eastern part of the democratic or the democratic republic of congo has been going on since 2018 it's infected about 3600 people killed about 2200 people and it's just everyone was so. really upset when we heard about these new cases emerging because it was thought that really this this epidemic was was over now of course this is a major setback and they really have to find any possible contact to these positive cases to really make sure that there's no further spread in the community right and sees a patient run away from the sent away he was being treated say their own but it's extremely likely they will be secondary infections yeah absolutely absolutely and of course we know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging sometimes there are you know hostile individuals towards the health care teams the logistics have been challenging but you know fortunately the public health teams of the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have

the democratic republic of congo. last week the government put the city on the lockdown to call. for. restaurants and charges are closed public transport in and out of the capital is also restricted but people here say the closure of some food and vegetable markets has affected them most. we haven't been able to access the main market in the city for about a week now we have no way of restocking our shops i doubt will be able to survive these measures for another week. in the going but district health workers a clinic up a government building where several people including a government minister tested positive for the virus. they say the lockdown is necessary to stop it spreading. if you don't become logged on all of can just half an hour for all of us reasons but we do believe that the current log done will help control deepen demick in the city's main epicenter it seems like these are becoming . the sellers say these alternative remember does prevent quote on a virus infection and country of the virus. you know neve

the democratic republic of congo's. its capital the main commercial hub for 14 days is the epicenter of the outbreak 12000000 people live in the city cramped conditions. reports. has turned to go sleep quiet fears of the corona virus spreading has brought businesses to a standstill in the democratic republic of congo the capital is a financial and diplomatic for around 95 percent of the city's population. the situation is terrible and we don't know what to say we are praying to god they need to cancel this measure otherwise it will be a humanitarian disaster. only police patrol the streets setting up checkpoints to the entrance of a district now under lockdown as governess says it's the epicenter of the virus teams on standby to screen patients and disinfect buildings. we are in the process of controlling the movement of people they must be surrounded which is the 1st objective of tracking down cases there were people with intense fatigue and vomiting authorities say only people with certified passes are allowed to ente

in the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its capital's main commercial hub. in the union that represents more than $80000.00 athletes says many sports are facing a financial catastrophe the world close association says league seasons need to be finished in order to avoid huge losses. the global death toll for the coronavirus has now hit 70000 with 50000 of those reported in the year of comes as britain's prime minister abbas johnson spent sunday night in hospital with continuing symptoms 10 days after he tested positive for covert 98 a spokesman said it was a precautionary measure and that johnson is still leading the government he's having routine tests and is reported to be in good spirits on the. on the evening that queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united and resolute to overcome the outbreak numbers released from spain show the daily death toll is continuing to fall 637 people died there in the last 24 hours that's down nearly 40 from the previous day japanese prime minister shinzo r.b.i.

tripoli now the democrats the government of the democratic republic of congo is shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days can shatter is the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak more on that catherine soy joins us live from nairobi now and catherine know the government been going back and forth and the idea of a lockdown was as they finally decided. absolutely there was a lot of deliberations in the last few weeks 800 people so far have died of caught it 19 in the democratic republic of congo as i infected and as you mentioned most of the gone by in this area this commercial and administrators sent out this is the epicenter so the government has decided to shut down that area this is where government offices are deceased where diplomatic offices are markets businesses this is the house of everything and the question was if they close down this place how will people most of the people who leave outside of going. to work there so that was a bit of a problem but then it was decided by the government that these area has to be shut down if this does is it is going to be contain

democratic republic of congo meanwhile for south africa a few showers into the eastern cape but it's brought it up nicely by sunday afternoon. a history of guerrilla warfare. place on the. the peace giving strength the revolutionary zeal of knowing no bounds the it is a series of spider splinter groups which the palestinian cause or ensured survival chronicling the turbulent story of the struggle for a palestinian home piolo history of a revolution on al-jazeera. the arab the the e.u. . you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories u.s. president donald trump has walked out of his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions after an outcry over his suggestion that this in fact ends could be used as a remedy for the virus doctors manufacturers and government agencies have rushed out warnings against consuming disinfectants world leaders have joined the world health organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs test said vaccines against ovid 19 but the u.s. says it won't be taking part and in other news for us is justice minister has

the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdles and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated. now floods in western kenya have killed 4 people including policemen on a rescue mission the search is underway for 28 others who are missing or but man. i was. rivers of mud sweeping through villages in the west of kenya. in the past. marketplaces a police station and schools was she. in the west pocket days of heavy rains look as possible from the debris left behind . many areas still waiting for official rescue teams to arrive at the 1st of the rich but i do i just because we ran to the other side of the ridge and that's when we saw the floodwaters that came down in a big wave destroyed this whole shopping center and carried away all the animals to cars being moved through to think out of all the br

the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days kinshasa is the center of the r.c.s. outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by the session because they also work or do business in the district of columbia the current virus has infected 161 people and killed 18 nationwide. we pray to god that he will look after this country to lift these measures because if it continues like this it will be a catastrophe and people risk of dying from sickness and stress the not the coronavirus. but the u.n. says there's been a horrifying global surge in domestic violence cases during the pandemic secretary-general and tanika parish has warned and forced lock downs are putting many more women and children at risk i urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women keep part of the national response plans for coverage 19 that means increasing investment in online services and civil society organizations making shoes additional systems continue to prosecute abusers setting up emer

pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down the capsules main commercial. and it's the final appeal for disgraced cardinal george pell the highest ranking catholic church figure to be convicted of child sex abuse . britain's prime minister barak's johnson is in hospital with symptoms 10 days after he tested positive for covert 90 a spokesperson said it was a precautionary measure johnson would continue to lead the government earlier queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united. and resolute to overcome the outbreak numbers released from spain meanwhile show the daily death toll there is continuing to fall 637 people died there in the last 24 hours that nearly 40 from the previous day and japanese prime minister shinzo are begun steps towards declaring a state of emergency is in factions surge of crossed major cities jonah begins our coverage 2 weeks into the u.k.'s lockdown and deserted city scenes are testament to a new way of life most people staying home for as long as science and the governmen

republic of congo. different militias have terrorized huge numbers of the civilian population. second reporter: the drc's government say the extent of hunger and displacement is being exaggerated. reporter: 13 million people in need of humanitarian aid. crawford: i'm alex crawford in the democratic republic of congo, and this is "hotspots." tonight we're gonna take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we travel to drc to honor the world's forgotten conflicts. man: we've got sense that you were going into o the badlands. crawford: stuart ramsay returns crawford: stuart ramsay returns to eastern ukraine where he and

city of beni the democratic republic of congo was expected to announce an end to its 2nd deadliest ebola outbreak just this coming weekend it is an epidemic which killed more than 2000 people since august of 2018. in occupied east jerusalem is concern corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected the number of reported cases rose to 41 this week but health workers fear the actual figure may be double that is from harry forces. so at this hospital in occupied east jerusalem an improvised new ward has been set up 16 beds readied to isolate patients who test positive for coronavirus already 3 patients who have tested positive have been sent to hospitals in west jerusalem after an infected man from a nearby neighborhood visited his elderly father hear all spittle director says the israeli government has failed to help prepare you stew slim's health system to tackle the pandemic not enough protective equipment and 23 ventilators between 3 hospitals serving 350000 people this is too little i mean the. people our population in egypt please please please because you know

the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdles and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated and check on the world weather in just a moment and then with government coronavirus allowance of foaling shorts in iraq we will make the volunteer is trying to fill the gap. such floods in 10 years leave a trail of destruction with several people dead and many more display. how will the weather actually in europe for the next few days will be sent to in this massive cloud over the western meant. stock particularly frontal the cold front is keeping eastern europe code in the other ones sitting out in the atlantic just churning up moisture with mostly sticking out at sea so this is a development here the blues and the cajun oranges are pretty severe thunderstorms actually but they will tend to mellow as

empty streets and shops closed the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its capital and commercial. new attempts to treat covert 19 trials begin in the us using plans for transfusions for recovery patients. britain's prime minister has been moved to an intensive care unit with weston coronavirus sometimes boris johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night after being ill for more than 10 days foreign secretary rob has been asked to deputize on his ear as worry chalons reports. the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the prime minister's hospital stay was just a precaution so downing street boris johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but the reality was his condition was worsening later on monday doctors moved him to the intensive care unit that's in thomas's hospital in london during the course of this afternoon the promise his condition w

the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdle and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated. coronavirus long term restrictions in bangladesh have been ignored ignored 510-0000 mourners at the funeral of a popular preacher organizers say they want to expecting such a paternal side the capital dhaka the government struggling to enforce social distancing rules has nearly $100.00 deaths 2 and a half 1000 confirmed cases but it doesn't i mean that's another topic we wanted to make small arrangements for the funeral filming the government's guidelines on maintaining health and safety for the people gathered down to their respective without sound knowledge we've no idea how it happened. india has a population of 1300000000 and the world's biggest locked on but that is starting to ease now because in hea

the democratic republic of congo last week the government put the city under lockdown to cop a cordon of bias out for. restaurants and charges are closed public transport in and out of the capital is also restricted. but people here say the closure of some food and vegetable markets has affected the most. we haven't been able to access the main market in the city for about a week now we have no way of restocking our shops i doubt we'll be able to survive these measures for another week. in the gumbo district health workers a clinic up a government building where several people including a government minister tested positive for the virus. they say the lock down is necessary to stop it spreading if you don't we can log on all of can just half an hour for all of us reasons but we do believe that the current log done will help control deepen their mic in the city's main epicenter. scenes like these are becoming common in kinshasa. the sellers say these alternative remember does prevent quote on a virus infection and country of the virus. you know never to drink some mad from leaves and r

at empty streets and shops closed the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its capital and commercial home. britain's prime minister has been moved to an intensive care unit with was think coronavirus symptoms or is johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night after being ill for more than 10 days foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize al-jazeera is working chalons reports the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the prime minister's hospital stay was just a precaution said downing street boris johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but it's the reality was his condition was worsening later on monday doctors moved him to the intensive care unit it's in thomas's hospital in london during the course of this afternoon the promise his condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team who's moved in to a critical care unit

pandemic the democratic republic of congo's government to shut down the main commercial hub and capital kinshasa for a fortnight 18 people have died in the country 161 a confounded thing it is the headlines more news after inside story next. talk to al-jazeera. what you were force were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you'll be in to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0. how will africa deal with coronavirus the pandemic is slowly reaching the conference for public health care week infrastructure and an inability to enforce law what's the impact going to be this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program peter davi now it's taken the coronavirus longer to reach africa than other parts of the world but experts are warning of a possible large scale outbreak on the world's poorest continent of 1200000000 people and if europe or the u.s. were struggling to contain the pandemic the potential consequences across that continent are pos

republic of congo several more people were injured in the ambush the worst in the parks history your own guys home to half the world's population of mountain gorillas in the last 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed while protecting animal house you're upset with headlines on al-jazeera i'll have more news for you after one n one east afghanistan the heinous to stay with us. we know what's happening in our region we know how to get the case is that others cannot i was just thrown. by to put it on purpose the fires are still more normal in. the way that you can tell the story isn't what can make a difference. it's a fact treat that engine house a day 6 days a week to work here is financed and furious but it's not cars or machine to the building it's cordy's one place to leave at a time. to since he used the great crosses to keep to the center in afghanistan has been a long line of people with disabilities victims of a strikes accidents and congenital illness but no matter how many limbs they make the patients keep coming.

now to the battle against another virus the democratic republic of congo has recorded a 3rd new bowler case a 7 year old girl started showing symptoms after visiting the same health care center treating the previous 2 cases in the eastern city of benny the epidemic has killed more than 2000 congolese in the past 20 months. forces loyal to libyan warlord who if i have to have fired rockets at residential areas in the capital tripoli the attack comes after the internationally recognized government recaptured 3 cities in the past 24 hours after us forces have killed at least 4 government forces and injured of the 10 countries west. new doctor from brazil's national institute shows the emergence about deforestation the amazon have increased by over 50 percent compared to last year this is not only a threat to the environment but also to indigenous communities and their affairs illegal loggers could spread coronavirus to them through is about reports. members of brazil's environmental agency head into the rain forest to fight deforestation. it's been on the rise in the past year they have c

covid—19 has already spread to four provinces in the democratic republic of congo. the country enters this crisis with a weak and underfunded health system, but it does have an advantage, one born of years of suffering. as we have reported, the british government has announced plans to significantly increase coronavirus testing. there are two types of tests. one is the swab test, which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. the other is an antibody test, which will tell you, weeks later, whether or not you've had the virus. many people may get it without ever knowing. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. this is what a home antibody test looks like. this one is for hiv, and can be bought online. it is this kind of highly accurate fingerprick blood test which is needed for coronavirus. an antibody test would tell you if you've previously been infected with coronavirus and have built up some immunity which might protect you in future. the british company behind the hiv test says it hopes to have a similar one for coronavirus ready within weeks.

the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days can shut says the center of the deer sees outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by that the situation because they also work or do business in the district of the heart of virus has in fact that 161 people and killed 18 nationwide. we pray to god that he will look after this country to live these measures because if it continues like this it will be a catastrophe and people risk of. stress to not look. like a way of explains the significance of closing down the district of columbia. well there are government buildings foreign embassies the headquarters of large companies and other commercial buildings but it actually makes a very small part of the city or kinshasa that outside of the center. it is the 3rd largest city in africa about $12000000.00 people living in cramped conditions it's low rise it goes on and on and on business as usual in most of these suburbs so whilst closing down is that only a very visible measure in the center of the ci

democratic republic of congo sealed off its business and political hoping to clean up the suspected source of its outbreak. and the treatments available yet will look at whether the answer lies in a therapy that's worked during previous pandemics. if the government is holding its daily briefing on the current virus led by dominic rob let's take a look right now at what's happening at downing street action plan is aimed at slowing the spread of the virus so few people need hospital treatment any one time and that will protect the n.h.s. is ability to cope at each point we've been following scientific and medical advice and we've been very deliberate in our actions taking the right measures at the right moment we're taking unprecedented action to increase the n.h.s. his capacity by dramatically expanding the numbers of beds key staff and equipment on the front line to give people the care they meet when they need it most but some say we're instructing people to stay at home so that we protect our n.h.s. and save lives. i can report that through the government's ongoing monitoring and testing

republic of congo several more people were injured in the ambush the west in the past history now is home to huff the population of mountain gorillas and in the last 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed there protecting out of. all those other headlines to join me for more news here to inside story stay with us. the wall blog trade under scrutiny the global pandemic has led to a debate on what markets live animals a soul food so should they be closed this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's the scientists still trying to confirm exactly source of the new corona virus sweeping across the world it's believed the virus may have jumped from exotic animals to humans.

efforts to eradicate the bowler and democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in more than 50 days has died his death comes just 3 days before the country was due to declare the outbreak over. the world's top all producing nations have agreed on the need to stabilize the price of oil which has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic energy ministers of the world's $20.00 largest economies discuss the deal by video conference some of binge of it has this report no handshakes no group photos this really was an extraordinary meeting of the group of 90 nations and the european union known as the g 20 the global pandemic has brought developed and emerging economies to a near standstill and their representatives are trying to figure out how to handle it. a few hours earlier some of the energy ministers agreed on a record $10000000.00 barrel cut in oil production that was despite mexico's reluctance to comply with the largest ever reduction in production by the opec less alliance was not enough and they needed more to be done by the g 20 it did de

more personal efforts to eradicate a bull and the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in more than 50 days has died his death comes just 3 days before the country was to declare the 20 month break over. the world's top oil producing nations have agreed on the need to stabilize the price of oil which has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic energy ministers of the world's $20.00 largest economies discuss the deal by video conference it follows thursday's agreement by the oil cartel opec and its allies to cut global production by 10 percent but the pact was stalled after mexico failed to agree to its share of cuts president donald trump has since said the u.s. will further reduce its route to help mexico jeff colgan is a professor of political science at brown university and he's author of petro aggression when oil causes war he says it's unrealistic to believe the opec deal will stabilize the oil markets over night. oil markets have actually fallen on news of the deal as opposed to rising as opec plus had hoped that it would happen

police in the democratic republic of congo facedown followers of a local cult leader and then attempted rape on his residence in kinshasa a set of comes a day after members of the anti-government religious group clashed with police resulting in deaths on both sides. staff at a hospital in a hospital distribution of roses and books took over 1000 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george scots alone yes patron saint of the 23rd is when people usually exchange roses and books and catalonia but the coronavirus has made that impossible for many people. the world's longest undersea roads tunnel has officially open to traffic in norway the country's transportation minister cut the ceremonial ribbon for the. tunnel over a video call in order to bite my social distancing restrictions. when the sleek plops and the german football league say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval it will lots of 1st return of a major european football league during the ongoing coronavirus 10 demick. the german football league want

police in the democratic republic of congo face down followers of a local cult leader and that's had to great on his residence in kinshasa the same stand of comes a day after members of the anti-government religious group clashed with me resulting in deaths on both sides. south african president cyril ramaphosa has announced apps to gradually lift the country's lockdown saucing may 1st restrictions on travel and some industries will be east south africans have been under state home orders for almost amongst that essential trips the only exceptions . staff at a boss alona hospital distributed roses and books to cope with 19 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george had alone yes patron saint april the 23rd is when people usually exchange bills and books and cats alone have a coronavirus that's made that impossible for many people. 2 suspected members of syria's secret police have gone on trial in germany a man faces charges of murder charge her and sexual assault allegedly committed in a damascus as well as men entered germany as asylum seekers did earlier reports now in th

says the ebola outbreak in democratic republic of congo is still a global health emergency been hoping to announce an end to the outbreak which started in august of 2018 but there are more deaths and infections in the eastern city of beni an epidemic that's killed more than 2000 people sammy is along with the news hour in about half an hour's time p.l.o. history of a revolution is next. i was taken to prison just now that i was belittling one yes or just me oh my darling the father of my daughter i think not to kill. when parents are imprisoned the government doesn't have any plan for the trigger left behind so this shouldn't need for they need shelter they are searching for love. my passion is to see that this shooting of prisoners are also given another chance to live like no which shouldn't because they're not a party to that crimes committed by their parents when i finally get to that place to build a home for these children and they see them become somebody used to fall into society fending for themselves. to give me satisfaction. in 1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. palest

and wildlife rangers are killed in an attack on a national park in the democratic republic of congo which is home half the world's mountain gorillas. we got some subtle changes taking place in the weather across europe at the moment it's turning cooler now after a recent he wave in scandinavia will see a few showers still there across spain and portugal but not as widespread as they have been recently and losing that live the weather across greece pushing across the east side of the mediterranean the central part yes at the moment is staying warm plenty of spring sunshine there savannah getting up to around 20 celsius on the sas they are need to move there in london at around 17 degrees bits and pieces of cloud and rain rolling into central parts of france and we got a scattering of showers there across parts of the iberian peninsula one of that lot of cloud of right up into that western side of russia is colder there in moscow as well with a top temperature of around 7 degrees celsius a similar temperature on sunday that rain will become a little more intense as we go on into sunday brig

the latest attack in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least $23.00 people rival ethnic communities have carried out decades of attacks in the golden oil rich province of it 3 since 2017 at least 700 people have been killed in the area. zimbabwe to extend its nationwide lockdown because the rise in corona virus cases but the restrictions of come at a cost raising concerns but the food crisis affecting half the population will get worse reports the world most of the struggling to put food on the table these women are grateful for any kind of assistance years of drought rising inflation and now coronavirus have seen food prices soar several families are now eating lists many say they know not much will change until a lockdown was dictions eased or scrapped in early may. mean more good for us is killing people. for their tweets and we are no doctor. so we're waiting for what we're waiting for the 2 weeks to go after treatment we'll see what is going to happen next the world food program says half of the population needs food aid a poverty assessment done by the government a

we how can you jersey efforts to eradicate a bowler in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease in more than 50 days has died his death comes just 3 days before the country was to declare the outbreak over chad's president says his country's troops will no longer take part in military operations outside national borders when as one comes as the army ended a major offensive against boko haram which left more than 50 soldiers dead nicholas hock has more from neighboring senegal. the announcement was made on national television the president of chad and then seeing that no charge in troops will be deployed outside of chad and this comes just after the president led on the ground an offensive against books in the lake chad area days ago he announced that he was frustrated with his counterpart the nigerian president. and the nigerians troup inability to tackle boko haram in the region china is the 2nd largest contributor troops in the un peacekeeping stabilizing force in mali where armed groups such as al-qaeda affiliates. and islam ex

police in the democratic republic of congo face down followers of a local cult leader in an attempt of freight on his residence and kinshasa the center of comes a day after members of the anti-government religious group clashed with police resulting in deaths on both sides. south african president 0 rama has announced steps to gradually lift the country's lockdown starting may 1st mr actions on travel and some industries will be east south africans have been under state home orders for almost a month with essential trips the only exceptions. staff as a boss alone a hospital distributed roses and books to covert 1000 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george catalonia as patron saint april the 23rd is when people usually exchange roses and books and catalonia but the coronavirus has made that impossible for many people. but mostly they are cops and the german football league say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and stadiums tending government approval it will mark the 1st return of the major european football me during the ongoing coronavirus p

the same flooding recently to the eastern side of the democratic republic of congo and those showers for the great king across the eastern side of the rift valley over towards tanzania through kenya as we go on through the next couple of days with further flooding likely for the remainder of the week. for the. medieval western. society it was a feudal society that detail if you keep the without a will and as soon as the pope ended his speech some people stood up and said god will see again and the entrance to the city was horrific they killed people in the streets in their houses and in. the crusades an arab perspective at the sold one shop. on a jesse oh. oh . welcome back ever came out of our top stories here this hour the u.s. senate has passed on any $500000000000.00 relief package to aid small businesses and also provide more funds for hospitals and coronavirus testing the bill will now go to the house for a vote. yes president donald trump says the executive order to hold immigration to 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says it and protect american workers who've lost

it's fared the battle a virus may spread again in the democratic republic of congo after patients who tested positive fled a clinic in the eastern city of beni the country was expected to declare an end to its largest ever outbreak earlier this month 6 infections have been confirmed since last week in bangladesh more than 100000 people have defied lockdown orders to attend the funeral of a popular islamic cleric the government has banned all public gatherings of more than 5 people to stop the spread of the virus health officials are struggling to enforce social distancing rules with nearly 100 deaths in 2500 confirmed infections your state with headlines we've got more news here on al-jazeera right after al-jazeera world africa. political assassination with the truth buried for 25 years. who ordered the killing of the p.l.o. 2nd income. and were they acting alone. the story begins in 1955 when a small group of palestinians attacked a target in the gaza strip close to the border with israel but that neither for them i will if you're gonna. write them in the creed nobody yet i has a. me

the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days kinshasa is the center of that the year sees outbreak many of the 12000000 people who live in the city will be impacted by that the situation because they also work or do business and that this strict of combat the current a virus has infected 161 people and killed at least 80 nationwide welcome i've explained the significance of closing down that this strip of call where there are government buildings foreign embassies the headquarters of large companies and other commercial buildings but it actually makes a very small part of the city or kinshasa outside of the center. city just largest city in africa about 12000000 people living in cramped conditions it's low rise it goes on and on and on and it's business as usual in most of these suburbs was closing down really a very visible measure in the center of the city's heart see how this is going to stop the spread of the virus in all of those suburbs and millions of people who are living in cramped conditions. the city of the way t

the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in democratic republic of congo is still a global health emergency d.s.e. had been hoping to announce an end to the outbreak which started in august of 2018 but there are more deaths and infections in the eastern city of beni in an epidemic that's killed more than 2000 people and in other news former us president barack obama's endorsed his vice president joe biden and the bid for the white house biden's former rival senator bernie sanders has also endorsed him after dropping out of the democratic party's nomination race at least biden to take on donald trump in the general election in new. york today with the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next. talk to al-jazeera. what will force were when you saw that document story we listen to after world war saying you'll be in to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and the stories that matter on which is iraq. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke i more and more people off the sting africa to reconnect with that pos and it's helping in

the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its capital's main commercial hub plus. i know we just played gun makers are soon water and started. campaigning in the time of crisis the pandemic is reshaping this year's lead up to the us presidential election. the global death toll for the coronavirus is now hit 70000 with 50000 of those reported in europe it comes as britain's prime minister abbas johnson remains on the observation in hospital with continuing symptoms 10 days after testing positive for covert 19 a spokesman says he was at michoud as a precautionary measure and is still leading the government johnson tweeted from his hospital bed that he's having routine tests and is in good spirits on sunday evening queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united and resolute to overcome the outbreak. numbers released from spain show the debut death toll is continuing to fall $637.00 people died there in the last 24 hours that's down nearly 40 from the previous day and japanese prime minister shinzo ave has beg

soy al-jazeera now to the battle against another virus the democratic republic of congo has recorded a 3rd new case of ebola a 7 year old girl showed symptoms out of visiting a health care center treating the 2 other people with the illness in the eastern city of beni yet the democrats killed more than 2000 congolese in the past 20 months. forces loyal to libyan warlord aletha have to have fired rockets at residential areas in the capital tripoli that attack came out of the international recognized government recaptured 3 towns in the past 24 hours after us forces have killed at least 4 government fighters and injured of a tent in the west well the u.n. says all parties in libya must set their differences aside to focus on dealing with the rising number of covert 900 cases. we are concerned about all of the continued fighting. from whichever side including of course the latest shelling but we as you know have been asking for the parties to cease fighting it's very clear that right now there are the 1st signs of group 1000 infections in libya and we need to make sure that they can set

the leader of a separate is religious sect in the democratic republic of congo has been arrested following heavy gunfire in the capital kinshasa. and then c. is the leader of an outlawed group called. congo the rest comes a week after violent clashes between the b d k members and police in 2017 the semi was arrested and held in jail after police accused of inciting violence but armed supporters stormed the prison and freed him 2 years later he was granted a presidential pardon. now for 3 decades the hubble telescope has been period deep into the universe and beaming spectacular images of distant galaxies back to earth as nasa marks its 30th anniversary leo harding reports on hubble's contributions to science and how they've changed our understanding of space. 54321 and withdraw they started discovering how to place. window on the universe public is the 1st major optical telescope sent into space taking images from above the distortion of the atmosphere and light pollution nasa has called it the ultimate mountaintop and when the possibility of a telescope in space opened up astronomers jump

republic of congo say at least 17 people have been killed in an attack of a room in the national park the park which is known for its mountain gorillas has frequently been threatened by militias and pledges so far no group has claimed responsibility. dozens of inmates have rioted at a prison in argentina's capital brownnose an aids they're demanding improved health measures after a coronavirus case was confirmed in the facility several other riots have broken out in argentinian prisons in recent days leading one inmate dead. muslims around the world have begun marking the holy month of ramadan normally it's a time for the world's $1800000000.00 muslims to come together in celebration and pray this if that's not possible our next report takes us to egypt to see how people there are balancing unprecedented restrictions with religious observance. few people wear masks when shopping for ramadan sweets and hardly anyone keeps a safe distance many egyptians are still fairly relaxed about the threat of infection from corona virus but it's a very different story when it comes to the devastati

republic of congo the attack took place in the they don't got national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia have burned huge swaths of land. political demonstrations are no longer possible in most countries because of the coronavirus the climate action movement fridays for future has switched to protests online but one group here in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government quarter of germany's capital without it seems breaking any loss. burleson in $29000.00 and normal friday for climate change protesters but not this year with schools still largely closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for climate change action has become tricky to mock the faith global climate strike fridays for future proteste

in the democratic republic of congo say the 1st person to contract a bowl in more than 50 days has died in the east of the country officials were hoping to declare an end to the epidemic on sunday allowing congo's health services to focus on containing covert 19. aid organizations have become distributing face masks and information in yemen after the country recorded its 1st case of covert 19 on friday. landed a possible widespread outbreak in the country describing it as a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering from one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. here in germany the president has people to come together during the coronavirus pandemic frank. germans to stick to the restrictions even as spring weather over easter makes socializing outdoors more tempting than ever sunrise t.v. address also look to be on germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we search worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis is will we fall back into isolation and unilateralism taylan view the lettuce pool all of our knowledge and all of our research so that we can find vacc

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republic of congo say at least 17 people have been killed in an attack at the virunga national park the park is known for its mountain gorillas and has frequently been threatened by militant militias and coaches so far no group claimed responsibility. dozens of inmates have rioted out of prison in argentina's capital one as iris demanding better health protection after a confirmed coronavirus this is the latest in series of prison riots in argentina. emergency services in russia are battling wildfires across siberia the blazes destroyed dozens of buildings average temperatures in siberia this year have been about 15 degrees higher than usual. now muslims around the world have begun marking the holy month of ramadan normally it's a time for the world's $1800000000.00 muslims to come together in celebration and prayer but this year that's impossible our next report takes us to egypt where people are balancing unprecedented restrictions with religious observance. few people wear masks when shopping for ramadan sweets and hardly anyone keeps a safe distance many egyptians are still fairly r

authorities in the democratic republic of congo say the 1st person to contract a bola in more than 50 days has died in the east of the country officials were hoping to declare an end to the epidemic on sunday allowing conk congo's health services to focus on containing 19. aid organizations have begun distributing facemasks and information in yemen after the country were ordered its 1st case of covert 1000 of friday aid organizations are all armed at a possible widespread outbreak in the country describing it as a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering from one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. turkey has made in abrupt move to try to slow the spread of covert 19 in the country from midnight friday some 31 cities have been ordered into lockdown for initial 48 hours the decision came so swiftly that many people were caught unaware which lead to confusion and panic. taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare sight in a lively city with some 16000000 residents and district lockdown will remain in place for the entire weekend all s

police in the democratic republic of congo face don't follow was a. term to read on his residence and control the standoff comes a day after members of the anti government from the just group clashed with police resulting in. south african president sort of ramaphosa has announced steps to gradually lift the country's lockdown starting may the fast restrictions on travel and some industries we've used south africans have been under more those for almost a month with ascension trips the only exceptions. activists in several countries have staged demonstrations against the law some are demanding to be allowed to go back to what others see the destructions as a violation of their civil rights a correspondence reflect on the situations in brazil the united states and germany throughout latin america were seen quarantine related protests and while in most countries citizens are taking to the streets asking for more government support during the pandemic the protests in brazil certainly stand out because they're led by none other than the president. has bee

the democratic republic of congo. is a counterterrorism expert at global risk international joins me now via skype from london good to have you with us on the program it seems the government in the d r c has multiple problems on multiple fronts let's just begin with name one dennis semi if i hope we pronounce that right a former m.p. and the tribal leader of the clan who want to bring back moloch e to parts of the continent t.e.'s got his supporters how much of a thorn in the side is he for governments not just in the d r c but on go and go bomb. of course as you said now. and then one of semi has been torn in the flesh you. see he was actually arrested several times but more specifically you know he was arrested in 317 but he was free by someone he's full of life he wants to recreate the old congo. you know but unfortunately these doesn't just affect the r.c.s. you say that you also are quick spouting. off i'm cool but also got on so it's kind of funny impossible mission but he has gained a lot of clout and just grow

the 2nd person has died from a ball that in the democratic republic of congo off to more than 6 weeks without new case officials had been hoping to declare an end to the epidemic allowing congo's health services to focus on containing coded 90. of the restrictions imposed on daily life in most countries have had disastrous consequences for businesses large and small but he's an ace the story with a happy ending as old as flood into one company for some special seasonal treats the teri schultz reports from belgium. this easter most belgian confectioner's have chosen covert $1000.00 confinement with the rest of the population genevieve live trip paul who runs a one woman artisanal shop in lawns a southeast of brussels relies on easter profits to survive until christmas the lockdown had her worried and otherwise. problems trying to market her handmade wares online posted a photo she received of chocolate bunnies wearing face masks to show a sense of humor and resilience the next morning her phone started ringing off the hook with people ordering masked rabbits at 20 crazy crazy crazy and