Fight against the pandemic one of the worst hit countries in asia reports no new local cases. And the u. S. City of miami starts to lift its lockdown restrictions despite a high number of cases. Im going to go with sports is italy its football season looks set to be scrapped players are about to start training again but the country sports minister wants to follow france and the netherlands and focus on next season instead. Its 10 g. M. T. And we start in europe where the economy has suffered its biggest quarterly hit on record shrinking by 3. 8 percent so far this year thats the eurozone sharpest drop since records began in 1995 so yet another indicator of the widespread economic devastation caused by the coronavirus lockdowns around the world all that comes after germany which is europes strongest economy announced its g. D. P. Is on track to shrink by more than 6 percent this year because straight to don. It came it joins us live from len so dominic we were expecting of course the economy to take a hit in macho but how wiring all these figures and this sort of statistics the its a quite a poor line connecting us sammy but i think you asked me about how worrying these figures are for the euro zone for the e. U. On a wide scale think clearly this is economic woes thats being announced here shrinking economies rising unemployment pretty much right across the board all of this remember the 1st 2 a quarter in which the pandemic really hold only in march but as a consequence yes this is just a 3 this is 3 the last 3 months for which we have figures but it begs the question was about april what will happen in may what will happen in june we know in this country in germany as you were saying in your introduction the government has already said it expects the economy the g. D. P. To shrink by more than 6 percent in this current towards the suggestion is that maybe a recession remove around 10 percent so clearly at the e. U. Level at the german level this is economic woe were talking about here and the doesnt really appear to be a great deal of light at the end of the tunnel as it were because the sorts of projections you hear from e. U. Officials from the German Government ministers saying oh we expect germany the economy to come roaring back in 2021 bowl fast of course is based on them being able to deal with corona virus being able to prevent a 2nd wave of infection being able to prevent prolonged lockdowns so as i say this is an economic war were seeing today and of course it refers only to the 1st quarter of the year doesnt mention what were all undergoing living through right now all right thanks so much dominic came in we apologize to our viewers weve also got a bit of a bad audie olav to dominate their. The n bag is a professional Research Fellow at the European Institute at the London School of economics he joins us now from london via skype good to have you with us so 1st of all im sure youve seen these latest economic figures are we getting if we take the the unemployment figure which i think has gone up for the countries by one percent are we getting into the real unemployment figure if you take into consideration all of that fire until a thats been pumped into the system to keep workers on payrolls nor yet because unemployment tends to occur later than the economic downturn to begin with Companies Hold on to employees but what you can expect to see next is a wave of redundancies being made in Many Industries there are a lot. And also amongst Small Businesses in the Service Sector which are the basis for a higher proportion of employment in many European Countries dont forget that in the likes of friends of the United Kingdom the number of people employed in manufacturing is under 10 percent of the total far more in her employed in retailing in restaurants and other leisure activities more in 2 or ism so we can expect much worse news coming in relation to unemployment at the same time its worth noting that several countries have adopted policies to try to shore up or mitigate that unemployment rise by keeping people on shorter working time as germanys courts are bite system for finding ways to furlough employees rather than render them completely unemployed so these are costly responses that we expect to come within a reasonable amount of time to try to to limit the adverse effect what is the risk of show that unemployment really turning into long term unemployment where its very severe because. If the results of the economic crisis that were going through i mean lets be clear on this nobody really knows what happens after the Current Quarter whether its going to be a buying spike or a prude prolonged recession it could be a v. Shaped recession which is down and out program or it could be down and then flat for a while and if its flat for a while thats going to mean very high levels of unemployment because people simply would be taken back onto the books of companies and its not just the unemployment figures that are watering right if you look at Economic Growth debt all the indicators seem to be going in the wrong direction right now how easy will you know what is it going to take to get all of these indicate is going in the right direction again. Well theres a very cruel paradox of the heart of this which is that governments need to slow down the economy to contain the virus this is a deliberate recession its not some Something Like the financial crisis where it came out of the blue i mean the challenge for governments is to work out exactly when to press the button to reste to mutilate the economy having closed it down thats going to be very difficult because its balancing the Health Imperatives with the economic imperatives are expected to occur as quickly as possible from the from the Health Perspective because so many governments are increasingly worried about the economics and economic damage thats being dumb they have the means of doing it the Central Banks have acted theyve made money available theyve cut Interest Rates below 0 governments when i was a huge fiscal packages and they got if i could jump in i dont know theyve done a lot of that this is basically taking on a lot of that havent they so its going to be a matter of you know just switching the on switch again they can be left with a lot of that to deal with. That would be a lot of debt and this is where the differences between countries are resilient they are in relation to the crisis comes to the fore italy went into this with high debt and low growth germany went in with much lower debt and therefore is much more scope for increasing the debt without getting into a perilous position where youre do have to look at countries like italy and greece which are taking a big economic hit as well as being less resilient and less prepared for it. Definitely a warring scenario thanks so much in back there thank you in Spanish Health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus deaths that along with 580 new infections been reported its the lowest daily increase in new cases since spain declared a state of emergency 6 weeks ago on march the 14th in the u. K. This hour Prime Minister baraks johnson is expected to leave his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since falling ill with the current virus he and his senior ministers are under added pressure after new figures released on wednesday pushed the number of deaths there more than 26000 its now the 2nd highest in europe after italy or for more on whats expected to happen at the meeting in the coming hours we go live now to in the barker in london a knave this is not going to be judging by the sort of issues which are facing the country right now theres not going to be any easing back into a physical presence in the weekly Cabinet Meetings for the Prime Minister right. Other has to be very very tough for Boris Johnson he returns obviously back to work in back to chairing this all important Cabinet Meeting after a very close call with a coronavirus himself also became a father again on wednesday in hopes that this would perhaps be the start of his paternity leave but thats not going to be the case for the Prime Minister he faces very very tough questions over the governments current handling of the crisis and what its plans are Going Forward when it comes to a strategy for lifting the lockdown we may hear how restrictions over time may starts to be lifted but what were not expecting to hear is a when so when bush johnson stands behind the podium at the downing street briefing later on were likely to hear Boris Johnson saying now is not the time to start lifting restrictions if too much too soon happens that the country could run the risk of a 2nd possibly even a 3rd spike in cases and given concerns that the u. K. Could soon become the worst effects expected country in europe the last in the government wants to do is put a foot wrong this current stage its 3 months to the day since the World Health Organization declared an International Health emergency a day after that britain left the European Union the governments been accused of being distracted by hops by trying to forge trade ties rather than dealing with the brewing Health Emergency that it faced under its nose and other Big Questions that the governments facing right now is whether or not it will reach its target of 100000 tests a day the deadline is midnight tonight hancock the Health Secretary said that he was optimistic that they would reach that target hes even waste 100 pound bets on reaching it but given the announcement on wednesday of Prime Ministers questions the Statement Given by the government that they dont reach the top. It of 73000. 00 so some way off the pressure most certainly on whether or not but hancock will win the bet well were going to get a few hours to say we should have a clear idea by friday Late Afternoon possibly into the weekend whether or not the government has achieved the all important target thanks so much neves barca staying in the u. K. And a partnership has been struck between the university of oxford and global heigho Pharmaceutical Company asked resent it so to develop and mass produce covert 19 vaccine thats currently being worked on but i dont know how reports the success of social distancing may cause the vaccine to be delayed. This is the new normal the to me to safe distance we must keep that defines life for many people now. And danger for those who cant. But for how long when will it end. The answer in part lies in the global race for a vaccine against coded 19 edward oneil is a medical research or taking part in what is currently the worlds most well advanced vaccine trial at Oxford University there is a very good well qualified tame trying to do everything they can as carefully and as quick as they can so that we have great confidence in the results i myself am one of many volunteers who wanted to be part of it i think we all want to have the lockdown to end but more importantly to help save lives scientists at oxfords gena institute began a trial involving 1100 people last week which theyre expanding to 6000 participants in may if successful and with a fast track to approval from the regulator the 1st few 1000000 doses of a vaccine could be available by september and theyve just received good news from labs in the United States where half a dozen rhesus macaque monkeys the closest animal species to humans were given the oxford back scene and then exposed to large quantities of the virus 28 days later all 6 were reported healthy thats no guarantee of success of course and nor of the oxford scientists alone as a Chinese Company thats also had positive results with a rhesus macaque monkeys there are at least 2 u. S. Companies and a german one that have launched small scale Clinical Trials and theyre among dozens into which millions of dollars are being poured in the search for a vaccine the Scientific Community is only cautiously optimistic with many vaccines you only get a proportion of the population becomes of me in and so the virus can keep circulating but a much lower rate so we should hope that any scene will absolutely limit. In a matter of months or even years but it should be very helpful in helping control works and. And the challenges mount daily successful trials depend on participants injected with the vaccine being exposed naturally to the virus. As infection rates decline in some parts of the world that becomes harder to achieve the success of social distancing measures therefore the new normal may paradoxically make the wait for a vaccine even longer jonah hold aljazeera oxford. And the top Health Adviser in the us has confirmed theyre seeing progress there in trials with the antiviral drug around their severe doctor and she says the average Recovery Time has been cut from 15. 00 to 11. 00 days the u. S. National institutes of Health Reports the mortality rate dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 percent slightly more still ahead on the news hour including the libyan war after announces a cease fire during ramadan soon after launching another attack on tripoli. Fly past and a promotion for a british war veteran this turns 100. 00 captain tom moore raise more than 37000000. 00 for the u. K. National health service. And well hear from the u. S. Is top Health Advisor who tells a baseball star how often get back to playing the ball during the pandemic. For the 1st time in 2 months south korea has no new domestic cases of the disease eased restrictions have allowed the Buddhist Community to celebrate but his birthday but mcbride isnt solved with more. Weve been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to Single Digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases of but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak at the end of february south korea was reporting Something Like 900. 00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement that the government here though the authorities are still advising caution as they would especially at the moment we do have what is a very actually a very busy travel period we have several Public Holidays by coincidence all forming very close together so people are using this opportunity especially after being cooped up for so long in coinciding incidentally with beautiful spring weather to take breaks for the 1st time for many many of them for many weeks its difficult obviously still to travel outside of south korea but people are going to domestic destinations resorts around the coast we know that planes are all busy a so theres the domestic terminals and some of the hotels in the more popular resorts are completely full this thursday we are seeing buddhas birthday its a very Important National holiday here its being celebrated at temples across the country but an indication of just how things are changing in previous years the high point of this celebration would be a carnival a parade through the streets of seoul at night time with lanterns attracting thousands of people well that has been delayed for a month with much simpler ceremonies taking place instead. Protests have been held in several lebanese cities for a 3rd straight night demonstrators are angry at the worsening economy and falling currency in lebanon 2nd biggest city tripoli protesters fought with Security Forces and attacked banks yemen has recorded its 1st 2 coronavirus deaths sparking fears of a major outbreak in a country ravaged by civil war 5 new cases were reported in the southern port city of aden that takes the total number of infections to 6 nationwide yemen is already dealing with a cholera outbreak only half of the hospitals are fully functional the u. N. Says its likely the virus is spreading undetected in the country where millions of facing starvation germany has banned the iranian backed Hezbollah Group and designated it a terrorist organization police are conducting Early Morning braids across the country and have detained suspected members germany has been facing pressure from the u. S. And israel to ban hezbollah rami hoary as a senior Public Policy fellow and junk the professor of journalism at the American University of beirut he says this raid shouldnt come as a surprise to his for law. Germany in all of europe kept an eye on hezbollah and its allies on this members and its friends and this is something routine they had been banned the military wing of hezbollah had always been banned but now theyre looking at the social and cultural and Political Activities the interesting thing is that the news came with really no details so if you look at the news reports they say suspected or possible members or supporters and thats a hint that actually they have against maybe send but we dont know so i think the important thing is to ask the germans to put the evidence out there in public and if you have people in charitable groups in mosques and schools who are actually helping a group that is those are made as a terrorist group the thats important for people to know but if this is a political pressure game that the americans and the israelis are doing which is typical then thats a whole different ball game than that this is something that has been has dealt with for the last 15 years or so and it doesnt really impact them at all so the question is what happened recently to d bring this about and this is something the German Governments going to have to explain. The libyan warlord after it has announced the citys 5 during the muslim holy month of ramadan his forces have been engaged in a campaign to take control of the capital tripoli for a year aljazeera has also learned senior officials from the United Arab Emirates flew to sudan to discuss military support for after charlotte ballasts has the details. This is the aftermath of a grad missile hitting a house complex near tripoli on winston morning one person died and at least 5 were injured libyas u. N. Recognized government lay blame with warlord general. Youd always later after a spokesman announced a ceasefire for the muslim holy month of ramadan when headley slept well we hereby announce the suspension of all military operations on our part and any breach of the suspension of military operations by terrorist militias who face an immediate and very severe response would be labeled a terrorist militia is actually the un recognized government this week it accused tuft of a coup after he declared himself a leader by popular mandate and ended peace talks with them the un reacted sternly we stand against any unilateral measures that would pretty jeopardize. Half the controls east in libya a year ago he launched an offensive for the weakest and with it libyas capital tripoli but his forces have been pushed back in recent weeks the worry is just general haftar is not going to win. Or wind up a city. d where we have to. Rise up and get into. Place. Its an intractable conflict with both hafta and the tripoli government receiving support from multiple nations fuel that feeds the conflict one of have to is closest allies is the United Arab Emirates sources told al jazeera that a senior abu dhabi delegation including the crown princes brother flew into khartoum on choose day to discuss how sudan and the u. A. E. Could further support general hafta sudanese officials deny the report there learn and then leave you if you had a part of the u. A. E. Is playing a role bigger than its size by its constant interference in the affairs of a number of arab countries we need to consider that we in libya are in a state of war against the u. A. E. The United Arab Emirates was also out on wednesday in Human Rights Watch report for a drone strike on a biscuit factory near tripoli in november 8 civilians were killed in nearly 30 wounded this is not the 1st time that it appears the us is firing from drones in libya at targets with disregard for civilians last year general have to code ramadan the month of jihad this year its the month of peace with her or not has see sation of a still if hes lost his ambitions to control libya fully remain shelob alice. Thats big now talk. In tripoli some heard it doesnt sound like there is much of a cease fire going on right now right. Well there does not seem to be holding. That position of hostilities and i answered by have folks man last night because the Government Military sources say that they cannot trust any announcements by have to his forces specially that have to his forces rejected the civil ceasefire proposers in the past and also they say that have to the last ramadan when he 1st launched had this military offensive in tripoli last year said that in a more than is the month of jihad now this he said now he says this ramadan is the month of peace this is very contradictory excuse me. And now immediately after the mahdi the spokesman of how to the forces and i was at the secession of hostilities his forces targeted the city of them so lot with random rockets Populated Areas. Random rockets landed in Populated Areas and the city of them said which is controlled by the Government Forces and its a neighboring city to the city of god who now the major stronghold of have to his forces so it does not seem to be holding get but the government sources say that this could be the end i was meant of the suspicion of versatility is could be a kind of attempt from have those forces to try to gain time especially after the setback they suffered in the west of libya after they lost control of several strategic cities and towns on the highway linking the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders mahmud stand by for a moment as i want to bring in a not very but weve got from the u. A. E. Is Foreign Ministry which released a statement condemning what theyre calling the turkish intervention in the libyan conflict praising hafta for what theyre calling combating terrorism but also perhaps more importantly expressing hope for a political resolution and on that point is this mahmoud being seen as the signal is the g. N. A backside of the conflict seeing this as any kind of serious signal that the foreign backers of half the now want to resolve this one politically rather than militarily. Move if you can hear me. Oh sam if you can if you can. Hear the question i was just reading out a statement then sure if you heard about the u. A. E. Pharmacy but it was basically. Indicating they want to resolve the conflict politically and im wondering whether the g. N. A. S. Side of this conflict is seeing that theres any serious signal over half those foreign backers now really do want to resolve the conflict politically rather than militarily. Well the government of National Accord announces in several occasions that its war is against the United Arab Emirates especially they see the United Arab Emirates as the major ally for half his forces the United Arab Emirates has been supporting how far his forces was with several types of advance and weapons including the chinese made when longer drones for the several years and fact. The United Arab Emirates has an aid bees in the east of libya. For the past 3 years and it has been functioning good for the wall of 24 have to helping his forces in all the battles they launched against the enemies for the past 4 years including the battles and none of us see in their name the east and also this battle for the capital tripoli the United Arab Emirates is accused of targeting civilians killing get dozens of civilians over the past 2 years including the attack on the Migrant Detention Center last july which killed 53 innocent migrants and refugees in cold blood in one minute and also the attack on the military academy last june which give the 32 kits of the military academy in the capital tripoli but i have to remind you also sami that to the attack on the biscuits factory last november according to the Human Rights Watch the United Arab Emirates is also accused of carrying out that attack that killed 8 civilians and injured civil or several others many civilian areas including houses. Civilian facilities in tripoli have been targeted by him are to draw since have to launch should his military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli in the last year and there have been casualties including get civilian death is including women and children by immorality drawings or for now thanks so much more who are. All right lets find out whats going on in the environment right not the same old its cold down and so cold in fact that some australian farmers have been advised not to share their sheep believe they need they will be jumpers. They probably do the very with me look at this huge mess of cloud that we have across that southeastern corner of australia this is a surge of cold air thats been pulsing up from the southern oceans bringing that spike cling of shower cloud and its put a fair old dusting of snow as well over the Higher Ground into victoria into New South Wales and across parts of tasmania you see these cold fronts here you see how the ice the bars aligned up north south so were pulling in that cold southerly wind and thats been bringing some really wintry weather and some wet weather at times in fact into parts of southern New South Wales looking at 90 millimeters of rain strong gusty winds as well winds gusting in that cess of 120 Kilometers Per Hour at times there so some really nasty conditions covering the snow as well over the australian else but my people cant get out and enjoy the snow at the moment heres our cold air has our wet weather thats continued to drive its way through the remainder of thursday pushing over towards the eastern side of New South Wales even into the southeast of queensland as well as we go on into friday look at a temperature of a camera 7 celsius if it doesnt make 8 degrees that will be the earliest time of the year the temperature has not reached 8 degrees since 944 warmer weather will gradually come back in showers will diminish by the end of the week and it will turn try a brighter and a little warmer sounding buying so much we like a little bit warmer now still ahead on aljazeera why Brazils Supreme Court has a blunt the president s choice for the top job of police chief how the millions of internally displaced people are mia mark open with the pandemic more or less on the road and how delayed the Olympic Games leaves older compared with an uncertain future. Thats coming out with joe its all. Isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story are some of the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality has a long exposing deal to try to manipulate the rhetoric but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight going to the media which is the era. Of solid being in control dont know what is tremendous for the country cannot determine could use of them at the point of the sword to avenge its people 8080 years he smashes the frankish on the captures the king of jerusalem he sees is the truth crawls and this is the great military victory the crusades an arab perspective that was sold 3 unification on ill just. Ill come back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now the european economy has suffered its biggest hit on record shrinking by 3. 8 percent in the 1st quarter of this year its the euro zone steepest drop since records began in 1995 and another indicator of widespread economic devastation. The Spanish Health ministry has recorded 268 new coronavirus the. Yes and 518 new infections its the lowest daily increase in pace and since spain declared a state of emergency 6 weeks ago on march the 14. U. K. Prime minister Barak Johnson is expected to lead his 1st weekly Cabinet Meeting since forming ill with the coronavirus the government is under pressure after new figures pushed the number of deaths to more than 26000. But International Watchdog is warning the United Arab Emirates is not doing nearly enough to crack down on Money Laundering and what it calls terrorist financing the paris based Financial ActionTask Force Says the u. A. E. Could find itself on a watch list along with countries like syria and yemen unless it improves smith reports. Dubai is slowly reopening some businesses that have been ordered shut to stop the spread of coronavirus but its the failure to pull down the shutters on people suspected of Money Laundering and terrorist financing but cook cause another serious financial headache for the emirate and the 6 others which for me a night Arab Emirates investigators from the paris based Financial ActionTask Force Found that theres a high risk that criminals will try to launder money or finance terrorism through the u. A. E. The f. A. T. F. Says theres little investigation all of a prosecution for Money Laundering and theres minimal formal International Cooperation with countries investigating financial crimes the does have a system whereby we look at countries with continued and significant strategic divisions is that represent a risk to the International Financial system i cant say at this point whether the country is going to fall into that process or what i can say is that the country now has its own road and its recommendations to follow but we fully expect that we do that that they will do that weve already seen a high level political commitment there to get things going and we will assess their progress next year. Aside from their dubai is one of the Worlds Largest financial hubs not far behind london new york and Hong Kong Financial services make up almost 9 percent of the u. S. G. D. P. A lot of the money they make its driving by. Addressing that would mean shining a light on a lot of schemes and making Information Available that are not in the interest of those who are who actually like to. Invest in that so definitely there is a trade off there or even a conflict there if the u. A. E. Fails to tackle Money Laundering it could find itself on the task forces greylisting along with countries including pakistan syria and yemen that means Financial Institutions could be reluctant to do business there and the cost of borrowing will be higher bernard smith. Amnesty international has released evidence of multiple violations of a u. N. Arms embargo in south sudan the organization sent investigators to 12 military camps in february they found new weapons concealment of arms and continued use of child soldiers all violations of a peace deal that requires disarmament president salva kiir and rebel leader react machar formed the unity government in february after a 7 year war which killed hundreds of thousands of people the global coronavirus pandemic has changed the way muslims around the world are observing the fasting month of ramadan in iran the Food Service Industry has been hit hard many restaurants of closed and others have reduced their Opening Times so in basra as more from to iran. For many iranians there is no better way to break their fast than with one of the countrys most traditional meals. Slow cooked stews of meat lentils and vegetables theyre high in protein packed with flavor and affordable but this year sales are down because of covert 19. Not about the shadow which. Are usually more customers and more profit coronaviruses had a big impact who closed for 2 months but reopened recently with Health Protocols people still affright waiting to see how but there are a list customers. Restaurants are closed most of the day in keeping with islamic tradition Business Hours in other sectors also reduced ramadan can be a time of lost income for Food Service Workers and day laborers so traders sell homemade food on the streets to supplement their income. Before the corona Virus Outbreak restaurants were already struggling months of political and economic on rest meant fewer customers. Many Small Businesses have gone under many more are on the verge of doing so. Because of the coronavirus i cant say exactly but weve lost about 50 percent of and weve been facing problems for months that this husband and wife operation have to fire their employees to stay afloat now they cook the food operate the till and deliver the few orders they get all by themselves some days they only get 2 orders making just 5. 00 they say reduced ramadan hours only make things worse. The government has ordered mosques shrines and places of mass worship to remain closed religious rituals in the time of coronavirus promise to be a more solitary affair but ramadan is also a time to be with friends and family breaking the fast at the end of the day with loved ones around the table of food helping those that are less fortunate these traditions are as much a part of the islamic month of fasting as anything else. Iranians we met said gatherings a dinner tables are likely to be smaller this year means we need to have everybody we havent been inviting guests on this since the outbreak of the virus we havent gone anywhere either and no if at all tired of this in a cave but the difference this year is that we should stay away from people we had many guests in ramadan for if time but now no one comes and this year iranians say theyll be praying especially for one thing an end to the coronavirus pandemic zain. Governments around the world say theyre doing what they can for their citizens impacted by the virus there are millions of people left homeless living in camps getting little if any support scott high the reports from one such community in north. 40000000 people around the world are displaced and those in camps across myanmars catchin state are among the most vulnerable thats according to the u. N. High commission for refugees but in this camp internally displaced persons or i. D. P. s as theyre known are facing even greater danger covert 19 they do everything they can to prevent the virus from spreading into their dense camp. Thank god. I want the authorities or officials to help us equally not treat us on Different Levels because everyone suffers the same nearly half of me and mars 240000 i. D. P. s are catchin scattered throughout the northernmost state that borders china camps and churches many are Migrant Workers in china but because of the coronavirus they have lost their jobs the government says they are checking those who return but the burden of care rests on the people in the camp. We have a problem especially with people who work abroad and then come back to the camp so they have to be quarantined and we have to take care of them. The kitchen people are here because they fled the fighting from a decades long conflict between armed ethnic groups and the me and more military a ceasefire failed and an ongoing Peace Process has done little to stop the fighting those who have only known life inside the camp and the threat of conflict now face an even greater challenge the coronavirus scott either aljazeera. Brazils Supreme Court has blocked the president from nominating a close family friend for a top police chief job president of the Previous Police boss last week latin america its on the scene u. N. Reports the ruling is the latest in a series of political setbacks for. Millions of brazilians had overlooked scenarios for sergeant eastern racist comments his religious fanaticism and its adoration for guns during his Election Campaign because they believed he would wage a war against corruption but no longer on the same day the bulls are now to replace the countrys most popular Anti Corruption crusader former Justice Minister said joe mortals with his personal Legal Advisor the Supreme Court blocked his pick for federal police chief another close friend of the family the court argues the appointment would allow be inappropriate influence over Law Enforcement also natl is under investigation for alleged political meddling in police probe its particularly sensitive since 2 of his 3 sons are also being investigated for bezel mint running a Fake News Network and other misdeeds the 3 deny any wrongdoing. The president whose middle name is messiah is also trying to brush off the soaring number of deaths from cold and 19. A lamented but would you expect me to do a messiah but i cant do miracles people waiting to receive emergency aid for the pandemic were outraged like myself. Wondered follicle when he says so what at more than 5000 deaths it shows a psychopathic character a person you cant trust any more just one more will know he continues to be crazy hes a new emperor nero of the world i dont have much more to add. Also not his popularity has been plummeting c fired the Health Minister for trying to promote social distancing measures now with the death toll surpassing that of china brazilians have good reason to be worried about their president s legal and political problems detracting from the more pressing issue of keeping brazilians alive. You see in human aljazeera dozens of bodies have been found in trucks outside a funeral home in new york city the discovery was made after neighbors reported a smell coming from the vehicles its unclear how many of the people had died from corona virus related illnesses or than 18000 people in new york state have died after contracting the virus officials in the u. S. State of florida are pushing ahead with plans to ease some restrictions despite concerns about the threat of the virus the miami area has been particularly affected but Authorities Say they need to reopen floridas economy and the gallacher reports. Miamis ocean drive with its iconic on deco buildings never really sees an off season for weeks now its been deserted along with the normally packed beaches and pedestrian ice shopping areas of a city in lockdown. The cautious reopening of parks golf courses and marinas is now under way though and state officials point to corona virus cases showing a slight downturn floridas governor on dissenters a close ally of President Trump says a careful reopening isnt complicated although on tuesday the state recorded its highest total of new deaths on a single day on wednesday dissenters announced what he called a safe smart step by step plan to reopen this new phase will start on monday may 4th and we all for the time being exclude Miami Dade Broward and palm beach counties these counties have seen the lions share of the states epidemic but they are trending in a positive direction. Even as beaches and parks reopen in some parts of the state places like Miami Dade County continue to take precautions despite the governors optimism reopening isnt a one size fits all policy over a 1000 people have died of covert 9000 in florida a 3rd of them here in miami dade like many other states what this one is facing then is a patchwork of reopening and a continuation of restrictions here in miami beach the boardwalks open but the beach and playgrounds remain off limits its a similar picture in other hard hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against getting the economy going again social distancing rules remain in place when restaurants are allowed to reopen they will operate at reduced capacity miamis messes if people dont follow guidelines washer restrictions will come back if we start to see a regression if were not respecting the rules. Then obviously not hesitate. To start restricting and thats one of the things that we want to avoid it any version of a new normal will also be a challenge logistically miami is a hub for the distribution of goods throughout the americas and restarting trade will be difficult its very complicated. And its a critical its essential for us to understand what steps in jail and how people interact with others while some can now carefully enjoy the states parks restaurants and beaches others remain under tight restrictions the reopening of some parts of the economy in continued closure of others is mostly in the hands of local leaders and the decisions are more crucial than ever and agalloch road is 0 miami florida. A british world war 2 veteran whos raised more than 36000000. 00 for charity has got a promotion kept its a letter here from the chief of the general staff become very your appointment to become the only current who of of Army Foundation college up in hampton. Captain tom moore received the honors on the eve of his 100th birthday he was also given 2 military medals and just hours earlier to 2nd world war era spitfire aircraft perform the fly passed over his house house to mark his birthday and recognize his Fund Raising Efforts more raise the money by completing laps of his garden with the help of a walking frame really the normals. I thought and its so difficult to put a new wood because. Typically taken about by water we. Still have an aljazeera with france and the netherlands scrapping their football seasons is there a way back for englands premier league. All right sports fans that is catch up with the game his job sammy thank you french sports newspaper le keep is reporting that the League Football season has been officially scrapped and that the paris sentiment team have been declared champions p. S. G. With 12 points clay when the action starts because the current virus pandemic and the season cannot finish because the government extended its ban on sporting events until september if confirmed this will be p. S. G. 3rd straight french title and 9th overall theres no word yet on which teams will qualify for us european competitions though or how relegation will work. Well its looking more and more likely that italy will follow france in cutting short their football season clubs and the citys top said he adds a vision will be allowed to start training next week but the country sports minister of unchained so spoiler for a thinks it would be wise to focus on next season right this one off he predicts most a club bosses feel the same way and believes the decision could be made by the end of the week. Resuming training does not mean regime in the season if we dont want uncertainty then we need to follow the path of fronts and that the netherlands and of many other countries which have already shut down football if i were the president of a club i would think about planning for next season which starts at the end of august certainly the path to syria restarting is very narrow in the coming days there will be a League Meeting and i think that we could have a surprise because i think there could be a majority of president s ready to ask for the season to be ended still leagues in england germany and spain a pressing ahead with plans to restart action lets bring in a peaceful correspondent rob harris whos in manchester and rob its a confusing picture if countries like france and potentially its near ending their seasons how can others expect to get going again. Yeah just shows the conflicting advice and decisions being taken across the continent and it may be difficult for late to try to plan their resumption of competitions when ultimately its the governments that will take the decision on whether that must gatherings can be saved and mass gathering willing cleared hundreds of people the other quiet football stadiums it doesnt need. To be in the stadium for that still to be a health risk and for many months to come we are going to have empty stadiums and sets of fans big shots out but you still do need hundreds of people at say a premier league game and for that you do get the risk of infection spreading so youre also getting potentially government allowing claes to regime training but what weve discovered across europe is that doesnt necessarily mean that games can resume and for all the speed that leagues are pushing towards trying to get start dates in that diaries governments will take decisions ultimately else that happens if they decide that lockdowns and social distancing need to continue and be extended and that the premier League Meeting tomorrow and let me go also in spain theyre trying to foster back training leaks that desperate to get back but what about the players. Yeah the clay is are obviously some of them will be missing football that will be struggling in lockdown away from messy mites but also they have Health Concerns they know you that if they also be back on foot which they get and theyre going to have to be tested very regularly for quite a bit 19 in spain they need testing englands also planning a mass testing in the critically and that comes at a time when this though shortages of coronavirus tests in White Society and spanish Ways Association didnt say it would look bad if the testing is still scarce in y. Decides a and yet footballers seem to have access to hundreds maybe thousands of tests so they can be tested regularly because teams are going to have to maintain a sterile environment not only training but also around the stadiums as well and then you hear from some of. The cats in Simon Francis today saying that you know that that go into stadiums and training of attorney if that is true then see infection spread back in around which means he bifocal because it could be very hard for course maintain itself within a couple for several weeks to try to complete the season and speaking of this problem as seen in you a fair official said today that International Football might be affected to 3 years do you see that affecting the 20 twentieths a well couple cattle. At the moment its going to be very difficult to see how teams can start so you fly around the world to play their International Fixtures this year the heart of all of them is the vaccine were hearing so much talk about the scientific work on trying to discover the cave it 90 back scene and that really doesnt seem to let the hearts of how much more more life can be achieved in terms of International Travel and international thoughtful travel as well the fact that the chance of a cup was moved from june july because of the heat until late at the end of them to december now could actually be helpful for the Football Community because it now means we are more than 2 years away from the top the taking place which gives a lot of time for vaccines hopefully to be discovered and to be spread out wide late and of course before we even reach the final top of it so we need teams to qualify in certain needs teams to be traveling around to play those qualification fixtures so at the heart of so much planning around the world from sports of the reviews to the Global Economy a lot concerns in our credibly its incredibly tricky isnt it rob sorry to interrupt you but were going to have time to thank you. The u. S. Is top Health Advisor says Major League Baseball could come back this summer barring any major coronaVirus Outbreaks that anthony found she is a Washington Nationals fan laid out the scenarios in an interview with the teams 1st baseman ryan zimmerman. As we start trying to get back to normality and pulling back on some of the strict mitigation you know we have a 3 phase way to get back to normal for as you get past the checkpoint the gate way you know kind of like the Minor Leagues before you get into the big leagues then you go to phase one and then if you do well you go to phase 2 and then phase 3 if we do that successfully and theres no major outbreaks i could foresee any of a number of scenarios one of the scenarios would be something that i know is not pleasing to the players like yourself is to at least get the fans to see it on t. V. You know get the play is all tested so the negative in the not going to infect each other let them go to a place a few places we could play ball and play and watch it on t. V. Thats one option the next option is to do the same thing but if things are really low to restrict the number of people in a stadium the next thing every 5th seed or every 4 seed that could be done and then the best of all is if things really work out row you can have a regular season but i hope that theres some form of baseball this summer even if its just t. V. And i and i do that for i feel that strongly one because im an avid baseball fan but also i mean its for the countrys Mental Health now with the tech elim pixelate until next year its left a lot of uncertainty for all to compare a competitors his sporting career is a coming to an end. But he is one of the estate 35 year old time was planning to retire after take care but says for now hell keep training and hopes to make it to next years games although theres doubts too about whether theyll be able to go ahead after japans Prime Minister said on wednesday it will be impossible to hold them if the pandemic isnt contained when i know how tomorrow. Others may think that its an advantage that we have another year to prepare ourselves but actually we had everything planned for this year that plan has collapsed and we have to start over the next year i originally planned to end my career after this years Olympic Games as im getting older if the olympics has to be possible in for another 2 to 3 years i would just give up my place in the games. All right that is the u. S. But for now well have more feel later thanks so much for that say for me for this news hour but come on santa maria is back in a moment with another full show so stay with us. 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