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Place in the philippines accused of human rights abuses as they enforce strict coronavirus measures and the outgoing void to me in. Chief for failing to protect muslims im joining us with sports including more doubts around the term care limp exist japans Prime Minister says it wont be possible to host the games unless the coronavirus is contained. Just 2 weeks ago the world learned were on track for the worst recession in nearly 100 years coronavirus pandemic may wipe 9 trillion dollars from the Global Economy well now countries around the world seeing that stark reality play out on their own balance sheet. The Worlds Largest economy for example the United States well its shrunk by nearly 5 percent since the start of the year thats the largest drop since late 2008 and nearly a full percent more than expected well germany europes economic powerhouse is expected to plunge into its deepest recession in 50 years new numbers released by the government have the countrys g. D. P. Shrinking by more than 6 percent this year and the economic heart of Africa Nigeria has just been granted a 3400000000. 00 loan from the i. M. F. Now its the funds largest ever aid package for a single currency country we have a team of reporters right across continents tracking the fallout of the pandemic on the Global Economy am address will join us live from a budget in nigeria dominic cain will bring you the latest numbers from berlin for lets begin with the White House Correspondent kimberly healthy as she joins us live from washington d. C. So some really grim figures from the Commerce Department to chew over there then. Yeah this is a severe Economic Contraction and as you pointed out this is the 1st time its happened to the u. S. Economy particularly to this extent says 2014 now the sad part of all of this is that this is an acknowledgment or a snapshot of what is to come the projections for the next quarter expected to be much much worse than the fact that we hear analysts and even members of the administration talking openly about this really suggests that this is going to be something that americans have not seen in a very long time perhaps in their lifetimes now this is a result of essentially these stay at home orders that were spread across 90 percent of the country at one point output and in your standstill most business is no longer operational so the results have been widespread now weve heard from this u. S. President that he believes this is going to be a v. Shaped recovery in other words a plunge down its going to spike back up but since this is he saying that it would be very optimistic admitting hes a cheerleader for the economy weve seen some sort of dialing back of expectations we do know that the u. S. President is set to meet at both 15 g. M. T. And also 20 g. M. T. Where he will be discussing different options for reopening america hell be meeting with the governor of louisiana and then later with Industry Leaders but theres no question that there has been a bit of a recalibrated approach to talking about the u. S. Economy by this administration in recent days still projecting optimism but acknowledging now what has become a very dark and dire reality or events the situation in the u. S. With kimberly how could lets continue this though we dont think hes in europes largest economy over germany of course so a grim picture kimberly was painting of the u. S. Know much more to celebrate in germany right now ryan. Pretty much nothing to celebrate in germany sami before the coronavirus pandemic really took hold here people thought that the economy of germany would grow by just over one percent this year now in the fall flood of the statistics coming through every day about corona one really gruesome statistic economically for this country that it is going to go into recession will shrink by 6. 3 percent and theres no way of sugarcoating that from the governmental perspective the economy minister peter meyer a key ally of angloamerican who works in that building behind me in the chancery building she and mr my are having to deal with this very serious economic shock that everyone in this country is experiencing they say they project that germany will rebound from this recession the worst in 50 years that they expect the economy to rebound next year in the next calendar year but of course those are projections those are based on an interpretation of how this pandemic might unfold if there is a 2nd wave of infections if they need to be more lockdowns if restrictions cant be eased so much then of course that means theyll be even more economic pain so as i say theres no way of glossing over what are some pretty gruesome economic figures that the governments are dealing with today here in berlin all right dominic cain there summing up the situation for us in germany and talking of economic pain there we can continue this with an amended receipt joins us now from nigeria now theyve just received a huge loan from the i. M. F. But how much of a sigh of relief is that giving people their. Well its some kind of. Good shot in the arm but this is a country thats been on a borrowing spree of recent only yesterday just hours before the International Monetary fund announced the 3. 83. 4000000000 dollars aid loan package the Nigerian Parliament approved another 2100000000. 00 that the Nigerian Government can borrow internally and thats in addition from an addition to what was approved in early march 20202020 or when another 22700000000. 00 of support for the Nigerian Government to borrow and this is a country that has seen its start a reserve drop from more than 40000000000. 00 just a few years ago to just 33000000000. 00 and this is all happening at a time when nobody knows exactly what the impact of the coverage 19 is having on the economy because this is a country still under lockdown and the numbers the the impact or rather the numbers the infections and the death rates are just climbing up sammy and a lot of people believe that this and that you know will need more than what its getting now externally and internally from creditors so its a its some kind of an interesting scenario for for many and its also a hopeful note that the Nigerian Government is receiving these loans from external boroughs and internal bureaus of the same time but the fear is that the country may need much much more than that. Great thanks says thank all of our correspondents amma dominic and kimberly finding that global picture of whats going on and talk about whats going on with the economy all saudi arabias all revenues of fallen 24 percent since the start of the year the Worlds Largest oil exporter suffered a deficit of 9000000000. 00 in the 1st call. Global demand has collapsed Storage Units are nearly full and frank trees are staying shut because of the pandemic the oil glass is creating a strange spectacle off the coast of california vo bob romans reports now from the sounds of these. A sign of Global Economic breakdown floating offshore dozens of huge oil tankers sit it anchor outside the port of los angeles each vessel up to 365 meters long is brimming with tons of crude oil but theres no place to put it or what we have right now is a significant and balance and supply and demand in the oil markets be asleep driven by significant demand contraction as a result of the economic slowdown translated from corporate economics speak that means that in the global lockdown fewer people are driving to work or anywhere else as evident in these shots of near empty streets in los angeles with so many out of work people are buying less so fewer goods are being trucked from place to place and check out this near empty airport hardly anyone is flying so who needs jet fuel u. S. Consumption of petrol diesel and Aviation Fuel plummeted 31 percent since mid march with the price of benchmark texas crude dow 90 percent for the year in normal times we use about 100000000. 00 barrels of oil per day globally and in the month of april experts are estimating that that number is going to be around 75 or 80000000 barrels a day which is about the amount that was used globally 20 years ago storage tanks on land are chock full and so will companies are using ships as expensive storage bins the price charged by shippers for doing so is up to more than 150000. 00 per day and there is more oil on the way a flotilla of 20 Saudi Arabian super tankers is steaming toward the gulf of mexico u. S. Purchasers bought the saudi crude. Earlier when prices were higher as the ships keep on coming the u. S. Government plans to store millions of barrels worth in the Strategic Petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above and meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u. S. Coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesnt pose a hazard to navigation or the environment ending the oil glut depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus Industry Experts say it may be months before those oil tankers can unload their cargo rob reynolds aljazeera sand piedro california but more on those Saudi Oil Tankers now that some u. S. Politicians are trying to stop according to the industry website tanker truck has 50000000 barrels of Saudi Crude Oil are on their way to american ports marine traffic shows at least 26. 00 tankers on routes around Southern Africa that apparently bound for terminals in the gulf of mexico for delivery to refineries and storage sites in texas and louisiana but all prices have sunk to record lows and the threatening us produces and some politicians in washington want the vessels turned back Alec Schindler is president of Energy Intelligence he told me how the collapse in all prices is going to create aftershocks in saudi arabia. The decline in saudi revenues is going to mainly impact the way that saudi arabia has to manage its economy and so d you know the saudi budget was was based on a budget deficit at the end of last year but obviously this plunge in revenues in the 1st quarter is going to impact how that budget has to be adjusted and of course the main driver of that is the giant decline in oil prices if you look at the 1st quarter 2019 versus the 1st quarter of 2020 its about a 10. 00 decrease in the sort of average will present over that time so thats no major impact on saudi economy thats got a major impact what saudi arabia can spend money on and thats going to sort of change the way its going to be having the other progress of the year right now saudi arabia was of course expecting a budget deficit this year of about 50000000000. 00 whats happened in the 1st quarter a deficit of 9000000000. 00 does that come in line with expectations or is this a you know a much bigger problem an indication that the annual budget deficit is going to be much bigger than 50000000000. 00 yeah i mean i think we have to remember the 1st quarter we didnt really realize the impact of the coronavirus and or the Oil Price Decline i mean in january it wasnt really clear how bad it was going to be so i think you know yes and im 1000000000. 00 deficit it is big and i think that impacts the oil prices as well as the general saudi economy but i think if im a saudi planner im looking at the saudi economy Going Forward its really about the x. 3 quarters that are really going to matter and if we have oil prices that are now where you know 20. 00 a barrel and saudi arabia has to cut back its Oil Production as part of this opec agreement from about 10000000. 00 barrels that down to 8500000. 00 barrels a day thats significantly less oil that it will produce and were expecting all prices be a lot lower than saudi arabia actually expected so cancer question if we will i mean you. Well see less revenue coming into the saudi budget this year and we should expect a bigger deficit and therefore requirement to borrow and or draw down those are exactly my next question then if the deficit is going to be bigger than 50000000000. 00 and the officials have already said they were they dont want to cover everything from the reserves that i think they put a cap of 32000000000. 00 what what does that mean then theyre going to try and raise money from that and where does that leave saudi arabias finances you know the sort of combination of these factors of accumulating debt and when dealing revenues yeah i mean i think you know you are seeing with the saudi finance ministers recently about capping. The amount theyre going to draw down from reserves that they have to be revisited and if they dont do that theyre going to have to turn to debt markets and you know the ballooning of debt is going to have a serious impact on saudi economy no thats be clear they do have the capacity to borrow and in the short term theyre going to be able to kind of cover this the issue is if its Lower Oil Prices and the coronavirus and the impact on saudi economy revenues last longer than a few quarters the oil price stays low around 20. 00 for us the ear and then were going to situation its got a lot more difficult to cover that deficit and what youre going to have to do is start cutting spending. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including the south korea launches the worlds biggest container ship of the pandemic will make it difficult to keep the commercial vessel full of goods and well have the latest on plans for a large scale prisoner swap in yemen. And its support the french football season is canceled can every soldier main still complete compete in the Champions League. The Lebanese Central Bank governor has defended his organizations role during the economic crisis protests against lebanons deepening financial problems have turned violent for 2 nights in a row in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators targeted banks and set fire to a. T. M. Machines of the Central Bank Governor says its only in only finances the government and is not responsible for how any of the money is actually spent. To me we hide nothing in the central bank of lebanon nothing is being done unilaterally and the central bank expenditure belongs to the Financial System and lebanon other than that it is an attack that i am not telling the truth to the public of lebanon in order to increase the campaign against the governor of the central bank so in a whole that joins us now live from beirut so how is the message from the Central Bank Governor going down with people. Well at the end of the day many lebanese are blaming both the central bank the banks the Financial Sector as well as the government the political elites have been governing this country for over 30 years for the collapse of the economy the state this close to bankruptcy the local lebanese. Currency the euro it has devalued 60 percent in the past few days it has lost value inflation rising more than 50 percent so people are angry what those in power whether those who hold financial power or political power how been doing is really blaming each other for the crisis the Central Bank Governor defending himself saying we fund the states we do not spend money it is the state that spends money and that the states failed to carry out much needed reforms to reduce the budget deficit a few days ago the lebanese Prime Minister has insinuate said that the Central Bank Governor in one way or another was tampering with Financial Stability in order to topple his government so there is a power struggle underway in this country as the economy worsens on a daily basis more and more people lose their jobs those in power believe the opposition along with the Financial Sector is trying to topple them using using the currency collapse fueling anger in the streets and then you have the opposition who are accusing the ruling elite headed by the iranian backed hezbollah and their allies of trying to take over the Financial Sector in the country so power politics at play as the lebanese become poor all right thanks so much for. That was that a whole the. Well uns outgoing human rights envoy from in mass has the countrys the downtown suchi has failed to live up to her reputation time in the role has been especially dominated by men mass crackdown in record time state in 2017750000 people mostly random muslims fled across the border to bangladesh earlier i spoke with the outgoing un special rapporteur on me a man who said so cheesy action was utterly disappointing the reports i get its really difficult to say that theyre not deliberately target because they know where the houses are really know where the religious right now where schools are one monastery was also hit and shellings and bombings continue and its really hard to believe that theyre not targeting civilians human Rights Groups Like Amnesty International Human Rights Watch several of them theyve said that miramar for a hes practiced ethnic cleansing against throwing the muslims do you agree with that. Yes and i dont say that in my previous. Reports and statements that this is the hallmark of just dont decide and. It is a tribute to. Allegedly looks like ethnic cleansing more is your personal conclusion on the question of genocide well i cant come out with a conclusion this was a quote that is mandated to deal with genocide and it comes out with a decision and and i saying again i repeat the hallmarks of genocide are you disappointed with aung san suu kyi. Utterly utterly disappointed we all knew that she was put on a pedestal who are trade as the icon of democracy and human rights but ever since the n l d has taken office and ever since she took the us as a mistake counselor all of her actions and her words statements point otherwise and recently went and demick that 19 how she is supporting him giving more power to tell my daughter in containing why its right and also end corentin aspect of managing coverage 19 that really scares me and and how she had pretty straight detect my jaw in the way during the ice and jay is also very alarming and very indicative of how she has changed her stance or maybe i know i still would like to believe she can change what her shes been doing now. Perhaps the world didnt really know who she was this initial eyes and strength of her Nobel Peace Prize. Well you know Nobel Peace Prize committee came out and said they cant strip her of any peace. So thats what the Nobel Peace Committee to decide but definitely. She is not a human rights icon she is not the democracy icon and peace plan long conference there peace negotiations revere nightmare ma has faltered and there is no peace going on theres not even a ceasefire in the other ethnic areas right now there is heavy fighting i dont have any regrets and sly is what i was able to do what i was not able to do it was unfortunate that the government denied access after 2079 december because i think it really have been to their benefit to their best interest to have me come and see what why do you think they would let you back in after august 2017 do you think they were trying to hide the situation or i mean yes of course i was getting too close to this situation or kind and elsewhere is getting too close into chen and is into shan areas for its happening in the current mining areas whats going on in you then there is a special Economic Zone in record time and so i was getting too close and it was very close to when the writers. Journalists had been reporting out deciduous the massacre of the indian until it totally. Right wasnt i mean do you think if you were able to go there you may have come across evidence that would be very important right now in the in the trial thats going on with the i. C. J. I think so and it could be evidence that may not please the western community or for us in the in our rights to look but definitely i really had scant direct access. To syria has learned the un and International Committee of the red cross have advanced plans for a mass Prisoner Exchange in yemen a swap which could potentially take place in a matter of days is part of a ceasefire proposal by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths has thought about 1000. 00 prisoners will be released in the 1st batch diplomatic at the james base has this exclusive report a mass Prisoner Exchange was 1st proposed in the Stockholm Agreement in december 28th all sides agreed to the idea but it never actually happened now its being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the Un Security Council last week he didnt reveal that arrangements and now advanced for a Prisoner Exchange to be organized by the un and by the International Committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of covered and we had to balance the interest that you made there in the trust of the people to tame the fact that they could go back home see their family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made an operator is to factor who saw the risk of after 30 days to be in fact so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. I would see that almost everything is in place. To me oh its a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. The government of said it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. We are there we still need a couple of days to be ready but we need this this this button to be pushed and for this we need an alignment and just to be clear on the timeline you mentioned a couple of days this could happen within days potentially but tends to yes u. N. Sources tell me the actual prisoners for the 1st stage of a transfer have been identified there are about 1000 of them. All right lets catch up with some weather than hopefully everton can bring us some good news yeah ive got some lovely weather for you sammy i know how you go further blue skies and sunshine absolutely is a bit of a catch unfortunate because about some Stormy Weather together always there is a cat one and well here we go youll be happy with it in the end i promise this little lump of cloud that we have just around louisiana thats making its way further rees words severe storms building on this im afraid so its not great at the moment and that wet weather now rural out the appalachians and eventually ill push out into the eastern seaboard this is the setup that we have cold air tucking in behind spilling out of canada across the plains warmth ahead of that and where these 2 meet thats where were getting the severe storms the next round of severe storms some parts of louisiana seeing a good 6070 millimeters of rain and the if this bright yellow already colors shaving shadings that we do have here it will make its way further east was through the appalachians as we go on through thursday drier brighter weather does come back in behind but you can see some really wet weather right up the eastern seaboard alabama georgia through the carolinas seeing some really nasty weather as we go on through the next 24 to 48 hours and some of these parts likewise could see 60. 00 to 70. 00 millimeters of rain so there is the chance of flash flooding back down towards the southwest weve got some hot sunshine in here record breaking heat around the Desert Southwest some parts could well see temperatures up around the 100 degree mark in fahrenheit so high thirtys in celsius there we go as we go on through friday night into saturday warm sunshine tucking in behind say 70. All right thanks so much have a thumb most still ahead on aljazeera protect the Children Charities sound the alarm about child abuse during long thousands of street measures in el salvadors prisons the president orders a crackdown after an al break called brutal violence and why we could see messi back in action so thats coming up with joe and just will. They say to legally know someone he must walk a mile in their shoes and. Follow in their footsteps the state forge their way in the wild. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. When covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread the cost asia. Some in the west criticized come to measures us to harsh 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. Welcome back youre watching around the sira time to recap our headlines the u. S. Economy shrank almost 5 percent in the 1st 3 months of the year thats the worst fall in 12 years for the worlds biggest economy europes economic powerhouse germany is expected suffer its deepest recession in 50 years new numbers released by the German Government showed g. D. P. Shrinking by 6 percent this year. Saudi arabias oil revenues of 424 percent since the start of the year the Worlds Largest oil exporter had a 9000000000. 00 budget deficit in the 1st quarter as demand for energy plans during the pandemic. Lets focus on the global Aviation Industry now another sector taking a huge hit from the pandemic playmaking giant air bus has posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the c. E. O. Is warning this is the grave this crisis is the industry has ever known and their bosses rival boeing has Just Announced a 640000000. 00 loss in the 1st 3 months it plans to cut its workforce by 10 percent British Airways is set to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs and about a 3rd of the workforce the airline has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and may. And teen is associate editor in chief correspondent of the industry magazine orient aviation he says the situation is only going to get worse. The fact is larry aircraft are 90 percent of the worlds leaders sitting on the ground and the last thing Airlines Want at the moment is to take delivery of more seats theyll have to park i know the airlines around the world are currently right now in discussion with both airbus and boeing. Looking at not only not only cancellations but certainly many of the fare all of their deliveries because they simply dont want a paragraph right now as we all know now that theres a recovery when it comes its not going to be a sharp reshaped recovery its going to be a long u. Shaped recovery and its going to own trying before the air transport network is good to be back where it was before the crisis that were talking about the iraq to 2 years so thats not a long time career wise to hold out for the plane makers to hold out there certainly need all the help you can from governments from their investors and these governments and theres are also facing economic problems were facing recession shortages of casual around sochi going to be a long time before the industry has any chance of returning to what is not going to be normal but some sort of normal chinas annual National Peoples congress which was delayed by in 2 months because of the coronavirus pandemic will be held in 3 weeks on may the 22nd around 3000. 00 delegates from across china will gather in beijing to pass legislation and on veiled key economic targets for the year the event lasts about 10 days and is one of the countrys most important political meetings sarah clarke is in hong kong with more on chinas decision to go ahead with the meeting. It was sure to go ahead back in march the 5th or much the 5th and the Government Back in february made the decision to postpone or delay that particular gathering simply because were at the peak of the crowd a Virus Outbreak at that particular time and a number of these legislators. And the government delegations they were deployed on the frontline to try and contain or fight the virus at that particular time that we got 3000 National Legislators who will attend this gathering in beijing on may 22 but we also have a huge number of staff and delegations that will join those legislators and thats what about 5000 people now clearly the meeting is being allowed to go ahead because chinas number of crowd of us cases has been falling and in beijing weve had no local cases for the last 36 consecutive days and this is simply just the capital imposing some tough quarantine restrictions those traveling to the capital were talking about domestic travelers and those coming from anywhere across china into beijing must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand from overseas its a 21. 00 day quarantine scenario that the government is also imposed some new social etiquette rules which theyll introduce on june the 1st and they include when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing theres been no eating on public transport and masks must be borne by anyone in public if youre sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the National Peoples Congress Meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that chinas trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal the worlds biggest container ship has been launched in south korea just as global trade is suffering a sharp downturn during to the pandemic but having largely controlled the spread of the disease in the country the government is now looking to repair the economic damage from mcbride reports from the southern port city of busan. About to start its Maiden Voyage to europe the worlds biggest container ship loading at the port of busan able to carry 24th. 1000 containers shes the 1st of 12 ships intended to make south korea one of the worlds leading shippers but the giant vessels were ordered in 2018 well before anyone had heard of cove it 19 or so back of any order or about those are big vessels everybody just said simulation maybe a market gross is as part of the kitchen we have leno good histories to every year how much passant you know global balam increase so based on their concept we all dont always or esle the however to change to tell a difference Global Shipping has been hit badly with predictions of a world recession lasting months or even years and then theres the longer term prospect of countries restructuring industries that will further hurt trade but south korea is trying to look beyond this pandemic to a future recovery wise from the recent lesson of the past in 2017 the countrys biggest ship or hand gin went bust provoking a National Debate about whether the government should have intervened given the countrys unique geopolitics occupying the southern half of a divided peninsula south korea has for decades effectively been an island it relies upon air and sea links with the rest of the world and for this export driven economy ships are essential a point to the countrys president stressed when he launched this vessel. On make sure that we want repeat the history of ups and downs by strongly pushing to rebuild the shipping industry i mean to become among the top 5 shipping powers in the world. Shipping along with other Key Industries like car making and davey ation have been designated as essential in the allocation of relief funding south korea like many other countries realizing its not enough simply to survive this pandemic but ensuring it comes through with the means to make it prosper once more macbride aljazeera busan. Human rights activists say the Philippine Government strict enforcement of walk downs has led to serious violations committed by police the u. N. Describes the countrys response as highly militarized. Dogon reports from the capital manila. These were the last few moments of winston ragas his life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they fired detained. Twice. But witnesses deny this they say he posed no threat to anyone in the movies who spoke to its family says ruggles was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and this death is a huge loss for them and. He was very thoughtful especially to his nieces and nephews here remember there were birthdays and he was a very generous man. Other videos that critics say show excessive use of force by police have gone viral to. Prevent in this one a Police Officer forcefully tries to arrest a Foreign National jury a dispute over quarantine measures imposed by the government. And here another officer appears to break into a private condominium before threatening to arrest people using areas like a Swimming Pool the Philippine Government displays around 50000000. 00 people under lockdown across the region designed to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus thats nearly half of the countrys population just a few weeks ago president rodrigo to tear 2 or there de mille a chief and police to shoot dead anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they have arrested more than 100000 people since the lockdown was employ. Meant it more than a month ago Human Rights Watch has issued a statement urging the government to investigate reports of abuses and hold officers have committed Rights Violations accountable. I mean its really been subjected to very harsh regulations will regard the reality so basic to asia. And that its going to result in a lot. Anger and frustration and. The government says its policies are necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus but people here tell us the use of what they say easy heavy handed and violent response by police is creating fear and then zion. Doug and al jazeera manila. Child Protection Agencies are worried that millions of children and along there are in asia are at risk of Domestic Violence 7 charities including save the children and world vision are asking governments to prioritize the safety of children who may be in danger many asian nations including india and singapore have reported sharp rises in Domestic Violence during the pandemic. Roy chowdhury is director of programs and policy at save the children india he says Child Protection services are reporting a Record Number of young people calling them for help. I think this is an unprecedented time and to be very honest none of us have seen anything like this before we have now noticed that in the last if you if you compare the pre lockdown period in and the current scenario there is a rise of 50 percent in terms of Domestic Violence against children through our child which is a government mechanism where children can record you know their complaints over the telephone call the telephone number being 109 need 198 and that has been this is unprecedented we have never seen this many cases of Domestic Violence against children and we still dont know where to go with it so so its a its a pandemic of a different sort while its a Health Pandemic globally and people are dying of the corona virus but what is also true is that there is shop rise in you know in violence against children which we are experiencing in india and many other countries in asia the number of cases that we see now are only the ones that are being reported which means that these are the ones that have probably gone to a certain extent the children feel the need to. You know need to reach out to the child mechanism President Trump has ordered Meat Processing plants to stay open despite concerns about workers safety production was stopped in the round 20 of the countrys factories after many workers fell ill responding to warnings of a global reach shortage trump signed an executive order to reopen the plants you know to give Companies Legal cover in case employees catch the virus unions have criticised the president s decision saying it puts employees and risk. Brazils president says he can work miracles to prevent coronavirus deaths giant valsin r. O. Dismissed questions about brazils covert 900 cases of passing chinas infections the president earlier described corona virus as a little flu hes called for businesses to open even if its allowed the contagion to spread the country has reported more than 5000 deaths and over 73000 infections el salvadors president has launched a crackdown on gang members in prisons and comes off of the country saw its highest single day homicide tally on friday with 22. 00 People Killed prison Officials Say inmates are using the pandemic to cover their crimes but even rights activists claim president. Tactics go too far john have. Extreme measures in a. Ceiling of gang members cant make contact with the outside world. No ray of sunlight will enter the cells were going to look at all so that they can not have any type of communication. Authorities say that many hits in the violence play country from jail and prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic would move killings. Last week and dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 strip to mate and packed them together in a 24 hour lockdown. After the members of the warring gangs were mixed together and so was part of the new plan to break the communication lines. Before theyve been separated to avoid prison riots. Its all come from the top president. On monday he tweeted were going to make sure the gang members who committed these murders regret it for the rest of their lloyds hes also said Security Forces can now use lethal force against gang members on the street. Its human Rights Groups have denounced the midges is inhumane and authoritarian reminding the 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 really be lascaux going to transport company told us theyve murdered more than a 1000 people in his sector and squeeze almost 20000000. 00 a year from operators. To look at this is what every government needs to do after criminal groups are affecting the population is stopping the countrys economy from developing the least it can do is take a firm line and establish order they cant look the other way. And president remains extremely popular for now it seems many salvadorans support his hard line stance john home and how does it. And one of indias best known actors to work in hollywood has died after having cancer considered an icon of indian cinema 53 year old khan began his career in television before moving on to Bollywood Movies he later starred in several hollywood blockbusters such as life of Jurassic Park and slumdog millionaire. Still ahead on aljazeera 2 of the biggest stars in world sport discuss the prospects of playing without its. Business leaders as well to buy no brass paul. Business leaders just want to buy no brass paul. Quarterback a large asteroid is flown past earth the space rock the socalled 19980 are 2 didnt collide with the planet would be relief now but it did get close enough for astronomers to study it and the gallacher reports from florida. When a small asteroid broke up over siberia in 2013 the ensuing shockwave injured over a 1000 people and caused extensive damage it was a reminder to space agencies across the world of the dangers asteroids can pose the asteroid that flew past our planet on wednesday has been classified as a potentially hazardous object but Scientists Say 1998 or 2 was never a threat is traveling at 30000 kilometers an hour and is at least 2 kilometers wide but passed by at a distance of 6000000 kilometers dont have to deal with it with fear we have to deal with it with the science so people should not be afraid of asteroids people should be our earth to assess the risk of these assaults and to follow the. Research program and most importantly to maintain these Asteroid Research program in place programs like masses double asteroid redirection test or dont program aimed to tackle potential threats in the future its one of many programs around the world that not only track large asteroids but have potential solutions to redirect an area cboe observatory in puerto rico is one of the facilities that tracks asteroids using sophisticated radar scientists here are already tracking the apostasy asteroid due to skirt the earth in 20. 29 the head of planetary radar says their research is vital we are going to rear summations or are very expensive. We would actually. 9 so now we know that we dont have to do that then were going to use those resources were Something Else this latest asteroid has been tracked for the past 2 decades and for amateur and professional astronomers alike its been greeted with excitement and not fear nasa scientists so theyve tracked more than 90 percent of near Earth Objects that pose a global threat thankfully 998. 00 or 2 isnt one of them but it will be close enough to watch on a telescope like this in terms of the visual universe this is a close shave but a celestial event that will be seen as a slow moving star and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida for talking of stars of our very own joe here take us through sports stuff it sammy thank you very much and there are fresh concerns over the take here lympics taking place next year this time from the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe a says it will be impossible to host the games next july unless the world wins the fight against coronavirus it follows comments by japans top doctor that will be difficult to stage the olympics without a vaccine. The olympics and paralympics must be held in a complete form in that the athletes and spectators can all participate safely so it would be impossible to hold the games unless the pandemic is contained since countries all over the world will participate it must be held in a way that shows mankind has won its battle against corona virus otherwise it will be hard to hold the games well the head of well the athletic Sebastian Coe was in favor of perspire in the olympics this is it cant keep being delayed indefinitely. You could go on forever. So come on. You know that you do have 2. Questions i hope really little way off that its not so much about you know creating a vaccine not all viruses respond a vaccine. But its also about rolling it out you know. You know why its spread enough i think that. You get the Olympic Games with them and im sure thats what most medical teams. Tried to. Paris as a man is still aiming to compete in the European Champions League even though the french Domestic Football League is set to be cancelled is because the ban on major Sports Events has been extended by the french government until at least september football bosses will meet thursday to discuss the financial implications and decide how to work out the League Standings p. S. G. Were 12 points clear at the top and they along with. Also in the Champions League competition or p. S. G. Chairman nasser leafy respects the government decision but says we plan on competing in the Champions League with you a further agreement wherever and whenever it is held if it is not possible to play in france we will play our matches a broad subject to the best conditions for all our stuff is peons french Football Correspondent Jonathan Johnson says its clear the european tahu was the most important to p. S. G. This season and theres still a lot to sort out when it comes to the french domestic league. When you look at the situation with p. S. G. Its kind of understandable they would be a bit more concerned about the Champions League considering the fact that a stage where theyve struggled over the past couple of seasons finally broke back into the quarter finals after a couple of years away you know where they be wanting to to build on that positive performance they are quite a way clear in in the league table and they do a survey each both domestic cup final so assuming that those games do eventually go ahead you know p. S. G. Are confident that they would get the opportunity to either play for those trophies or in the case of the lead be awarded the title if theres a lot of contentious issues not so much with the title you know perhaps at least one of the relegation places but france is a is a country where its for all system utilizes the playoffs for promotion and relegation and assuming that no more matches are able to be played from the 2920. 00 season that would mean that no playoffs are possible so that would mean just a straight 2 teams 2 teams down relegation and promotion assuming the relegation promotion goes ahead so this is all stuff that the Football League and possibly differential will federation if theyre brought in to make casting votes will have to think about in the next couple of days with this meeting showed up for thursday i think that say you know the events of last week really hit home when more is junior sambir became the 1st League Young Player to test positive for a coronavirus is something that happened months ago when the likes of its a nice area but its something thats only recently touched french top tier football and i think a lot of peoples opinions on whether footballers should go back to training and potentially go back to playing in matches changed after after that incident italy sports minister would like to do the same as france and end their football season said he aptly as theyre allowed to start training next week but minister having chen says that fota is skeptical and says the right to restart action is. Getting narrower he says resuming training is an important sign but if i was among the president s of the soccer teams i would be thinking about next season 5 his top medical official agrees with that view michel dog says there should be no football anywhere until september and believes a Vaccination Program is the only solution but still some european leagues want to get going again germanys bonds league is likely to be the 1st perhaps as early as mid may if they get government approval some premier league clubs in england have also started training and now spain is a step closer to their Prime Minister announced that professional athletes can start training on monday in fact league as president heavy attests has criticized the french decision to stop football until september. No word yet on a restart to Major League Soccer in north america but montreal impact coach terry henri says his team will be ready the m. L. S. Was suspended just 2 games into the new season and Club Practice rounds will be closed until at least the middle of may but on re says despite not being able to say his players hes confident they are putting in the work usually when you train during the week you want to. Also mention on the field right now you know its been trending on the field for some mission of the week and everyone is up on their side and you know draws them interest right now are you word of what you want to do because youre close to do what theyre supposed to do to be able to perform and be ready to sports biggest stars steph curry and rory mcilroy have been discussing the prospect of competing without fans and its fair to say that theyre not convinced it would work i could play with my fans but i dont think id play as well especially if youre in the heat of battle on a sunday back 9 i mean you feed off that energy and to take that away it just. I would i would find it very difficult like were not play at chase but you have you know the lakers whoever milwaukee or clippers you know toronto whatever type of finals and they walk into an empty building like i got dont know how that memorable in any stretch like youre in the finals you know the trophy whatever obstacle and call it a championship but its still not like having have an experience that you know its thats what you want like you said the atmosphere all right that is a useful for now i have full faith and family thanks so much. For this news out backing them up with enough to hold forth and so stay with us. Because that will find the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day. And join our global community. To fight on soaring questions can i just as you start to see directly whats coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the frontline well and i think require keeping you up to date and weve seen countries begin to back and beaten back successfully the street on 00. When covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread across asia. Some in the west criticized come to measures to harm or to 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. Theres a wave of sentiment around the world where people actually want accountability from the people who are running their countries and i think often peoples voices are not heard because theyre just not part of the mainstream news narrative. Obviously we cover the big stories and report on the big events going on but we. Telling stories of people who dont have a voice im going to challenge my thats never be afraid to put a hand up not a question and i think thats what our serial really does we ask the questions to people who should be accountable and also get people to give their view of whats going on. A lot of solid being in control dont know that its tremendous for the country so i think and he was determined to conclude you do salute at the point of the sword to avenge its people 8080 years earlier he smashes the frankish on the couch as the king of jerusalem seizes the troop cross and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective the result 3 unification on the jersey of. The coronavirus pandemic batters some of the worlds biggest economies new figures show huge losses in the us germany and nigeria. Im sorry say than this is al jazeera live from coming up. Actually actually its quite. Outgoing un special rapporteur for me and calls out the countries they dont sign suchi over the 1st persecution