Thanks for joining us here on frfrance 24. We start with the latest covid19 figures coming in from iran. The death toll their passing 4000 after another 100 17 deaths in the past 24 hours. Since its outbreak began, the country has reported more than 66 thousand cases. Meanwhile, finland h has extendd its anticovid19 measures by a month to may 13. Restaurants remain enclosed remain closed for longer. Measuresking toto extend designed at limiting the spread of the virus. Parliament is s preparing to voe on the state of emergency until april 26. Spain has reported 152,000 cases so far and over 15,000 deaths. The daily told going down today after two o days ago and up aga. Joining me from madrid, our correspondent, sarah morris. What is going on in parliament . Ministeranish p prime has clinched the support he neneeds to extend thatt state. Political parties have said they will back him, particularly the Conservatives Peoples Party and citizizens party. Theyey have been critical. He said the government needed to do more to help companies and selfemployed people who have been affected by the economic fallout from this. He has appealed for unity and loyalty. He said spain acted too late but said the whole of europe acted too late. He said spain was the first ununtry the west to introduce locked on measures. He said d they have been veryy efeffective. They have brought the virus under control and h he appealedo spspaniards to stay on board, to not let t their guard down over this easter holiday. A lot of the traditional allies of this government who have backed this leftwing minority government have abandndoned it n this crisis, like the c catalan separatists. The Prime Ministers seems focused on trying toto get acros party consistent c consensus. Whwhat happens when the confinement memeasures a lifted when spain needs to rebuild its economy . The Prime Minister appealed to the parties to drawing what he echoed 191818,hat political pararties got together to pave the way to democracy, peeling f for everyby to rally around, looking to a very difficult future. Claire what more can you tell us about the latest figures . As you said, the figure of deaths was 683, which is down on yesterdays 757. That brings the death toll to 15,200. There has been a lot of crcriticism becaususe some regis say the actual death toll is higher than that because, if you look at the number of burial permits, it could be as much as double that figure. The Health Authorities nevertheless say the cururve is lessening, that the rise in number of new cases is down. You can see the number of new , that5700, up to 152,500 means new cases are rising at about 4 . From a a long way off week ago, when they were rising by 20 . You very much, sarah, for that update from madrid. Sarah morris reporting. In the u. K. , Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has spent a third night in intensive care if your the chancellor said wednesday improving. On is acting on behalf of johnsons foreign secretary dominic raab, who is chairing a Virtual Meeting looking evidence from scientists on the impact of the anticode anticovid19 measures brought in. Behind the doors of this london hospital, British Foreign minister boris j johnson contins his battle against covid19. Publilicinister told the that though he remains in intensive care his condition is improving. Hei can also tell you that has been sitting up in bed andnd engaging positivively with a clinical team. The 55yearold was taken to hospital with coronavirus symptoms sunday and moved to the icu ward a day later. The country is entering a critical phasese of the epidide. Lives ine lost their the latest daily death toll. Health expxperts are showing sis of optimismm, pointing to the effectctiveness of the lockdown. We are starting to see a sigig of plateauing fectctions and hospitalitions. S. If we had not taken those measures, if people had not complied with them, we would not be seeing that. Authorities warned the outbreak is far from over and that social distancing remains crucial. With Boris Johnson out of action, foreign minister dominic raab has been deputized in his stead and is overseeing plans of how and when to lift the national lockdown. Macron in france, many macron isnt emmanuel set to outline the next steps in the fight against covid19 after the president ial palace confirmed that frances lockdown will be extended beyond aprill 15. Almost 11,000 people have died from coronavirus in france and many hospitals and care homes do not have everything they need. Are trying to distribute medical resources as best they can. For the past three weeks, the logisticics wing of the fire brigade has Logistics Wing of the fire brigade has been working aroundthecclock. They are collecting masks, hospital g gowns, and Hand Sanitizer for workers on the front line of the coronavirus outbreakak. [speaking other language] their objective, to provide local fire brigades, hospitals, or Retirement Homes with protective equipment, highly b by. D civilians and medical workers alike by civilians a medical workers alike. [speaking other language] team makes up to seven deliveries per day, which is double the normal amount. Here they are headed to a hospital some 30 kilometers away [speaking other language] just a few meters away, these firefighters deliver a canister of Hand Sanitizer and some masks to an Administrative Office that is often solicited for such materials. [speaking other language] with protective equipment in short supply, the government and these fire brigades are doing what they can, ensuring Health Care Providers are protected first. There turning to the u. S. , country worst affefected by the coronavirus pandemic, more than 400,000 cases. Tuesesday, it recorded close to 2000 deathths for r the second d in a row. New york is by far the hardest hit state, reporting another 779 deaths. Governoror andrew cuomomo saying that hospitalization figures the curve ofhow infection flattening. Broadway will stay shut until at least early june. New york state tallying its deadliest day since the coronavirus outbreak began. Hours. Dead in just 24 with new York Hospitals at capacity, room is being made for patients at the Tennis Center in queens and cathedral in manhattan. With hospitalization starting to level off, Governor Andrew Cuomo said there is evidence that sosocial distancing is having a positive effect. If we stop what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is purely a function of what we do day in and day out. Even asll disistancing papassover began this week, wiwh many in new yorkks jewish immunity h hosting online seder. We are all celebrating a wonderful holiday even though the virus has just affecected us in so many ways. Publicsector workers have been hit especially hard. Workersork city transit have died after contracting the virus, along with 14 new york police officers. More than 500 firefighters have tested positive. Gonzalez worked during the 9 9 11 attacks and sayays ti representsts a wholele n levevef tragedy. T is very hard because, like you s say, we d do not know if y is the day im going to contract this virus or r not. Are going to get it. It is when. 6300 people have died in new york state, the governor noting that is more than twice as many as were lost in the september 11 attacks. Half a billion more people could end up in poverty as a result of t the pandemic. That is according to the charity oxfam. This is wall street banks s say damage to the Global Economy could be as much as 5 trillion. Oxfam and awarning by plea to major nations to help. Oxfam international released a report claiming that unless that half a billion people could be in poverty by the end of the coronavirus crisis. The report warns the fight against t world poverty could be pushed back by 1 10 years. In developing country, the damage could take 30 years to prepare repair, particularly in africa and the middddle east. Wiwith global covid19 cases nearing the o one Million People mark worldwide, oxfam has called on world l lders to agree on a Financial Relief package. They say this would help small businesses, women, children, and the elderly to cope with the economic ramifications of the crisisis. The devastating economic fallout of the pandemic is being felt across the globe. For people in poor countries who are alreadyy struggling to survive, there are almost no safety nets to stop them from fallining into poverty. Imf,inance ministers, the and the World Bank Must give developing countries and immediate cash injection to help them bailout poor and vulnerable communities. Oxfam has called on developing countries debt to be scrapped and a 1 trillion fund to be made avavailable. That is it for this news update. Thanks for watching. Take care. It is toxic, on breathable. Around the wastelands of the scrap yards, this never clears. Unreal. Is remove the rubbish. It is all aluminum, there for the taking. The world has been stripping waste for years. Euros a less than three day will facing constant hazard. What is it . Burning, the rubber. Along with most of the people of the district, he came for the north of the country, a poor region where jobs are hard to find. I leave my family, came here to find money come and it is going to my family. Every day, i am working. My family needs something. Vocal it is difficult to figure how many work here of the 100,000 living in the area, but several thousand at least. Every morning, they cross the bridge to the scrap yard and every year the slum grows, encroaching furtheher along the lagoon. Cars, computers, mobile phones, televisions. All manner of Electronic Devices end up here are painstakingly sorted and dismantled. A disassembly line where everyone plays a part. Here, nothing is lost and everything is reused. In this workshop, they are melting down aluminum to make cooking pots. The message is clear even for the young. He is 16 but has meant three years scouring the ground with a magnet. [speaking other language] aluminum and other things. 2. 5 kilos, for which the children earn around 30 euros cents. You can find anything in the rubbish herere, but electctronic waste e is the most sort after r the metals it contains. Most of it comes from outside ghana. Computers. The European Union has strictly prohibited the export of e. U. Waste. 350 thousand tons, equivalent to 2. 5 billion leaves europehat every year. To retrace the journey taken by the waist, we had to the port 40 kilometers from the capital. 200,000 tons of electronic equipment arrives again each year and ghana each year. Three quarters of that is used equipment. There is no import ban on used electronics. Assure us they take e. U. Waste seriously. Belongings ofnal some of our citizens who have gone outside the country and are coming back home. They have loaded these items into a container andnd today is the day we e are going to inspe. They differentiate between waste and used goods. It is in this gray zone where traffickers operatate. These shipments came in from outdatede around 15 televisions, radio sets, a whole range of electronic appliances. It has been flagged d by the customom authoritys detection system is possibly suspicious. It is hard for the inspection ofofficer to m make that disisin that t this is waste or a used electronic item. It is s only when it is subjectd to tests that we can then establish that this is waste. Thesetainers arriving docs every day. Some inevivitably get ththroughe nenet. , the officerasion claims everything is above board. It is for family use. Years been ththere for some and they want to c come to the. Ountry this iss an this is not waste. No. Inlee 50 of goods coming are unusable. The rest get a new life here and ghana before ending up in a wrecking yard sooner or later. And the growing slums, a brief few take matters into their own hands brave few take matters into their own hands. Good morning. How are you . Every morning for the last 10 years, the clinic has had a full waiting room. Treatment is virtually free. Often people go to the pharmacy and take the medicine. I thought, how about a place where they can come and see doctors and take the right medicine . Three nurses work shifts and the doctor comes twice a month. The clinic does what i it can to treat the 30 patients, many of whom s suffer from respiratory difficulties. The air becomes polluted, highly polluted. They can get all k kinds of diseases. She moved into thisis neighborhood a year ago. Her airways are e already causig her pain. Through awareness raising and education schemes, fatherr subah has become involved in the unity and residents turn to hihim for advice. As the environment deteriorates and Health Problems sore, even the livestock have to pick through the trash. The wrecking yard and its toxic fumes are just a stones throw from the neighboring food market , one of the most important in the country. Air and soil very much polluted. Definitely it affects the lives of thehe people liviving around. Study,rding to a u. S. This is among the top 10 most polluted sites on the planet. Cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic are p permanently preset in the soil, sometimes at levevs 100 times s greater than internatioional safety s standa. The pollutionon is a major cocon for reresidents. The Environmental Protection , the situation is a key issue for the agency. Samples although samples, people were exposed to some levels of these heavy metals. Wewe consider r these to be e a National Issue and thought it is important to actually protect the health of our people. Despite the evident damage to the environment, ghana waited until 2016 before adopting a new law banning the import of e. U. Waste. The law was not justly but also difficult to enforce. For the time being, the government is relying on partners to raise awareness about working safely a and to then workers, among them development agency. In the first moment, the main focus of our work is to transform transform existing jobs so that the people who are working here at the moment can have proper earning of living what they are doing and not add more jobs. He is in charge of putting the job Improvement Program into action. He knows the scrap yard and its workers well and has already trained about 20 people there. How a are you . How is work . Recondition, and recycle pieces of mobile phones. We h have been doing this for the past 20 years. They appreciate there is another method they can employ to do the the risk will minimize to themselves healthwise and minimize the impact on the environment. Adam has been able to diversify his income. [indiscernible] ofso far, only a handful workers have benefited from this training, too few to lead to real hope radical change. Thousands work the site each day. In the meantime, waste burners will go on burning despite the risks to their health, despite the risks for the environments. It is their livelihood. He and his colleagueues worry ty will be held solely r responsibe for pollution generated by the sisite. Cannot stop it now unless [indiscernible] he lives on the other side of the lagoon with his wife and eight month old side sun. He has one dream, to leave, to be able to start a small business. This is not the life he wants for his sons. [indiscernible] like my sun to cocome here. Ant my sun to be somebody [indiscernible] living,any, eking out a it is a time for distant dreams. For them, it is a real atlas struggled to get through the day, to survive and feed theieir families. Real relentless struggle to getet through the day, to survive and feed their families. He is false stories thahat appear to be news spread on the internet or using other media. At france 24, our job is to provide you with information that has been verified. Check sources. We check facts. We sort what is true from what is fake. At the france 24 observers, we verify photos and videos circulating online. If they are fake, we will let you know and tell you how we spotted them. Hey, im darius rucker. Coming up onreel south. [henrietta] the southern wayay of life was something sacred. Close your mind, do not question. 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