Children are allowed out with adult supervision in the country with the 2nd highest number of cases. Fears the food crisis in zimbabwe is going to get even worse as the government extends a nationwide lockdown. And the show must go on the ramadan Home Entertainment for iraqis in isolation. Nonfan hamas now have all the sport as we look at the winners and losers from the 1st ever n. F. L. 3rd childes after. Rocked by conflict and crises and the threat of coronavirus yemen is reeling from another setback to ambitions for peace and stability separatists have declared self rule in the south of the country the internationally recognized government condemns the move saying its going to be key. A straw freak and dangerous all this as a saudi u. A. E. Coalition battles hotel rebels in a separate conflict alexy obrian explains. Separatist reinforcements a rival in aden hours after their political leaders the Southern Transitional council announced its in control of the city and a major port. We are now in front of the Yemeni Central Bank in aden after it was taken back by the Southern Forces that by the Southern Transitional council like the other vital infrastructure in the city they hope this will be a real breakthrough that will be repeated in all the other liberated south and we. The council defying the internationally recognized government accusing it of being unable to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and failing to improve the lives of yemenis this is actually a pileup. Mis management misgovernance in specially in south yemen less to i. D. S. He she is right now compelled to take action to their own ends while still calling for a cease fire calling for deescalation in all fronts we want things to go smoothly or things you want to be able to deliver aid services are going to be able to battle this. But the government warns the move could have catastrophic consequences describing it as a resumption of an armed insurgency. Its yet another complicating factor in yemens 5 yes civil war which is being mocked by shifting sometimes shadowy allegiances. The southern safer to stay backed by the United Arab Emirates and have been nominal allies of the saudi immorality coalition and their war against the who thinks it was last year the Southern Movement turned on the coalition backed government seizing aden and fighting that lasted for days. The government says the separatist action is a rejection. A power sharing deal brokered to end last years and rest which saudi arabia hailed as a step towards a wider political solution to the war. As Movement Goes back fabiano the current conflict those in the south argue yemens unification and 998. 00 favored the north and lead to fulfilling Living Standards there are thought to be at least 25. 00 regional safer to screw ups support on the ground is also in question critics say control shouldnt be taken by force but actions within yemen and not in book 3 but the. Regions or earlier and i think this is like premature station that doesnt. Support in other areas of yemen its basically. Other places so basically we are playing with fire i know. But. The 7 Transitional Council says it continues to support the nationwide cease fire which is just been extended by a month a declaration of autonomy and a state of emergency adds to the uncertainty for yemenis people suffered years of hunger and war and exam ryan aljazeera. Or crisis in yemen has many dimensions its complex turn its fractured and its fraught with domestic and with gentle power struggles the war is in its 6th year its rooted in the arab spring uprising 90 years ago long time president Ali Abdullah Saleh 100. 00 power to his deputy abd months or hardly now it was hoped that would bring stability but it failed so the movement took advantage of reigniting divisions and separatist ambitions and tension rose on a regional level between sunni ruled saudi arabia and shia world iran which was accused of backing the whole thing is a saudi u. A. E. Coalition began its military offensive against the who of these in march 20th. 15 was only supposed to last a few weeks and western countries fear the threat of attacks from al qaida and i still affiliates based in yemen catherine shocked him as head of the Yemen Department next Century Foundation its a peace building think tank in london and she says the declaration of self rule is a reflection of the political reality. This south yemen has. For independence for decades now. And i think that its actually becoming about just now only because. Of the situation and the war in yemen since 2015 so they were able to realize their political ambition and so for example determination and i think the main issue. May have at this moment has to do with the fact that in fact. Whatever they did he may have had some point and we need to remember that we believe educationally that he ever had was in fact that different by the International Community because there was an understanding that if he wasnt actually supported by the International Community then defacto sovereignty would fall on chewed her see movement and so had he was propped up and kept in power even though it was only that to transition yemen into intern the other political era following. Demised where yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the middle east before the war broke out now it has one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time more than 100000 people have been killed in yemen since the conflict began a more than 3000000 have been forcibly displaced since 2015 last year the United Nations said 10000000 yemenis are a step away from famine more than 24000000 people are in need of International Aid thats 80 percent of the population yemen has experienced the largest cholera epidemic in the world that have been more than a 1000000 cases since 2018 a quarter of them have been children. Now when we talk about partition we have as well to remember that yemen was to yemen not so long ago in the 1990 s. Im not so far away and so the reason. They resist political i would say tradition in terms of how the institutions are set up in the south so its not like south in yemen is just creating something out of nothing they reason long tradition that and again because yemen too is very tribal i think that these you know the institution these traditions that they have to do to be organized following certain tribal lines we helped dramatically stabilize the country the trick is an always has been in yemen shoot you have a consensus within the tribes and to try to have the various provinces in the south and in the north to Work Together that with 2 against one another. China is claiming another milestone in its battle with corona virus it says all patients have now been discharged from hospitals in war on the original epicenter of the Pandemic Health officials also say theyve now gone on the 11th straight day with no new deaths in china who havent reported more than half of the countrys total cases a nearly 85 percent of the National Death toll City Residents are still being tested regularly despite a relaxation of lockdown rules in Hong Kong Sarah Clarke says china is looking to deploy medical resources to a border region near russia. This is the epicenter of the initial corona Virus Outbreak and of course engendering we saw this particular city sealed off was in general 23 when live 11000000 people went into lockdown for about 3 or so months it was only when the numbers started to drop that they lift that particular lock down so in january february at the peak of this particular Virus Outbreak we had we had the likes of thousands of cases being reported on a daily basis of course we had accounts for half the National Total of coronavirus cases in china and 3 quarters of chinas deaths but instead of we had the medical if its a now being deployed elsewhere weve got the cases on sunday the National Health commissions reported 11 cases and 5 of those have come from a particular region in the north of the country thats an area called Heilongjiang Province and this particular province borders russia its about 4000 kilometer a border there and as a result this is now the new battleground because of the cases of the surge in infections in that particular region weve got a number of cities that been put in lockdown weve got public transport its been postponed or held for a period of time and this type quarantine restrictions in a number of those cities and we also have mandatory testing for all arrivals coming from russia into china certainly china is now looking to deploy medical teams to this particular region as it sees a surge in the number of cases under its fold as a professor in the school of politics and International Relations at the university of nottingham and hes joining us now we appreciate your time sir thank you very much as with so many of the facts and figures coming out of china how confident can we be that these ones are accurate. I think these pronouncements these facts and figures are highly problematic and actually professor steve dunc a good friend of mine and also an academic mentor actually on aljazeera pointed out that the Chinese Communist party holds the quote unquote monopoly of truth and that means. The communist party basically by default whatever they say must be true and whatever it is reported that kind of counters that official narrative by default must be false and soul based on this understanding i think its quite clear that we must not trust. The cop at 19 statistics coming out of Mainland China if that is the case and china has been managing the narrative of coronavirus 19 corona 19 which it which of course other governments around the world have been attempting to do as well who are they doing it for the time to do it for the International Audience or are they doing it for people within china. I think we need to be quite careful when we draw like comparisons to other countries its all good strongholds for example the british and u. S. Government to account for their lets say belated response and i think that criticism is being articulated day by day but when it comes to Mainland China. It is the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak and this is of course something that jan secretary says if. There is perhaps a shade of fence all of the police that has been going into all try to kind of deflect criticism of this fact and theyre now increasing reports that. He is actually orchestrating a global this information camp for example suggesting that perhaps the virus originated in the u. S. A lot was brought to one hand by american soldiers or perhaps it originated in italy and all of these narratives are highly problematic and should not be taken that face value in the early stages of the outbreak of the virus of course we did see a significant number of messages and reports about this on social media in china are we seeing the beginning of a pushback against the Chinese Communist party from sources on the ground within china. Certainly courageous chinese citizens are attempting to kind of breakthrough or censorship but unfortunately just yesterday we learned that. Some volunteers in china will try to document what really happened in. That theyve been harassed by the authorities and so lets bear in mind the Health Professionals who just wanted to share information with other professionals like dr lee when young. We couldnt speak their mind and on his deathbed he said china should no longer have censorship and citizen journalists who try to report from the front lines like since youre sure leads are they were immediately carts and and gagged and so i think its high time actually that we see liberalization and political democratization in a child because without freedom of speech without the freedom of expression the good people of china would not be able to share their story with the world and instead what we hear is just you know one voice the voice of official china which is not to be trusted chinas growing economy has been a key element of president xi jinping the time in office how much of the narrative and the control of the narrative is being driven by a desire to get that economy on track because it has been hit incredibly badly particularly in the 1st quarter of this year. You know thats a very crucial and mended question because the Committee Party doesnt enjoy Democratic Political legitimacy so in the past at least they could rely on that say. I would put legitimacy of Economic Growth but we now know that the economy has tanked we may see a very long and protracted recession and that is something that the Chinese People are not used to what they got really used to this in a double digit digit kind of growth rates but for the 1st time china will see a recession perhaps for a longer period time and im very curious articles party will be able to deal with that because thats what our unprecedented under is for we really appreciate your time thank you very much for joining us on aljazeera. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including a test of faith journey to primetime a church is reopened in south korea for the 1st time in weeks. Heading back to work Boris Johnson wins his fight against coronavirus but now hes got to rejoin the ukraines battle against the pandemic. In sports find out about the Central American country where sport is still going ahead with sounds and attend. Millions of children in spain are being allowed outside to play for the 1st time in 6 weeks as the lockdown is further eased but its only for an hour and they have to be accompanied by an adult and stay within a kilometer of hope public parks remain closed spains got the worlds 2nd highest total of infections after the u. S. As well as europes 2nd highest number of fatalities behind italy well joining us from madrid is mata how to handle this must be some relief to the children and of course some of the parents as well but it is only for an hour isnt it. Yes it is a big relief after 43 days of street. Children under 14 are able to go out for a walk as you mentioned only for one hour one kilometer away from their home and back and with one adult each adult can take at least 3 up to 3 kids of the same family so what weve seen today the big picture in spain have been all these parents with the kids with their bicycles with the scooters with. Roller skaters and weve seen plenty of Police Patrolling drones warning all the parents and the kids to keep to keep the safe safe safety distancing and. Plenty of all the parks are closed. On the playgrounds of course so the access is impossible so these kids have to to access. Or to walk with their own by their own means and on and on with the plans so that our sons of spanish Prime Minister yesterday said that if this continues this slow down trend continues according to 2 ministers sources in the past 34 hours we were just at the lowest death toll in in a month 288 new fatalities in the past 24 hours and 1700. 00 new infections if this trend continues next week and we can see those who are not suspect to exercise individually so we might have one of the pictures well marta had to know from madrid thank you very much indeed. Valentine is a clinical psychologist and sidra meds and she says a gradual transition can help children adjust back to normal life. Well theres a number of different ways the children can be adopted and a lot of it will depend on the childs temperament and personality and how their family is handling the lockdown but certainly time away from friends all in their routines can be quite disruptive stressful and then with the news about coronavirus not understanding everything can also be a bit anxiety provoking so im sure theyre looking forward to some opportunities to be getting out now in spain its probably not enough but they still start out slowly anyway you know the changes can be overwhelming so starting with this 111 policy helps children kind of ease back into different routines and different schedules and i think you know different children might get really excited others might be a bit anxious so it gives that little bit of flexibility there for children come out slowly and starts to see whats going on as well see maybe see friends while theyre walking on the streets it wont be enough but its a nice start well i think its a really nice opportunity now for parents to be having some mindful conversations with their children about what they want to do in the coming months making some plans together about how to return back to routines that they liked and maybe incorporating changes that worked out really well for them in the in lockdown or important he inhabits that they develop so its an opportunity to really plan because the doors are actually being opened in one day. Someone has had to ring standards nationwide lockdown because of a rise in corona virus cases but the restrictions have come at a cost raising concerns that the food crisis affecting half the population is going to get worse out of a toss of reports given to the most of the struggling to put food on the table these women are grateful for any kind of assistance years of drought rising inflation and now coronavirus have seen food prices soar several families are now eating lists many say they know not much will change until. Eased or scrapped in early may. Mean. Killing people. For that. We are not. So you know waiting for what were