Brazil records its highest number of daily coronavirus cases and approves the use of an untimely leiria drug despite warnings about the risks. Thank you very much for joining as i knew standoff could be brewing between the United States iran and venezuela over a shipment of millions of dollars of fuel 5 Iranian Oil Tankers are just days away from arriving in venezuela to help ease your shortages said lexie obrien has a report in the venezuelan capital caracas the queue at the petrol station can last for days or the import all important to get this is the richest country in the world and we should not be like this because there is wealth there is oil there is everything. The shortages have plagued venezuela for years ever since its 1300000 barrel a day refining network collapsed which critics blame on underinvestment and mismanagement by the state oil company now president Nicolas Maduro has turned to iran for help for fuel itself and chemicals to help get the oil industry back on track. Those 5 ships are bringing gasoline regarding the Technical Support for the reactivation of the refinery what the venezuelan government asked us for in the past week was to bring input materials catalysts which iran brought through the planes ship tracking shows the 1st of the 5 tankers left the iranian port city of banda roberson match the 1st tanker fortune is expected to arrive in venezuela in the next few days iran is a longtime ally of venezuela and fellow rival of the United States both Countries Oil does are we under u. S. Sanctions the white house says its considering how to respond to the shipment this would be an example of the Iranian Regime taking the wealth of the iranian people and wasting it in venezuela on the door of the u. S. Is one of more than 60 countries trying to push Nicolas Maduro from power recognize an Opposition Leader one go i dont know as president a force of u. S. Vessels including Navy Destroyers patrol the caribbean on what u. S. Officials say is an anti drug Mission Venezuela sees the vessels as a threat and is sending its own military to a score the iranian tankers through its territory in case the deal it would constitute an actual mission. And that. The whole. But analysts say a conflict is unlikely nobody in washington wants it war her or any sort of conflict with iran over venezuela in the current circumstances so although the u. S. Commander in chief of the Southern Command has expressed concern over this and washington is clearly watching it closely i think it is in the current circumstances that probably going to be. The extent of venezuela and iran say the trade is a win win for both countries iran got much needed gold venezuela the oil and both got to send a message to the United States alexia brian el jazeera. And venezuela has fined a legal claim to try and force the bank of england to release 1000000000. 00 worth of its own gold the government says is to help funded school run a virus response the bank of england has gone to 31 tons of venezuelan gold since 2018 because of u. K. And u. S. Sanctions a number of nations use the bank of england to store their bullion reserves in other world news at least 26 people have been killed and many more have been made homeless after a powerful storm slammed into eastern india and bangladesh sank lower and battered west bengal in Odisha States with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour its destroyed homes flooded streets uprooted trees and cut power to millions of households hundreds of thousands of people have shifted from low lying coastal areas well well have an update on the situation in bangladesh in just a moment with tanveer childfree whos in dhaka but 1st lets speak to prima rajaram who joins us live from skype from kolkata in indias west bengal west bank that is of course where the cycle made landfall almost 24 hours ago how much damage has it cost there. When the city of joy which goes often to football is now the city of blue as it faces the off the mark off the cyclonic and the airport has been badly affected even though commotions right lights are not operational many parts of. It just so much work go there that theres a lot of damage that has been done and that the majority quite some time for the restoration work to begin as far as restoration work in the rest of the city is concerned that is also something that youve missed among the bandages is assisting along with what she said in upper class force and we will take some time maybe it were done in 3 or even more gives you assess the situation in the city and across the state as well as far as the state is concerned so 24 pardon us. Well the sum of bonds is that it did and thats where the cycle made landfall on wednesday it is maximum damage over there and that is something which will take quite some time as hard as assessing the situation as the sun as many thoughts are this in the bonds are cut off now not 24 by the nazis another the strictest achievements and mention is badly devastated as far as you know the richest and so on is it not me but the city is looking to get back on its feet as soon as possible back to what is still under coronavirus knock down to what extent are restrictions going to make it difficult to get help to people. The restrictions are making it difficult because people are not even to reach out to salt in a cotys or even other places where they can look for help also chance for coast care so that is something which is definitely impacting them as far as the Electricity Department is concerned in various parts of the state and also it is a big concern because in many parts of the state electricity still got but also it is not the best i mean literally also too much but nonetheless the state authorities are doing their best to make sure that all the stage is back on its feet and the city of flaws is really under a lot of the back of the cyclonic trees havent fully electric having fallen and of course the special or even the fear of being electrocuted is there are cars that often samoyed under water because of what the logging and what the field is in the olden part of the city is aware that a very small bidens that is majorly impacted because of the what the logging and of course what fires destination work is concerned there will be a lot of time before those feet administration can access again assess what the chance of the damage is as far as the monthly constraints monist you i suspect is concerned i thought was the way forward that thank you very much for that update primera rajon reporting there from kolkata and lets check in now with Tanveer Chaudhry whos in bangladesh whats the latest from where you are chan tanveer how how bad has it been. Well i mean the Damage Assessment report is still coming through its trickling through since last night now we know for sure that the hundreds and thousands of houses around delta plane have been destroyed or washed away oxfam reported the same about thousands of houses were washed away by the tidal wave and we also know about 5000000. 00 people are out of power and this area of the southwestern bangladesh which took the biggest hit is an area where there is a large farming as well as regular farming so a lot of this people are going to suffer from this destruction of the farmland now we also know that the country is fighting through the 1000 pandemic due to the shutdown there is an Economic Loss so there is a major challenge ahead this is also a monsoon siege and rehabilitation work is going to take time now fortunately millions of People Living in the camp in the caucasus. Have been spared from the sideline because it was not directly in the path of the cycle on that theyre clearly still on danger because in the monsoon season those area can get flooded and there could be a landslide in the hilly slopes where a lot of these refugee camps are by and large we still have a lot of reports to see what comes up but the damage has been very severe this is one of the hardest gone since 1902007 so well know farther down the road thank you for that update time chantry not for us there in dhaka. The u. N. Special envoy for the middle east has called on israel to abandon threats to an expired so the occupied west bank israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has been given the u. S. President s blessing to press ahead but the Security Council was told it could be it could breach International Law diplomatic energy james space reports. Many observers have predicted that Prime Minister netanyahu threat to annex parts of the west bank was simply an election ploy or some in fact in office he now says hell actually do it and thats got many of the United Nations worried u. N. Special coordinator nicholai mad not briefing the Security Council restated the uns long held position that annexation would be a serious breach of International Law by israel derailing a 2 state solution but his response to palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas his decision to withdraw from all previous agreements and stop cooperation with israel was perhaps more surprising if i missed it openly and very frankly. Whatever it will assessments are just you know reaction to this really threat that exists and maybe and its certainly one thing it is a desperate cry for help it is a call for immediate action. It is a cry for help from a generation of leaders that invest it their lives in building institutions and preparing the state for over a quarter of a century in the virtual session on one point there was near agreement any i think sation of of any parts of the west Bank Including of settlements all only would represent a violation of International Law one by one Security Council members urged israel not to pursue a policy of annexation except for one the emission of such a statement by the Us Ambassador kelly craft was telling she left it to her boss in washington d. C. The secretary of state to criticize the palestinian president but i regret that he has decided to abrogate these agreements we laid out a very clear vision for how peace could be brought we asked simply for this we asked the israelis and the palestinians to agree that that would be the basis for negotiations between the israelis have accepted that the palestinians have continued to refuse to just simply sit down and enter into goshen based on president terms a vision for peace there so where the peace efforts go now the socalled core tat has almost been forgotten for the last couple of years it consists of the European Union the u. N. Russia and the United States the United Nations believe it now has the best chance of reviving diplomacy james plays aljazeera at the United Nations. Libyas un recognized government has launched air strikes against forces loyal to warlord highly for half time Government Forces bombed several targets including the have to hold into who many of the capital tripoli after us forces have pulled back from all front lines near tripoli they say its to ease conditions e. Ring the Easter Holiday and have called on the government to do the same the strikes on to come after Government Forces captured a major airbase in the west along with a number of towns. Still ahead on al jazeera getting tourism into gear for the summer out of french government intends to kickstart the sector and save jobs plus we look at how Climate Change has turned parts of antarctica great. After a very wet day in serbia this massive cloud is very cold out of the way and its rather than going north was going south was again has been pushed out of the way by quite a cold breeze right through Eastern Europe so book arrests there in the sunshine more or less at 16 degrees athens at 28. 00 this is still the warm area turkey and cyprus less so Greece Greece is going to endure rain later on search as you can see but at least much of central and western europe to enjoy the sunshine this temperature is definitely on their way up and fortune this rain hangs around if anything in house itself come thursday with that breeze still blowing it heads towards the bosphorus but mainly we talk about bug areas still and northern greece so london still warm 25. 00 and see a slow dropping off a few showers by saturday istanbul with our cold breeze still sees thunderstorms doesnt quite achieve the temperature even in london. North africa well in foods a bit by the on shore breeze but its warming up into this a 24 degrees with occasional showers thats all right isnt it and thats a 26 they dont think its a slightly warmer feel by the weekend we still got big shouting of Lake Victoria but not as many as there were along the coast of somalia its a different story. But. Easily test and treat and trace frank assessments wise italy struggling to cope with a number of her own. Failure to take really aggressive action meet them behind the herd informed opinion its going to be much more challenging in a place like it is with theres one ventilator 3000000. 00 people in depth analysis of the days global headlines india doesnt up to the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al jazeera. The in. Their watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories venezuela says its military will escort 5 iranian tankers bringing oil to ease years of shortages both countries are on the u. S. Sanctions and washington says it is considering a response to the shipments the most powerful cycled to eastern india and bangladesh in 20 years has left a path of destruction in its wake compound has killed as many as 26 people destroyed homes flooded roads and cut power to millions of households and the u. N. Special envoy for the middle east is urging israel to drop its plans to alex parts of the occupied west bank under a deal with the u. S. Has really Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu could begin an exciting Palestinian Land as early as july. Of chinas biggest political gathering of the year is set to begin 3 months late due to the coronavirus pandemic the opening session of its political advisory body is now underway these are live pictures from beijing this is one day ahead of the National Peoples congress when chinas top leaders meet katrina you has our report from beijing. How. This time last year leave they was running from one International Business meeting to another but because of the pandemic who work as a freelance interpreter has dried up shes turned to on line teaching to make ends meet and i find its quite challenging and depressing for me. Sometimes but. I would be reminding i by people around me and to understand that its not just the me its actually everybody and there are people being hit harder than me when chinas leaders gather for the National Peoples congress on friday the slowing economy will be front and center local coroner virus infections have slowed to Single Digits and Manufacturing Activity has resumed but a state harm and investment is down shuttered Small Businesses are a common sight while closed borders have hurt the tourism and conference industry this is the Biggest Convention center and during this time of year its usually overflowing with crowds of people and tending International Trade shows and conferences but because of corporate 19 all of these events have been cancelled and this venue has remained closed some months millions have taken a pay cut or are out of work the official Unemployment Rate is 6 percent but analysts say in the 2nd quarter the real figure could be closer to 18 percent unemployment is. Closely related to social instability and for chinas government the number one jobs this year is to create enough jobs to absorb those unemployed migrants and the upcoming new universe it graduates this year nearly 9000000 graduates who entered the worst job market in chinas recent history and its not just students who are worried. The epidemic has their own economy auditor people are less willing to spend money. Leaders attending the congress are expected to announce further economic stimulus measures and a growth target for the year. Virus related travel restrictions will be relaxed so International Events can resume until then like millions around the world she stay home and standing by. And katrina joins us now live from katrina the advisory Body Department meeting today ahead of the opening tomorrow of the conference leaders a gathering to tackle a number of issues every year they do this whats significant about this he is meeting. Thats right felice of the 2 sessions as the known here in china began today with the c p p c c meeting thats about 2000 people who advise the government academics Business People celebrities