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A united move to throw him out of power. Im a lazio rounds up hundreds of migrants again it says its an effort to contain the pandemic. And its full the president of spains top Football League says june 12th is the target date for action claims the risk of players catching coronavirus during games will be principally 0. Coffee with friends a shopping trip or a visit to family are all back on the agenda for millions more people as corona virus restrictions are lifted in some of the hardest hit countries france has been locked down for 8 weeks but people can now return to shops head dresses and take public transport its lowest number of deaths in 7 weeks much of spain is opening outdoor cafes churches and mosques to keep its Shopping Centers and schools in the netherlands india is restarting part of its train system despite a jump infections there the rail network which is relied upon by tens of millions of people every day has been shut down since late march and in China Shanghai is disneyland has reopened cinema halls museums and other recreational venues will follow over the next few weeks well be speaking to a row in madrid in just a few moments but 1st lets go in the session whos in the french capital so natasha shops are open all people out about. Well im in a shopping street in paris that would normally be very busy indeed of course and pretty lockdown france over the past few weeks its been nearly empty but there are so many people out and about they are now allowed to leave their home without a permit and you can see that people are certainly enjoying a little bit of freedom many of the shops are open although good percentage of them are shot as well now the french government has decided to live some of its lockdown restrictions because it says that the number of coronavirus cases in infections has dropped significantly over the past few weeks and that is allowing france to perhaps try and open up and what the government wants to do of course is get people back to work is get the economy a going again and try and instill some sort of normality so we have shops so some businesses being allowed to resume work Public Transport Services are also being increased we spoke to people who are taking the metro this morning here in paris everyone now has to wear a mask if theyre on public transport and most people said that they thought that was of course a great idea but they did say it was incredibly difficult to socially distance from other commuters because of course in these rush hour times there are just so many people taking public transport but the governor has said that people should remain vigilant they should try only to take transport of really needed for work but they should try to stay home try to keep working from home if its all possible because of course the current virus crisis continues it is not over how is the government there proposing to stem any 2nd wave of infections one it opens up the economy. Well as we know there is no vaccine yet so what the french government is saying is that each week they will carry out around 700000. 00 tests on people who have symptoms of the corona virus at widespread testing they say is part of the solution as well as people Wearing Masks and mass distribution is slowly going up over the last few weeks you cannot buy mosques and shops and supermarkets which you couldnt do a short while ago and many regional mez are also handing out masks to people in their villages and towns never the less there is of course still a situation in which the government is relying very much on peoples habits and peoples desire to it here to these special sanitary measures whether thats in the office in the workplace where employees can be penalized if they dont put in place special measures to socially distance their staff but also just in the street every day the government saying to people dont go out and socialize its not time for going on a holiday or booking some holiday right now its a time to really try and be cautious to remain cautious and vigilant for as long as possible and what the governments giving itself an opportunity to do is in 3 weeks time at the end of this socalled 1st phase of the easing of the restrictions is to really reassess the situation and if infections infection cases were to go up the government says it could consider reimposing lock down to serious reporting live from paris natasha many thanks indeed lets join not a lot of then who joins us live from spains capital madrid where are you most of whats happening there. Yes were we just a Mens Clothing shop that this preparing everything to reopen next week of madrid at the center of the whole course of our respect demick you say able to move on to phase one like many regions of 50 percent of regions are doing today in spain so what hes doing hes got sanitizer has got the gloves for the for the people coming into the shop has this infecting all the garments and so shops under 400 square meters are going to be able to reopen to the public in these over 50 percent regions that half have moved on to phase one as part of the gradual deescalation plan of isnt in this lockdown measures in spain so we will see terraces of bars and restaurants just the terraces not the no go inside the bar or the restaurant that will be able to open to the public with the limited capacity of a 50 percent we will also see churches and mosques and whats more important people will be able for for after 57. 00 tough days of Strict Lockdown to meet the families or the friends up to attempt people group so things are moving some some regions in spain like madrid and catalonia did it didnt move on to the next phase but they would be evaluating while one week time to see they meet the creech area that the ministry has designed for these deescalation plan. Reporting live there from madrid notably thanks indeed after another strict weekend curfew in parts of turkey some businesses that are now being allowed to reopen are serious and of course you know who is in istanbul. This is the 1st day that the supping malls the loans and barbershops are open and since they were shut down back in march late march it wearing fast and face mask is mandatory and the security personnel takes on the temperature of the customers in the end. This goes for the schools the same way for the barber shops and behave solondz as well however many people criticize the government the solution to reopen the shopping malls not the barber shops or hair salons but the shopping malls because its an indoor place and for a virus like cope with 19 its easy to have a 2nd the way you especially if there isnt much protection like in like in shopping malls thats why many said that the government should a waited until the ramadan this is over which is in late may currently the schools are still closed the parliament is closed mosques are closed thats why many say that why are we reopening the shopping malls but we understand that in ankara they were they were true to ideas a group in the Economic Administration preferred to keep the shopping malls close however another Group Believes that reopening the shopping malls and keeping it under control with safety and security measures is good to stimulate the economy especially given the time that the turkish lira National Currency is losing value against the american dollar and a turkish economy older that has its own problems thats why it seems encore especially the Economy Administration wanted to stimulate the economy but many are worried about the situation. China has reported the most significant increase in infections since april 17 new cases but more businesses are returning among them shanghais disneyland which welcomed back crowds for the 1st time in 3 months after most serious training you in beijing. In the u. S. Its known as the happiest place on earth now disneyland has crowds. In china for the 1st time in months the government here says the corona Virus Outbreak is now under control and the shanghai theme is the 1st in the global chain to reopen since the beginning of the Health Crisis right now. With the right measures in place. That we are. Visit at 24000. 00 roughly 30 percent of the capacity temperature screenings and social distancing measures also in place that means no selfies with mickey and minnie mouse for now but fears of a 2nd wave of infections did nothing to deter crowds tickets sold out in minutes. If you. Have a place to take my child. Analysts say the sell out open day points depend up consumer demand but dont expect the chinese economy to bounce back anytime soon i think the overall outlook is going to remain very uncertain and subject as long as we do not have a treatment or a vaccine for the coronavirus still authorities here are hailing the reopening as a milestone in chinas coronavirus recovery it comes as beijing is walked in a serious war of words with washington over its handling of the outbreak many believe the true countries have entered a new cold war the Trump White House says it has evidence carved 19 live from a chinese lab Chinas Foreign Ministry says u. S. Leaders are using what it calls dirty tricks to mislead the world about china. Do they really have such little balls standards and conscience that they can nothing at all for their own political interests not even when human lives at stake but attention seemed far from the minds of enjoying their day at disneyland in shanghai the theme park fantasy a welcome respite from the reality of the pandemic and the political fallout left in its wake katrina you aljazeera. Peter throwback is the cofounder of the university of Global Health equity in rwanda electras a Side Business school at the university of oxford he says while easing lockdowns is good news for people its important that certain certain measures remain in place. Every step that we take to ease the physical distancing that so many countries have been experiencing is a chance for the rate of the transmission and the number of new infections to go back up and so of course the big risk would be a 2nd surge in infections up in and some modeling predictions that could be even greater than the 1st and so this is a very delicate balancing act as countries try to figure out how to ease lockdowns whats really important is that before you do that that you have other measures in place that can break chains of transmission and by that i mean access to widespread testing where everyone who has need to test can get a test that there is means of Contact Tracing so that the contacts of every infected person can be traced and that everyone whos infected or contact can be isolated or quarantine that can allow you to keep the rate of transmission down even as you begin to open up societies but as weve learned from countries in asia and elsewhere that are trying to open up its own excreta extremely delicate balancing act peoples behavior of course is not that easy to police a concern that the people will continue to be sensible that but lockdown fatigue will not will persuade them that they have to continue to to to behave sensibly its a very real risk obviously people have been making big sacrifices now for weeks if not months and theres a lot of economic pain thats been inflicted on so many in so many are desperate to get back to work some are just desperate to get back out to life as normal in some way shape or form of course theres real risk in doing that too soon and causing a 2nd surge in infections and so thats why good Transparent Communications from government and Building Public trust so that we can continue in the spirit of all being in it together is really important on the flip side though it must be said that a lot of people still are scared and are not feeling safe and so in countries that are now. Rushing to open back up without putting the kinds of testing interesting measures into place that are needed people may not necessarily obey the the regulations to ease lock downs and the fact prefer to stay home so it cuts both ways this is the news hour from here still to come on the Program Abuse an overworked on a diet of fish bait the allegations from indonesians fishermen that prompted an international investigation. Sales tax triples in saudi arabia the kingdom says its a painful but necessary measure to counter recent economic shocks. And its force horse racing is on the start as all this in france despite all of the sporting events being banned in the country. An accidental missile strike by the iranian navy on one of its own vessels has killed 19 saying this it happened in the just region of the gulf of oman where Iranian Naval exercises were taking place a support vessel was hit but it apparently got too close to a target there are regular exercises held in the region near the busy straits of hormuz for more lets bring in 0 same bus ride in terror ron whats the latest information of what actually happened zain. Well adrian what we know so far the government has slowly been confirming a lot of details of been leaking out since very early this morning late last night last night early this morning we know that 24 hours ago approximately 24 hours ago there were unable exercises involving 2 naval vessels the jumma iran a naval frigate is missile capable that is what iranians your call a destroyer as part of their naval fleets and the smaller multipurpose vehicle it is a corvette class. Patrol vehicle it is sometimes armed with. Offensive capability to be used as a patrol vehicle but in this case it was working as a support vessel for these naval exercises that were happening in the gulf of oman just near the mouth of the opening towards the strait of hormuz the very important strategic waterway in this region and we know that there was it seems to have been a friendly fire incident missile that they were testing as part of the exercises seems to have hit a rock and has resulted in the deaths of 900 sailors and 15 people were also injured in that incident senior military leaders have condoled with the families of those that perished in this incident and foreign minister zarif has also been speaking he released a statement and described it as a painful accident condoled with the survivors of who he described as a brave man who perished in this accident and he prayed for who he described as martyrs to enter heaven so the government here has swiftly moved on to dealing with this aftermath moving on to describing these men as National Heroes but the fact is that we still dont know exactly how this happened and what happened and Investigation Continues to be under way this will no doubt hurt irans very an inch or public image iran does everything especially in this region to project power and that is what the aim to do with things like military exercises such as this but this will certainly make it seem that iran is struggling in some ways to project that image of power at this time ill just be reporting live from tehran many thanks indeed. In listservs through Prime Minister thomas the body is facing being voted out of office after his coalition collapsed hes now officially a caretaker Prime Minister and some of those of confidence takes place about hes been under pressure to resign after being accused of being involved in the murder of his exwife cases divided his policy led to unrest even as the body has promised to step down later this year lets go straight to our serious milla whos in johannesburg so lets more about this case from nato. Well adrian just as recent history illicitly has been complicated this it continues to be the case in that the Coalition Government in lawsuits who has wanted tom to bonnie out of office for some time now he has said that he would retire 1st of the end of july and now he has said at the end of may and now in the latest political move to try to get the Prime Minister out they have said that they have dissolved the coalition that he leads and thats the old bus route to a Convention Party its led by that party theyve dissolved there for the stews may have dissolved the coalition which means the Prime Minister essentially is no longer Prime Minister until a new one is appointed but the speaker of parliament has said that time to bond he will remain as a caretaker Prime Minister until later this month in order for parliament really to get their ducks in a row to rights to king lets see where to get his advice and the way forward and what happens next and also proposing a pretentious new coalition to run the suit to so for the time being time to buy me is is just hanging on by a thread in terms of that of the office of Prime Minister until later this month when its likely that parliament they might endorse the name of your as his replacement and agent of course all of this is linked to the murder of Prime Minister tom topiramate is 2nd wife is a strange wife to follow about 3 years ago in which shes been implicated his current wife has been charged for that murder 1 the Prime Minister managed to avoid going to court to face similar charges i eventually putting forth the argument that a sitting Prime Minister couldnt be charged with murder and now thats going to the constitutional courts a very complicated drawn out story in lawsuit 2 but as it stands the Prime Minister is on his way out were likely to see that later this month. How serious fabio miller reporting live from johannesburg many thanks to you for maida burundis government says that any observer sentiment as a general election will be quarantined for 14 days upon arrival the vote is now just 9 days away burundi is proposing that stuff already in the country working for regional bloc the East African Community take on the role of those un and Civil Society observers have already been refused permission to monitor the elections the last photos in 2015 was criticized as lacking credibility. Authorities in malaysia have begun to arrest undocumented migrants in a targeted operation just outside the capital kuala lumpur a video released by local media showed crowds of migrants lining up after the arrival of a large group of Police Officers the malaysian government has already carried out civil operations of what it says is an effort to help contain the spread of the corona virus sounds serious Florence Louis in kuala lumpur explains why certain areas are being targeted. This is very similar to a rape that was carried out at apartment blocks in kuala lumpur on the 1st of may now these raids on monday morning are carried are in an area that is under lockdown which means residents in those areas are not allowed to leave their homes whether for food or medicine things are delivered to them and this is to prevent or contain the spread of the corona virus these are areas where clusters of the virus have been reported now everyone in those areas would have been tested for the corona virus and the government has said that it intends to detain undocumented migrants in areas and lock down and this appears to be what the government is doing in carrying out these raids on monday morning and the undocumented migrants who were detained in the raid on the 1st of may were sent to an Immigration Detention Center and its very likely that the same is going to happen to the ones who are detained in the operation on monday morning however thats several issues of that and one is that there is a possibility that refugees who are not yet registered with the u. N. Refugee agency in malaysia or Asylum Seekers who may have their registration expired may inadvertently have been detained as well and the other issue is these rates could be counterproductive if the government is detaining undocumented migrants in areas for lock down but what about undocumented migrants in areas that are not under lockdown then these people will be more reluctant to seek treatment or to come forward to be tested even if they are exhibiting symptoms and this could be a potential health issue for malaysia in trying to prevent the spread of the corona virus james grimaces the regional director for the policy think tank asia center he says there are a wider questions about the conditions which these migrants live. Well i think its that initial p. R. Exercise out by the government to target this an undocumented Migrant Workers but really i mean the arrays beaking about 5000000 Migrant Workers in malaysia almost 3000000 of them undocumented and the total population of Migrant Workers is equal in to the current resident population of a single block so thats a lot of people that the malaysian government you know needs to address especially because thinking about i think theyre well however i think they should is a lot more complex because at this time we are only looking at the malaysian government has whole and we have you cant perhaps at the Immigration Department when really the nub of the problem really lies with the employers who actually employ nis workers and house them in very very horrible conditions and then also the other authority that we need to look at are the municipal authorities because the new Municipal Authority responsible for the bacon land Government Land as well as giving the appropriate permission to all buildings to be used as hostels for work so you see sure it will make up you know the federal government municipal authorities and the you know employers who are collectively responsible for this situation are professional and who say they were exploited while working on chinese Fishing Vessels have returned home 20 days here after the deaths of 4 fellow crew members they had uneasy and government is going to have joint investigation with beijing workers advocates skeptical just to washington reports from jakarta. After 13 months working on the high seas these indonesian fishermen are relieved to come home but some of their fellow crew members never got that chance at least for died while working for the dolly and ocean Fishing Company in recent months one died in hospital but others died on board the chinese vessels the fishermen say their bodies were thrown into the Pacific Ocean crewmembers told aljazeera what they insured on the ship. Are salary was meant to be 300. 00 a month but in reality i received 120. 00 for the whole 14 months just finished our food was the same as fish bait for tuna it was reading me. The men say they worked around 18 hours each day catching fish including endangered species and cutting the fins off sharks. Just in reality sometimes we had to work a shift of 40 hours or more. Whatever fish record we are asked should be process or not if they said yes we did it as the months went on the fishermen say one of the hardest parts of the job was watching their fellow crewmembers fall ill and die. I feel so free now free from how. The company did not respond to aljazeera as questions indonesian authorities are speaking with the men and say they will launch a joint investigation with beijing into what happened. We condemn the Inhumane Treatment experienced by the indonesian crew who are working on chinese vessels the government is very committed to solving this issue by improving regulations. Millions of indonesians are employed in the fisheries industry and the exploitation is rampant most of them young men are cursed at by agencies in their home towns and many dont know what theyre signing up for advocates say its not the regulation thats the problem but the lack of action by the government to protect the rights of these young workers. So what we need is a Law Enforcement so we dont we dont need. A new regulations he says until that happens more young men will risk their lives on the high seas just to washington aljazeera jakarta. Lets get some weather rob is here looking at more wintry than springy weather rob krentz are another constant and again it should be by feels like march or even december if you look behind me at the swells of the might be familiar to you this one obviously major swirl is just going off halifax and beyond new finland another one coming in behind it this is olding cold nice in kind of the northeast of the u. S. And it produced in may snow this is in northern vermont stuck to the camera rather quite a picture just coming up just north of toronto its can still inflates our mind you were in the middle of may this is not unique but it is pretty unusual i have to say temperature wise rossi well below where we should be torontos forecast takes you to whens it to get even 4 degrees below the average and its going subzero overnight and in fact it snowed just an hour ago that cold air is still there and she said so thats toronto thats the forecast the rain will affect parts of new england the mark is the most known for more typically those on its way through now the Bigger Picture is that whole area of the northeast the u. S. Nice encounters well below where it should be temperature wise the comparison is anything from 6 to 13 degrees below average is to warn that it feels as a comparison by the way but the next time we look at as it slowly warms up the course is more spring storms in the Southern Plains but thats still to come. Rob many thanks indeed right mckelway. Still to come here on the news al. Were wiping down 3 times a day in a truck and were sterilized in her hand every time we get in and out of the truck Truck Drivers and tell us why the pandemic has made life on the road even more dangerous for them. I mean Sport Premier League clubs are meeting to discuss whether or not their season can be finished and they will be here with a little later. As we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to become if this closure on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok well send merry ways to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on aljazeera. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discuss truths are nodal life that within these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and world class journalists. On their own to sarah. Well again adrian for going to here in doha with the news out from aljazeera the headlines france is ending its 8 week lockdown but people now allowed to return to shops and work the easing of restrictions spain that means that people cannot leave home without a permit but the cafes and restaurants will remain closed. Mind teen people have been killed off their radio missile fired during a Training Exercise accidentally struck a vessel and its own fleas 15 of us were injured the colorado had been putting targets in the water at the time. And the souters Prime Minister thomas to bonnie is facing being voted out of office off to his coalition collapsed the run has been under pressure to resign after being implicated being involved in the murder of his exwife. The u. K. s Prime Minister this year to lay out the 1st steps to easing lockdown measures to Parliament Later on monday on sunday night outlined a new virus alert system during an address to the nation or as johnson said the people will be allowed to spend more Time Outdoors but with the highest death toll in europe his latest plan is already facing criticism as paul brennan is in westminster just outside parliament will be speaking live to him in just a moment but 1st heres his report. The sight of people basking in sunny parks and strolling along the river thames this weekend offered just a snapshot of the wider reality that 7 weeks after they were introduced the u. K. Stay at home restrictions have stopped being strictly observed or strictly enforced now there is a new Public Health slogan stay at home ditched in favor of the new mantra stay alert theres also a 5 level alert system that will govern how quickly the lockdown can be eased the Prime Ministers priority is to find ways of getting people back to work the 1st step is a change of emphasis that we hope that people will act on this week. We said that you should work from home if you can only go to work if you must we now need to stress that anyone who cant work from home for instance those in construction or manufacturing should be actively encouraged to go to work many elements of the Prime Ministers National Address had been widely previewed in recent days for example from weapons day the idea that people will be no longer restricted to just one hour of outdoor exercise per day and in fact people will be allowed to lounge in parks if they want to so long as they observe social distancing but any further freedoms will depend highly on the critical our number keeping the rates of infection below one throughout this period of the next 2 months we will be driven not by mere hope economic necessity. Will be driven by the science the data and Public Health the stay alert message has attracted criticism for being too ambiguous and open to interpretation but the police will find it unenforceable and the public might find it confusing it doesnt really mean anything theres no instruction in the same way as the last message and i think you saw in the Prime Ministers speech just now how the government has had to come back from some of the things they were thinking of doing earlier in the week because theyre just im sure about how to get this right im like weve already seen today in United Kingdom there is going to be a lot of uncertainty and theres a lack of clarity about what it sees the government want people to do they should really have just found different wording to try to navigate these next 2 or 3 weeks to make things even more confusing since coronavirus restrictions are id volved matter with scotland wales and Northern Ireland setting their own policies those 3 nations are firmly rejected the Prime Ministers new slogan clarity of message is paramount if we expect all of you to know exactly what it is we are asking of you and as leaders we have a duty to deliver that clarity to those we had accountable to not to confuse it to that end i have asked the u. K. Government not to deploy the state a lay at Advertising Campaign in scotland because the message in scotland at this stage is nort stay at home if you can the message is except for the essential reasons you nor boat stay at home fill stop from the outset it was realised that lifting the lockdown was always going to be far more difficult than imposing it in the 1st place the Prime Ministers heavily conditional sketch of a road map makes it abundantly clear just how complex its going to be. And paul is with us now live from just outside parliament in london paul as we heard a lot of criticism of the governments messaging since the Prime Ministers address on sunday night what do we expect from the south that ins parliamentary session. Well its a tricky one on the messaging i mean a stay at home has a clear 3 word simplicity doesnt it it doesnt leave anything go into interpretation the reality is that were entering a period in this pandemic certainly as far as the u. K. Goes it becomes a lot more complex theres a lot more moving pieces a mosaic of Different Industries who are going to be opening at different times and perhaps a 33. 00 word or indeed 3 syllable slogans such as stay alert doesnt do justice to the to the intricacies that the government is having to wrestle with the complexities have been brought home by a document thats been published in the last half an hour its come from the government the Prime Minister will come here to parliament and speak to m. P. s about it shortly its intitled our plan to rebuild and it gives some greater detail on what the got and what the Prime Minister was talking about in that televised address for example from wednesday people who cant work from home should go to work if their workplace is open of course pays 27 people are advised to wear face coverings of some description if they find themselves going into enclosed public spaces such as public transport although of course the advice is if you can avoid using public transport please do avoid public transport page 38 talks about this new alert system this 5 and it opens up the possibility that if the data can be detailed enough local spikes of the infection can be addressed with locally target said reimposition of restrictions this is an ambition of the government to try and make sure that localised policy local a strategy can be formulated and finally what he says is we cannot predict with absolute certainty what the impact of lifting restrictions will be possibly we will have to re imposed restrictions in specific geographical areas so underlining the reality that despite the fact that there are going to be certain freedoms and certain encouragements to get back to almost normal life it is heavily conditional heavily conditional many ifs and buts on how the virus and the infection rate response to those changes out of syria for brenda reporting live from london paul many thanks. Passenger trains it india will start to run again from tuesday but with a limited capacity trains will hold it 6 weeks ago as part of the effort to stop the spread of the virus 15 air conditioned trains will depart from new delhi on return journeys to major cities on the 1st day of the service passengers will be screened before boarding and will have to wear mosques indias rail network nobody carries more than 20000000 passengers a day. As we said in india trains were halted 6 weeks ago as part of the effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus elizabeth parana as the latest. Government has announced that from tuesday 15 trains will start traveling from the capital new delhi to major cities around the country including to mumbai. And more and to give you some context Indian Railways is one of the biggest Rail Networks in the world and it carries around 20000000 passengers every day so you can imagine the number of people who work or study in different states the numbers who were stranded when. The government cancelled all trains. 10 days ago. Trains to carry some of the millions of Migrant Workers who were stranded and 500000 have been taken to their home states in the last 10 days from tuesday everyone will be allowed to get on the 15 train as long as they have tickets and tickets are going to be sold only online in about 15 minutes from now. At any train stations will be allowed to open people will have to be screened they will only sell the right number of tickets to ensure social distancing everyone has to wear a mask so trains gradually restarting. As the country prepares to end the sunday and on sunday and Indian Railways is expected to announce more trains in the coming Days International flights resume flying into the philippines capital manila flights been stopped after tens of thousands of workers returned home from overseas filling quarantine facilities have been more than 10000 confirmed cases and 700. 100000 free flights to be given away by Qatar Airways to Health Care Workers around the world chief executive officer. Its all down to 0 but its being done to recognise the hard work in the fight against covert 19 Health Care Workers can register online to receive receive their free tickets cats are always also hoping to resume flights to 80 countries by the end of june. We have decided to launch an initiative that ed away is. To celebrate the International Nurses day and to this is going to give away 800000 return tickets to Frontline Health care professionals to say thank you for their heroic work looking after people during the current of it and so as an airline we intend to continue delivering on this mission by acknowledging the incredible efforts of healthcare heroes and heroines that was with this ticket giveaway the tickets will be distributed. On what they want every single country in the world. Including our neighbors so that is that it will be no country that will be left out and the tickets through the end ok to according to the size and population of the country we had already flying to more than 30 this edition now so it will be a thought an 80 that the nation gradually it could be 50 it could be fought the it could be 55. 00 we dont know but weve involved up to a maximum of 80 this initiative by the act of doing the job is an arm today of every Single Airline in the was so we are not unique you know we have to make sure that we set wise in this very difficult period and as a as a c. E. O. It is my job to make sure that i protect the interest and integrity of the airline and as we are going to reduce nearly 25 percent of fleet. We have that many extra stuff so dont even not go to those to that extent but we will. Make of for laying off people and taking salary cuts we will try to minimize the pain of you know letting our dedicated commit to. Stuff leaving the company. Museums Prime Minister has announced a further easing of restrictions there just as the businesses Domestic Travel and other services are allowed to resume the country was locked down for more than a month in haiti reports. The new Zealand Government moved very quickly to try to stop the spread of coronavirus in this country in fact on the 21st of march the Prime Minister just doing an announced a 4 stage alert system and then soon after move the country into the highest alert level for that meant for 5 weeks all nonessential businesses and schools were ordered to close 2 weeks ago the Prime Minister then announced some of those restrictions were easing allowing more businesses to open and now plans of a move to alert level 2 have been confirmed that means that most businesses will be able to reopen now including restaurants and bars with some strict social distancing guidelines still in place and schools can reopen as well for the most part i think New Zealanders have supported the government strong action to try to stop the spread of the virus here but increasingly there is concern about the state of the economy and the effect that the shutdown is having on businesses and theres a growing sense that the country needs to get moving again with the number of confirmed cases being reported each day getting very low in fact on monday it was just 3 having said all that New Zealanders are also watching very nervously other countries that have eased restrictions only to see a resurgence of the virus saudi arabia has announced major budget cuts the steep increase in value added tax moves aimed at shoring up state finances which have been battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic alexia brown reports this is where a new way of living began the saudi crown princes megaproject new york was touted as a 500000000000. 00 city state that would transform the kingdom. But it and other projects linked to mohammed bin solomons vision 2030 plan could be at risk as part of efforts to rein in spending by about 26000000000. 00 the kingdoms finance minister says the new measures are painful but necessary economies saudi arabia has been under a lot of stress that thats why the government would draw 23000000000. 00 from the reserves in march this is the largest withdrawal from the reserves ever in the history of the country the plans include tripling sales tax from 5 to 15 percent a tax introduced 2 years ago to reduce saudi arabias reliance on oil income but its not been enough to counter what the finance minister described as the 3 economic shocks from the coronavirus the decline in oil prices the shutdown of the local economy and extra spending on health care from the start of next month a living allowance for Government Employees will be a suspended though all the savings are unlikely to address the kingdoms huge budget deficit i think the failure of economists are going to be our no one can understand it without looking at our luck leadership. Basically and mismanagement sources if we acted as the. Perfect Foreign Policy that followed in the last 10 years its going to be understood. That you know this kind of cuts will continue actually this is the start and. The kingdom has waged an expensive war in yemen for more than 5 years its caused what the u. N. Says is the worlds worst humanitarian crisis and even as it tells its own people the astaire is he measures and needed the government has trying to finance a 372000000 dollar takeover of the English Football Club new cars. United like many countries the coronavirus has betted saudi arabias economy. This is the grand mosque in mecca during the muslim fasting month of ramadan there are usually 1500000. 00 visitors now just a few dozen and then in my back to him we have many employees and from work as technicians and also translators theyre all idle because theres no work. The vision 2030 plan had called for slowly moving away from depending on oil and diversifying the economy by this year the kingdom was supposed to improve Living Standards and increase tourism and state 2020 will likely be remembered for its Economic Hardship Brian Al Jazeera trying to say in canada have been working overtime to keep supplies flowing across the country but with many people stuck at home those in the freight industry facing the own unique challenges as David Russell reports the crucial efforts a lot going on noticed. Outside his shop in calgary chris standing prepares to pick up a load of dry past his routine has changed more in the past few months then during his 25 years in the Trucking Industry and with the coronavirus still spreading across canada chris wants to keep his family and his clients safe. For companies to make sure that that were wiping down 3 times a day in the truck and were sterilizing or every time we get in and out of the truck whether its going into a client or just picking up. In the pandemics early days for says hauling goods was a bit like driving into a freak storm a little scary and a little exciting at the same time he feels safer now as most businesses have introduced protocols to reduce face to face contact even so today chris has to enter a warehouse to sign paperwork and with workers coming in going social distancing is a challenge but the biggest risk he says is when filling up their thing. In the beginning that a lot of the major spread of cold it was on. The board that would talk all over guy for make sure even when theyre using the keypad make sure they put their smaller gloves on so that they could still hit the numbers despite their vital role transporting essential goods truckers have faced harsh conditions since the start of the pandemic Truck Drivers have struggled to find open businesses to buy food use the washroom and rest but their predicament has also led to random acts of kindness and brought out bollen tears to truck stops like this one calgary Sikh Community is one of many groups helping truckers across canada they give out around 100 meals a day they really appreciated like we have a phone call for number set up and they used to call us ahead of time so then be show up at the truck stop even on the highway even at the beer house where theyre delivering Trucking Companies and associations are now worried by a huge increase in socalled empty miles this happens when theres no cargo to haul back home after making a delivery the cost of an operation is basically. Increasing while the Revenue Generating aspect of the truck is decreasing and you cant pass on the cost to the customers because there are clearly hurting tough times ahead for these Unsung Heroes who are trying to steer their country out of a pandemic david mercer aljazeera Calgary Canada comedian and actor Jerry Stiller has dives at the age of 92 still it was well known for his work on Many American sitcoms he was king of queens and played the father of George Costanza on seinfeld Jerry Stiller also made a puppet a comedy with his wife who died in 2015 his son and accept ben stella said that he had died from natural causes. Just ahead in the sport the 11 year old has made skateboarding history in his grandfathers backyard. Business leaders his vote to buy no prospal. Business leaders his vote to buy no prospal. Well a good time to support his family thanks so much as you know the u. K. Government says no professional sport will be allowed in england and so at least june the 1st English Premier League clubs also be meeting to discuss the next steps in their efforts to restart the season government saying no fans will be allowed at events and that might only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections or a viable medical plan for it since it seems training another key issue for clubs the league is set to pay for privately conducted coronavirus testing with players likely to be checked twice a week the next couple of days the league will hold sort of the players and managers unions to ensure theyre on board and the possibility of using a neutral venue for games would require the backing of a 2 thirds majority of clubs any such vote isnt expected to take place and so next week or john mayers that is a barrister who specializes in sports law he says the legal relationship between the players and their clubs could be severely tested in the coming weeks in very very short terms if you do not agree to provide new services be aware training role play then a and Employer Club can turn the proverbial financial top so i actually think theres a kind of really interesting new ones to this both of us and probably read the reports which indicate that the repercussions of developing coronavirus on an athlete coud potentially impact performance quite a number of months is very very serious virus and in the event that a player said sue their club look i have to. Genuine health and safety concerns about this because you know the possibility of game back in developing this virus is not only something which could have dramatic repercussions for me for next couple fortnight or say but could also potentially last for months im not has such an impact on my career going forwards that it could be the end of my top level career. And if the response and the club essentially says well im sorry but were displaying. That complaint originally about health and safety is something on the u. K. Law is known as whistleblower so effectively you become a whistleblower and if a club but then. Force is a detriment on you which means were not going to pay you wages were going to fine you we are potentially going to dismiss you probably wouldnt happen other than for some sort of high value but certainly a fine and not paying that could potentially open up a club for whistleblowing actions so you can already see the legal minefield that arises in the event that a player says im just simply not happy to play its going to put the clubs in an extremely difficult position. Well the president s of spains top Football League says june the 12th is the target date for its action have its of us claims rigorous testing will make the risk of players catching coronavirus during games practically 00 clubs have already reopened their facilities for Team Training sessions although at the moment no more than 6 players are allowed on the pitch at any one time all the players have been tested of the virus in the last week with 5 positive test returned from the top 2 divisions. Is going to be there are you going to get i mean out there id like the league to start on june 12th but we have to be careful it will depend on many factors such as a potential rise in infections factors which dont depend on football but on Spanish Society we have to be very careful and focus on following the Health Advice of the virus is still there with less infections but its still there coal striking has made its return its 3 venues in france the wearing of masks is compulsory for everyone including the jockeys no spectators were allowed into the courses that included a long shot in paris while other sporting events arent so loud in the Country Racing is exempt because its classed as an agricultural activity. The man in charge of the ultimate fighting championship claims his forte is proving big events can say play safely dana white is hosting 3 competitions in 8 days in Jacksonville Florida the 1st concert its a place on saturday with no friends present and with Strict Health and Safety Measures in place one of the fights is was pulled from the events after testing positive for coverage one seen in the build up the longer this goes the better the Testing Technology is going to get and the faster it will get and. You know were going to prove by next outer day that professional sports can come back safely. And an 11 year old skateboarder from brazil has been putting his time of school to good use kerry has become the 1st person to land at 780 degree turn on a vertical ramp he pulled off the move on a rampage family of built in his grandmothers backyard in campo log on skateboarding used to make its olympic debut at next years day. Ok sport from in a couple of hours but that is its finale that was grammy grandmas backyards so much for that even he thinks of the now hairstyle that fell out of fashion many years ago is making a comeback in east africa thanks to the coronavirus pandemic this summer only kenyas capital by robey is offering what its calling the corona hairdo abraded spikes echo the shape of the virus parents say its educational and cheaper to other styles. So youre. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discuss truths are no dont live in these walls and now theres no live in the wall global experts and discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Filmmakers and world class journalists. On to syria. 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How we come to fight im sorry your question can i get on with you think this is me directly thats coming on on you tube as youre saying im concerned about the frontline well and i think are a classic and keeping you up to date and weve seen countries back and beaten back the street on 00. On the move again france and spain start to lift some of the toughest coronavirus restrictions in europe. Im adrian for the guy this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a missile mistake by irans maybe 19 sailors or killed as a warship hits a vessel for its own fleets. Accused