In my Life Experience of every other country has shown its the only way to defeat the coronavirus the most vicious threat this country has faced in my lifetime and though the death toll has been tragic and the suffering in metz and though we grieve for all those we have lost it is a fact that by adopting those measures we prevented this country from being engulfed by what could have been a catastrophe in which the reasonable worst Case Scenario was half a 1000000 fatalities. And its thanks to your effort and sacrifice in stopping the spread of this disease that the death rate is coming down and hospital admissions are coming down and thanks to you we protected our n. H. S. And saved many thousands of lives and so i know you know that it would be madness not to throw away that achievement by allowing a 2nd spike we must stay alert we must continue to control the virus and save lives and we must also recognize that this campaign against the virus has come that colossal cost to our way of
Is and dont match with doctors advice. As new infections rise faster cross brazil the latest Health Minister has resigned after only a few weeks in the job. 1200 families are quarantined in bangladesh to try to stop the virus spreading through a cramped camp for him to refugees. And mass testing ramps up in the worst affected parts of kenya many there are worried that theyll be forced into quarantine. Also a Hong Kong Police watchdog upholds actions against protesters provoking anger from those who accuse offices of intel is the. Us President Donald Trump says he hopes his operation warp speed project will develop a crowd of ours that same by the end of the year or shortly afterwards he said. The f. It will be unlike anything the us has seen since the development of atomic weapons during world war 2 trump added that the u. S. Is working with other governments to get the vaccine as soon as possible and this preparing ways to distribute it docked isnt a Health Experts have said in the pa
Over Prime Minister or is Johnsons Corner virus trying to cheat in the u. K. And china reopens disneyland in shanghai even as new coronavirus cases are equal to it in one city. Thank you for joining us we begin with some breaking news out of saudi arabia for us which has announced major budget cuts and an increase in the value added tax as fire of measures aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by loyal prices and the corner virus pandemic according to the state news agency there. Has been increased threefold from 5 to 15 percent the government has also canceled the cost of living allowance for all Public Sector employees starting next month well bring you more details on this breaking news story as well as analysis and reaction later here on aljazeera now and. Libya and the battle for tripoli turkey says attacks on the countrys only functioning airport 10 Diplomatic Missions in which civilians have been killed amount to war crimes and its warning it will take acti
Jazeera after weeks of talks and of course overshadowed by covert 19 Iraqs Parliament approves the new government led by Prime Minister. Let me. Also angle a miracle calls for courage and caution as germany prepares to reopen all shops and even restart top level football. Going to start with news out of iraq where Prime Minister mustafa the me has formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he said he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought about by coronavirus but on top of the countrys existing financial problems the previous government collapsed last year after mass protests that were often violent the vote in parliament was delayed several times to make changes that appeased the rival posses the latest with simona faulty in baghdad now hows it going to work some on earth where use the words they are partial cabinet is this going to give the Prime Minister some real power. Well for now they managed to get through 15 out of 22 ministers in ca
Control. And its own state t. V. Has video of an alleged us mercenary the president of iran says was involved in a failed plot to oust him. Would have been involved it would have gone differently. The u. S. Secretary of state might bump a 0 insists washington had nothing to do with the mysterious incident and the british Prime Minister gets a grilling from the new Opposition Leader as he defends his handling of the pandemic. So the rocket Prime Minister. Has formally taken office after parliament approved a partial cabinet he takes the reins at a time of severe economic crisis brought on by coronavirus but really on top of a lot of the existing financial problems they previous government collapsed last year after mass protests that often turned violent. The vote in parliament was delayed several times to make changes that appeased rival party its so wonderful to in now with more so if youre having to appease a whole lot of parties just to get this through the gates what does that say a