must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand out from overseas it's a $21.00 day quarantine scenario that the government is also imposed some new social etiquette rules which they'll introduce on june the 1st and they include when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing there's been no eating on public transport and masks must be borne by anyone in public if you're sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the national people's congress meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that china's trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal. rights groups say the shipping government strict enforcement of lockdowns is led to rising human rights violations committed by police more than 100000 people have been arrested for violating the curfew and the un describes the country's response as highly militarized to me to undergo reports from the capital manila. these were the last few moments of winston rags this life before he was shot dead by police d.c. the former soldier refused to follow their orders. and

what's happening in beijing but now actually maybe interfering and imposing their directives to hong kong locals affairs thank you for that d.v. upon a night for us in hong kong. and still ahead on al-jazeera as the coronavirus crisis deepens in north america canadians come together to help society's most vulnerable we'll tell you about its. hello there we've had a very unsettled picture across much of the middle east really this past week and in particular we have had some very heavy rains across into yemen now the law as things have been drawn but the streets are still flooded in some areas some dog storm clouds looming over has there is some more rain in the forecast now through saturday you can see across into southern areas of iraq a q ways and again 3 will central east and as a society we could be seeing some heavy amounts of rain that could also work its way across fields again into council and also the showers back in the forecast into the far west of yemen but radio where it is a fairly quiet picture temperatures across not doing too badly a torn in fact really quite nice a

that includes forceful testing quarantine and a vixen so is this just another form of racism or is beijing just trying to curb the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they are china's key trading partners but some african leaders have been angered over beijing's reporters from a nation against their citizens and demanded answers from the chinese government over reports africans are being targeted because of fears they could spread coronavirus a recent rise in coven 1000 infections in china has been linked to people from abroad the chinese government is worried there could be a 2nd wave and has stepped up its scrutiny of foreigners african students and expatriates have reportedly been a victim from their homes tested for chronic virus several times and are being shunned in public the incidence of sparked a diplomatic route with the african union african governments and the united states and chinese ambassadors have been summoned by african officials in different countries and a rare open critique of beijing the speaker of house of representativ

for some weeks now has been pointing fingers at beijing raising questions about their response saying that there was a cover up that china did not act fast enough and that china was withholding information that was not being honest in terms of its figures on the ground and there's been a bit of back and forth war of words between beijing and washington for some months now since the beginning of the outbreak and china has responded to those attacks saying that they're baseless accusations that the u.s. is simply trying to shift blame a shift attention away from its own mishandling of the outbreak in the u.s. but other countries also what china raising questions and really want to dance is from beijing 3 days ago french president the manual not quite on also raised questions about china's transparency saying it was naive to think that china had responded well and also in the u.k. china's a telecom giant qual way and may have a contract that's currently in question because the government in the u.k. is also raising questions about the transparency of the so there's some discussion there

mackenzie in beijing. we will have much more on the coronavirus impact with the founding manager -- managing partner, the ceo of biologics will be joining us later. one of our top stories, the imf seeing the world economy routering its worst since the great depression. director spoke with bloomberg about the extraordinary actions ahead of the groups meeting this week. this is a crisis like no other. seen the worst week i have since the great depression. and it requires extraordinary action by everyone. including by international organizations like the imf. our message is twofold. fight the virus and protect people. it is first and foremost a human tragedy due to that health crisis. so governments ought to do everything they can to support health workers and health systems, so the faster we did the virus, the faster a recovery can begin. ao, because it is such gigantic, dramatic development, a virtual standstill of the world economy, it requires massive wealth targeted measures . we see governments setting

well beijing. certainly not a priority for the trump white house untrue do you see a connection between the increase in sort of nationalist rhetoric from many governments perhaps from the u.s. from some in eastern europe a little from china from other parts of the world as well as a correlation with that increase in military spending i do i think that randomly here more national stretch or can we see more nationalist chauvinism and world stage i think what that fuels is very often fear and there's a difference one industry which drives on thier it's the arms industries and and history which is entirely based on their feeling of conflict and they're at a feeling of war and the fret of war and conflict and when we see governments who are preaching this the agenda we've got it has theater china rivers of russia they are also government see they are very cruel military don't tend to get nationalist right wing populist governments who are taking a less militaristic line and i think that is very concerni

of engaging in so-called diplomacy providing supplies in exchange for political support others say beijing is trying to divert attention away from its mishandling of the outbreak in january not acting fast enough to prevent its spread. but it's very late look at you people you didn't make them in ukraine actually going to come to you. so it's it's clear it's you know it's but it's funny like that. because what we're seeing is missing from we've so it's coming out of china car and electronics companies have now retooled or expanded to meet international demand for medical care and the chinese government is incur. production regulators are struggling to enforce standards officials in spain turkey and benevolent have rejected masks in testing kits they say are poor quality or don't work and they will do. in this very particular case they have been returned to the provider and a different test with grantees is going to be supplied authorities have cracked down on those producing uncertified or counterfeit kurds in beijing is downplaying concerns saying these criticisms are blurred and counterp

because relieving the thanks very much for katrina you there with that update from beijing. a great president donald trump has line going lines to reopen the u.s. economy ravaged by the coronavirus job losses well towards levels of the great depression of the 19th thirty's but he's leaving it up to state governments to decide when to ease restrictions backing down from earlier claims that lifting lockdowns across the country would be his sole decision i'm going to go as this report. it's what president donald trump calls a science based plan to get the united states back on its feet he's issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen and what doctors say will be a new normal america wants to be open and americans want to be open as i've said for some time now a national shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. to preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy over the long haul the 1st phase calls for social distancing and to schools and businesses to remain closed at some large

organization and leaving china's who by province after more than 2 months only to face quarantine in beijing. hello welcome to the program the u.k. prime minister boris johnson will spend a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who has stepped in to lead government has confirmed that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but is not on a ventilator in the us a medal has surfaced showing that a senior white house advisor warned that senior officials in the trump administration about the coronavirus as back as january france as become the 4th country to surpass 10000 corn a virus from a to deaths with 3000 people there have died in care homes since the start of the outbreak and the u.k. and the state of new york in the u.s. have also both recorded their highest number of deaths in one day 731 people died in new york while the u.k. has registered 786 that's and it's from the u.k. that means barker begins our coverage. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is sta

and russia rather so beijing has beijing has made a very clear that it's not interested in trying to actually cautions on nuclear arms control since it sees itself as being a position where it's significant weight then the other 2 eating nuclear weapons powers and there's does every incentive for china to actually excel or a nuclear modernization program so not a priority. beijing certainly not a priority for the trumpet house untrue do you see a connection between the increase in sort of nationalist rhetoric from many governments perhaps from the u.s. from some in eastern europe a little from china from other parts of the world as well as a correlation with that increase in military spending i do i think that randomly here more national stretch or can we see more nationalist sureness among the world stage i think what that fuels is very often fear and there's a difference one industry which drives on thier it's the arms industry isn't an industry which is entirely based on their feeling of conflict and the feeling of war and refract of war and conflict and when we see governments wh

plummeted by 6.8 percent the 1st time it's contracted in decades and speak to our correspondent in beijing katrina you katrina a historic plunge but not entirely surprising. no we were expecting this we have some more information now about this plunge minus 6.8 percent we haven't seen this kind of fall since records began here in china mall figures above around this so manufacturing investment in china fell year on year by 25 percent in the 1st quarter infrastructure investment fell by 20 percent and retail sales fell by 19 percent and that's an important figure to look at because china's economy very much relies on domestic consumption and it really goes to show the impact of this corona virus pandemic it's really significant i mean china for almost half a century had an interruption this growth wasn't even stopped by the global financial crisis in 2008 it wasn't stopped by the saudis at the demick in 2003 and yet here we have this economic growth seemingly this this this trend stopped because of this outbreak and not surprising because as you mentioned we had this economic standstill acr

has the support from beijing. lifesaving ventilators a simple and packed in the hundreds this factory in her bay province is just one of many across china producing medical supplies desperately needed in the fight against the current a virus pandemic hope these machines are being prepared for customers in italy and the u.k. trying to go through with it usually there's not much demand for regulators what wide but nobody expected this virus are brick it put a lot of pressure on ventilator makers as covered $1000.00 takes hold around the world chinese manufacturers are in or if a drive producing masks respirators and testing kits to sell to governments and businesses supplies made in china have also been included in emergency aid packages sent by beijing to more than 80 countries in need but critics accuse the chinese government of engaging in so-called diplomacy providing supplies in exchange for political support others say beijing is trying to divert attention away from its handling of the outbreak in january not

with some time now has been pointing fingers at beijing accusing beijing of a cover up in the outbreak of trying to silence people who are trying to blow the whistle in terms of when this outbreak 1st came out in early january even as early as late december and they were also repeatedly accused china of lying when it comes to its krone virus case numbers beijing hit back at the u.s. saying that they're gauging that washington is engaging into a child and he china's smear campaign that washington is being a bully but other countries are increasingly charming in so strangely or recently also french president emanuel not quarrel or 3 days ago also said that it was naive to think that china had handled this well and that there are some questions about the information china has provided to the international community and leaders also in the united kingdom are also raising questions about this and indeed chinese tech giant hallway may be frozen out of the u.k. as the u.k.'s 5 g. a development of the u.k.'s 5 g. networks because of these questions now china has been on the back foot about the

will bring you the story of his journey back to beijing. and it has a very nice warm sunshine across areas of essential europe there's some tatar and it's further to the altar scandinavian wall cloud chiles coming in across into spain and also stubborn system still really just sitting across much of greece that has a say in the meantime some areas of europe very nice sunshine very nice and warm this is a germany people out and enjoying the sunshine as quite a bit of cloud around as we go through choosing and wednesday to say the bulk of the come continent is fine and dry there are showers spreading in from the west across portugal and spain keep those temperatures a little bit lower and still these are all the stubborn showers but they're beginning to push away from greece on into western areas of turkey but the thomases a little bit lower just 13 celsius in athens that on tuesday maybe a degree higher as we head into wednesday but plenty of catherine so even though this woman are in place across central western areas you can see these dark

state of missouri has filed a lawsuit against china saying beijing tried to cover up the danger posed by the virus. now china is battling a new outbreak off the corona virus in its north east local infections in the city of hobbit close to the border with russia went up to $52.00 yesterday with most new cases coming from abroad but elsewhere the virus appears to be under control from beijing to the former epicenter that will haunt people going back to work but as we report life looks different to how it was before and fears of a 2nd wave remain. high up in a beijing office tower work at robotics firm cloud mines is resuming but employees 1st have to pass a series of checks their clothes and shoes are disinfected and their temperatures are measured facial recognition ensures that only current employees can enter these controls are the firm's own in addition it's abiding by regulations issued by beijing city government so that its 300 employees can return to work as long as we can keep. your distance and 2.5 square metres space for every stock base office is open for everyone so no cont

katrina you now joins us live from beijing katrina we were just hearing there from sara about this green coat on an app that you need in order to leave so can you tell us a little more about how that all were. that's right well this is absolutely. like a possible if you will from kuwait province and in one city you need it not only to leave the city but also just to move around the city itself so give you an idea of what it looks like it here it will generate for you a green queue walk curried if you are healthy and how it works is you import all your days or your national id number your address your contact details and using your address and your whereabouts it will compare your proximity to a known coded 1000 case and using that it will give you either a green yellow or red code if you have a red coat you won't be able to leave your house you will be considered high risk if you are given yellow you might have a restricted movement and if you are given green you will be among the 11000000 people able to leave 160 a so you have to show that any border checkpoint at any train station or a

or in europe thank you for that katrina katrina you live for us there in beijing. now president donald trump has outlined the guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy as job losses towards levels of the great depression of the 1930 s. but is leaving it up to state governments to decide when to ease restrictions democratic house speaker nancy pelosi has called the guidelines vague and inconsistent and says more coronavirus testing needs to be done and he gallagher has a report it's what president donald trump calls a science based plan to get the united states back on its feet he's issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen what doctors say will be the new normal america wants to be open and americans want to be open. as i have said for some time now a national shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. to preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy over the long haul the 1st phase calls for social distancing and for schools and businesses to remain closed but some la

market coverage continues. ♪ >> beijing, shanghai, and singapore. welcome to "bloomberg markets china open." >> we are counting you down to the start of the trading day in hong kong and the chinese mainland. a look at top stories. president trump turning on china. the question of whether coronavirus was deliberately released. two months ago the president was praising his counterpart in beijing. >> oil extends its slide, near

reporting from for us from beijing thanks very much. turning to lebanon where the coronavirus pandemic is compounding longstanding economic problems the lebanese pound has lost hof its value in racing wakes sending already high prices soaring and bringing new hardship to a country that's been grappling with months of financial turmoil the lockdown measures have been extended there until night 10 protesters and now ignoring the restrictions taking to the streets to vent their anger. and scenes of popular anger have returned to the streets of beirut despite an ongoing lockdown and a curfew protesters have gathered outside the lebanese central bank to demonstrate against the worsening economic conditions. we think that quote all of this is not the only pandemic which suffering from yet another 11 years they've been they either have a choice to die from hunger or to die from what i know with the increase in traffic of the crisis and that the that they are and that because of the value of our currency the people here tell us they have nothin

beijing denies any attempt to underreport cases and deaths. the foreign ministry asked what the u.s. has done apart from barring arrivals from china on february 2. there are new warnings the u.s. is entering a sharp recession, with some economists saying gdp is headed for its worst decline backarterly records dating to 1996. projections variant, but -- va rying, but all expecting a severe gdp fall, but see a rebound in the latter six months of the year. oil markets were jolted after president trump suggested he has the key to resolving the standoff between saudi arabia and russia. the president spoke to leaders in riyadh and moscow in the last two days, saying he expects a solution can be found and supply could be cut by 10 million to 15 million barrels per day. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. yvonne: we are pretty much in a holding pattern when it comes to risk assets. you are not seeing a lot of

and she's calling on advanced economies to help developing countries katrina you is live for us in beijing and katrina this year's annual tombs sweeping festival takes on special significance of made 3 minutes of silence right. that's right and also it's a stark reminder that this pandemic is far from over here in china not only is the tomb sweeping festival it is a national day of mourning and normally on this day families would be gathering at each other's homes they would be going to the cemetery but because of the virus people have been told to avoid crowds and if they can to stay at home but the nation did mark the day with 3 minutes of silence at 10 am local time here flags were flown at half mast people stopped what they were doing heads bowed traffic was stopped and sirens all around the city were wailing and people were joining in with their cars honking their horns and also their birds along the river into han and this is to really to remember the lives of those who have lost their life to kovan 1000 here in china more than 3000 people according to official figures and it's also

china has confirmed 36 new corona virus infections beijing says all but one of our imported cases now health authorities also began adding asymptomatic patients to their official count 130 such cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours president xi jinping described efforts to contain the pandemic as a final exam that everyone must learn from its course over to our corresponding katrina year who joins me now from beijing of course a change in the way covert cases are being counted will be presented today i mean what more do we know about this. that's right well beijing is very much on the defensive about its krone virus data in recent days we've seen local transmission slowed to a trickle sort of 0 or single digit numbers over the past week or so and the government has all but declared victory over this outbreak but the god of the public here in china has very much not let their guard down and they have been concerned now for some time about asymptomatic carriers or just people who have covered 1000 but don't present with any symptoms now china has never added asymptomatic carrier

insists it has been for beijing catrina you more reaction from the chinese government at the end of january there were some voices from one some doctors who tried to raise the alarm about the severity of this outbreak they were silenced and punished for doing so and for weeks the message from the chinese government was that this was under control that there was no evidence of human to human transmission and they were criticizing countries for closing the borders to chinese travelers and fast forward in 4 months and it's a very different story china has has not admitted that it was at any fault but it has said over and over again that it's been open and transparent despite the evidence to the contrary and certainly today the chinese foreign ministry was saying that had this message was attacking that the australian government saying that these remarks were grave and and disrespectful that china has always worked with international agencies and was doing all it can to to be a leader in this global fight against the pandemic responding of course to marie's paying the australian foreign

tom mackenzie joins us from beijing. we saw president trump go-between strong praise to china's handling of it and now string of attacks. tom: beijing is punching back. state tabloid came out with an editorial. it accuses the trump administration, shifts the blame of what he characterizes as a botched u.s. response to the virus, pointing at huge numbers of virus and death. they talk about certain governors and restrict -- arguments with the president. this bythe handling of the trump administration has been miserable and trump and his team are trying to win reelection in november by stepping on china. and rather than bring the u.s. and china poster, this exacerbates the existing intentions and the lack of trust between the two. we heard from one person who with the world health organization, in a phone call with the head of the tamira job, said attacks on the organization by the u.s. were baseless. china would step up its support. we are trying to understand the complete spread of the disease. how is china doing that? to

of indulging in so-called diplomacy providing supplies in exchange for political support others say beijing is trying to divert attention away from its mishandling of the outbreak in january not acting fast enough to prevent its spread . but it's very late look at your people you didn't make them in the rain actually is going to come to you. so it's it's it's clear it's you know it's but it's funny like that. because what we're seeing is missing limbs we've stuff is coming out of china car and electronics companies have now retooled or expanded to meet international demand for medical care and while the chinese government is encouraging production regulators are struggling to enforce standards officials in spain turkey and the netherlands have rejected masks in testing kits they say are poor quality or don't work and they will do. in this very particular case they have been returned to the provider and a different cast with grantees is going to be supplied authorities have cracked. those producing uncertified or counterfeit goods in beijing is downplaying concerns saying these criticisms ar

lives well has also been reaction in china to trance criticism let's go now to katrina you who's in beijing katrina the foreign ministry has had quite a bit to say talk us through what we've been hearing so far. that's right so for a few weeks now china and the u.s. have been gauging engaging in a bit of a war of words regarding the current virus pandemic and for china trump's attacks of the world health organization are just following on from his attempt to shift the blame from from himself from his own mismanagement of the outbreak to the world health organization as he had been trying to do in previous weeks to shift blame to china and chinese state media really been reflecting this message we had global times which is a state media newspaper and they had an editorial with some really strong words attacking trump's decision to withdraw funding of the world health organization saying that was setting a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rallying behind this organization it said that the world health organization had become a bit of a scapegoat for trump and reall

must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand and from overseas it's a $21.00 day quarantine that the government's also imposed some new social etiquette rules which they'll introduce on june the 1st and that includes when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing there's been no eating on public transport and masks must be worn by anyone in public if you're sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the national people's congress meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that china's trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal thanks sarah clarke live from hong kong. still ahead here on al-jazeera why charities are concerned about children and asian countries during the ongoing virus lockdowns. hello once again we're back to grow some pretty big thunderstorms up is what is really tornado alley we come into the season as the stored start of it rests a fair amount of pad around but that's what we'll focus on that large extends really from the canadian border all the way down to the southern states got

al-jazeera beijing. staying in asia tens of thousands of pakistanis have been stranded abroad awaiting repatriation flights and the government of pakistan says citizens will soon be brought back from countries like the united arab emirates their own car has more. as a moment with his family but not with some of his relatives. in the united arab emirates desperately wanting to come back to pakistan he can only speak to them on the phone. i recently came back to pakistan after spending 20 years in the u.a.e. but now my nephew and other family members are stuck there they are desperate to come back but unfortunately due to the incompetency of our government there isn't any plan for the repatriation they are least puttered about the plight of pakistanis stuck in the u.a.e. or elsewhere. some 35000 people have registered at the pakistani embassy in. the u.a.e. will allow them to return home but pakistan must provide a crippled traditional flight something it hasn't done so far but the pakistanis are angry at

of indulging in so-called diplomacy providing supplies in exchange for political support others say beijing is trying to divert attention away from its mishandling of the outbreak in january not acting fast enough to prevent its spread. like look at you people you didn't make them in ukraine actually is going to come to you. so it's clear it's you know it's but it's like that. because what we're seeing is missing we've stuff is coming out of china car and electronics companies have now retooled or expanded to meet international demand for medical care and while the chinese government is encouraging production regulators are struggling to enforce standards officials in spain turkey and the netherlands have rejected masks in testing kits they say are poor quality or don't work and they will do. in this very particular case they have been returned to the provider and a different cast with grantees is going to be supplied authorities have cracked. those producing uncertified or counterfeit goods in beijing is downplaying concerns saying these criticisms are for blood and counterproductive to th

was spawned in china as the largest state sponsor of pandemics washington ramps up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic that of donald trump says he'll cut all u.s. ties to a chinese virology lab which was significant financial support from the a bomb a administration. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nick. let's begin with the latest figures on covert 19. since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it the number of fatalities currently stands at over 179000 but more than 704000 people have managed to recover from that deadly disease. the u.k.'s health secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff are being gagged saying they are free to raise their concerns during the pandemic of the an n.h.s. trust issued new social media guidelines to it starts outlining a list of topics to avoid it all sucks them to refrain from tweeting about political issues including shortages of p.p. and testing kits but staff are encouraged to praise the n.h.s. is hard work and volunte

state of missouri has filed a lawsuit against china saying beijing try to cover up the danger posed by the virus. and watching the news coming up. roaming free columbia's lockdown gives the country's diverse wildlife a chance to brain closer to the capital one group is introducing people to their new neighbors. china is battling a new outbreak of the corona virus in its northeast local infections in the city off have been closed to the border with russia went up to 52 yesterday with most new cases coming from abroad but elsewhere the virus appears to be under control from beijing to the epicenter of han people going back to work but as we report life looks different to how it was before and fears of a 2nd wave remain. high up in a beijing office tower work at robotics firm cloud mines is resuming but employees 1st have to pass a series of checks their clothes and shoes are disinfected and their temperatures are measured facial recognition ensures that only current employees can enter these controls are the firm's own in addition it's abiding by regulations issued by beijing city govern

washington ramps up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic that the thought of trying says he'll cut only u.s. ties to a chinese for all of which was the significant financial support from the obama administration. a very warm welcome to you york watching r.t. international with me the care and let's begin with the latest. there's on covert 19 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it is the number of fatalities currently stands at over 178000 but more than 701000 people have managed to recover from the deadly disease. the u.k.'s health secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff are being gagged saying they are free to raise their concerns during the pandemic the n.h.s. trust issued new social media guidelines to it start outlining a list of topics to avoid at all 6 them to refrain from tweeting about political issues including shortages of p.p. and testing kits but staff are encouraged to praise the n.h.s. is hard work volunteering initiatives mental health campaign a terrence o'shea ses

al jazeera, beijing. barbara: displaced people in yemen said their living conditions are deteriorating. they are concerned that coronavirus could reach their camps. they feared any outbreak could have been devastating. we have the story. quagmire, a camp in the southern region hosts nearly 400 families. they fled the fighting in the western cities two years ago. with their lives but little else. >> we have not received relief eight for nine months. relief organizations have stopped coming here. people can't get out to work. medicine, get food, carpet, blanket and much more. >> most of the people in the camp are women and children. finding food is a daily struggle. drinkable water is rare. so is a different education for the young. these are their homes. this is what happens when it rains. saudi and the united arab emirate started a conflict with this group. they took power by force in the capital. more than 17,000 civilians have been killed and injured and more than 20 million are facing food insecurity.

the people were angry that's for sure but then they also understand that beijing is currently loose in patience with hong kong people that we're just rather like a disobedient teenagers with too much testosterone the something that they didn't just come greet hong kong truckling as a book a simple read read us and understand our desperation for democracy but they refuse to take any negatives of that and at the moment i think and most of us here at the local legislature within the democratic camp think that to beijing has been very explaining wary and with talk about achieving a majority at the upcoming legislative council election in september and if that actually happens it's not just going to be a loss of planes that also lets you lost the grips of a home column when it comes to beijing so students must train now hong kong the fast and the ones who are not just bad mouth us that to actually clamp down on us they have been met lying in wait and they decided to hounds on mouse and today they've arrested attention loved teen democrats today one last one. though the rest only happened a

from the in your chamber of commerce in beijing thank you very much for that thing. reporters but our borders has just published its press freedom index it ranks countries according to whether their media allowed to operate without censorship in a moment we'll speak to a journalist and author of the philippines but 1st a look at how different nations are when it comes to press freedom. at the bottom of the table eritrea turkmenistan and north korea reporters without borders classify the lack of press freedom in those countries as very serious sudan is also in that category but last year's mass protests that led to the ousting of president omar al bashir have resulted in stronger democratic structures and reduced restrictions for journalists as a result the country ranks 16 points higher on the index than last year countries that made similar improvements include malaysia any theo pia. while poor ratings and given to the west african state of binny and which fell 17 places and haiti down 21. the caribbean nation is struggling with an ongoing political crisis and viole

virus was spawned in china as the largest state sponsor pandemics washington ramps up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic that says donald trump says he'll cut its only u.s. ties to a chinese virology lab which will state significance financial support from the about the administration. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron and let's begin with the latest figures on covert 19 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with aids the number of fatalities currently stands at over 178. 1000 but more than 701000 people have managed to recover from the deadly disease. thing. the u.k.'s health secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff are being ganged to saying they are free to raise their concerns during the pandemic and i thought to an n.h.s. trust issued new social media guidelines to its stars outlining a list of topics to avoid it all 6 them to refrain from tweeting about political issues including shortages of p.p. and testing kits but stocks are encouraged

must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand from overseas it's a $21.00 day quarantine scenario that the government is also imposed some new social etiquette rules which they'll introduce on june the 1st and they include when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing there's been no eating on public transport and masks must be borne by anyone in public if you're sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the national people's congress meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that china's trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal. human rights activists say the philippines government's strict enforcement of lockdowns as lead to serious violations by police the u.n. describes the country's response as highly militarized german island organ reports now from manila. these were the last few moments of winston ragas his life before he was shot dead by police they say the former soldier refused to follow their orders and was threatening to shoot them so they fired detained. twice. but witnesses deny this th

empty chairs at empty tables this beijing restaurant once served $200.00 customers every day but because of the coronavirus pandemic it's now struggling to survive on a joe towel was forced to close the u.s. themed diner for almost 3 months you know milling in here. there is no cash flow if we are open and cash flow is the most important thing for our restaurant we are still paying for the rent and stuff wages plus their accommodation in beijing we've taken a really big heat small and medium sized enterprises have been worst hit by the health crisis local curve in 1000 infections have eased in china and life is slowly returning to normal. but many businesses have been forced to close for good this restaurant was once bustling with customers but since the beginning of february it's been quiet foreign business owners are also suffering they're requesting more financial support and an end to the ban on foreigners entering the country we need there really. measure sure to relieve your region it's a matter of life. for these companies actually need. some retailers attending to of logging on l

and very respected among hong kong's public regardless of whether they support democracy or are pro beijing he has given several interviews saying that he believes that this is the hands of the communist government he says he doesn't blame the hong kong government he says that it's mostly beijing given directives trying to tighten its control on the city not reaction from the probating camp here has mostly been muted that mostly just echoed what the hong kong government has said saying that this is in accordance with the law and we iterated that this is not politically motivated but i must both point out another interesting development the fact that chinese state media has mentioned these arrests on the microblogging site weibo now usually the chinese government doesn't like any kind of discussion about hong kong's democracy or our hong kong's democracy activists within china and within mainland china but there has been much chatter about it and predictably the type of comments that have gotten through the censors are in support of these protests are calling for greater restrictions on hong

self here in beijing life here is quite normal and at the same time it feels like you're stuck in a big fortress normal because you can go on about your daily life you can go to a barber shop and cut your hair you go to a restaurant you can go shopping this all comes with restrictions and for example when i enter a supermarket there's always a camera that scans my body temperature and also i have to show is q.r. code for my smartphone to prove that i'm healthy the big prescription however counts when you leave beijing because once you return you have to parenting for 14 days no matter what however the chinese are really disciplined when it comes to complying with the restrictions and i really respect them for that. some sports news now the president of world athletics sebastian coe has told the double that athletes who would have missed of tokyo lympics this year because of doping bans shouldn't be allowed to compete next year the postponement of the games means athletes who have served bans for doping offenses this year will be declared to take part will be cleared to take part in 2021

must go into 14 days of coroutine and anyone coming to beijing from will hand and from overseas it's a $21.00 day quarantine scenario that the governors also imposed some new social etiquette rules which they'll introduce on june the 1st and they include when in public everyone must cover their mouth when sneezing there's been no eating on public transport and masks must be borne by anyone in public if you're sick but clearly this announcement on wednesday that the national people's congress meeting will go ahead on may 22 is a sign that china's trying to send to the rest of the world that life is returning to normal. child protection agencies worried that millions of children under lockdown in asia are at risk of domestic violence 7 charges including save the children and world vision are asking governments to prioritize the safety of children who may be in danger and he asian nations including india and singapore have reported shop rises in domestic violence during the pandemic on a detroit chancery is the director of programs and policy at save the children in india he told us cha

has been propagating beijing's lives. so you heard they had apsley no reason to believe that china's numbers were not 100% accurate, when we can see that that was clearly not the case. >> bill: but even this time the cdc is screwed up that initial test in february which was a problem. >> i think the cdc did not think this was as big of an event and they did that because of china's low china's low statistics. dr. birx mentioned this, she said it looked like stars of 2002 or 2003, it didn't look like a global pandemic which it turned out to be and that's because of china deceiving everyone. >> bill: let me bring in susan li on this. susan, what's the state of china's economy now? so they are well into their fourth month now, what is the status? >> the status is after 76 days people are allowed to leave this industrial town of 11 million. but you have to basically present your credentials to leave the city so you have a government sponsor that tracks your addresses and medical history and whether or not you are a contagion r

some think beijing is worried about losing ground in local elections later this year. in this climate, it's hard not to see this coordinated series of arrests as anything less than a warning of beijing's intention to tighten its grip on hong kong. david campanale, bbc news. there is to be no gun salute on queen elizabeth's 94th birthday next week because of the virus. buckingham palace said that her majesty decided it would not be appropriate at this time. it is the first time in her reign of 68 years that they will be no salute, which normally takes place at hyde park and the tower of london. captain tom moore will be the guest of honour at the opening of a new nightingale hospital in yorkshire next week. the 99—year—old war veteran will appear by video—link. it's been announced that the £25 million — that's $31 million usd — raised by captain tom will be used to buy food parcels and counselling sessions for national health service staff, as well as electronic tablets to allow patients to talk to their families. let's bring you a quick reminder of our top s

washington threatens to sue beijing over the pandemic that is donald trump says he'll cut all u.s. ties to a chinese the roland there was deep support from the obama administration. with over $100.00 frontline health care workers reportedly dying in the u.k. from kovac 19 medics are urged not to complain online about shortages of protective gear and testing kits prompting outrage. at the end i share this as a consistent. future i should the future i should have released before clinical concerns and safety issues. russian doctors say they have successfully helped treat coronavirus patients find given them transfusions of blood plasma from those who have recovered we visit one of the hospitals you think this technique. blood plasma crucial antibodies that will help those who are right now perhaps in critical condition but like me dizzy. a very warm welcome to you it's 11 am here in moscow and this is our international with the headlines from around the world well let's begin with the latest figures on covert 90 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 ha

aging and if i've been outside of beijing it will show them and i won't be able to enter that premise for example katrina i mean more broadly in china we've also been seeing these very low numbers of deaths over the last few days but the numbers there are obviously been question since the very beginning of this outbreak so as we see restrictions now being eased how confident can the world be that china does have things under control. well this seems to be a downward trend i mean we've had single digit figures in terms of deaths in and local transmissions of new cases for a few weeks now the government has all but declared victory saying the peak of the outbreak is well and truly over they're quite keen of course to get the economy going and at the same time that is the caveat these are official figures and there is a lot of skepticism because these numbers a much lower than other countries say the u.s. or many european countries people are raising questions as as to whether these are accurate and if indeed it is that safe to go out and commence normal life as has been happening here i

tom mackenzie joining us from beijing. just to tell you about what we have coming up, we are looking at the earnings picture. we will be talking about a company providing a surge in chi p demand. we look at its results and the rest of the key earnings this week. it is earnings season. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: let's do a quick check of the latest business headlines. a company suspended its outlook for 2020 and says it will cut costs as it looks to tackle the fallout from the coronavirus. america's biggest aluminum producer will cut by $100 million, shut one of its u.s. plants, and defer payments of $220 million. a loss is in line with estimates. vodafone group is accelerating a $200 million payment to its indian unit to shore up liquidity during the coronavirus crisis. the group's london headquarters agreed to pay the funds as part in september.due the indian government is demanding around $7 billion from vodafone in overdue fees. anothery aims to raise $3 billion for a distressed credit fund amid a growing rush to

might as well pack up and move to beijing because it is not seeing another dime, should not see another dime from we the american people. president trump is in office, i'd don't think they will. here's the host of special report with bret baier, what they are saying, they don't believe the outbreak was linked to any kind of man-made biological weapons program according to your report. they don't believe the contamination was intentional. it do we know this for certain, or is there a possibility that it was manufactured? it was intentional? you confirmed in your recording they protected their country, but they left the rest of this world get this virus. >> bret: good evening. there is really zero confidence in people i've talked to, publicly that this was a man-made virus. it you heard it tony fauci ask this question in a way about the lab in the white house task force briefing tonight, he said there were a lot of studies that showed it was transmitted from animal to human and that it was not genetically altered. that match what our sources had said. we didn't think based on the structur

washington ramped up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic back to donald trump says he'll cut only u.s. ties to a chinese virology lab which for a state significant financial support from the a bomb a administration. very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me. and us begin with the latest figures on covert 19 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it the number of fatalities currently stands at over 177000 but more than 697000 people have managed to recover from the deadly disease. the u.k.'s health secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff are being gagged saying they are free to raise their concerns during the pandemic about laughter and n.h.s. trust issued a new social media guidelines to its staff outlining a list of topics to avoid it asks them to refrain from tweeting about political issues including shortages of p.p. and testing kits but staff are encouraged to praise the n.h.s. is hard work and volunteering initiatives mental health campaign terence o'sh

washington ramps up the pressure on beijing with threats to sue china over the pandemic lots of donald trump says he'll cut all u.s. ties to a chinese virology lab which was the thinking i think in financial support from the on the administration. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me making arun let's begin with the latest figures own. 19 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it the number of fatalities currently stands at over 178000 but more than 704000 people have managed to recover from the deadly disease. the u.k.'s health secretary has responded to allegations that medical staff are being gagged saying they are free to raise their concerns during the pandemic about thought and h.s. trust issued new social media guidelines to its staff outlining a list of topics to avoid it all sucks them to refrain from tweeting about political issues including shortages of p.p. and testing kits but start all over encouraged to praise the n.h.s. is hard work and volunteering initiatives mental health campaig

some think beijing is worried about losing ground in local elections later this year. in this climate, it's hard not to see this coordinated series of arrests as anything less than a warning of beijing's intention to tighten its grip on hong kong. david campanale, bbc news. now, sports fans around the world may not be able to watch their favourite player or club in the current climate, but one team in taiwan is being watched by more than half a million baseball fans around the world. and despite playing behind closed doors, there's not an empty seat in the stadium. russell trott explains. they take their baseball very seriously in taiwan. so when coronavirus caused most professional sport to be postponed or cancelled, the rakuten monkeys decided the show must go on. translation: the shouts and cheers from the fans help us get excited about the game, so when there is no audience, we still have to deliver the performance that we are expected to show no matter if it's to be quite calm attitude, so that we have the same feeling as if there was an audience. the cardboard cu