Its military to enforce the coronavirus lock down nations. So the news out of iran is that the government says it has launched its 1st military satellite into orbit that is on the likely to increase tension with the u. S. In the past washington has blamed iran. Of using its or to sort of using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development though iran denies that weve got same bus ravi with us in teheran to the talks are now actually saying that the moving pictures we saw still pictures but actually this launch happening tell us what will you know about it. Well what we know is that iranians in the world this morning woke up to news of what was essentially a secret operation carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps from a location in iran central desert this morning the i. R. G. C. Say that they have successfully used a 2 stage rocket to launch a military satellite into earths orbit now we do know that above us at around 400 kilometers in thermosphere the nur of the name of the rocket translated from farsi into english it stands for light is now orbiting above us and giving irans military enormous strategic advantage weve seen iran trying to develop a Space ProgramSatellite ProgramRocket Program trying to develop its own launch vehicles to be able to launch satellites into space it has done so successfully in the past but this is the 1st time weve seen iran launch a specifically military satellite into orbit ok so it comes down and this is widening out a bit more who says what about something that this for example with the Nuclear Program iran says it is a civilian Power Program many other countries say it is a Nuclear Weapons program its kind of feels like the same thing here. Well that is definitely the case iran has been criticized on several occasions by western powers who have said that its Space Program is not specifically for peaceful purposes that its Satellite Program is a cover for its Ballistic Missile program but really the commander of the i. R. G. C. Major general hussein salami put all of that debate to rest in a statement he made following the successful launch of the new or he said that its necessary for a powerful military like the i. R. G. C. To have some kind of Satellite Technology he also said that no armies defense of plans are complete without the advantages strategic advantages that having a satellite in space provide that military and ill read you a direct quote from a statement he said today we can monitor the world from space and it means a boost for the strategic Data Available for the i r g c putting the satellite in orbit is a technological advantage for battlefield intelligence so its really drawn a line under it there is no ambiguity here this is specifically a military purpose out of k. Thank you for that. Lets hear what the stuff a concession has to say about us and Iran Affairs Analyst he told us on the news now that the Technology Used will eventually lead iran to progress in different fields. Satellite is going to provide to you know parker says its a multiple purpose satellite actually for both the civil sector as well as the military but in the military sector it will help iran in wars of i. T. It will help iran in wars of intelligence and information against enemies but more importantly it will help iran with it ballast crews and Drone Missions very much it will make i. R. G. C. And Iranian Military forces independent of any foreign assistance with regard to satellite navigation and g. P. S. Systems it also helps the country more this is probably the most important achievement of the day 40 i i g c n iran that it will help iran withdrawing its comprehensive defense plan strategy as a matter of fact those countries that do not have military satellite in this space they fail to draw such a strategy such as strategy the comprehensive defense plan needs you know access to space and this is their main goal and objective and you know the main achievement of the day 40 i. R. G. C. Can look at yemen now as well where a disaster area has been declared in the southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated the streets and homes. It was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strangers mixed into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. Thinking. It is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own path through the city turning roads into rivers meaning record sound we had to be safe from movie crews our god these boys trying to cheer up a woman they rescued i seem to have compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then the un had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger yemen is battling a cholera outbreak of disease spread through. Some 400 kilometers north in the capital sana residents a cell which in what they can from floods a week ago he winds and rain killed 7 people injured dozens and damaged 16 refugee camps and the neighboring government of marine. The heavy rain destroyed everything they werent expecting and it came from the mountains and swept everything away without warning running to go codes busses everything in its path. And yet there is a potentially more ominous disaster on the horizon yemen has had just one case of coronavirus the u. N. Has ruined it would be catastrophic if it catches hold here only half of yemens medical facilities a functional the population is acutely known nourished in a. 80 percent to 24000000 people need aid to survive mostly National Companies including tetra pak and you know lever and donating tens of thousands of Virus Testing kits to yemen the shipment will arrive next week. A devastated Health System and neglected infrastructure a symptoms of yemens 5 years civil whether it will continue is under negotiation weve all noted. Continued violence where mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties to agree to a nationwide. Hes far as the stable nation is far those discussions are ongoing obviously challenge the circumstances. But that thats what hes trying to do challenging circumstances prove that yemenis are is a lucian cant come soon enough charlotte ballasts. The latest Global Developments now on the coronavirus pandemic and Spains Parliament is set to vote on a proposal to extend the nationwide lockdown until my the 9th some restrictions have already been eased for example children can go out for walks for next week and some factory and construction workers have returned to their jobs and the 200 night 1000 people have contracted the virus in spain and at least 21000 have died small to heroin now in madrid he says there are criticisms of the governments proposals to ease the lockdown. This is extension has been the most go to the actual as its all its completely linked to the decision an abscess city from Spanish Government allowing children under 14 years old to go with the parents to the groceries to the chemist or to the bags these problem to the huge criticism being all the sex that some sectors of spanish Sonic SocietyPolitical Parties n. G. O. S the Parents Association saying that it was it was crazy mad taking this decision up to 6 weeks of lockdown just allowing children under 14 years old going to these places that were. Very risky of contagious of course 19 so few hours later a Health Minister announced that these decision has been have been amended so that these children will be allowed from next week to go off for walks not to parks but for a walk with the parents or an adult just at least for one hour or so so this decision was set this announcement get made yesterday is what all these Political Parties where saying that they will approve this extension of. A state of emergency loved down today in the congress completely associated to this decision that was made yesterday by the Spanish GovernmentPrime Minister put their sentence set the yes collation that would start from a 9th would be very secure and will be gradual and various no he also gave all the power to the Health Ministry to make any decisions regarding this. Lockdown measures whether to to implement them or to revoke whatever the they decided to. South africas president has announced a 26000000000. 00 rescue package to deal with the Economic Impact of covert 19 so around of course are unveiled what he called an extraordinary budget in a special address to the nation about 2600000000. 00 will go to the poor in the form of grants south africas already under a 5 week lockdown it has more than 3400. 00 infections and 58. 00 deaths and then on top of that more than 70000. 00 South African soldiers which is nearly the entire Standing Army of being deployed to enforce the lockdown they will join in the early 2300. 00 personnel already on the streets from a dealer in johannesburg forest says the armys been criticized for its selective enforcement of locked down roads. Its areas like this which so far those 2000 troops you mentioned have been deployed and are monitoring movements here theyre patrolling the streets weve not seen any here in car his so but that is also one of the criticisms from many members of the South African public at that is that theres a disproportionate use of the army in certain areas if you go to the north of johannesburg in the suburbs you wont see police you wont see the army and so far we understand that the concern from the government is trying to monitor and enforce the lockdown in areas like this one just behind us there is a supermarket where theres a queue clearly the supermarket is trying to restrict the number of people coming in but outside in that queue theres very little social distancing now earlier today the minister of defense spoke on radio saying that the aim of putting more soldiers on the street would be to enforce these very strict restrictions and at the same time in this area weve seen Police Patrol and theyve done nothing to move anybody on the streets away and there are dozens of petitions walking up and down there is a normal amount of traffic so they the implementation of the lockdown clearly for the government is one that has not been easy depending on where you are in south africa. Our coverage continues in a moment well look at Small Businesses in the u. S. You could certainly see the helping hand from the government after the Senate Approved a 500000000000 dollars aid and i just. Got highly unconscionable thailand where the Economic Impact of covert 900 on the critical Tourism Industry is hitting hard with no visitors one elephant camp is struggling to keep the animals fed. How low we still have High Pressure dominating the weather across northern parts of china towards the Korean Peninsula so here it is largely fine and dry weather weather showers there in the process of pulling away as this system just south into the open waters long chain of clouds and rain the seasonal rains pushing the way back into southern parts of china and here it is set to stay very wet so over the next couple days cooling off as well 21 celsius in hong kong the tuscaloosa go on into friday some very heavy rain in the heavy rain stretches its way into the far north of the further north you go with the sunshine 26 in beijing a warming up nicely tokyo at around 18 degrees celsius dry slushy dry to across much of south asia but we have some very heavy showers the cowboys shockey continue to bring thundery downpours into bangladesh the far northeast of india just around west bengal behind it with a chance of seeing some showers shall is to insist frankly as we go on through thursday carol it could catch some showers as well as we go through friday more heavy downpours you notice there into bangladesh a sound state the found northeast of india the northern parts generally fine in try and once again 20 hot. But. Ill just watch goes on a roller coaster journey in the wrong way and discovers how football can empower the g. G. Community itself to lead and identity. Id like to prove to the world cup comes up. I will be able to prove myself to my colleagues from friends and myself i would be able to play the psychic child for afghan you know its on aljazeera. The top stories this hour on aljazeera iran says its launched its 1st minute treat satellite into orbit which is likely to increase tensions with the United States in the past washingtons blamed iran for using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development to heights that. The disaster areas been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the Prime Ministers asking for foreign help countries already of course been ravaged by years of civil war and Spains Parliament is set to vote on a government proposal to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th which it is a result of these and some restrictions which were put in place to do the corona virus pandemic. In the United States the senates approved nearly 500000000000. 00 in extra age to help businesses and hospitals during the pandemic the his the house of representatives will now vote on thursday on what would be the 4th such package since the crisis began a total of about 3 trillion dollars mike hanna reports from washington d. C. With many senators working from home the boat with taken by voice all in favor say aye. Ill pose no. Fear to have it this follows intense negotiation between the white house and congress in recent days at the core of our greenman is 320000000000 more for the Paycheck Protection Program which is already shaving millions of Small Business jobs and helping americans get paychecks and shed a pension works. Democrats successfully 4 to include 75000000000. 00 for hospitals and 25000000000. 00 for testing which had been excluded in the initial republican proposal we dont have enough chests that cry rings from one end of america to the other to urban suburban rural north east south and west we dont have enough jess well now help is on the way because democrats stood and fought for it President Trump says hell sign the bill when it passes in the house of representatives on thursday but in coming hours his signature will 1st go on an executive order limiting immigration it would be wrong in jersey for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad we merge 1st take your the American Worker take care of the American Worker. The details of yet another ban on immigration and travel into the u. S. Is yet to be made public no visas have been issued for weeks because u. S. Embassies are shuttered around the globe and this week the restrictions on travel across the u. S. Has southern and Northern Borders were extended for another 30 days president transfers the order will not apply to those visiting the u. S. On a temporary basis but rather on those seeking permanent residence critics argue that the move would have no impact on Public Health or unemployment but is rather yet another intent to decide who gets to be a u. S. Citizen in the long Term Administration officials have been working through the day and night to draft the executive order and clarify exactly what the president means mike hanna aljazeera washington. Well the pandemics brought many Tourism Industries to a halt thailand for example which is estimated to lose 24000000. 00 visitors this year because of travel restrictions and lock downs and the impact on talent elephant camps has been devastating owners are running out of money to even feed the animals scott hardly has a report now from canton ability. Well the elephants of the tower we charge camp enjoy their morning river back washing away the dust cooling down from the searing thai summer but unaware that their future is uncertain. The mom or caretakers are keeping their routines as much as possible despite missing the last 3 weeks of the tourist high season like all nonessential businesses in thailand the government ordered the camp closed because of kobe had 19. Dont run long so cohen has run the business since he took over from his father 20 years ago when it was started as a refuge for stray elephants the revenue from the visitors mostly foreigners usually covers the 30 1000. 00 it takes to run the camp each month but now hes struggling along the way i told my stop that we have to fight and together the camp is not a sheen you cant just simply tun