The freeman foundation. By judleand peter blum kfoundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected need and by contributions viewers like you. Thank you. Washington and this is bbc world. Yemen faces a crippling fight against the p coviddemic with little medical care. Plus america on pbs and around the globe. We hope to get back to katty kay shortly. Many parts of the developed world are weighing whether to restart schools. Theeople of yemen are struggling to survive. Thnumbers are small, but they dont tell the rea story. Doctors on the ground and medical Officials Say the real toll of e virus is much higher. Our correspondentngas been speao those on the front line of the crisis. There are no daily briefings about covid19 in yemen. No accurate statistics, a barely any test, but every day the dead are buried in the quiet hoearly s of the morning. A few weeks ago, we spoke to him and his friends as they shared their pandemic views. If the virus reaches yemen, we will not be able to count the ad. The yemenis mix a lot. We will not be able to keep safe at home. The disease was alreadysp ading silently. His family said his death was of a respiratory infection. It hadar all the hal of coronavirus. Now we have learned that his s father andeveral members of their family have lost their lives with the same symptoms. This was his cousin days before he died. None of the deaths have been reportedor asavirus related. Six years of war have destroyed half the countries hlth care system. A coalition supporteby the u. K. And the u. S. I met this doctor at several milestones of the yemeni conflict, during famine, cholera, and now covid19. The suffering onlyets worse, she says. I go to people with Hand Sanitizer and i tell t themo stay home. They tell me dont scare us with disease. We are dying of hunger anyway. We need to eat. What options do we have . It is a tragic situation. It is coronavirus or hunger. Protective gear is not a priority for a populat where two thirds dont know where their next meal is coming from and the international community, distracted with its owns, crisi is turning its back. A u. N. Fdraising summit raised only half the amount needed to keep lesaving programs nning. For months, there have been warnings of coronavirus sweeping silently through yemen. Now theandemic is here and exting a deadly toll unchecked. The devastating impact of coronavirus on yemen. Now, i am pleased to say we have communicationsackup with katty kay in washington. Over to you. Katty thank you. Clearly, our technical glitches areal very compared to what many people are suffering in this pandemic. Residents of melbourne, australia, are waking up today to an upsetting sense of deja vu. The city is back under lockdown. 5 Million People are ordered to stay at home except for essential shopping, work, or caregiving. The state of victoria reported more than 100 cases for the third day in a row. 75ti infs are linked to public housing. Theas housing been put on hard lockdown, meaning they cannot leave it all. Australias overall covid numbers are relatively sma compared to the number california recorded in a single day. But authorities there are determined to make sure this doesnt go any further. Ou reporter there has been covering the lockdown and is now stuck at hom herself. Rachel, good morning to you. Oesing up in lockdown, how it feel . Ask good morning. Well, everyones exrience is different, but i would sayhe overwhelming feeling is of frustration and disappointment. As you said, australias cases compared to the rest of the weit our peak in late mar when melbour had about 111 cases. Inhe last few days, we have been reporting cases higher than that. The impact on everybody of going into lockdown again, from Business Owners to the people in publicen housing youoned before, the impact is huge. Katty i want to ask about the towers and a second. But if i had g to back into six weeks of lockdown now, the first time around, it fs sort o novel and we all felt like in this together. I think myld heart wink if i had to go back into it with my family now. X right. We all made the most of it. We bought a few bottles of wine, took, but we are tough witht the puzzles and movies now, and there is not much novelty to it. Katty so, you can get out, do essential shopping, grocery e shopping, andrcise. The 9000 3000 people stuck in cathe tower blockot get out at all. What is the situation for them right now . Rachel that was the interesting policy announcement we had. Everyockdown wave h in melbourne, we have had a little bit of notice, be at 24 hours, 48 hours. On saturday, we heard from the chief Health Officer that these towers wer going into immediate lockdown. A lot of the people in these towers do not have television or ternet, so the first they heard of the lockdown was when they came downstairs sunday evening and were stopped by police and told they could not leave. Mthink about hy of us do our weekly shopping on a sundayd these residen not have that opportunity. They come downstairs to go about their day, and they are told they cannot. Each level, and they cannot leave. They cannot get their supplies. Thout thet of people sentials they need. They are wondering why they are geoing different treatment everyone else. Katty rachel carey in melbourne. It is grim for the people in those towers. We wish you the best of luck over the next six weeks. Please keep yo spirits up. Clearly, the whole world is struggling with this virus, but nowhere has more cases than america. The u. S. Hasepted 3 million coronavirus infectio. A few mont ago, that number it adds a sense of urgency to how to tackle the dease. New Research Shows the virus could travel i ty a particles and linger in the air. The coronavirus can spread easily, and that seems to happen in three different ways. Cough is the most obvious source of infection if you are too close to someone with the virus, which is d why socialtancing is so important to staying safe. Surfaces contaminated with the virus. But can the virus also spread through the air . More and more researchers think tiny airborne and stay infectious. In tly days, this idea was widely dismissed. Since then, manycientists, including those advising the u. K. Government, say tha scenario is possible, but only when people are crowded together in a confined space. The study of the restaurant in china is revealing one pson ther had t virus but did not realize because their selptoms only ded later. Somehow, nine other people became infected, even if they were sitng at other tables. Researchlasd the airconditioning for circulating the virus. It is most likely to be a real risk when you have lots people in a confined space where you are close to each other that is poorly ventilated. So, if i go in and all the windows are shut and it is stuffyth, to me,s a red flag incident. I, personally, wont be going into thoinds of spaces. I need to know it is well ventilated. Simply opening a window to get fresh air can dilute the virus. Face coverings could also limit how much virus gets out, but the who says we still dont know if infection can happen through the air. Wax virus transmission has been virus transmission has been suppressed using basic outbreak controls. Can bas shown they effective despite the fact that there may be airborne transmission. The majority of transmission seems to be from close, personal contact. Studies have shown how far the virus can reach. The who is now assessing the latest research and what it means fors. Bbc news. We are learning a lot. I wish i could say more of it is two of americas top universities have filed a lawsuit against the trump administraon over new guidelines that affect International Students in america. Underew the rules, foreign students taking Classes Online instead of in person wou have to leave the country. University say that leaves students with no Educational Options in the United States and few options back home. Lt is a politi and financial fight. Colleges get lot of money from the students. For the students themselves, it is personal. A postgraduate student at the Harvard Kennedy school joins us now. You have been studying in the what happens to you now because of the guidelines . Hi, katty, thank you for having me. About two days ago, i receivedne th through a website that studts in my position will face deportation if the decision remains. For me, that was very disrupting. R seven years, i havst been ying and working in the u. S. Getting that news in the middle of the d was very disrupting. Iy started considering options. Do i leave the country . Do i stay . My case is somewhat of a unique situation. I am fromne palesso i have no way of going home. And there is no facility for me in the u. S. It leaves students in my situation in a very stressful situation, potentially having to d everything we started in this country. Katty you have invested a lot of time, effort,urnd money in ducation in the United States. Were you to be deported and somehow end up back in the middle east, could you get back to the United States to finish your studies . That seems uncertain. Right now, many u. S. Embassies ound the world are close in this case, even if the university moves into a hybrid system, it is not clear whether we will be able to get reentry to the u. S. Katty harvard and. I. T. Says this puts hundreds of thousands of foreigntudents into this position. Do you have any hope this lawsuit could be brought qckly enough that it could rescue you from being sent back home . Frankly, this is my only hope. Otherwise, i will be left with no other option, having to figure out if iill choose to stay and face deportation consequences. I was in the u. S. During the muslim ban and the Court Decision was helpful in our favor t int situation, so im praying for Something Like that this time. Katty we wish you the best of luck and we hope you can carry on with your studies. A qck look a other news from around the world. One of central figures in president trumps impeachment proceedings is retiring from the army. An Alexander Vin was a senior white house official who testified about hisn t his concern over the phone call bempeen president t and the ukraine president. His lawyer says he has been the victim of bullying and retaliation because of his testimony. Mr. Trump was acquitted. Thees count Largest School system the president s of the United States and mexico agnedoint declaration at the white house today just days after a new trade deal before you fish between their two countries took effect. A lder from canada was not present. Justin trudeau stayedas home continues to manage his countrys coronavirus response. Youatching world news america. Still to come, six kids, lots of work, one phone. How a new project in the u. K. Is helping get digital devices to police in the netherlands have arrested six people following the scovery o shipping containers which were converted into makeshift cells. The bbcs and a hawk and has the story for us we have theor y. A chilling discovery. Si inde a warehouse, and improvised prison. Soundproofed and furnished with a dentist chai customized with restraints. Containers, we found objects used for torturing people. We also und firearms and vehicles, and a number of pice uniforms. This disturbing discovery offers an insight into the increasingly brutal sophisticated dutch criminal underworld. Inanother six shipping cons were converted into cells with cameras mounted on the wall and a space for guards outside. Bbc news, the hae. Katty brazils president says he is confident he is going to survive coronavirus because he is taking hydroxychloroquine, a treatment that has no proven success fighting covid19. Mr. Bolsonaro has spent months downplaying the pandemic as thousands have died in his country. We report from sao paulo. Social distancing . Mask . Anks. Probably not. Shall bolsonaro is a leader whoa never much cared for health guidelines, dismissing them the way. P of when it comes to unproven drugs tackling theus v its the only thing hes bought. On the day he got covid19, bolsonaro poshid a video of elf taking the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine. He said he was feeling much better, sot must be working. Like his friend up north, he doesnt car if a drug isnt recommended for covid19, nor health risks to people who take it when they dont need it. Works for him, he says, so he promotes it. Pharmacies here have felt the impact. Ever since the president first touted the drugs benefits, the medication more often used to fight malaria or f tse with skin conditions like lupus, demand has soared. Authorities had to introduce a prescription. We had lots of people looking for it. Home. Tust wanted to stock but we dont allow that. Even so,uc there wasa demand , the price of the drug has gone up. Ted to make sure te drug could be offered patients with even mild symptoms. Many medical professioals they it iangerous path to go down. They are taking the drug fore we even examined the person. This is h this message has penetrated. It is another virus, and information virus has petrated has led millions of people toe believe th a Silver Bullet when we all know there is not. Many say bolsonaro minimized the virus, encouraged social contact, and is now ill. He has discouraged wring face masks and is pushing to reopening the economy as soon as possible, sick or not. In the middle of a pandemic, the Health Ministry has been sidelined. Two health ministers, both doctors, haveonbecause they backed Global Health recommendations. The man now in charge temporarily is an army general. His biggest move so far has been to get t military to boost production of those who back thede pre, repeat his mantra, the people need to work. A lot of people talk about science, science, science. Science means medicine, natural scnce. It means a social science as well. We have to have all those things together. Because a solution that is perfect for europe it may not be the best solution for brazil. P theblem is, brazils president is numbing up with his own solutions, that few people believe in. Its a country in the middle of a crisis, and it feels likeg little is bene. Wkatty were talking about education earlier. For many kids inockdown, going to school has meant going online. But the u. K. , around 700,000 students missed out on schoolworkt because they don own a computer orave internet access. A new program has tried to change that. Here is fiona lam. Thifamily in swindon, like thousands, having to learn without a computer. I just end up giving up and not doing it. Do you feel like you are falling behind . Yeah, a lot. Because im not getting as mu help as i should be. I just cant focus properly. Sometimes it crashes i finding it very stressful. Its a similar story for 14yearold charlie, who is in foster care. He is doing his gts season next year. I am worried a lot about going back to school and getting detentions for not doing the work. Xng we have seen t exaggerated by covid. He has 2500 students who dont have a computer at home. Cross the u. K. , thousands of people are disadvantaged digitally, emotionally, financially, socially the i. T. Divide has grown bigger as a result of covid. But now, people are donating computers, laptops, and tablets they no longer need. This family was struggling. Six children all sharing moms phone. A donated tablet has helped. What difference has it madeth having a device in the house . We have been able to do more homework and we have been sharing. Before, they were falling behind a little bit, but now they are on track. The government says it is committed to reopening schools in september, but many families are worried the by then the gap will be too big. Fiona lam, bbc news. Such a hard time for kids and their parents. Before we go, some places have banned loud music to keep people from shouting. The thinking is it will slow the spread of germs. Japan t takent to a new level. A theme park at the base of mount fuji has posted a video of twocu exetives riding the parks biggest attraction. Theiraces are a reminder that screams are against the rules at this theme park. That is accorsng to guideline released by the countrys themepark association in may. You try writing that and not screamin seriously. Riding that and not seriously. E tagline is please scream inside your heart. As some have noted, tt could be the motto for 2020. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided by. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By jovy and peter blumr foundation; pursuing solutions for americaneglected ne viewers like you. Thank you. Yuyi i came to the uniteds. States when i was 24 years old. I did not speak any english. I felt very, very lost, really not knowing what to do with my life. One day on tv there was seme street. Ernie std grover and cookie m. And its not only th i i learned to speenglish, now i know how to live in the United States. So this is how you do it now im powerful. Now i know i can do anything i want. I will make myself learn and i got thatm pbs. I bought my first set of paints and brushes and i practiced. My path is childrens books. And nthave found who i to be. Which is that person who has something to say. Pbs and sesame street, they opened all the world to me. Captioning sponsed by newshour productions, llc woodruff good evening, im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, the virus on the rise iection numbers reach new highs as the Administration Urges a return to schools this fall. Then, the view from abroad a look at americas place in the world, in the face of a spiraling covid19 crisis. And, powering the future how the promise of electric vehicles is driving a new demand form lithiutteries. 70 of the demand of lithium, will come from electric vehicle demand. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour