Of fiction class. Fans around the world as the king of rocknroll Little Richard aged 87. 00. The return of the ultimate fighting championship its a bomb has one of its fighters tests positive for corona virus but the comeback event in florida still goes ahead behind closed doors. We begin in libya where forces loyal to will order a leaf i have to have fired at least 80 rockets into tripolis only functioning airport a Libyan Airways plane on the tarmac was hit it was due to take families back to europe but nobody was on board but 2 civilians died from shelling near the airport after forces had targeted residential areas in the capital close to the turkish and 10 again embassies of more on the story lets bring in my whole head who is in tripoli for us so my mood whats the latest. Well kim authorities in airport say the one of the. Planes one airliner that was set to. Transfer european nationals and also to bring libyans stuck in this pain nobody was on board that plane when it was hit by the rocket but it was a located for that flight meanwhile infrastructure civil buildings inside the compound were hits including and under construction building for the United Nations and also. A jet fuel tank according to the. Marketing good company thats part of the state owned Oil Corporation it boasted that one of its jet fuel tanks water was also hit and set on fire and the firefighters were striving to put out the fire in a matey get airport many other facilities inside the compound were hit or damaged by the explosion as you know came that nearly 80 rockets were launched and we have to the forces. On the vicinity of m 80 get airports to civilians were killed a man and a woman in bed thats a neighborhood close to the city center and there was a state of panic among the civilians there and the Security Forces. In a made to get airport to say that they had to block the way the coastal way that links the city center to get airport to prevent any more civilian casualties in case of any possible or further attack by have to us forces as you know that this attack comes only 2 days after house as was attack on the vicinity of the turkish and italian embassies in the city center which killed it. 3 people 2 Police Officers and one civilian as you know that the attacks on civilian facilities as it is has become common recently by half those forces especially in the action to their defeat and there was to libya after the last several strategic towns and cities in the west of libya and also. The Government Force on. The measure the stronghold for half the forces near the tunisian border thank you for that we will have to leave it there thats my Hood Abdullah head there live for us in tripoli. All orderly for hafter has been trying to take control of the capital for more than a year now but his attempts have been repelled by the un recognized government based in tripoli that by Prime Minister fires off far out besides the u. N. His administration has diplomatic support from qatar italy and other western nations turkey recently sent military reinforcements after hours power bases the government into work in Eastern Libya hes supported by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Russia and egypt france denies providing military support. While in marjah by the is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council his research focuses on libya we asked him why have the us forces are targeting civilian infrastructure. I think its symptomatic of Different Things really by design launching an offensive on tripoli in an office of would have caused civilian casualties in the 1st place theres no absolutely no way that a military takeover would have been possible without some civilian casualties the problem at this stage is that the socialism d ac. Or any perception lets say of the legitimacy of the libyan our armed forces or of Khalifa Haftar the potential military leader have completely dissipated from most of the residents in tripoli because they realize that if previously some of them believe that this is actually a cohesive disciplined army now a year on having seen the way this conflict has been fought and having witnessed how both sides of really behaved but particularly the Libyan Armed Forces have a they really equate them with them and with the militias that are in the capital in fact the militias that are in the capital now and are defending lets say tripoli actually have more legitimacy in the eyes of most of tripoli as residents then the force of her leave her for. Russias president of a person has led scaled down celebrations to mark 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe traditional commemorations were perspired due to the pandemic and for the 7th day in a row russia has registered 10000 new infections lopez ha they are reports. Instead of a military parade on moscows red square russians marked 53 day in solitude covered 19 has changed everything the streets routinely used to display russias military power are empty no tanks no music no marchers. President Vladimir Putin placed flowers at the true north lane near the kremlin walls and for the 1st time in recent years western delegates who were due to attend the event canceled. Addressing the nation he called for unity. During the year we know and they firmly believe that we are going to believe and we stand together. A military air show replaced the ground parade with jets flying over 47 cities across russia. During the 2nd world war the then soviet union lost about 25000000 people more than any other country. Yet. We probably dont deserve a parade under the circumstances everyone is hiding scared of the virus whereas the veterans were going under bullets and minds. With social distancing traditions have turned to technology and set of families carrying a photograph of relative lost in the war like previous years portraits were uploaded online for a digital commemoration just what we need to price nick i dont mind the celebrations were canceled people will celebrate at home and can watch the parade from previous years. But the president was counting on the parade to mark the 75th anniversary with his Approval Ratings hitting a record low there is frustration over the handling of the pandemic as russia becomes a new hot spot for the virus at home a weak economy and a slump in oil prices are making things worse the longer the economy is not doing well i know a number of and to crises measures have been taken and i hope it will help us to survive the situation year. Abroad its involvement in the war in syria and libya has fuel tensions with adversaries the president was hoping the parade would help his political standing and the countrys might now. But as a marks the end of the 2nd world war russia now faces a new invisible enemy. To the young aljazeera. Was a different scene in belarus where thousands of people gathered in a tightly packed crowd for ve Day Celebrations the country is not introduced any social distancing measures or travel restrictions long time president Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed fears of crowd a virus says psychosis at least 121 people in belarus have died of the virus and more than 21000 have been infected. Insley varia thousands of people have cycled through the capital to protest against the governments response to the pandemic theyre accusing the Prime Minister of taking advantage of the crisis to increase Police Powers and curtail Civil Liberties also angered by local reports of government corruption in the purchase of medical supplies so vanier began easing its lockdown restrictions in late april. And in the u. K. The government is set to announce that all incoming travelers will have to isolate for 2 weeks the restriction is expected to take effect at the end of the month those found breaking the rules could face fines or deportation for more on this paul brennan joins us now live from london paul so everyone is anticipating this upcoming announcement but weve also been told not to expects too much. Yes the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson will give his latest updates as to what the the lockdown restrictions will look like Going Forward at 7 pm on sunday that leaves this weekend period this Bank Holiday Weekend in beautiful sunshine here in the u. K. For people to try and speculates and wonder what the what the difference might might mean for them looking over my shoulder here im in richmond on thames a very affluent part of southwest london and people are already to a certain extent taking matters into their own hands sunbathing sitting out on the grass century in defiance of the stay at home order that the government has put into place i have to say there have been Police Patrols out here and as long as you are not spreading out a picnic and planning to stay all afternoon the police here are taking a very lenient view and that is part of the problem that Boris Johnson has a very delicate delicate balancing act to come up with he doesnt want to release the pressure on the on the lock down too much too much because he fears a 2nd wave of infection but at the same time he needs to give some hope for people here in the u. K. Whove been locked down for 6 weeks so far and so whats expected on sunday is a very modest relaxation the thing thats come forward in the newspapers and from downing street sources today is this idea of a 2 week self isolation for people who arrive at ports in the u. K. Having to give an address where they will stay for those 2 weeks after arriving in facing the prospect of spot checks by the police and potentially a 1200. 00 fine if they fail to abide by that selfimposed isolation its a difficult one and its certainly all eyes will be on Boris Johnson on sunday through whether this comes to pass whether it is predicted and 2nd of all what else he might tack onto that as far as for the relaxation expectation there is for modest very very modest differences i think that that is paul brennan now live from london. Italians are being warned to maintain social distancing measures even though restrictions have been partially lifted in rome people were seen gathering at popular drinking spots some even without masks most bars 7 were offering takeaway options and in milan police patrolled areas which would usually be packed with tourists the citys mayor says the area will be shut down again if people dont respect the distancing rules authorities in madrid have turned many streets and to pedestrians only zones its to ensure people maintain physical distance while outside and exercising the city remains under lockdown measures along with barcelona becoming so spains 2 biggest cities during get to meet the criteria for easing restrictions. On other news the death of a prominent tribal leader in saudi arabia has thrown the spotlight on tensions over the kingdoms new mega city project. Quite he was shot by Security Forces 3 weeks ago after refusing to give up his home to make way for the planned city financial concerns amounting about the project as well as some advantage of aid has more. This is the officials reported be handed over the body over. To his tribe his family denies the official narrative that up with him was a terrorist who was killed after opening fire at Security Forces. And in videos uploaded on the internet he complained that he was being asked to leave his ancestral land a rare public defiance to a royal decree. I am from out of here i but with mohamed bin solomon wants to build his new projects so many villages have started the phases of displacing people in this area these are sort of houses evaded start forcing people to leave their houses of course the people here are all rejecting this and refusing displacement im not sure with the muslims a welcome to be here or not. The tribe in north west in the blue province is in the part of a mega project called the oem a 500000000000. 00 city to be built from scratch on the picture rescue at sea and a rock said he was standing in its way. This is when he was killed for refusing to comply in a shootout with Security Forces. The Saudi Crown Prince is ambitious vision 2030 and the construction in the new york project had snags since its announcement in 2017 satellite images of pain by aljazeera sure that in the last 3 years just a few royal palaces have been built the small airport for private planes is far from the Grand Junction promised in the Marketing Campaign 3 years ago activists say there is major corruption involved to a degree which transfers learned to mohamed bin sole man that is then bought by the saudi state for new york and the people of the land are evicted the confiscation of the land will not be stopped will take them and it will it take to be able to destroy their houses but there is no and i was no financial ability to build and was not able to convince International Investors to put money in this region c n n since the killing of 3 most of the international companies. Decided not. To come inside today beyond and the best in any project so neither the jenkins was that its not good because of the National Interest its the kingdom is likely to borrow 58000000000. 00 to balance its budget and with record law and prices additional finances for ambitious projects are unlikely. Progress and a failure to attract investment was before the coronavirus pandemic and the Global Economic slowdown if that doesnt change the princes dream could remain just that osama bin job it does there. Well staying in the region the emir of kuwait to his country faces a gratian unprecedented challenge because of the drop in Global Oil Prices shakes. Says hes calling on the government and polman to unite cut spending and develop plans to reduce Oil Dependence kuwait has already announced cuts of more than 1000000. 00 Barrels Per Day in line with the of pick plus agreement to reduce Oil Production globally even before the pen to make the gulf state was struggling to balance its books in january projected its biggest ever budget deficit for the sea air of the 30000000000. 00 according to its own oil ministry it would have needed oil to be 86. 00 about balances on saturday crude was trading at around 30. 00 a barrel well its big now to cheer for colgan in Providence Rhode island he is a professor at Brown University and author of the book petro aggression when oil pours this war thank you for your time what do you make of that statement from the coase he said that is pretty strong yeah its a remarkable statement but i think it suggests in kuwait and throughout the persian gulf war among leaders about Peak Oil Demand and whether bad day is coming soon or may have already where the World Oil Demand starts to decline other sources of energy pick up well in the case of in the case of saudi i mean there are many more and better probably actually for everybody but there are many more factors at play here were talking about coronavirus on the one hand if were talking about saudi arabia i mean its looking to extricate itself from from the war in yemen could that also be due to whats happening with the oil. Yes saudi arabia and all of the gulf monarchies are facing real fiscal challenges saudi arabia in particular making that move to pull back from yemen was related i think to its fiscal constraints and its desire to versifying its a cost to me away from oil but that has proven to be a very difficult task in the past from the 1970 s. On words petro states have been trying to diversify but it is proving to be a very very difficult task qatars our own foreign minister was actually talking about the blockade. To have a blockade u. S. Or any intentions the conflict in iraq and yemen he said he called on they called the regional situation an explosive recipe and was cooperation around the region and reform in these countries i mean how likely is that advice to be taken well i think there are as you say theres real political tensions in the region so it would be difficult to do so but there are things that the countries can learn from each other even without formal talks if we look at say the mood that the United Arab Emirates and towards greater Renewable Energy and using that to replace oil and natural gas in their Electricity Generation thats something that other countries in the region could emulate how its going to play along and do you think for these countries in the gulf and you know the projections for the price of oil. Well the one to watch right now is oman its in the most immediate fiscal danger it has a fiscal breakeven point thats well above 80. 00 a barrel and its its facing real difficulties and of course all of the countries are dependent on rebounding oil prices and as the United States in particular struggles to contain the coronavirus theres a lot of concern here about how cautious consumers are going to be no in seas airlines in particular rebounding any time soon because of the difficulties in Public Health given saudis reliance on the petro dollar and the situation right now what do you make of its vision for this huge neon project 500000000000. 00 project i mean is this a vision or is this some