Over Prime Minister or is Johnsons Corner virus trying to cheat in the u. K. And china reopens disneyland in shanghai even as new coronavirus cases are equal to it in one city. Thank you for joining us we begin with some breaking news out of saudi arabia for us which has announced major budget cuts and an increase in the value added tax as fire of measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by loyal prices and the corner virus pandemic according to the state news agency there. Has been increased threefold from 5 to 15 percent the government has also canceled the cost of living allowance for all Public Sector employees starting next month well bring you more details on this breaking news story as well as analysis and reaction later here on aljazeera now and. Libya and the battle for tripoli turkey says attacks on the countrys only functioning airport 10 Diplomatic Missions in which civilians have been killed amount to war crimes and its warning it will take acti
Improving but another environmental problem is piling up that is medical waste. And sport further talks are taking place to discuss English Premier League footballers taking a pay cut a deal is being negotiated that will see players salaries reduced by 30 percent. So the u. K. Government is holding its Daily Briefing on the current virus lets take you live now to downing street in central london. With covered 19 symptoms but the action of hospital admissions in england and wales has regional differences in the number of admissions folks like between the 1st and 2nd of april admissions a study in wales but in yorkshire and the northeast by 30 percent. And in the middle and the rate of hospital admissions has gone up by 47 percent 708 people have sadly lost their lives as a result of cover 19 the highest daily total yet recorded and that means that of those hospitalized in the u. K. The number who passed away now totals 4330 those numbers emphasize again the importance of maintaining soc
A way out of its economic crisis. Began in china where the head of a hospital and will haunt the center of the corona Virus Outbreak has died of the disease lou the head of the hospital died on Tuesday Morning Chinas Health authority says over 3000 Health Workers have tested positive for this virus and 6 have now died in total the corona virus has killed more than 1800. 00 people 98. 00 of them and the last 24 hours in china mainly on who bay province the outbreak is affecting the economy and Chinas Finance Ministry says its offering a tariff exemptions on nearly 700 u. S. Products including medical equipment robin bryant is at yokohama port in japan and thats were a cruise ship has been quarantined with with hundreds of cases 1st is go to beijing the worker trainee you joins us live so katrina the idea that this Health Care Worker Health Care Workers are dying and now the head of a hospital how much what does it do for the level of fear that people already had. Thats right theres been
Violent in lebannon anger is rising as the economic and political crisis deepens. The war Rural Communities in afghanistan finding it ever hard it survived the bits in the cold winter. In sports are rich for its economy grego schools his 1st one in the cage in more than 3 years is devastating 42nd victory but now sets were remarks against the man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as the warring sides in libyas long running civil war are coming together in the german capital for a un backed peace conference chancellor Angela Merkel has invited leaders from 12 countries a spot of a month long diplomatic drive to stop the fighting but a number of countries have been left off the guest list including morocco qatar and libyas neighbor tenacious warlords highly for have taen launch an offensive in april to take tripoli from the internationally recognized government early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in moscow last week ahead
Harder to survive the bits of the cold winter in sports are as far as a coma the greatest schools his 1st one in the cage of more than 3 years his victory in 40 seconds could such a rematch against a man who almost ended his career 18 months ago. Thank you for joining as we begin this news hour in berlin where libyas warring sides are coming together in the latest International Effort to end years of civil war turkeys president. And his russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have just met the 2 support opposing sides in libyas call flaked in are seen as key figures in bringing the fighting to an end russia backs warlords highly for half tall whose forces control much of Eastern Libya and who have launched an offensive to take tripoli in april turkey supports the internationally recognized government base in tripoli early attempts to negotiate a cease fire have failed including a summit in. Last week. We have been trying on a number of occasions to have a cease fire agreement signed the Nat