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Coronavirus testing in some of the u. S. Communities hardest hit. And about turn from a top epidemiologists to admits that sweden should have done more to curb the pandemic. And 100000. 00 people forced to flee to safety from a Tropical Cyclone heading towards india. Welcome to the program protesters are out again in cities across the u. S. Over the death of george floyd but the defense secretary says he doesnt want to see military used against them marcus 1st spoke at the pentagon a few hours ago contradicting the stance of President Donald Trump now hes been calling on governors to mobilize troops and has talked of invoking a little used law to clamp down on the growing demonstrations but asked for says hes trying to keep his department. Out of politics theres been increasing scrutiny of the militarys rollout to troops and helicopters were used to control protests in washington d. C. Ive always believed in continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities and these situations in support of local Law Enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now i do not support invoking the insurrection act meanwhile Memorial Services are being held for the man at the center of the protests George Floyds son has spoken at the site was choked by a white Police Officer earlier the mother of george fords daughter made an emotional plea for justice. He would have the. Well were agile way he would never walk down. It is a problem see they mean she means that they she doesnt add any more. And. Any of your. Because they want justice you know. A White House Correspondent kimberly helka to standing by and joins us now from washington d. C. Could be as you just mentioned the ford family and part of the legal team have been speaking in minneapolis what else have they been saying. Well the attorney for the family of george floyd seems to be suggesting that an announcement could potentially be imminent with regard to the other 3 officers that were present when george floyd died on the pavement with another officers need at the back of his neck the family doing its own autopsy including he died of his fists a fixation the Police Officer has been charged but many of these protests that have spanned the cross the United States are in frustration that there have been more charges against the 3 remaining officers now Benjamin Crump who is the attorney for the family of george floyd suggest that there may be further charges that could be announced imminently in fact he says he expects them before the memorial for george floyd which is set to take place tomorrow now we should point out in the midst of all of this the u. S. President donald trump has been speaking about policing and how there is fear in communities of color he discussed the mistrust that exists in the u. S. President calling it a long term problem showing that there is no short Term Solution that he has at least that may also quell some of the rest of the United States the u. S. President also bragging that his poll numbers are higher with africanamericans but most polls suggest that is not true and the u. S. President also talking about the photo opportunity that he had when they clear the protesters a few days ago here in washington so that he could stand in front of St Johns Episcopal Church saying that he thought religious leaders loved it and it was a great symbol to hold up the bible now in the midst of all of this there is a press briefing by the White House Press secretary that is set to take place very shortly we also are expecting barack obama former president of course at 21. 00 g. M. T. Hell be holding a virtual town hall where he will be discussing the issues of racial violence and what he believes young people can do to combat it but of course it can be you know you suggested. Of course the president speaking at a local Radio National radio show about his particular position at the moment but what are the options does he have right now in terms of the protests in terms of trying to quell the protests something that i think most of the country wants to see the u. S. President has the option of using the insurrection act of 1807 its rarely used the last time it was used was in the early 1990 s. For riots in los angeles but its really notable to hear the comments of the president just a couple of days ago and now his defense secretary mark asper distancing himself from those comments in fact saying that now is not the time for that to be invoked he says it should be used as an option of last resort he also went on to really push back on the notion that tear gas had been used against Peaceful Protesters saying in fact that that was not the case and the u. S. Park police further elaborating on that in a press release saying it was smoke bombs and pepper balls that were used instead now there is one other thing that the seems to be a regret on the part of the defense secretary and that was his wording of calling the protests a battle space he says that was not the appropriate wording to use he also announced that there is an Investigation Underway into the use of the National Guard flying very low 5 over peaceful protests now we should point out when it comes to the deployment of the active duty military pacifically right here in washington d. C. The latest reporting were getting is that some of those soldiers are now returning to their bases for the update plans which can be held at the White House Correspondent now the u. S. President has resulted to threats of falls as a way to control the days of unrest across the country previous president s who have won have sought to balance military might with words of compassion and calm thats hard to hear custard reports now some say that balance has been missing from this white house. In the days following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther king jr in 1968 riots broke out in more than 100 u. S. Cities including the Nations Capital during that time virginia and her husband ben kept open the doors of their d. C. Restaurant where dr king had frequently dined i do remember those and city officials activists everybody coming in. And it was we were just that kind of place the restaurant survived 3 nights of rioting eventually armed troops helped to quell the violence across the country and president lyndon b. Johnson told an aide i dont know why were so surprised when you put your foot on a mans neck and hold him down for 300 years and then you let him up whats he going to do hes going to knock your block off. Those words were pressured out on the side of the image of a white Police Officer kneeling on the neck of a black man in minneapolis killing him touched off protest now gripping the nation 52 years later were having this same issue. Thats a real tragedy. Its really a tragedy history remembers president johnsons response to the 1968 riots as a show of force coupled with an articulated effort to address the countrys racial problems in contrast President Trump has sudden little about the underlying issue of Police Brutality toward black americans his public statements have focused on law and order labeling some protesters anarchists and terrorists when America Needs to hear in a time like this is we need to become a family act like a family Whose University equity is our straight jacket he say lets discuss it than i do and this crackdown and the equality and inhumanity. Americas racial agony has simmered since the nations founding in slavery and boiled over many times. In 1902 rider set los angeles ablaze after a jury acquitted white Police Officers who have brutally beaten another black man ravi can ironically it would be king who would call for calm after days of unrest and we are given a good week and we get along and president george h. W. Bush toured the damage then and told the nation the federal government would continue pressing for justice this must be the rallying cry of good and decent people for their city. For all our sakes and hope is what president barack obama gave to a community and nation in 2015 after a white supremacist killed 9 people at a black church in South Carolina obama gave the eulogy for one of the victims but it was this powerful moment that was a call for unity im a. Was the. Historian say grace is a necessary element that past president s have shown in times of National Turmoil and element so far missing from President Trumping. Castro aljazeera washington. Their johnson is the president of the National Association for the advancement of colored people the and double a c. P. Joins me now live from jackson mississippi thanks very much for joining us on the news hour watershed moments in americas civil rights history have come and go learn some of instigated seismic change in legal rights and status of minorities in the u. S. Is the death of george floyd wall of the moments that were now witnessing. But this could in fact be our pettus bridge moment if we continue the momentum of people from across the country and the glow. Bit angry that this play of someone being healed in broad daylight in the streets we have long suffer as a result of Police Brutality Structural Racism in this country and this is an opportunity for citizens of all races to make that decision are we going to be a new america or are we going to continue to play out the history of oh dear i mean the anger felt by the public at large of the death of mr ford could be felt and seen globally old members of the public celebrities sporting stars teams all of the well speaking from a point of sorrow and sadness and certainly anger but is that peripheral support enough to help an organization like you drive the change you need in the change you need from politicians to help you get the. Well for the end that will a. C. P. We have very clear that this is about george floor floyd but its more that in the midst of floyd we look at them as 90 days. Is bad policy decisions composite on top what whether were talking about the coronavirus or the need that response this administration is given to this nation if were talking about access to health care economic. The police because it is both in georgia in louisville kentucky is it and so its a part of the high Unemployment Rate in the Africanamerican Community paid double that everyone else there is a systemic problem in america and that place weve been fighting this systemic problem for 111 years is now our job so its gonna rain the moment particularly leading up to the november election in so far bob and spears and others are logging onto in a. C. P. That war because they understand in order for us to effect the changes necessary we must do it in a very focused disciplined organized matter and if you think that that change is going to come through the ballot box then you know Police Reform itself doesnt always come through the ballot box you need the right politicians in place to be able to provide that change so in terms of the reform required from the top where would you be looking at would you be looking at the Supreme Court would you be looking at the president s state Governments Police representatives it needs one ball deal with all one group of people to drive that change full of even if you get the right people in positions of power. But the change actually happens at the box ballot box it is that changes to get the right people in the seats but also having actual agenda the specific things necessary for comprehensive Police Reform then say federal reform making sure we turn out the polls for state legislative bodies to ensure that they. Are removing this concept of a qualified a unity given to local Law Enforcement officers. Bitterly to cause harm with impunity without any accountability so it starts with the ballot box and its a very focused targeted areas well then it was state legislative races District Attorney Races Congress the president all of that and that will be is our row to make sure we stay focused on the structural policy changes that are going to be needed to address the current reality that we find ourselves can i just come back to a point you just mentioned a moment ago and its. A word that we know were going to have a lot of any court trial and it says statement of qualified immunity for our International Viewers they wont know what that means in terms of getting justice for those that have died at the hands of a Police Officer and it basically gives immunity to a Police Officer if he feels that his life was in danger and that to all intents and purposes you might say gets Police Officers off the hook and thats what needs to change will certainly has to be looked at in more depth in the coming weeks and months. The absolutely i dont want to have a qualified immunity means that the burden of proof is so how i that very few officers are found guilty or held comical or the Police Behavior thats not a sustainable or just system we have to have a system where the quality of life for africanamericans is the same as all americans and you we cannot enforce that if you dont have a District Attorney whos overseeing them legal responsibility of officers consistent with the type of policies on our books on our legal points to ensure that there is something to enforce and what weve seen as a result of this case is a District Attorney who refused to bring charges until he was forced to do so and even then only brought charges against one of the 3 officers did not pursue the most aggressive terms that it should have been there because that District Attorney discretion assault broad had the power of the police union is so strong that they were trying to hide under the legal system and the political process but what has happened now has been the outcry has been so loud and so sustained you can no longer hide and we are expecting according to the new rules more charges to be handed down indeed yes our correspondent alluded to that from from washington d. C. Just finally mr johnson. Back in 1006 to 3 black Students Society protesting peacefully were attacked by Police Officers and dogs and it was the 1st time that cameras and images were broadcast across the globe and impacted. Very strongly in terms of Public Opinion about how people of color in the United States were being treated as were seeing that again weve seen it again with rodney king. And now with george floyd in your opinion how important has the camera phone social media and Television Companies been in illustrating the hardships that the black community certainly have faced in the United States and will maybe even in the future. Whether that is doing these junctures of being able to expose big cameron for photographs. Through which many asked americans have to suffer through 955. We didnt have cameras we didnt have cell phones we have publications one of the publications that. Was caused jet magazine and they show the image of this young child who was usually. Open casket and his face. The form of many people credit being that picture as one of the major cat of the 6 star a movie the Civil Rights Movement many of the individuals who are not of friends who continue to mississippi and across the southern landscape wear the same immaterial and when they see that. They. Are also seen not interacting. As many other young people who arent sitting in the corner they hatched the saying that black. Our lives matter were not something that should be cast away were stranded on a different type of movie we are in that moment now where were done. With diamonds and then captures. What happened to mr fuller in broad daylight. Many people say this is not humane this is not sustainable this is not the mark for sea that we want to live endangered johnson the president all the and double a. C. P. Good ill just have a say we know your time is incredibly valuable and we appreciate you being with us thank you. For follow us on our website. Thank you for the. New yorks mayor says the city has taken a step towards restoring order after days of violent protests and rioting demonstrators again ignored the citys curfew but bill de blasio says police were better equipped to keep the peace overwhelmingly peaceful protest and the n. Y. P. D. Respecting the police the peaceful protest we saw a few incidents where people decide to do something illegal or violent around the protest but that was rare we saw some acts in different boroughs of people attempting to attack property and why he was positioned to address that rapidly well get the exact details out as we get more information of course of the day but overwhelmingly it was a very different reality in new york city last night kristen slim is our correspondent following events for us in new york and we are expecting more peaceful protests through the day across new york christiane i was a sort of sense you get of the atmosphere there. Well the protesters are very determined to keep on protesting we saw that last night even after the mayor instituted an earlier curfew telling people that they had to get off the streets by 8 pm the night before had been 11 pm and it was too late he said and we certainly saw a lot of looting and violence on monday night so im choosing a night there was an earlier curfew more restrictions put in place in the city on ride sharing apps like left so that people were not able to slow around so much in the city more police were put on the street and the result was a quieter night the protests did continue after the curfew most of them peaceful there were sporadic incidents around the city there are some signs the merest sad of an organized criminal element looting in the city that they are looking into he didnt give any numbers nor did the governor on the extent of the looting but the arrests were down significantly from the night before 200 as opposed to more than 700 again no official report on the extent of the damage is that something thats still being worked on they say but it did seem to go better last night and you know all along the protesters have been saying were not going to stop were going to keep going because this is too important and certainly the organizations in the formal events that weve been at the message has been to keep it peaceful and the governor i should point out also said that last night went more smoothly was a better evening he was one of the harshest critics of the Police Response on monday night he was very critical specifically of the mayor he clarified his remarks after the fact saying that he was not criticizing the Police Department who he says are very capable of handling the situation gravity management and deployment of said Police Department so after a better night the weather is not good today which is why im inside the afternoon is forecast to be very stormy and windy. That could keep things slightly calmer as wow. But the governor and the mayor saying specifically Going Forward that these restrictions are going to stay in place through the weekend the strict curfews and the Higher Police presence until my main morning and on monday morning thats when phase one for new yorks reopening after the crown of virus endemic is scheduled to begin so businesses this is a particularly challenging time many of them are you know have been losing money and shuttered getting ready to reopen after what happened monday night you drive around the city and you see a lot of stores boarded up closed concerned again about these looters they are moving towards reopening but also watching the pandemic and officials are saying that thats the balancing act that theyre at right now theyre perilous times of dealing with a protest movement a pandemic and attempting to get the economy restarted here in new york so. All of those things moving forward at the same time. Christine salumi correspond with the update thank you. Now the days of protests across the United States have been Headline News the across the world but not all of the media in the u. S. Has been covering the story in the same manner in some places the protests have not featured as prominently james warren is an executive editor of news god thats an internet tool which rates news sources on trustworthiness joins me now from chicago talking with us on the program so i mean when you are sensing the accuracy of sort of tweets and t. V. Coverage i mean what are your general impressions of the accuracy of the images that weve seen in the comments that have gone with them. Well its a its a terrific question i think coverage of before it has been properly or aggressive but one really has to distinguish between Live Television Coverage National local and both by one as you know by and large no surprise a slightly more nuance species a newspaper or an online magazine coverage and finally social media and tweets which by and large one cant necessarily instantly verify it. And its a lot easier sort of sitting there in chicago as i did on saturday night looking at live coverage for hours looting and up Police Action than it is with a 10 or 15 minute video from a city far away and one is not quite sure so i think its been a mishmash as with the internet lots more good stuff than ever before lots more bad stuff before and the interesting thing will be how this will impact news toward some of these major issues such as race and lawlessness and ultimately a president ial campaign which people forget that is underway and they have that been incidents certainly in the 7 days since mr fords death that he missed the have used misleading footage will have been used to inflame the situation. Well i mean you know you can argue that the repetitive use the actual of death for i mean if youre on the last to arrive here on saturday its not going shelves positionally its here on if youre on the riots you know youve had enough which is part and parcel of how this in a fascinating ration really challenge for a lot of conservative American Social commentators and other critics of tend to blame liberals for a wide variety of social ills and cool the lawlessness but i think by and large the camera has not lived this is by and large a Television Story as you guys can fully appreciate and i think folks are tending to believe what theyre seeing with their own eyes indeed i suppose its way of looking at the political left of the political right t. V. Companies themselves want to sort of use the best or the most exciting footage of a particular time is that happening and are they targeting that footage to the sort of the available audience demographic well i want to be that cynical i mean some of my criticism of the coverage ive seen so far is probably more or less a matter of ideology and rate audience then it isnt diminished resources you know whether its a local newspaper newsroom or a local t. V. Station there are far fewer people knows newsrooms than there were 5 or 10 years ago with lots of layoffs just in the last few months and so it will take a big metropolitan area like chicago or 3000000 people and you only have 5 or 6 you know television reporters that you can dispatch is only so much you want to see so its no surprise that if you get pretty that coverage perhaps alluding perhaps of fire perhaps the police knocking somebody over the head youre going to use that maybe even nauseum but you know youve got to use what youve got and a fair insight james warren its always good to have you on the program from these got thanks for joining us once again from chicago. Well thousands of people are also going to vote in london in solidarity with the protesters in the United States organizers say theyre also marching against systematic racism in britain gatherings are still banned under the u. K. s coronavirus restrictions but Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he understood the anger after George Floyds death and supported the right to protest a sabbatical correspond hes been monitoring whats been going on in london through the day and how would you describe how really the day has panned out. When it started off with several 1000 people gathering in the iconic hard part and then they marched about 2 miles to here downing street which is the residence of Prime Minister baraks johnson now this is an unplanned marchin but he had a very hands off approach to protests of that were allowed to march and they gathered here and they chanted that that cause even melt down on one knee and it was a show of support and solidarity with whats taking place in the United States but not only that many people here were talking about the racial inequalities here in the United Kingdom that people are more likely to get stopped and searched this questions or deaths of the people in Police Custody but also the death of mark duggan who was shot and killed by police back in 2011 which led to riots him the capture but also across the country when a very rare move police chief did come together and they said that they were appalled at the death of george floyd a call for justice in the United States but also acknowledged that more needs to be done here in the United Kingdom to tackle racism for several 1000 people some are still gathered here some sitting down on the street behind me which is just in front of downing street. And show of support and solidarity with whats taking place in the united United States for the update thanks very much as a correspondent in london. Still ahead here on the aljazeera news on. What initially gave me the idea what it was really ice cream trucks and food vending trucks serving the people will have. For one doctors mission to help black americans join the cave at 19000. On the new investigation that suggests that china withheld data on coronavirus of the World Health Organization do stay with us here on the news hour. Hello there was some rain across southern and Western Areas of yemen its all coming from this little disturbance samples the same system that brought the flooding rains across into oman to the north as well one to 2 shasta areas of turkey but really by and large it is fine it is dry and it is extremely hot the winds a fairly light there is a northerly winds of 48 celsius in kuwait on thursday even warmer again by friday 49 degrees is 120 degrees fahrenheit the winship pick up there on a friday so it may feel a little bit better with that increase in the breeze 40 celsius in doha 44 in riyadh but by far the best weather is going to do the eastern end of the med 28 in jerusalem and a very nice 24 in beirut a fairly quiet conditions not much of a Southern Africa weve seen the bulk of the rains out towards the west around the gulf of guinea we will see. Scattered showers and thunderstorms really across many of the central areas the tail see out towards the west in fact becoming havea late in the day on and off into cameroon and then into south africa its mostly fine and dry some heavy rain into Northern Areas of madagascar they will tend to linger on friday fairly strong on shore breeze as well and weve got some fairly stiff winds coming up into coastal areas of tanzania so again we might just see one or 2 shows as the day progresses. But. As bombs continue to rain down on afghanistan civilians are paying the ultimate price they are completely forgotten and no one is listening to these people while those responsible operate with impunity this is about owning our mistakes and about saying science about accountability in a nasty unaccountable war has anyone from the us military been in touch with you since then i know not for kleins investigates afghanistan civilian loss and the us air war on a. Welcome back to the aljazeera news hour that means the whole drama reminder of our top stories the u. S. Defense secretary has split from the president over military involvement in anti racism protests donald trump has pressured governors to mobilize troops to control crowds marcus but says he doesnt support invoking the insurrection act. And a Memorial Service has been held for the man at the center of the protests george floyd son spoke at the site work for it was choked by a white Police Officer earlier the mother of georgia for us daughter made an emotional plea for justice. And thousands of people have joined yet another protest in london in solidarity with africanamericans in the u. S. Its just the latest event in the global backlash to racism in america. Now theres growing concern that the demonstrations across the u. S. Could cause the coronavirus to spread the virus is disproportionately killing African Americans but to make matters worse testing is scarce in poor largely minority neighborhoods but one doctor in new jersey is addressing that issue april elizondo explains. Trying to stop the spread of corona virus not from a hospital but from the back of a van its the idea dr Alexander Salerno who is offering mobile testing for 1000 infections as well as antibodies taken in medical salerno when a Family Health clinic for 30 years was dismayed by the inaction of authorities and the near nonexistent testing in poor communities hit hardest by the virus he took matters into his own hands and spent more than 40000. 00 to set up a pop up clinic his team tests more than 100. 00 people a day in economically depressed neighborhoods of new jersey what initially gave me the idea it was really ice cream trucks and food bending trucks because you know in urban areas. Are very much part of summer time and so we came up with the idea of lets do a mobile cobra testing van. Not everyone could get to a Doctors Office and they really shouldnt be going to Emergency Rooms and hospitals for testing because that really created a major backlog so its kind of like bring the testing to the people this is a high rise apartment of Senior Housing everybody that lives here is elderly and particularly vulnerable to cope at 19 many dont have the ability to go very far to get tested and now they dont have to they just walk out their front door to doctor salerno. Get their tests done and the results come back within 48 hours and he turns nobody away even if they cant afford to pay burnous holmes was trying to get tested way back in march but that was an hour away in a wealthy community and he could never get an appointment and im going to want to have much they 1st sight was in Bergen County and we can and we couldnt go over there to get tested. I had to wait till it came over here to close it with i mean you start proving all it takes to get tests for people who need it the most is a place to park. How does you know east orange new jersey. Or so to europe now where swedens top of it immunologist has criticized the governments response to covert 19 understand that too many died too soon and sweden should have done more unlike other countries in europe sweden didnt impose a Strict Lockdown and kept many businesses open in the 1st few weeks of the crisis instead citizens were left to practice social distancing on a voluntary basis at least 38589 infections have been reporters and there are nearly been 4500. 00 deaths an official inquiry is expected to be launched the Prime Minister Stephan Lawson says the government will appoint a commission before the summer for rhyss in the southern swedish city of melbourne and explains why and this technology comments have been met with shock and confusion. Understanding ells apparent criticism of the swedish coronavirus strategy came as quite a surprise not least because the criticism was against himself as the state epidemiology 10 yelled at the swedish government the 1st 2 in its handling of the pandemic and its 10 yell on his team at the Public Health agency whove made the recommendations rather than restrictions that have enabled sweden to avoid a lockdown now whats said on tuesday to swedish radio was that with the benefit of hindsight he might have done things differently at the start of the crisis and maybe taken a route that was somewhere between a lockdown and the more relaxed swedish strategy on wednesday quickly moved to say no thats not the case i still believe in the approach one of the things he mentioned and that sweden has recognised is that theyve failed to protect people in old peoples homes of the some 4500 people who have died in sweden around 4000. 00 have been over 70 and around half lived in old peoples accommodation now thats one of the things thats made the death toll so much higher here than in swedens neighbors of the why denmark and fenland what tunnels also been at pains to point out on wednesday is that well all have to use the benefits of hindsight in the months to come to see whether they locked down strategy or a more relaxed swedish strategy was more effective when we see what happens in the countries coming out of lockdown. The u. K. s Prime Minister is defending the decision to impose a quarantine on all International Travelers starting on june the 8th rather than weeks ago Boris Johnsons face criticism over whether the measure would have saved lives. Once Community Transmission was widespread within the u. K. Cases from abroad made up a tiny proportion of the total at the same time you remember International Travel plummeted as countries around the world went into lockdown so as a result measures at the border were halted because they made little difference at the time in our fight against the virus now that were getting the virus under control in the u. K. There is a risk that cases from abroad begin once again to make up a greater proportion of overall cases we that will need to take steps now to manage that risk of these imported cases triggering a 2nd peak a lot are measures are being lifted across colombia with the exceptions of the capitol bug atar and to other hard hit cities now they merit bachata has reimposed a total lockdown in a working class area of more than a 1000000 people which has become the new epi center and asunder im p. F. C. Reports. Much of colombias capital life appears close to normal with many people returning to work. But here in the sprawling working class section called kennedy things are. Home to one and a half 1000000 people and with 30 percent of all cases of corona virus in the city kennedy is once again under lockdown. For the next 2 weeks no one will be allowed out except to seek food. But after more than 2 months in quarantine many say there im willing to comply but. There are countries that have had more than we have but theyve restarted their economies so the mirror is acting like a dictator. Yet with infections on the rise or taking no chances police and soldiers have been deployed at the entrance of the area diverting traffic and demanding a new online registration for vehicles the need to enter for essential services. Recently we opened a construction site that briefly after a day or spite to many day laborers have been closed again i only a portion of. The main Produce Market of the city is operating entrance is allowed but only under strict regime measures Health Workers have increased testing inside the cell ations. Although the surrounding area is teeming with informal vendors oh my god they want us to stay home but if we dont go out to work who buys the food. The 1st cases of the coronavirus were detected in the rich upper class neighborhoods in the north of the city but the virus has since bread widely and at times killed mostly in pour working class neighborhoods where people have had a harder time respecting their restrictions and staying at home. This is an emergency measure but the problem is that people cant enjoy another quarantine they dont have food so even if the measures are justified its difficult to pretend that people can remain locked down. With the peak of infection still weeks away its an almost impossible balancing act in a country there are so far managed to control the rate of the disease but with a Large Population with few options but to take their chances on the streets to survive a lesson that im. Not china is denying it withheld vital details about the Virus Outbreak and thats after the Associated Press published an investigation which found that the World Health Organization officials heaped praise on beijing in order to coax out more information trina you report from beijing when news of the virus and merged in january the World Health Organization lauded beijings for spots we were very impressed with the level of engagement of the Chinese Government levels. But while the un agency praised china in public privately officials were reportedly frustrated by a lack of transparency an investigation by the Associated Press concluded that Chinese Health officials not only withheld information about the outbreak they also delayed distributing the card 900. 00 by several days Chinese Health officials told the public that the possibility of human to human transmission over the w hey joe tweeted in agreement but behind the Scenes Agency staff were apparently skeptical 100 train china positively as w. H. O. Director at honda did during the meeting but she didnt peeing in late january was said to be used as a strategy to gain more information Chinas Foreign Ministry says the Associated Press report is untrue. Things the epidemic broke out china has been open transparent and responsible we have stayed in close in the song communication cooperation with the doubly joe since the beginning of the outbreak Chinas Foreign Ministry has not any cover up or accuracy when it comes will forming the public about the run of hours these new allegations deal and added blood to both beijing and the World Health Organization at a time when the agency is struggling to maintain support chinese officials last week donald trump said the u. S. Was terminating its relationship with the w. H. O. Accusing it of being china centric chinese president xi jinping has meanwhile pledged to 1000000000. 00 to the organization over the next 2 years funding which analysts say could increase chinas influence over the agency. Inside of you a chance to work. Really. Make sure the. Same time alienating. Even. China has agreed to a review into the origin of the pandemic once the outbreak is under control and investigation which many will be scrutinizing when and if it does happen. Aljazeera beijing. The u. S. Department of transportation will suspend all passenger flights from chinese carriers from june the 16th the move comes after washington accused beijing of failing to comply with existing aviation agreements saying its become impossible the u. S. Airlines to resume services to china tensions between the worlds 2 largest economies have been strained over the Global Pandemic and new laws that jeopardize hong kongs autonomy while china is warning the United Kingdom that interfering in hong kongs affairs could backfire thats after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the u. K. Could offer millions of people in hong kong a route to citizenship if china imposed a Controversial National security law beijing argues that foreign influence is a threat to hong kong stability and prosperity now the people who have had access to what johnson calls a route to citizenship are those with a b. And no passport which stands for British National overseas the b n o was issued to people in hong kong when it was still a british colony before it was handed back to china in 1970 is a travel document but it doesnt automatically give holders british citizenship all allow them to live or work in the u. K. Around 300000 people hold a passport but nearly 2900000 people in hong kong are eligible for it or about 40 percent of the population paul brennan is in london he says this is a major move thats bound to stress relations between china and the u. K. I think the issuing of this message by 1st of all of foreign 2nd dominic rob and emphasized and reiterated by the Prime Minister himself Boris Johnson shows i think that the normal discreet lines of diplomacy seem the options seem to be narrowing china has pressed on with this National Security law despite opposition and the Foreign Service here in the u. K. Has grown increasingly concerned about that now what are they offering well 1st of all at the moment be a no passport holders thats 30350000 of them can come here for 6 months without needing a visa the often hours for to be extended to 12 months. To have a right to work here in the u. K. And potentially have a pathway to citizenship and what Boris Johnson has gone even further than the foreign secretary is saying is that if hes gone to extended to those who are eligible to apply for that passport so not just the current passport holders but those eligible to apply and that number some 2 and a half 1000000 people in hong kong so you can see this is a really major. Shift in the governments stance and one that has drawn sharp criticism from china the British Government has gone ahead with it anyway so you can see that its not tempers necessarily but hackles all right are rising on both sides. Still ahead here all the news of the legal battle over where rwandan genocide suspects a trial will be held has been decided by a french court. Removed. The on. The back officials in india have urged people to stay home because of a Tropical Cyclone the 2 states on the west coast at least 100000 residents of maharastra in good drought states have already fled their homes for safety in mumbai dozens of patients recovering from the crime the virus had to be moved its the 1st time in more than 70 years a cycle of such down in the area and thats what brought the possible from new delhi. So far weve seen pictures of many trees that have been operated in parts of maharashtra as indias west coast including the states all but also go were hit by very strong winds heavy rains and high tides as cycloid in the south are made landfall around 1 pm local time carrying winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour 100000 people will move to shelters in maharashtra and there are many things along the low lying areas which are structurally sound but there are also many slums in mumbai and weve seen pictures of people who live in very flimsy structures in the slums scrambling crowding to get on evacuation trucks. And its capital moment by the station worst affected by corona virus in india nearly a 3rd of all cases in india and nearly all deaths in maharashtra and 150 patients who were being treated at a Field Hospital a temporary Field Hospital has been moved to a sports stadium which has been converted to a hospital and city officials sent extra Power Generators to hospitals that the fears of Power Outages a french court has approved the transfer of the rwandan genocide suspect to a u. N. Tribunal. Whos accused of bankrolling the 994 massacre of at least 800000 people in 100 days his defense team had argued he was too elderly and frail to be transferred but the court ruled that the 84 year olds age and health were not obstacles. A man accused of financing their wanton genocide in 1904 was found by this paris court was told by this paris court that he could be extradited to face an International Tribunal in. Tanzania now this was a hearing but its by no means the end of the process because the defense nor the lawyers for could say that they will take this to a higher court they will appeal they say that hes 84 years old his hes frail his health isnt very good is certainly not good enough they say for him to be transferred to another country and they argue that he should face justice and france now their appeal could take at least 2 months over the time being a cougar will remain here we spoke to some representatives though for a london associations in france ofter todays decision though by the court and they certainly said that they welcomed it they said that this was a very important step even though they worry that if the process takes too long with these appeals that could be 84 years old may not make it and they wish that he would see justice because they say that he was a man who was wanted for more than a quarter of a century he was at large for that long until he was arrested in paris last month and so to north africa now where libyas u. N. Recognized government says forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar a losing ground in areas leading to his stronghold of to whom are Government Troops carried out at least 10 airstrikes earlier targeting a port that they were trying to capture in southern tripoli after its fighters launched an offensive to seize the capital just over a year ago but theres in tripoli he says the government is making significant gains. The importance of that airport is that have to his forces have been in control of it over the past 11 months in the role and from there they have been targeting the Government Forces locations in many areas in southern near tripoli its a very well fortified and the Government Forces say that have to forces inside the airport to take in shield inside their very strong good concrete building is inside the airport now the airport is and its a vicinity is the last stronghold of half the forces in southern tripoli the Government Forces who are now moving on have to those forces in and around the airport say that if the managed to be captured the airport and its a vicinity then they can move on after us forces in the city of thought who are sold of tripoli the last stronghold of have to his forces in the west of libya where if half the forces lose the city of their own are then they have no place in the west of the country now weve been getting reports from Government Military sources in the vicinity of a to whom that city also saying that the Government Forces who have been besieging the city from the main they erections are now. Engaged in fighting would have their forces in the vicinity of that city. Now the u. N. Says some of its programs in yemen will need to close by the end of the month unless it gets an immediate injection of cash thats after donations fell a 1000000000. 00 short of the u. N. Target at a virtual pledging conference on tuesday a saudi u. A. E. Coalition has been fighting hoofy rebels in yemen for more than 5 years the charity save the children says the world has abandoned yemenis in their darkest hour. Mosques have reopened for daily Prayer Services in the gaza strip for the 1st time in 3 months as covert 1000 restrictions these religious scholars have been instructed to keep sermons on press brief as a precaution authorities have also ordered the reopening for preschools for children between the ages of 2 and 5 authorities in sudan her put up barriers outside the military headquarters in khartoum crowds are gathering to mark years since a violent crackdown by Security Forces killed more than 100 people and injured 700 others the protests or president Omar Al Bashir removed from power the only victim say those who replaced him are yet to deliver justice and the city is former 1st lady a must say or that money has been arrested for murder earlier this year she was charged with altering the killing of a husbands 1st wife thomas the bonnie resigned last month as Prime Minister is also a suspect but has not yet been charged and said the bonnie had been out on conditional release but lets use appeal court revoked her bail last week now lets return to our top story and in the past hour the White House Press secretary has said the president is still considering implementing the insurrection act which would allow the military to take on the role of Law Enforcement it comes despite criticism and backlash from the pentagon. The president has the Sole Authority to invoke answer action act it is definitely a tool within his power this president has one singular aim it is protecting americas streets we cannot have burning churches we cannot have Police Officers who are shot we cannot have businesses that are looted and destroyed the insurrection act is a tool available the president has the Sole Authority i mean if needed he will use it but at this time hes relying on searching the streets with National Guard its work to great effect here in d. C. And in minnesota as well but thats the news out with me so probably my colleague lauren teo off the wall from london he said to in a few minutes but until then from me on the tape thanks for your time and your company. More than 7 decades ago a country was split into a good place with good in it and now. All it took was a pan a map of the collapsing empire and when the british had to draw a line they pulled its 72 had never been to india before al jazeera examines the violence but of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these Nuclear Neighbors partition borders of blood. On the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise you have to go. And increasingly migrant farm workers are victims a vicious beatings. Is helping the Pakistani Community to find a voice the stories we dont often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is 0 on aljazeera its the u. K. s biggest hospital with eventual capacity for 4000 covert 19 patients built inside a London Conference Center it took just 9 days to construct with the help of Army Engineers dramatically expanding the Critical Care bed count and other similar sites are underway the actual longer numbers could be much higher than advertised researchers say that huge gaps in Testing Capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. d we absolutely believe me there he was tortured in the last 8 minutes and 46 seconds of his life anger and outrage from the lead lawyer of george floyd as 3 more Police Officers involved in his death a set to be charged with aiding and abetting murder and the u. K. Adds its voice to a growing global protest as thousands marched through Central London in solidarity with americas anti racism demonstrations