Highest number of daily coronavirus cases and sanctions the use of an anti malaria drug despite warnings about the risks. And appetite for business how vendors of malaysias ramadan bazaars are finding new opportunities despite long done restrictions. And you stand off could be brewing between the United States iran and venezuela over ships laden with fuel 5 Iranian Oil Tankers could be just days away from arriving in venice weigh it up in a bid to ease fuel shortages there both countries are sanctioned by the u. S. And the white house says its considering a response to the shipment venezuela says its military with a scope to tankers as soon as they enter its territory. Ship tracking shows the 1st of the 5 tankers left the iranian port city of bonded out by us in march. Im melissa say there between 89 and 99 percent full judging by how theyre sitting in the water the 1st time fortune is expected to arrive in venezuela and the next 4 or 5 days right as well as ambassador to the u. N. Has warned that any attempts to stop the tankers will be illegal the threat of u. S. Military force against 5 uranian tankers we fuel that are on route to venice when in violation im orders of the freedom of freedom of trade and navigation in case the threat is about the allies it would constitute an actual aggression has even union best and that instruments when an equal as a whole in these conflicts i shall be childish trust that the neighborhood blockade is an act of war or doing that national law particularly if not authorized by the u. N. Security council john homan is following developments from mexico city. Right now theyre sort of strung out across the atlantic the 1st one colleagues in venezuela that are sort of plotting their their routes across the ocean so the 1st one could arrive by saturday or sunday and then the one thats at the back of this sort of line of tankers could take a couple of weeks even to arrive now going back further where did this all start and it basically started because the u. S. Has said to other countries listen if youre doing business with venezuela you cant do business with us its basically called secondary sanctions and that means that other countries including companies from russia stopped or of dropped the amount of business that they do with venezuela now venezuela despite being the country with the biggest or reserves in the world has struggled to convert that into gas into gasoline and thats because of years of mismanagement so its now casting around to see where it can get their gasoline from and since the u. S. Has been cracking down on other countries that have wanted to do deals with it its got to iran which has been an ally of venezuela for quite some time now iran is also in a position that its got sanctions against it from the United States or it hasnt really got a lot to lose neither country theyre both sort of pariahs in the in the eyes of the United States so coming together to do this deal now whats been reported is that in april a lot of gold bars went out from venezuela towards iran and now we seem to be seeing what may be coming back the other way 3 gasoline to help out the country now since these countries are already under sanctions from the United States the question now is what can the u. S. Actually do short of intervening physically in stopping these tankers from get them getting to venezuela and it finds worth as Vice President of the council of the americas he says the u. S. May not want things to escalate. The u. S. Navy could. Quarantine venezuela could turn in the good intercept and turn the ship back but i dont see that happening nobody in washington wants it war her or any sort of conflict with iran over venezuela in the current circumstances so although the u. S. Commander in chief of the Southern Command has expressed concern over this and washington is clearly watching it closely i think that in the current circumstances of probably going to be the extent of the steps of the been taken against been as well it clearly have isolated the regime but you have now almost 60 Countries Worldwide recognizing the interim government of longwood oh and that i think is directly resulting from actions that the u. S. And others have taken having said that the Nicolas Maduro remains in power in europe floras power hes the defacto president his regime remains in power so you could also say that despite the sanctions despite the maximum Pressure Campaign they have not yet led to a change in the power structure in venezuela and i think both of those statements would be true so well have to see depending on if the venezuelan can economy continues to be strangled by the United States and others whether indeed that will lead to their regime falling or Something Else happening i think thats thats what a lot of people are looking to see might happen in the future. Millions of people in bangladesh and eastern india have fled coastal areas a cyclon on poland boxers the region its the strongest storm in decades with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour cyclings destroyed homes and downed power lines the leader of indias west bengal state says the situation is worse than the coronavirus demi. Permanent john is live for us in kolkata but 1st lets go to time for challenger in the bangladeshi capital dhaka 10 very the people in bangladesh of course have been through situations similar to this before but this is a totally different scale whats going on there at the moment yes very much so i mean bangladesh is very familiar with the early cycle on but this cycling has been one of the most intense since in a decade you know the last one was in 2007 cyclon cedar and were still getting reports as the day breaks so far what i can tell you the local media is reporting that at least 7 people have died due to this cycle on now we cannot independently confirm that but the local media that are reporting there is theres been heavy damages facially in southwestern bangladesh and shown there been mangrove forests which got the direct heat and that actually protected many of the inland areas now we also know from oxfam that thousands of the houses been washed away due to a title such as rise of water people are definitely going to lose croplands fisheries that area is known for shrimp culture and other aquaculture so these people are going to lose their livelihood now we also know that the bangladesh Disaster Management council reported that the losses could be over 1000000000. 00 by the end of the day well have more assessment on the report it is a southwestern part of bangladesh got the biggest aid right now there are about a 1000000 refugees in coxs bizarre in bangladesh do we know any more about what the situation is like there. Well i spoke to a late 90 s actually last late night some of our contacts in the camp said they didnt get it directed fortunately it wasnt directly on the path of the cycle on how but theres been rain there and theyre worried because if the torrential rain continues theres a danger of clearly flawed and mudslide which is the major danger and also there are hundreds of refugees who are under quarantine in that offshore island called posh im sure now the government said they have been moved to the shelter and are safe right now so as often not things looks ok but the rain continues then there is the danger of flooding and landslides in the camp and there is also the cold meat virus we know that the reported about a week ago at least 6 people thats another danger thats prevailing in the camp right now ok lets get more on the situation from member rajamani in kolkata that was tom dear child you of course in dhaka thanks very much indeed. Many of the buildings in kolkata are very fragile the next 24 hours for the country as a whole are going to be very very important on day. You know i can mentioned about the next 24 hours going to be very crucial for the building to go in and the song because the chief minister of energy has already said that it is going to take quite some time to assess the damages that are there inwards fingal and that is the start just so but even the district she says that south and north 25. 00 kenaz districts are the worst affected and also we must remember that because of the trees uprooted because of this is where wall collapses us to have taken place and electric poles have fallen it will be difficult to even reach some of these places especially the rich those which are in that in more and india areas off the state to assess the complete damage of damages in the state is going to take a right by distribution woke will begin one at least the primary assessment is being done which will be done and today the chief minister will have a meeting should be setting up with us wallace having a meeting with them to see what can be done to snowy get the city back to normal at least as normal as possible because the city is is grappling of under the 1000. 00 vidas and the lockdown and now this that the state will have to deal with apart from that also that about 12 deaths that have been reported on the wednesday night the chief minister of close will have to see of walk that if all its on toes day as far as a devastation is concerned as far as knife property is concerned and the the cycle was over not 24 by the us on wednesday. Was heavy rainfall even in districts which were not full cost of mike. Could also all in all west bengal is facing a tough challenge especially in the off the mat where the women have to assess the damage is the kind of money that will be required to get the city back on its feet and in fact the opposition the next front one of the leaders came forward and said that it is to the state and the Central Government that should not. Full blood and book as a team collectively to get the city get the state on its feet so well have to see what happens even though the state graph shows in the off the back also the cycle of damage on giving us an update there from kolkata from a thanks very much indeed. Brazils government is sanctioning the use of an anti malaria drug to treat corona virus despite a lack of evidence that it works president jed will sort out of support for the drug has caused ructions within the Health Ministry where military personnel have not been appointed to keep posts brazil has the 3rd largest number of infections worldwide and its Health System is struggling to cope latin america editor the cinnamon reports. Brazil is now latin americas ground 0 with couvade 1000 infections spreading faster than anywhere else and president not all has responded by getting his new Health Minister to approve the use of hydroxy chloroquine controversial antimalaria drug is untested pretreating coronavirus and can have serious even fatal side effects. But president will so natto senses 93 year old mother has a box by her begging. I prescribe it to all my supporters and give those left wingers to buy into the hes referring to a soft drink popular among the poor are also not his last Health Minister resigned because he refused to greenlight the use of hydroxy clora plane but his interim replacement a retired general whos not a doctor has had no problem following orders i go back to use just named 14 more members of the military to key Health Ministry positions brazilian epidemiology just dr julie valley badal since hes extremely concerned hes now in. The indiscriminate use of chloroquine is dangerous what is happening here is more political than scientific do you think that the president is militarizing the public Health System though he said its sad to say that the government is throwing science aside and that it is indeed militarizing one of the most important ministries in any country especially during a pandemic. With more than 800000 deaths and rising a group of opposition deputies have submit. Impeachment against bill so natl accusing him of crimes against public health. Or that the way hes managed the pandemic is putting brazilian lives at risk promoting crowds in close contact that increases infections and deaths on tuesday more than 1100 people died in 24 hours and the president insists on using a drug that has no Scientific Evidence the president himself doesnt know the difference between a republic and an absolute monarchy. Right now only boss financial supporters who are out on the streets demonstrating what should critics decide to come out of their selfimposed quarantine to call for the president ouster as brazilians have successfully done before also now those days in office could well be numbered you see in human aljazeera still ahead on aljazeera israels urge to scrap its an extension plans the uns envoy to the middle east towards the project will threaten the 2 state solution regional peace. As the u. S. State of michigan deals with historic flooding and the coronavirus pandemic well tell you why president chavez threatened to withhold funding to the state. Hello i think for now the storms are stopped in michigan they may be flooding on the grounds a result of burst dams but the rain has gone further east shes in georgia in the carolinas even virginia and the breeze is still fairly cold rallys managed to get up to about 20 degrees the rain significant just inland the next development of storms that we should probably watch is this one the tension 2 in dallas but they havent come off the mountains further west its a contrast and those storms develop in other oklahoma or kansas during friday then just slowly east was a line extending down to the south west texas south of that is still fairly active weather wise under storms in cuba maybe the Cayman Islands and jamaica and then down towards honduras or nicaragua thats the time of year it is still quite a few frequent but light showers through both the leeward and Windward Islands and if you would spend you as well thats through both the next 2 days it takes up the start of the weekend and if you happen to think of going to the financial or with cancun at the top think again if you want nice warm sunshine at least in the immediate future more so in the developing argentinean see them on the satellite pictures of what is there is a be a significant drop in temperature marvelously beautiful skies. The. The. Theyre watching all to see a reminder of our top stories this hour venezuela says its military will escort 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to ease years of shortages both countries are under u. S. Sanctions and the white house says its considering a response to the shipment. Of millions of people in bangladesh and eastern india have fled coastal areas after the strongest cycle in decades makes landfall cycling on point has battered the region destroying homes and downing power lines. Brazil now has the 3rd highest number of coronavirus cases in the world with more than 291 fives and the government sanctioning the use of an anti malaria drug to treat cope at 19 despite a lack of evidence that it works. The un special middle east envoy has called on israel to abandon threats to annex parts of the occupied west bank by minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given Donald Trumps blessing to press on but the Security Council was told it could breach International Law diplomatic editor james bays has more. Many observers have predicted that Prime Minister netanyahu threat to annex parts of the west bank was simply an election ploy or some in fact in office he now says hell actually do it and thats got many of the United Nations worried u. N. Special coordinator nicholai mad not briefing the Security Council restated the uns long held position that annexation would be a serious breach of International Law by israel derailing a 2 state solution but his response to palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas his decision to withdraw from all previous agreements and stop cooperation with israel was perhaps more surprising if i missed it openly and very frankly. Whatever it will assessments are just you know reactions of israeli threats that exist and maybe and its certainly one thing it is a desperate cry for help it is a call for immediate action. It is a cry for help from a generation of leaders that invest it their lives in building institutions and preparing the state for over a quarter of a century in the virtual session on one point there was near a green any i think see shanna of any parts of the west Bank Including of settlements all only would represent a violation of International Law one by one Security Council members urged israel not to pursue a policy of annexation except for one the emission of such a statement by the Us Ambassador kelly craft was telling she though left it to her boss in washington d. C. The secretary of state to criticize the palestinian president but i regret that he has decided to abrogate these agreements we laid out a very clear vision for how peace could be brought we asked simply for this we asked the israelis and the palestinians to agree that that would be the basis for negotiations between the israelis have accepted that the palestinians have continued to refuse to just simply sit down and enter into goshen based on president terms a vision for peace there so where the peace efforts go now the socalled core tat has almost been forgotten for the last couple of years it consists of the European Union the u. N. Russia and the United States the United Nations believe it now has the best chance of reviving diplomacy james plays aljazeera at the United Nations. International war crimes prosecutors have asked a court to transfer a real one genocide suspect to