Africa as a whole is now 30 painted on the kindness of china about will beijing be so kind to write off the debt of african economies devastated by the fire. So then its been a deadly few hours in afghanistan with 2 attacks one in the hospital and the other at a funeral the serious side boma is believed to have been behind that explosion among a crowd of mourners in the whole province thats in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed 30 others reported to be injured. At a hospital in the capital kabul has also come under attack at least 4 civilians and 3 attackers have been killed lets hear braun has this report. And ellen says and the military raced to the scene of an attack on some of the most vulnerable. Guy. Women storming a hospital compound in the Afghan Capital kabul where the idol denies ation Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic not. A man wearing military uniform looked like a wrestler into the clinic and opened fire and patients relatives of. Other attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panic inside and a gun battle with police. Is the attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason its a Government Hospital and a lot of people bringing their women and children for treatment dozens of people were led to safety some taken to the hospitals for treatment. I brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i dont remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by a bullet in the the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the Shia Community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i select groups. The latest assault was 24 hours after i sell fighters said they detonated 4 bombs in the north of the city 4 people. Aljazeera. The World Health Organization is warning countries theyll need to make streaming vigilant as more coronavirus restrictions are lifted and one of the leading members of the u. S. Task force says it could experience needless suffering and death if the u. S. Opens too soon dr anthony felt she he would appear before a Senate Committee in just a few hours President Trump meanwhile has said he wants the us open for business suit in india many trains are running again after a 7 week shutdown but there are fears of new infections of social distancing rules of flouted the country reported its biggest daily increase on monday and in russia factories have restarted and masks are compulsory on public transport president Vladimir Putin ease restrictions on the day infections exceeded those in italy and the United Kingdom it now has the worlds highest number well for more on indias move to ease measures Elizabeth Cohen reports now from outside a train station in new delhi. Were at new Delhi Railway station where people have been lining up even hours before their trains departure to make sure that they get on one of the trains after 7 weeks since Indian Railways one of the Largest Railway Networks in the world shut down all passenger trains 33 started on tuesday travelling between the capital new delhi and 15 major cities around the country tickets sold out in minutes tickets are only sold online people have been told to come 90 minutes before departure to ensure theres enough time for thermal screening everyone must wear face masks at all times the trains are running at full capacity around 1800. 00 passengers in each train and Indian Railways has said that its up to the passengers to ensure social distancing and also up to the states to decide on the protocol upon arrival Prime Minister modi has said that the restarting of trains is an important step up to the economy but there is concern especially from some state leaders who said that this is how. Well the United Kingdom is really latest figures showing the highest death toll from coburg 19 in europe the latest numbers confirm that the u. K. Is among the worst hit Countries Worldwide the Prime MinisterBruce Johnson was criticized on monday for whats being described as a mixed message over easing the countrys. Jonah hole has the latest now from london. Well theyre worse than previous counts of course because the death rate is going inevitably further up but they are better than previous accounts in that the percentages are getting smaller the office for National Statistics of course produces its numbers weekly for deaths in a particular week in this case up to the 1st of may coming as this country takes very tentative some say slightly confusing steps out of its lockdown with the hope that some workers in some sectors might be able to go back to work today the governor i think will take heart at these numbers they are relatively this is all of course relative theyre still awful but relatively better than the week before the measure that they look at is the number of excess deaths as the most reliable measure of the overall impact of covert 1000 on society not just test positive cases but suspected cases and related cases of people whove not been able to get the treatment that they needed for other conditions and have passed away as a result and so on and the excess death toll up to the 1st of may according to these numbers was 8012. 00 that is down from 11 and a half 1000 the week before so thats going in the right direction of course albeit still steadily upwards for an overall excess death rate death toll of 50000 during this crisis now the official death toll that is for registered cases of covert 19 and suspected cases is also just topped 40000. 00. So as i say the numbers still going dreadfully upwards but i suppose the trends improving as we mentioned earlier americas top Infectious Disease expert is warning that opening the economy too soon could lead to needless suffering and death Dr Anthony Fauci is due to testify before the Senate Health committee in just a few hours time and President Trump who threatened to fire felt she last month says the United States is on track to defeat coronavirus and fisher has more from washington. With 2 white house staff testing positive for corona virus with senior members of his task force self isolating the president hit on a belief display in the rose garden of the white house we have met the moment and we have prevailed americans do whatever it takes to find solutions pioneer breakthroughs and harness the energies we need to achieve a total victory we will defeat this horrible enemy we will revive our economy and we will transition into great this. Thats a phrase youre going to hear a lot because thats whats going to happen asked if he was declaring Mission Accomplished the president clarified he was talking about testing claiming the u. S. Had no tested more people than any other country the white house has also told staff to wear masks while in and around the building a dramatic shift in policy senior figures attending the briefing did so the president did not in new york the governor insisted the state was through the wash to divide us a break saying it was on the other side of the mountain but with more than half of all american deaths season no rush to abandon the lot done measures some states are opening even though they havent met the c. D. C. Guidelines which i dont even know how that happens federal government says here the c. D. C. Guidelines which are basic Health Guidelines some states dont meet those guidelines and theyre opening anyway in florida the city of nichols was forced to shut down its beaches just 2 weeks after declaring them open people arent following social distancing guidelines i hate to say the base is closed down but i can see a very good reason for it as the president was speaking the number of dead in the u. S. Passed the 80000 mark he says some democratic led states are moving quickly enough to open up alleging without evidence a prolonged economic shutdown is claiming even more lives i want our country open to i want it up and safely but i want it open dont forget people are dying the other out recent opinion polls suggest the majority of us citizens are concerned states will reopen too quickly and the 2nd break will fall on fisher aljazeera washington. Singapore has also begun to ease restrictions some businesses including head dresses and pedestals all now open and next week small groups of students will be allowed to return to school the Health Ministry says restrictions are being lifted gradually in order to avoid a 2nd wave of infections this reported nearly 24000 cases tons louis has more enough. In kuala lumpur one singapore is taking tentative steps to reopen its economy home based businesses and barber shops have been allowed to reopen but dine in services and restaurants are still not allowed and most people will still have to continue working from home now it is true that singapore has reported a high number of corona virus cases the vast majority or around 85 percent of Migrant Workers living in dormitories the Health Minister says the number of new cases in the Wider Community has been in decline especially since strict measures were put in place the 3rd in the 3rd week of april now the w. H. O. Has listed 6 conditions for countries that are looking to ease restrictions and this includes the ability to detect tests trace and isolate and treat coronavirus patients and Singapore Says it intends to ramp up testing to conduct as many as 40000. 00 tests a day and its also building more facilities to isolate and treat coronavirus patients but of course as with many other countries around the world thats very much a sense that this is also driven by the economy the central bank has for cause that growth will shrink between one and 4 percent of this year they call them its up predicting that job losses is going to be of historic proportions this year and the central bank has also for costs that singapore is expected to suffer its worst recession ever. Herald 01 astray you see future plans are forced to seek new ways to get that catch on peoples plates plus. Its been told one in a 1000000 discovery a prominence in a faraway galaxy that resembles our own. Hello remains relatively quiet weather wise in japan theres quite a lot of action from the point of view of the atmosphere to the north and we might get some rain wrecking through all carter from that point of view but the onshore breeze is just showers on the west coast of norway honk shuto case and shelter there for you go toward 29. 00 were up to 30 in beijing much of northern china is warm mostly sunny is cloudy increasing and the rain is also increasing its just inland from hong kong it focuses a bit further north anyway going on through on the orange sent to suggest the particularly heavy downpours doesnt mean that hong kongs out of it altogether the forecast here is a few showers or a bit of light rain east on friday the weekend looks fine but all all 3 days and its no surprise it is here but 30 as a High Temperature 27 as a look at suggests very sticky here. Now as we wait the coming months soon rains the 1st sign might be this cluster of cloud here which is actually in the andaman and nicobar islands a circulation thats forming over mainland india and pakistan and bangladesh weve got an increasing number of showers in the northeast and in the northwest and up the coast of carolina but for most places the course is still dry and increasingly hot. But. They wanted 43000000000 pounds with a weapon that was 6000000000 pounds in commission. Theres no end in more because theres always a small. Really really good measure. In essence we in the United States have privatized the old Public Function more shadow on aljazeera. Org. But again youre watching aljazeera remind of our top stories this hour and dozens of people have died in 2 attacks in afghanistan 13 people including 2 newborn babies were killed when gunmen opened fire inside a hospital compound. And a funeral was targeted by suspected suicide bomber in one the whole province in the east is in the report his biggest daily increase in cases with more than 4000 new infections the vast rail network is starting to reopen trains are making return journeys to 15 major cities from the capital new delhi thats after a 7 week shutdown. The u. K. Has released its latest figures showing the highest death toll from covert 900 europe more than 38000 people have died Prime MinisterBoris Johnson was criticized on monday for whats been described as a mixed message over easing the countrys of lockdown. Government ministers in lebanon a meeting to discuss how to stop the spread of coronavirus the Health Ministry has said a 48 hour complete shutdown may be the only option to prevent a 2nd wave of infections and talks are expected on wednesday after the government appealed to the International Monetary fund for help the financial crisis and sharp fall in the value of the pound has provoked months of protests seen as the biggest threat to stability since the civil war. A concern is growing over a potential 2nd wave of corona virus infections in Germany HealthAuthorities Say the disease has been spreading faster since a lockdown was ease just days ago not everybody supports the move to relax measures that have been protests in some parts of the country more than 7500 have died from the vice. Its in germany as much lower than its european neighbors the mccain is more from berlin and he says new rules will be implemented if the faction rate start to rise. On the face of it the numbers coming from germany regarding coronavirus well ministers might think they are positive because around 1600 people in the last 24 hour period recovered from the corona virus that is what the robert cock institution is saying the agency that governs that collects all the data more than 900 people a newly infected more than 100 people died from the corona virus in the last 24 hour period the on the number of the reproduction rate of the corona virus well in germany its been oscillating fluctuating around one for several days now the robert culp institute says its now going to change the way it gathers the data so it can give a more exact figure of how the rate of reproduction is going at any given time this matters because although the government here and state governments have been saying social distancing need still to be applied there are increasing numbers of people who are protesting against the restrictions who believe that they dont need to be as draconian as they have been they need to be relaxed right now protests have been taking place over the course of the last few weekends in several german cities which explains why im going to machall at a cabinet colleagues are trying to stress to people that they must stay the course with these restrictions and that they will be eased when they can be. African leaders asking what china can do for them secret of ours pandemic threatens to destroy economies and wipe out about 20000000 jobs beijing is both a top trading partner and top lender on the continent im going to do reports from the kenyan capital of nairobi. Days after the government announced an easing of some looked on restrictions traffic on the streets of nairobi is slowly picking up. But many shops in the Central Business district remain closed. Those will reopen say business is still bad all of a sudden the streets went quiet after the announcement of the lockdown. And so that is completely offer to a business for good measure it would be about 90 percent drop in sales. The economic crisis caused by the coronavirus all break is forcing hard choices not just here in nairobi but across africa many governments are struggling to find the money to fight the pandemic and show up their commies the world bank and the i. M. F. Of us lenders to suspend payments for african countries struggling under the covered 1000. 00 outbreak petain these Officials Say they will deal with african debt on a case by case basis what happens next depends on china which is not only africas top trading partner but also its lender according to the World Bank Chinese government and banks have learned from african governments and state owned enterprises more than 150000000000 dollars between 2012018. Most of this money has gone into the development of Infrastructure Projects such as the routes Railway Lines ports journalist in bahrain because they want to be able to continue to lend to africa after kuwait 19 to make money and influence but at the same time do want to be able to. To be unhappy africa is point in time more than 100. 00 International Nongovernmental organizations have been forced calls for consideration of all debt payments in 2020 but many banks are reluctant to risk their Credit Ratings and private bond holders are likely to do so but even if all debt payments was suspended this year they still trouble. Head for african countries most collect relatively little tax on dividends have decreased because of the locked arms so once this crisis is over a lot of repayments will have to be made. Because. Both the demand and price for seafood around the world is plummeting as the pandemic disrupts s