in 2 months he and his wife jill laid a wreath that a veteran this memorial in delaware the bidens wore masks something trump has refused to do in public the World Health Organization announced it was stopping trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxy chloroquine due to safety concerns trump has touted the drug as a treatment for covert 19 and claimed he has been taking it to ward off infection despite lack of Scientific Evidence of its effectiveness the w h os head of emergency programs warn countries to remain vigilant to avoid a resurgence of the pandemic countries around the world have to continue to put in place the Public Health of social measures the surveillance measures the Public Health measures the testing measures and a comprehensive strategy to ensure that we continue on a downward trajectory and that we dont have an immediate 2nd peak but social distancing seemed far from the minds of parents and children who flock to a water park in texas the park reopened despite orders by the states governor that amusement parks should remain closed some splashy holiday fun heedless of potentially serious risks rob reynolds aljazeera. Well the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded that of the United States for the feste time the south american nation recorded 807 deaths in the past 24 hours while 620 people died in the u. S. Brazil has more than 370000 confirmed infections and 23000 people have already died while a ban on foreign travelers arriving into the u. S. From brazil is due to go into force in asia on tuesday thats 2 days earlier than planned a handful of brazilians have been scrambling to get on flights ahead of those new restrictions the white house says the measures will prevent additional infections in the United States when protesters have rallied in cities across ecuador against government measures to tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. You can see demonstrators gathered in defiance of lockdown restrictions last week the president announced spending cuts including the closure of state companies and a 16 percent pay cut for Public Sector workers where china is now preparing to evacuated citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections their chinese citizens have until wednesday to register to leave so we can speak to our china correspondent katrina you she joins us now from beijing katrina team says a little more at play here why are we seeing this now. Thats right this does it while the Chinese Government says its because of concerns relating to the pandemic there are currently about 5000 chinese citizens in india who are travelling to visit but his sights yoga side so all theyre doing business but theres 5000. 00 or a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of chinese citizens overall stuck abroad because of the pandemic the Chinese Government currently has in place and there are severe travel restrictions only one airline per country poh week is allowed to arrive in china making those flight tickets extremely expensive or difficult to come by so theres a lot of anger from the chinese and abroad in other countries raising questions as to why the Chinese Government is prioritizing those in india now another answer to that could be because of rising tensions on the china Indian Border between troops on both sides there have been increasing. Severity increasing frequency in terms of scuffles taking place between the board sides because they say they disagree over the line of control now that dispute has lost in to feed years but theyre happening more frequently in recent weeks that have been nor bullets fired as yet but troops on both sides have been injured and there are some very real fears that those scuffles could eventually descend into all out conflict or be staying across those developments katrina you there for us in beijing thank you katrina. Hong kong leader has moved to reassure locals that proposed a National Security legislation will not affect freedoms in the territory last week china proposed a bill for hong kong that it says aims to tackle the session and that sparked protests on the weekend. We are very free society for the time being people have this freedom to say whatever they want to say but ultimately what is to be provided in this piece of legislation is for or of us to see in order to be assured that hong kongs freedoms will be preserved and hong kong vibrancy and our core values in terms of the rule of law the independence of a traditionally the various rights and freedoms enjoyed by people will continue to be there now the british Prime Minister is top adviser has defied calls to quit or apologize over accusations that he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a personal storm that and golf to barras johnsons government dominic coming said he doesnt regret his actions he travelled with his family from london to northeast england back in march while his wife had to crave a 1900 symptoms weve barker ports from london this was an unusual moment for Dominic Cummings more comfortable in the background of british politics the Prime Ministers chief advisor has been under huge pressure to explain his trip to the north east of england which appeared to defy the governments own rules a journey he said he was forced to take under exceptional circumstances no i dont i dont regrets. What i did as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree about how i thought about what to do in the in the in the in the circumstances but i think that i think what i did was actually reasonable in these. In these circumstances. Cummings whos faced a daily media scrum outside his home so the journey 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 leaving the house to collect his son from hospital when he fell ill walk in woods on his fathers land and return to london after 1st travelling to a local beauty spot to check if he was fit to drive the scandals dominated the front pages of many of mondays newspapers opposition m. P. s are calling for an immediate inquiry and theres a growing number of m. P. s in the ruling conservatives cummingss own party that want him to immediately resign his explanation goes some way in diffusing some of the anger directed towards him but others are asking whether they can add their own personal interpretation to the lock down rules. Summers come early to the british capital and with it an increasingly relaxed attitude to social distancing rules at the height of restrictions the British Government urged people to stay at home and save lives a message most followed by the scandal surrounding Dominic Cummings has a roaded Peoples Trust in government anybody think theyre above this letter of the law is a maniac and they should all adhered to it as much as possible and i think hes an absolute shocker to go immediately why should we be following up down when they dont want him to be any punishment if you dont follow it Boris Johnson defended his chief adviser saying cummings acted lawfully and with integrity in following his parental instincts the comments have been raised johnsons critics who accuse cummings of double standards over the lot down rules every Single Person in the country decide to do these things one person in the country Boris Johnson has staked his entire Reputation Authority on career in saying no no no whatever he told me he did nothing wrong the government meant to be using this time to leave the country out of lockdown instead its struggling to silence a scandal at the heart of power the barker aljazeera westminster. I have taken just some of the news now and israels Prime Minister says his government will see as what he has described as a historic opportunity to an extent more Palestinian Land in the occupied west bank and Jordan ValleyBenjamin Netanyahu made those comments to members of his right trying to cut possible in the Israeli Knesset he has previously promised to zionism the girl jewish settlements in areas on the israeli suffering till our correspondent hi forth that has won from west to rethink. Illicitly means that the message from netanyahu remains very staunchly in that direction despite whats been happening since you negotiated the Coalition Deal with his former rival now the benny gantz in which he assured that there would be no veto on that side of the government to netanyahu has plans to continue with move towards an extension and from any time from july the 1st on would have the ability to bring it to vote in the Israeli Parliament the knesset the complicating factor him at least when there are a few one is the fact the United States seems to have been dampening down such expectations since the president might compare here about 10 days ago the u. S. Secretary of state theyve been talking about the need for there to be negotiations ongoing with the palestinians. Under which process israel would be allowed to annex parts of the occupied west bank as far as the u. S. Is concerned so that was interpreted as a pretty obvious slowdown message coming from the u. S. Weve also had the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas declaring an end to all forms of cooperation with the israelis as a result of what has already been announced on an exception nonetheless to his diehard liquid Party Supporters today he was saying that this was an opt an opportunity that hadnt existed since the creation of the state of israel in 1948 that he wasnt going to miss it. Still ahead. After 15 is burundi is getting a new leader we take a look at the results and if it will bring real change. In finding a new normal European Stores begin to reopen their doors after months of prescription. Weve got temperatures recovering now around the eastern side of the mediterranean the weather systems made its way through a few showers here rolling towards the caspian sea bright skies coming back in behind it temperatures responding nicely so were going to get up to around 29 celsius in damascus and in jerusalem warm enough here in doha to around 37 degrees itll pick up to around 40 celsius on wednesday clean the wind just coming in having said that for the most part as you see lots of holes sunshine chance of want to choose shows schist around the gulf of aden western parts of yemen those showers turning up the showers across utopian hylas rolling across south sudan pushing across northern parts of uganda is and all the way across towards the gulf of guinea actually some heavy downpours coming in here over the coming days cameron seeing some lively showers and we northern parts of the democratic republic of congo eastern areas self can you could see some showers will be some showers there for a time across the southeast the story of course the southwest of somalia will see want to see showers also making their way into where parts of tanzania as we go on through the next couple of days south of that is generate dry we have got lousy clear skies but snow wet weather moving away from the cape cool enough to 15 celsius in cape town and shes day but warming up to 80. After more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge and. Sierra leone. We follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. For survival. Risking is of sierra leone. On aljazeera. Hello again im mr. Lets remind you of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization temporarily suspend the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine to treat the 19 that follows a medical journal report that says its use can have harmful effects on patients the british Prime Ministers top advisor is refusing to resign over accusations he broke down rules Dominic Cummings says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london while his wife had craven 1000. And china is preparing to evacuate its citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections there chinese citizens have until wednesday to register to leave but only those who are not showing any symptoms will be allowed on planes. While on monday india recorded almost 7000 new cases thats the biggest jump yet despite this some domestic flights have resumed as Elizabeth Pradhan reports different statewide restrictions made it difficult for passengers. This is the new normal that indeed the airport staff sanitized passengers bags before they into the terminal. The disinfectants praised just one of a number of new measures as domestic flights resumed. Passengers temperatures a check before and off to flying mosques a compulsory throughout the journey and some were taking extra precautions. And all. The. Passengers with symptoms will be tested or quarantined upon arrival but many states have saved their own voles the Civil Aviation minister tweeted indian saw in the skies again but not everything went to plan 82 flights in and out of. Leaving passengers frustrated according to airport officials thats because several states said they wouldnt be able to accept flights. Agree to. What the number of coronavirus cases rising the worst hit states of try and have agreed to only allow 25 arrivals a day after initially refusing to accept flights. The state of west bengals had flights cant land for another 3 days as it deals with the aftermath of cycling we just heard that my friend has cancer i didnt get any notification i didnt get any emails i just heard it in airports so im joined. On having her back home. Planet to resume about a 3rd of the domestic flights as the government tries to restart the worlds 5th largest economy but the industry faces challenges the Supreme Court has ordered social distancing must be observed in airports and on flights forcing airlines to keep middle seats vacant and it said the government should be more worried about the health of citizens rather than the health of and lines Elizabeth Pradhan aljazeera you daddy. Now polls have closed in syria where long serving president jesse protests is seeking another term despite being convicted of murder which has a cost as voters in the election for the National Assembly in the capital parliamentary both members of the assembly will then vote on whether to reelect him but hell need a 0. 02 majority in november he was found guilty over the execution of political opponents in 1902 an appeal will be had next month. Now the man handpicked by burundi is a long time leader to replace him has been declared the winner of last weeks president ial election the governing Party Candidate everest and me a one with nearly 30 percent of the vote but the opposition has called the result a fantasy shall about reports. That. After 15 years burundi is getting a new president but it doesnt mean change with 68. 7 percent of the voters the ruling see indeedy f t d party won elections meaning long time president pierre cordons easer movie succeeded by his close ally an army general everest day she me a its the countrys 1st competitive president ial election since civil war erupted in 1903 when they were. The electoral preparation was nicely done because there was a big turnout of voters and elections were peaceful voting finished on time and without any problems. Disputing that is brandis main Opposition Leader agathon rwa who slim the results as a fantasy he received 24 percent of the vote but accuse the Winning Party of stuffing ballots and arresting all position members hes not alone in his concerns the government blocks most International Observers those who were allowed in were told that have to quarantine for 2 weeks meaning that missed the vote. Not see this as a democratic transfer out i think you know power has just been given to general harrison. And the position of course has said that theyve won the election by 58 percent also. Reported turnout reached nearly 88 percent rule most 4500000 people brandi has reported just 42 cases of coronavirus supporter titians largely ignored the pandemic in rallies for thousands and recently. If there are. Going to talk about going badly and. Were ok with the results but we need to work in pace the government has to let us move freely before the elections we could move across the city center but now they limit our movement senator fix us so much. Security is a consume. Violent. You know position we caught in the last motion 2016 in prison corn season one a disputed Office Clashes ensued and 1200 people died. We appreciate the selection for sure because we can see that it went well and you can see there is enough peace and stability and peace and stability holds may hinge on how doggedly the opposition disputes the results. Is expected to be you know who rated interest shown at dallas aljazeera. And germanys top court has ruled that volkswagen must buy back diesel cars at the center of an emissions cheating scandal the decision affects about 60000 car owners in germany folks who are going to measure to using software to cheat on emissions tests 5 years ago and what became known as diesel gate ferdinando is the director of the center for Automotive Research and he explains how car owners will be compensated. You see the regular low here the owners drive a lot of kilometers with their car which they bought sometimes you go 345 years ago and then lucas said ok we have to take in the coward and that the value of the car is immunity due to the use it of the car and therefore we will find a solution which says ok you can get back the car. Then prize you paid terms years ago for the car however you have to pay into account the kilometers the uses of the car which you did in the past and therefore i thing it was expected that the seller currying a tremendous human earth built into that direction and so that on the one hand we dont need you. To pay compensation for customers because theyve cheated the customers on the other hand customers have to be accepted that the use edge of the car has to be into taking into account or making the channel so lucian or the proper. Now the British Government says thousands of retail shops and Outdoor Markets can reopen next month as more lock down restrictions on eased much of europe has started to lift coronavirus measures in the hope of fell the jing the summer tourist season. For the 1st time in 2 months madrid restaurants and coffee shops are back in business for now this is the new normal only outside seating is permitted chairs cleaned after every customer and City Employees are on the square disinfecting the area during the time of this pandemic some customers say they are willing to adapt i must demand that i spend the entire look down period i learned so this finally off as a bit of social life it is a bit odd with the social distancing and everything but ive really missed it. And Spains Canary islands locals are out enjoying the warm weather but notably missing are turfs tourism accounts for more than 12 per cent of spains economy businesses are eagerly waiting for july and the country is scheduled to reopen its borders to International Visitors because its essential to have tourists back in our businesses during the lockdown we worked fairly well with local clients so far were happy with things including the easing of restrictions. Greece is also trying to sell which is Tourism Industry reopen coffee shops in athens are mostly empty with tourists denied entry until mid june visitors spend more than 19000000000. 00 in greece last year but times have changed after. Last year at around this time we had tourists and we were crowded now we live a different reality the economic crisis is going to be global but in greece we spent the last decade dealing with the bailouts that the crisis is going to be far worse for us. In italy one of the hardest hit countries in europe james reopened on monday. Only customers in advance are allowed into the stream and roam but many people have gotten used to doing their exercises online this business like other industries may have to change its precursor owner business plans. In berlin reopens forming pools must follow rules of hygiene and social distancing i mean if you sorry it was pleasant above all i was surprised that it wasnt as far as i feared only a certain number of people could get in you have to basically swim in circles restrictions may be a relief for thousands of europeans but for entrepreneurs its yet another test of whether their business will survive this phase down. The civilian colleges here well more than 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs and youre in the 2 month coronavirus lockdown there and millions more could be out of work by the end of this year now some have found odd jobs to get by but others have been forced to beg for food to meet undergoing reports from manila. Julia save on the least used to earn around 300. 00 a month as a jeepney driver that was barely enough to feed his family but he says somehow they were able to get by but life became much worse 2 months ago when the lockdown was imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus hes unable to work and pay for the house rent in manila so they live like this now in the cheap begging in the street just to feed his family. But this is really tragic i can see all the children suffers from our situation here and we dont know in our next meeting. Christian going to see also says the pandemic brought more suffering for his family he used to be a professional photographer but when the lockdown of the entire region of luzon happened workers stopped coming in to. He found a job as a Delivery Driver earning less than half of what he used to image and i know i love god more professional aint gonna imagine and years and years of professional experience i swallowed me pray and roll up my sleeves just so i can be heard thanks or heard but we simply dont have a choice anymore it is some other absorbable no the Philippine Government implemented one of the worlds a strictest and longest quarantines a 2 month lock down for more than 50000000. 00 filipinos the region of luzon accounts for at least 75 percent of the entire economy quarantine restrictions were recently eased in an attempt to restore some normalcy and limit the economic damage after 2 decades of uninterrupted grooves. But at least 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have already lost their jobs since the lockdown began and the government says millions more are expected to be unemployed this year the impact of this Health Crisis is causing quite secular suffering to those who have very little to begin with. The government is giving cash aid to millions of impoverished families but leaders admit resources are already stretched and much of the governments socalled Calamity Fund has been used up. Those like julius of always lived on the fringes say they feel left out if the virus doesnt kill them they say hunger most likely will similarly dog an aljazeera manila. Hello there im mr ho with the headlines on aljazeera the World Health Organization is temporarily suspending the global trial of the drug hydroxy curry queen to treat curve at 19 and follows a medical journal report that says its use can have harmful effects on patients the executive group has implemented a temporary. Pose of the hydroxyl hydroxy. We need only to throw one due to the safety data is they viewed by the data safety money to the board the other arms of the throat. Well the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil has exceeded that of the United States for the 1st time the south american nation recorded 807 deaths in the past 24 hours while 620 people died in the u. S. Brazil now has more than 370000 confirmed infections and a ban on foreign travel is arriving in the u. S. From brazil is due to go into force late on tuesday thats 2 days earlier than planned a handful of brazilians have been scrambling to get on flights ahead of those new restrictions the white house says the measures will prevent additional infections in the u. S. And china is preparing to evacuate its citizens in india amid a rising number of corona virus infections there chinese citizens have until wednesday to register to leave on monday india recorded almost 7000 new cases the biggest jump yes the british Prime Ministers top advisor is refusing to resign over accusations he broke lock down rules Dominic Cummings says he did nothing wrong by driving 400 kilometers with his family from london while his wife had covered 900 symptoms. Israels Prime Minister says his government will seize what he has described as a historic opportunity to annex more Palestinian Land in the occupied west bank and Jordan ValleyBenjamin Netanyahu made the comments to members of his right wing likud party. Polls have closed in suriname where long serving president jesse protests is seeking another term despite being convicted of murder because they cost his vote in the election for the National Assembly members of that assembly will then vote on whether to reelect him well those are the headlines do join me for more news here on aljazeera after the stream stay with us. Talked to al jazeera we heard sort of let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen with listen this is the moment to stop already 30 action this is the moment a persons right on fighting everybody we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the aljazeera. High after the i k welcome to strange John Hopkins University has been keeping track of the global numbers for co the 19 lets have a look here on my laptop it is difficult to get accurate figures but this is what they are seeing round about now is 5000000. 00 to firm cases look at the number of deaths here and were going to be talking now to say not about deaths but about remarkable survivors as survivors come from the u. S. From the u. K. At also from south africa i am going to get them to introduce themselves alone