Direction i feel strongly about the. Living in fear of the day why indonesians are protesting against having some currency in their community. I cannot in good conscience continue to about the campaign they cannot win. Buying out of the race Us Democratic president ial hopeful bunny saunders ends his bid for the white house. Get on to the latest on coronavirus in a moment but 1st were going to begin with the announcement of a cease fire right across yemen it came from the Saudi Led Coalition thats been fighting who the rebels since the war began in 2015 its juju last 2 weeks in a come. Force on thursday but in the hours after the announcement there were attacks reported on both sides these pictures are said to show the result of one attack said to be carried out by the goofys with missiles fired into the city or body of the Saudi Led Coalition is based the u. N. Special envoy to yemen has welcomed the move calling it a critical moment or how much has this update from sanaa since the midnight people expected that the cease fire will take place but according to News Agencies that the cease fire will hold its place by thursday at noon but so far there are more than 10 rays that have been carried out by saudi fighter jets in different regions of yemen especially in iran also in iran and incite saudi territories and also others inside the problems which is in the border with the saudi arabia many people hope this cease fire will will hold spirits place and also will. Will continue to support the peace talks that have been. That have been brokered by the United Nations in order to bring both warring sides to the table to discuss how to resolve the differences peacefully and also to help the collapsing Health Care Sector to confront confront also and tackle the. Virus in case it emerges in yemen especially that the minister of health during a session for the parliament he appealed to the wall that yemen yemens Health Care Sector has only 1500. 00 beds available for 4 patients but he also put shocking figures that the in case the coronavirus millions in yemen at least 2x8ww yemenis could contracted the disease within just the span of 2 some weeks. Well yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the middle east before the war broke out and now it has one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time more than 91000 yemenis have been killed since the fighting started more than 3000000 have been forcibly displaced since 2015 last year the United Nations said that 10000000 yemenis are just one step away from famine more than 24000000 people are in need of International Aid thats 80 percent of the population yemen has experienced the largest cholera epidemic in the world that have been more than a 1000000 cases since 2018 a quarter of them have been children ibrahim hatari is a yemen specialist he says its unlikely the ceasefire will hold for long. This is more of a p. R. Move for the Public Relations the consumption but we know the yemenis dont need just a 2 week sort of cease fire we need to end the war we need to lift the blockade we need to end the crimes that are happening all across the country that a number of condemn express coronavirus and you know the color of our outbreak of theres so many other issues that needs to be resolved in the country so we did we hope that this 2 weeks ceasefire would would hold but we know from previous experiences that neither side now the houthi is militia and or the house you know Saudi Led Coalition had heard through the agreements they either great 2 or you know we we know that from the sweden taught. A few years ago that they greed to release the detainees but they did and and end up doing that so this is coming in a time where there is an International Pressure to make sure that yemenis have access to. Medicare equipments you know that outbreak could happen in any time in the country of the outbreak of the cholera i mean of the corona fires so we had a very difficult situation remember again this war has been going on for over a half decades and the yemenis need access to food and medicine. The number of corona virus cases across the world has now topped 1500000 the u. S. President has again criticised the response of the Global Agency in leading the fight against it donald trump says the World Health Organization has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favor china he also accused it of initially minimizing the threat and getting everything role as he put it and said u. S. Funding would be reviewed the way joe has called on him not to politicize the pandemic officials in the usa the outbreak there is yet to peak new york state recorded its highest single day death toll in the 800 people mike hanna is in washington d. C. He says President Trump isnt backing down on his criticism of the w. H. O. President trump continued to vent about the relationship with the w. H. O. What and get him in particular it seems is the w. H. O. Recommendation at the end of january that International Travel should continue this just a few days after President Trump had imposed a travel ban on flights from china but President Trump making very clear that his administration is going to review the funding for the w. H. O. And he reacted angrily to the director general of the comment to avoid politicize ation because that could lead to more body bags this is what President Trump to say youre losing more body bags i think we would have done. And he would have been much better serving the people that hes supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis and everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open and close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time were all together made a decision against the World Health Organization i cant believe hes talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be chinas way thats not right its not fair to us and honestly its not fair to the world well the secretary of state to my pump a. O. Also said that the administration is reviewing its funding of the w. H. O. But earlier in the day Deborah Burkes who is one of the white houses medical advises was less directing criticism saying an organization is only as good as the data it perceives and saying that the Administration Must look into the quality of the data that the w. H. O. Received from china and the timeline that it received that data as the pandemic loomed. The coronavirus is taking its toll on economies in europe talks between the e. U. Finance ministers broke down on why this day as they discussed a multibillion dollar rescue package that in barber is more reminding people to stay indoors in space. The military drafted in to disinfect Nursing Homes and public transport despite a slowing down in the countrys rated coronavirus transmission the World Health Organization is warning the european governments to think carefully before relaxing their lockdowns or social distancing measures when you report predicts spains economy will shrink by between 5 percent and 9 percent this year that could leave up to 800000 people unemployed depending on when restrictions were lifted on wednesday morning European Union finance ministers meeting Via Video Conference were close to a deal on support measures for southern economies worth around 540000000000. 00 but talks broke down amid a dispute between italy and the netherlands over how to apply the coronavirus recovery from portugals Mario Centeno head of the euro group of euro zone finance ministers tweeted after 16 hours of discussion we came close to a deal but were not there yet i suspended the euro group and continue tomorrow thursday my goal remains a strong e. U. Safety net against fall out of coverage 19 to shield workers firms and countries and commit to a sizable Recovery Plan france is now demanding the e. U. Use the existing mechanism set up during the eurozone crisis with no Strings Attached as well as some promote the needy dont. So i would just like to point out something obvious the european stability mechanism was created to deal with a crisis and what are we facing now a crisis which is serious and profound the spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sanchez has warned that e. U. Itself could quote fall apart if it fails to agree a plan to help Member States deal with debts incurred fighting the pandemic italy and spain have accused northern nations led by germany and the netherlands of not doing enough. That germany has its own covered related economic worries several financial institutes expect europes largest economy to shrink by nearly 10 percent in the 2nd quarter thats twice as big a contraction as during the 2008 to 2009 financial crash chancellor merkels government now plans to tighten rules to protect german firms from hostile takeovers by non e. U. Investors who underscored doubt warm thats what. Its about tightening our very liberal Foreign Trade laws which permit takeovers from Foreign Investors in a generous way this is in light of the significant German Security interests which for me include supplying the public with vital goods such as vaccines and critical infrastructure. Of course coronavirus is already hitting hard germanys lufthansa has announced it will shut down its low cost airline german weakness as part of a broader over home warning it could take years for the industry to recover. Across europe amid all the uncertainty there are moments of hope like this neighborhood in seville welcoming home a recovered covered 19 patients. But recovering financially may also need a similar show of solidarity from the e. U. The aljazeera. Global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year is the pandemic brings Economic Activity to a standstill the World Trade Organization describes future results as ugly it says Global Markets are being disrupted by the lockdown of factories and shops the head of the w t os says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago as we confront what may well d be that deepest economic recession or downturn of our lifetimes we should aim to make the most of all potential drivers of Sustainable Growth to reverse this situation governments around the world can and must lay the foundations for a strong and socially. Trade and International Coordination were generally will be important ingredients. Patrick peregrine is an International Economist and he says the global recession may be far more punishing and longer lasting than initially feared. This is a government thats ascension to basically have lockdowns and the problem is this is come against a background where globalization and world trade is already under a lot of pressure and the reality is what were going to see Going Forward is actually to degenerate forces even if we were you know when the recovery comes or still go and its global trade so you just have to look at the moves about Health Security and the exposure of the weaknesses of Global Supply chains that and one of my concert arguments is that Health Security ones own production of medicines and Health Equipment is a greater issue than the National Security issues the likes of y. Y. And this is not going to go away were going to see we locational production back to domestic countries japan in its latest fix impact its allocated over 20000000000. 00 to Japanese Companies to bring businesses back on show and we have Peter Navarro the president s trade representative last week being very very clear about that u. S. Drug companies or medical supply companies should bring their production back onshore still hadnt aljazeera the aftermath of the pandemic oxfam brings the arm on for richer nations to agree to an economic rescue package for. Internally displaced people in cities you believe who are making face masks and creating much needed jobs. Her. How its clouding over across western parts of china now we will see more in the way of cloud and rain as we head towards the weekend over towards the southeast is generally dry we have High Pressure still essentially in charge a little more clout though just pushing up towards the north and temperatures in beijing will struggle to get to around 11 degrees celsius credential japan generally dry few showers thats more than honshu into al qaida as well these will gradually fade and ease away as we go on through friday 18 celsius in tokyo at that stage but there is that west of weather pushing across into where Western Areas of China Central parts to hand where the top temperature around 80 degrees as it begins to cloud over sunshine the showers meanwhile across much of Southeast Asia the heaviest showers will again be across a good part of indonesia seasonal rains of course here we will see want to see showers making their way towards the philippines but will sunshine than showers and the chance of some showers a little further north to into southern parts of vietnam maybe into cambodia may even catch your chad just creeping across the southern areas of thailand southern parts of india are also seeing some showers at the moment so the cherry rain will continue to drive its way across carol are pushing across into tamil nadu one of 2 showers there up towards the northeast. But. Perception is validation clearly what you see but in one light we cannot see everything but we rely on experiences of. The legacy of previous generations. Of that testimony weve got you know very little. With. Documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen has announced a cease fire its set to last 2 weeks and will come into effect on thursday the coalitions been fighting who the rebels since the war began in 2015. Despite calls from the World Health Organization to stop politicizing the coronavirus pandemic the us president has once again criticised the agencys actions donald trump says the w. H. O. Has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favor china. Global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic britains economy Economic Activity to a standstill ahead of the World Trade Organization says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory worse than the financial crisis 12 years ago. Some families in indonesia whove lost people to the coronavirus are having a hard time burying their loved ones in some parts of the country people have been protesting because theyre afraid the virus will spread in their communities jessica washington reports from jakarta. In some towns in indonesia he is about the coronavirus can quickly turn into rage this ambulance was on its way to the local symmetry in brand new mouse carrying the body of a covert 19 patients. Turned back the men say they dont want the body buried in their town this is the fate for many victims of covert 19 alone and isolated in their final hours and i wanted in death was. The local mayor tries to get the protesters to disperse behind. It to the risk of getting the virus from a dead body is low the living can talk a sneeze the can not to have explained this over and over again. Undeterred by reassurance from local leaders similar scenes are playing out across the country in at least 3 provinces the bodies of those who died from covered 19 had to be moved to other cemeteries because of community and. Traditional burial practices have to be put aside for now bodies a disinfected and wrapped in layers of sanitized plastic before burial. Local administrations are preparing extra plots across they communities in jakarta there were more than 4000. 00 burials in march a huge spike compared to previous months indonesia has one of the worlds lowest rates of coven 19 testing and there are fears many people have died not knowing whether they had the virus but. Some families do have that certainty the choose to ignore it. Its not clear why the hospital released the body of this coded 900 patient to have family but they are wrapped her body promptly the World Health Organization says bodies of covert 19 patients are generally not infectious but it recommends families of void touching them this outbreak isnt just changing how people live but how they die as well jessica washington aljazeera. More than half the global population could be living in poverty and the often loss of the pandemic the Charity Oxfam is warning that half a 1000000000 more people will be pushed below the poverty line and that could set back the fight against poverty for up to 30 years in africa and the middle east the report recommends the g 20 finance ministers the International Monetary fund and the World Bank Must help to bail out developing countries. Apolo brian is the Vice President for policy and advocacy at Oxfam America is joining us now from washington d. C. Were pretty sure its your time sir thank you very much indeed within the group that is most likely to be hit who is likely to be the hardest hit we think the concentrations of harm are going to be in north africa Subsaharan Africa and in the middle east if you think of it in terms of the economic crisis is coming were already worried that 40000000 lives will be lost but in terms of the economic crisis and you think of some communities like mumbai or in asia or in cheap down or in nairobi in africa or mexico city just slums in those 5 cities more than the population of the country that i come from and these are people who cant do social distancing who are overwhelmingly working in the informal economy who have no social protection there are more than 2000000000 people on the planet earth who work in the informal economy they dont get sick days. What do you think is the best solution for this i know that youve been talking about relieving some debts but in practical terms what are you suggesting. Well in leadership terms were going to need new solutions because weve never faced this kind of crisis that is coming out us in so many ways and theres a real opportunity for leadership next week as the ministers of finance from around the world gather for a Virtual Meeting of the g 20 in particular has a real role to play there we think the solution next week can come in 3 forms they can agree to cancel the debts of developing countries this year the payments on those debts that would give them a trillion dollars so if youre sitting in ghana right now and those debts were forgiven they would have the ability to give 20 dollars a month to the 16000000. 00 kids who are in ghana and when you think that 10 percent of the going and population that is on about 60. 00 a month that may be the difference between name getting one meal a day or not eating at all so thats the 1st thing lets get debt payments cancelled but this year 2nd we need to create some kind of International Reserve what the i. M. F. Call special drawing rights giving countries the right to draw down resources from the i. M. F. The pending on their contributions in the past for the g. O. P. That would mean if we get a trillion dollars in special drawing rights it would mean for 630 1000000. 00 that would be a 45. 00. 45 percent bump for their. Health care expenditures and then finally we need more 8 we need to scale up our thinking and our imagination and the numbers of our a we think its going to be at least half a trillion dollars in a 500000000000. 00 in aid we think just 160000000. 00 of that which by the way is less than the wealth of the 2 richest americans 160000000000. 00 and they could double the expenditures on health of the 85 poorest countries so its doable if we have the political will and thats what well be looking for next week paula bryan is from Oxfam America we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed. Thanks for having me aid groups are concerned about the prospect of the pandemic of reaching the besieged syrian city of people there are already living with extreme shortages of meds and while hospital supplies have been depleted by nearly a decade of war but some residents are taking precautions into their own hands and of course the other reports 5 years ago the war in syria because Mohamed Al Assad family members and his leg now the latest advents by the Syrian Government forces has forced him from his home in sarah cape with other relatives and they are living in it they face and in threat the coronavirus pandemic yet for him and his father it is also an opportunity they found much needed were making masks. There are no schools we used to study but now we can and i hope to return to the country most happy that i work. Im also with friends so im getting used to these commissions. Armada to work more on open this manufacturing shop 3 months ago as he was displaced from so racket he carried all his machinery to continue making clothes. But as the pandemic threatened the country he decided to produce facemask with his 50 male and female workers. So far no infections have been reported in and put up the right man checks his employees temperatures and ensures they sen as their hands before they start searing every day. I think the 1st 3 were corner because the virus is getting closer to the liberated areas there is high demand in masks right now all crossings to the regime areas are closed so we produce here we import the fabric and medical vaseline we so sterilize and sell in the markets. We produce between 5. 10 pieces a day and sometime work is done by small hands before being boxed and sold in the local market the less money there is in the we cant import mass from china right now demand is high prices went up this local production is a bit different in concept the 3 layers of sterilized mask helps us during this crisis it is unclear if the Health System in a blip could handle an outbreak but for these people being able to work is a relief and gives hope to many that includes mohamed who soon might be able to afford more help and treatment see namco solo aljazeera u. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his bid to be the Democratic Partys president ial nominee the vermont senator been the front runner in the race to hold all trump earlier this year sanders exit clears the way for former Vice President joe biden to become the partys candidate sanders told his supporters the coronavirus pandemic was a factor in his decision. I know that there may be some in our movement who disagree with this decision who would like us to fight on for the last ballot cast at the Democratic Convention i understand the opposition but as i see the crisis gripping the nation exacerbated by a president unwilling or unable to provide any kind of credible leadership and the work that needs to be done to protect people in this most desperate hour i cannot in good conscience continue to about the campaign they cannot win and which would interfere with the important work required of all of us in this difficult hour Michael Fauntroy is an associate professor of Political Science at Howard University he says sanders decision may hurt the republicans. As i was hearing the clip of him giving his remarks today the 1st thing i thought of was 4 years ago where he continued to hammer on Hillary Clinton and continue the primary contest even though it was pretty clear that he had no real chance to win the nomination that activity that posed to reality activity weakened Hillary Clinton going into the general election and made it more difficult for her to compete with donald trump who already marshaled the Republican Forces going into the general election so i think this is an example of a Lesson LearnedBernie Sanders does not want to go to and in history as the person responsible for weakening to one of whom president ial races and so i think and never going to great example of how he has accepted the reality of the situation and he knows that perhaps if he done this earlier 4 years ago donald trump may have never won the presidency the republican strategy going into november senator going to a fractured Democratic Party because they expected Bernie Sanders to continue in the race deep into the spring and perhaps even into the early summer and that his forces would be so angry with by with really Vice President biden that they would not want to be enthusiastic supporters so by jumping out now he complicates the the republican plan but its a lot of dr who has pleaded guilty to the man slaughter of 39 people who were found dead in the back of his truck last year the bodies of 31 man and 8 women were found in southeast england and of toba the result of an alleged people a smuggling operation 4 other suspects have been charged over the deaths. This is all just here are these at the top stories the side in that coalition has announced a cease fire in yemen its set to last 2 weeks and it will come into effect on thursday the Saudi Led Coalition has been fighting who the rebels since the war began in 2015 but in the past few hours that have been reported attacks from both sides. Despite calls from the World Health Organization to stop politicizing in their cover on a virus pandemic the u. S. President has once again criticize the agencys actions although trump says the World Health Organization has been unfair to the world by taking decisions that favor china theyre losing more body bags i think we would have done. And he would have been much better serving the people that hes supposed to serve if they gave a correct analysis i mean everything was i said china centric everything was going to be fine no human to human keep the borders open he wanted me to keep the borders open i close the borders despite him and that was a hard decision to make at the time were all together made a decision against the World Health Organization i cant believe hes talking about politics when you look at the relationship they have to china so china spends 42000000 we spend 450000000 and everything seems to be chinas way thats not right its not fair to us and honestly its not fair to the world global trade is expected to fall by up to a 3rd this year as the pandemic brings Economic Activity to a standstill the World Trade Organization describes future results as ugly the head of the w. C. E. O. Says this may be the deepest global recession in living memory. U. S. Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his bid to be the Democratic Partys president ial nominee the vermont senators exit clears the way for former Vice President joe biden to become the partys candidate sundaes the sounders told his supporters the coronavirus pandemic was a factor in his decision. The uns chemical weapons watchdog has released its 1st report blaming the Syrian Government forces and chlorine attacks against civilians but a port highlighted 3 attacks in Northern Syria in 2017. Those are the headlines were back in about half an hour from london is one of the most unfortunate cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact right around the globe and so here it out is iraq we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people but how it affects their everyday that. We are free to put them on air and to really engage those stories because we know that all audience is interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go under reported. In 2002 the Israeli Palestinian conflict was further inflamed as a contentious border was cast in concrete. The following film 1st aired 5 years after construction began on what israel describes as the separation wall