Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

A total lockdown for the capital santiago after a huge jump in infections and in afghanistan the death toll rises to 56. 00 from attacks on a Maternity Hospital and funeral which threatened to unravel the deal with the taliban. The European Union is urging Member States to start reopening their borders to help revive the continents summer tourist season and battered economy france austria and switzerland say that they will start relaxing their Coronavirus Closures as early as this weekend germany and some other states will open their borders by june 15th others though are not convinced spain for one which has the worlds 4th highest test hole plans to keep its borders shut until at least july thousands of people in england meanwhile have gone back to work for the 1st time in 7 weeks but leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland to say its too early to relax restrictions and china has placed a 2nd city under lockdown this week after a cluster of more than 20 cases were discovered in. E. U. Governments are working on plans to reopen their borders and reinstate free travel with particular Member States but as soon as Prime Minister is warning against that saying privilege the tourist channels with a limited number of neighbors would destroy the Single Market the fashionable live reports now from paris on the efforts to revive its Tourism Industry. A glimpse of war going on a holiday in some parts of europe will look like this summer barriers separating sun loungers on the greek island of santorini not the beach experience the 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 borders in the European Union were shot and nearly 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 their lock downs 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 struck 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 the 2 countries paris is one of the worlds most visited cities to look down has been eased but more limits 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. Abroad and friends will be a valid i have a holiday home in spain but for now there are restrictions but i want to go we cant stop living more than 6000000 tourism jobs in need you 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 bloke who talks about just 0 hours some britons have returned to their workplace for the 1st time in 7 weeks this is the u. K. Is the best told passed 33000 with figures showing the countrys economy shrank by 2 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year the government is keen to get people back to work but the move has been rejected by leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland who say its too early to relax the measures jonah hull has. Much has been made of britain going back to work and not much came of it its only really england that heated Boris Johnsons call for those who cant do their jobs from home to return the devolved ministrations of scotland wales and Northern Ireland feel its too soon too risky and on londons still quiet streets some workers agreed. With so you dont know what that effects are it is. So for people to be going to work i dont think is the right time. To feel very very unsafe. Construction sites and factories are some of the places that saw more work taking place though many had been allowed to operate throughout the lock down among the big challenges they and other businesses will face is social distancing and transport. The government urged people to walk drive or cycle if possible. And if they have to use public transport to wear face coverings and stand back to back but it may be a while yet before tubes and trains experience a real rush hour you can still social distance on the tube on the victoria line is getting a bit more difficult so you have to switch between carriages if you want to get a seat. God is a consultant advising companies how to prepare for the return of busy times at least 60 percent of the spaces the work settings in offices cannot be used for social distancing so that means that a maximum of 40 percent can be brought back so we expect the numbers to be to be low and potentially even below 40 percent which means that from Office Workers in total in the u. K. More than 8000000. 00 people still will have to work from home when social distancing measures are in place with damage mounting the need to restart the economy becomes more urgent every day official figures now point to 2 percent. Dropping g. D. P. In the 1st quarter would be painful enough in normal times but the bank of england is pointing to much worse to come a possible staggering further 25 percent drop in g. D. P. In this 2nd quarter of 2020. Thats the biggest economic decline in 300 years with no guarantee of a swift recovery so while you can now some day the play golf visit a Garden Center and in some cases return to work what you cant easily do is relax and look forward to normal life after covert 19 because the effects will be felt for years to come jonah how aljazeera london lockdown has been imposed 2nd city in northeast china after another 1000 cluster was discovered and their cases engineering are raising fears of a possible possible 2nd wave of infections something the authorities are downplaying katrina you has more now 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 learn city was looked down on monday more than 20 infections have been identified in dillon province since the beginning of the month but experts say it isnt a 2nd wave of disease whenever a new case is emerging that the Monitoring System would 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 cluster is been discovered so we know that a 2nd wave is coming any way theres no way we can you know prevent. The new infections. Thats on that 00. 0000 and that we are actually. 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 time is 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 just want katrina aljazeera into. The World Health Organization has warned that there is a long way to go yet in the fight against the virus saying it could even be here to stay to put this on the table this where is may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this wireless may never go away hiv has not gone away weve come to terms with the virus and we have found the therapies and we found the prevention methods and people dont feel have scared. As they did before and were offering life to people with ha very long healthy lives to people would reach every. Report from the u. N. Says an estimated 34000000. 00 people are likely to fall below the extreme poverty line of 1100. 00 a day in 2020 because of the pandemic more than half of them in africa that warning comes a stocks across the world have the. In the u. S. The major 3 indices waned for a 2nd straight day following a warning from the Federal Reserve chairman powell warned about the threat of a prolonged recession because of coded 1000 shutdowns and has called on congress to agree on further financial support. Well the u. S. Says hackers backed by the Chinese Government are trying to steal the work of coronavirus researchers the f. B. I. And department of Homeland Security have warned institutions and Companies Developing code in 1000 vaccines and treatments to be on alert for potential Cyber Attacks the trumpet ministration blames china for being the source of the pandemic and exploiting its aftermath china dismisses the allegations as groundless. While our White House Correspondent kimberly how kids join. President trump is currently meeting with governors to the scots reopening their states and hes just been calling thing on the testimony of the top u. S. Infectious diseases expert anthony found to the senate on tuesday yesterday what has the president been saying. Now the u. S. President seems to be expressing some surprise by the comments that were made by dr anthony found out she essentially he says that his answers that there were risks to reopening the economy too soon in the words of the u. S. President he says that is not an acceptable answer now one of the statements made by dr anthony found she was essentially that if governors d opened up their economies too soon something that the u. S. President s pushing for there could be needless suffering even deaths we should point out those deaths now at 83000. 00 in the United States and climbing so the u. S. President saying that he finds the caution being put forward by one of his Top Public Health officials to be out except it will answer now in terms of opening these economies there is a need for widespread testing the u. S. President saying that the United States is now leading the way globally on that something that has been challenge the number of tests now conducted 10000000 but in a country of more than 330000000 a long way to go still the u. S. President saying that these governors need to open up their economies they also need to open up schools and that if schools are open the that is not really a positive sign in other words the schools have to be open to consider these economies to be open and in terms of the depressed economy the u. S. President also talking about that saying he believes that there will be a recovery by the 4th quarter but in terms of the stimulus effort being put forward by democrats to try and help these economies the u. S. President calling that dead on arrival and one more issue that he talked about that issue of social distancing particularly when it comes to himself and the Vice President because of course the Vice President s press secretary katie miller tested positive for crowd a virus i should tell you that i observed a number of us observe the Vice President arriving today apparently he was once again wearing a mask after refusing to do so earlier and the u. S. President saying that they have been talking yes been talking to mike pence but they say that theyre going to continue to keep their distance for a little while longer given the fact that the Vice President is working but hes also partially self isolating and kimberly its also emerged the president from former Campaign Manager paul none of ford has been released from prison because of fears relating to the coronavirus whats behind that. Yeah i am so under some of the crow virus legislation prison advocates and some members of congress advocated that those that are not violent offenders could be released to serve their terms at home in some cases so paul manna for the former Campaign Chair for Donald Trumps 2016 president ial campaign had his lawyers apply under this legislation and as a result he was allowed to leave early and finish the remainder of his term. At hole his wife apparently picking him up from this low level prison in pennsylvania the concern was that he was of advanced age he was particularly vulnerable because of some Underlying Health conditions and even though he pled guilty can to conspiracy charges hes going to be allowed to serve the other remaining term of his sentence at his house but its really interesting who didnt get that same permission to leave from the d bureau of prisons and that is when it comes to Michael Cohen the president s former fixer and attorney 2 who pled guilty to lying to Congress Campaign fraud he had also been promised an Early Release because of similar concerns about corona virus and his exposure well being held in captivity and as a result of that request he had been promised this Early Release and then perhaps because he spoke out against the president its really unclear but at the very last minute were told that the bureau of prisons rescinded his Early Release with no explanation. Can really help get with the latest on all those developments from the white house can really thank you. Coming up in this news hour how an Upcoming Supreme Court ruling could see thousands of u. S. Front Line Health Care Workers Force into from the u. S. Meanwhile as people start returning to work in the u. K. Twitter says its staff can work from home permanently could this be defeated church for many Office Workers. Lets take a look at the impact of the virus in south America Chile is imposing a lockdown on its capital santiago on friday after a surge of new corona virus infections or latin america editor joins us live now from santiago tell us about these new measures in chile. Hi there barbara in Kent Campbell there has been quarantines issued in a selective way where im standing now for example its mandatory to wear face masks theres still a very high infection rate here the need quarantine had been lifted about 2 weeks ago but the number of infections has just been going up and up and up just to give you an idea 2 weeks ago there was 5 times less infections and im than the number we have now and in fact just overnight there were a 1000 more cases confirmed and whats happening is that the hospitals are practically full they will not be able to take any more patients here in santiago in Critical Care and that is a very very serious situation indeed and so the government has finally given in to a very strong pressure from opposition politicians and also the mayors of the whole city that have been demanding requesting even begging that they do issue a lockdown completely and that starts on friday one of the other measures that the government has agreed to or has decided to impose is that everybody or anybody who is over the age of 75 must stay at home a total lockdown total quarantine for people of that age bracket because the Health Ministry says and quite rightly that they are the most vulnerable and that the the highest death rates have been seen among Senior Citizens under 75 and over its going to be very very difficult the Health Minister admits that it beings that people wont be able to work as and especially in the poorer neighborhoods where people are living in very overcrowded conditions where they live from hand to mouth and with that with just by day by day selling things in the Informal Sector the government is trying to approve an economic rescue plan to help these people but this is all happening very very quickly and so it is going to be clearly very difficult but there is no other choice in chile otherwise we might start to see the same sorts of scenes of tragic scenes of people dying without having any access to health care at all some of the lucy and human with the latest there on the situation in chile speaking to us from santiago is he as always thank you. Its going to mexico now with the president has announced how he plans to reopen his country even though it just recorded its deadliest day so far from kovac 19 lets go live now to manuel and rapper low in mexico city as someone that the president announced mandel. To reiterate some of the numbers that you just outlined there barbara tuesday was the deadliest day for copa deaths in mexico so far since the start of the outbreak there were 1997 new cases recorded 353. 00 additional deaths thats the most thats been seen here in mexico in a period of 24 hours so on the question of countries in latin america that could be lifting their quarantines or lifting their calls for social isolation maybe a little bit too soon mexico certainly might be at the top of that list basically with the Mexican Government is announcing right now is a new color coded system where there will be updating weekly on which states are dealing best with the with the outbreak red being the most critical the continuing calls in demands for self isolation and self quarantine green being the less critical these would be states cities municipalities that could return to regular Economic Activity of course theres a lot of concern is specifically when it comes to the Manufacturing Sector along mexicos northern border with the United States United States despite having more cases more deaths related to cope with 19 there are calls for him from the United States from mexico to speed up opening up the economy the Mexican Government is is sort of struggling at this point to balance. The health the Public Health side of things and also protecting the economy but there is a sense from mexican officials that that the theyve got the eye on the mexican peso which is one of the world currencies thats devalued the most since the start of the pandemic but theres also a sense that they dont want to do this too soon barbara yeah that balance between economy and house obviously the real challenge for all countries but amanda a world so hearing reports of alcohol poisoning in mexico whats going on there. This is a troubling update this is an unfortunate occurrence and its not a one off either were confirming the deaths of at least 35. 00 individuals in central mexico who died after and by being methanol this is like i said not a one off this is happened before in april there were at least 2 dozen people who died in western mexico and how least go after imbibing unlabeled alcohol whats going on is that in march there was a ban on manufacturing of beer so theres been a beer shortage in mexico since march and 1 of the unfortunate side effects is that people are turning to on labelled liquor as as as an alternative and in this case these are people who imbibed methanol this is an alcohol thats related to ethanol and can be deadly when imbibed so this is something that Mexican Police are on the lookout for theyre on the lookout for bootleg liquor but again in unfortunate side effect of some of the manufacturing plants that been shut down considered nonessential Services Since the start of the outbreak here in mexico barbara absolutely manno about below with the latest on those developments from mexico city many well thank you its bringing some of the days other news now in the fragile Peace Process in afghanistan appears to be unraveling after tuesdays attacks on a Maternity Hospital in funeral which killed 56 people the president to ashraf ghani immediately ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other on the groups but the taliban denies responsibility for either attack blaming them both on ice old and says its ready to fight back alexia bryan reports. I was. In the Eastern Province of manga survivors of a suspected suicide bombing at a funeral struggled to contain a grief. And anger. Was going to hurt you was a problem although one of. 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 i this attack on mourners. And another at a Maternity Hospital in the capital kabul later afghanistans president going on the offensive all but fall apart despite 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 to water tax and fruits from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering Afghan Security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. 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 2 marks a milestone towards this integration of this agreement and less trust 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 armed groups such as i saw and its affiliates well as any state both suffered some better. Than the americans and. Supporters of the texas. Or pressure on is that he started corazon province eisel says its fighters were behind 4 bomb blasts in kabul on monday which wounded 4 people the the un has expressed shock and revulsion at use days 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. Well john sifton is the asia advocacy director of Human Rights Watch he joins us now from new york via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera now having been in contact with your people on the ground in afghanistan or either your contacts Human Rights Watchers contacts in the country who do you think is behind this attack and why. We made a statement yesterday that we dont know whos behind the attack but certainly as we mentioned its possible that the Islamic State of course some provinces responsible because theyve attacked in this neighborhood before its predominantly a shia neighborhood in kabul. But we dont know it is the case however that the taliban have also committed atrocities like the one against the wedding in mangalore and others in the past but ultimately it doesnt really matter everybody is on notice that you cannot attack civilians this is a clear violation of International Humanitarian law and every side has violated this so we have at this point again and again and again over the years and were at it again its just that yesterdays attack was worse kalen brutality than anything we were in his thats the thing because unfortunately well tragically really for afghanistan and the afghans at the place there is no stranger to violations of human rights law but there is a brutality behind the attack of you know Maternity Department with newborns and pregnant women and mothers who have just given birth d. C. That is an indication how do you think that ultimately it doesnt matter whos behind it but this really shows the situation in afghanistan. Yes and i think that thats the most important point there are attacks and have been attacks in kabul countless times but the brutality of an attack on a Maternity Ward literally the worlds most Vulnerable People newborn babies being attacked it suggests that the motive of this attack was not to any kind of military advantage but a spectacular seeder that was meant to undermine political negotiations with the government mentality so it was was it was sabotaging its own peace talks or whether the Islamic State was evidence that regardless of who was doing it certainly the whatever Peace Process was in place is suffering hugely ashraf ghani had initially accused the taliban and its very telling actually that comment from the u. S. Secretary of state my prime peo who condemn what he called the 2 horrific terrorist attacks but actually noted that the taliban had denied responsibility because obviously the u. S. Wants to extricate itself from afghanistan who do you think is any role to play here to try to salvage the peace deal in afghanistan right now signed between the taliban and the u. S. But meant to be brought forward by the government and the taliban. Well whether its the United States of america or other governments that have helped the Peace Process or the government of afghanistan so i mean the main thing is this all reinforces why human rights need to be part of the discussion when the need to bring people to justice is clear to any afghan who suffered human rights abuses and yet its one thing that rarely gets discussed in the kind of take it can i just set it to forgive me for interrupting you its just that we have we were running out of time i mean you mentioned human rights and of course the spore has gone on for so long in the instability and we all know the effort is certainly the lip service that was paid in the west to human rights womens rights for example do you find it quite depressing to see afghanistan in the situation that it is now with basically a lot of western countries seeming to turn their backs on never mind human rights even just the basic stability and security of the country yes and ultimately i mean the arguments about human rights can go back and forth but ultimately its also a human right not to be killed in your home but during wartime if youre a civilian and we dont take a position on the ultimate negotiations between the government but the need to protect human rights is stronger now and if they dont do it in the negotiations the International Criminal court in the hague is going to do it for them lets hear this development certainly an absolutely or for a few days in afghanistan John Sifton Asia advocacy director Human Rights Watch sir thank you. Thank you. And theres also more still to come this hour. 6 day and up to policing gainey opened fire on protesters demanding an end to to the coronavirus lockdown there and we spend the day with a coronavirus tracery in south africa he tells us his fears and explains why he does the job. Hello there was still a flood risk yesterday in the border area its been a normally heavy rain there must be its going away there though its not bone dry but this big system here is going to produce more significant rain in the alps for fades away the next systems working its way through both portugal and spain will come across the pyrenees again to Southern France but more the mediterranean coast which is used to that sort of wet weather there is no useful we still a division in temperatures quite warm in the southeast this point not warm still in germany in the British Isles but it was in the cold when this dying down a little bit theres the Long Division the rain running through most of it light snow with the except whats happening down here in northeastern spain and southwest of france i suspect flash floods from this the focus of madrid reflects whats happening over most of spain temps not where they should be there in the middle t. J. You got least 2 days of rain thursday and friday before and some state it should be dry and a little warmer of course a consequence of that is that morocco gets it too sacred not to show a breeze for about that 80 the rain here on show you get some showers now dearie but ahead of it theres a very hot wind coming out of the desert so if a trip for the temps is a very high 40. Political ideals of grassroots activists and polished speech in its full lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. And asks if its base is too polarized to take on the white house theres a generational divide thats real you might ironically see the outsider middle of the most corrupt incumbent president ever to langs americas divided democrats on out his era when the news breaks over the night of the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place of the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and indepth reports of all this resumes of the world battles that from them demick will bring you the latest developments from around the globe aljazeera has teams on the ground to remove brutally documentaries and life means. To. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera the European Union is urging Member States to start reopening their borders to help revive the continents summer tourist season and battered economy france austria and switzerland say theyll start relaxing their Coronavirus Closures as early as this weekend thousands of people in england have gone back to work in the for the 1st time in 7 weeks but leaders in scotland wales and Northern Ireland say its too early to relax restrictions and the lockdown has been imposed on a 2nd city in northeast china after another 900. 40 s. Are downplaying fears of a possible 2nd wave of infection. A new 4 day lockdown has come into force in lebanon because of a resurgence in corona virus infections in recent days the scribed is a total lockdown it started at 7 pm local time but excludes the Health Agriculture food and Manufacturing Industry the crisis hit country had been slowly starting to emerge from several weeks of restrictions that aggravated its economic crisis. Police in guinea have opened fire on protesters demanding an end to their coronavirus lockdown at least 6 people were killed in the towns near the capital colloquy saddle height it reports. Liberty and 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 in living they blocked roads and set fire to Police Vehicles at several checkpoints built to try and contain the spread of kobe bryants love for the protesters no work means no. 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 went straight to the hospital but he was already did. Guineas 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 a party. 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 soon a whole 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 the government continues to extend a nationwide state of emergency Human Rights Watch accuses the government of using it as an excuse to violently crackdown on Opposition Party members and protest is. The number of coronavirus cases has steadily increased since march despite that protesters say bill clinton needs to speak out against the closures curfew and checkpoints. Sort of hideouts are just there. South africa has managed to send the tide of corona virus infections there and the key part of its response has been Contact Tracing a strategy thats strong heavily on its experience of battling a hiv aids more than 28000 recruits have screened 7000000 people so far aljazeera joined one Contact Trace or working in Northwest Province here is his story in his own words im a bit concerned about conflict in the koran over us but as Communicable Disease called elite are dealing with. A response or dealing with our brutal conditions i know that at some stage well be dealing with outbreaks of this magnitude as the Health Care Professional to go about. My business and interest comes 1st so all im here to serve denise is. What has been a. Little inventive with this storm spreading. That is what it was what then progressed from the ones who are. Screaming. Where d a simple magic. As a Health Care Example not only. Because you go to not only concentrate on their public name. Get into their house they do their full assessment of their environment. Sometimes if we see a crowd on tandems. Whether. Or not crowded. Theres infrared when theyre. Being in this wall of house and were crowded and then it was still quite intense not going to all. Be transferred to a group to be translated. This is. d quite an internal. Skirmish. Its find no conflict. Most in terms. Of the most beneficial thing for me through the series to see where there is snow all spread of infection where my at length. Here are few and there are no symptoms in the knees here is loosening some Domestic Travel restrictions but critics say the new rules are very good and inconsistent Health Experts are warning its outbreak is far from under control and could worsen unless tougher action is taken as a washington reports from jakarta. This is normally the Busiest Airport in Southeast Asia but most aircraft at sukarno Hunter International have been grounded for weeks by cofa 19 travel restriction now some travelers in the worlds 4th largest population are on the move again i had to travel for work im sure airlines have taken the right precautions im a bit worried about traveling because the regulations arent clear in late april the government announced a ban on travel from cities designated as covert 19 hotspots since then the ban has been changed many times the latest is to allow travel for family emergencies and some business trips the government says the business exemption is only for journeys related to combating the pandemic and important economic functions young lass travelers have to be clear about the purpose of the travel were calling it what theyre doing and when theyll return to us this is no not a relaxation of the mess social distancing. But the grounds for exemption from the travel ban are vague even industry workers are confused. About the policies are clashing with each other we need the government to be firm so we know what our future will be a move the travel restrictions would just stop the spread of the virus from major cities into provinces with little or no help infrastructure now with the government begins to relax these restrictions their fears even more lives will be put at risk government ministers say they want life to start going back to normal in a matter of weeks but doctors say thats unlikely. Of course were not ready the president says we need to test 10000 people day weve only reached half that number many people died in Emergency Rooms because of the backlog so they never got counted even though they covered 1900 times obvious for weeks president joko widodo simply advised against the annual tradition known as moody when millions of workers return to their hometowns before by the time he announced a ban and ordered Police Checkpoints around major cities hundreds of thousands had already made the journey. The response is being criticized for being slow and inconsistent because the government is not very its not very straight and is not very. Much with the restrictions in a very strict weight right from a stance and it makes the right makes that. It makes the periods of billings. That we can be can be longer in indonesia compared to many countries many other countries many feel the rush to get things back to normal could end up doing the opposite just because washington aljazeera jakarta. Thousands of us front line workers who are helping fight the battle against coronavirus could soon be forced out of their jobs thats because many are undocumented immigrants who arrived as children and that Upcoming Supreme Court ruling could get them deported how does your castro reports from washington d. C. When jose aggie luce came to the United States at age 15 it was to fight for his life policy in a very bad car accident that i broke my neck and my parents decided that they couldnt do the surgery in honduras in the u. S. The medical team that saved him also inspired a new path for his future i saw the care that nurses provided to me and i decided that i want to be one of them the family settled in the us despite having tourist visas jose studied and earned a nursing degree but discovered no hospital would hire him due to his immigration status good afternoon everybody then came former u. S. President Barack Obamas 2012 announcement of a program called deferred action for childhood arrivals or dhaka we werent sure that it was. Giving young undocumented immigrants a chance at the American Dream eligible individuals who do not present a risk to National Security or Public Safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and apply for Work Authorization with dhaka jose became an operating room nurse and progressed in his medical career now hes treating coven 19 patients at a Field Hospital in baltimore maryland i dont introduce myself to my patients. Im an heiress and a doctor recipient you know for them im just so said the nurse and that is going to be taking care of them in their time of me on his day off from the Field Hospital has a volunteers here at a coed 19 drive through testing site where he takes samples from patients he doesnt get paid for this work he says he does it to give back to a community thats given him so much i feel is my responsibility to help and help other americans say immigrants and anyone in this country according to the National Immigration law center 27000 frontline. Health care workers in the United States are immigrants covered by dhaka but whether they can remain on the job during this time of crisis depends on a u. S. Supreme court ruling expected within weeks the high court will decide whether the Trump Administration may cancel dhaka as it intends to do were. Reaping the benefits really of this group of individuals who are working on the front lines protecting us at the same time not exist and doing just the basic benefit of allowing them to stay in the United States its a really uncomfortable and you know tragic position that weve put ourselves in. Without dhaka the young immigrants face the threat of deportation that means the thanks jose may receive for helping america overcome the coronavirus pandemic is a boot out of the country castro aljazeera washington working from home has been so successful for twitter that its workers can now do it permanently the social Media Company says most offices and Business Travel will not resume before september and once offices do reopen those who are able to work from home can continue to do so governments worldwide have urged businesses to shift to to a remote work set up to help contain kobe had 19 well nina freed is the chief Technology Correspondent and action media and she joins us now from San Francisco thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera obviously were in the middle of a pattern that makes you can see why working from home now is obviously a good idea for those of us who cad but why do you think twitter decided to make this you know within reason a permanent thing. Well twitter unlike most of the rest of companies around the world had actually been moving in this direction but ahead of dependent mixo in january jack dorsey the c. E. O. Actually surprised people by saying twitter was going to move to a remote 1st workforce broadly and that was after the city of San Francisco had given them a lot of incentives to set up headquarters here i think for them they see it as more cost efficient and a way to recruit workers from all around the world rather than just where they have physical offices. Twitter id already started thinking about it before so do you think that this is something that will catch on that other companies will try to emulate twitter both social Media Companies Tech Companies and normal vials i think were going to see a real spectrum of companies all the way from twitter to companies that really value and insist on an in Person Office culture obviously there are some jobs that can only be done in an office if youre monitoring a server physically even for twitter theres a small number of jobs you have to be there but i think a lot of Tech Companies and companies more broadly have a culture where the office plays a very fundamental role and i think youll see a spectrum of everything from you can work remotely if you want to a small portion of staff to broadly a lot of people working remote and i think were already seeing that google and facebook have kind of pushed out the time frame for when people are going to come back and i think Companies Like apple will be back sooner because they really value the secrecy that comes from having an office as well as just that intense Office Work Culture that was going to ask you about that because obviously working from home does have many benefits a across the spectrum when a Work Life Balance spending more time at home some of the obvious ones but what would you say are the drawbacks of trying to substitute the face to face contact that you get in an office with the shifting everything to technology. Well its 2 fold and i think one of the important things to remember is this isnt a typical work from home moment so right now one were doing it out of necessity and also theres additional burdens theres the stress of caring for family members for a lot of us were operating a home school out of our hours so i think that is an added set of drawbacks and challenges that presumably when schools are open working from home actually you know if you take me for example working from home is no problem most of the time its a lot harder now that my 7 year old is out of school. They have got a 3 year old so i understand how that works in a free day chief Technology Correspondent at x. Media thank you so much for sharing your views with us thank you thank you with a pandemic stopping almost all Live Entertainment the Norwegian National ballot has taken its show on the road the dancers are performing at Nursing Homes Senior Centers and even a prison they take their own mobile stage and set it up outside the idea is to provide some hope and comfort to people isolated from the rest of the world events or say theyll never forget the experience and clearly those who get to see them will not be there. Still ahead in this news hour the u. S. Secretary of state flies to israel to discuss nationality plans to add next 30 percent of the occupied west bank and part of a Chinese Rocket becomes one of the biggest pieces of space junk to free fall to earth. Here secretary of state mike pump aoe has meant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in israel to discuss a u. S. Backed plan to and makes 30 percent of the occupied west bank thats now can start an exciting land as of july. And is eager to begin with president facing reelection in november trumps proposal for the middle east palestinians limited statehood palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has rejected the deal harry full sit in west jerusalem says israel can all go ahead with the annexation without u. S. Approval which ultimately lies with donald trump. My compost 1st foreign trip since the start of the pandemic can be 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 they alluded 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 going to be sworn in on thursday that policy being annexation of large parts of the occupied west bank because the 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 in reach with the president dropped in my last visit in washington in january will get a chance to talk about the vision for peace remember 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 and that im looking forward to it after those talks with Netanyahu Pompei then met israel 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 mood a motivator for the u. S. To decide to try and slow israel down a lot to see what happens in the next few weeks at least 3 protesters have been killed in western mali is then strangers continue to rally against the killing of a teenager by a Police Officer the protests in the city of chi is is in its 3rd day with demonstrators setting fires to protest the 18 year old was shot dead by an off duty Police Officer while riding his motorbike that followed the governments lifting of its nighttime curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus the u. N. Food and Agriculture Organization says pakistan could see its lowest. In 5 years excessive rain and the locust plague have exacerbated shortages caused by corruption and the coronavirus pandemic pakistan is the worlds 8th largest wheat producer struggling farm workers say they cant find alternative jobs because of restrictions aimed at curbing covert 19. Police in hong kong have fired tear gas at protesters after hundreds gathered in shopping malls across the city its the 2nd demonstration in 4 days with protesters flouting coronavirus restrictions they gather to mock chief executive kerry lamb on her birthday at least one person was arrested protesters are demanding an independent inquiry into alleged Police Brutality during mass prodemocracy protests last year. They brief from a Chinese Rocket launched last week may have 4 little to villages in ivory coast a large metal object is reported to have landed in one village other metallic items are also said to a fall in from the sky it was previously thought that the entire rocket had landed in the Atlantic Ocean on monday chinas long march 5 b. Rocket was launched from one Chinese Space launch center in heinen province Jonathan Mcdowell is an astronomer add the Harvard Smithsonian center for astrophysics he says Stronger International controls are needed to prevent similar situations they have been Getting Better and that the good space citizens. And they used to launch from Central China and the lower stages of their rockets would seoul and villages in china so this launch was actually going to be a new story sports in high and an island the villages over the ocean so thats safer unfortunately theyre the rocket stage once in orbit either they didnt have a plan to bring it down or d whatever plan they had didnt work so were really at the point now where we need some Stronger International controls on how this happens and that is it for this news hour this stay with us im going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the days news i hope youll join me then by. 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Engages with the rest of the world i cover Foreign Policy National Security this is very much a political impasse heres the pop like how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what were trying to take care of their living outside in makeshift tents this is not the way any family wants to raise their children were willing and fit in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to absolutely feels that you were there told to go to sarah. You know how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why did we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that on the edges there are. The e. U. Pushes some Member States to reopen their borders to kick start the summers tourist season as the u. N. Warns of a Global Economic contraction. Alone barbara sorry youre watching aljazeera live from london also coming up many britons return to work for the 1st time in 7 weeks but some new key leaders say its still too risky to go back now china locks down a 2nd city after a cluster of new