A new app is helping to reduce the number of corona virus infections. And known to fans around the world as the father of Little Richard dies aged. Tripolis the only functioning airport has come under attack from rockets and artillery by forces loyal to warlord who are shelling struck fuel tanks and a passenger aircraft repairing to fly to spain to retrieve libyans stranded in europe by the krona virus lock down its the 2nd time in a week that areas close to the city said to have been hit. Head reports from tripoli. Over the rush of rockets a strike jet fuel tanks and aircraft at tripolis international airport. The latest attack on civilian infrastructure in the battle for the capital while the ground battles remain outside the city rockets are still landing in the city center its 80 where fired at him 80 get airports that has been closed since march due to shelling its the only operational aid port in tripoli and has been repeated lee targeted by forces loyal to the world have turned over the past year using groc its an airbus try x. Have to the forces say they were targeting equipment used to launch turkish drones that is truck their troops in the south and other areas of the contrie. In recent weeks the internationally recognized the government has increased the amount of territory it controls and has launched a drain on the strait t. G. Clearly important areas held by have to us forces attacks on civilian areas in tripoli are becoming more common 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 social and at their mercy or any perception lets say of the legitimacy of the libyan our armed forces or of 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 in for and having witnessed. Both sides really behave particularly the libyan our armed forces there really equate them with them and with the militias that are in the capital people in the city have lived with shelling drone strikes and other area attacks from halftimes forces while the ground war. Comes to their homes. So really International Institutions along with the United Nations have been calling on her fathers forces to refrain from attacking civilian facilities and residential areas such calls have largely been ignored as this scale over tax rises by the day many civilians here are blaming the International Community for him are doing enough to protect them. Tripoli. Russias president Vladimir Putin has led scaled down celebrations to mark 75 years since the end of world war 2 in europe traditional commemorations were postponed due to the pandemic and for the 7th day in a row russia has registered 10000 new infections here lopez holly on 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 marches. President Vladimir Putin place flowers at the a trial flame near the kremlin walls and for the 1st time in recent hears 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 were going to believe and we stand together. A military air show replace 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 on the the circumstances everyone is fighting scared of the virus whereas the veterans were going under bullets and minds. With social distancing traditions have turned to technology instead of families carrying the photograph of a relative lost in the war like previous years portraits were uploaded online for a digital commemoration. When you deprive me i dont mind that the celebrations were cancelled people will celebrate at home and 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 economy is not doing well i know a number of at the crisis 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 it marks the end of the 2nd world war russia now faces a new invisible enemy. Aljazeera. Was a different scene and bellows for thousands of people gathered in a tightly packed crowd for ve Day Celebrations the country has not introduced any social distancing measures or travel restrictions on time president Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed fares of course on a virus as psychosis at least 121 people and others have died and more than 21000 have been infected. In savannah thousands of people have cycled through the capital to protest against the governments response to the pandemic 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 very big and even as lock down restrictions in late april. Italians are being warned to maintain social distancing even though restrictions have been partially lifted in rome people were seen gathering at a popular drinking spot some without masks most bars 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 you know saudis in madrid have told many streets in protest in 2 pedestrian only zones to ensure people maintain physical distance while outside exercising the city remains under lockdown midges along with barcelona the government says spains 2 biggest cities dont yet meet the criteria to ease restrictions put into the u. K. And the government is 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 breaking the rules could face fines or deportation brennan has the latest. 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 essentially in defiance of the stay at home order that the government has put into place i have to say the hup in Police Patrols out here and as long as youre 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 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 the 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 dollar 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 as through whether this comes to pass whether it is predicted and 2nd of all what else he might say that as far as for the relaxation the expectation there is for modest very very modest differences. Infections. Restrictions despite a Record Number of 1000 cases. And we look at the vaccine trials that could see people intentionally infected with the kind of virus. The president has granted himself and the countrys security agencys new powers under the state of emergency the measures include the ability to suspend University Classes but also include more power to ban protests celebrations and other forms of assembly including public and even private meetings the government says these missions needed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic but human Rights Groups disagree and say the Health Crisis is being used to expand district emergency law they have also been renewing calls for the release of Political Prisoners softer a filmmaker held for 2 years without trial died in a cairo prison earlier this week the prosecutor said he had died of alcohol poisoning from drinking Hand Sanitizer after mistaking it for water. Well lets speak now to timothy called us who is in gone new jersey in the us he is a known resident fellow at the Tara Institute for middle east policy thank you so much for your time Human Rights Watch is saying that only 5 of the 18 amendments that have been made. Are actually tied to to Public Health so what are the wrist and how concerning is this for you. I mean this is part of the ongoing trend to expand executive power and kind of deconstruct checks and institutional strengthen egypt so yes some of these things are actually tied to the Public Health concerns like the ability to ban large gatherings which is something were seeing across the globe. And and controls on. Businesses and focusing goods to necessary sectors as well as regulations on hospitals but there are other elements such as empowering military prosecutions of civilians who are arrested by by the military during curfew hours for example or Something Like that that are that have no medical necessity and these are if there is any sort of suspicion of criminal acts they should be handled by the civilian authorities and theres been a persistent problem that existed under mubarak it existed after the uprising and actually we saw an uptick in military trials of civilians at that time and its continued to this day. And they continue to expand the number of cases under which military trials can take place and the justifications for it. So its unfortunately a continuation of an ongoing problem give us a view as if you can and little bit of context of you know why Human Rights Watch for example is concerned about this and that to organization. Really has a litany of human rights abuses ongoing in egypt whats the context in which this is all happening. Sure i mean egypt in some form or another has been in a state of emergency for over 60 years with very few respites from that. Oftentimes the authorities will use real problems and as an excuse to dramatically expand its powers and justify series of measures that may have nothing to do with the problem in question as were seeing in some of the measures undertaken in this particular emergency law authorization and so Human Rights Watch is rightfully concerned that the authorities once again are trying to add to their toolkit in terms of repression under the pretext of protecting Public Health. And the reality is that unfortunately were seeing 2 sets of measures some that are legitimate and some that arent and a very reasonable fear of abuse because weve seen. Abuse of authority be a persistent feature of authoritarianism in egypt for several decades and the Current Situation is one of the most repressive periods in egypts modern history so Human Rights Watch is going to raise those concerns and worries about what what could transpire from this new set of authorizations and theyre totally legitimate in doing so. The current president has been rolling back freedoms in egypt for the pandemic without any real consequence i mean why would he wait until the pandemic to do all of this. Well i mean its its again its a continuation of that ongoing process right i mean we saw that after the coup we saw in new powers to repress protests with the protests law we saw a constitution come into place that allowed for military trials of civilians in 2014 weve seen. Emergency laws put into effect with increasing authorizations for a variety of repressive tactics the constitutional amendments of 2018 also expanded executive power at the expense of the legislature and the judiciary is independence and so again its this is a its an ongoing process egypt has i mean its something thats a feature of egypts authoritarian history is trying to make its authoritarianism legal so much of the authoritarian activity undertaken by the state is underpinned by a legislative framework that the government can use to justify its actions and so when its criticized theyll say well were just enforcing the law and were a nation of laws and so but the but these laws of course oftentimes violate the constitutional protections of freedom such a stream of assembly. Freedom of the press freedom of belief. And unfortunately there is really no serious judicial review of constitutional violations oftentimes and so the governments been able to do this and expand these powers repeatedly and have a lesser consenting development thank you for your time timothy called us their pleasure a resident fellow at the top of the institute for middle east policy. A prominent member of the saudi royal family has reportedly been detained by authorities in saudi arabia Human Rights Watch says prince abdullah was detained at the end of march and hasnt been heard from since he is a son of the late King Abdullah and the former head of the countrys Red Crescent Society saudi authorities have been condemned to nationally for a spate of arrests targeting prominent Business People while family members and current and former officials. Well Human Rights WatchDeputy Director for the middle east said that despite waves of criticism the moonless behavior of saudi authorities during the defector rule of mohamed bin salmond continues unabated now we have to add prince fi cell to the hundreds detained in saudi arabia without a clear legal basis. The emir of kuwait says his country faces a great and unprecedented challenge because of the drop in Global Oil Prices shakes. Says hes calling on the government and parliament to unite cut spending and develop plans to reduce Oil Dependence has already announced cuts of more than 1000000. 00 barrels a day in line with the opec plus agreement to reduce Oil Production globally but even before the pandemic the gulf state was struggling to balance its books in january a projected its biggest budget deficit for this year of over 30000000000. 00 according to its own oil ministry it would have needed to be at 86. 00 a barrel to balance it on saturday crude was trading at around 30. 00 a barrel which if colgan is a professor at Brown University and author of the book pitch aggression when Oil Causes War he says the drop in demand for oil is a major concern for all gulf states especially after kuwait announcement. Its a remarkable statement but i think it suggests in kuwait and throughout the gulf some worry among leaders about Peak Oil Demand and whether that day is coming soon or may have in fact already come where the World Oil Demand starts to decline as other sources of energy pick up 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 diversify its economy away from oil but that has proven to be a very difficult task in the past from the 1970 to on words petro states have been trying to diversify but it is proving to be a very very difficult task 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 seeds airlines in particular rebounding any time soon because of the difficulty in Public Health human to the say saudi arabia has supported hundreds of Somali Refugees to their side of the boat who they say the group of more than 800 has now been quarantined in the area of husband of called on aid agencies to help saying they dont have the capacity to look after them all home al assad has more from santa. The hold these run Supreme Council for humanity called the nation has called on the refuses commission to uphold its responsibility before the this big number of refugees that have been deported by the saudi arabia to the has been where the whole these have. Set up. What he can say as Isolation Center for them as the afraid that the could could be infected by the cold in 19 as the country couldnt tolerate another battle on another front the yemenis here are the most