Data pushes the number of u. K. Deaths past 24000. Lebanon braced for more protests after the Economic Impact of the growing of ours fuels anger against the government. And New Zealanders queue for burgers and coffee as infections wane and their knocked down is slowly east. While President Trump continues to focus on the u. S. Economy the toll the coronavirus is taking on americans worsens more than a 1000000 people and are confirmed to have been affected there more than any other country where the total has doubled in a little over 2 weeks with more than 57000 people dying well this is news to districts in the u. K. Show the number of deaths to the middle of april were 50 percent higher than 1st thought once those who died outside hospital were included it pushes the total above 24000. 00. But germanys been held up as a model of how to control the disease as it tries to return to normal life its reported a slight increase in the infection rate and france has set out how it will begin to open up making masks mandatory on public transport but only allowing freedoms if new infections are kept to a minimum start with mike hanna who joins us live from washington to tell us mike about President Trump and the various events hes been holding today. Where president john held a meeting with Corporate Leaders at the white house so regular meeting with the leaders of business throughout the country President Trump told a News Conference afterwards in which very little new was offered President Trump repeating his assertion that the United States continues to test a better than any other country saying that the u. S. Is testing twice as many people as any other country in the world not taking into account of course the massive size of the u. S. Population of more than 330000000. 00 figures about testing not really relevant unless they are given on a per capita basis the president also met the governor of florida earlier in the day the governor pushing back at accusations that he lifted the lockdown in florida far too early Health Officials throughout the country are concerned about the staggered opening of various states concerned that this is happening too soon pointing out that despite the President Trumps per population there is simply not enough testing protocols in place to be able to predict accurately how the virus will react to many Health Officials seeing the premiere to opening of these states as something that could lead to a spike in the pandemic and might be one president trying to team or getting out mixed messages about social distancing. Well indeed yes the Vice President of the mayo clinic in rochester minnesota early on in the course of the afternoon and observers were frankly stunned to see the Vice President in the clinic without wearing a face mask in fact from video in the clinic it appears that the Vice President was the only person not wearing a face mask now the mayo clinic policy since april the 13th has been that everybody was sitting the facility must wear a mask the mayo clinic has confirmed that the Vice President was informed the clinic subsequently put up a tweet which would then took down saying exactly that up Vice President pence is insistent that he did not wear the mask because he tests for the coronavirus once a week he says theres no chance of him being asymptomatic their spokesman for the Vice President says the Vice President wanted to look at those working so hard in the face and in the eyes and thanked them for what they were doing but still once again Health Officials pointing out that it is quite possible to contract the virus in between the weekly tests that Vice President pence is been undertaking so certainly theres a huge amount of criticism of the Vice President and also one must point out to President Trump himself as says that he is not going to be wearing a mask he insists that wearing a mask behind the desk when hes meeting kings and dictators and princes and queens is reported that would just not be him so certainly the Trump Administration on the issue of facemask although it advises everybody in public to be wearing one there youve got the president and the Vice President flouting their own guidelines mike hanna thank you very much in europe both france and spain have outlined how they plan to ease restrictions if they can keep a handle on new infections meanwhile the u. K. Appears to be a long way off lifting the lockdown as its people pay tribute to front line workers killed by the virus so you can take a reports. A moment to remember them by the key workers all those who worked in Frontline Services and died in the service of others the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson recovered from covert 19 also paid his respects him forward. But that has not dampened criticism over the governments failure to provide Health Care Workers with adequate personal protective equipment and the death rates in england and wales reaching a new high way above previous government daily figures which count just deaths in hospitals the office for National Statistics said on tuesday that 22351 people died in england and wales in the week ending april 17 and a growing number of deaths the elderly in care homes where doctors warn the pandemic has not yet peaked from tomorrow will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day but the number of deaths in care homes and in the community to this is something that wasnt previously possible with the guidance from british scientific advisors there is little appetite from the government to relax lock down measures yet but in france with a similar sized population to the u. K. And the 4th highest recorded death toll from covert 19 in the world preparations were announced to ease the restrictions on daily life. Never in the history of our country have we seen this situation not even during the war nor cheering the occupation nor cheering previous epidemics never never has the country be confined as it is today and evidently it cannot be so for long term. In spain a drop in the daily death and infection rates has also prompted the prospect of an ease in its lock down deaths from coronavirus fell once again on tuesday now the government has set out a framework for regions to start phasing out one of europes toughest lockdowns. The most important thing is to protect Public Health and whatever they leave to save the lives of our citizens its a simple off start from their own words we want to kick start spraying every territory and every city but amid the easing of these restrictions the shadow of corona virus still persists while there is no vaccine it will be up to the public to continue social distancing measures a far cry from the familiar in its place a new detached normality its on a diagonal aljazeera figurine is the executive director of the National Care for and she joins us via skype from kent thanks very much for being with us at the high numbers of people dying in care homes have been highlighted today what are the biggest problems in dealing with pandemic in the care homes. Thank you yes i mean i think its i think its very important that today we are hearing this data about whats happening within care homes and i really welcome looking at that today from sector of state to publish those figures daily because i think whilst we who are working within the care sector have been highlighting for some time just the very challenging environment of people working in there and of course there are a very Significant Impact 19 on residents within those care homes it hasnt been possible without it publicly. But we still know signals through through that data so its really important that we now have that data and we can begin to kind of focus in on exactly what needs to happen within the care sector and care homes as we have done in the hospital environment so i think theres lots of lots of challenges but i think one of the things that has progress today is that its very much more transparent and evident exactly whats happening say that he. Also promised it to ramp up the testing for care homes both residents and workers how quickly do you expect that to happen practically. Well i think there have been clearly weve been having approaches towards testing for the start within care homes for a week or so now little bit longer and there been some real challenges about how thats worked in practice and there has been a significant scaling up thats been reported today in terms of the number of testing sites that are available and indeed the capacity of the system to deal with that so if you think about Start Testing boast of all i mean up until now it had started had to travel a couple of hours sometimes to get tests done really found it not possible to get the tests they need so well need to see some very definite improvements in terms of that over the next couple of days for that promise to come true around start ingesting do you have any identification do you have any idea at this stage why the figures are so bad for the homes i mean its not just presumably that people are confined in small spaces gams one of the base of other band visitors quite early on so why do you think the figures are so bad i mean clearly the people who are living within care homes are those who very early i had only on were identified as having at significant risk so lots of care homes who have many people who are older within them a living with a wide range of comorbidity so in a sense it was always clear that these would be a group of people who needed more protection and more support and as you rightly say care homes took decisions to to lock down earlier and to try and minimize that kind of potential for infection but i think that i mean think what one of the things is we dont know enough about why this is happening within care homes and i think thats one of the things were really trying to call on the government to address because so much energy and attention has rightly in many ways been focused on the hospital environment that we havent looked at whats been happening in care homes we dont understand enough about the trajectory of the virus is spread within homes we dont we havent taken a lot of that. Of acute and expert medical attention thats been focused within hospitals and thought about how we might bring that into the care home environment so that we can understand. Very early signs of deterioration in people how we can understand how people can show signs of recovery and spread and share that knowledge across the care home sick too with with the cams it should be rather fragmented in terms of how it deals and supports those who are living within care homes and thats part of what weve that really needs to change the grain i thank you very much indeed for taking time to talk to us q a British Airways says it plans to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic the company is already ferlo to around half of its 45000. 00 strong workforce its Parent Company i. A. G. Said the cuts were because passenger numbers or take several years to recover from the pandemic a reported 1st quarter operating losses of 580000000. 00 as the Airline Industry struggles iceland air also says it will cut 2000 of its staff germany is seeing a rise in corona virus infections after some of its restrictions were eased its current reporting about a 1000 new cases each day the mccain in berlin has more. The German Government finds itself in a quandary right now ever since the pandemic began ministers have stressed repeatedly that what informs their Decision Making is the Scientific Data the numbers that are provided to them by the robert cock institute which is the responsible body for the tabulation of testing and the compilation of statistics relate to the number of infections the number of deaths and so on and while the reproduction rate of the virus was in a downward trend it meant that the ministers could start to contemplate the easing of restrictions which is what they have done but now the on north reproduction rate of the virus has reached one again that means that each infected person can infect one other person that is the point at which alarm bells ring for the ministers for im going to merkel in the chancellery behind me that is they want to try to reduce the economic damage to ease the restrictions on freedom of movement but they know by doing that and with the are not back at one there is the distinct possibility of a 2nd wave of infections russias president has extended his countrys knock down until may the 11th saying the caret of ours has not yet reached its peak and measures were due to be lifted at the end of this month but the country saw a wreck or rise in the number of new infections on tuesday with more than 6400 cases confirmed that have putin has given the government one week to come up with ways to support the economy during the pandemic is also asked for recommendations on how to ease the restrictions. Is really only just little more speech if we really ability at the day the number of identified new cases of the disease is relatively stabilized but it shouldnt let us feel relaxed the situation remains very complicated permed be in touch with scientists and specialists are coordinating our plans and actions to say the peak is still ahead we are currently facing a new and probably the most challenging stage of the fight against this epidemic. The northern nigerian state of kano is under 2 week lockdown after a spike in corona virus cases president mohamed who brewery says the government will deploy all necessary resources to the state to fight the infections can know has 77. 00 confirmed cases but residents are concerned about reports of hundreds of deaths the local government has rejected claims they are coronavirus related senegal has the highest rate of recovery for corona virus patients across africa despite its tiny Health Budget is using its vast experience of Infectious Diseases and as nicholas hack reports from the capital dhaka researches trialing a 10 minute testing kit that costs just a dollar. Senegal is doing what most countries count testing everyone symptoms are not entering a Health Center for the Novel Coronavirus it has no shortage of testing kit thanks to this lab at the best researchers are developing a one dollar quick diagnose ticket originally made to test for dengue fever patients drop blood or saliva onto the devices and wait for a blood line to appear like a pregnancy test explains researcher i do cell tests there is no need for a highly equipped its a simple test that can be done anywhere the idea is to rip at least produce 2. 00 to 4000000. 00 kits not just for us but for african countries so that we can detect and isolate patients quickly the sick are administered a cheap anti malarial drug called chloroquine commonly found in Subsaharan Africa where malaria is endemic while the World Health Organization cautions the use of it to cardboard scientists says its an Affordable Treatment for poor african countries dealing with the outbreak. In these clearing. Is a virus from respiratory system proven makings that people on the mall contenders. No more see. With only 50 ventilator machines for 16000000. 00 people senegalese engineer using a 3 d. Printing machine to produce more well imported ventilators cost 16000. 00 this one is just 60. 00. Sinegal is counting the costs and its paying off more than a month into the outbreak the small west african nation suffered only 2. 00 death with most patients treated healed senegal has the largest rate of recovery in patients infected with the current virus in africa the 3rd in the world ahead of countries like the United States and france and while it has a tiny Health Budget compared to those countries it has a wealth of experience in dealing with Infectious Diseases and out. Weeks over 3000. 00 children died of pneumonia last year in senegal thousands more from malaria coronavirus is one of many deadly infections the country is dealing with Lessons Learned from the aids epidemic the recent a bull outbreak were key in senegal strategy in dealing with the pandemic untrusted. Already crossings a part not imported case coming in the country limitation of movement in confinement of people from 8 pm to 6 am i things so since. These measures were taken when there were less than 100. 00 cases scientific modeling predicted tens of thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths but this has not happened Early Detection and african led Research Means senegal is so far beating the odds Nicholas Hawk aljazeera the car coming up on this new south london a bomb attack kills 42 people in syria as aid workers warn and major coronavirus outbreak that would be catastrophic. And extreme measures in el salvadors presence the president hits back after an outbreak of brutal violence. Lebanese troops are braced for more violence off to one protest to died in clashes with Security Forces of the countrys deteriorating economy violent demonstrations started in october and led to promise to saad hariri resignation in january a new government headed by his son dia was formed tossed with reversing the worst economic downturn in decades and this week protests protests intensified in bay ridge and the 2nd largest city tripoli triggered by a crash in the National Currency and a surge in food prices and a hoarder reports from tripoli. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and a long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casualties among protesters and soldiers during confrontations that began monday night. Went to the streets because the children are asking the parents for food and they dont have money to buy them any the young man who has mounted it was a father he had nothing to lose if your daughter asks for food what will you give he had nothing to lose calls for a change in leadership knew a protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals in Parliament Thanks to all public funds and transferred billions of dollars outside lebanon even the Army Soldiers oppressed like this salary is now worth 300. 00. Officials acknowledge inflation has increased by 50 percent and 45 percent of the nation of 6000000 people live below the poverty line but they havent presented any plan to restore trust in the economy and fight corruption. We are hungry the revolution is against corruption all official say there is corruption but what have they done we dont see any thief in prison instead they are shooting at the people it was a rival politicians who have been in power for decades deny allegations of corruption and are blaming each other for the states near bankruptcy government leaders are accusing their opponents of trying to topple that by tampering with Financial Stability that fuel the anger of antigovernment protesters the leadership over the say those in power are trying to hold. The goal for years of corruption. The states finances are under immense pressure lebanon has a huge debt to pay and not enough foreign currency the government also doesnt have many friends abroad these scenes could be a warning of whats to come then who there else is eager tripoli and hes 42 people have been killed in a suspected truck bomb attack in the syrian city of a free in 3 of them children 30 others were injured in the blast which is thought to have targeted an oil tanker the Turkish Defense ministry has blamed the kurdish y p g which it considers a terrorist group a freeness been under the control of Turkish Backed troops for 2 years and theres a warning of a potential coronavirus catastrophe among millions of people displaced by the war in syria Refugees International says the cramped conditions in camps will let the virus spread easily nearly 3000000 civilians a boxed into a small area in italy a province which housed just half a 1000000 before the war 9 years ago so far the virus is known to have killed 3 syrians and infected 42 mostly in the capital damascus but doctors fear major outbreak could result in what theyre calling a bloodbath because 83 percent of the population lives in poverty and hospitals and it lipper fewer than 100 ventilators to treat around 3000000 people crystal is the director of the council for our British Understanding he joins us via skype from london thanks so much for being with us so we heard there some of the problems with the infrastructure in syria how vulnerable is it to a potential outbreak of bird of ours. Well its extremely vulnerable because much of that infrastructure has been destroyed over 9 years of conflict in the case of it live the world whole Health Organization reported that 84 Health Centers hospitals have been bombed damaged or to close because of the russian and Syrian Regime assault on it le intensified last december but its not only that there was have the doctors have been killed and maimed you have when which that so many of those displaced people in it but half the population of course are not well nourished something often acute. Malnutrition and you dont have access from International Aid agencies so all of this you know contributes to a very poor situation on top of that particularly in the internally displaced people peoples camps that you find now close to the Turkish Border very crowded very unhygienic you have to absolute perfect conditions for the spread of any form of our virus included coverage 19 the idea of social distancing or cleaning your hands with clean fresh water let alone of course also access to face masks or hand journal but thats just a dream but of course in a global its a question of a crisis upon crisis upon crisis the crisis of the conflict is a very shaky cease fire there at the moment that could break down at any moment of an economic crisis thats hitting all of syria where you have the syrian pound as crashed to its lowest rate against the dollar in history you have massive unemployment inflation but particularly the food prices of rocketed up theres a massive shortage of wheat that is affecting syrians everywhere under the regimes control or in opposition areas wherever and Going Forward this is also a massive crisis and then youve got the impending doom of of a possible outbreak of covert 19 who are simply just one person who started to i want to ask you that as syria has been after the headlines a lot because of coronaviruses just can you give us an idea of what the situation is in terms of the military on the ground and whether theres any progress towards resolving the issue there. Well it looked at sort of we had a ceasefire that was agreed to on the 5th of march between russia and turkey and essentially that has more or less held we havent seen the extreme for us to do salt on it the last area of syria to remind you that is still held by Syrian Opposition so to that extent it has cancer we have seen sporadic bits of violence but its much better and you see actually some of those internally displaced people fearing an outbreak of the virus or return some of their homes. You know if theyre Still Standing they have to also bear the risk of unexploded ordnance thats another challenge for them but its possibly saved for them back in their homes in their original towns than crammed into these camps which could be you know 10 to 15 people in a tent together with no real options to isolate themselves kristoff thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you q 9 inmates have died after a prison riot in peru over demands for better coronavirus care for the prisoners climbed on to the roof and throw stones at Security Forces they were calling to be pardoned after the president signed a decree allowing inmates to be moved to curb the virus in the countrys overcrowded prisons who now has more than 31900 cases the 2nd highest in latin america and 854 deaths a salvatores president has launched a crackdown on gang members in prisons comes after the country saw its highest single day murder tally on friday with 22 People Killed for human rights activists have criticized the move which they say flouts social distancing measures from home reports. Extreme measures you know salvatores prison sealing of cells so that gang members called make contact with the outside world no one. No ray of sunlight will enter to say were going to look all lines up cycle so that they can not have any type of communication. Authorities say that many hits in the violence play country ruben ice from jail and the in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic toward a more killings. Last weekend dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 strip to mates impact them together in a 24 hour lockdown. After that members of the warring gangs were mixed together in cells is part of the new plan to break the communication lines. Before theyve been separated to avoid prison riots youre here to speak out a little go its all come from the top president i. E. Bouquet on monday he tweeted were going to make sure the gang members who committed these murders regret it for the rest of their lives. Hes also said Security Forces can now use lethal force against gang members on the streets human Rights Groups have denounced images is inhumane and authoritarian reminding the bouquet lake also recently marched into congress with soldiers to get a security bill passed but many in el salvador think differently gangs have controlled entire neighborhoods in the country for decades extorting raping and killing it will. Be a president who clearly remains extremely popular but now it seems many salvadoran support is hardline strong john home and how does it. Its more still to come this hour the uns top human rights representative to me and last steps down with a parting shot accusing the country of genocide. Preserving the catch of the day for the french fishing industry is doing to make sure it survives a long time. And great hero in the britons who are saying scenes sort of relying on supermarkets for their knockdown models. But a good news for a change that is and theres plenty of clatter around all wanting it from the west sun storms in the western med and this complication here this is the good news it tends to suggest rain wherever it is and that rain is spreading from france into austria to germany to poland the Czech Republic all places which have been suffering with lack of rain technical drought for the last month so this is good news now of course in the good news if you are to be outside in the sunshine but you kind of little that sunshine in spain and portugal the rain this example would suggest in vienna last until the end of the week so we are going some way to make the ground wetter of the dusty start and theres a picture for thursday that rains but its pretty widespread got through. Denmark into was something sweden its really training through north misty leaving the southern parts of italy and almost raining really germany fine and sunny which is nigh the case in north africa was in the last few showers going through the atlas mantons and through northern tunisia on wednesday that on thursday should be a dry and quite a warm picture nurses draw a warm or hot shots this hour of course and then you come down to meet the showers coming out with the sun theyre making Good Progress there got to sierra leone and im going to go for that. One a Prime Minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the countrys fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in again breaks it down that was a slogan that one of the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson counting the cost on aljazeera. When covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread across asia. Some in the west criticized countermeasures as to hong or too weak. But have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. Coronavirus lessons from asia on a. If you want to help save the worlds. Sneeze into your own. The. Kind of interim one of the top stories here not a 01 a 1000000 people in are confirmed to been infected by corona virus in the u. S. More than any other country over 57000 people have died from the disease there. As the u. K. Paid tribute to frontline workers whove been killed by the virus new data revealed the number of deaths to the middle of april was 50 percent higher than 1st thought put it on track to be one of the worst affected countries in europe. And the french Prime Minister it roughly has announced a number of measures to stop the easing of frances knocked down think rate making masks mandatory on public transport. French fishermen are hoping their multibillion dollar industry will bounce back quickly once the countrys lockdown is eased a drop in demand from cafes and restaurants has forced many workers to stay on dry land as Natasha Butler reports from while on frances west coast. Early morning in frances biggest fishing port. Fishermen returned to doctor unload their catch when they look down began 6 weeks ago the citys wholesale markets closed prices plunged and fishing stopped to survive financially the fisherman had to come up with a plan the prices of the auction hall were. Really low. And the fisherman decided actually not to go at sheep station and now it is better. Were not in critical mode anymore were not in survival mode anymore thanks to a new organization that was set up all to fish use and fishermen reduce the number of boats allowed to operate to control supplies and protect prices some fishermen though havent returned to work because the health risks social distancing on board is impossible the fisherman says we dont want to go fishing because we are too close to try that when we go fishing so they decide to not believing they are bought and stay at home but the part of the fisherman says ok we are going to have a wooden bust and also toured to try and find a solution for all this is small scale fishing is in financial turmoil too in the south west in port many of the boats a family owned and operated the Coronavirus Crisis has also had an impact on fisherman and women here in the port of why all theyve had to adapt to the situation and come up with creative new ways to keep the businesses afloat off to the lock down flawless but are now hard to find a way to sell her fish with a market shot she decided to sell her catch directly to local customers and fishmongers now she fishes in the morning and in the often new delivers his sea bass and souls by fan. Take a few more info to focus with this crisis has shown us that if you rely on one system of distribution its a catastrophe theres no doubt we need a royals wholesale market for its infrastructure fridges ice but weve learned that we also need our own local fishmongers and customers workers in the countries fishing industry hope that the situation improves off to the french government loosens a smoke down from a leavens and once Restaurant School canteens and shops a permitted to reopen Financial Recovery is likely to be slow in the short term but at least its on the horizon. Natasha butler out to syria why are france. Life under lockdown has raised concerns over the global food supply in the u. K. Many people have been inspired to grow fruit and vegetables in their back gardens the latest in our series on how the pandemic is impacting Food Security john angela reports from southeast england on how demand for seeds is soaring. Watering her crops hilary pav it has repurposed her garden to grow vegetables to help eventually feed herself and her family during the Coronavirus Crisis shes one of millions of britons now sowing seeds to try and become more selfsufficient after realizing that Food Supply Chains a fragile weve started planting potatoes with vegetables and because again the solids stuff for the winter so hopefully in about 6 weeks well start to be self selfsufficient i think and obviously theres going to be a problem with how projects is going to end up in the supermarkets because you know they cant get the Migrant Workers to come in those lockdowns so you know in the end theres going to end up being shortages i think you know in weeks to come so hopefully well be alright others without gardens are using what space they have to germinate tomatoes q cumbers and herbes with very little knowledge you can get a bumper crop of vegetable garden all of britains wartime generation were told to dig for victory and responded with enthusiasm hardening britains reliance on food imports by the early 1940 s. Now households with time on their hands are returning to the garden the Royal Horticultural Society has seen a surge in visits to its website seeking advice on how to grow your own vegetables fruit and edible plants well seed money factor is a reporting a massive rise in sales in recent weeks in supermarkets most panic buying has eased but egg shelves often still bear considered a staple of the pandemic pantry live poultry breeders across the u. K. Have seen their farms stripped of birds as families unable to find eggs in the shops turn to chicken keeping sussex Poultry Farmer liz and rio at sea has now decided to stop selling chickens anxious that some might regret their impulse buys when the lock down is lifted. Love never had so many people kotex name like i said it takes me a good month to sell the stock that i get in and within a week i had sold all my some of my left over to my march so it was a huge panic i think for people to suddenly go oh my god i cant get my eggs the u. K. Currently imports 85 percent of its vegetables from the European Union but there are concerns that lengthy quarantines could disrupt Food Supply Chains turning to the soil rather than the supermarket for Fresh Produce could ease that burden charlie enjoy aljazeera hampshire just 3 new cases of covered 19 new billboards in new zealand on the day the country relaxed its strict knock down measures some businesses have reopened and people are allowed to spend more time outside after nearly 5 weeks of shutdown the death toll remains under 20 with more than 4800 infections when he reports from oakland. After 5 weeks at the highest corona virus alert level new zealand does work to a partial easing of lockdown rules until now all nonessential businesses were ordered to close now some regulations have been relaxed allowing other businesses to open like restraints and cafes for pick up or delivery only ive been hanging out for this it was welcome relief for those wanting their caffeine fix from a professional communities come out and supported us which is fantastic a few hook ups with the website this morning but everyones been very relaxed so it was just good to be open again there were also plenty of people wanting a break from the kitchen as long lines formed outside fast food outlets only a handful of new coronavirus cases are being reported in new zealand each day so the government believes the time is right to begin relaxing the rules but the message remains for most people stay at home there is no widespread undertake to Community Transmission in new zealand we have won that battle but we must remain vigilant if were to keep it that way that includes safely returning more New Zealanders to work and neighboring more businesses to reopen not allowing some of the recreate to police weve missed and the past 4 weeks now its a balancing act for new zealand and countries in a similar position trying to avoid a resurgence of the virus while getting the economy moving again key to that is restarting stalled Infrastructure Projects and as the alert level was lowered construction workers were able to pick up the tools again under alert level 3 the government expects around 400000 people to return to work which will of course provide a big boost to the economy after 5 weeks of inactivity but there is a sense that even though new zealand has managed to control the virus so far economically the worst may be still to come thousands of jobs are linked to tourism and right now the border is closed the governments own modeling says the worst Case Scenario could see up to 26 percent unemployment restrictions. Maybe easing but this country like so much of the world is a long way from being close to returning to normal wayne hay aljazeera aucklands hundreds of swimmers and surfers have hit the water at bondi beach in sydney for the 1st time in 5 weeks australia has started to ease its coronavirus knock down restrictions as fear infections are reported but people are only allowed to swim or surf for quote the sole purpose of exercising and they cannot linger on the sand 84 people have died from cave in 19 in australia with roughly 6700 cases. The uns top human rights representative to me and mark is stepping down yeah a least spent the last 6 years highlighting the atrocities committed against the remaining a minority and her final report she said the militarys actions bore the hallmarks of genocide Florence Leary reports from kuala lumpur. The human rights envoy to myanmar made her penultimate visit to myanmar in january 2017 she seen here in Rakhine State in august of that year man must Security Forces attack the mainly muslim bring a minority there and the myanmar government has not allowed to visit since military commanders said the crackdown was in response to attacks on security posts of bahrain get fighters nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 rahane get escaped over the border to bomb british many reported rape torture and abuse by soldiers and buddhist more ups the gambia accused me of genocide against their will and launched a case at the International Court of justice last november and must lead to Aung San Suu Kyi tonight the charges and defended her country through grant to free the gambia is placed before the court and incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in Rakhine State and. Yet it is of the uk those importance that the court assess a situation of changing on the ground and or crime dispassionately and accurate for the remainder little has changed in becoming the still denied citizenship are unable to move freely and have little access to health care and education has done nothing to dismantle the system of violence and persecution and the rohinton remain in record time live in the same dire circumstances that they did prior to the events of august 2017. Many have tried to escape to neighboring countries risking their lives with people smugglers but increasingly no country wants to let them in the Malaysian Navy recently prevented a boat carrying around 200 rangar refugees from landing and last week the bangladeshi foreign minister said 2 other boats carrying around 500 people in the bay of bengal wouldnt be accepted either. In the last 2 years the rangar have also been caught in the fighting between the Myanmar Military and the our economy fighters for the armed groups. The un says fighting has intensified with near daily reports of violence tens of thousands of civilians. Have been forced from their homes the myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout in several townships for months and the governments accused of arresting journalists and government critics in her final report to the United NationsHuman Rights Council last month lease said the optimism she had when she started the job 6 years ago has been lost and shes watched devastation and tragedy since florence aljazeera a little before a candidate in this years ivory coast president ial election has been sentenced to 20 years in prison who was in that convicted of embezzlement after a trial that lasted only a few hours and which he did not attend a verdict is likely to exclude the former rebel leader from octobers election he denies the charges which he says are intended to prevent him challenging the president s preferred successor hes been living in exile in europe since december and is expected to face another trial over allegations that he tried to overthrow the government. Brazils president jaya bows and arrows appointed to close allies as Justice Minister and head of the federal police the president sons are currently under Police Investigation raising concerns over a family friend becoming the new head of police the former Justice Minister resigned on friday accusing button are of trying to interfere illegally with the federal police Brazils Supreme Court has authorized an investigation into his allegations but as well as president Nicolas Maduro has appointed an alleged drug trafficker as his new oil minister to raquel i 70 was indicted in the u. S. Last month over allegations that he violated sanctions and received payments for facilitating drug shipments trumpet ministration has offered a reward of up to 10 1000000. 00 for information leading to his arrest and i saw me has denied the charges he takes over the role as mint minister just as the countrys oil industry is near collapse. Iraq is doing what it can dream crease its capacity to generate electricity but its fighting against u. S. Sanctions which control how much it can import from iran and has become reliant on supplies from its neighbor a similar similar photon reports from baghdad. Iraq is fighting a 2 pronged battle to increase power supply the country is trying to resolve power shortages but u. S. Sanctions mean it must do so without the help from neighboring iran. And 3000 megawatts the best maya plant south of baghdad its iraqs biggest its racing to ask a pastor to head of the summer heat when demand soars and frequent power cuts fuel public anger construction has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic just the latest in a series of crises that have complicated the governments efforts the challenge was that was the 1st was the protests in october last year 2019 and then the that the fact that the government was forced to resign. That made us lose a lot of executive officer richie to move on continuing and implementing or signing the necessary contracts iraq is also under increasing pressure from the us to wean itself off of iranian electricity and gas imports which account for 25 percent of its power supply during peak times on sunday the us extended a sanctions waiver that has been in place since 2018 allowing iraq to continue importing Iranian Energy for another 30 days but the shortening of the duration of waivers has angered baghdad the last would like to see. Is bullying or threatening we need support instead we need 3 to 4 years under normal circumstances with a sufficient fund and enough timeline and executive authority to deliver the need for. Basically building up the capacity to achieve that Energy Independence iraq is the worlds 4th Largest Oil Producer but its gas capture Capacity Remains limited. This power plant relies entirely on irena yang gas to generate electricity if that gas can no longer be imported it might need to use fuel instead which is much more costly and less efficient to avoid having to resort to domestic supplies of diesel iraq is working on developing its capacity to produce gas but in the short term analysts say it has few options to substitute iranian gas imports thus far in iraq throughout all these negotiations that hard. With its neighbors and everybody has not been offered a a choice for gas or emma conners and for getting gas as fast as possible a price that is lower than iran increasing supply will only solve part of iraqs electricity problems proposals to remove electricity subsidies so as to cover production costs and regulate demand have faced political opposition and over half of supply is lost through poor distribution and theft with or without Iranian Energy power cuts are likely to remain a frequent reality for many iraqis seem wonderful to aljazeera. Still ahead this news out something to celebrate in italy the final piece of a new bridge has moved into place in genoa 2 years after its predecessor collapsed plus. Musicians of new orleans band together to stop the party city from going silent. Former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton has officially endorsed a fellow Democrat Joe Biden for president the former secretary of state said biden had been preparing for this moment his entire life mocks the latest in a series of high profile democrats publicly endorsing the presumptive nominee odan will go up against President Donald Trump in novembers election. So i want to add my voice to the many who have insurance you are to be our president just think what a difference it would me right now if we had a president who not only listened to the science facts over fiction but brought us together show the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our president workers in italy have hoisted into place the final section of a new bridge in genoa almost 2 years after 43 people were killed when the previous one collapsed at a small ceremony italys Prime Ministers epic on today hailed the new bridge as a rare symbol of hope in a city where nearly 27000 people have died from the corona virus its called his 1st outing from rome in 2 months as he contemplates an exit strategy to end the nationwide lock down the bridge is expected to open in the 2nd half of july was the day were searching a wound wound because we reconnect in a fundamental archery to the center heart of this community and city who are also aware of the fact that this president will never be completely healed because there are 43 victims. Peter evans are firing off again the birthplace of the iconic italian food after 2 months of lockdown pizzerias have been allowed to reopen the city of naples over a operating under restrictions and can only do takeaways and were forced to close as the governor feared the high density city could quickly become a hotspot the disease. From its annual mardi gras celebration to the normally buzzing bourbon street to the music of new orleans has always brought people together now after weeks of silence and isolation artists are using their creativity to find an audience and keep the citys soul alive and if your question has been. New orleans is famous for its jazz funerals. Sendoff for the dead with mourners dancing in the streets. So at a time when so many are being buried the citys silence only amplifies the pain until you listen closer. That. Theres this this was this that you feel even though everybodys heart. The. New orleans musician margy perec is still making music for her online fans todays venue is her neighbors living room the only live clapping from the thunder outside. Its own soothing for the soul because we get. To make music with people and. So i gave it a great names she called it not touching yet touching. They live in a place called musicians village an enclave that emerged from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to give displaced musicians new homes. Were fairly were going to help each other and happens and were going to fight through this together. Covered 19 came at a bad time its Music Festival season in south louisiana many local artists have been booked to perform at one of the largest the new orleans jazz festival now canceled gone too are the 300 1000000. 00 the festival normally generates for the economy. But. All of my income and of my revenue stream is gone now the last all were. You know all all of our local gigs are earth or stable future. To the west of new orleans in the heart of cajun country festival internationality louisiana is also canceled. Miles mikal says after 10 years as an attendee he had finally been invited to perform its going to be ok i know its going to be ok it was just kind of like kind of what john was or. Even 80 year old al johnson a legendary musician and a mardi gras icon the. Has downsized to his porch. But in a city that normally loses with music these notes still find their appreciation. All we have noted is. These louisiana musicians say when the epidemic finally passes the 1st thing theyll do is play to a Live Audience that needs healing. Castro aljazeera. The organizers of the Academy Awards have announced that films released only on streaming platforms such as netflix will be eligible for next years ceremony the change follows the closure of movie theaters across the u. S. And much of the world due to the coronavirus pandemic previously a film had to be screened in a cinema in los angeles for at least 7 days to be eligible for oscar consideration. Thats it for me or ted if this news out ill be back in a moment with more news thanks for watching. My. Played Important Role protecting it would. Ringback face. In countries like a mine people have been killed because we in the United States have privatized the ultimate Public Function for this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs were they came to britain for being all to help the past bombs deals off you all from so this meeting saddam isnt that interesting their shadows on aljazeera. Freezing winds and rugged terrain and at times seem impossible. But for afghan traders who brave their work on corydoras that is no choice. Combating the impossible to sell their goods and isolated areas. We follow that daring journeys as they overcome the extremes. Risking it all afghanistan on aljazeera. We know whats happening in our region we know how to get the plate that others cannot i wasnt certain but only dear god but the party the only purpose i did there i had the time and it will grab me the gold i only am going to live to work another boy that may not be mainstream but the fires are still more normative. The way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. As confirmed coronavirus cases in the us pass a 1000000 the Vice President comes under fire the touring a hospital without wearing a mask. On their entire lives is aljazeera live from london also coming up britain on track for one of europes worst curb 19 death tolls of the new day to push is the number of u. K. Deaths caused 24000. Lebanon braced for more protests on to the economic