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Government is taking urgent action to fly its citizens out of india within days. And those people around the world are cooped up at home because of the pandemic well take you a point to a part of qatar where there is a rebirth of bird life. Im joining with the sports including Uncertain Times in mclarens Formula One Team ek kamani factious says it will cut a quarter of its workforce across all operations because of the pandemic. There is growing anger as countries in the new hot spot of the coronavirus pandemic has struggled to cope with the outbreak poor people across latin america say theyre the ones suffering the most from lock downs and spending cuts and its leading to protests throughout the region as alexey obrien reports. In a quick door they marched in defiance of the lock down angry over government cuts to jobs into. Salarys brought in to tackle the pandemic was the mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection but these protesters believe the stakes are too high and for more we have no fear of contagion on the contrary were afraid of the hunger that our comrades and hundreds of family members who live jobless will go through. This anger too in chile where demonstrators have pleaded for help saying they dont have enough food. This is not legal but its the only way to make them listen to us to protest and to create barricades chiles president Sebastian Pinera has warned the Health System is reaching its limits theres been a rapid increase in infections in recent days with a new Field Hospital opened to help ease the strain on facilities. Hospitals in brazil are also overwhelmed its the 2nd worst affected country in the world with about 375000 cases and in this ward in Rio De Janeiro patients shared a room for hours with someone who died from the virus staff say they were too busy trying to save lives to move the body also users into a lot of we have double the patients and half of the team and that happens in 90 percent of the health units and hospitals and clinics with that overload the quality of the service is inefficient and causes physical and psychological problems to the Health Care Workers on monday the daily coronavirus death toll in brazil who exceeded that of the United States for the 1st time with 807 deaths recorded in 24 hours from a virus president diables an arrow has described as a little flu. The pandemic is ravaging latin americas poorest and entire low Income Neighborhood on the outskirts of the argentinian capital buenos aires is now in isolation after dozens of cases were confirmed there. Being delivered but some residents say theyre already going hungry and in the bolivian city of trinidad grave data is a working overtime more evidence of this pandemics davis stating impact on communities around the world Alexia Bryant al jazeera Rights Groups are warning the collapse of the Health Care System in venezuela could make the pandemic worse across the region Human Rights Watch says the country is grossly unprepared for the virus years of economic and political turmoil have led millions of venezuelans to seek refuge elsewhere more than 5000000 have fled in the past 6 years hundreds of thousands have no legal documentation thats not americas largest refugee crisis in recent history most of traveled to colombia peru chile ecuador brazil some of headed to the caribbean in the coming hours european nations will host a pledging conference asking for money to help venezuelan refugees in the region because of the pandemic some of those refugees say theyre facing a difficult choice stay in a new country where many are still living in makeshift camps or return to venezuela and a life they wanted to leave behind are like america editor lucien human reports from santiago. John shows us where hes been camped for weeks with his wife in sydney in the little daughter outside of the colombian consulate in santiago along with dozens of other families they pass the time and the cold as best they can waiting for help from the government settlement that will break. This is precarious the way our politicians count on us for votes we need now to count on them to bring us home. But if not far away peruvian migrants testart temperature before allowing us in to see their open air camp outside crews consulate they too want help to return home because the pandemic has less than jobless and destitute much of freedom its freezing there are no bathrooms and we sleep on cold cement but by far the largest number of foreigners who have lost their livelihoods other than his whalens who make of chiles newest and largest migrant community. For 2 months hundreds of men women and children have been living like this outside of the consulate. In the pandemic starting president Nicolas Maduro sent airplanes to repatriate those who wanted to leak but now the doors of the consulate are shocked right. We have nothing left anymore were living from charity and getting desperate and not to be from our government we are undocumented and we cant ask chile for help. The u. N. Special representative for the news whaling migrants and refugees system of government is laying out conditions for people to return one is a quarantine period at the border and the other is more of a long low lying. More. Of the investigation coming back. Around what would be the truth want to nations or that richard that you believe is slowing down the number of people that theyre allowing back in yes but yes. Every day more people arrive at the camp trying to find comfort in numbers around the corner the venezuelans are beginning to be tested now for coronavirus either way a group of them we understand will be placed in quarantine so that they will be ready if and when venezuelas government sends an airplane to get them but the real question is what will happen to them once they get home. They tell us they know that the economic insanity situation in venezuela is worse than in chile but to argue that if they have to die of coronavirus or hunger theyd rather it be in their country of birth close to their families and not in a faraway strange land. You see in human aljazeera santiago. The u. S. Military says russia has deployed more fighter jets to help the libyan warlord who is struggling to topple the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli thats after a major withdrawal of mercenaries many of whom were russian hundreds of eastern europeans have been airlifted from libya after they left the front lines in tripoli theyve been fighting on behalf of all out. Against forces who backed the tripoli based government along with the door has joining us from tripoli mahmud russia has always been very cautious about the role that it is playing or maybe playing in libya what more do we know about these jets that upon play it has been sending into libya. Will roberts seems that russia has to think it over again and again and terms of its involvement in libya namely supporting the war lord holy for have to against the internationally recognized government specially after this massive from the commander of the u. S. Africa command that stated that the russian involvement in libya especially. For the generation of fighter jets in favor of her is contributing to excessive baiting the human suffering and also human casualties within this current conflict as you know that the message from the u. S. Africa command says that at our center of force generation fighter jets to libya through. From russia to syria and then in syria they were. Painted to in some kind of calm of large to hide their identity and then they were sent to the warlords have to now also the issue of the earth russian medicine whose existence in libya seems to be very worrying to the Africa Command specially. That the these mercenaries are backed by the russian government despite the continuous russian denial but the question now is. Whether or not the russians will be able to fly those 4th generation fighter jets in within this conflict because it seemed that there is a clear message from the Africa Command that they will not allow this to happen especially when it comes to excessive bleeding or impacting their human lives within this conflict as you know rob that recently the russian. The russian wagners mysteries from the Wagners Group have been was drawn from the. Just confrontation axes in southern tripoli and repositioning in central libya the question now is whether or not theyre leaving the country but after this message it seems that theyre not or some of them are not leaving the country because the message said that they are supposed to be running these fighter jets lets mark more down the wall how bringing us that update from tripoli thanks very much. Human rights watch are calling for an investigation into the burning of 200 homes and buildings in near moscow and state new satellite imagery shows evidence of the fires which advocates say was probably an arson attack fighting between the 1000000 mom military and the ethnic out of con army has resulted in a number of civilian deaths and destroyed homes well Phil Robertson is deputy asia director at Human Rights Watch hes joining us on skype from bangkok we appreciate your time sir thank you very much indeed is there any indication who might have been responsible for this. Well its hard to see obviously from satellite and were not allowed into those areas these are restricted areas where the Burmese Military is doing everything they can to keep outside observers and prying eyes from the groups like us away from them but what we can say is the burning of this car village you know it has all the hallmarks of Myanmar Military arson that we saw done against the rohingya several years ago in 2017 and thats why were calling for a credible and impartial investigation to find out what happened and punish those responsible understand that the military is denying that it was them they are saying that it was the out of con army and the military is calling for an investigation how likely is it do you think that any sort of independent investigation could be held. Well thats what we would like to see but i think the likelihood is extremely slim. I would say that really almost no chance whatsoever you know on the our economy of course is accusing the military the military is accusing our con army without any sort of independent investigation its just going to be 2 fingers pointing at each other and at the end of the day its the civilians who are caught in the middle you know who are facing their rights abuses who are losing their property in this case you know well over 70 percent of the houses in that village were burnt down if i understand it correctly this village had been i think abandoned about a year or so ago and there are calls for compensation to be paid by whoever is responsible that this once its eventually established but its compensation actually viable in this case given the fact that the village was abandoned before it was attacked. Well those houses belong to people and people have ownership deeds and can show whose houses they were and in fact in many cases the villages were very far away they were either in a surrounding villages another village or in a local buddhist temple they were just afraid to go back to that village because the military had accused a number of the men in the village of being our economy army sympathizers and activists and so people worried and they were there they could also be targeted by the military but you know it would be a very straightforward thing to say ok we know whose houses were burned this is what the house was worth who is going to pay for that Phil Robertsons deputy asia director of Human Rights Watch and as always we appreciate your time thank you very much thank you rob and stern is the socalled black summer of bushfires killed nearly 4 150. 00 People Health experts have told a commission looking into last years fires that 80 percent of the population was affected dozens ended up in hospital with respect to problems the fires caused billions of dollars of damage to property. Well youre right but what can a yearly cost push cost fight for the Summer Season and the cost the way of tackling an errant comments in the last season where 2000000000. 00 in health costs associated with premature loss and life and admissions to hospitals and thats about 10 times i have a speech and a year because when i ran city that was a major departure from anything retained in the previous 20 years. And plenty more ahead on the news hour including struggling to make ends meet someone who is in the philippines being getting by joining the coronavirus in lockdown. Trapped with a rib users more on the surge in Domestic Violence is knocked out in his wooden poles. And in sports will have an update on his license injury from his italian club thats coming up with joe. Hong kongs leader is trying to ease fears about beijings planned new security law activists say its going to mean the end of the special one country 2 systems arrangement with china but carry along as appeals for people to wait to see the details and promises the legislation wont trump pull in hong kongs rights and freedoms. We are very free societies so 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 all of us to see in order to be assured that hong kongs freedoms will be precertified and hong kong vibrancy and a 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 all those details are being ironed out behind closed doors in beijing joining the annual communist Party Congress now were expecting more information later but china says its expected to ban what it sees as treason secession sedition and subversion but many in hong kong worry that means banning free speech and their right to protest dozens were arrested on sunday and police cracked down with tear gas and rubber bullets claudia mo is a prodemocracy member of Hong Kongs Legislative Council heres her reaction to carry a speech. As she was being intellectually dishonest oh she was saying that only a handful would be affected well i mean hong kong has a population of 7500000 people and the n. T. Government protests this since last june the whole notion yeah now theyve arrested the fat will no more than 10000 people so if you look at the numbers. The arrestees of a very small number but thats not the point the point is they are claiming beijing is claiming complete jurisdiction over hong kong and they can do whatever they want because beijing has now realized that too many gaping homes and their version of the one country 2 systems in hong kong the hong kong story the homes being that to hong kong people it turns out actually enjoy freedoms and rights to protest to criticize to complain to want some change and they think in beijing they think theyve had enough of this and theyre cracking down on us its the piri heart breaking trend in hong kong technically we can come up with say no to anything because if you say all this new logo is a technique lee unconstitutional thats what some of our legal experts here are saying but then its a genuine self that is the constitution so what i mean channelled you dont know who are you trying to challenge right and we knew taking to the streets and seeing the young getting getting all into nothing and arrested and that sort of protest just may not be very sustainable but then the younger plaint in for their future its a very real chance and people in my generation im engaged in. What we can we should at truth at least and show some understanding and so were going to have a very unsettling. China is preparing to repatriate its citizens in india as corona virus infections their increase its embassy in new delhi told people of the plan on monday they have been to whedons to register to leave those suspected or diagnosis called the 19 wont be able to go back to germany to has more from beijing according to the Chinese Government theyre concerned about the safety of their people in india because of the spread of the pandemic there about 5000 chinese citizens in india at the moment who are tourists or their the business and theyre concerned about them and so they want to repatriate them but this 5000 its significant but its just a drop in the ocean compared to the amount of chinese currently stuck abroad because of the pandemic china currently has a very strict limitations on travel into the country only one allied per country per week is allowed to fly into china and those tickets are extremely rare and expensive so this move has relieved many chinese in india but its provoked anger in others saying well why of those in charge in india been prioritised and i think that brings us to the 2nd reason why the government is moving so quickly on this there are currently rising tensions between china and india because of a spat on the border chinese troops and indian troops have disagreed over the line of control and that theyve been engaging in scuffles on the border and this is the last of 3 years but these skirmishes have been taking place with more intensity and more frequency in recent weeks and really analysts say there could be a real fear that these skirmishes so far no bullets have been fired so far just fistfights but they could descend further into all out conflict at some point in the near future. India and china share the worlds longest unmarked border although they cant agree exactly how long it is the line in yellow is the socalled line of actual control but there are several disputed areas another side one of the key ones is chin a province claimed by india but its been administered by china since 962 thats when the 2 countries went to war over the border the most serious recent tension was in 2017 over chinese Road Construction hundreds of troops from both sides deployed in the docklands plateau in the area between nepal and bhutan now tension is flaring again skirmishes between indian and chinese soldiers began 3 weeks ago upon going so lake that all reports of fistfights and stone throwing troops are standing face to face in at least 4 places and both sides have reportedly increased deployments. As a professor for east asian studies. In university she explains the possible motives behind the escalation in tension at the border. We need to look at that not a strategic picture that we have that we munch in. India is not even maintain its going for all the terror to be that it claims because. At this point the chinese are moving into indian territory came to bite india which will give them a very very good cmon been position in that particular year and it is obviously and poaching up on places where the indians have their own infrastructure they have their own. Bases and yeah actually all that upbeat out of this place has been in contention because the many scholars have claimed that the chinese have been steadily pushing and in welching gradually one wanted to be so i see it this is the map which has to be immediately taken up at the highest and then chains must be to cuba. Or than 2 and a half 1000000 filipinos have lost their jobs during the 2 months coronavirus lock down artists that have been low paid workers are now begging for food general allen dorgan reports from manila. Julius of on the lease a used to earn around 300. 00 a month as a jeep need to 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 a jeepney begging in the street just to feed his family. And they gave up but this is really tragic and i can see all my children suffers there from our situation here and we dont know in our next meeting with. 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 work a stopped coming in to. He found a job as a Delivery Driver earning less than half of what he used to image an a and i love god more professional aint gonna imagine and years and years of professional experience i swallowed the pray and roll up my sleeves yes so i can earn thanks are heard but we simply dont have a choice anymore it is some other absurd bible out 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 growth. 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 in dog and 0 manila. And its time for the weather heres everton folks face very much for up you may recall about 12 days ago we were talking about Tropical Storm after the 1st named storm of the atlantic Hurricane Season which doesnt start in the 1st of june its a deadly possibility of another one coming through you can see this little clutch just stores very close to miami very close position actually to where arthur was a say just around 12 days ago thats been swirling away there bringing some very heavy rainfall into that southeastern corner of the u. S. Miami st 70 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours in the last 2 days its 880 millimeters of rain and here in the average may we would expect to see around 129 millimeters of rain so thats well over the Monthly Average in just 2 days hence we have flooding in miami some very very heavy rain really has been for the past week or so by missing some big downpours how little circulation is it a small chance of it developing into a Tropical Storm thats going to make its way further north woods up the east coast of the u. S. You can see a little ring there just north of miami thats making its way further northwards towards South Carolina more heavy showers for that southeast and called the georgia coast South Carolina coast seeing heavy rain right at the heart of the u. S. Yeah theres more heavy rainfall weve been talking about this slow moving system here for the past couple of days thats all making its way further east was up towards the northeast very warm into northeastern parts of canada into the thirtys here well above average and staying very hot over towards the west rob evans thanks very much indeed still ahead on aljazeera by Election Results in sudan could mean the difference between staying in office or prison for the current president and a classic game in name only as germanys top 2 teams go head to head in an empty stadium thats coming up with just the sport. Decimated by cancer fights for the truth feeling the truth has cancer and knows of someone that lives here that has cancer lines exposes he still needs cancer cluster these are the 110 properties that have grown contamination and then it did in his blood pub in a community it is safe and get them down no telling what we receive in return for minds on how to steer and. Challenging the brazilian dictatorship with a democratically run for the team believe the killing fields changed the course of the image. Of the center was a revolutionary foot. Known to locals as the dr. Football rebels concludes with the celebration of the life and legacy of socrates in the Corinthians Democracy Movement on aljazeera. Youre watching obviously a reminder of our top stories at this hour theres growing anger across latin america which is struggling to cope with the scale of the coronavirus pandemic poor people say theyre the ones suffering the most from lockdowns and spending cuts. The u. S. Military says russia has deployed more fighter jets to help libya wallah Khalifa Haftar is struggling to topple the un recognizes government in tripoli thats after a major withdrawal of mercenaries many of the russian. Human rights watch is calling for an investigation into the burning of 200 homes and buildings and near mars im baffled rocca instate son. Imagery shows evidence of the blaze which advocates say was likely to be an arson attack. The Afghan Government has announced its releasing another 900. 00 taliban prisoners on tuesday president just afghani has chosen to free iran to 2000 prisoners in total in response to the talibans offer for a 3 day truce over the muslim holiday of ied the Afghan Government has urged the group to extend the ceasefire which is due to end at midnight on tuesday. Polls are closed in the south american nation of tsunami results could mean the difference between 5 more years in office for the president or possibly present this in protest it was convicted of murder last year in connection with the 1982 killings of political opponents by old apollo reports. 6 voters went to the polls in certain am on monday in the countrys capital but a curfew aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus was lifted to allow people to leave their homes and participate in the national elections. Boarders dawn the colors of their Political Parties as they made their way to the polls this have at my since i received my id card i can vote im a diehard member of the progressive one party were doing our job at the election station. Some 380000 are eligible to vote in the country of 600000 inhabitants for many the number one issue is the economy my hope is that my people who work for change and that they will realize that they deserve so much better than they are getting right now so i dont know whats going to happen im letting everything open but thats my hope if the ballots cast on monday were to elect members of the National Assembly which is tasked with choosing the nations leaders. Who are surnames president desi beltre so who has ruled the country on and off for the last 40 years theres a lot riding on this election last year was found guilty of ordering the killings of 15 political opponents in 1902 the president is due in court again next month for mr about this in this election is very important because he has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder and 15 opponents in 92 and as long as hes president. Community from getting to jail. Voters came to power through a military coup in one. 980. 00 less than 5 years after the countrys independence from the netherlands he spent much of the ninetys in the sidelines of government but returned as certain as president in 2010 is counting on reelection to avoid prison. Voters though are more focused on the plummeting economy made worse by the corona virus is spread through south america the International Monetary fund predicts surnames economy will contract by 4. 9 percent in 2020 the economy oh. Shit. The debt is. There is no problem. But i dont think days are as bad as a. Short while we d have a lot in prospect of oil and gas revenues that will call in for 5 years so that you struggled for elections observers from the organization of american states or overseen surnames electoral process while the government has eased restrictions under the coronavirus lock down the countrys borders remain closed but end up below aljazeera. 3 dozen prisoners in el salvador have tested positive for covert 19 the prison system was already facing criticism from Rights Groups over harsh conditions the governments now implementing Stricter Health and isolation protocols to prevent the virus spreading any further el salvador has reported around 2000 confirmed cases and 35 deaths. The u. N. Secretary general says theres been a horrifying surge in Domestic Violence since lockdowns were imposed around the world women and girls who find themselves chops with the rib users without a safe refuge available the city of chicago has forced a partnership between the public and private sectors to address what was already a challenging housing issue but the ports. Fear boxes in this woman will call more like a cage shes recovering from the trauma of being married to a man who beat her denied her the choice to even leave the house and exploited the fact that she was an immigrant who moved to the states to marry him after the last 911 call from a locked bathroom she and her 2 young sons escaped neither going to lose their lives here lose yourself in that situation or youve got to save yourself i have to still. Fear who might come off their way out dont know theres always a threat theres always. The city of chicago recognized that women might be trapped by danger inside their homes and the danger of the coronavirus lurking outside the city formed a partnership with air b. N. B. And its Company Hotel tonight women and children fleeing violence will be given safe refuge in hotel rooms the state of illinois has also devoted 1200000. 00 to expand services for Domestic Violence survivors during the coded 1000. 00 crisis. There are signs of an increased need due to stressors such as job loss School Closures and lockdown orders associated with the pandemic the Chicago Police Department Reports a 12 percent increase in Domestic Violence related calls in the 1st 3 and a half months of 2020 compared to last year even people in Decision Making roles dont fully realize the extent of the problem which is i would say that domestic grounds and gender based violence has been a problem of pandemic levels before this pandemic and so certainly its just exacerbated and made way worse by what were dealing with nonprofit organizations combat engender violence such as opt out of our say as the pandemics economic fallout continues to unravel public and private budgets theyll likely lose funding at a time when their services are most needed in a matter of weeks covert 19 bulldoze the stability maria has struggled to achieve the nursing assistant lost her job in a nursing home with school shuttered and she couldnt find anyone to watch her son its more scarier when you are in this situation everything is shut down and just you dont know where to go i dont know what the future is going to look like and the kids going back to school or not im able to find you know a better and im leaving you really in the type situation maria seesaws between the relief of living in a safe home and the stress of being a single immigrant mother alone in this country she thinks the only way shell truly shut her fear is to put as many kilometers between her and her a strange husband as possible. Chicago. A junior u. K. Government minister has quit over the controversy surrounding top advisor Dominic Cummings crosscountry trip to jury in the coronavirus lockdown Prime Minister about his johnson has defended cummings whos defied calls to quit or to apologize he travelled with his family from london to northeast england in march while his wife had covered 19 symptoms. Lets get more on the fallout from this for me barker in london david seems as though there is a very strong feelings about this both from his opponents but also about his job within Boris Johnsons government itself this is going to make it hard for the government to concentrate on reopening the u. K. Isnt it. Exactly its been a really untimely distraction for the government what is trying to set its sights on easing restrictions something that is hoping to do on the 1st of june on the words but theres a tremendous amount of anger still directed towards dominate cummings despite his lengthy explanation in the garden of number 10 downing street monday many feel that he he spotted it a detail in the small print of regulations that justified his several 100 kilometer mile a kilometer trip to the north east of england at the height of restrictions in march and many feel that there was a rule for the political elite and as a rule for other people and as results theres been a tremendous fallout not just for opposition m. P. s but also from m. P. s within the Ruling Conservative Party who continue to pile the pressure on the Prime Minister to force a resignation from Dominic Cummings or to sack him and weve seen already in protests warn junior conservative minister resign that minister is a conservative m. P. In scotland we have clearly seeing m. P. s from across the political divide talking to each other because so many coming this is a divisive figure going back several years he was the chief architect of the Vote Leave Campaign he polarizes opinions when it comes to his style and his politics but the focus now is very much on what a country should do next however the Prime Minister is own ratings have been dented significantly over the past few days only 2 weeks ago according to one poll his popularity rating was in the early twentys according to the same poll now off to defending Dominic Cummings it stands minus 2 an awful lot of Political Capital has been expended dealing with this whole scandal at the heart of government where many feel the focus should be on the country at large and chalking up part 3 a day for how the country should go out of debt down restrictions leave barker live for us in london a thanks very much. Spain has declared a 10 day mourning period to remember the nearly 30000 people who died during the pandemic flags were been lowered from biden stand on are of the dead the periods going to end with an official Memorial Ceremony pain has confirmed spain has confirmed more than 235000. 00 cases so far but the homes church of them to 70 has reopened after being closed for nearly 3 months to stop the spread of coronavirus in the occupied west bank the church is reopening as part of an easing of restrictions announced by the Palestinian Authority according to christian tradition jesus was born at the site it was shot in early march just weeks before easter when thousands of pilgrims normally visit as religious sites reopen in palestine leaders say the economy may take some time to recover and abraham has more from the occupied west bank. Who on the the call to prayer is missing a sentence that has been present for the past 2 months the praying in your home starting on tuesday more than 1600 more putting the doors in front of. Them to abide by social distancing bringing their own firearms many palestinians have urged the government reopened most specifically during that islamic fiesta of aden fitted and they were saying that there would be numbers of people affected with the director. General we were hoping would be allowed to pray in the most during the holy month of ramadan but the situation was difficult and were happy with it back now and here john. Churches have also been allowed to reopen including the church of the nativity which is considered the traditional birthplace of jesus the Tourism Industry has already taken the hits here and its not clear when tourists from all around the world will be flocking back to the church. But the whole economy has suffered me my wife and son him lost our income for the past 90 days life is slowly returning back to normal markets and shops are open again but its far from being business as usual the Palestinian Government is saying that it has controlled the spread of the virus but the economy will take months to recover. Parts of the Natural World are flourishing jaring coronavirus lockdowns here in qatar is having a positive effect on wildlife whale sharks to turtles and hundreds of species birds Stephanie Decker has that story. Every sunset off the coast of cats are a little bit of magic happens. Thousands of course return to this island where they spend their nights. These beautiful images were taken by dr mussen. A qatari marine environmentalist we joined him on one of his recent trips he shows us the different species of birds we were these are herons like me when i fix the camera on the so. Its there for me. So i can do something you know how to protect them from from the future. If you seem to know just how rich catarrh is in wildlife there are at least 200 species of birds and as we get closer to this little eyelet. They keep circling above us. And this is incredibly beautiful what theyre actually doing to the defensive behavior because in the fall of the island that they are that they are resting on to theyre going to get off. To move and this northern part of cattle really not many people come here and so really nature left to itself. Huge restrictions on movement due to the coronavirus there are hardly any boats on the water anymore and its having an impact. Have you observed a change in nature due to corona and less people on the water less people out there not just anybody with even the vision you can see a clear sky everywhere the water to become more clear more fierce coming closer. And. Tell us one thing where does the human would of. Captain ahmed navigate the waters for us he works for the Wildlife Protection unit in the ministry of the environment he tells us since the pandemic started nature has blossomed. We spot flamingos casually strolling the shallow waters for food. But the sun is starting to set and we have to go on. We dont want to miss the main event. It is quite a spectacle. Thousands of cormorants have been feeding all around cataract out the day and now is as the sun is setting coming back to where they spend the night. And its incredible to see theyre just flying over our heads thousands and thousands of them. It continues until the sun disappears and in the dark we stumble across one last treat do you want to hear oh yeah then back on this that im not with we believe this will come again to us tonight oh well yeah but maybe he will come out on by with the hard. Turtle egg hatching season starts now and all these areas are protected were told to walk and a lot of support has been given by the ministry of municipality and environment people are now aware of the importance of wildlife so the result has been great and the numbers of birds and turtles have increased as many of us are forced to stay home there are less cars less airplanes less boats less pollution and it seems at least here in this part of qatar the Natural World is thankful Stephanie Decker aljazeera of the qatari coast. Going to suborn is the chief executive of African Wildlife foundation he says the effect of lockdowns and the environment has been seen worldwide one life is now see the places where little seed to fall and thats the good news but you know there are 2 sides of this coin are not signed is doing very well i dont know what it is shows hes talking about it how close of a shuttle has been the final between you my design these sort of diseases but that is the good news the bible deal is that side of the point as government slowed down transport lit was disrupted i dont know what is the state to start to say whole weve seen that decline over it use that as sort of needed money lot of life as wildlife. Crazy across the parks or i dont know because our vision of the areas we have seen as a spike if you want one of those conflicts finds types movie to close cross or lions feeding going to some of those outside the parks so that there are 2 sides of this calling but i think that because the bug hes the shutdown of if they call it that what is we call them we always see in fact it all but i had to be on africa because it was the jobs overnight ive submitted to lead point out of what is was sick to our economy sector to other governments a lot of it got 9 percent of g. D. P. Of the countries we dont want. Now to a flight that didnt go quite as planned a virgin orbits 1st attempt to launch a rocket in midair the companys launcher one rocket was dropped from under the wing of a 7 for 7 over the Pacific Ocean the booster ignited to put the mission was cancelled for undisclosed reasons the firm wants to use the technology commercially to launch small satellites. Still ahead on aljazeera we look back at the life of the man who turned a macau into the worlds gambling capital. And the pitstop that went wrong thats coming up in sports with joe. Business later this vote to buy the brass pot. Business leaders is both to buy the brass pot. Ban known as mcconnells godfather of gambling has died at the age of 98 stunned the whole transformed the former portuguese colony you know hong kong into the Worlds Largest gambling hub to a gate and he looks back at his life. This is stanley hope carrying the olympic torch through macau on its way to beijing for the 2008 summit games he was one of a group of v. I. P. s chosen to represent the city but his legacy stands out from all the others he built a gaming empire in macau a former portuguese colony that went on to surpass last vegas is the worlds gambling capital in the process he became one of asias wealthiest men with an estimated personal fortune of more than 6000000000. 00. Was married 4 times and had 17 children some of them announced his death age 98 in hong kong. I. Bring. Back my. Wife. Here are. A man. Who was born in 1921 into one of hong kongs most powerful families but they left for macau when japan invaded during world war 2 homemade money smuggling food and luxury goods into china but he made his fortune through gambling he held my cows only gaming license before decades until the Chinese Government did reduced Foreign Investors in 2002 u. S. Regulators said whoa was linked to triads or criminal gangs allegations ho denied casino results account behalf of macau scotto revenue each year but despite or perhaps because of making his fortune through the gaming industry always advised his family and friends against gambling. It is time for the sport heres joe rob thank you my current Formula One Team is bracing itself after the super carmaker announced it will cut more than a quarter of its staff overall 1200. 00 people will be made redundant across the company which is based in the United Kingdom it will impact the racing teams road car and at applied technologies operations the current virus crisis has seen the 1st 10 races of the f one season canceled or postponed and its indy cars he has also been unable to ryse over in the States Mclaren say they have no choice but to reduce the size of the workforce. Ac milan have confirmed that slot on a whim of it is injury is less serious than 1st thought it was fated this sweetest legend had damaged his achilles tendon in trading on monday 30 years old that could have ended his career but the club say its just a problem with his calf muscle and the killies is perfectly intact youll have another scan in 10 days it means theres still a chance they can play some parts in the end of the city as season which is set to restart sometime in june. Germany has been his league is the only European League back up and running and theres a big game coming up later between the top 2 by munich dortmund defending champions by an lead dont win by 4 points going into the match known as dec classico which will be held behind closed doors but dont win now have the most informed striker in europe 19 year old holland has scored 13 goals since joining in january and this will be the 1st time hes faced by and my job. Is. Not only like its. The same back says. Yes and its the loose you know so. Everyone can score. Well both teams have won their last 6 games there are just 7 matches left in buying a came to strengthen their grip what would be a record 30th league title an 8th in a row. This is no months after dortmund is one of the best teams in europe in the Champions League they were only not only beaten by p. S. G. So its a match we are all looking forward to and of course it carries a lot of importance but above all we must focus on producing our best football. The french football season was scrapped 4 weeks ago but the Club President leon wants that decision overturned. Or last on the left here has written to the french Prime Minister claiming it will cost clubs up to 980000000. 00 percentage of man were declared Champions League on finished in 7th out of the european qualification places and the 2 relegated clubs im in and toulouse took legal action but their case was thrown out by a Paris Administrative Court and they are now want frances highest court to issue a ruling. Haitis Football Federation president has been suspended after allegations he sexually abuse young female players at the countrys National Training center footballs governing body fifa said even john bartz would be banned from all football related activities for 90 days while investigations take place john barnes who has led the federation for 20 years has denied the claims against him. Tennis is not set to return until august but not djokovic has launched a new mini tournament in the balkans the world number one had been stranded in spain during lockdown but hes back home in belgrade now his 8 man event will be played in june and july with legs in serbia croatia montenegro and bosnia joke of it should be joined by dominic team alex on despair of and Grigor Dimitrov he was asked if hed considered inviting Roger Federer and rafael nadal the problem of roger still has problems with his knee so i didnt ask him as to rafa here he recently started playing again we talked about a week ago about the u. S. Open but i didnt ask him about playing maybe i will but it would be hard i dont expect him to come. Australian rules football teams are preparing for their every stop on june the 11th but they face a tough choices to get the game going again teams can be forced to share flights and venues with rivals with multiple games being played on the same day in the same stadium if l. Was one of the last sports to shut down during the pandemic and having lost revenue officials are keen on finding ways to save money it seems he returned to full contact training on tuesday says a strange situation but pubs will have to make sacrifices i think its just. Everyones going to have to adjust and. Adapt and were really going to do when weve got them. Whatever happens happens we just go together and go do it its for you we were very lucky that we get to ply the i felt done a fantastic job of getting used to this point. For us to be able to get there through a storm. Could be more happy. Another day in another nascar races the sport looks to make up for lost time is packing in as many races as possible after a 10 week shutdown again there were no fans for the latest event the Charlotte Motor Speedway one pit stop went wrong for Jeffrey Earnhardt to ended up rejoining the track with a check and it was called bush took the checkered flag for a record extending 97th when. All right that is a is for for now more like. Joe thanks very much indeed and im going to be back in a moment with more of the days news joined by. Gene on and on to see students in indias carola state will be heading back to School Despite a confirmed cases of cold with 19 and brisk warning people in power is back with more investigative documentaries from around the world as the world battles the role of virus pandemic Global Health leaders meet remotely to discuss Effective Solutions for the development of a culvert 19 vaccine and tea Party Investigation asks whether water should be a free Natural Resource or a commodity traded for profit and what the u. S. Elections shaping up as the country battles calls it 19 well look into whether donald trump can survive these historic setbacks june on aljazeera. In a golden age of cinema. One man provided the soundtrack for a nation out 0 well to me its the musical composer for over 350. 00 movies music for entertainment escapism and and conflict with. A prolific composer who brought joy to many and miss ali ismail egypts musical maestro on aljazeera a tsunami of mud very 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. In the hot sludge continues to flood. Great a witness documentary. On aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Sneeze into your own. Man. Increasing desperation across latin america protests by the poor and unemployed migrants sleeping on streets as coronavirus casualties mount. To a robot the sun this is all deserve a live from doha also coming up russia is accuser sending fighter jets to help libyan walsall you fall off dogs on or off to hundreds of mercenaries pull out. Rights groups demanding the