Hub in the capital kinshasa. The. And the staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are using to socialize and keep in shape under lockdown. We begin the program with breaking news that the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care inside a London Hospital after his cove in 1900 times worse and johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night and had been undergoing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days earlier on monday the government had said Boris Johnson was in good spirits and still in charge but the street now says foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize. But the baba joins me now live from london via skype i think it was only a few days ago as in thursday evening when we saw some images of the Prime Minister he stepped outside briefly to applaud workers of the National Health system that was thursday its now monday and it seems an incredibly quick the terry aeration what els
Populations of extreme poverty so norland detroit and so i think were starting to see in yet another dimension to this epidemic which is these this virus as a Health Disparity particularly among people of color i think africanamerican populations who live in poverty and have dont have the ability to practice social distancing because of the crowded conditions that they live i think theyre going to be vulnerable in the fact that they are many populations of underlying rates of the high rates of diabetes and hypertension so the Health Disparity component is particularly troubling for for me in places like new orleans and detroit and here at the number of new deaths a surge in spain to more than 4000 and is climbing in italy. China is banning most foreigners from entering as it tries to prevent a 2nd wave of Infections Health officials reported the 1st locally transmitted infection in 3 days you know you has more from beijing. We dont know how many foreigners exactly this is going to affe
Aljazeera. Im femi oke a and you are in the stream today why do Prison Inmates in United States come to islam imo it could be law that weve discussed a documentary film the honest struggle which tells the story of an exit fenders mission to help muslim converts as they leave jail leave your comments and questions for us in the chat or on twitter. Reentry sometimes is a misnomer because it implies a 2nd chance and the reality for a lot of our brothers is that they dont really have a 1st chance i begin to think the best place for me to be was back and one of them say yes because the only thing it is that you have no idea what its like in every step for me is. That al davis was just 18 when he was 1st sent to prison 7 a total of 25 years behind bars davis converted to islam while in jail taking on the name. Truthful as part of an attempt to leave his previous lifestyle behind about living history for i rebuilt in a life outside the prison walls presented its difficulties in the honest str
Spain and italy edging towards easing their shutdowns of france could be about to go the other way. The economic fallout is hitting aid budgets the World Food Programs cutting rations for more than a 1000000 refugees in uganda also on the news or. In other news fighting intensifies in libya between the warlords after the internationally recognized government and in support professional baseball has made its 1st appearance of 2020 taiwanese hosting games behind closed doors with mannequins replacing real spectators. The russian president Vladimir Putin says the Coronavirus Crisis is worsening in russia and the Defense Ministry may have to be involved in containing it and made those remarks. After the country had its biggest daily increase yet in infections 2500 new cases the total number of infections has now gone beyond 18000 the government says 148 russians have died as cross live now to our London Bureau and correspondent covering all the european aspects of this need barkha soni for
The 1st story we listen now to world war saying youll be into gold field you know at this stage of the world but even not in with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0. Im at the house and welcome to a very special edition of upfront special because for the 1st time in this age of the coronavirus im recording it from my home on todays show well discuss how brazil is handling or mishandling the crisis under its controversial president an hour ill speak to one of his most high profile critics in the Brazilian Congress but 1st its official because it to be believed at least 6 people die every hour in iran from code that 19 the disease caused by the corona virus which is ravage the Islamic Republic and made it one of the worlds epicenter for the worst time demick of our lifetime with more than 3000 iranian dead so far how much is the iranian governments response to the crisis to blame for the death toll and how much is the fault of u. S.