Citys Prime Minister says the army on to the streets today after the courts ruled against his decision to suspend parliament. And Hong Kong Police arrest some of the most prominent prodemocracy figures months after mass protests. Welcome to the program more than half of humanity 4500000000 people are under some form of restrictions as the world fights to slow the coronavirus pandemic and the debate for many governments is how tough the rules should be and how long should they last well its causing debate in the us which has the highest number of infections and deaths with 22000000 people unemployed president trumps putting pressure on some democratic governors to and we quote liberate their states from lockdown but hes been accused of inciting dangerous acts well iran was already in economic trouble. The outbreak hit businesses in the capital tehran and are reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections the country has reported almost 5000 deaths well in the u. K. More than 15000 have now died and medical workers are criticizing the government suggesting that they use personal protective equipment the country is facing a critical shortage of p. P. As its known for doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients lets begin in the u. S. And of course those accusations that the president is quote for mental domestic rebellion while Washington State democratic governor says that trump is spreading lies in signaling his support for people to protest against lockdown rules hundreds of joined rallies across the country demanding an end to the shutdown and this is how trump has used twitter to urge supporters to liberate 3 states a day after he said it was up to governors to decide when and how to ease those restrictions well eric ham is a political analyst in washington d. C. And he says trump is trying to pitch an economic comeback ahead of the election. President s primary calling card since he got to like it was his ability to handle be economy the president has always gotten very high marks on his handling of the economy and that has always been something that the president has focused on very heavily and something that hes held very dear but now that the United States appears to be heading into a recession just as the president is ramping up force all important reelection what youre seeing now is the president very protective and very sensitive to that issue so the president even if you go back to just 2 weeks ago the president wanted to see the economy open during easter weekend but of course that did not happen so the president is keen to try to get the economy going get the economy open as soon as possible but right now whats standing in the way of the president doing that are these governors who are now implementing shutdown orders and if you look at places like new york california and some of these other states these are very large economies in the case of California California seen as one of the largest economies in the world so the president is pushing back on this even at the same time hes implementing these uniformed guy lies for states to follow so its only creating more confusion but also the president recognizes the vulnerabilities that he has as it relates to the economy now the u. K. Government has just given up days amid criticism from Health Workers about a lack of personal protective gear and says that its trying to source small weve got to do more to get the p. P. That people need to the front line this is an extremely challenging situation as you say theres massive Global Demand for the equipment this is a Global Pandemic but we are trying to do everything we can to get the equipment that we need were trying to source more internationally that is difficult to. There is a great deal of demand for it in the security of that supply can prove very challenging but we are making progress there and in fact today i can report that a very large consignment of p. P. Is due to arrive in the u. K. Tomorrow from turkey well paul brennan joins me now from ashford west of london of course the government speaking there talking about the fact that p. P. Equipment is on its way protecting frontline medical staff in hospitals and care homes has been the pivotal debate this well past few weeks now in the u. K. And dissent is growing. Yeah its built up particularly over the past 7 days we have a Health Secretary with the government minister for health care in front of a Parliamentary Committee on friday saying he wished he had a magic wand to just wave around and create more p. P. A. But it was a very challenging task in a global such a Global Demand for us and now we have the Community Secretary at the Government Daily Press Conference essentially admitting that its very very difficult for the government to get the supplies that are required thats a livery that he spoke of his 84 tons of people some 400000 surgical gowns it was it sounds big but mediately after he announced that one of the reporters pointed out that the rate that the n. H. S. Uses those downs thats about 3 days supply so its really not that much now as far as the debate itself goes its been building because well its all in my head the long sleeve disposable fluid repellent gowns that are used in the i. C. U. In the intensive care units across the National Health service in the u. K. That running in supply the chief all of the n. H. S. Providers which is the umbrella Representative Organization for the hospital saying that they could run out of those gowns within 24 to 48 house sense by close of play on sunday unless more supplies are found on the Royal College of nursing thats the union which represents the nursing staff says that 51 percent of the members in a survey that theyve done this week 51 percent have been asked to work in contact with coronavirus patients without full protective equipment the response of Public Health england was to change the guidelines essentially watered down the that the tightness of the of the guidelines saying the compromise was needed to optimize the supply of p. P. A. In times of extreme shortages but as i say this is becoming not just a Health Care Issue does not becoming a real political headache for the government indeed for the update thank you. Some Health Experts have all that irans capital may be reopened too soon but the government says its time to shift the focus back to the economy from time has more on the easing of restrictions. After nearly 2 months of being closed because of the coronavirus businesses in the iranian capital are waking up from their hibernation for main street shops like this in open areas the citys prime real estate it is business as usual but for covered markets where there are bottlenecks where dense crowds can gather the government says its still too dangerous to open up any of the shops in those spaces but the traders weve spoken to in teheran is back alley bazaars theyve told us that not only have they not made any money for months but it will take many more months to get back on their feet they say they too need to pay their rent and meet their expenses let alone try to turn a profit and that they hope that the government lifts the remaining control measures entirely in the coming weeks now president Hassan Rouhani has championed the idea of what he calls smart distancing things start going back to normal but people simultaneously maintain strict rules of hygiene but irans Deputy Health minister who contracted coby 1000 himself in recent days he said that iran is the countrys achilles heel a weak point when it comes to fighting this fire its and government figures do suggest that the infection and death rates are going down and everyone here also hopes that it stays that way but the government has now effectively shifted the onus to put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue there is toward them so people here are ready to go back to work its more crowded in downtown to her on than it has been in weeks but there are also skeptical voices in the government that say the rush to reopen could backfire and that people in the country should be prepared for the possibility of a 2nd wave of the virus had to african our military has not returned to their barracks after the Prime Minister told of them. The streets in his words to restore peace and order now it comes a day after the countrys Constitutional Court ruled against thomas them ban his decision to suspend parliament the 80 year old leader is under increasing pressure over allegations of links to the murder of his a strange wife pulling another beza journalist in lady round on the border of a suit to and south africa he says sending soldiers into the streets is the latest in a string of controversial decisions by the Prime Minister. The prime going to start announced appropriation to parliament now to regain sion means end of term for whatever bills were already in parliament and one of them was that deal that would suggest that he does not get the powers to go to his majesty to call for a snap elections or to tell the parliament that was one of the bills and but then he used the 90 in reason to terminate the talent of course his junior so went to the courts of law to challenge it and it was only yesterday that he lost that means he is now ordered to reinstate the parliament to its original state before it closed in doubt theres been a series of this thing he tried to fire the policeman the police boss. We had actually started the investigations of which saw him go into court also to defend that case is still coming on now the movements of the police of the soldiers town indeed the citizens will come up to and usually movements he made the statement in television this morning that there will be that movement that people should not be worried but what he meant what he said that statement is that there has been a few people who are abusing the freedom of speech who are now using it in the courts of law to try and undermine their stuff in it and written in the study of the can. Well still ahead here on aljazeera all keith after is under pressure in libya Government Troops advance on his forces and are scientists in california trying to repurpose drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic. However i mention the Cherry Blossoms been blown off the trees through a good part of japan frankly this is pretty active spring right in. Second or the 3rd system is on its way through its windy then its wet and the wind changes direction the sun comes out briefly the next system is already winding up and this is east of shanghai on sunday that will make its way through home shoe giving a fairly miserable day i think to tokyo as on monday and the next systems already while thats part of the systems winding up in Southern China it probably isnt going to reach as far as Hong Kong Hong kongs phone cost is a quiet or 41 morning and night was occasional showers but no more than that fed humid as well the south that was french as of course the trend is the heaviest to be moving further north and further west but we see them showing up in the sudden past the philippines theyre still there in java which means that jakarta is not out of the with the top you could well get a shower or 2 the full cost of jakarta is not a dry 1. 00 but its trial than it was with thunderstorms asked in iran is the time of year now to watch out for a big showers in bangladesh and heavy rain in the northeast of india there in the forecast is kabul shockey time as a violent thunderstorms that definitely there in the forecast the next 2 days in baghdad. 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Government says its doing its best to source more personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and thats after coming under growing pressure following new guidelines to tell medical workers to reuse some p. P. Soldiers in the suit to have now returned to their barracks after the Prime Minister ordered them on to the streets to in his words restore peace and order tamas them barney is under pressure to step down of allegations that he was involved in his a strange wifes murder. To north africa where forces from libyas un recognized government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar theyve also captured 4 of have to supporters while advancing on his largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of the who is the target of Government Troops after they regain control of 7 coastal cities earlier in the week its been a year since have to launch his offensive to capture the capital tripoli well mohamad of the wired has the latest from the from the capital. The decision made by the government to move on the city of horner. Has been taken after they took control of the west of libya the last week and they say that if they take control of the whole now it means that half the forces lose the whole west of libya eyewitnesses in the vicinity of the city of that when i say that the areas there have been shaken by heavy explosions we know that the Government Forces have been exchanging heavy fire with have those forces in the vicinity of that hole now since Early Morning and now as a kind of the activity action of retaliation have to this forces have started shelling get it is the initial areas in tripoli in supervision and also were slim in the city center random rockets have been dozens of random rockets have been launched by have those forces landing in Populated Areas and also in the vicinity of 80 get airport. Neighborhood Government Forces say that they have captured a number of have to his forces and they have destroyed a number of military vehicles in terms of this fresh offensive to take control of the city of lahore now the police have arrested 15 of the best known prodemocracy politicians and activists in the whole cold theyre accused of illegally organizing the largest antigovernment protests ever seen by a former colonial power britain says its concerned about chinas continuing erosion of home calls freedoms devika poland has more. The list of arrested reads like the whos who upon const Democratic Movement among them are present and former Legislative Councillors prominent activist a man known as the father of democracy in hong kong we are here to 81 year old martin lee is one of the architects of the basic law the citys many constitution which essentially safeguards the territories autonomy he had stepped away from the political spotlight in recent years but was vocal about his support for the protests last year. Before i have no regrets for what ive done i feel proud to walk the path of democracy these Outstanding Young protesters. Its the 2nd time this year businessman and media tycoon jimmy lie has been arrested. They have been arrested on suspicion of organizing and taking part in Illegal Assembly the government has released a statement saying the arrests were made based on evidence and were in accordance to the law since that government is coming out to remind them that you have since you have to see the end of. A mask and continue and youve been im a crisis during all of these i have to make. On the list of the movement the arrests come up to a week of turmoil in the Legislative Council members tussled with the opposition democrats for control of the weekly Meeting Agenda in an unusual move chinas Representative Office in hong kong waded in to denounce the prodemocracy group the beijing Liaison Office monitors developments in hong kong and reports back to the Chinese Government but for the 1st time its stated it has the right to supervise local affairs and is exempt from across in the constitution which restricts interference from any department directly under beijings control. Thats provoking we need fierce amongst democracy supporters already alarmed at chinas tightening grip on hong kong since last june more than 7000. 00 people have been arrested for their involvement in the protests many are charged with biting which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. This year there has been a law in the protests mostly due to the current virus pandemic t