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Coronavirus as both president s face more accusations of downplaying the crisis. The Afghan Government switches to an offensive strategy after attacks on a Maternity Hospital and a funeral the taliban calls it a declaration of war. And im somehow must not have all the sporting puting top level sport continues its return in north america with the ultimate fighting championship for the 2nd of 3 events in just 8 days. The European Union wants people to start planning their Summer Holidays and get economies moving again and the e. U. The reopening of borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic france austria and switzerland have already said theyre going to start relaxing control. As early as this weekend germany and some other e. U. Members and to completely end border restrictions by june the 15th others arent convinced spain or the worlds 4th highest number of infections is set to keep borders shut until at least july a 160000000000. 00 question for the e. U. Is how to reopen safely tourism makes up 10 percent of the unions g. D. P. Providing more than 15000000. 00 jobs that are about the begins our coverage from powers a glimpse of whats going on a holiday in some parts of europe will look like the summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience that most holiday makers a used to but one that complies with new social distancing rules we hope these barriers wont be the future for beaches we dont want this but if this is necessary and if People Safety depends on this sort of device then so be it we just want to work we want to get going in march boarders in the European Union was shot and needy all travel stopped because the coronavirus pandemic a huge blow to the Tourism Industry one of the blocks main economic sectors as some countries begin to ease the lockdowns the European Commission has presented a rescue plan for the Tourism Industry its recommending foul choose instead of refunds for Council Travel sanitary measures for hospitality and transport services and the reopening of some borders of course this is not going to be a normal summer not for any of us. But when we all Work Together and we all do our part in the ways the commission is setting out today then we dont have to face a summer shock at home or a completely lost summer for the european tourists industry some countries say that they are already considering lifting some travel restrictions germany says that it wants to reopen its border with fraud switzerland and austria and britain and france say that they wont impose quarantine for now on people traveling between their 2 countries paris is one of the worlds most visited cities the lockdown has been eased but monuments Museums Hotels and restaurants remain closed the french government has advised people to holiday in france this year after 2 months at home some people cant wait to travel. Health risk and reward here to be able to travel abroad and outside france will be a valid i have a holiday home in spain and want to go but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we cant stop living more than 6000000. 00 tourism jobs in need could be lost unless the industry is revived the European Commission says the challenge is to encourage the sectors recovery but prevent a resurgence of corona virus cases or risk is spreading even further across the block. And natasha joining us now on natasha one of the problems appears to be getting some sort of comprehensive plan for europe for this. Well i think one of the main issues is its not a really a one size fits all problem because you have. Different Member States in the European Union that have been affected in different ways by the corona virus pandemic of the Czech Republic for example had very infection rate most cases but then a country like france who had more than 26000 people have died so the issue for the European Commission today when they presented their socalled rescue plan for the Tourism Industry is really they said this these are just proposals hes a guidelines because they know that its impossible to come up with one plan thats going to fit the Member States now some of those proposals were the reopening of borders according to where the countries feel that they had a safe enough for them to be able to do that and also putting in place a found his system so if you had booked travel at the moment in your opinion during the carnivora spun to make you had a right for a full refund now what the European Commission is saying to travel operators and travel services is look try and encourage customers to take of croucher instead because then of course that they will travel in the future you get to keep the money and thats just better economically for the European Union but as i said its very difficult to impose a one plan on the hope too long because the blokes experience of the current virus pandemic is very different one of the things you mentioned before was the fact of course that this is a rather a propos proposal thats not something that is enforceable but why do you think the European Commission is to suggest this at this point given the fact that there are still strains of the virus around in europe. Yes the current virus crisis is of course far from. The European Union and in countries like here and for all and theyre all still restrictions in place even though the lockdown is being eased but what the European Commission is. Saying is that as the infection rates do drop as lockdowns all being nice the Tourism Sector needs to be revived because its its one of the Big Industries that contributes to the European Unions economy more than 6000000 jobs or is stake because the Tourism Industry say been so badly affected you talking about millions of people who have stayed at Home Airlines have been grounded you know Museums Hotels restaurants shut thats had an Enormous Economic impact on those countries and of course on individual people who rely on tourism for their livelihoods of European Commission wants to get people moving again traveling again but is that fine balance because you are trying to revive an economic sector on one hand but on the other hand you have to make sure that it is done safely so they also put out guidelines on how a hotel and restaurants should be opening for of course. Things like social distancing of course has to be have to be put in place hotels are even being told perhaps you need to have special rooms to isolate people who have coronavirus symptoms but talked about live in paris thanks very much indeed natasha well done it keynes joining us live from berlin dominic it sounds to me as though germany is intending to open some of its borders but at the same time the chancellor is a very cautious note when shes suggesting these things. Yes you have to imagine this as 2 sides of the same coin almost one side of the coin you have the government very clearly over the course of the past few weeks gradually relaxing restrictions on the freedom of movement and indeed on shops and other enterprises from doing the business they would normally be doing if there wasnt the pandemic so you have that on the one side of the coin but on the other you have angle americal and her cabinet colleagues and son Prime Ministers of states of this country all saying be cautious listen to the science listen to what ministries are saying observe social distancing when mosques wherever possible certainly where it is compulsory to do that because they dont want there to be a 2nd wave of infections in so far as Border Control is concerned from the german perspective we have heard today from the federal interior minister horst varian conservative a key ally of Angela Merkel saying that certain Border Controls will go within a few days so for example the border with luxembourg that will controls there will be relaxed very soon its possible that will also occur with denmark but that still has to be the details the fine print as it were has to be dealt with there still in so far as other countries are concerned though with france with austria with switzerland Border Controls will be relaxed there but not until the middle of june and the other thing to point out here is that other german speaking countries in europe are doing similar sorts of things so sebastien cts the chancellor of austria today announcing the relaxation of many Border Controls that suits that could have been expected as it were but crucially not with its early where is to court says that cannot take place right now because of how how profoundly deep the problem there still is and thats something that mr 0 often referred to today as well so 2 sides of the same coin on the one side the government very keen to relax Border Controls and other restrictions here but on the other side very cautious about informing their population here about what they should be doing dominic thanks very much indeed. Occurred a virus lockdowns been imposed on a city in northeast china the 2nd this week new cases in jay leno are raising fears of a possible new wave of infections betray you reports from beijing while the rest of china returns to Something Like normality a lockdown has been imposed on the city of g. Lane for 25000000 people have been told to stay home and public transport is at a standstill neighboring should line city was locked down on monday more than 20 infections have been identified in dealing province since the beginning of the month but experts say it isnt a 2nd wave of disease. Whenever new cases emerge that the Monitoring System will detect and track the cases will curb the spread of the virus in no time in rwanda china is at the center of the outbreak the discovery of 6 new transmissions has spurred plans to test the entire city of 11000000 people district authorities have been told they have 10 days to complete testing the details are still being discussed testing in some areas began this week. Analysts say the plan could cost up to 254000000. 00 and requires the rapid expansion of Testing Facilities to hans Testing Capacity reached 46000. 00 people today last month the people who live there say theyre not surprised a new class has been discovered so we know that a 2nd wave is coming anyway theres no way we can you know prevent. The new sanctions. On that 00. 0000 and that we. Knew the Chinese Government has reported about 83000 cases nationally with more than 2600 deaths since the virus broke out in december with just a week to go until Chinas National Peoples Congress the biggest political gathering of the year the government here is on high alert the communist party wants to project an image of strength and victory over the virus and these 2 new classes threaten to compromise i just want to train you al jazeera thank you. Ok lets go back to the European Unions proposal to relax restrictions and revive the blocks economy virginia messina is the managing director of world travel and Tourism Council shes joining us on skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us it seems that one of the things that has to be overcome is actually making people confident about travelling how important is that do you think. Yeah absolutely 100 percent thank you for having me today and we actually doubly t. T. C. Just released yesterday i mean its a safe travels protocols and this is all about me gaining this confidence so we do believe that that is going to be critical in these new face of reopening or we starting trouble before a vaccine is available how important as well is the transparency of whats happening in individual countries because as we know the response of Different Countries is happening at different stages and in Different Levels and getting that information across to people who might want to travel is going to be quite tricky isnt it yes definitely transparency and these certainty for the traveler so the fact that they know that these measures are in place for them to be able to start making some plans so we know i mean its going to be in faces we know Domestic Travel is going to they have very Important Role at the beginning and then its going to start expanding to this sort of bubbles of travel between countries and then eventually the long haul but the more that the travel there is certain that theres im certain that enhanced safety and Health Protocols in place its going to be easier for sector to to restart given the circumstances that people are going to be facing if they do travel and given what theyve been through over the last few months does the travel industry believe that there is a significant number of people who actually do want to travel abroad that will make it economically viable at least in the short. Yes definitely i mean all the Research Shows that people want to travel people want to get out i mean there is a desire to go out to meet cabin these to enjoy only all all the all the beautiful things that our sector brings now of course that needs to be done with certain caution before a scene is available as as i was saying so that we dont see this in 2 faces and before that happens its very important that all the businesses and governments follow these protocols to make sure that we avoid a 2nd wave of infection the Tourism Industry Hospitality Industry like so many other industries around the world are of course anxious to get people back to work and be able to bring good people again within their own industries how concerned are you that youre leaving yourself open to the accusation that youre actually putting financial gain and the economy can only side of it ahead of peoples safety. I mean we need to consider that our industry employs 330000000 jobs that is one in 10 jobs in the planet and actually last year one out of every new jobs went out of 4 new jobs in the planet where in our sector so peoples livelihoods depend on travel and tourism so we know health is paramount and this is an unprecedented crisis but we also need to to consider the fact that people that many many people get people and its not only 11 particular industry but our sector is so interconnected that stopping travel for one company is something 11 particular side will have an enormous Multiplier Effect so its very important to consider the impact that this will happen people whilst we totally recognise that that health is a priority and that we need to follow government guidelines in that sense really good to get your thoughts on this virginia messina thank you very much indeed thank you. Thank you more ahead on the news hour including a coronavirus is on every continent but well have more on the other deadly virus sweeping through not the america. A controversial make it down project in ethiopia its a wall of sudan says no to an agreement to fill the bottle with water. And its called all eyes will be on german football this weekend details good sign on later in the show. Dozens of people across england have headed back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks as part of a plan to relax restrictions which have been in place since late march people are now allowed to spend as much time as they want doors as long as they follow social distancing rules leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland have rejected the changes saying its too early to ease restrictions as the u. K. Relaxes its measures the leader of the Opposition Labor Party has accused the government of downplaying the severity of the crisis and not acting fast enough during m. P. s questions to the Prime Minister about us johnson was forced to respond to those accusations last week i showed the Prime Minister his own slide showing that the u. K. Now has the highest total in europe and 2nd highest in the world a version of this slide has been show that the number 10 press conference every day since the 30th of march thats 7 weeks. Yesterday the government stopped publishing its National Comparison of the slightest of. Why. Released. This is speaker. As is as he knows very well the u. K. Has been going through an unprecedented once in a century epidemic and he seeks to make comparisons with other countries which are moved by used which im advised are premature because the correct the correct and final way of making these comparisons will be when we have all the x. Assess death totals for all the relevant countries we do not yet have that analysis because im not going to try to pretend to the house of the figures when they are a funny really confirmed anything other than stark and deeply deeply horrifying. Things in london with more on that exchange in the u. K. House of commons. Its being judged on this in the Diplomatic Community its being seen as a test of whether a country can cope with a crisis like this in the u. K. Is seen increasingly is coming out of this very very badly so cut to the house of commons for Prime Ministers questions a deserted chamber not Boris Johnsons favor sort of place because the last place of the crowd and then your position leader whos extremely forensic in his approach says to Boris Johnson that it looks increasingly as if the u. K. Is embarrassed about his reputation in the world the Opposition Leader here starmer has demanded that the Prime Minister apologize because in the same session Boris Johnson insisted that this scientific advice had been that could get into care homes for the elderly where unquantifiable a large number of people who have died in this country in fact as Everybody Knows the scientific advice as early as february was that covered couldnt get into. Them so Boris Johnson there again seems to be misunderstanding will forget what the governments own advice at the time was and there is of use trying to emerge in this country just as yours that even though Boris Johnson is seen as a charismatic sort of leader who can bring the country together coffee is all about detail and science and facts and there is a view i think here and abroad increasingly that Boris Johnson is being found out a bit because hes not the sort of person who likes this level of detail to cover demands brazil and mexico have recorded their deadliest day so far from covert 19 nearly 900 people died from the virus in brazil in the last day and over 350 in mexico despite the grim tolls both countries are pushing ahead with controversial plans to reopen their economies lets go live to manual pano in mexico city lets talk about mexico 1st of all the governments announced an outline for reopening the economy tell us more about that. As for it robyn as you mentioned the death toll here in mexico tuesday was the highest as so far over the course of this pandemic with 1997 confirmed new cases that over the past 24 hours and a reported 353. 00 additional deaths now were talking about countries that could be potentially reopening their economies a bit too soon here in mexico we heard from the Mexican Government mexican president lopez of another word in his cabinet outlining what theyre referring to as the new normal a return to a new normal a color court color coding system that involves so the government doing a weekly update on which mexican states are what color so green being the least critical where schools and businesses can return to normal Economic Activity red being the most critical where people are encouraged to continue to self isolate and quarantine now one of the biggest concerns in mexico right now is the Manufacturing Sector manufacturing plants along the northern border with the United States the president did not say when auto automotive plants will be reopened but there is a lot of pressure for these for these manufacturing areas along the border from the United States despite the United States having more cases more deaths attributed to cope with 1000. 00 there is pressure from the United States for these mexican manufacturing plants to reopen so thats one of the biggest concerns here in the country at the moment. Figures continue to rise of course in brazil as well what more about the. You mentioned the numbers you touched on the numbers it was 881 deaths in brazil over the past 24 hours thats the sharpest rise thats the most deaths that the country has seen the countrys president wilson out of continues to face criticism hes been consistent in downplaying the severity of the crisis hes also said that barber shops hair salons gymnasiums should be considered essential services so there is a law the president losing ground losing popularity amidst this crisis given that brazil at this point is the 6th worst affected nation in the world when it comes to cope with 1000 cases and debts and certainly the worst affected country here in the region the governor of the state of Rio De Janeiro said recently that president wilson out of his quote dragging brazil into a precipice thats another example of the brazilian president losing ground losing popularity amidst this epidemic rob mom of upon a reporting for us from mexico city mo thanks very much u. S. Secretary of state might bump aoe has been visiting israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the unity government formed by netanyahu and Coalition Partner many guns is to be sworn in on thursday ari falsettos more from western news. My compost 1st foreign trip since the start of the pandemic and the exceptions that required to be made to israels strict quarantine regulations raise a pretty obvious question why now and why the urgency well he and Benjamin Netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister in comments before a 3 hour session of talks to a number of topics for discussion iran the coronavirus pandemic itself but theres a lot of attention of course on one of the most controversial policy platforms of Benjamin Netanyahu as he prepares to join his former rival benny gantz in a unity government to be sworn in on thursday that policy being annexation of large parts of the occupied west bank the key question is exactly what will the u. S. Position on that be because in the Coalition Agreement it is clear that it is required to have u. S. Backing before that can go ahead and there have been mixed messages coming from the u. S. Administration on that front so far both men talked about it neither gave very much away now were about to form a National Unity government tomorrow. I think that this is an opportunity to promote peace and security based on the understandings of the ridge with the President Trump in my last visit in washington in january will get a chance to talk about the vision for peace without some months on from the day that you came to washington when President Trump announced that vision for peace when you were there there remains work yet to do and we need to make progress on that im looking forward to it after those talks with netanyahu then met israels soon to be alternate Prime Minister benny gantz who has an entirely different position on annexation from that of netanyahu he wants to see a delay he wants to see International Consultations he is concerned about the security implications of unilateral annexation and indeed on the implications to israels relationships with other countries in the world the palestinians they are warning that they will dissolve all agreements with the u. S. In. Israel including Security Cooperation with israel should there be an announcement on annexation the key decider really in all this could be donald trump himself there are 2 schools of thought one that he wants to annex to give something to his very powerful u. S. Evangelical christian lobby ahead of the november elections the other case is that it could disrupt the relationship the United States in this region and that could be a moment a motivator for the u. S. To decide to try and slow israel down allowed to see what happens in the next few weeks. Still ahead on aljazeera on how lockdowns and the u. S. Have. To whip up some new Creative Ideas to keep the restaurants afloat. Accusations of Police Brutality and more on the protests in a guinea that ended in bloodshed. And this cricket superstar could be finding himself in the water all the details coming up in sports. Head of the most secure of fine across much of the middle east and the Arabian Peninsula the winds have been pretty strong they will still stay gusty for a day yes and they can see further to the north and east we have got quite a base class but that certainly hasnt been the case across the cemented about the training of these let me clear skies across into Beirut Lebanon and so very nice to get out there and enjoy a spot of sunshine and warm sunshine will continue on thursday 25 degrees in beirut a warm day in damascus and then across into iraq this is where once again we could house a fairly strong wind blowing up the dust and also the cloud back in the forecast really across the central Western Areas a saudi in effect that could of course just produce one of 2 showers maybe even a scott a thunderstorm but by friday temperatures still in the high saw the not too bad in doha with the high the a 31 degree celsius still a few showers to carry away from Northern Areas of afghanistan 20 is your high in kabul a fairly quiet picture much of the Central Africa you can see here we have got the usual ray of showers but nothing particularly heavy and again a bit of a break from those heavy rains as persistent rains through coastal areas the towns there and up into kenya by friday the rain and little bit heavier particularly throughout the towns there on the show as a back into the south south africa. 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By coronavirus lockdown has been imposed on a city in northeast china the 2nd this week new cases in jena raising fears of a possible new wave of infections. Brazil and mexico have recorded their deadliest days yet from covert 19000900 people died from the virus in brazil within the last day and over 350 in mexico both countries are pushing ahead with controversial plans to reopen their economies. As thousands die from the corona virus latin america another virus is on the increase too dang a fever is spread by mosquitoes in many countries on the continent Health Workers there are warning of a Record Number of cases this year victoria gave reports. From homes in colombia to parks in paraguayan to streets in argentina sanitation workers battle to get the outbreak of dengue fever under control more than 3000000 cases were reported last year in latin america and all time high scientists warn the numbers could be even higher in the is. This a possibility of supposing the historical record of 2009 thats when believe you experienced the Worst Epidemic of any disease. These in his history we had 80000 cases nationwide 61000 were registered in santa cruz. The eightys egypt carries the day virus poor sanitation and Climate Change with heavy rains and long periods of droughts old making the outbreak was. Doctors across the continent say hospitals are struggling to keep up with the number of new patients and the cave 19 is further reducing the Resources Available to treat dengue fever and other diseases almost you know as the moment. Is the star right now so all of the attention is on covert but there are still problems with malaria and charge us and provincial areas theres a problem of hospital capacity. Dengue fever is not normally fatal and can be treated with painkillers some suffer as experience symptoms such as fatigue weight loss and depression patients with severe cases are advised to go to hospital that many people have been staying away because of the fear of catching cave in 1000. You know the 1st thing i thought was i want to stay home before i expose myself im not going to hospital my friends recommended i go but no way i prefer to treat my symptoms at home and only go to hospital if its serious with 4 strains of dengue in circulation doctors say people may catch it more than once and that the 2nd case is more likely to be severe Victoria Gate and be al jazeera. The taliban says the Afghan Government has made a declaration of war by resuming military operations against the on the group that follows separate attacks on a funeral a maternity clinic on tuesday which killed at least 56 people the taliban denies being involved alex obrien reports it was. In the Eastern Province of manga survivors of a suspected suicide bombing at a funeral struggled to contain a grief. And anger. And i think you are our top problem although not. My brother is my i was standing next to me when i heard the bomb blast i saw several dead bodies on the ground and i was trying to call my brother but his phone was off after a few minutes of searching i found my brother among the dead. This attack on laura. And another at a Maternity Hospital in the capital kabul later afghanistans president going on the offensive all but. Part of despite our repeated and from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and the water tax and fruits from the taliban and other terrorist groups are ordering Afghan Security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and start their operations against the enemies of the taliban denies involvement in tuesdays attacks its fighters have largely refrained from targeting city since february when leaders signed a deal with the United States for the withdrawal of american troops and to pave the way for talks with government leaders in kabul the taliban now accusing the government of creating obstacles to peace today programme marks a milestone towards this integration of this agreement and less trusting of measures are taken immediately by all sides and by the taliban. Under the agreement the taliban was to prevent afghanistan from being used as a launching pad for attacks by other groups such as i sell and its affiliates any state suffered some. States. Need haitians and the americans and north. Dakota attacks against. Pressure on usenet restart corazon province i still says its fighters were behind 4 bomb blasts in kabul on monday which wounded 4 people though it was the un has expressed shock and revulsion at tuesdays Maternity Hospital attack which killed you born babies mothers and nurses. U. S. Secretary of state is urging the Afghan Government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice alexia brian al jazeera. Almost a month as a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council and is a former afghan ambassador to france and canada is joining us on skype from washington d. C. Thanks very much indeed for being on aljazeera what is the risk do you think that this situation could spiral out of control well a situation afghanistan has sort of been any very tense mode for a long time and its getting worse unfortunately passed yesterday 2 of which were how did it in your story and many others across the country when youre not aware of it more than almost on civilians and many others were attacked by air it shows that things are smaller and rambling and the question is do you continue to travel this towards peace or towards more war do you. Do you get value out of your particular has presented itself over the last year or small. To come to terms with sound issues and to foreclose on a political settlement or are you saying well back here and there were not even sure whos attacking whos behind all this could be spoilers and we are going to be on your answer but make this worse and it will be more bloodshed along the way so these are some critical questions that not only afghans are facing right now but also those in the region and beyond the region including the United States president. Was very quick to order his troops on to the offensive particularly against the taliban despite the fight as we mentioned before the taliban is denying that it was involved was that a mistake by afghani. Well i i dont know if it was a mistake what i do know is that it was very easy and it seemed like they were expecting Something Like this to happen regardless obviously theyre responding to alec anger to reactions across the board to the carnage yesterday but what is important is that you have to be responsible and as a government which in itself is divided in it has a lot of issues that have been resolved yet as far as what happened postelection in afghanistan. Has to 1st meet sure that the culprits always spoiler all are known and the evidence is provided before we make in very important decisions about more or piece the taliban itself in many ways is fragmented into smaller groups is more like a collection of armed groups and there are other armed forces within afghanistan as well to what extent do you think it was almost inevitable that the situation may have a reason. Well listen 3 there are a lot of players beyond the taliban i dont know to what extent taliban are unified on their political stance or on the military stance and there are different theories about that at the same time we have a bloody nose or a piece around 20 other. Terrorist groups in and around afghanistan and operate some of them are. We saw yesterday we need to know exactly who was behind this or who was you others who are used in these attacks or have little cause or strategic purpose a lot of question and answer and i think its very important that we have transparency that we have accountability and that were given decision and think in order to get in the best interest of the country to its people again its a question of whether you want more who are who are meant more and less of a chance of coming to a peaceful agreement or do you take a different route and you hes a chance by doing responsibly in do it in a manner that obviously the tax afghan civilians especially and of all the interests of those who are socalled stakeholders now and were going to give you your giving us the benefit of your experience or some not thank you very much indeed saddam is rejecting if the opium plans to start filing in filling the reservoir of the largest hydroelectric dam in africa the sudanese are calling on both if hell pair and egypt to resume stalled talks to settle the dispute in egypt and sudan fear the nearly completed dam on the river nile will reduce their supply of water essential for agriculture hiper morgan has more from the citys capital khartoum. What sudan has rejected is not signing a complete agreement because that was not what was proposed by ethiopia if you peer proposed signing a partial agreement that would spur of the way for rates to start filling the dam and said that they could negotiate the rest of the feeling as they go on that something so dense as is not going to be possible because to start filling the dam there should be a Cooperation Agreement between the 3 countries as well as other legal agreements several rounds of talks between the 3 parties have been held here in her term last year all of them resulted in deadlocks which was why the talks were moved to the United States in late december early january now the 3 sides met along with the u. S. Counterparts there in the u. S. In washington and they have agreed on a schedule to fill the dam but they were not were able to work out many details such as how to operate during drought season and they said that they were not able to identify or determine how to identify what the drought season would be to each and every country and sudan is concerned that the dam if its built and if the thoughts being filled it will have an impact on the amount of water it receives via the blue nile egypt is also concerned that the amount of fresh water sources would reduce greatly especially with Climate Change and with more than 90 percent of its population relying on the nile but if youre saying that the dam would help elevate the status of many of its citizens so it will continue to work on the dam and will start filling it by july so right now what the Prime Minister of sudan of the lambda is proposing is a virtual negotiations between the 3 sides because of the pandemic. Virus pandemic and thats something the 3 sides are yet to respond to so were going to have to wait and see if egypt if you appear and if your people will agree to the proposal of the sudanese Prime Minister and if talks will get back on track before if your peace starts filling the dam by july. The us president s former Campaign Manager paul mana for him has been released from prison to home confinement and serve the remainder of his sentence there because of concerns over corona virus a 71 year old was to be sentenced to more than 7 years in prison on tax fraud charges that followed special counsel robert moments investigation into election interference lets bring in our White House Correspondent kimberly hold good kimberly as i understand it weve got 2 people there that were involved with this quite the move there given pomona fords profile why did they make this decision. Yeah 2 people very close to President Trump not just the former Campaign Manager paul man a for for donald trump 2016 president ial campaign but also his longtime attorney and fixer Michael Cohen both advocating as successful in being allowed to finish their prison terms at home and now this is a result of coronavirus essentially prison advocates as well as some congressional leaders have been pushing for many that are not violent criminals not serving any sort of violent offense convictions to serve their sentences that home simply because its very difficult to stay 2 meters apart in terms of social distancing when youre confined to a heavily packed jail so because of these individuals advanced age because of their previous system conditions a palm and a fort serving just 30 percent of his sentence being allowed to finish the remainder have his term at home and also Michael Cohen he was set to be released in november of 2021 but obviously now getting out much sooner and theres been a twist in the case of Michael Flynn now he was Donald Trumps National Security adviser very briefly whats happening there. Yes so many thought that this would be sort of a similar situation although there was no sentence yet for Michael Cliff flynn what the thought was was given a request by the department of justice to have this case not prosecuted or essentially dropped thered be a very quick sort of almost rubber stamping in the u. S. District courts but the twist in this case with regard to the former National Security adviser the Top Administration is that the judge just said hang on just a 2nd im going to invite briefs or letters from friends of the court to weigh in on whether or not i should drop this case and that has outraged conservatives who believe that the as does the u. S. President that the f. B. I. Was weaponized against Michael Flynn that this was a case of entrapment to get him to lie we should know he pled guilty to that charge but essentially the argument is now that this judge is that politicizing from the bench is sort of advocating trying to get those who have for or against view to to weigh in before he ultimately decides what does all of this mean well it means essentially that theres been a hold on this case one that the president and the white house thought would be quickly dropped criminal could learn from the White House Committee thanks very much and. Restaurants are struggling to survive in many countries because vitus lockdowns mean eating out is off the menu in the United States its estimated 200000 wont open their doors again and Restaurant Owners are being forced to get creative to meet the changed eating habits of customers logical hain has more from the u. S. Capitol. This is where mike ellis is at his best this is the only career hes known. But after restaurants like this were ordered shot he feared he would be shut out of the kitchen for good its heartbreaking i mean. Its my career ive ive been in the kitchens and i was 12 years old like i dont know what else to do i dont i dont really i mean im not an unintelligent or an educated person but i dont have another skill set that ive been working at. For 32 years that i could use the support through the 3 children. But he an owner Rachel Turner so thought they could stay afloat preparing meals people could cook at home and also selling groceries. Right now farmers are plowing over crops well many Grocery Stores have empty shelves part of the problem with the nations food supply is that half of it is destined for restaurants and bars and it comes in this giant packaging things like this that individual people just wouldnt buy. So restaurants are getting creative repackaging the goods they can still get through their supply chains d. C. Based Founding Farmers showed us how theyre doing it. Owner dan simon says the idea came out of desperation because he laid off a leaven 100 people he also made the promise to provide all of them free food you know in a situation where theres not a lot to celebrate weve rehired almost 200 and it was 265 i think that was probably 285 people 1100 that we laid off so its not enough and we have a long way to go and its kind of scary and nerve racking but theres definitely some good news in there for. Still for traverso as restaurant takeout in groceries is only providing about 10 percent of the money the business is used to making and time is running out so how much survival. And i think. Are probably. Maybe another month there for a lucky. Ellis believes that is going to be a problem this is going to go on for 2 more months at least. So as a good the longer it goes on. Hopefully people will get tired of cooking at home all the time and theyll ask us for help. Help for an industry that provides jobs for millions with some predictions saying as many as 200000 restaurants will not survive pedicle hain aljazeera washington. Placing guinea have opened fire on protesters demanding an end to the coronavirus lockdown at least 6 people were killed in towns down the capital conakry. Reports. Liberty in freedom of movement is what protesters in several cities in guinea are demanding. Angry its coronavirus knocked down measures restricting them from traveling in and out of the capital conakry and living they blocked roads set fire to Police Vehicles at several checkpoints built to try and contain the spread of kobe bryants life for the protesters no work means no food. At all weve. Learned with fed up with this lockdown the government has abandoned us that killed 5 of their friends but we will continue to protest until they open up the roads again the Security Forces responded to the violence on tuesday by firing at the protesters at least 6 people were killed across 3 towns near the capital conakry. When the madness started to lift the protest when i arrived home i got a call telling me my brothers been shot and went straight to the hospital but he was already did. To me is one of the worst hit countries by the virus in west africa the government says the emergency measures are necessary protest as though it queues police of mistreating them and demanding bribes to let them through the checkpoints they are not. We are tired of the government we suffering it has no interest in its people in the chick points of causing too much traffic were stuck calling. Dealing with another disease is proving difficult following the Ebola Outbreak which killed 2 and a half 1000 people a few years ago doctors fear the Poor Health System limited testing and a lack of sanitation will cause kovac 19 to spread fast to try and stop that happening with a. It continues to extend nationwide states of emergency Human Rights Watch accuses the government of using it as an excuse to violently crackdown on Opposition Party members and protest as. The number of coronavirus cases has steadily increased since small despite that protesters say theyll consider need to speak out against the closure has cast you and checkpoints. Set aside its aljazeera. Still had an office here and sports baseball singing legend is getting fans are very excited santa is going to explain why its just a mob. Or oil. Those are the sports your son thank you very much rob well a toplevel spall continues its comeback in the United States and later on wednesday with the ultimate fighting championship staging the 2nd of 3 shows inside 8 days it will be headlined by Anthony Smith against a good over takes there and will happen behind closed doors at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in florida saturdays u. F. C. 249. 00 pay per view also took place there and then the promotions 7 week course by the covert 19 all break one of the scheduled contest for that show had to be cancelled after a fighter tested positive for corona virus the day prior to what was supposed to come but suppose so right so carol davis who believes that so far the u. F. C. Is decision to resume events has been a success. In as much as they got through all the rigmarole leading up to it a 1200 nasal swab tests antibody tests temperature tests on the not just the fighters but the 300 people taking part in the event from the 24th lighters to that cornum and so the medical staff to the t. V. Staff to the org fillery staff there i mean i think it was a success in as much as only as you say one fighter jacket as soon as the brazilian and 2 of his cornerman tested positive as asymptomatic for covert 19 and now theyre in quarantine weve heard no reports of any more positive tests leading into tonights events i think in many ways that general consensus was they they rushed back a little bit and was it going to work so in a lot of ways they were the guinea pigs for lots of other sports on saturday night but fight wise it was very successful social distancing obviously the fighters didnt but there was mixed messages with some of the interviewers not Wearing Masks when they interviewed and some touching but these are the kind of things that were just going to have to get used to moving forward in what theyre calling the new normal japanese has died at the age of 28 after contracting corona virus to pass an association and bushy whos a wonder left side of the screen suffered complications and multiple organ failure after he was admitted to hospital hes a 1st in sport to fall victim to cover day 19. The german bunds league is getting ready to make its return on saturday having being suspended since at mid march the matches will be played behind closed doors fans have a huge adulterate to look forward to with taken on our travels abroad meant the ones ego will be the 1st major European Football League to resume and one team that has to wait a bit longer to get back on the pitch is by live acoustic the 5th place a side that face vertebrae even on the monday and their coach says his players are eager to get going in one shot seen in the xen i saw an awful Training Session the focus is back i also notice that the players are very fresh i understand that too because we came out of that busy period of fixtures where we had some injuries and the players were tired as you can see there also the energy is back now but thats different from the stamina needed to play a full 90 minutes. Focus on star batsman. Has been named as the countrys one day captain the appointment means the 25 year old is pakistans completely limited overs leader having already been made 20 skipper the appointment follows as sam establishing himself in the top 5 in the World Rankings across all 3 formats. And west Indies Cricket superstar chris gayle is facing possible punishment for recent burst on social media as according to the president of cricket west indies a Ricky Skerritt who says the gala brought disrepute to the caribbean a premier league gala posted a video on you tube following his release from jamaica see if hell franchise it here q. s assistant coach and former windies it team made. One for playing a big part he also claimed that Team Officials were playing a game with him the team deny any follow up with a gala since joining the sense that she is a franchise. And mike tyson isnt the only boxing great to teasing a comeback hes old rival former heavyweight champion of the world if and holyfield also wants to get back in the ring the 57 year old posted this video earlier of course its got many fans calling for challenged a fight between him and iron Mike Holyfield lost both in 2011. Thats it for me rob so i dont think its very much indeed and ill be back in a couple of minutes with more see that were going. d political ideals grassroots activists and polished speech to its lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. And asks if its base is too polarized to take home the white house theres a generational divide thats real you might ironically see the outsider middle of the most corrupt incumbent president over the last americas divided democrats on out his their. What was described as the worlds longest long down course the largest exodus since the creation of an independent india and 947. 00. Experts believe india is still at the stage of infection but the long down has already created a humanitarian crisis and driven the Unemployment Rate up for 6 to 23 percent and its also highlighted inequality religious tensions and a Health Care System that isnt equipped to deal with a pandemic the following weeks will tell of the peace and Mass Movement of people who so accentuate the spread to the coronavirus from india cities to its rule hot. As we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the kind of fish closure on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok well send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on aljazeera. Hoping to restart europes Tourism Industry leaders discuss opening borders but not all countries are sold on the idea. About this and this is all jazeera live from doha also coming up a chinese city olders more than 4000000 people to stay home but Officials Say new infections not the feared 2nd wave. President on toms former Campaign Manager paul manifold is released from prison