Sweden where a rare Court Victory for the indigenous and so many people against the swedish state has led to a series of revenge attacks with a ring to. The end thank you very much for joining as the 5 year long fight for control of yemen has taken a new turn Southern Separatists have declared a state of emergency and autonomous rule the Southern Transitional councils main base is of course city of aden and its backed by the United Arab Emirates the u. A. E. Has been part of a military coalition with saudi arabia fighting who the rebels in support of the government lets take a closer look at the Southern Transitional council when the whole thiis began seizing major cities in 2015 a Southern Separatist joined Government Forces and the saudi Iraqi Coalition to fight them the u. S. Funded the southern fighters to help retake the city of aden the internationally recognized government was rain stoled there but yemens president accused the governor of aden of being disloyal and fired him that resulted in mass protests and the formation of the Southern Transitional council which event. Called for reestablishing an independent Southern State fighting broke out between saudi backed Government Forces and the back 7 movement both parties however signed a power sharing agreement last november in riyadh yemens foreign minister says this agreement is now being violated by the declaration of south governments or lets speak to. A man who is the representative of the Southern Transitional council in new york he joins us via skype thank you very much for being with us on aljazeera let me just begin by asking you 1st why now why has the Southern Transitional council declared an autonomy his rule autonomy rule and also a state of emergency now at this particular moment. Well i mean well thank you for having me 1st and foremost and this is not a an event that just sprung out of nowhere this is actually a pileup. Mis management misgovernance in especially in south yemen south yemen has been less for going on 3 years 4 years now. Unfortunately things have deteriorated as far as the humanitarian wise the situation as far as basic services are not. Minimal or basic services are not being delivered. And little to no services at all this is not something that just happened but the prices have been still recent that sparked it. Was the 1st of all call with 19 played a role in as far as a health risk that the government needs to take better precautions there has to be a very strong governance over there that has to be. We have to be able to deliver or to even. Withstand something of that. Big of a tragedy and the recent flash floods also that happened in aid in that war not met with any type of aid any delivering of services the past few days theres been a complete shutdown of Electricity Water Services and sewage and these this is all a pileup so youre saying that it has risen on the parents of. One tree an accumulation of recent events including the covert 1000 crosses in all of course the ongoing war is what meds the s. T. C. To make the 2nd ration let me ask you the whether you have enough Political Support from all the governorates in the in the south of yemen to go through with this because were already hearing reports that the governor of how donald has rejected this declaration. Well see the the the c. C. Gets gains its legitimacy from the people and now the people of south yemen the vast majority of them are backing up. This type of. Stand for the s. T. C. They are they are tired of the. Tug of war between the legitimate government was not was very it was dysfunctional the institutions are diluted the institutions are not well working at all for the sake of the civilians and there theyre looking forward to something such as this. Stand by the s. T. C. To for at least a time to miss state for them to completely take over to actually govern. Properly these institutions and deliver Better Services to the people i dont know if our governors are not are not supporting this idea even if the people as you say and the people want rule i mean how is this going to be achieved when the Political Support isnt there. So that there is there is you can say. Far as the Political Support these are governor governor but its there are chosen by the. By the legitimate government are not necessarily by the backing of by the blessings of the people now the people have been tired of these governorates themselves now the i. C. C. Has also said we want we want all of the governor governor its to continue their. Their jobs to work vigorously towards bringing or aiding the people fortunately there are some some want to use the situation. For a political gain while while the s. T. C. Is looking to ease the suffering of the people all right al qaida sentiment in its statement the s. T. C. Maids a number of accusations against the Saudi Led Coalition which is fighting against the whole thing in yemen but the enemy iraqis the main backers of the s. T. C. Are also part of this coalition so i was just curious to know what they make of this decision by the s. T. C. To assume control of the southern areas are they fully behind you so. In the end its tedious to see is stands by the people and it will do whatever it needs to do to protect you havent responded much my my my question is whether youre getting support from the iraqis right so. Whether theyre supporting they have been supporting the fight on terrorism theyve been supporting the fights on the iranian backed through these and this is these are not just southern issues these are regional in its traditional 2060 the d. M. Iraqis have provided military and financial backing to the security around the s. E. C. Dominated by military group which you know is part of the s. T. C. Again i just want to know whether the iraqis are back this idea of self rule in the south. So and again the m. R. I. Teams have been supporting not just the Security Belt but many fronts far as the battle on the iranian backed these and the. And the terrorism in the area with these are regional and International Issues but these calls have not been since 2016 i mean as much as. Many people or many even broadcasting channels want to paint this s. T. C. As a. As a project for the u. S. For u. A. E. Or u. A. E. Project but it isnt these are cause they have been there for over 2 decades you know the head has been there for a long time calling for independence theyve been also marginalized theyve been you know trust throughout the entire. Force unity or you could say occupation the peace corps have always been there these are not this is not and. The homes were independent it had been and my question is what i want to know is whether the u. S. Is backing currently those costs for independence. Well the u. A. E. Is backing those who are going to fight the internal the iranian backed with these as well as terrorism which is a regional and International Security issue and that is actually a very you know a good stand by the by the u. A. E. And the not this is all this is a so. You know selfdetermination humanitarian right ok so lets lets not i want to i do not even if you my question to the p. C. C. Or the or the you know coalition in order to get this this is this is something that they are going to fight for whether the coalition gives their blessing for it or not because in the end the s. T. C. Will hold has its priorities these regional priorities the security measures but that the fears that but the action whether well whether they get the military support on that front from the u. A. E. Could make a difference lets just move on and let me ask you about the riyadh agreement where does this leave the riyadh agreement signed with the government and is yes you see not concerned that this will lead to even mo bloodshed in yemen at a time really when the country doesnt need it. Well of course yes this is a concern now the f. C. C. Has been doing everything it can in their power to implement the reality. We are calling on all fronts for deescalation especially with this and demick outbreak worldwide and them in outbreak we are definitely hearing to all the security generals calls the the special envoys calling for a deescalation and fighting drought yemen in general unfortunately the legitimate government has not been. Applying or implementing the riyadh agreement and any form whatsoever the the s. T. C. Has you know it has. To sell its aided. Detainees exchanges it has allowed the Prime Minister to return tied down to deliver basic services it has done its part far as you know implementing the agreement and the real the agreement is a whole and the legitimate government wants to pick. Parts of it and implement the ones that are to its favor without actually delivering anything for the people and of the people are fed up theyre not going theyre not going to you know sit around and even allow theyre not going to allow the with the legitimate government to continue this way or the s. T. C. Or even the the coalition right so thats why the f. C. C. Is right now compelled to say theyve got to take action into their own hands while still calling for a cease fire calling for deescalation in all fronts we want things to go smoothly or things we want to be able to deliver aid service is going to be able to battle this and them it ok i dont know if theyre enjoying it and you want to be able to contain the situation as as most of us thank you so much for speaking to us and taking the time to answer our questions on the name on representative of the 7 Transitional Council yemens as 7 Transitional Council joining us there from new york thank you for your time. And otherworldly a speculation is growing about the health and whereabouts of north koreas leader who hasnt been seen in public for 2 weeks now satellite Images Released by Monitoring Group suggest on may have traveled to his beach resort the Reuters News Agency says china has sent a team of doctors to save him after the hot procedure rumors of a kims health have been swelling since he failed to appear at an event marking is a crown fathers birthday on april 15th jim walsh is a Senior Research associate at the Security Studies program at Massachusetts Institute of technology he says a speculation is part of a familiar pot we played this game before with him and with previous leaders where weve said oh hes disappeared for 2 weeks hes disappeared 2 or 3 weeks you know it does that mean he might die similarly with the Supreme Leader in iran durbin numerous rumors about imminent demise that never came true you know its a pandemic right in north korea where does north korea live right next to that country where the corona virus originated now north koreas you know it has any cases i find it hard to believe im not saying he would. Have contracted it obviously Boris Johnson did so you know a do we have a smoking gun here that something is a raw you know because of the focus on covered 9000. 00 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we havent been thinking about north korea but it north korea if the leader darrius in a context in which theres a Global Pandemic its under sanctions and entering a recession is joining an economy declines thats a big deal and we might want to think about that before it happens rather than after it happens. They call on a virus crisis now and the World Health Organization has warned there is no evidence that people who recover from call that 1000 are any until the infection several countries including the u. K. Are considering issuing immunity passes to the patients have recovered but the w. H. O. Says that could be risky from london really challenge house for the u. K. Is one of many countries that has been looking at the idea of immunity passports this would be a way for people or some people at least to go back to work if they could prove that they already have had covert 19 and therefore its assumed that they have an immunity i would be able to get it again or pass it on parts the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is not keen on this idea for this reason well we do certainly understand the intention of trying to see who can go safely back to work who be of ranch. Risk free. Other people but unfortunately from the scientific point of view we simply dont know for a person who has been infected with. 90. 2. Gets this immunity and if it gets the immunity how long this immunity is lasting now there are always problems with the immunity passport idea to start with for one thing its very divisive if you have some people who are allowed to go back to work and some people arent at a time when most governments ratchet trying to unify their populations and say were all in this together but this verdict from the w. H. O. That people dont necessarily have immunity anyway and also saying that the testing to prove this or not is a bit sketchy at the moment to the best well i think that kills the immunity passport idea for the moment at least until the science can suggest otherwise. Still ahead on aljazeera as catholics head back to church in south korea we ask if life fair could be snowy returning to normal past. That out but he coronavirus knocked down protesters in parts of europe demand an easing of frustrations. Had a few showers into the northeast of the United States some blustery conditions as well but really the good news is those severe thunderstorms they are not in the fore calls for the next couple of days however out across the southwest we go play skies and some very high temperatures at least 10 degrees above the average into Southern California clear blue skies very warm indeed in the societies how much is really on the high side 31 in los angeles on sunday 20 celsius in San Francisco so feeling a lot better for you this is the area of rain on sunday worked his way through the high valley pushing up into the northeast as blustery winds and that rain keeping those temperatures a little bit lower and in fact just 10 celsius in new york on monday but then you come across to the west where we have got these heat warnings in place and the red really shows it very clearly says Southern California nevada and also phoenix into arizona particularly just look at this temperature for the next few days monday choose in by wednesday 40 celsius and thats against a pretty warm april average anyway of 30 degrees celsius now is pretty well as well throughout much of the caribbean and Central America some showers through florida the bahamas as we go through sunday and also a fair amount of rain by sunday on monday into these coastal areas of mexico but it should be dry in mexico city with a high of 22. On counting the cost billions now to save trillions lost economic output the backplane hunt is gone and of all produced a covert 1000. 00 test kit for 1. 00 plus u. S. Oil drop all maligned as proof sinks into negative territory. Counting a cost on aljazeera. Every generation has a higher purpose. Hours. The end of. Watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories yemen saddam Transitional Council based in aden has declared a state of emergency and says it will establish self rule the Secessionist Movement blames the saudi government for failing to improve the lives of many as the fight for control of yemen is now in its 6th year the World Health Organization says theres no evidence people has recovered from covert 1000 developed immunity to the virus its aging governments not to issue socalled immunity pownce of course because of concerns they could increase the spread of the virus and speculation is growing about the health and whereabouts of north koreas leader who hasnt been seen in public for 2 weeks satellite images to test kim jong un may have traveled to his beach resort the Reuters News Agency says china has sent a team of doctors to treat him. Not to south korea way catholics are attending mass for the 1st time since law don measures were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and speak to rob mcbride in seoul for us so rob it seems another sign of life returning to normal in soccer. I think thats how many people here in south korea would regard this that it is another indication of things returning to Something Like normalcy after but it has been a very long road its almost 2 months since churches like the Catholic Church decided it was simply too risky to hold masses and services instead preferring to hold services on line and its only now this sunday that the Catholic Church has decided it is safe for people to come back to churches but only under the most stringent of precautions were at the main cathedral here in seoul its able to take a congregation of up to 1000. 00 people but the congregation for each mass is around about a quarter of that only 260 people are being allowed in for each service and older to get into the cathedral you have to turn up early you have to take a number when all of your details are taken who you are where you could be contacted in case there is a case of infection they will know exactly who is in each congregation its all part of the Contact Tracing that the South Koreans seem to be so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time to get into the cathedral with the usual precautions being taken of Hand Sanitizer being used making sure everyone wears a mask that there are separate distances between them in the pews and then even precautions in place when people take communion so that there is reducing the risk of infection but people weve been speaking to believe despite all of these precautions which are they are grateful to be finally allowed to back into their places of worship but of course the concern is that they could be as 2nd wave of infections every stage and cold and what precautions is a government taking to avoid this. Thats right i mean we see that with the numbers seem to bear out the fact that the south korean authorities are very much on top of this it would seem in the last few days weve had around about 10 cases new cases per day pretty much all of those cases have been from outside so very little new cases here in south korea and the concern is as elsewhere that certain fatigue sets in the South Koreans rely upon rather than having mandating lockdowns and so on they rely upon public cooperation which they largely get but we are seeing signs of maybe larger crowds gathering next week for example we have a few Public Holidays coming while on top of each other and it does seem as though Many South Koreans although they cant travel outside of south korea very easily they are taking that opportunity to book holidays in resorts around south korea booking plane tickets so the concern for the or thirtys here is that as people do travel more they do congregate more that they do it safely thank you for that rob mcbride reporting live from seoul now hundreds of people have protested against coronavirus long don measures at the polish german border many of them the commuters who live in poland and work in germany since the border close if been unable to cross all and has been on lockdown since mid march and has also imposed a mandatory 2 week or untying for those who enter its territory there were also protests in the german cities. Guard against coronavirus restrictions chanting slogans like i want my life back protesters demanded knock down restrictions be calling them a violation of their fundamental rights and hes wearing riot gear and face masks detained more than 100 people. Now zimbabwe has had to extend its nationwide because of a rise in corona virus cases but the rest come at a cost raising concerns that a food crisis affecting half of the population will get worse reports the world most of the struggling to put food on the table these women are grateful for any kind of assistance years of drought rising inflation and now coronavirus have seen food prices soar several families are now eating lists many say they know not much will change until. Eased or scrapped it early may. Remove his killing people sure you tune in for that. We are not a doctor. So were waiting for what were waiting for the troops to get after training to see what is going to happen next the World Food Program says half of the population needs food aid a Poverty Assessment done by the government and aid agencies last fall nearly 80 percent of families in urban areas are hungry the. Local 1000000 companies try to cope with whats available the pandemic has made it difficult to buy more grain from abroad. Some of this countrys only look to. Export ban but what it seems done is that the infrastructure of the whole system of exporting is not bridge also and some of the ships that are pretty concerning this aid and also objected to quarantine of the station there so this is the. Position of one. Of the families in rural areas are also struggling the rains have been erratic many havent managed to grow much food now the Global Health crisis is making more families here vulnerable. Priority is given to the sick and the elderly and even here people are being encouraged to practice social distancing but masks and gloves and Hand Sanitizers are in short supply and thats the case all over the country. The bobbies unofficial Unemployment Rate is more than 80 percent most people live hand to mouth the government is vulnerable households will receive cash transfers over the next 3 months thats less than 10. 00 per person every month businesses have been told by the state not to increase the prices of basic commodities but in previous years whenever an official price freeze was imposed elated panic buying shortages and even more frustration. Aljazeera zimbabwe. The british Prime Minister is you to return to work on monday 2 weeks after he was discharged from the hospital where he was treated for corona virus or is johnson has been recovering at his country residence and is said to be raring to go it comes as the government denies there have been mixed messages over the lockdown measures. Now to sweden where a group of indigenous reindeer headers have become the target of revenge attacks it follows a Landmark Court ruling in january in which they won back exclusive hunting and fishing rights in the arctic region where they live or rees reports from vice are not near the norwegian border. This is modern day reindeer herding. Swedens indigenous saw me people crossing frozen lakes on snowmobiles to feed the reindeer by hand a symptom of their disappearing pastures here in the arctic reindeer herding so important for the culture in sweden we are struggling to you know skipping reindeer to sort of iraq winter and its very costly and puts a lot of strain some families and. The effects of Climate Change on the impact of mining and dams are part of a growing list of problems adding to that strain these reindeer have been moved up into the mountains for the spring and summer where the spike all the dangers that face them they should at least be safe from a new one the to merged over the winter that new danger was a spate of killings of reindeer suspected to have been carried out by swedish neighbors in retaliation for a court case that the Sami Community won against the government and which gave them back the right to decide who hunts and fishes on their land loss is one of those who has found his animals slaughtered in the words. I let my reindeer loose here and a man drove up and said you dont come here with your reindeer or will shoot them weve already shot civil rights and if i meet you alone in the forest ill shoot you too its been a tense winter most of the swedes are good people but we have this clique that has such hatred towards reindeer and reindeer hooters. Tensions rose in january after sweden Supremes Court ruled in favor of the saw meet reindeer herding union and get us whose land stretches some 300 kilometers from here near the norwegian border it could set a precedent for 50 other such areas covering half of sweden and may also hinder plans for more wind and water power plants and mines which have already decimated reindeer pastures the government in stockholm has condemned what it described as racism threats and hate again. The saw me but hasnt commented on any strengthening of their rights and also maybe there was a box on the Supreme Court stated that the International Indigenous rights conventions sweden is bombed by must be observed decisions affecting the saami we must see changes in legislation and see it applied not least when it comes to maiming and forestry. Back up north of the cases caused uncertainty both for swedish hunters who now need missions from the reindeer herd is union and for saw me who dont have membership tempering enthusiasm for what is a rare victory for their people and while the coronavirus devastates the economy the creation of yet more industry on these lands could be a bigger party than giving the salmi a real say in the destiny of the country whole race aljazeera vice a sweet and. Well again im fully back to bill with the headlines on yemens Southern Transitional council based in aden has declared a state of emergency and says it will establish a self rule the Secessionist Movement blames the saudi banks governmental failing to involve the lives of yemenis to find full control of yemen is now in its 6th year and while helpful in a zation says there is no evidence that people who have recovered from corona virus develop immunity from the virus as aging governments not to issue socalled immunity passports because of concerns they could increase have spread or a challenge has more from london. Now there are always problems with the immunity passport idea to start with for one thing its very divisive if you have some people who are allowed to go back to work and some people are at a time when most governments are actually trying to unify their populations and say were all in this together but this verdict from the w. H. O. That people dont necessarily have immunity anyway and also saying that the testing to prove this or not is a bit sketchy at the moment at the best but i think that kills the immunity passport idea for the moment at least until a science can suggest otherwise. Speculation is growing about the health and whereabouts of north koreas leader who hasnt been seen in public for 2 weeks satellite Images Released by a Monitoring Group suggest kim jong un may have traveled to his beach resort the Reuters News Agency says china has sent a team of doctors to treat him catholics in south korea are attending mass for the 1st time since lockdown measures were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic the government seizing social distancing measures as a daily number of new cases remains low is being seen as a sign that life is slowly returning to normal hundreds of people have gathered at the polish german border to protest against don measures many of them commuters who live in poland and work in germany have been unable to cross since the border were shut for land has been on lockdown since mid march and has also imposed a mandatory 2 we quarantine for those who enter its territory. 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