these were people who were stuck in pakistan in the middle of march. where the iran as well as of one is done on a daily basis about the knobs on crisscross that border before 'd the closure of that border that would give you a rough idea of how many people would be stuck in this would be in tens of thousands there of course will now be taking an opportunity to go back before that deadline expires now dad of course was done of the out run all the way to the government of pakistan. for their turn of the people who were stranded in pakistan but it of course. a major challenge. would then have to quarantine people on the side of the border there of course we're told to be surprised with the sheer numbers of people who are eager to cross and precisely do we know come on what the situation is across the border in afghanistan once people make it back home what do they find. really difficult to cover honest on had not been hurt badly although that's a big number all valvano came back from iran iran was hit with the pandemic that of course. the west and of ira

pakistan opened the eastern talking border crossing for 4 days it had been closed to stop the spread of coronavirus the afghan government a sort of a quarantine center close to the crossing to screen travelers has the latest from islamabad. there were thousands of odd to chaos and pandemonium on the pakistan of one border door come at how the valvano and character turned to their country crush many running. after the border security forces were not able to control the crowd how the end of those people have now already crossed into online if done it should be remembered that pakistan in the key in the ditch stick a supply route through of run it down that has been supporting the war effort and also sending supplies food machinery petroleum products to that country their trade between their 2 countries started over $2000000000.00 but even today a day though what a $1000000000.00 now the budget that they have opened their borders on the request of the avalon government allowed them to were stranded in pakistan after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned when the needs yes we are gr

doctors in pakistan arrested during a protest over the lack of safety equipment while treating coronavirus patients. u.k. prime minister boris johnson already one of the most high profile current virus patients yet is in intensive care in london he was transferred after his symptoms got worse on monday night johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday he was moved as a precaution in case he needs a ventilator over the prime minister out of action foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government. already chalons correspond in london this hour he joins us live from the british capital was the latest word on his condition . or the most up to date information we have has come from michael gove the cabinet secretary a man who incidentally since he gave out that information has said that he is isolating himself after a member of his family started showing symptoms of 19 and what michael gove said about the prime minister's condition is that it hasn't deteriorated significantly since he was admitted to the intensive care units of since i was off the hospital last night that bor

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 bothered 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 the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister iran current of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government of barbara starr is fully scenes of the situation being faced by our combat units and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your way he and other parts of the gulf region this is uppe

not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with simpson story foreign to yourself weisel waiting for me to say it but. the government is least concerned about the safety of nurses their well being or even duty they pay a wide role in health care and sadly this $1.00 knows from $1009.00 patients on normal days and if the situation gets out of control how they going to cope so they must hire more nurses to tackle this crisis china has sent medical equipment across the border the help is vital but nowhere near. this hospital police gave a girl of only to show respect to stall and to try and boost the role. of the medics here and it's hospitals across pakistan to which they will be several to save lives charles trafford i just. the u.n. secretary general is repeating his appeal for a global sees 5 during the coronavirus pandemic some armed groups have on said that cole including separatists in cameroon was nicholas hawke reports a temporary truce isn't enough for the 1000000 people forced from their homes during the country's 3 year conflict between workout

my name is father and i'm from pakistan i think some ideas are too dangerous to do except in novel form and the author of 6 books of fiction and nonfiction and i always knew i wanted to be right. when. we have an opportunity i remember seeing mark's speech at the un in defense of the palestinian people which got him fired from c.n.n. and shortly after a free palestine. i asked myself look at i have in common with a member of the bhutto family a political dynasty in pakistan. from book one always is about pakistan but it's about much more than that it's about the universal psychology of oppression i read mark's book nobody about the injustices faced by african-americans and i was struck by how much it risen because it spoke to me about my. so there was a lot of talk. i think you can do that a lot of things while i was writing the way writing always felt like the clearest way to to talk about issues that i cared about and to explore things that the served me i think fiction is even more liberating in that sense because if you were to tell people i've written a book about radicalism they m

who said defiantly no to the nature pakistan who are really at the heart of this book. their stories overlapping and time, some note each other, some trespass, some not. but they are all fighting for the same thing. they are fighting for a more progressive and tolerant society, for a more progressive and tolerant future, the stories are contained within the other stories of historical figures and so what you end up with is a type of 1001 nights in eastern geopolitics. i would like to stay the story is not over because as i mentioned we are still in the thrones of the people. as i write this book, i went back and forth between true despair but i eventually settled on hope because there is no other way forward. what one of the reasons i grew up in the civil war for 15 years we waited for it to end and you could perhaps say we were crazy to wait so long and not leave the country but it is not that easy to leave your home country. you have to start from scratch, somewhere else unknown, tarred, your savings is behind, your home, your belongings. so we stayed in the hope that

it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to say good wasn't it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without the hassle of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. be free to go across also interestingly the foreign office that pakistan will also be now opening guard border for movement of trade to go to. truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear put protection equipment they were left drivers on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver is ready to take all that had also been agreed because of the desperate situation in afghanistan. although pakistan has allowed the of one student on home the afghans on the other hand have not been allowed to plug a tiny. dug in afghanistan to come back to iran and also throw that border because of the pandemic there and the real now be hoping that some sort of trade resume but it turned out to be understood that pakistan and home to the larg

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 bothered 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 the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister in wrong of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring about pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government of barbara starr is fully scenes of the situation being faced by our combat units and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your way he and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermo

because if i'm wondering that the headlines from pakistan are incredible considering that many of us are practicing social distance at least physical distance whatever thief that we're in what do you make of mosques in pakistan staying open at this time. well i don't want to single out any one country but i don't think that this is necessarily a responsible move at this time one of the things that many people have not really understood is what is the actual or not that is the transmit ability factor of virus and and that's been debated and people have said oh it's. you know some kind of scheme to get people out of the mosques and i'm afraid that some of that type of attitude has played into these decisions and this is something where it should be left to the medical experts and the. scholars they need to say that this is an area where we need to advocate to those who have better knowledge of how such situations should be handled. how much guidance is how much guidance of the. muslims around the world about how you should observe this unique ramadan where you can't get together as you

dozens of doctors in pakistan have been arrested while protesting the lack of safety equipment. police in the city of quotes had to taint at least 50 medical staff and it released them later tuesday pakistan's military now says it's in a more personal protective equipment that doctors happened asking for meanwhile thousands of afghans living in pakistan are streaming are home across the border. it had been closed as part of an effort to stem the spread of the virus but the pakistani government has reopened it for a few days after a request from afghanistan. a hospital in libya's capital being used as a main treatment center for covert 19 has been attacked by forces loyal to or khalifa haftar are several projectiles hit the grounds of the al qaida hospital in tripoli as are the headlines keep it here we wind is next. hello and welcome to rewind this way where rewinding to 2011 and an episode of want to one atheist which had secured unique access to north korea's elite screen academy a school where young actors were trained in how best to.

my name is father and i'm from pakistan i think some ideas are too dangerous to do except in novel form and the author of 6 books of fiction and nonfiction and i always knew i wanted to be right. when. we have an opportunity i remember seeing mark's speech at the un in defense of the palestinian people which got him fired from c.n.n. and shortly after a free palestine i asked myself look at i have in common with a member of the bhutto family a political dynasty in pakistan. from book one always is about pakistan but it's about much more than that it's about the universal psychology of oppression i read mark's book nobody about the injustices faced by african-americans and i was struck by how much it risen because it spoke to me about my. so there was a lot of talk. i think you can do that a lot of things what i was writing the way writing always felt like the clearest way to to talk about issues that i cared about and to explore things that the served me i think fiction is even more liberating in that sense because if you were to tell people i've written a book about radicalism they may

after the outbreak of the pandemic which stunned more than it needs yet we are grateful to pakistan for allowing us back to our own country on street on out of money and it was hard to live in here in uncertainty i started to say good wasn't it was so nice of pakistan i think open the border for us and if allowed us to return to afghanistan without that has sort of paperwork august on sending a gesture of goodwill methods through afghanistan. before you go across also interestingly the foreign office that pakistan will also be now opening guard border for movement of trade to go to. truck on both side of the border from the 10th of april their driver and of course will be mandated to wear. protection equipment they will have to change drivers on the border the pakistani drivers went up to the border from where the driver is ready to take all that had also been agreed because of the desperate situation enough. although if i get on to the loud the of one student done home the other ones on the other hand have not been allowed to plug a tiny. dog and i've run it on to come back to iran

in pakistan from egypt or baghdad, tell me about 1979. 1979. out came all their memories and emotions and everything. to comee to terms were analyzed what you're going through. let me tell you how that wrecked by a courier or my marriage or my children's education and why i had to go into exile at that time and how i have to lose my job after 1979 and why. even people who were not born before 1979 had a story because they are in the beginning of an understanding of the region about what that year has done to us. it felt like i was conducting national figure they sitting in people's studies with their living rooms as they sort of poured their hearts out to me. i am a journalist, not an academic that this is more than the reported narrative i relayen my interviews with people in these countries we dug deep into the archives with my research assistants. we looked at old footage and read articles, academic articles written at the time, because it is very interesting to see how perspectives change with time when you look back at economic articleshe

he is a medical student he's in pakistan and in pakistan the most will be staying open and shot try to explain to us why that is what it is about pakistan culture where family so fiercely and togetherness he so fiercely cherished that people would paps risk their own health and go to mosque. this is. this is. is the. does if i'm wondering that the headlines from pakistan are incredible considering that many of us are practicing social distance at least physical distance whatever thief that we're in what do you make of mosques in pakistan staying open at this time. well i don't want to single out any one country but i don't think that this is necessarily a responsible move at this time one of the things that many people have not really understood is what is the actual or not that is the transmit ability factor of virus and and that's been debated and people have said oh it's. you know some kind of scheme to get people out of the mosques and i'm afraid that some of that type of attitude has played into these decisions and this is something where it should be left to the medical experts a

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 the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister iran current of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad that the government of barbara starr is fully seized of the situation being faced by our battery its boxer and nationals in different parts of the world and you're a he and other parts of the gulf region this is upper

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 bothered 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 creation flights something it hasn't done so far pakistanis are angry at the government's handling of the crossing the borders and limit. they accuse prime minister iran clan of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government barbara starr is fully seized of the situation being faced by an arc but attributes and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your ear and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermost

my name is father and i'm from pakistan i think some ideas are too dangerous to do except in novel form and the author of 6 books of fiction and nonfiction and i always knew i wanted to be right. when. we have an opportunity i remember seeing mark's speech at the un in defense of the palestinian people which got him fired from c.n.n. and shortly after a free palestine i asked myself look at i have in common with a member of the bhutto family a political dynasty in pakistan. from book one always is about pakistan but it's about much more than that it's about the universal psychology of oppression i read mark's book nobody about the injustices faced by african-americans and i was struck by how much it resonated with that spoke to me about my. so there was a lot of talk. i think you can do that a lot of things while i was writing the way writing always felt like the clearest way to think to talk about issues that i cared about and to explore things that the served me i think fiction is even more liberating in that sense because if you were to tell people i've written a book about radicalis

of the medics here and it's hospitals across pakistan did not take hold in several to save lives. i just. the un has warned struggling health systems in developing countries are likely to be overwhelmed cheering the pandemic up to 75 percent of people in the least developed countries like enough soap and water for basic hygiene countries who can't afford them are quickly snapping up supplies but the un says distribution must be coordinated with vulnerable nations the i.m.f. and world bank have announced $1100000000.00 in emergency funds for $25.00 developing countries across asia africa and latin america well that's a christos christou is the international presidents of doctors without borders he says it's been difficult to get critically needed medical supplies where they need to go. to me the most important thing to do at the moment is to what is going to happen next which is going to be. places with the most neglected populations and those places with the most dense populations. south east. africa. places in the middle east so this is where we should focus with all our humanita

the clergy and pakistan has decided otherwise. they have asked people to come out for the congregational prayers and after they threatened the government saying they would take matters into their own hands if they were not allowed to do so. that itrnment then said would agree as long as social distancing was observed and the standard operating procedures were adopted including disinfecting the mosque before the prayers. what we have been able to see here in pakistan today is a total disregard as far as that agreement is concerned. the doctors here are also worried because they are the front line against covid-19. they do not have the personal protection equipment that is necessary and they warn that congregational prayers including which brings ars large number of people in the month of ramadan is going to cause a huge stress to public safety. numbers will rise rapidly. reporter: something that pakistan can ill afford because of its poor medical infrastructure and also the threat to the doctors. with the been pleading government a

meanwhile thousands of afghans living in pakistan a streaming home across the border. had been closed as part of the effort to stem the spread of the virus the pakistani government has reopened it for a few days after a request from. a hospital in libya's capital was being used as the main treatment center for covert 19 has been attacked by forces loyal to wall or. several projectiles hit the grounds of the hospital in tripoli the u.n. has repeatedly called for a cease fire to allow authorities to respond to the challenges which are being posed by the pendennis those are the headlines that's it for me to stay with us though the stream is coming up next. as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world. with updates about travel restrictions and how to protect yourself. coronavirus primetime special coverage on al-jazeera. welcome to the story. today we're joined by the award winning poet and playwright. is also also a beautiful war memoir my name is why i'm willing to talk about the challenges of rediscovering

airwaves ine northern pakistan once carried lectures by the taliban. when preacher was given the nickname [indiscernible] but now the station is broadcasting a different message. home and to the spread of coronavirus. the radio is not new and not long ago was used by pakistani taliban to enhance the movement. it is easy to reach out using the radio clinic. reporter: the radio reaches the local newspaper and television stations deep in the foothills. radio clinics were launched last month to increase awareness about the virus educating locals while keeping them inside. program isose of the to provide services to patients who are not able to go to the hospital because of the lockdown. doctors are invited and give advice to anyone who needs help. patients like this person who has heart trouble. >> i was very worried about my health but then i learned about the radio service. it was a wonderful experience for me. i called the doctor and he helped me out. withter: now he is home his family like tens of millions across pakistan where a shutdown began last mo

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 of their least bothered 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 creation flights something it hasn't done so far pakistanis are angry at the government's handling of the chroniclers pandemics. they accuse prime minister imran khan of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring about pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government barbara starr is fully seized of the situation being faced by no good but attributes and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your ear and other parts of the gulf region this is uppermost in th

so anybody who knows our they see our our our local culture in south asia it's not just pakistan all over south asia and you can see this with the hindus going to the temples and you can see this actually even here in america where i am people going to church and saying i'm protected because i am a bit in the blood of jesus i mean you might be but somebody else might not be so it's not about you know it is really about you might be safe but somebody next to you might not be and so you might get it from that person it's really about that messaging which is really not as clear as it should be people are being told to hand what they've been told to keep that distance but they're not really being told how this how this is going to stop it's only going to stop when that context stops and that contact is not going to stop in a mosque where people are sitting 2 meters apart but somebody might sleeze or somebody might cough and it's a closed space and we've got the virus you know the particles somebody as i came across this vision. on twitter the other day one person infected going in and ev

my name is father and i'm from pakistan i think some ideas are too dangerous to do except in novel form and the author of 6 books of fiction and nonfiction and i always knew i wanted to be right. when. we have an opportunity i remember seeing mark's speech at the un in defense of the palestinian people which got him fired from c.n.n. and shortly after a free palestine i asked myself look at i have in common with a member of the bhutto family a political dynasty in pakistan. from book one always is about pakistan but it's about much more than that it's about the universal psychology of oppression i read mark's book nobody about the injustices faced by african-americans and i was struck by how much it resonated with that spoke to me about my. so here there's a lot of talk. i think you can do that a lot of things while i was writing the way writing always felt like the clearest way to to talk about issues that i cared about and to explore things that the story of to me i think fiction is even more liberating in that sense because if you were to tell people i've written a book about radical

raising concern over developing countries ability to fight the pandemic health workers in pakistan are desperate for protective gear. new numbers have just been released from spain more than 800 people have died there in the past 24 hours from corona virus but that's about 120 fewer fatalities compared to the day before more than 11700 people have now died in spain since the outbreak began the number of new infections in spain continues to rise with nearly 125000 confirmed cases made. while the u.s. centers for disease control is urging people to wear face masks to reduce the chance of infection that's a reversal of previous official advice the u.s. government promising to pay for tests and treatment for tens of millions of americans who don't have medical coverage more than 250000 americans have been infected with the head of the international monetary fund has described the pandemic as humanity's darkest hour christina georgieva says it's pushed the world into recession and she's calling on advanced economies to help developing ones let's go to martha herrera she's in madrid for us s

government spending on health care for pakistan's 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g.d.p. in recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times. is coded 19 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare health facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people holiday met its lot of your health professionals the front line force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear it's of the utmost importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kits dr osama was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus he'd been treating cope with 19 victims many who would arrive from neighboring iran or she'd been one of the worst hit countries it's not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with sincere desire in foreign to their self isolating islamist if you but. the government is least concerned about the safety of mrs the

actually across pakistan many was simply sorry for yourself why so late it is always easy but. the government is least concerned about the safety of nurses their well being or even duty as they pay a wide role in health care and sadly this $1.00 knows from $1009.00 patients are normal days and if the situation gets out of control how they are going to cope so they must hire more nurses to tackle this crisis. china has sent medical equipment across the border the help is vital but no way in the area. but this hospital police gave the girl to all of them to show respect to stall and to try and boost the morale of. the for the medics here and it's hospitals across focused all the mistakes will be several to save lives charles started and others are. the u.s. defense secretary is backing the navy's dismissal of an aircraft carrier commander whose crew was hit by coronavirus captain breck was really but come on after he sent a scathing letter to navy leaders asking for a stronger action to stop the spread of the virus particle haim has more. was a truly remarkable sight and send off

last year the committee to protect journalists reported increased media censorship in pakistan of the $25.00 journalists killed in 2093. and with a global pandemic journalists need protection now more than ever. so the height of al-jazeera. the time for a check of the headlines your knowledge is there and the number of people killed by coronavirus across the united states has gone past 40000 new york state accounts for nearly half of the fatalities but it's reported another drop in daily deaths on saturday i think gallacher has been monitoring the president's daily briefing from miami and he says that donald trump's reassurances do not match the situation on the ground. at this point he's repeating the same points over and over again saying look we're testing more than any other country we have manufacturing more ventilators that are needed we've built more hospitals that are needed but when you look at the picture on the ground particularly in states like new york and louisiana and even here in florida where the corner virus is yet to peak those kind of. posturings from the president

but it is different, as horrible as his history was, to be a child in los angeles is different than pakistan where there is no food, 0, nothing but also - the first of a number of interlocutors, i was always working with somebody. i find it very helpful and soothing and also you can't really -- the areas i went researching, you can do independent research and expect people -- people don't talk to you because pakistan is a dictatorship. i couldn't go as an independent research. i had to pretend i was a tourist and i had this research assistant working on the side clandestinely, a korean is back presbyterian minister who is in danger for helping me so all these people have their own history in their own story and sometimes the stories clash. he is going to hate me when he his this but he's in iranian nationalists, much more, i guess -- much more connected to the iranian identity and less critical than he was when we started out and other people, i had an oligarch who was my host in russia which was great because otherwise all the avenues are closed if you don't have somebody powerful helping y

he is a medical student he's in pakistan and in pakistan the most will be staying open and shot try to explain to us why that is what it is about pakistan culture where family so fiercely and togetherness he so fiercely cherished that people would paps risk their own health and go to mosque. this is. this is. is that. why all of the. jersey i'm wondering that the headlines from pakistan a incredible considering that many of us are practicing social distance at least physical distance whatever thief that we're in what do you make of. impact. on staying on. well i don't want to single out any one country but i don't think that this is necessarily a responsible move at this time one of the things that many people have not really understood is what is the actual or not that is the transmit ability factor of virus and and that's been debated and people have said oh it's. you know some kind of scheme to get people out of the mosques and i'm afraid that some of that type of attitude has played into these decisions and this is something where it should be best to the medical experts and the. s

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government spending on health care for pakistan's 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g.d.p. in recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times. is coded 19 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare health facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people holiday met it's what are you health professionals the frontline force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear it's of the utmost importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kits dr osama was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus he'd been treating cope with 19 victims many who had arrived from neighboring iran has been one of the worst hit countries it's not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with sincere sorry florentine yourself why so late to islamist if you but. the government is least concerned about the safety of mrs their wel

well as the official number of covert 1000 infections surges past 7000 in pakistan prime minister imran khan is stepping up measures to control the spread of the infection before the holy month of ramadan he's asked the leading agency in the fight against current virus to get accurate day cellphone infections as health care workers voiced concern that the number could actually be much higher due to limited testing the government has also banned groups of people of more than of groups of more than 5 people in mosques but some hardline critics have defied this and called for congressional praise or president will cherami sing with religious leaders on saturday over adopting precautionary measures during ramadan let's not speak to come out to he's in as i'm about for us come out this is the 2nd largest muslim nation in the wild and obviously this is also a very sensitive time at a moment when many would also be seeking comfort and hope in their beliefs and their religious practice so how has the government been navigating all of this or. where this is proving to be a big challenge for the

south korea was a top case, pakistan as well. authorities tracking an event hosted by a sunni missionary group that brought together 70,000 worshipers. that alone has been responsible for more than a quarter of the cases in the country. that same group also a center of spike in india and malaysia. there is some concern of these types of gatherings. rishaad: thank you very much indeed for that, yvonne man, our markets, anger joining us -- coanchor joining us. the three-month came through at 1.82%, a move of four basis points lower. coming up, the white house floating the idea of a ban on saudi oil imports as it weighs options to rescue the country's oil industry. you are with bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: let's do a quick check of the latest business headlines. chevron is being told to halt oil production in venezuela immediately as the u.s. pushes for regime change. the company can no longer drill, products,ransport oil although it still may ensure the safety of its operations in venezuela until december. the decision also applies to

of the medics here and it's hospitals across pakistan didn't take moving several to save lives. i just are. a further 10 people have died since in asia. in the country's death toll to $191.00 the president has urged people not to travel during the holy month of ramadan but many are desperate to get out of the capital despite the risk they're taking the virus with them just to washington reports from jakarta. this is the time of year when workers in jakarta begin to return to their hometowns for ramadan fasting and to celebrate with their families it's usually something people look forward to but the corona virus outbreak has stripped the joy from this annual tradition usually the holiday travel doesn't start until right before but this year some are making the journey early. my family asked me to come home because there are many coronavirus cases in jakarta . i have no income many companies are closed so i decided to just go home most of the confirmed covert 19 cases in indonesia are here in the capital with so many travelers crowding into transport hubs it's only a matter of ti

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 bothered 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 treatment flight something it hasn't done so far but the pakistanis are angry at the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemics. they accuse prime minister iran current of not doing enough to tackle the crisis and for not taking decisive action early on the foreign ministry says plans are underway to bring back pakistanis who are stranded abroad the government of barbara starr is fully scenes of the situation being faced by our combat units and bugs on the nationals in different parts of the world in your way he and other parts of the gulf region this is a plan

if you look at a country like pakistan, pakistan during 2007 you had the amendment which was a bipartisan approach to say, look, the states of american diplomacy shouldn't be the military and shouldn't be the cia even though that's what it's been for decades in pakistan and they put forth a 7 billion-dollar aid package and actually made antiamericanism worse, why? the military which was about to get cut off from the train started through the rumor mills and so forth that the money was meant to christianize pakistan which was nonsense an it was also an insult, accounting mechanisms were insult, one to have issues that we say that we have to deal with across the board as we try to get diplomats front and center, doesn't make sense resourcing the state department and saying that's going to solve the problem if they are stuck behind walls but when it comes to military in egypt and pakistan i would have -- i think there's one i would call cycle of extortion in which we give money in order to have the local militaries fight the islamist insurgence but at some point the idea that is dawned that

pakistan's president is chairing a meeting on whether friday prayers should be allowed to take place during the outbreak — with the holy month of ramadan starting next week. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. unions representing doctors and nurses in the uk have expressed concerns about revised guidance that allows personal protective equipment to be re—used in some circumstances at hospitals in england. an official from the doctors‘ union — the bma — said the change could lead to some frontline staff deciding they're unable to treat people with covid—19. it comes as the head of the organisation which represents national health service trusts has warned some hospitals could run out of the gowns used in intensive care units this weekend — amid a global shortage. in other developments, the world health organisation has questioned whether tests for covid—19 antibodies are effective. some countries hoped the tests would be a way to end lockdowns. president trump has

the average age in pakistan is 22, whilst in nigeria, it's around 19. compare that to around 47 in italy and 41 in the uk. but people can be vulnerable for different reasons. here in south asia, there are high rates of diabetes and lung disease, and there are plenty of other factors to bear in mind too. like overcrowding in urban areas — it's common here for poor families to live in a single room. —— whole families. in nigeria and the drc, they spend under 4% of gdp, while in india, it's 3.5%, and bangladesh, a little over 2%. compare that to around 9% in places like italy or the uk. south africa is scrambling to minimise the impact of the coronavirus on its health system, economy and its people, and those people include the most vulnerable, the homeless. have you been in contact with someone who has coronavirus? no. across the country, homeless people have been moved into temporary shelters, like this one, rounded up from street corners, parks and underneath the country's highways. while many now don't have to worry about where their next meal wi

the average age in pakistan is 22, whilst in nigeria, it's around 19. compare that to around 47 in italy and 41 in the uk. but people can be vulnerable for different reasons. here in south asia, there are high rates of diabetes and lung disease, and there are plenty of other factors to bear in mind too. like overcrowding in urban areas — it's common here for poor families like overcrowding in urban areas — it's common here for whole families to live in a single room. malnutrition rates are also among the highest in the world. a lot of this comes down to a lack of spending in health care. in nigeria and the drc, they spend under 4% of gdp, while in india, it's 3.5%, and bangladesh, a little over 2%. compare that to around 9% in places like italy or the uk. south africa is scrambling to minimise the impact of the coronavirus on its health system, economy and its people, and those people include the most vulnerable, the homeless. have you been in contact with someone who has coronavirus? no. across the country, homeless people have been moved into temp

apprehension that this could all lead to an escalation and the number of call read 100 cases here in pakistan still ahead here in al jazeera has come down some figures from venezuela's government that suggest there are a few cases because 19 the. staring into space for 3 decades we look at how the hubble telescope has contributed to our understanding of the universe. how i once again because some blustery showers affecting not japan over the next couple of days but a lot of fine weather in between we've got so this weather system well i'll say into the open water as well i suppose starting to slacken off so though the winds will generally as we go through the next couple of days but there we go want to see showers into northern parts of honshu just pushing up towards hokkaido 17 celsius in seoul the korean peninsula looking 5 and driving getting up to 22 in beijing a little down on recent valleys but not too bad for going into sunday similar temperatures here still a few showers into western parts of japan so west the weather still affecting the far south of china but nowhere near as wet as i

marcum web out is there a nairobi kenya ok let's turn to other world news now pakistan and india have been locked in renewed military skirmishes over the disputed indian administered kashmir region for the last 2 days they accuse each other of starting the fighting pakistan says indian shelling killed 6 civilians near the line of control and the indian army says it killed 5 pakistani backed fighters in a gun battle after losing 5 of its own soldiers both sides claim the entire region . there's been intense shelling throughout the night my house is completely damaged and so are a few others nearby. we've suffered huge losses here in our village many homes are destroyed by the shelling the world is fighting a coronavirus pandemic while we people living on the border have to also face this pandemic of routine shelling over. at least 2 people have been killed and 4 others are missing after a dam collapsed in northern india it released a wave of toxic sludge several homes were engulfed and farmland has been swamped but dam contained ash more coal fired power station in much up to a dish of

pakistan's 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g.d.p. in recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times are those coded 19 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare health facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people use holiday met it's what are your health professionals the frontline force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear it's of the utmost importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kits dr osama was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus he'd been treating coheed 19 victims many who had arrived from neighboring iran she being one of the worst hit countries it's not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with since exhorting florentine yourself why so late to islamist if you but don't you the government is least concerned about the safety of

the broadcaster in pakistan playing a critical role in getting information out about the pandemic. hello the things that really warming up across central areas of china skies the last couple days and the all clear skies in the forecast all this massive crowd you can see taking the rain well to the east of japan where we may well just see wanted to shout slightly to northern areas of home she central regions to maybe into and also still pushing across into the time as they're coming up a little bit as a part of 14 celsius your high on tuesday meanwhile 30 celsius in beijing and then right on the south coast as clear skies again increase the temperature in hong kong 2827 on wednesday may be just the chance of a shower the but of an onshore flow as you can see but these clear skies meaning the to much is continuing to rise in japan so $23.00 and take it nothing like the temperature in beijing for the next 3 days got temperatures in the low thirty's 32 by wednesday and the average for april is 20 degrees a whopping 12 degrees above the average the story really in india of course is the

the streets of bashar or in the northwest of pakistan virtually empty police used language changes to urge people to stay at home. government spending on health care for pakistan's 225000000 people has been less than one percent of g.d.p. in recent decades hospitals are often significantly ill equipped and overcrowded the best of times. is coded 19 spreads desperate attempts are being made to prepare health facilities to cope with the rising number of infected people. they met health professionals at the frontline force against covert 19 but unfortunately we are going to fight this battle without any protective gear it's of the utmost importance for us at arms and ammunition for military when they were going to a battlefield and it would be considered a suicide if we fight without proper kits dr osama was the 1st doctor in pakistan to be killed by the virus he'd been treating covies 19 victims many who had arrived from neighboring iran has been one of the worst hit countries it's not known how many health workers have been infected across pakistan many with sincere desire in corinth.

pakistan at the time there is no evidence that the cia directly dealt with him that they supported him with money or armies or anything like that there is a there's this sort of famous this sort of narrative about the afghan jihad that it was a kind of a silly mistake that the united states did they kind of they created al qaeda and then al qaeda hit them back this is the so-called blowback theory but that's kind of this is very gross simplification because the cia didn't support bin ladin or azzam or these these foreign fighters who became al-qaeda what the got what the u.s. did was to support the afghan mujahideen and they did so with lots of money and weapons but no resources were. and to the to the people who then founded al qaeda with the blowback theory is a little bit misleading in my view but at the same time you can understand that there would be people in the united states who could favor him he authored a book i understand it called the red can. a not only anti semitic but i think communist tome full of tropes against marxism and so forth he got into trouble did he for the c

last year the committee to protect journalists reported increased media censorship in pakistan of the 25 journalists killed in 2903 were from there. and with a global pandemic journalists need protection now more than ever. so the height of al-jazeera. to europe now where fire has damaged one of the largest migrant camp sing greece on the island of chiefs plus is in athens he says a 47 year old iraqi asylum seeker died in the overcrowded camp which sparked hours of protests. it seems that a lot of the people staying in the camp were worried the woman who died had died of corona virus she had been to hospital a week earlier with a high fever she had been diagnosed negative for coronavirus evidently something else was the matter because she died days later in the camp but these facts were not known to the people who started this protest and it seems to have got out of hand part of the administrative facility has been burned down mainly offices belonging to the european and the greek asylum services which have been suspended since late march because of corona virus so there was no activi

and the pakistan radio station that's broadcasting vital coronavirus information to some of the country's most isolated listeners. and of the world health organization has warned that the corona virus pandemic is far from over and that it could indirectly harm the lives of millions of children who are missing out on vital vaccinations for other infectious diseases. says 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some vaccines. every year more than $116000000.00 in funds are vaccinated or 86 percent of all children born globally but there are still more than $13000000.00 children around the world who miss out on vaccination. we know that the number will increase because of corbett 19 already polio vaccination campaigns have been put on hold and in some countries routine immunization services are being scaled buck or shut down as european nations begin to ease their lock downs the w.h.o. has repeated its call that they must track and trace all suspected coronavirus cases the warning comes as italy announced a phased reopening of its economy but the u.k. says it's too soon to relax any