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And miles persecution of muslims likening it to genocide well talk live to un special rapporteur young elite. Down. The giant asteroid is hurtling past earth. Strong in most. Sports including more doubts around the Tokyo Olympics is japans Prime Minister says it will be impossible to host the games next year unless the coronavirus is contained. For weeks planes have been grounded ships docked and factories closed around the world all an effort to counter the coronavirus pandemic well now the impact on the Global Economy is becoming clearer as Companies Start reporting their 1st Quarter Results the Aviation Industry for example its reeling and is expected now to take years to recover British Airways for example cutting over a quarter of its. And ab os when its posted a loss of half a 1000000000. 00 its all led to a worldwide collapse in the demand for oil and its price its now a surplus and no way to store its major exporters like saudi arabia and venezuela are feeling the crunch the kingdom suffered a 9000000000. 00 deficit in the 1st quarter all revenues fell 24 percent will have more on that in a moment but 1st the oil glocks is creating a strange spectacle off the coast of California Well grounds reports from los angeles. A sign of Global Economic breakdown floating offshore dozens of huge oil tankers sedate her 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 imbalance in supply and demand in the oil markets be asleep driven by significant demand contraction as a result of the economic slowdown translated from corporate economic 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 leads jet fuel u. S. Consumption of petrol diesel and Aviation Fuel plummeted 31 percent since mid march with the price of benchmark texas crude down 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 well 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 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 glop depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus Industry Experts say it may be months before those oil tankers get on load their cargo rob reynolds aljazeera and piedro california. As rob mentioned in his report a flayed of saudi old tank is approaching the u. S. But there are a cause for President Donald Trump to stop imports of saudi crude according to the industry website tanko trackers 50000000 barrels of oil are on their way to the u. S. Marine traffic shows at least 24. 00 saudi tankers on route around Southern Africa theyre apparently bound for terminals in the gulf of mexico for delivery to refineries and storage sites in texas and louisiana but some politicians in washington want them turned back or oil prices have sunk to rec hold lows and are threatening us for juices alex is president of Energy Intelligence he joins us by skype from london good to have you with us so we start with whats going on with the decline in saudi all revenues what does that mean for the world right now. Thanks for having me sam in. The decline in saudi revenues is going to mainly impact the way that saudi arabia has to manage its economy and so 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 the budget has to be adjusted and of course the main driver of that as you just mentioned in last segment is the giant decline in oil prices if you look at that 1st quarter 2019 versus the 1st quarter 2020 its about a 10. 00 decrease in the sort of average will cross over that time so thats no major impact and so economy thats got a major impact to what saudi arabia can spend money on and thats going to sort of change the way its going to be out in the upper us 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 to klein 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 their prices as well as the general saudi economy but i think if im the saudi plan or if im looking at the saudi economy Going Forward its really about that next 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 of that agreement from about 10000000 barrels a down to 8500000 barrels a day thats significantly less oil that it will produce and work spectacle prices be a lot lower than salary but actually expected so chancer question if you will i mean you will see less revenue coming into the saudi budget this year and we should expect a bigger deficit and therefore requirement to borrow and or toronto of all thats exactly my next question then if the deficit is going to be bigger than 50000000000 and 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 were saying with the saudi finance minister and so recently about capping. The amount theyre going to draw down preserves that may have to be revisited and they dont do that theyre going to have to turn to debt markets and you know the ballooning debt it is going to have a serious impact on saudi economy no lets be clear they do have a capacity to borrow and in the short term theyre going to be able to kind of cover this the issue is if if Lower Oil Prices and the coronavirus an impact on saudi economy revenues last longer than a few quarters the oil price stays low around 20. 00 the rest of the ear and then were at a situation where its going to be a lot more difficult to cover that deficit and what youre going to have to do is start cutting spending again you know putting things in a global context because were seeing a lot of all producers right now going to be facing some really hard choices what does this add up to for you know the forecast for for the World Economy for global growth. Well i mean i think its going to be catastrophic across the board and you know oil oil is if youre an oil producer of any sorts youre rapidly revising any projections and probably your worst Case Projections youre looking at again saying actually we did we can possibly think of it as bad if youre a producer thats a really bad story and i think youre hoping were with as much the hope as you can that. The opec cuts are going to do somewhat something to increase oil prices you know potentially the 3rd or 4th quarter for the Global Economy you know it as you mentioned the us sector in the Airline Industry is decimated many searches are decimated so you know it is going to have a long tail at least we think its going to have a long tail on the economy are multiple different fronts or i thank you so much for analysis on that. Lets focus on the global Aviation Industry now now the sector taking a huge hit from the pandemic time making giant ambassadors posted a 1st quarter loss of half a 1000000000. 00 the c. E. O. Is warning its the greatest crisis the industrys ever known boeing has already announced plans to cut as many as 7000. 00 jobs its chief executive predicts Global Airline revenues could drop by more than 300000000000 dollars this year he says theyll take years to recover and British Airways is set to cut up to 12000. 00 jobs a valid 3rd of its workforce the airline has suspended 96 percent of flights for april and may top ban team 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 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 that 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 to ferals of the earth deliveries because they simply dont want a paragraph right now as we all know now that theres some recovery when it comes is not going to be a sharp v. Shaped recovery is going to be a long you shaped recovery and its going to be a long time before the air transport network is good to be back where it was before the crisis that were talking about a year up to 2 years so thats another one time career wise to hold out for the plane makers to hold out they certainly need all the help they can get from governments from the 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. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including. In venezuela fuel prices are rising bucking the global trend well tell you why extreme measures in el salvadors prisons the president orders a crackdown after an outbreak of brutal violence and its called the french football season canceled but can be very says your main still compete in the Champions League. 11 a Central Bank Governor has defended his organizations role during the economic crisis protests against lebanons deepening deepening financial problems have turned violent for 2 nights in a row in the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators set fire to a bank and hold rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the Central Banks governor says its only it only fires is the government and is not responsible for how any of the money is spent. We hide nothing in the central bank of lebanon nothing is being done unilaterally and the central bank expenditure belongs to the Financial System in lebanon other than that it is an attack that im not telling the truth to the public of lebanon in order to increase the campaign against the governor of the central bank. That ahold of joins us now live from beirut so i think what we heard the same though was the Central Bank Governor figuratively as well as really passing the buck to the government right now is not going down. Both sides are blaming each other for lebanons worst economic crisis in decades for the collapse of the economy for the states near bankruptcy a few days ago the lebanese Prime Minister has even insinuated he went as far as to insinuate that the Central Bank Governor is tampering with Financial Stability for political gains that he was engineering the collapse of the currency to topple the government today were hearing from the Central Bank Governor saying ive been very transparent the government has been involved in the decisions ive been taking i have never acted unilaterally and that the central bank was funding the state then it was the states which was spending the money but what is interesting is that he is seeing this as a campaign against the Financial Institution and against himself because at the end of the day in lebanon there is a power struggle and you cannot you know discount the fact that what is happening is that you have a government that is being accused of trying to control the Financial Sector the government is controlled by hezbollah the iranian backed group and their allies the opposition which is supporting me who is seen as pro american and in fact the u. S. Assistant secretary of state David Schenker yesterday said that. Has been implementing u. S. Sanctions against hezbollah so you have these 2 camps and theyre both accusing each other of trying to topple each other accusing each other of trying to stage a coup and in the interim the economic crisis is only worsening and peoples livelihoods are at stake. Theres lots to cover in terms of policy options of a 1st least explain to us what the situation is like right now on the streets we had a 2nd night of violence in tripoli how quiet is the north how quiet is it where you are in beirut. Well there is a cautious calm over the past 2 nights protests turned into riots people are angry theyre desperate many have lost their jobs over the past few months. The lebanese currency it has devalued by 60 Percent Inflation up by more than 50 percent of the majority of lebanese are in their money in the local currency so when you go to the supermarket term money really is worthless so people are growing frustrated they want the government to come up with a plan but the government is in a very difficult position because it is close to bankruptcy and it seems the only alternative they have is to go to the i. M. F. And some politicians dont want to do that theyre reluctant because by doing so they lose control of the economy they lose their political power they lose control over the states resources which they have been accused of using for political gain and so the situation is dire peoples savings are locked in banks are informal capital controls and now even if you have a dollar a dollar currency deposits in the bank youre only allowed to withdraw in lebanese lira which i said has lost value so what options does the government then have it sounds like see the bankruptcy all except thing money from the i. M. F. Which we all know will come with heavy strings usually attached and usually those strings calls a lot more pain in the short term at least. Yes some politicians exactly they raise concerns about growing are going to the i. M. F. Because of the austerity measures is going to hurt the poor theyre going to have to raise taxes one of the conditions what we understand is that politicians will have to trim the Public Sector because theres a lot of money being wasted in the in the Public Sector but politicians have been using the Public Sector to absorb unemployment among their own constituencies they give jobs to their supporters so its going to be very difficult for them to carry out those reforms but if you think about it right now the Public Sector employees their income now is worthless because of the currency collapse so politicians have been governing this country for decades now are slowly becoming weaker and thats how were seeing we saw the American Ambassador she met the Prime Minister yesterday she did condemn the the riots saying that violence is not the way forward but what were hearing from western politicians as well as our politicians is that you need to carry out reforms that is the only condition we have to unlock billions of dollars in aid now whether or not the politicians behind the scenes are trying to come up with some sort of political deal because at the end of the day lebanon has always been a battleground for outside powers who use their local allies to come up with the wood to change the balance of power if you like in this country will have to wait and see but right now the government is working on a rescue plan but it still has not presented it formally to the lebanese public. And some good reporting about Foreign Correspondent that a hole in beirut. The uns top human rights representative to me and morris stepping down after spending 6 years raising the alarm about alleged atrocities committed against muslims in a final report young lady said the militarys actions bore the hallmarks of genocide on slowly has more. The human rights envoy to myanmar made her pronouncement visit to myanmar in january 2017 she seen here in Rakhine State in august of that year myanmar Security Forces attacked the mainly Muslim Minority there and the myanmar government has not allowed to visit since military commanders said the crackdown was in response to attacks on security posts at bahrain get fighters nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 rahane get escaped over the border to bomb british many reported rape torture and abuse by soldiers and protest more cops to gambia accused me of genocide against their will and launched a case at the International Court of justice last november and most leader Aung San Suu Kyi tonight the charges and defended her country for a grant to free the gambia is placed before the court and incomplete and misleading factual picture of the situation in Rakhine State and. Yet it is of the actos importance that the court assess a situation of changing on the ground and a crime dispassionately and accurate for the remainder little has changed in becoming the still denied citizenship are unable to move freely and have little access to health care and education mere mine has done nothing to dismantle the system of violence and persecution and the rohinton remain in return to live in the same dire circumstances that they did prior to the events of august 2017. Many have tried to escape to neighboring countries risking their lives with people smugglers but increasingly no country wants to let the men the Malaysian Navy recently prevented a boat carrying around 200 rangar refugees from landing and last week the bangladeshi foreign minister said 2 other boats carrying around 500 people in the bay of bengal wouldnt be accepted either. In the last 2 years the rangar have also been caught in the fighting between the Myanmar Military and the our economy fighters for the armed groups. The un says fighting has intensified with near daily reports of violence tens of thousands of civilians. Have been forced from their homes the myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout in several townships for months and the governments accused of arresting journalists and government critics in her final report to the United Nations Human Rights Council last month lease said the optimism she had when she started the job 6 years ago has been lost and shes watched devastation and tragedy since florence aljazeera a little boy or a young joins us now by skype from seoul in south korea absolutely delighted to have you thanks for joining us now in your latest statement you for that you said that you believe them in monetary may be inflicting renewed suffering on communities in some of the conflict ridden states can you tell us what exactly is the military doing. Well what i have stated is that the military is really nearly crimes against humanity and war crimes in the state of time and now this my trance cities are being spread throughout the kind and state as we are speaking now really getting daily reports of more shelling more at your rank and serial year in shares the brunt of this and the ranger caught in the middle too but i have to say that this time the right kind of community is the community that is most in danger and has suffered a lot along with. The morale and the Chain Community do you believe that the military is deliberately targeting civilians for the shelling and the actions you are talking about 100. 00 records that from the reports i get its really difficult to say that theyre not tiny deliberately targeting because it they know where the houses are really know what the religious right are now where schools are one monastery results yet and shellings and bombings continue and its really hard to believe that theyre not targeting civilians right. Human Rights Groups Like Amnesty International Human Rights Watch several of them theyve said that miramar forat hes practiced ethnic cleansing against throwing good muslims do you agree with that. Yes and i dont say that in my previous. Reports and statements that this is a hallmark of just then a side and it is attributed but no i legit really looks like ethnic cleansing when you say it bears the hallmarks of genocide basically do you believe that they are committing genocide or worse anything well its not nice change is conducting its trial deliberating and conducting its trial and its for the court to decide but they are clearly not an official who im sure gets a lot more privileged information what is your personal conclusion on the question of genocide well i cant come out with your control of this with a court that is mandated to deal with genocide and it comes out with a decision and i saying again i repeat the hallmark subject. Right are you disappointed with Aung San Suu Kyi utterly utterly disappointed do you feel why do you feel disappoint let me put the question that way. Well we all knew that she was put on a pedestal puir 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 oath as a mistake to counsellor all of her actions and her words statements point otherwise and recently when the endemic 19 how she is supporting and giving more power to my doll in containing going to whites right and also end the corentin aspect of managing coverage 19 that really scares me and and how she had pretty straight. Tech my jaw in the day during the ice and j. Is also very alarming and is very indicative of how she has changed her stance or maybe i know i still would like to believe she can change what how 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 democracy icon and peace and not a pen long conference there peace negotiations rigzin has faltered there is no peace going on theres not even a ceasefire in the other ethnic areas right now there is heavy fighting there im wondering after you know years on this very difficult job. Which is extremely important for human rights do you have any regrets well. I dont have any regrets the only regret that i have is that. I spent i did cut compromise a lot of my own house and a lot of my own now time in my day job as a professor and scholar and that is the only regret that i have. I dont have any regrets and supply is what i was able to do or what i was not able to do it was unfortunate that the government denied access after 2079 december because i think it really then 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 going to hide the situation or am you. Yes of course i was getting too close to this situation or kind and elsewhere is getting too close into the kitchen and is into schon areas for its happening in the mining areas whats going on in china you then theres 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 to situate the massacre of the indian and to let telly. 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 dont think so and it could be evidence that may not please the western community or for us in the are right still to but definitely i would have had direct access but the problem is they will not give me access to and didnt want to let a leak theyve been very good about preventing me from going again but people come to me and when i go to the senate you know people will stick little notes to me stick little pictures to my hand and i can see that and i these are very valuable information that i have collected a lot of information and after that 2016 are toper attacks the legit attacks in the post police post they allowed me to go to Northern Rock kind i went to your model with you dont write it down in time and i saw what happened how that houses and villages were raised to the ground tonight a chance to talk with people although many of the people had feared reprisals and i had to be very careful not to put people in harms way but nevertheless i was able to get some of the information that was very needed and important youve said that you felt you know the scriptures by human rights organizations that said ethnic cleansing was being practiced in 2017 or 18 is accurate do you fear now but if the world looks the other way for busy with coronavirus theyll be another camp of what is going on now is or will turn into ethnic cleansing. Let me take you back into history of just a little bit in 1000 in the ninetys there was a scorched Earth Campaign in the eastern side or northern and eastern side. Where hundreds and thousands of people have to lead from. The northern shonen cayennes and state to thailand and other areas it was a saying to the ethnic minorities went through this burning out of their villages and they were driven out of their villages and theyre still they still cant go back theyre still in limbo in refugee camps and the border areas that that was in the ninetys when we didnt have Internet Access and not. Mobile mobility connectivity. And we saw in 20121416 where the 16 was really the premiere to the 2017 right 80000 people had been for us a great deported to coxs desired. Resawing what happened it was the same modus operandi raising down diligence. Burning people in the houses looting bodies decapitated body its a massive gallery. Putting children throwing babies and children into the fire and i have. Seen it with my own eyes it gets of those atrocities and now what theyre doing now is the same thing to their returning their riches do you feel that that ethnic cleansing could be going on right now while the world is is distracted with the coronavirus and other things now and other ethnic minorities the same things are happening that has happened in where the ranges so anybody who is not. Farma majority in the ethnic minorities in israel danger as as race as we speak to you now the Chin Community and the Retirement Community and the road to ruin just are still in stock and Northern Rock cant run and many are stuck in. Central recurring or its been fascinating talking to you i wish i had more time but thank you very much for your time and i really want to say one thing that what really hasnt learned me. Simcoe are 8 registration runs out at the end of april the government said they have to register or reregister for sim cards if they dont in this happened before the code 8900 and then they kept it now if that sim Card Registration does not get extended then people will lose their mobility their mobile connectivity model for fans will not be able to function and the people in these areas will not be able to communicate to people outside. Very worrying scenario that would be thank you very much United Nations special offer turned on me and my younger leave that. All right lets shift gears a little bit catch up with some hopefully good news in the weather there are a lot of things i said we have seen the rainfall into the eastern side of south africa along the eastern cape this marine in canada a good ride but you can also. Really nice for a its been unusually heavy it has to be said a little bit of slowly but its moving away so thats the good news is that every you can see this hook of cloud and thats always indicative of some very heavy rainfall as a service in the process of moving away but poor word is equally nazzaro had 63 millimeters of rain so about a months worth of rifle as i said it is in the process of moving away so hopefully we will see things improving nicely as we go on through the next couple of days and that will be of some benefit cross that is a side of the country so some dry weather gradually makes its way through as we go through wednesday and on into thursday brighter skies come back a bit it is looking good by that stage further north the rain not quite says as welcome i suspect into the eastern side of tanzania pushing across into the southeast of of kenya we are seeing some very heavy rain for him more big downpours as we go on through the next couple of days the showers extend their way across the other side of africa into west africa or into the gulf of guinea the seasonal rains doing quite nicely as they should be really pushing up into the university for example pushing up into a good part of liberia and also into sierra leone from northern parts of africa here it is dry we got a few showers still lurking around the Atlas Mountains for the time being but it is in the process of brightening up a pleasant sunshine over the next couple of days thanks so much have been. Now venezuelas new oil minister has been formally indicted in the us for Drug Trafficking his appointment and military control of the state oil firm which is the lifeblood of its broken economy more now from latin america and its honestly human. These cows are having a field day eating vegetables that many ordinary venezuelans cant realize that farmers in leg are having to throw away their produce because theres no petrol to take it to market. This is my bread and butter the only thing i have to support my family. President Nicolas Maduro blames u. S. Economic sanctions for an acute petrol shortage thats causing havoc now hes removed the president of the state oil company pay this out and replaced him with a key confidant that it is sammy whos been indicted by the u. S. Justice department for alleged Drug Trafficking. This comes just days after the trumpet ministration gave chevron corp the last major u. S. Oil Company Operating in mn is way lower its a marching orders the treasurer has announced a new nearly limited license for 7 months or to allow companies that are operating there to begin their wind down process the white house is hoping that more of the same sanctions but under worsening circumstances will finally convince the army to oust model. The baloney happen when the military feels confident that theyll maintain their Corporate Power their physical integrity and their economic interests are a long way from that because for example the head of the military is on washingtons blacklist its an inconsistent strategy meanwhile an ngo the tracks Political Prisoners reports that at least 70 people have been detained in the last 5 weeks since the nationwide cold in 1000 lockdown was declared that includes 11 active and retired members of the National Guard involved in an alleged fort uprising last week. Opposition deputy one by kneepads says maduro is using the quarantine to further social control. Absolutely everything to give the impression that everything is under control when the worst is still to come and now there are no signs of a political solution that could economic sanctions and hardships but with the crisis of such magnitude even the unthinkable is possible to see in human aljazeera. Brazils president says he can work miracles to prevent coronavirus deaths. Are narrow dismiss questions about brazils covered 900 cases a passing chinas infections the president had earlier described coronavirus as a little flu has called for businesses to open even if it allowed the contagion to spread more than 5000 deaths are reported with 73000 infections. I was out of a dolls president has launched a crackdown on gang members in its presence it comes after the country saw its highest single day homicide tally on friday with 22 People Killed prison Officials Say inmates are using the pandemic to cover their crimes but human rights activists claim president. Tactics go too far john on the false. Extreme measures in a prison sealing off cells so that gang members cant make contact with the outside world no. No ray of sunlight will enter to still were going to look all lined up site so that they can not have any type of communication. Authorities say that many hits in the violence play country is from jail and in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic told to move killings. Last week and dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 stripped him 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 lives he also said Security Forces can now use lethal force against gang members on the streets human Rights Groups have denounced the measures 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 one to transport company told us theyve murdered more than a 1000 people in his 2nd. And squeeze almost 20000000. 00 a year from operators where system look at this is what every government needs to do after criminal groups are affecting the population is stopping the countrys economy from developing believes that he can do is take a firm line and establish order they can look to have away. From president remains extremely popular for now it seems many salvadorans support his hardline stance john homan does either. U. S. President are trampas ordered Meat Processing plants to stay open despite concerns about worker safety production was stopped in around 20 of the countrys factories after many workers fell ill responding to warnings of a global mean shortage trump assigned to the executive order to reopen the plants the order gives Companies Legal cover in case employees catch the virus unions have criticized the president s decision saying it puts employees at risk its less than 3 months since the us reported its 1st coronavirus death now the number of fatalities stands at 58000 the infection rate is past the 1000000 mark gabriel as on the reports from new york the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak. The courtenay did fly over by the u. S. Air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for Health Care Workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u. S. Krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than 20000000. 00 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than 300000000. 00 americans under stay at home warders transforming even the busiest cities like new york into ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over 1000000 cases in the u. S. President trump is accused of being slow to take over 1000 seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u. S. He said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the American People remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacularly wrong as a country and economy shutdown trump and america as a whole were forced to face the stark reality there were numerous missed opportunities in the long term investing in public out the budgets for Public Health in significantly decreased over the years and this would only way american public. Has really needed in our ability to respond in the more short term while most of those 1000000 confirmed cases in the u. S. Have been relatively mild many thousands more have not more than 50000 lives have been lost to cope at 19 and many thousands more are expected on tuesday trump was asked about his earlier predictions in the light of the new milestone will go down to 0 ultimately and you have to understand when it comes to cases we do much more testing than anybody else so we could go to some of these other countries you know as an example china if you test. Were going to show many more cases the United States and particularly new york are a long way from being over this Health Crisis and with persistent worries about large gatherings the streets could remain mostly empty through the end of the year leaving time for people to ponder questions such as when will this be over what will america be like when it is and what went wrong. Gabriels andro aljazeera new york. U. S. President might pences being criticized for not wearing a mosque during a visit to a Medical Center pens visited the mayo clinic in minnesota on tuesday the Research Center later said on twitter the Vice President had been informed of the mandatory mosque policy between has since been deleted. Nearly 70 people have died from corona virus at a care facility that cares for elderly veterans in the u. S. State of massachusetts another 160 residents and staff at the holyoke soldiers home have contracted the virus one blame Staff Shortages chinas annual National Peoples congress which was delayed by 2 months because of the crown virus and then it 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 unveil key economic targets for the year the event lasts about 10 days and is one of the countrys most important political meetings. A large asteroid has flown past the earth the space rock the so called 9980 all 2 didnt collide with our planet but it did get close enough for astronomers to study it and the calico ports 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 after tensional solutions to redirect them they are a 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 2029 ahead of planetary radar says their research is vital without the client there really are summations or or very expensive. We would actually be very. Good years and 9 so now we know that we dont have to do it that theyre really going to use those resources for 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 Say theyve tracked more than 90 percent of near Earth Objects that pose a global threat thankfully 9980 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 indian actor harlows died after having cancer the 53 year old began his career in Indian Television and Bollywood Movies and starred in several hollywood movies such as life of pi Jurassic Park and slumdog millionaire. Still ahead on aljazeera 2 of the biggest stars in the world of sport discuss the prospect of playing without fans. All right sports fans lets find out whats happening with the olympics because if youre stuck at home you need to at least be able to watch the games right yeah but you wont be able to watch it for now the game and then there are also fresh concerns over the take care lympics taking place even next year this time from the japanese Prime Minister shinzo always says it will be impossible to host the games next july unless the world wins the fight against current virus it follows comments by japans chopped up to that it would be difficult to stage the olympics without a vaccine. Only. 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 coronavirus otherwise it would be hard to hold the games meanwhile the International Committee member john coates disputes the idea that the games hinge on finding a vaccine he says the i. O. C. Continues to take advice from the World Health Organization which says they should keep planning for next july. Paris a man is still aiming to compete in the European Champions League even though the french domestic football season is set to be cancelled its 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 alone along with leo also remain in the Champions League competition or p. C. G chairman nasser. Respects the government decision but says that we plan on competing in the Champions League with the way for 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 all right lets bring in e. S. P. N. French Football Correspondent Jonathan Johnson who is in paris now jonathan lets start with p. S. G. The domestic season aside they seem more concerned about staying in the Champions League dont they. Thanks a lot for having me on yes they do and i think as well when you look at their situation with p. S. G. Its kind of understandable they would be a bit more concerned about the Champions League considering the fact that they are quite some way clear in in the league table and they dont reach 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 and its their Champions League ready 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 theyd be wanting to build on that that positive performance and also the fact that the Champions League at this moment in time when its being talked about is is you know its quite a way away any return to that competition would probably be in august which is you know the month before football is expected to return in france based on what the Prime Minister said yesterday and to intensively season when all we expect a decision on whether they are going to continue playing or whether its going to be scrapped altogether like in the netherlands and the standings and relegation situation that. Well it depends on who you are the French Football Federation president no like hyatts has already said the seasons are effectively ended in france so that would be league of the 2 professional says you know minister now which is a 7 professional 3rd tier in france and also the the professional womens top terror football so that would be all 4 divisions completely completely canceled it does seem like that is whats going to happen at the moment we should know by the end of the week but obviously 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 football 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 that relegation promotion goes ahead so this is all stuff that the Football League and possibly the french will federation if that brought in to make a casting votes will have to think 2 outs in the next couple of days with this meeting shut up with as they are and just very briefly to french players senior has welcomed them theyve take to end the season that have been growing unease ever recent weeks and. Yeah absolutely and i think that say you know the events of last week really hit hard when he is genius m. B. s became the 1st League Young Player to test positive for a coronavirus is something that happened months ago when the likes of its a he said but its something thats only recently touched french talk to football and i think a lot of peoples opinions on whether football is should go back to training and potentially you know go back to play your matches changed after after that incident all right Jonathan Johnson there in paris thank you very much thanks don. Now to sports biggest style steph curry and rory mcilroy have been discussing the prospects of competing without fans and its fair to say that theyre not convinced it will 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 that were not 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 dont know how that memorable in any stretch like you in the finals you know the trophy whatever obstacle and call it a championship but its still not like having an experience that thats what you want like you said the atmosphere all right that is so useful for now ill have more for you later sammy thanks so much all right well if you can get of course much more on our website if you want to stay abreast of all the stories being tell me about my stance here at aljazeera dot com this brings us to the end of the news hour when a fun show the good news is well be back in a moment with another fun part to stay with us on aljazeera from all the. 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