Press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role. And a leading voice in the fight against corruption says corona virus has created a perfect storm of opportunity for criminals a lack of action and income is making athletes more vulnerable to illegal approaches. Welcome to the news afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the 4000000. 00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied a warning that alexia brians report contains them just disturbing images from the start. They left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. The Iranian Border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan their distraught relatives and the Afghan Government want says. My brothers ventry iran 30 days ago yesterday we heard that the very ground the iranians do with included evil and threw them into the water Irans Foreign Ministry has denied the allegations and says the incident happened inside afghanistan it could trigger a diplomatic crisis between the 2 countries at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has seen an exodus of afghan migrants leaving iran and returning home at least 265000 afghans have crossed back from around this year some blame them for bringing in the virus iran has the regions worst outbreak but despite this some afghans continue to look for a better life theyre trying to escape conflict and poverty decades of war have left afghanistans Health System woefully unprepared for a major outbreak of the virus. There are about 3000. 00 confirmed cases here but its feared the virus is spreading fast after a random tasting in kabul suggested a 3rd of the people in the capital could be infected my assumption from conviction is that we have way more than that people who are suffering with people who are not going to want to generally give their tax for testing because they dont trust the government infrastructure and theres not much the government can do efforts by the government to persuade people to maintain social distance havent been entirely successful partly blamed on low rates of literacy in a densely packed city activists warn of a horrific human tragedy in afghanistan if the virus becomes widespread because some trying to escape the countrys problems has proven just as deadly brian al jazeera Nicholas Bush appears on Emergency Response officer the International Organization for migration in afghanistan joins me now via skype from kabul good to have you with us on the program sir before we talk about the wider issue of code covert 19 across the country lets just begin with this incident at the border a great deal of anger on the afghan side but what do you know about the incident because i believe you had representatives looking after the survivors. Indeed thats correct we had a group of migrants crossing into iran on friday they were deported after this incident took place over the weekend we provided them with overnight accommodation and some humanitarian services that are Transit Center in the city of herat. Unfortunately it would seem that at least 23. 00 migrants lost their lives in this particular incident. In terms of representing them and looking after them they are representative of those who left iran some would say theyre in iran blame them for spreading the virus thats not confirmed any shape or form but will sort of procedures have you know started to put in place the migrants who are wanting to turn back from iraq or most recently those that came from pakistan. So together with the government of afghanistans ministry of Public Health and the World Health Organization there is ongoing surveillance at all major Border Crossing points with iran the International Organization for migration has a network of transit facilities that we work from to provide post arrival supporting including Health Screening and Service Services upon arrival what sort of problems does this create for your organization when dealing with migrants both in the areas and in the rural areas who are trying to move across a very fractured country. Well certainly in the present context where conflict is a major concern and then in addition to that we have a corona virus spreading throughout the country. The health and safety of our Staff Members is is of concern and also trying to provide protection support to returning migrants is a further consideration for us especially in the month of march when we had over 100 60000. 00 migrants crossing in a single month when each sovereign country around the world is not free trying to look after its own people sometimes countries like afghanistan who often appeal for aid. And have done over the decades can be ignored can you give us an idea about you talk about working with the regional authorities is there enough infrastructure in place and if not what do you think the country still needs in terms of trying to keep a lid on the covert 19 outbreak certainly in afghanistan. As you mention low Resource Environments like afghanistan have an extreme challenge ahead of them and the United Nations including i. O. M. Are doing our best to support infrastructure in the country who are in scene measures are now in place and 34 of 34 provinces so theres Movement Restrictions the Health System is doing its best to respond but as you mentioned there is a low level of investment in terms of facility based care testing in particular is in short supply so although 8 new laboratories have been established by the World Health Organization in the last several months testing remains a critical gap and so official statistics are well below. What we believe to be a large outbreak in afghanistan for the very latest Nicholas Bishop thanks very much for joining us from the International Organization for migration in kabul thank you thank you. So to europe now where spain has recorded its slowest daily increase from the new coronavirus in the middle of march the country has recorded 164 deaths in the past day and it brings the Community Death toll to just over 25000 with more than 217000 confirmed cases spaniards have been enjoying getting out as restrictions have been eased and russia in contrast has recorded its highest daily rise of covert 19 infections another 10 and a half 1000 people have tested positive thats despite of course lets go over now to london where we can join neve barker our correspondent there whos following events for us certainly the office of National Statistics was quite quick to talk about the numbers but couldnt be quite specific hard to pin down really because the numbers are still increasing and it makes for grim reading on sunday. Yes thats right so ian diamond whos the head of the office of National Statistics talks about the difficulty in calculating the numbers but looking at the figure that came out on saturday of 28130 war and he believed that that number could be significantly higher closer to 30000 given the way in which the number is calculated the official figure is calculated by the number of people who die having tested positive for covert 19 and does not include people who die later with covert 19 listed on their death certificate so there is something of a numbers disparity that is contributing to all of these difficulties and so indictment also said that he didnt feel that it was very productive comparing one country against another because of the different ways in which countries calculate their deaths it may take time for instance for different sectors of society to share their figures with Central Government in capitals like rome or or here in london it takes time for the full extent of the impacts of covert 19 to to be no nevertheless here in the u. K. For the past week or so there have been growing concerns that the u. K. Will surpass italy as the worst affected country in europe but it means that the government cant put a foot wrong its ramped up its drive to increase tracking and tracing it saban to hire 800000 officials to be involved in that tracking and tracing by by mid may to help identify people who do have the virus and what kind of contact they may have come into with with other people all of that in an effort to really close the net on the virus and eventually sooner or later restore some normality to peoples lives indeed of course the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is trying to get to some sort of normality in the job itself the Prime Minister but hes been speaking great detail about his experience in hospital on sunday just tell us more. You know hes going to accounts in one of the sunday newspapers and he talks about how initially he was quite reluctant to go to hospital despite his long bout suffering from the virus but hes very grateful for those who forced him into St Thomas Hospital just over Westminster Bridge not far from here he said when he arrived there he was given leeches and liters of oxygen in intensive care he said he was conscious throughout so i was very much aware of all the machinery around him he said he was incredibly frustrating knowing that the figures on those machines were going in the wrong direction he said he was also privy to the kind of conversations that were being had around him as well preparation perhaps for for the worse he said the doctors were working out exactly how they may communicate his his possible demise to other officials and to the nation at large office oh what he has learnt and what the takeaways are from this experience he said that he has bounced back revived hoping that he will now be able to start work on bringing the country at large back on its feet as well. For the update thanks for joining us from london. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including youve got mail how china has created one of the most sophisticated Delivery Systems in the world. And thousands of palestinians kept out of israel because of the crowed a Virus Outbreak returned to work and installed the Rugby League Team on a one way mission in australia and one of the story in sports. Israels trouble Coalition Government hasnt been sworn in yet because its already facing a major legal hurdle a petition to the high court argues the power sharing deal between Benjamin Netanyahu could party and benny gantz as blue and white party is illegal the pair reached an agreement after 3 inconclusive elections in just 12 months that new york who 1st failed to form a government after a vote in april last year it was the same story again in september the 3rd in decisive election in march this year saw them join ranks well another issue at the high court has been that in the eyes indictment on corruption charges which includes bribery fraud and a breach of trust how the force it has more from west to receive them. There are 2 things that the Israeli High Court passed that liberates on on monday they will decide on whether the deal struck between Benjamin Netanyahu and his former rival benny gantz is in fact legal the way that it gives both men a sort of a coequal status taking turns as Prime Minister but keeping that Prime Ministerial status something that netanyahu wants to continue to fight off his corruption charges something that dance wants to ensure that he will be given power in 18 months time but sunday is a day on which theyre deliberating on whether netanyahu is eligible to form a government as Prime Minister while under indictment the indications from the court are that theyre sketching out of position which does suggest that there is a huge amount of momentum towards that situation now after 3 Inclusive Elections after its clear that there is a majority in the knesset the Israeli Parliament for netanyahu and dance to have this power sharing government but still the court is also saying that it has the right to rule and it is questioning lawyers for netanyahu quite aggressively on whether it really is right for someone under indictment who hasnt yet formed an official government is still a caretaker to be Prime Minister of israel. It is a matter with a wide range of discretion the Political Considerations a such an important part of this decision and therefore it is improper to interfere in a decision of this kind made by the members of the knesset and hardly need saying that the stakes in all this are exceptionally high the look could party of Benjamin Netanyahu says if the judges rule against any part of this deal thats it its off and they will go to another round of elections and indeed if the signing in of this unity government doesnt take place by thursday then the time limit on this whole deal will expire and again that would send israel to a 4th round of elections. Gyptian Security Forces say theyve killed 126. 00 fighters during a raid in the northern Sinai Peninsula the operation was carried out after an explosion hit a military convoy in the region on thursday killing 15 soldiers a group of philly aged with lysol claimed responsibility for the attack. At least 5 security personnel and 2 fighters have been killed during a gunfight in indian administered kashmir it happened in the town west of sugar Security Forces say they were responding to a call of civilians being held hostage for several months theres been near daily fighting between the indian army and those opposed to indian rule. Theres been an exchange of gunfire between soldiers on the border between north and south korea multiple shots were fired from north korea towards a guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone according to officials in seoul south korean troops fired back with 2 shots no injuries have been reported a Bolivian Air Force plane has crashed killing 4 spaniards who are being transported to catch a flight to their home country the plane came down minutes after takeoff on the outskirts of trinidad in the amazonian region it was being flown by 2 military personnel who also died the plane was taken coronavirus test samples to the city of santa cruz nearly 2000 families in western kenya have been forced to flee their homes after heavy rainfall caused the river to burst its banks its the rainy season in kenya which lasts from march to may the government says more than 120. 00 people have died because of flash floods and landslides. But tens of millions of people in china were confined to their homes during a strict coronavirus lockdown now all restrictions have been eased many are afraid to venture outside even for basic supplies but thanks to chinas vast Home DeliveryNetwork Drivers on Logistic Companies are helping the economy or people stay indoors katrina you has this report. Boxes of toys toiletries and kitchen staples these packages are being sorted scad and sprayed with disinfectant before being delivered to customers all over they change the current a virus pandemic has seen an increase in the use of Delivery Services across china the more customers choosing to shop from the safety of their homes you know if we have more to deliver in the past weve also seeing crist in deliveries of staple food like a rice flour and the oil. Supplies too like a facemasks and a cleaning products 2 weeks carver 1000 forced the closure of businesses across china but delivery hubs like this remained open throughout the crisis tens of thousands of packages the 1st has at this Distribution Center every day and most customers will receive the items within 24 hours of ordering. Companies have adapted to the outbreak by limiting contact with clients. Smushed lockers are used to deposit parcels in residential compounds analysts say the widespread use of digital platforms has enabled china to develop one of the most sophisticated Delivery Networks in the world. China now has over 90 percent of these towns covered by Home Delivery service is an industry of faster speed intensive labor and a wide coverage. During lockdown millions of chinese residents relied on food delivery drivers like these to survive. The infections have eased and restaurants have reopened many customers still prefer takeout Home Delivery i