Belief that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity the u. K. Prime minister of defense is chief adviser whos under pressure to resign over claims breach that lockdown. And dont calm protest is mobilizing there are thousands rallying against chinas plan to impose National Security goals. We begin the news hour in libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of the warlord holly for how far are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli this follows a series of setbacks for have terrorist forces whove been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government mahmoud head is in tripoli for us. The major advancement after us forces achieved over the past year is mainly attributed to that all of the russian mercenaries from the bag no group that have been recruited by have to us forces and as you know that last month when the reports reveal that about 1200. 00 the Russian Military is from the group have been fighting along with his forces in southern tripoli so the mayor of benny will lead the city thats south of the city of stated that 3 flights took off from the airport of benny will lead carrying get russian medicine to these who have been fighting along with half that as force we do not know for certain why they are leaving the country at this crucial time because as you know couldnt lee have to his forces are losing momentum on the ground because they have been losing strategic locations including military camps in southern tripoli and also the cities you need the near the tunisian border and the Government Forces have been advancing on have to his forces recently there was that all of the russian mostly is could have major consequences on have those forces on the ground. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu launched a tirade against the nations Justice System as his long awaited corruption trial got underway hes facing several charges in a series of cases stemming from ties to wealthy associates Benjamin Netanyahu is israels 1st sitting Prime Minister to ever go on trial he was sworn back into office says head of a rare unity government just a week ago henry force that has more now from occupied East Jerusalem. This was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics Benjamin Netanyahu decided to make it more so clear in his intention to fight not just within the courtroom but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel whats on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me and the right wing camp over a decade the lift didnt succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police an Attorneys Office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not b. B. Bunch they tell of baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing Prime Minister and thats to remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years. In the courtroom itself what could become a defining image of israels longest serving Prime Minister in the dock facing criminal trial just a week after he was sworn in for a 5th term after the cameras were rejected his legal team asked for delays in calling witnesses well they argued about access to evidence the strategy to push the start of the main phase of the trial well into next year outside supporters saying in chanted and amplified the Prime Ministers message of persecution already in its 1st day of this trial is a window into just how polarized israeli politics is and Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies making no bones about appealing to supporters like these on the basis that the trial is not a criminal one rather a political coup designed to ousted from office but there are warnings that such a strategy risks for the division this was the main and demonstration outside his residence. Netanyahu is accused of asking for and taking lavish gifts from wealthy friends of offering to hinder one newspaper to get better coverage in another but exchanging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulatory help to a telecoms chief again but better coverage on his news site. Before caught a glimpse of the parallel worlds to come for a Prime Minister on trial. Leading his 1st Cabinet Meeting of the new coalition talking about iran the economy and governing for all his former fierce opponent and now alternate Prime Minister in a rotating Coalition Deal benny gantz released a statement saying that was innocent until Proven Guilty calling for reconciliation so Benjamin Netanyahu says this will be his last term in office and spend a good deal of it fighting not just for his innocence in court but against the very institutions that accused of breaking the law are a force that aljazeera occupied East Jerusalem coming up on aljazeera this news hour india experiences its worst a day for corona virus infections despite a National Lockdown its spread to every state remaining defiant brazils president ignores coronavirus guidelines to embrace his supporters and the desperate cry for help in senegal stopping the violence stopping trade and there is not enough food for everyone. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has backed his key adviser over allegations that he breached the virus restrictions Dominic Cummings travelled from london to northeast england at the end of march while suffering coronavirus symptoms government advice said the time was for all citizens to stay at their primary residence but Boris Johnson insists cummings acted responsibly and legally leave parker reports. Dominic cummings had little to say to journalists outside his home on sunday its alleged the Prime Ministers chief advisor broke a lockdown rules travelling hundreds of kilometers to daraa in northeast english to his parents estate at the height of restrictions in march and get to meet his he was and if things went awkward enough for cummings cue the arrival of a protester van with a reminder of boys johnsons address to the nation to stay at home you must stay here coming said the trip was to ensure his 4 year old son was looked after because his wife was suffering from coronavirus symptoms something he would also develop he said he remained in isolation in a separate property on his parents estate but eyewitnesses claim cummings left locked down to visit in the air by beauty spot and that he made another trip to the northeast after returning to london in april after allegations the Prime Minister was quick to dismiss an unshared told appearance at the daily downing street Coronavirus Briefing there have been many other allegations about what happened when he was in so fights relation and thereafter some of them probably false i believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. Despite support from the top cummings faces a storm of criticism from figures in the Police Health service and Scientific Community some m. P. s in his own party want him to quit i think his position is untenable its because of dominics slogans around the these rules that mums and dads grannies and grandpas across the country will have felt that they have to stay at home if coded got into their families and of course they too care about their children but they knew they had they must stay at home 7 days the 1st person 14 days for the others and now it turns out they could have been driving around the country with symptoms this isnt just a story about one man this is about faith in a government that sets rules and regulations demanding selfdiscipline and sacrifice of people stopping the spread of the virus is meant to be a collective endeavor no exceptions. Dominic cummings is one of the most divisive figures in british politics the mastermind behind the campaign to leave the e. U. Who together with Boris Johnson plotted to revolutionize british politics hes a non elected official but wields more power and influence the many people are comfortable with opposition m. P. s are now calling for a full inquiry into all of the allegations against cummings at a time when trust in government has rarely been needed more needs barca aljazeera westminster. Joining us now via skype from surrey in southern england this Chris Wilkins who is the managing partner for the Strategic Advisory firm audley hes also the former director of strategy for to reason may when she was british Prime Minister mr wilkins thanks so much for joining us here on aljazeera always johnson didnt just back Dominic Cummings during the brief need used incredibly Strong Language saying that cummings acted responsibly legally and with integrity soared really Strong Defense there remind us why Dominic Cummings is so important for the british Prime Minister. But well golly cummings is somebody who vote is. Given people political voice is a proven winner he won the. Referendum in 2816. 00 he was leading the Vote Campaign and against many peoples expectations he were not campaign he won previous political campaigns and only in december of last year of course the Prime Minister secured an 80 seat majority in the general election which cummings was its rental in getting him to core and also in the structure of that campaign so hes a proven winner in that sense and you know hes somebody whos the promise of clear voice working force the difficulties because part of the reason hes a crew winner is because hes always been somebody whos played certainly the edge of the stablished group and thats kind of what youve seen with this case is that people look at it now and think well hold on is this somebody who thinks the rules dont apply to him in this instance just to some people argue over the course of his political career hes argued that in the past and there certainly be many members of the conservative party have made it very clear that theyre any easy with the whole situation also because theyre getting a lot of feedback from the public because this is something that has really gone beyond what is often called the westminster bubble because everyone has made sacrifices during lockdown so in light of all of that how do you see this developing. Well as true there are real world consequences to this because if it appears that theres one rule for the general public and another for people in power then the general consensus that existed around the lockdown in any future measures the government wants for investment there may be less compliance with those most public and because they think they dont need to hear to them theres also political consequence which is that the promise the chief advisor is in trouble the punisher is a big huge amount of Political Capital to try and get it through it but what you saw today was they took the view that actually this was a sort of westminster story only for people in westminster and not really been paid that was tested by people in the country but if you look at for example the front page of tomorrows daily mail newspaper the daily mail is typically very very supportive of conservative government the front page to most any mail newspaper one of the best in the country calls for donica mr zine or the promise to sack him so if the judge and actually its a westminster story not really cutting to the public i think they may have just got that calculation wrong and there was a question of the Prime Minister then and so or could be seen to have dodged that today and that was whether he was aware that Dominic Cummings had travelled to outside of london how keen do you think that issue might become in the next few days. I think that is important im sort of surprised there hasnt been slightly greater focus on that because i think if you are somebody who is a Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister you know and ive been in that world and when you make judgments of this nature one of your 1st question to ask yourself is how will this look you know that not only my biding by the rules but i abide by the spirit of the rules and will i am i doing anything that could bring embarrassment to the Prime Minister of this of the Prime Minister and so in a circumstance like this oh except its pretty exceptional a pandemic were going through then you would i think Seek Commission to take the action that you proposed to take because its clearly open to interpretation as to whether its in the rules or not you would ask the question if the rhythm didnt ask the question and i think thats really pretty disrespectful to the person who is his boss and who he owes his job to and if you didnt ask the question then its unclear why the government hasnt been more open about this over the past couple of days as this storm has been raging and if the promise to give permission then i think thats a really big problem the interests are they probably didnt the question probably wasnt asked but as i say even that then is quite remarkable d because i think it shows a degree of disrespect to the office of the Prime Minister the person in when your political advisors this nature youre supposed to be protecting and so on what would you advise Boris Johnson to do now then. Well its quite extraordinary circumstance theres only sort of 3 courses you can take you can quickly issue an apology and say the wrong apologize try move on you can resign or be fired alone move the story on that way or you can even if you want to try and sort of say that you can call an inquiry by the Civil Service by the cabinet secretary and that often is way through these issues to then cross didnt do any of those things he just thought he could present it out and i think having tried to do that he has no choice but to carry on trying to do so that the difficulty is that youve got tory m. P. s same its not good enough and that is that its got this judgment wrong youve got members the Scientific Community saying that theyre stressed you know a Public Health strategy lies in tatters and youve also got a state newspapers like the daily mail saying well no this isnt just westman so its really cuts to the people and its going to have long term consequences for the government so theyve pretty much decided the strategy they need to try and stick with that strategy now trying brazen it out and maybe they will but i think the long term political cant consequences for the government probably set now and so even if dont come in stays the struggle ahead of the government in the months to come chris work ins managing partner for the Strategic Advisory firm orderly and former director of strategy for terrorism a south thank you. India now the country has reported its biggest daily increase in confirmed virus cases more than 6700. 00 were added taking the total number of infections to almost 132000 across the country 140 people died on saturday the virus has now spread to every state in india despite a nationwide lockdown the Health Ministry says it is increased testing the percent here is a professor of economics at carr University Delhi she says the pandemic has exposed many cracks in Indias Health system what we know of from via ribbons on the little notice until now and the experience all we know the last few months of the lockdown the whole purpose of that kind of a master lockdown is if you are the bedding your Health System so that those fighting infection and that the something i think we did not do enough of what we believe need to focus on is strengthening our Health System to be able to take on the increased load but at the same. Info up on the testing and seeing and isolation and so on this is where we are doing very poorly and in the country like india more than 90 percent of the workforce is of the moment and this almost all of the media really cannot afford a nationwide lockdown and social distancing or physical distance doesnt mean the same thing for people across classes so what we really need to focus on the simple this thing tracing isolation and a better Health System. Brazils president has greece had hundreds of supporters as an unfolding political scandal adds to the countrys Coronavirus Crisis jade also matter was seen posing for photos and shaking peoples hands near the president ial