Accusations police in the philippines are committing rights abuses as they enforce strict coronavirus measures. And charities education the district take children at risk of Domestic Violence and abuse during lockdown restrictions. More lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows more than 58300 people have died and more than 1000000 people have been infected cabral and is under reports from new york the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak. Courtney to fly over by u. S. Air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for Health Care Workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u. S. Krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than 20000000 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than 300000000 americans under stay at home orders transfer. Forming even the busiest cities like new york in 2 ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over 1000000 cases in the u. S. President trump is accused of being slow to take over 1000 seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u. S. He said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the American People remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacularly wrong as a country and economy shutdown trump and america as a whole were forced to face the stark reality there were numerous missed opportunities in the long term investing in public l. The budgets for Public Health in significantly decreased over the years and this would only way american public. Has really need in our ability to respond in the more short term while most of those 1000000 confirmed cases in the us have been relatively mild many thousands more have not more than 50000 lives have been lost to cope at 19 and many thousands more are expected on tuesday trump was asked about his earlier predictions in the light of the new milestone will go down to 0 ultimately and you have to understand when it comes to cases we do much more testing than anybody else so we could go to some of these other countries you know as an example china if you test youre going to show many more cases the United States and particularly new york are a long way from being over this Health Crisis and with persistent worries about large gatherings the streets could remain mostly empty through the end of the year leaving time for people to ponder questions such as when will this be over what will america be like what it is and what went wrong. Gabriel is on go out is it a new york. President donald trump has ordered Meat Processing plants in the u. S. To stay open despite concerns about workers safety production was stopped at around 20 factories after workers fell ill responding to warnings of a global meat shortage trump signed an executive order to reopen the plants give Companies Legal cover in case employees catch coronavirus mike hanna has more from washington d. C. It is on the face of it an order to go back to work but what it is most importantly about is to grant the employers some form of legal and liability precedent troublemaking very clear earlier in the day that the employers are in a situation where they could be sued by their employees forcing them to go back to work in a situation where they could contract the virus part of this executive order is absolving the employers of any legal blame for what happens but the bottom line is it was done in consultation with the meatpacking companies it was a major supply crisis in terms of supplies coming through massive drops in the production of pork and beef so although on the face of it the order is meant they turi it is still very much in the societe sion with the companies themselves and of course the employees have to decide whether to continue their jobs to go back to work and run the risk of a virus or not go to work and quite possibly lose their jobs very clear dialin or for those working in the meat packing plants which have of course been a focal point of many viral outbreaks in recent weeks at least 13 plants had closed across the country because of the high rate of infection in the plants now youve got a situation where the president signed an executive order which strictly speaking is mandate to the plants have to reopen. In the u. S. State of massachusetts nearly 70 people have died from corona virus at a facility that cares for elderly veterans another 160 residents and staff for the holyoke soldiers home have contracted the virus wonder blames Staff Shortages vesta gators are looking at filing criminal charges. Violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators have been back out on the streets as the crisis had economy crumbles further due to chronic virus protesters held rocks at Security Forces who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets on monday one protester was killed during riots from tripolis and heart of a its. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and the long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casualties among protesters and soldiers during confrontations that began monday night on this news that follows model went to the streets because there are no jobs children are asking the parents for food and they dont have money to buy them any the young man who has mounted it was a father he had nothing to lose if your daughter asks for food what will he give up he had nothing to lose calls for a change in leadership are not new a protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals in parliament they stole public funds and transferred billions of dollars outside lebanon even the Army Soldiers oppressed like this salary is now worth 300. 00. Officials acknowledge inflation has increased by 50 percent and 45 percent of the nation of 6000000 people live below the poverty line but they havent presented any plan to restore trust in the economy and fight corruption. We are hungry the revolution is against corruption all official say there is corruption but what have they done we dont see any thief in prison instead they are shooting at the people. Rival. Politicians who have been in power for decades deny allegations of corruption and are blaming each other for the states near bankruptcy government leaders are. Trying to topple by tampering with Financial Stability that fueled the anger of antigovernment protesters the leadership say those in power are trying to hold them accountable for years of corruption. The states finances are under immense pressure lebanon has a huge debt to pay and not enough foreign currency the government also doesnt have many friends abroad these scenes could be a warning of whats to come. A day just been announced for one of the most important for the china the National Peoples congress is when china unveils economic targets and approves new legislation was initially scheduled to be held in march thats had been delayed due to the crown of our south break the meetings hes thousands of delegates from across china. Rights groups say the Philippine Government strict enforcement of lockdowns us led to rising Human Rights Violations committed by police on the 100000 people have been arrested for violating the curfew and the un describes the countrys response as highly militarized to me to undergo reports from the capital manila. These were the last few moments of winston ragas his life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they fired detained. Twice. But witnesses deny this they say he posed no threat to anyone in the movies who spoke to the islamic he says ruggles was suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and his death is a huge loss for them. So he was very thoughtful especially to his nieces and nephews here remember there were birthdays and he was a very generous man. Other videos that critics say show excessive use of force by police have gone viral to. The 303 year in my presence in this one a Police Officer forcefully tries to arrest a Foreign National jury a dispute over quarantine measures imposed by the government. And here another officer appears to break into a private condominium before threatening to arrest people using areas like a Swimming Pool the Philippine Government displaced around 50000000. 00 people under lockdown across the region designed to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus thats nearly half of the countrys population just a few weeks ago president with the go to tear to or there de mille achieve and police to shoot dead anyone who creates trouble. Police have denied allegations of wrongdoing and say they have. Did more than a 100000. 00 people since the lockdown was implemented more than a month ago Human Rights Watch has issued a statement urging the government to investigate reports of abuses and hold officers have committed Rights Violations accountable. I mean hes really been subjected to very harsh regulations rebuilt regard to the realities of basic to asia. And that story is going to result in a lot well anger and frustration and. The government says its policies are necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus but people here tell us the use of what they say easy heavy handed and violent response by police is creating fear and anxiety. To Dogon Al Jazeera manila. So its come here on aljazeera missing out on vaccinations unicef says many and children are getting Critical Care also. Well tell you about a rare visit half an hour of reaches a mass almost system. Now is formed and occasionally which despite the lack of obvious clarity in the Arabian Peninsula sin gray stuff is rather more potent than you are think so what you see but the greatest a few spots are variance impossible anyway even the empty caught up in qatar the middle of saudi arabia and dancers the hope that 41 dubai and was no scott all this is potential just. Just a little wet i think dumps a better word but basically the winds are all over the place that strong easterly pick up and santa moving further west was in sadies a sand storm is a risk there were dust storm brilliant coder then afterwards the whole circulation is slow moving so the clouds moving no way but thats just the Arabian Peninsula in iran its obvious weve got big showers in iraq if you can draw in quite warm the same is true back in the bout time shes now in the low twentys if youre lucky turkey has taken a dive temperature wise with us because weve picked up a few more showers now the real wet stuff is for the sas has said it means a big. Back to uganda they will carry on but the focus is probably a bit further south in burundi western kenya and d. R. Congo and once again we see a concentration in the breeze bringing in the showers towards the coast of tanzania the orange flash thats heavy rain. In uncertain and isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leaving looking at another side of the story not from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality only has to reach the lawyers exposing the optics try for manipulating rhetoric and blame but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight guide to the media on aljazeera. Oh. Youre watching our jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour more americans have now died on u. S. Soil from the coronavirus pandemic and all those killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is now more than 58300 President Trump has signed an emergency order compelling Meat Processing plants to stay open amid concerns of shortages production was stopped at around 20 factories after workers fell ill some dives. Violence has escalated during a 2nd round of protests and theyve been on the Northern City of tripoli demonstrators some back on the streets as the crisis had economy crumbles for you to run a virus. I will have more on the coronavirus shortly but lets take a look at some other world news now u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o says hes concerned about the situation in the yemeni port city of aden after a separatist group declared self rule over areas it controls in the south on sunday the Southern Transitional council announced its imposing of. The internationally recognized government warned of catastrophic consequences from the move and its allies in the saudi Led Military Coalition urged the s. T. C. To cancel the declaration meanwhile there has learned that the u. N. And International Committee of the red cross has advanced plans for a mass Prisoner Exchange in yemen which could happen within days its part of a ceasefire proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths diplomatic editor james bays has this exclusive report. A mass Prisoner Exchange was 1st proposed in the Stockholm Agreement in december 28th all sides agreed to the idea but it never actually happened now its being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the Un Security Council last week he didnt reveal that arrangements that now advanced for a Prisoner Exchange to be organized by the un and by the International Committee of the red cross we were asked to organize a release during this endemic of and we had to balance the interest that you made there in the trust of the people detain the fact that they could go back ornstein to family after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made 10 operate there is to factor those so the risk of the day needs to be in fact so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. I would see that almost everything is in place treat me oh its a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release the government or so it would be arabia. And the government of yemen and. We are there we still need a couple of days to be ready because we meet is this this button to be pushed and for this we need an alignment and just to be clear on the timeline you mentioned a couple of days this could happen within days potentially but then yes u. N. Sources tell me the actual prisoners for the 1st stage of a transfer have been identified there are about 1000 of them. At least 46 people have been killed in Northern Syria after a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded in a busy market it happened in the city of afrin 50 others were injured a friend has been under the control of Turkish Backed fighters for 2 years turkey is blaming the kurdish wife e. G. Armed group for the attack former u. S. President ial candidate Hillary Clinton has officially endorsed her fellow Democrat Joe Biden for president the former secretary of state said biden had been preparing for this moment his entire life marks the latest in a series of high profile democrats publicly endorsing the presumptive nominee biden will go up against President Donald Trump and novembers election. So i want to add my voice to the many who have insurance you to be our president just think what a difference it would make right now if we had a president who not only listened to the science facts over fiction but brought us together show the kind of compassion and caring that we need from our president. Saudi arabias oil revenues have for than 24 percent since the start of this year demand has been decimated this factories remain closed and planes ships and vehicle sit idle opec and all the Oil Producers agreed to slash production by 10000000 barrels a day analysts say that may not be enough to redress a flood of markets. But if i miss president Nicolas Maduro has appointed an advantage to drug trafficker as the new oil minister tarik a sammy was indicted in the u. S. Last month meanwhile the drop in oil prices and additional sanctions from the white house are making life hard of a venezuelans in america at a time of sane human reports. These cows are having a field day eating vegetables that many ordinary venezuelans cant realize that farmers in leg are having to throw away their produce because theres no petrol to take it to market. This is my bread and butter the only thing i have to support my family. President Nicolas Maduro blames u. S. Economic sanctions for an acute patrol shortage thats causing havoc now hes removed the president of the state oil company pay the vista and replaced him with a key confidant that it is sammy whos been indicted by the u. S. Justice department for alleged drug trafficking. This comes just days after the trumpet ministration gave chevron corp the last major u. S. Oil Company Operating in mn is way lower its a marching orders the treasurer has announced a new nearly limited license for 7 months or to allow companies that are operating there to begin their wind down process the white house is hoping that more of the same sanctions but under worsening circumstances will finally convince the army to oust my little. For. The baloney happen when the military feels confident that theyll maintain their Corporate Power their physical integrity and their economic interests are a long way from that because for example the head of the military is on washingtons blacklist its an inconsistent strategy meanwhile an ngo the tracks Political Prisoners reports that at least 70 people have been detained in the last 5 weeks since the nationwide cold in 1000 lockdown was declared that includes 11 active and retired members of the National Guard involved in an alleged fort uprising last week. Opposition deputy one says mother little is using the quarantine to further social control of the. Absolutely everything to give the impression that everything is under control when the worst is still to come for now there are no signs of a political solution that could easy economic sanctions and hardships but with a crisis of such magnitude even the unthinkable is possible to see in human aljazeera for the number of coronavirus cases death rather in brazil has now surpassed 5000 and with now they 72000 infections is the worst hit country in south america the Health Ministry says the recent rise in numbers could be the result of more testing president jaya both or not oher recently fired his Health Minister says hes eager to reopen the economy despite tough restrictions imposed by state governments. Child Protection Agencies a war that millions of children under lockdown and asia at risk of Domestic Violence 7 charities 7 charities rather us including save the children and world vision are asking governments to prioritize the safety of children who may be in danger many asian nations including india and singapore have reported sharp rises in Domestic Violence and in detroit choudhry is director of programs and policy at save the children india hes concerned child abuse is actually much worse than whats being reported. I think this is an unprecedented time and to be very honest none of us have seen anything like this before oh we have now noticed that in the last if you if you compare the pre lockdown bearden and the current scenario there is a rise of 50 percent of the Domestic Violence against children through our child which is a government mechanism where children can record you know their complaints over the telephone call the telephone number being 109198 and that has been this is unprecedented we have never seen this many cases of Domestic Violence against children and we still dont know where to go with it so so its a its a pandemic of a different sort while its a Health Pandemic globally and people are dying of the corona virus but what is also true is that there is shop rise in you know in violence against children which we are experiencing in india and many other countries in asia the number of cases that we are seeing now are only the ones that are being reported which means that these are the ones that are probably gone to a certain extent the children feel the need to. You know need to reach out to the child mechanism because of frankly speaking im sure the numbers are far more than what we are what we are just getting now the u. N. Is warning of a potential Health Crisis among children as vaccination programs are put on hold and many concepts of out many immunization clinic for closed because of coronavirus lockdowns parents are reluctant to visit ones that are open practical to reports. With just a general ritual. Vaccines protect millions of children twice from diseases such as cholera did korea measles and polio preventable infections that can cripple or kill but with the airlines crowned it and coronavirus lockdown said many countries shipments of lifesaving. Maxines our disrupted Vaccine Alliance has estimated that at least 21. 00 low and middle Income Countries are already reporting vaccine shortages as a result of border closures and disruptions to travel. In many countries masamune isolation campaigns for measles and pull you for instance are either postponed or canceled to prevent large gatherings and stop the spread of covert 19 destruction of supplies and a whole to campaigns tritons millions of children even prior to. We estimate that as many as 20000000 children were not receiving their full complement of vaccine all these 20000000 approximately 13000000 were not receiving any any recs in at all. Was another 7000000 who are receiving some but not all right so thats our starting point. Now quoted related destruction in services is going to exacerbate this problem polio has largely been eradicated but remains widespread in afghanistan and pakistan but prevention campaigns there are on hold liezel says another preventable disease rife in many countries the worlds worst outbreak is in the democratic republic of congo by more than 6000 people have died since last year. Conleys Health Workers continue my eyes ation campaigns despite overnight infections due to dilatation of light and will meet the queen so. We are having issues to assess so area to investigate is. As the world grapples with a pandemic and scrambles to find a vaccine the need to stop other outbreaks entirely preventable seems ever more urgent practical. A large asteroid will fly past or have a coming out of astronomy say the space walk want to live with our planet but well get close enough for us to study it and to gallacher reports from florida. When a small asteroid broke up over siberia in 2013 the ensuing shockwave injured over a 1000 people and caused extensive damage it was a reminder to space agencies across the world of the dangers asteroids can pose the asteroid now heading our way is being classified as a potentially hazardous object Scientists Say 99080. 00 or 2 is not a threat its traveling at 30000 kilometers an hour and is at least 2 kilometers wide will pass by at a distance of 6000000 kilometers dont have to deal with it with fear we have to deal with it with the science so people should not be afraid of asteroids people should be our earth to assess the risk of these assaults and to follow the. Research program and most importantly to maintain these Asteroid Research program in place programs like masses double asteroid redirection test or dont program aimed to tackle potential threats in the future its one of many programs around the world that not only track large asteroids but after tensions solutions to redirect them there is cboe observatory in puerto rico is one of the facilities that tracks asteroids using sophisticated radar scientists here are already tracking the apostasy asteroid due to skirt the earth in 2029 the head of planetary radar says their research is vital without the cloud there really are summations or or very expensive. We would actually be very. Good years when its been 9 so. Now we know that we dont have to do that then were going to use those resources or Something Else this latest asteroid has been tracked for the past 2 decades and for amateur and professional astronomers alike its been greeted with excitement and not fear nasa Scientists Say theyve tracked more than 90 percent of. The global threat thankfully 998. 00 or 2 isnt one of them but it will be close enough to watch on a telescope like this in terms of the visual universe this is a close shave but a celestial event that will be seen as a slow moving star and to go across 0 miami florida. Im Kimberly Darr with the headlines on aljazeera more americans have now died on u. S. Soil from the coronavirus pandemic them were killed during the vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is now more than 58300 and more than a 1000000 have been infected mike hanna has more from washington d. C. There were 58000 People Killed in the vietnam war that was over a 10 year period the death rate weve seen in the u. S. Is basically in the last few months more than a 1000000 infected that means roughly one in every 330. 00 americans is tested positive for the corona virus and now the fear among many Health Workers is that this figure could be as much as 10 percent higher because it does not account for those who have not been tested or who got the virus without being tested for it president trampas signed an emergency order compelling Meat Processing plants to stay open amid concerns of shortages production was stopped at around 20 factories after workers fell ill and some died emergency order because Companies Legal cover in case employees catch the coronavirus. Violence has escalated during a 2nd night of protests in lebanons Northern City of tripoli demonstrators are back on the streets as the crosshead economy crumbles further virus on monday one protester was killed during the riots the date for one of the most important political meetings in china has been announced the National Peoples congress will meet on may 22nd to announce economic targets and approve new legislation was initially scheduled to be held in march but was delayed by the corona Virus Outbreak saudi arabias oil revenues of 4 than 24 percent since the start of the year demand has been decimated as factories remain closed and planes ships and vehicles sit idle opec and other Oil Producers agreed to cut production by 10000000 barrels a day analysts say that may not be enough to affect flooded markets. Ford has posted a 2200000000. 00 loss in the 1st quarter of this year and expects to lose more than double that next quarter they also make a shut down u. S. Production march to say its not clear when workers in the u. S. Can return but there will be a gradual restart in europe beginning next week as the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the listening post dont go away. More than the most hands initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for bible. Muslims no move from reacting to taking action putting the western crusaders on the defensive with this is seen as a breakthrough a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective for so to revive on aljazeera. Prime minister announcing that if im going to get through hours and days to walk out here to work in our area traveling. There probably because theres people much smarter and more african it. Hello im richard just britain youre watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that were tracking from home this week india and the pandemic much of the coverage is defined by politics and driven by religion reporters must choose their words carefully europe remains under lockdown and e. U. Countries are in a standoff with big tech over how to use data to track the outbreak 3 photographers from 3 countries and the still images they are capturing to tell the covert 1000 story and finally past self meet present self lets talk about the coronavirus do you want be good or bad india is now one month into the worlds biggest lockdown just hours before it was announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with media owners and editors he told them he wanted them to quote serve as a link between the government and people to produce positive news stories simple request or tacit warning in 5 years of working under modis b j p government many Media Outlets have already been
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