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To play in spain for the 1st time in 6 weeks as restrictions are eased. Also fears of the food crisis in zimbabwe will get even worse as the government extends a nationwide lockdown. And conspicuous by his absence mistreats surrounds the health and whereabouts of north koreas leader. Good to have you with us and welcome to the news hour a country thats endured more than 5 years of war and a humanitarian crisis the u. N. Has called the worst in the world now has a new challenge separatists in yemen have declared self rule in the south of the country it comes as a Saudi Coalition battles who the rebels in a separate conflict the internationally recognized government says the outcome will be catastrophic alexy abroad begins our coverage. Separatist reinforcements arrive in aden hours after their political leaders the Southern Transitional. So 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 sovereign 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 southern regions of 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 ceasefire 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 insurgency. Its yet another complicating factor in yemens 5 yes civil war which is being mocked by shifting sometimes shadowy allegiances. Facade and safer to still 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 saw the movement turned on the coalition backed government seizing aden and fighting that lasted for days. The government says the separatist action is a rejection of a power sharing deal brokered to end last years on wrist which saudi arabia hailed as a step towards a wider political solution to the war. As Movement Goes back fabio on to the current conflict those in the south yemens unification and 99. Favored the north and led to falling Living Standards there are thought to be at least 25. 00 regional separatist groups 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 or the one and. Only go and i think this is like premature. That doesnt. You know youre not going to speculate and other places so basically we are playing with fire at the will. Come back. To the 7 Transitional Council says it continues to support the nationwide ceasefire which is just been extended by a month a declaration of autonomy and a state of emergency adds to the uncertainty for yemenis have already suffered years of hunger and war aleksandra on aljazeera. Now the crisis in yemen has many dimensions its fraught with both domestic and Regional Power struggles the war is rooted in the arab spring uprising of 9 years ago longtime president. And a power to his deputy about the rebel ones whove had the now but failed to bring much hope for the stability the movement took advantage reigniting divisions and separatist ambitions and tensions rose on a regional level between sunni ruled saudi arabia and shia are all iran which is accused of backing the who feels now a saudi u. A. E. Coalition began its military offensive against the who these in march 2015 and that was only supposed to last a matter of weeks and then western countries fear that the threat of attacks from al qaeda and i still feel its based in yemen may actually occur simon megan is a senior lecturer in International Studies at Lancaster University in the u. K. Joins me from there via skype good to have you with us on the program again mr may but how does this development in the south of the country sort of change the new political reality rather than actually whos in charge. You know thank you for having me again i think its an interesting if whole together and surprising so developments i mean those people whove been watching yemen for some time will have known that the s. T. C. Have got these these broad their aspirations for secession they want to break away from the state and the established their own state but if with regard to what actually is happening on the ground i think the situation is far more complex in terms of both the opinions of yemenis in the south than in the extent to which the s. T. C. The sudden Transitional Council can exert influence over these different groups but also with regard to the broader geo political dimensions of the conflict as you were just alluding to with regard to to the end there are support for the s. T. C. Which pitted against. The backers of the how to governments saudi arabia and thats thats a pretty fractious rivalry there starting to brew that and of course a while all of that is humans and its a political rivalry is ongoing there are in fact as you say many groups that you alluded to just then vying for influence and power how much is of a sort of political and social vacuum is being developed and causing more confusion for the very people that theyre trying to influence. Well i think thats a really difficult one to answer because lets not forget as you were setting in your package the yemen has been struggling for the past 9 years or so net yemen has really suffered from the uprising the unrest that will prob out by the arab uprisings and its really struggled in the in the 6 years since the war started and that has really opened up a vacuum so its essentially its a vacuum within a vacuum right now because you have all these different competing groups not only the political groups but then also tribal groups religious organizations including their affiliates and all of these Different Actors are trying to vie for influence and while the s. T. C. Is perhaps the most prominent of those groups in the south it certainly doesnt speak for all of them and some some statistics that i saw recently suggest that perhaps only 40 percent of people in the south support the s. T. C. Where does this leave president had the he supported by the saudis any sort of u. N. Backed as such but has he lost legitimacy is he irrelevant now or is he still an important player. Thats the 1000000. 00 question i guess he is officially recognized ruler of yemen he obviously was central in agreeing that the riyadh agreement which brought a degree of peace between the Yemeni Government and the s. T. C. Although many would doubt that that was actually a viable agreement so how does in a difficult position right now hes not really able to exert any influence over whats happening in yemen he spends a great amount of his time out of the country in riyadh and so the extent to which he can actually be seen as a rule is very limited so hes recognized that outside of yemen as a ruler that very few people internally actually recognize him as such so his legitimacy is dramatically on the wane which of course adds to the complexity of whats happening in yemen and opens up that document you were talking about someone may been in lancaster in the u. K. Thanks very much for joining us thank you. The coronavirus toll is still rapidly climbing in many countries but china is marking a new sign of improvement it says all patients have now been discharged from hospitals and the original epicenter Health Officials also say theyve now gone and 11th straight day with no deaths anywhere in china will hand 100 porters more than half of the countrys total cases and nearly 85 percent of the National Death toll residents there are still being tested regularly despite a relaxation of lockdown rules sarah clarke has more from hong kong. 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 in 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 efforts are 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 long jiang 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 or got public transport its been postponed or held for a period of time and this tight 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 and there is food is a professor in the school of politics and International Relations at the university of nottingham he says the Chinese Communist party is doing everything it can to shield itself from any blame for whats happening. The Chinese Communist party hauls. The quote unquote monopoly off fools and that means. The communist party basically by default whatever they say must be true and whatever is reported that kind of counters the official narrative by default must be faults and saw based on this understanding i think its quite clear that we must not trust the carpet 1000 statistics coming out of Mainland China we need to be quite careful when we draw like comparisons to other countries its all good to hold for example the british and Us Government to account for their lets say a belated response and i think that criticism is being articulated day by day but when it comes to Mainland China. As this is the origin of the corona Virus Outbreak and this is of course something that secretary sitting is. Perhaps ashamed off and so the highest it has been going into all the drives to kind of deflect criticism of this fact and theyre now increasing reports that. Conspired is actually orchestrating a global this Information Campaign courageous chinese citizens are attempting to kind of break through censorship but unfortunately just yesterday we learned that. Some volunteers in china would try to document what really happened in and that theyve been harassed by the authorities and so lets bear in mind Health Professionals who just wanted to share information with other professionals like dr levy when young they they couldnt speak their mind and on his deathbed he said china should no longer have censorship and citizen journalists would try to report from the front lines like to ensure sure neither of us they were immediately carts and. And gag spain has recorded its lowest daily death toll in 5 weeks 298 people died in the past day and the number of new infections also dropped its raising hopes that spains Strict Lockdown restrictions are beginning to pay dividends. But some parts of that lockdown are being eased to millions of children being allowed outside to play for the 1st time in 6 weeks but its only for an hour and they must be accompanied by an adult and stay within a kilometer of home public parks remain closed spain has the worlds 2nd highest total number of infections after the u. S. And has europes 2nd highest number of faith teletubbies behind italy marta has more from madrid. This is a big relief after 43. 00 days of Strict Lockdown children under 14 are able to go out for a walk 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 were seeing today the big picture in spain have been all these parents with the kids with their bicycles with the scooters and weve seen plenty of Police Patrolling 5 drones warning all the parents and the kids to keep to keep the save safe safety distancing with plenty of kids and all the parks are closed in spain on the playgrounds of course so the access is impossible so these kids have to to exercise or to walk with their own by their own means and with the plans so that our scientists spanish Prime Minister yesterday said that if this continues these slow down trend continues according to 2 ministers sources in the past 34 hours we were just at the lowest death toll. In a month 288 new fatalities in the past 24 hours and 1700 new infections if this trend continues next week and we can see dont point out to sect to exercise individually so we have another picture as well. Valentine is a clinical psychologist its a dramatic she says a gradual transition can help children adjust to normal life. Well theres a number of different ways that 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 chronic liar its not understanding everything can also be a bit and say were going in 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 be 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 are important here in the habits that they develop so its an opportunity to really plan because the doors are actually being opened in one day britains Prime Minister is due back at work on monday 2 weeks after he was in intensive care for a strong and facing criticism of his and his governments handling of the crisis including critical shortages of personal protective equipment for Health Care Staff and the lack of testing public calls to these the lockdown are also increasing our correspondent jonah hole joins us now from westminster his Central London so one wonders jonah what its going to be top of the Prime Ministers to do list on monday morning. When he returns here to westminster to downing street with a pretty full in box theres no doubt about that he returns to the helm of a country. Currently in its 2nd 3 week period of severe restrictive lockdown measures that has reached the peak of its epidemic but not yet seen a steep decline still posting perilously high numbers of new infections and fatalities passing the 20000 person mark hospital deaths that is on saturday there is still persists and shortages of personal protective equipment for Frontline Health care workers a government target to hit 100000 tests a day by the end of this month looks a long long way away still and there are louder and louder calls on the Prime Minister on the government to give Greater Transparency about its plans for a timetable for an exit strategy the opposition is saying the public must be kept in the loop about how and when a lockdown will end Business Community leaders and even senior figures in the Prime Ministers own party is saying its got to end very very quickly if were to avoid destroying the economy altogether so hes got lots of things that hes got to work out presumably the most important priority will be to try and figure out how to communicate to the British Public quite what is going to happen next and in order to do that hes got to resolve that central sort of predicament whether and to what extent on the one hand to follow the calls of business and those in his party to end a lock down to save the economy and on the other hand whether and to what extent to heed the rather more cautious calls of the scientific and medical community who say now is not the time the numbers are still too high the public should not be given false hope there should instead be encouraged to double down on the lock down a lock down incidentally that has had pretty broad public support up to now but in terms of which polls released on sunday suggest that support may be waning. For the moment jonah thanks very much for the update jen hole there in westminster for us another quote of ours lockdown has provoked a protest on the border with germany and poland by people complaining they cant get across many of polish commuters who work in germany poland has been on lockdown since march a mandatory 2 we quarantine to anyone who enters has also been imposed and germans in berlin and stood guard have demanded the easing of the long term chanting slogans such as i want my life back protesters complain that the restrictions are a violation of their fundamental rights riot Police Detained more than 100 people. To africa now zimbabwe is have to extend its nationwide lockdown because of a rise in corona virus cases but the restrictions of cost raising concerns of the food crisis affecting half of the population will get worse. But the limit of 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 lockdown restrictions are eased or scrapped in early may. Mean more good for us is killing people. For their tweets and we are no doctor. So were waiting for what were waiting for the troops to go after training to see what is going to happen next the World Food Program says half of the population needs food aid a Poverty Assessment done by the government and aid agencies last year found nearly 80 percent of families in urban areas are hungry the. Local 1000000 companies try to cope with whats available the pandemic has made it difficult to buy more grain from abroad. Some of this country is on lockdown its not export ban but what did seem to dan is that the infrastructure the whole system of exporting is no sister or bridge also and some of the ships that are pretty concerning this aid are now subjected to quarantine of the station there so this is slowed down the. Petition of one. Families in rural areas are also struggling the rains have been erratic many havent managed to grow much food now the Global Health crisis is making more families here vulnerable priority is given to the sick and the elderly and even here people are being courage to practice social distancing but masks and gloves and Hand Sanitizers are in short supply and thats the case all over the country. Zimbabwes unofficial Unemployment Rate is more than 80 percent most people live hand to mouth the government says vulnerable households will receive cash transfers over the next 3 months thats less than 10. 00 per person every month businesses have been told by the state not to increase the prices of basic commodities but in previous years whenever an official price freeze was imposed elated panic buying shortages and even more frustration. Aljazeera zimbabwe. Now the pandemic is not only a Major Public Health concern but also a threat to global Food Security more than 820000000 people worldwide already dont have enough food to eat with maternal and child and child undernutrition contributing to 45 percent of deaths in children under the age of 5 a recent n. J. Reporters found 183000000 people in 55 countries are on the cusp of acute hunger and high risk of slipping into a food crisis and the u. N. Says africa has the highest levels of undernourishment at nearly 20 percent joy benjy is actually the country director for zimbabwe he says the country has several problems which are making matters more difficult. Ours is not only just about cause it 19 default 19 itself the fish or reports that did indicate that it lists 7700000. 00 zimbabweans with Food Insecurity of this about 4300000. 00 in rural areas where action aid wakes in fact if you look at the food food crisis caused 19 remember last year some of the communities in zimbabwe were village by cycle and in also this year some of the communities for example in bengal we are also impacted by by by floods but the underlying issue here also is that the economy is not performing free its really a delicate balancing act that the government has to play between hell with ensuring that the economy continues to tick which economy again has about 80 percent of its people employed and is about 90 percent sitting in the informal economy literally fending for the families from hand to mouth on a daily basis. Well still ahead here on the aljazeera news are more deadly attacks in the democratic republic of congo as into Ethnic Violence worsens and. Actually. The show must go on the ramadan Home Entertainment for iraqis in lockdown. And in sports find out about the Central American country where sport is still going ahead with families in attendance like stories to buy. Yet another front which you cant really see what is this cloud here has been drawing boards and dusty around the Empty Quarter to qatar to the central part of saudi arabia and then it will be replaced by a breeze that comes in after so 40 on sunday down to 35. 00 on monday occasional showers maybe a little bit theres not much on the frontal system the few showers left in the top of it all and thats really just in the in part of iran so the whole of the review that youre back to the levant its relatively warm the wind being the dominant feature here sometimes its dusty and strong and now its cooling down again or dying down i should say in jerusalem of 24 rock or up to 27 and even in turkey with the showers its warming up now the far north of africa this cat shows the luckier shastra area and tunisia sorites this hour of course is generally dry these hot winds are bringing dusty conditions into egypt the showers for the south and after a make it up a long way nandos in tiger im betting for example the temperatures in the saddle are into the middle fortys now that is the average but even here in mena for example were degrees so above the average where she would necessarily expect expect showers further west to reach the r. V. Coast hardly surprising in fact the forecast next 3 days damage on the westward. To mourn the most uns initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for a revival. Of muslims no move from merely reacting to taking action putting the western crusaders on the defensive with hindsight this is seen as a breakthrough as a revival of the jihad in the mostly near east the crusades an arab perspective that for so to revive on the jersey or. The latest news as it breaks with no treatment or a vaccine for her and a virus volunteers will continue to provide the services take out to fight the disease with detailed coverage along without any planning to indias millions of lies and political. And fearless journalism from around the world for many coming to this place if the only chance they have to leave at least once a day. Losing it. Oh. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news hour with me said all wrong the reminder of our top story is yemens government is warning of a catastrophe of to separatists declared self rule in the Southern City of aden the Southern Transitional council is accusing the saudi backed government of mismanagement and has announced a state of emergency china says all coronavirus patients have now been discharged from hospitals and ruhani the original epicenter of the pandemic beijing is reporting no new coronavirus deaths for an 11th straight day and millions of children in spain are being allowed outside to play for the 1st time in 6 weeks as the lockdown is in but its only for an hour and they must be accompanied by an adult and stay within a kilometer of home. The latest attack on an ethnic group in the democratic republic of congo has killed 23 people it happened in the province 700 people have been killed there since 2017 the community has been attacked before by an armed group called the cooperative for the development of congo now thats the latest in a series of recent attacks 2 days ago 17 people were killed in the run going to tional park its a unesco World Heritage site in eastern congo 2 separate attacks killed 28 people 2 weeks ago further increasing fears of growing ethnic conflict un peacekeepers recently helped to free 38 civilians including children abducted by an armed group in the east of the democratic republic of congo. Is a counterterrorism expert at Global Risk International joins me now via skype from london good to have you with us on the program it seems the government in the d r c has multiple problems on multiple fronts lets just begin with name one dennis semi if i hope we pronounce that right a former m. P. And the tribal leader of the clan who want to bring back moloch e to parts of the continent t. E. s got his supporters how much of a thorn in the side is he for governments not just in the d r c but on go and go bomb. Of course as you said now. And then one of semi has been torn in the flesh you. See he was actually arrested several times but more specifically you know he was arrested in 317 but he was free by someone hes full of life he wants to recreate the old congo. You know but unfortunately these doesnt just affect the r. C. S. You say that you also are quick spouting. Off im cool but also got on so its kind of funny Impossible Mission but he has gained a lot of clout and just grown recently and he was now a risk that rewrites by the lease and that led to the killing of in the murky supporters so i think you know what weve seen theyre going to set a more people concrete goals for the embassy and and this is just one of the one he said quite significant indeed that fighting you just mentioned regarding this particular official or it was only last week and so close to the capital it was a long drawn out affair of a 20 lives were lost residents live in fear over security and thats the one thing the president felix the chicanes he promised hed fix when he came into power whats gone wrong. Of course you know what chris did to secure the house you know he was the one that you know brought these so you have to 1st profit back into politics but the guy house you know continuously you know clocked at the political agendas within the government done hes now seen as somebody who you know constantly leaves you know what leaps you know we have. Connected to violence within the state i mean currently facing the corporate 90 like every other country but some of the supporters were seeing you know got green in places where the government are already. You know well much you got me from what i call the president so its a jump in i why cant the president deal with this whats the problem with his Security Forces or the way that hes dating with security across the country not just near the capitol i think im going to say hes in my country and before 2 security and president ial security came to power but there has been so many and they reached there out so many areas where you know he needs to look into an address you know but i dont think this is something which he can do just within a couple of years that hes been in power i think he needs to look at that and im sure that you have a president you security with would be looking at all these angles and all these of that coming in from various angles as you said and you know he would be concerned that the promises that he made you know needs to be fulfilled and you know even hardest u. T. To do that at the moment david also in london thanks so much for joining us. Now a Police Officer in somalia has been arrested after shooting at a person while enforcing coronavirus restrictions the incidents on friday 2 days of protests in the capital mogadishu bittorrent caking to house the story. Hundreds of protesters shouted no police no curfew as they marched through the capital mogadishu on saturday. They say the shooting of a civilian by a Police Officer and forcing a curfew on friday night is another example of violence and abuse by the Security Forces which they say happens too often but. This demonstration will continue until the government senior officials listen to the outcry of the population who want the government to reverse the curfew decisions that is imposed on the residents during this holy month. The shooting happened near the headquarters of the Somali National intelligence and Security Agency somalias police chief fired the commissioner in charge of the area on saturday and the mare of mogadishu apologize for the shooting that was shot 1st sara speight at the youth of mogadishu need to express their anger for the killing of a civilian and i have the right to do so secondly im very sorry for us and i share the same sorry you are feeling somalia has Poor Health Care facilities and a limited capacity to trace and test those infected with the coronavirus the government introduced a lockdown more than 2 weeks ago is the number of people infected with hiv 19 increased. But there has to be trust between the public and the police for it to work effectively and that some short supply it tory gayton be aljazeera. Government has sent 200 medical workers to south africa to help treat virus patients 86 South Africans have died and around 4000 cases have been reported sheba has at least 1300 cases of its own but government leaders in havana say the situation is under control the communist cuban government says medical to. It does and medical teams to many countries as an important income earner for its impoverished economy. Hundreds of venezuelans are trying to get home from colombia stranded on the border its closed because of the virus threat many say theyre having to sleep there and have to be the days nearly 5000000 venezuelans have fled in the past 5 years because of the collapsing economy. Yeah i got 8 days ago my girl and i had been almost the whole time without food we havent be there and heart it doesnt matter if we sardines or tuna that doesnt matter to as we venezuelans our warriors we want them to let us pass together sayed and give us the hope that we can return home now i said only a group of about 200 venezuelans passed by fors but they left without an answer and as well as Foreign Ministry has given no answers weve traveled for 2 weeks walking riding on mules we did the impossible to get here staying in the americas argentinas partially relaxing the nationwide lockdown but its also extending restrictions in large cities by 2 weeks schools universities restaurants and most government offices will continue to be closed but going for a walk is allowed all restrictions have been lifted in communities with fewer than half a 1000000 people businesses around mexico running to help make masks for frontline workers one laser cutting burmas focused almost entirely on masks the doctors and nurses in mexico city many hospitals are facing shortages of vital protective equipment as cases continue to rise mexico has around 14000 confirmed infections. Police in brazil are accusing sun of present in our of having a criminal scheme that spreads fake news the Supreme Court has been investigating false stories about judges the Justice Minister says your model resigned on friday because of what he called political interference from the president that followed by sonora sacking the federal police chief lets get more on this from our latin america editor lucien human who joins me now from santiago alysia how serious are those calls of also narrow to step down following those charges that hes been meddling in the judicial process. Hello there well i think theres no question that the president. Is in trouble in deep trouble 1st of all when the former Justice Minister said joe morell resigned he leaked the fact that the president had falsified the ministers then ministers signature to sack the federal police chief then he would do that signature but it has already happened we also know that the president had taken part in a demonstration a rally calling for basically essentially a coup detat to close down the congress and also the Supreme Court but the most the most damaging bit of information leaked by said joe mortars the fact that the president tried to interfere in the judicial process by asking for information on a confidential Ongoing Investigation that involves none other than his son not only who was not only suspected of being involved in a Fake News Network financed by companies that support will so not on his family but also that he may be involved in the murder of another councilman councilwoman in this case in Rio De Janeiro it was a very very high publicized assassination and capitals and one for natl is believed to be involved in death squads that could have been responsible for this that hasnt been proven group but the president was trying to find out exactly what was going on this is unconstitutional and is potentially an impeachable crime and just to give you an idea of how serious that is brazils former president. Carter who also. Got a loss or had actually has asked rather that also not to step down and spare the country from a long process of impeachment this is very significant because none dont think it got also is considered brazils most prestigious elder statesman. Going on. The political to. You see when one does with the balls that are really hands either the support of his own cabinet to the support of the people what is his popularity like does he have any friends left politically or even in the public sphere. Exit exactly well thats going to be key in all this that a lot of people compare whats happening with also not into what happened with President Trump the differences that president that table so not his popularity is around 30 percent that has gone down significantly especially because of his handling of the coronavirus epidemic in brazil but also its a federal system he has been bucking the horns with the governors with the congress he is feuding with them constantly and also with the Supreme Court all of whom have to basically give the nod in order for a process like impeachment to go ahead he doesnt have the numbers in the lower house or the upper house so the big question here is whats going to happen on the street will people go out and demonstrate in favor or against will so not all right now most people are staying home because of the pandemic but if they were to come out massively on to the street the politicians who ultimately decide all this will take the temperature of the popular feeling and that could be the end of ball so not only really depends on whether he can turn this around quickly the interesting time for brazil to see a new human in america to the force in santiago thank you. Boeing is expected to be hit with an expensive lawsuit for the collapse of a deal to buy an aircraft manufacturer in brazil and accuses the americans of sabotaging the 4000000000. 00 tire to avoid its commitments boeing seeking billions of dollars from the u. S. Government as the Airline Industry is at a standstill more airlines of counsel for the boeing 737 months following 2 crashes killing all on board u. S. Secretary of state might pompei has praised Qatar Airways for treating nearly 1000000 people worldwide including tens of thousands of americans qatar increase both flights in capacity to help stranded travelers to return home the carrier helped a number of countries to repatriate their citizens after most airlines have canceled International Flights during the pandemic. He said we have heard from numerous u. S. Citizens abroad about the tremendous efforts extended by Qatar Airways staff to get them home Qatar Airways help repair treat nearly 1000000 people worldwide including tens of thousands of americans this should be seen as a point of National Pride for all tyreese watching t. V. Is a popular pastime during the muslim holy month of ramadan and iraq is no exception it is perhaps the only custom that has remained unaffected by the curfew imposed in response to the covert 900 pandemic and that has raised the stakes for those producing the cement of 14 has the story from baghdad. Even as public life in baghdad has largely come to a halt the cameras for this t. V. Show never stopped rolling. Actually. It was scheduled to air during the fasting month of ramadan a prime time for television across the arab world and so the director has found ways to overcome the covert 19 lockdown that even. Considered around 90 percent of iraqi productions that response to air during ramadan were cancelled so there were no options the audiences would be bored was foreign in arabic content that they were watching in the past we impose a sort of semi quarantine for the Programming Team we only film inside this house we dont mix with other people and we took preventative measures. The name of the satirical comedy is. Which translates as state of melons a local expression used to describe a chaotic situation it alludes to the lack of stability in post 2003 iraq the sketches everyday issues such as corruption and the impact of conservative norms on society you know darling abouta how stop sending messages you call me sister but then you seem to me to just past midnight recorded in iraq a dialect it has gained popularity over long established turkish and the depiction series. We managed to use a language that appeals to all classes of Iraqi Society so the audience will see us as one of the family theyll say yes this old lady is like my mother or that character like my brother. T. V. Series has always been an integral part of a lot more than but the crew hopes that this year their efforts will help lighten up evenings for people stuck at home the curfew has been lifted during the day but it remains in place in the evening which is when people usually gather to break their fast that means that many cherished ramadan traditions cannot be observed this year. We join 1000. 00 money at their home as they prepare for the 1st if a meal to break their daily fast delightful aroma swath through the kitchen and theres no shortage of mouth watering dishes spread on the table but she had mother of 3 and soon to give birth to a 4th son misses her extended family you know you dont learn its rahm a dancer normally we should be at my grandfathers house but we cant go. Later in the evening the men in the family would usually head out of their friends and relatives until late at night. Ramadan is known for coffee shops and playing games in public its all about the gatherings and would usually go to a coffee shop to have shisha but this year i cannot do that as all the coffee shops are prohibited and closed. And so watching t. V. Is one of the few Entertainment Options left after their meal the family toons into lyotard but its a rare occasion to smile and one of the few traditions that have not been appended but a coronavirus pandemic seem awful to aljazeera but that in the parents you turn the World Health Organization says anyone whos already been infected by the corona virus will develop some form of protection early of year to Health Agencies there was no evidence to be any better off but threatened to damage plans by several countries to issue socalled immunity passports allowing recovered patients to return to normal life. Well in south korea another sign that life is starting to return to normal catholics are attending mass for the 1st time since social distancing measures were introduced at the start of the pandemic but the bride has more from seoul. Its nearly 2 months since the Catholic Church and other churches here in south korea decided it was simply too risky to hold normal services instead theyre Holding Masses on the line and its only now all of these weeks on the Catholic Church has decided it is safe to reopen its churches but only under the strictest of precautions were at the main cathedral in seoul can only have a congregation of up to a 1000 but only a quarter of that number are being allowed in for each mass and you know order to do so you have to turn up here early go to this building where you get a number and your Contact Details your identity is recorded all this so that if there is a case of infection then every member of that congregation can be traced its all part of this Contact Tracing that the South Koreans are now so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time outside the cathedral itself obviously keeping a distance from the people in front of you and behind you and as you go into the cathedral taking the usual precautions like Hand Sanitizer making sure you have a mask and then there are special precautions in place for example during the taking of communion all intended to reduce the risk of infection being passed on to an absolute minimum people we have been talking to say yes it is slightly troublesome to go through these measures which are in place at churches this sunday throughout south korea but they are nonetheless thankful that they can once more return to their churches. And im a bit concerned but it feels were getting back to normal to such an extent that almost. Sort of cork i feel grateful and moved at be back in church it made me realise that the took it for granted. This is being seen as a further sign of life returning to Something Like normal once more and indeed the figures seem to bear out the fact that the worst seems to be behind south korea with only a few new cases being detected every day and most of those coming from outside the concern for the authorities now though is that a sense of complacency or fatigue sets in allowing a resurgence which nobody here wants to see while staying in the region theres growing uncertainty about the health and whereabouts of north koreas leader who hasnt been seen in public for 2 weeks a train possibly belonging to kim jong or noise spotted at a resort town in the country according to satellite images the Reuters News Agency says china has sent a team of doctors to treat him after a heart procedure rumors about kims health have increased since he failed to appear at an event marking his late grandfathers birthday on april the 15th jim walsh is a Senior Research associate at the Security Studies program at Massachusetts Institute of technology he says the speculation is part of a familiar pattern. We played this game before with him and with previous leaders where weve said oh hes disappeared for 2 weeks hes disappeared 2 or 3 wakes you know it does that mean he might die similarly with the Supreme Leader in iran durbin numerous rumors about imminent demise that never came true you know its a pandemic right in north korea where does north korea live right next to the country where the coronavirus originated now north koreas did not it has any cases i find it hard to believe im not saying he would. Have contracted it obviously Boris Johnson did so well you know a do we have a smoking gun here something is a right no because of the focus on 1000 which is totally appropriate and all the things that means we havent been thinking about north korea but if north korea if the leader dar in a context in which theres a Global Pandemic its under sanctions and entering a recession is join an economy declines thats a big deal and we might want to think about it before it happens rather than after it happens still ahead here on the news hour in sports one of the biggest stars in tennis is getting back into the swing of things from the comfort of his story to the very. The oppression of an ethnic minority and man mine goes back many decades the intention was to make sure that rangers were no longer entitled to either basic rights or Citizenship Rights in a new documentary aljazeera explores the history and motives behind the systematic persecution of the him and me and mom. Exiled on aljazeera. The time had come for the p. L. O. To seek a new and peaceful solution. Pursuing a path of diplomacy but what was to turn their agreed withdrawal from lebanon into one of the most horrific civilian massacres of modern times women children we couldnt but i guess chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian homeland p. L. O. History of the revolution on aljazeera. The old. The old. Joke the talk is called i hear something thank you very much a so well the n. F. L. Successfully completed this 1st ever virtual draft on a saturday this years event the had to be done Via Video Conferencing because of the Global Pandemic draft teams recruited the best young talent on offer usually its a massive spectacle with thousands of fans attending plans for it to be held in las vegas this year had to be cancelled on the last 255 players that were drafted as expected with joe perot selected as the number one overall pick of the Cincinnati Bengals well spoke to us a sports broadcaster michael calls and who believes the virtual draft was a success in particular for 2 of the leagues teams. It was very smooth a lot of people liked it because it concentrated more on the business and we got to see a few of the people in that business. Of doing the draft a lot of be kind of hollywood glitz and red carpet stuff it looks like the last few years most of missed by a lot of people of course because there is no one passport to speak of america or most of the world right now this was the big sporting event weekend and. The greens were i think more than double. Its high. The Baltimore Ravens just kill this draft and they did it pretty much by sitting there and letting the draft come to them and then making great picks with each pick they had so many teams trade up trade down try to give them the right place for why weve just got to have and the raiders just look at the board and figure out who was the best player at that time the other team i think it was really outstanding were the Minnesota Vikings who are addressed their biggest needs wide receiver pointed back in the 1st round more solid. After that and then most of their beat. The worst teams were pretty easy to the 2 both in the n. F. C. North Chicago Bears didnt watch your 1st pick in the 2nd round. Which would be fine except we already had 8. Fairly excited arsal open the Training Facility next week it to help their players a stay fit the club say access that will be carefully managed in line with the u. K. Social distancing guidelines the players will reportedly practice on a rotational basis that small groups will be allowed to at their training grounds but will not come into contact with each other the p. L. O. Has been suspended since mid march due to the pandemic no return date has been set. Well everton have condemned their play and mores seen here on the right of the screen for ignoring the u. K. s lockdown restrictions footage emerged on social media of the striker partying with guests at his home recently in a statement the club said they were appalled by a cancer actions and label them as unacceptable. To stand one of the its just a handful nations that had pressed ahead with the football season despite the pandemic have finally suspended competition until may 10th suspension will take effect from monday the Football Federation said sunday games will still is set to take place that would no spectators just like the previous matches despite the make a sport is still going ahead in other countries including belarus nicaragua and took minister on. Saturday live boxing with fans resumed in the Central American nation of nicaragua some precautions were taken offense staff war mosque and the audience was not directly by the ring on the a 10th of 8000 seater venue was filled last despite tickets being given away for free and the government insisting that the coronavirus is not a major issue in the country on the 11 positive cases and 3 deaths have been officially reported basketball is looking to get back on its feet as the n. B. A. Have now allowed players to return to Training Facilities next week only if restrictions are eased by their local Governments Group practices that will not be allowed yet and teams will not be permitted to organize in person workouts georgia and alcohol are among the states seen a reduction in the strict sions some cities in florida home to the miami heat and Orlando Magic are expected to do so in their stay at home policies in the coming days. The king of clay rough on the does back in action this week but from his own home hes taken part in the virtual version of the madrid open thats 2 players will be involved in the Charity Event 5 time champion the dot will face off Britains Andy Murray the tournament it will be played from monday till thursday and on larry took to instagram to discuss the competition. A fairly low. Investment and then said youve been practicing for like 3 or 4 hours a day. Yeah now im not doing anything else. Obviously i just play it like oh its my day. Oh really yeah 1st much the day and thats it for me so thanks very much sanna youve been watching the aljazeera news ill be back with more news on the other side of the break but until then from son and myself on the news our take thanks very much for your time and your company see if youre. One of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much input in contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for it is you know its very challenging but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues. People believe to tell the real story so ill just mandate is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. I usually just treat and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with a number of grown viruses failure to take really aggressive action really kind of behavior for informed opinion its going to be much more challenging in a place like he did with his one answer later very relieved indepth analysis of the dates global headlines india done in up to the spread of the coronavirus in the inside story on aljazeera. Rewind returns can bring your people back to life im sorry and brand new updates on the best of aljazeera documentaries in the liberal i was the 1st and no i like and the others to that rewind continues with children of conflict gaza wed love some peace in this world especially. Children. Right here rewind on aljazeera. Be the hero the world needs. Washed away. Yemeni separatist self rule in the solve the internationally recognized government warns of a catastrophe. Alarms all right and this is al jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes a clean bill of health and china says all patients being treated in the original epicenter of the coronavirus out of hospital. Signs of recovery for spain it records its lowest daily death toll 5 weeks lets children out of play. And fears the food crisis in zimbabwe will get even worse as the government extends a nationwide law