Its new digital travel permit system after long queues and crowds of one the metro stations and the big win for moon janes ruling party in south koreas election which saw on high turnout despite the current virus. Hello thank you for joining us the head of the World Health Organization says he regrets the u. S. President s decision to suspend funding for the agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic pederasts add on. A says the w. H. O. Is reviewing the impact of the funding withdrawal and will work to fill any financial gaps the u. S. Is the agencys largest donor providing it with around 400000000 dollars last year but the trunk halted that funding on tuesday accusing the Un Health Body of severely mismanaging the pandemic when we divided the virus exploits the cracks between us we are committed to serving the world as people and to accountability for the resources with which were interested in due course doubloon chose but for most in tackling this plunder meek will be reviewed by w. Just Member States and the independent bodies start out employees to ensure transparency and accountability. But for now our focus my focus is on stopping this virus and save the lives well trumps decision sparked widespread alarm and condemnation house of representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it senseless and dangerous and said it would be challenged and the billionaire philanthropist and microsoft cofounder founder bill gates whose foundation is the agencys a 2nd biggest donor wrote this on twitter halting funding for the World Health Organization during a World Health Crisis is as dangerous as it sounds their work is slowing the spread of covert 19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them the world needs. Now more than ever cross to our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett she joins us live now from washington kimberly correct me if im wrong the president doesnt actually have the power himself to suspend or stop with this payment it has to go through congress so in light of that why do you think hes made the statement and crucially why is it made it now in the middle of a pandemic crisis. Well theres no question the politics are played here because the u. S. President who is running for reelection is looking for somebody to blame and so there is certainly already across the United States around the world some review of the World Health Organization what it knew what it knew it but the u. S. President has taken that a step further and now is firmly pointing the fingers against that body in order to try and perhaps cast some of the blame share some of the blame in terms of the response given the fact that the number of infections and deaths in the United States are now so high in fact when it comes to those numbers we now have 614000 americans that are infected with code it 19 and the number of deaths has spiked in just the last 24 hours now being recorded at 30000 now the u. S. President is defending his action of suspending funds saying that he will never hesitate to take would be necessary steps to protect the lives health and safety of the American People but at the same time there are many members of his own Coronavirus Task force that are defending the relationship between the United States and the World Health Organization specifically the head of the centers for Disease Control or c. D. C. Heres what he had to say about the Longstanding Partnership between the United States the c. D. C. And the World Health Organization c. D. C. And jones had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so weve had a very productive Public Health relationship we continue to have but. And kimberly i mean you mentioned some of the numbers a little earlier but give us more of an overview about what the virus situation in the u. S. Is right now. Well this is still a country thats very much in the midst of a crisis and that crisis is exacerbated in some areas and not as serious in others but its still a country that is grappling to deal with this and has not yet gotten ahead of the socalled curve well weve had encouraging data in terms of some flattening of the curve as its called the peak of cases this country is still very much in the midst of combating this disease and we see it manifesting all around the country whether its here in washington d. C. Where i am where the mayor has just extended the stay at home order for another month that means schools are closed only nonessential businesses are or rather only essential businesses are allowed to remain open but essentially this city is shut down this is the Nations Capital and then you have further north in michigan you have demonstrations going on there people are unhappy with the stay at home orders theyre feeling that theyre somewhat arbitrary in new york city which has been the epicenter of this outbreak for some time the last couple of weeks the governor there and andrew cuomo is saying that people cannot leave the house now without facial coverings and then you have the Economic Impact because were already looking ahead to try less than 24 hours from now when we know were going to get those tough unemployment numbers coming out again and we know that it is not going to be good in fact were hearing already that the numbers could be above 22000000 americans now that have lost their jobs overnight as a result of coronavirus so in the midst of all this crisis we know the u. S. President is working very hard to potentially try and reopen the economy but again its not going to be the flick of a light switch as one of our top Infectious Disease specialist anthony found she has said in fact just the opposite this is going to happen slowly and more rapidly in certain parts of the country given the fact that this country is still battling cold it 19. With the latest in washington kimberly hi thank you and for the 1st time a u. S. President s name will be printed on federal relief checks millions of americans are receiving 1200. 00 as part of a stimulus package to boost the economy during the pandemic many will get a bad rect at the polls and into their bank account but those receiving paper checks will see president donald j. Trump printed on the left hand side u. S. Treasury officials have denied reports that this review sion of the checks was delayed because trump wanted his name on the well in other developments 20 of the Worlds Largest economies have agreed to put the debts of the poorest countries on hold the g. 20 nations agreed to freeze that payments for a year and urged private lenders to do the same told me you leaders are urging Member States to Work Together on gradually easing lockdown measures the European Commission has warned that moving too quickly could have devastating effects sweden appears to be paying the price for its softer approach to the virus its best soul has jumped sharply in the past few days to 1203170 deaths were reported on wednesday thats up from 114 the previous day and this cases rise in russia the launch of digital travel permits to help police to help police the lockdown has caused long queues and crowds at mosco metro stations here is paul brennan. With 19 europe its member countries divided along National Markets creating a patchwork response strict lockdowns in some more relaxed and open in others the disunity prompted many to question the very relevance and future of the European Union project so the question of when and how to consider lifting those restrictions is problematic italys spain austria finland and denmark have this week begun the tentative path to normality but key you headquarters in brussels the Commission President wants the European Union to set the pace and she warned that in the unions borderless member area that piecemeal strategy will undermine even monday in tasks we will not want to have people moving from one member state to the next member state to use the shopping opportunity and therefore it is very important that the coordination between neighboring Member States is an excellent one Good Neighbors speak with each other in spain the number of new deaths fell slightly again on weapons day and some sectors are reopening but the country still has one of the toughest lock downs in the e. U. And in the 1st parliamentary session since controls were 1st imposed there was a heated debate about exit strategy theyre going to see them you know this by 37000000 spaniards have been confined for a month without any hope other than 2 more weeks of lockdown because you are incapable of carrying out a plan for must testing to normalize the situation of it. I mean theyre going to start out of my stance and the confinement no to working because we began with the daily infection rate of 35 percent and today we are at 3 percent a little and thats also a consequence of increasing the number of tests so were taking tough measures that are effective because theyre protecting and saving lives and theyre benefiting spaniards regardless of where they live or. Russias Virus Outbreak is still very much on an upward trajectory and restrictions got even tighter on wednesday creating 2. Traffic gridlock around the capital moscow with very few exceptions anyone outdoors now needs a permit in the form of a machine readable q. R. Code but with Security Officers having to check each one manually big crowds built up at the entrances to Moscows Metro stations making a nonsense of the intended strategy of social distancing and limiting movement on social media the citys mayor said he had intervened to prevent such scenes being repeated all of which risks losing sight of the ongoing struggle of medical staff and their stricken patients with more than 85000 deaths and rising europe remains the worlds worst hit region in terms of coronavirus fatalities. Aljazeera. Well as we mentioned a little earlier the death toll has risen again sharply in sweden which has taken a much softer approach to tackling the virus a further 170 deaths were confirmed on wednesday thats up from 114 the previous day and much lower figures at the weekend where the 1200 people have now died from the virus in the country and nearly 12000 have tested positive sweden has come under increasing criticism for resisting the lock down measures adopted by other European Countries or poor greece is in malvo and he explains how the government is responding to that criticism. Today theyve as you say reports of the greatest new number of deaths since this crisis began 170 however that they say that this is exaggerated because there was a lower number reported over the weekend in fact opposite to it being the greatest number of deaths they say the level is actually is actually going down but they are coming in from a great deal of criticism one of the one of their harshest critics has said today that the only way to undo the damage of what shes calling a a high risk social experiment is to immediately put stock home in lockdown what the Health Agency would say is that ok we are mainly recommending things but people are generally following them people are working from home in great numbers people are holding social distance people are not visiting elderly relatives however thats ok to an extent in a general sense but there are parts of society that can do this i was in the ring could be area of stockholm a couple of weeks ago that much like some of the hardest affected bars of new york is a place where people live very closely together often large families in the same apartment and i spoke to the Somali Community there who who some of the elders were the some of the initial people to die in the corona crisis. Been pointed out by the Health Agency one of the worst affected parts of society as they told me they can work from home that taxi drivers their bus drivers there their nurses they have to go out to work on the frontline and they are being heavily affected now. A senior Brazilian Health official leading the countrys fines against the corona Virus Outbreak has resigned senior members of Brazils Health ministry have been at odds with the president also not over the virus also has played down the gravity of the outbreak and attacked local governors over lock down orders local media have also been speculating that Health Minister louise every given veta will be fired in a matter of days. Alison the m. P. If he joins us live now from bogota its not great is it to have a senior Health Official resign in the middle of a pandemic what do we think is behind it. Veteran italy. And especially this official band on their live aid i was the man who had been leading the task against the coronavirus in brazil and the man who designed the practically all the measures that have been introduced by the brazilian government the bat and also a very trusted man of the minister held there he was seen every day sitting next to him in the daily briefings but he was also openly criticizing the president inside the minister for the fact as you were saying in your introduction that. Matter has been meaning my single game packed the crisis playing down the risks that the coronavirus brings to brazil saying that he still thinks that the country should be reopened and we understand that. After is resignation there live 8 i sent an email to a number of youths a saying that its clear at this point that both are not 0 where indeed sack the minister of health at some point this week and that he wanted to start preparing himself and his team to leave together with the minister now the minister and boards and i have been at odds for week very publicly about the fact that the minister is insisting that stringent restrictions need to be put in place they have been put in place in a number of regions across brazil but not nationwide and we understand that both and i was seriously considering now to sack him at some point in the coming days and himself also has been speaking to a number of people in the as minister. Saying though that he will remain in place and till somebody to take his place will be found by the president just because having this kind of crisis in the middle of a pandemic could be very dangerous in a country that its already at the center of the spread in latin america with the more than 25000 cases in 1500 people that have died already and some of the meanwhile going to colombia were of course you speaking to us from the government there said it will send 4000 older and weaker inmates to home detention to tie it to try to contain the spread in prisons after 2 inmates died in the past days weve seen in other countries struck by 19 how prisons have often been the focal point as well of contagion what reaction has there been in colombia to this decision by the government. Well as a decision that was expected its coming not only after 2 inmates died in past days but its also coming almost a month after some of the worst riots that cologne has ever seen inside prisons in particularly here in the capital bogota modelo male prison 23. 00 inmates 83. 00 people were wounded during those riots which showed just how bad the overcrowding in prisons are not only here in bogota but across the country so there were expectations for a decision to come from the government there were talks for up to 15000. 00 inmates to be released or sent to home this day inch and finally the government decided that this will be for only 4000 of them for at least 6 months at least for now about this is definitely something that was expected inside the prisons where tensions remain high fearing a possible spread. The disease and the standard of p. T. Live from bogota. Still to come in this half hour trying to find the truth in occupied East Jerusalem micron of virus infection numbers could be twice the published rate plus. The bands great bell rings out again a year after the french cathedral was devastated by a fire. How little fine and sunny weather across much of europe at the moment High Pressure very much in charge here we have got areas of cloud on the right is of low pressure around a high so thats bringing some disturbed weather its scandinavia into the Baltic States into that western side of russia i will sustain some rather live the weather there just down towards grace and into turkey we had some snow actually across the great mountains recently it will clear up itll brighten up over the next couple of days was i could say the same for spain and portugal this area of low pressure here thats going to continue bringing some wet weather in as we go on through thursday and indeed into friday further north that is generally fine and dry some warm sunshine around paris 23 celsius or 20 in london thats not so bad central parts 23 celsius there for vienna still saying those showers just around the western side of russia on thursday these will ease further east which is we go through friday and notice down to the southeast it brightens up more in the west sunshine coming through here well see some wet weather coming into all and pushing into Engla