let's introduce the panel in kabul we have pople habibie an academic researcher on peace building in afghanistan in doha sorts on barack a professor of conflict resolution of the doha institute and in london by skype kate clarke co-director of the afghanistan and lists network welcome to you all pope out in kabul 1st of all ashraf ghani puts his troops back on the offensive the taliban called it a declaration of war can we ever see a time when these 2 parties will get together around the same table to talk peace there are a few issues to discuss before going to the direct negotiation with taliban 1st off on the power of taliban in and set of understanding on to syria where they have how much could have on the in control of other terrorist groups in the 2nd is the the demands of taliban and also demand of the afghan government but it is asking for releasing of their 5000 prisoners. in the immediate before the agree to sit a time frame for starting the new season and run government is asking for. a cease fire or at least a reduction in violence and also sitting in a time frame or a dat

an offensive against the group the explosion comes 2 days after more than 50 people were killed in kabul and nagar others loyal to war locally for hoft are launched a rocket attack on the capital tripoli overnight that's where the un recognized government is based. 1000000000 areas for targeted injuring at least 14 people. tens of thousands of people have been forced into emergency shelters after it's at the eastern philippine power thing cut off and homes destroyed by when's of up to 180 kilometers an hour. so the headlines keep it on al-jazeera mourners to come inside story is next. direct talks between the afghan government and the taliban following further. resume's offensive operations against what the president holds the enemies the taliban calls this a declaration of war this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm boots. from the cradle to the grave it seems no one is safe from afghanistan's endless war newborn babies mothers under says were among 24 people killed when gunmen opened fire inside a car bomb maternity hospital on choose day while $32.00 mourners at a funer

explosion around. 103211 local time in a maternity hospital in rest of kabul which is most of the most and we need a living there and the security of security forces already called in. this attack happened when the ministry of public health. visiting the area so we don't have more information which is. what happened in the police. are keeping kind of the hospital now to attack it's ongoing at the moment. and we don't have more information about that perhaps just give us a little context of this in terms of recent attacks in the city and that might give us an idea of who might be responsible well at the moment we cannot we don't know who will be the 1. basis for this attack all right we'll leave it there mr thanks very much indeed a message with the latest on the ongoing attacks in the afghan capital of kabul all right after being shut down for almost 2 months in response to the coronavirus pandemic india is reopening its vaults rail network is the biggest in the world tens of thousands of people have bought tickets for services running between the capital new delhi and 15 other cities

random testing brings worrying results for afghanistan the government fears more than a 3rd of kabul's residents could have covert 19. months ago robin your child has their own life or headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes they made a deal to work with each other but will israel's top court approved a new coalition government also the u.n. walls of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight prone a virus but on world of press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role. also we look at how the pandemic and the economic crisis are leaving many in sudan struggling to put food on the table. bought into the program got us dollars braced for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied the warning that alexia brian's report contains some disturbing i

another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a maternity hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. gun battles raged for hours as the security forces struggled to evacuate over $100.00 women and their infants. that was similar but she looks like it took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine but. when i heard a gunshot we were outside of the hospital. i wanted to go inside. they shot me and one of my grandchildren was killed no i think that has been. so far no group has claimed responsibility but the days violence extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the eastern province of naga heart targeted the funeral killing $24.00 people and wounding dozens more the so-called islamic state which has a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for just talk the violence has provoked a strong response from the afghan government president ashraf ghani said the attacks left him no choice but to resume offensive military operations. to defend the country for the security and safety

let's cross over now to kabul where we have correspondent ali latif on the line what's the status of the cease fire and the prisoner release that's happening. so far it seems as if that cease fire is being respected as if there are no large. that have been verified before you know activity on both sides but has been there and large scale attacks but in terms of the. prisoner release so i was just on the way back from my gun law was that province in the east and you know we could see convoys of prisoners that were released you know passing through the streets you could tell their story gunfire as acquirers with flowers on them people taking pictures of those interesting is on the road from the provincial capital to the districts traditionally you don't see security forces vehicles in you don't see security forces fighters out on the street on the road they're usually in their bunkers and and their checkpoints and the time you actually saw their humvee you saw some of them getting out of the car patient ready so what it seems is as if maybe the taleban are refraining from attacking whi

the taliban said that they were not behind both the attacks the attack here in kabul took place in a shia neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted and very brutal attacks by the islamic state their tack in the east the has the fingerprints of the islamic state the commander whose funeral is being held as a family. major security sectors they have really stood both against the taliban but also against the islamic state in that part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with the new deadly front because we were time and again told that the islamic state was defeated but yet 'd there are. state fighters in. capital of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul but also want to bring us up to date on the situation in afghanistan from kabul below thanks very much indeed the spokesman for russia's president is in hospital being treated for coronavirus 52 year old dmitri peskov was last seen in public wellness 2 weeks ago but a meeting with vladimir putin the kremlin

ishmael saddat, bbc news, kabul. here in the uk, another 627 people have died from coronavirus in the last 2a hours. in all, more than 32,000 people have died on tuesday. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak, announced the government's furlough scheme, designed to avoid mass unemployment during the outbreak, will now be extended till the end of october. he said the scheme, which currently pays 80% of an employee's salary is now supporting 7.5 million jobs. the chancellor has been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. you will be asking businesses to start contributing. how much? we think it's fair to ask businesses at that stage once everything is up and we are recovering to make a contribution along with the government in paying people's wages and that will also help us ensure that the scheme can be extended for this period of time. there are going to be thousands of businesses whose doors are still closed, whether that's a pub or theatre or holiday venue. where are they going to find the money? the plan the

random testing brings worrying results from gonna stand the government fears more than a 3rd of kabul's residents could have covert 19. months ago robin watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes they made a deal to work with each other but will israel's high court approve the new coalition government. and the u.n. warns of the dangers of misinformation as countries fight coronavirus in the world press freedom day insists that journalists have a crucial role also. found in the human rights groups call for an investigation after a prison riot in venezuela that's killed more than 40 people. welcome to the program afghanistan is bracing for a much higher rate of infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border and locations that iran has denied a warning that alexey o'brien's report contains and disturb

random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of kabul's residents may have covered 19. gracenote is there a live from london i'm dead you navigate also ahead. rush hour records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than 10024 hours plus. before the disaster the mayor of manassas os gretz its home birth to help save the defenders of the amazon rain forest from covert 19 as brazil's total faces paseo 100000. madagascar starts axford in a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus shore despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul with more than 150 of them testing positive the suggests around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected in russia cases there are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by

attacks in afghanistan 17 people are killed in the northeast explosions and gunfire at the hospital in kabul in the past hour. but on a clock this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of the biggest rail networks gets me via games india eases some of its coronavirus restrictions. the us president talks of a triumph in testing for corona virus but the number of deaths has now passed 800000. i'm just such a ferrari and a temporary drive through testing center in doha where the tarrytown scientists are helping to better understand my roots and how to ease restrictions here. so we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan 2 attacks one in the hospital and the other at a funeral and that one is in one car province in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed there after an explosion hit a crowd of mourners 30 others reported to be injured the governor says it was a suicide attack meanwhile a hospital in the capital kabul it's also come under attack explosions and gunfire have been heard there let's hear from a message shams now who's in kabul he j

17 people have been killed there 30 others are reported to be injured and a hospital in the capital kabul is also come under attack explosions and gunfire were reported and that apparently is still going on that let's get more from matthew chance on that attack in kabul he joins us on the line from there now how things going with a gathering information on this attack message now. well nick a couple police confirmed. that they could evacuate 4 the person from the area which they want to attack there means that there's a lot of people back in this hospital as well as in the back of this hospital there is a there is a guest house to which all foreigners are living around. the fight is ongoing and. i asked about the number of casualties the local t.v.'s are saying that there are 5 people killed and i found 6 to 7 people injured but. a couple police is not come 1 bring the numbers it's still too early to say to talk about the number of casualties or about 3 thanks for that the attack in kabul will bring you more on that as a day goes on as well as the other attack in one go off province. well

random testing in afghanistan indicates more than a 3rd of kabul's residents may have covert 19 this is a rainy and guards are accused of beating and drowning afghan migrants who try to cross the border. you're watching al-jazeera life from london i'm doubting you navigate also ahead. russia records a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases of more than 10024 hours. before the disaster. why the mayor of minnows is asking gretz it's one bird to help stop the protectors of the amazon rain forest dying from covert 19. and israel's high court hears a challenge against the new coalition government which could trigger the country's 4th election in 18 months. fellow health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak they're responding far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around a 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected and in russia coronavirus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total t

random testing brings worrying results for afghanistan the government is more than a 3rd of kabul's residents could have called it 90. 1 for the bacteria watching al-jazeera live from doha also heads. they made a deal but was it legal israel supreme court begins hearing a case challenging the new coalition government. the united nations warns of the dangers of misinformation mass countries fights coronavirus and on the world press freedom day insists journalists are crucial to battling it. and urban music loses one of its most cherished ambassadors we look back on the life and legacy of algerian singer edith. thank you very much for joining us afghanistan's health ministry is raising an alarm over the spread of coronavirus a small study with random tests in kabul suggests that a 3rd of the residents could be affected meanwhile russia has reported a 50 percent rise in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than $10600.00 new cases on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed . and just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors a country is reporting a fall in cov

the taliban said they were not behind board the attacks here in kabul took place in a shia. neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted in very brutal attacks by the islamic state there dark in the east the has the fingerprints of the islamic state the commander whose funeral was being held as a family. major security sectors there really stood both against the taliban but also against the islamic state and part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with the new deadly front because we were time and again told that islamic state was defeated but yet 'd there are. still fighters in cells capable of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul well the united nations is saying the violence in northwestern nigeria has forced around $23000.00 refugees to flee international since last month a further 19000 national survey displaced inside their own country as a fighting a series of attacks took place during april in nigeria the deadliest claiming 47 lives refuge

worried about just how bad the rate may really be random tests on several 100 people in the capital kabul but it's painting a disturbing picture it suggests that a 3rd of the city with a population of over $4000000.00 could be infected russia's numbers there on the rise it's reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors the country is reporting a decline in coated 19 deaths with 164 fatalities the health ministry says infections have been the lowest in nearly 7 weeks. well the pandemic has caused tens of thousands of afghans to cross the border from iran that's the region's worst hit country but some have also been trying to go in the other direction looking for work and now afghanistan is accusing iranian border forces of drowning a group of afghan migrants to stop them from crossing over iran has denied the allegations a warning and brian's report contains some disturbing images from the beginning they left their

the taliban said that they were not behind both the attacks the attack here in kabul took place in a shia neighborhood in the west of kabul they have been frequently targeted and very brutal attacks by the islamic state the attack in the east has the fingerprints of the islamic state the commander whose funeral was being held as a family. major security sectors they have really stood both against the taliban but also against the islamic state in that part of the country and i think more worryingly for the government of afghanistan and for its allies i think they are dealing with the new deadly front because we were time and again told that islamic state was defeated but yet there are. state fighters in cells capital of launching deadly attacks in major cities including kabul opposition politicians in hong kong are warning the government against pushing through a proposed law that criminalizes mockery of china's national anthem chief executive carrie lamb announced the build will soon be prioritized in legislative debates that follows the arrests of 200 protesters taking part in flash

infection from the coronavirus random testing suggests a 3rd of the $4000000.00 people in the capital kabul could be infected and the country risks a diplomatic crisis with neighbor iran after afghan migrants were reportedly beaten tortured and left for dead while trying to cross over the border allegations that iran has denied a warning that alexia brian's report contains them just disturbing images from the start. they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their final moments terrifying. the iranian border guards 1st beat us then made us do hard work then they took us by minibus near the river and when we got there they threw us into the river some afghan migrants are said to have drowned in the river that flows between iran and afghanistan their distraught relatives and the afghan government want says. my brother's ventry iran 30 days ago yesterday we heard that the very ground the iranians do with included evil and threw them into the water iran's foreign ministry has denied the allegations and says the incident happened inside afghanis

their mothers were among 14 people killed when gunmen attacked a maternity hospital in the capital kabul and a suicide bomber killed more than 20 mourners in one province the taliban has denied responsibility for both attacks alexy o'brien reports. that the maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the scene of what the f.b.i. and governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity that was a model that. i bought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by a bullet. gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the aid organization doctors without borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. enemies of. the attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason it's a government hospital and a lot of people bringing their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panic inside. and a

out the $60.00 buy them here just in $5.00 with the same as john though the factory in the capital kabul is also providing employment opportunities because. i was jobless before this and was doing nothing in lockdown as home but i'm lucky that i have this job serving my people the government says corona virus has infected close to 3000 people but the true total is feared to be much higher there are not enough testing kits and it's difficult to track case numbers especially in rural areas nearly a 3rd of $500.00 people tested for cope with 19 out of a population of 5000000 in the capital kabul were positive in a bid to contain the virus the nationwide lockdown has been extended until may 24th but is widely been ignored by the public this is not a complete lockdown why hasn't the government insured and implemented a complete lockdown 2 factors primarily one. mushroom unemployment and poverty i mean i hungry man is an angry man you can not keep him and push him to be at home all the time up to a quarter of a 1000000 poor families living in kabul started receiving 10 pieces of bread a day in

maternity hospital in the capital kabul later afghanistan's president going on the offensive all but. despite our repeated and from the international community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for public places and the 4th attacks and fruits from the taliban and other terrorist groups are ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemies of the taliban denies involvement in tuesday's attacks its fighters have largely refrained from targeting city since february when leaders signed a deal with the united states for the withdrawal of american troops and to pave the way for talks with government leaders in kabul the taliban now accusing the government of creating obstacles to peace today programme marks a milestone towards this integration of this agreement and less trusting of measures are taken immediately by all sides and by the taliban. under the agreement the taliban was to prevent afghanistan from being used as a la

speaking to us from the afghan capital kabul thank you. thank you. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world more than 15000 people have now died from covert 19 in brazil that's according to the country's ministry of health the number of confirmed infections has also risen to over 230000 making brazil the country with the 4th highest number of cases in the world after the us russia and the u.k. . shopping malls have reopened across thailand after a month long lockdown to contain the spread of the corona virus customers will be required to wear face masks at all times and have their temperature checked before entering the malls the easing of restrictions follows a steady drop in the number of infections. dozens of people have been detained at an anti lockdown protest in the polish capital warsaw police used tear gas against the protesters who were demanding that the government move faster to allow businesses to reopen police said the gathering was illegal under the current restrictions. today is international day against hom

another day of deadly violence in afghanistan in the capital kabul gunmen disguised as police stormed a maternity hospital they killed 16 people including 2 newborn babies mothers and nurses. gun battles raged for hours as the security forces struggled to evacuate over $100.00 women and their infants. that was similar she looks like took my grandchild to the hospital to get a vaccine but. when i heard a gunshot we were outside of the hospital. i wanted to go inside. they shot me and one of my grandchildren was killed i think that has been. so far no group has claimed responsibility but the day's violence extended beyond kabul a suicide bomber in the eastern province of naga hard target to the funeral killing 24 people and wounding dozens more the so-called islamic state which has a strong presence in our heart has claimed responsibility for this talk the violence has provoked a strong response from the afghan government president ashraf ghani said the attacks left him no choice but to resume offensive military operations. to defend the country for the security and safety of the people

ismael saadat reports from kabul. gunshots. people in kabul take cover, as violence erupts in the city. gunmen target a hospital in the afghan capital. the attack, by several men, began with a series of blasts, followed by gunfire. the hospital's maternity ward is run by the international medical charity medecins sans frontieres and employs some foreigners. local residents witnessed the violence. translation: a man wearing a police uniform arrived and started shooting at guards and some women in the hospital entrance. i saw around four to five people were wounded. translation: the attackers were shooting at anyone in the hospital without any reason. it's a government hospital and a lot of the people that come in for treatment are women and children. security forces rushed to the scene, eventually rescuing several people, including children. the taliban, who signed a withdrawal agreement with the united states more than two months ago, have denied involvement. similar attacks on foreign and other civilians in this mostly—shia

or for more now let's cross straight over to kabul where correspondent ali latif is covering events for us on the ground there tell us what's the status of the cease fire now that this prisoner release has happened. so it seems as if the ceasefire is holding there were a couple of instances in the east of the country implemented by both sides of the conflict but so far it seems as if it's holding but one thing is i was recently in mind on that province in the east and i saw that you know there were convoys release taliban prisoners coming down the road you know with flowers and cameras and you know 1012 cars at a time welcoming them back and what was really interesting is that on the road from the provincial capital to the districts where usually there's very little security forces presence especially out on the road itself with their vehicles and with the actual police and military you saw that this time not not only were the convoys passing by but that there were military humvees and that there were police forces stopped on the road ready in case anything happened but so far it seems

there in kabul. you're watching t w news still to come the job nobody wants to do how one venezuelan migrant ended up picking up the bodies of the coveted 19 dead in. like germany japan has emerged from coronavirus lockdown with a relatively low toll on public health but economy has taken a big hit the e.u. and japan a pledge to work more closely in restarting cross border trading goods and services that will come as music to the ears of businesses in japan. japan has had some of the world's most relaxed lock down measures it was not until the 7th of april that japan declared a state of emergency the government didn't even enforce a general lockdown citizens were only asked to stay at home this week shops opened again even for many japanese japan is moving too quickly. for us leave by 8 was. i think lifting emergency measures came a bit early but many won't survive if companies and shops don't reopen fast. enough. that. you the abbaye government is in a hurry although the coronavirus pandemic in japa

ismael saadat reports from kabul. people in kabul take cover as violence erupts in the city. government target hospital in the afghan capital. the attack by several men began with a series of blasts followed by gunfire. the hospital's maternity ward is run by the international charity medecins sans frontieres and employ some foreigners. local residents with list violence. translation: a man wearing a police uniform arrived and started shooting at guards and some women in the hospital entrance. i saw around 4— five people were wounded. translation: the attackers were shooting at anyone in the hospital without reason. it is a government hospital and a lot of the people who come in for treatment of women and children. security forces rushed to the scene, eventually seeing several people, including children. the taliban who signed a withdrawal agreement with united states over two months ago are involvement. similar attacks on foreign and other civilians in this mostly shia area of the capital have been attributed to the islamic state group and this was not the only violence in

that if he's speaking to us from the afghan capital kabul thank you. thank you. new figures show that brazil now has the 4th largest outbreak of the corona virus in the world really 240000 people are infected and more than 15000 have died of covert 9 tain health experts say a lack of testing means the real figures could be much higher and warns that the worst is yet to come. one by one the sick keep arriving at this hospital north of rio de janeiro. it's barely been open for 2 weeks and already 90 percent of its intensive care unit full of people are coming from all over the region as other hospitals become overwhelmed by the numbers of patients needing treatment for covert 19 the local health secretary says they're facing an emergency. fund already by bringing this disease is not kidding around and. whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life for brevity. brazil has become the epicenter of the disease in south america what's more experts say fatalities have not yet peaked and the worst is still to come yet despite the surge in deaths and new infection

if you speaking to us from the afghan capital kabul thank you. thank you. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has presented his new unity government to parliament the power sharing agreement with former rival benny gantz ends more than a year of political deadlock under the deal that now who will remain prime minister for 18 months before handing over to come. dozens of people have been detained at an anti lockdown protest in the polish capital walsall police used tear gas against the protesters who were demanding that the government move faster to allow businesses to reopen police said the gathering was illegal under the current restrictions. it sounds like a fairy tale coming to germany to play a concert in ending up living in a council but one bolivian orchestra it's more like a bad dream they came for a short trip and ended up stuck in the idyllic surroundings of palace northwest of the german capital berlin when international flights were suspended because of the coronaviru

al-jazeera on the surge shannon says in kabul for us and he joins us now live on the line mr this is obviously a very fast developing situation what do we actually know at this stage. 5. asked for the ministry of interior. tax on going. to live on full floor hospital and to clear the. floor of the hospital and they are going to clear the last floor of the hospital and the faith that we evacuated almost the person looking for variance and doctors from the hospital. did mention that. it seems like there are full. 3 of them are and soon we will kill the last one we will. we will clear the area and do we yet know more about what what's happened a number of the. ending of the hospital of the center of the suicide bomber 1 1 blew themselves my. friend 1 and killed. the local people we don't know who is evil for this and. it's not clear. who the shans there for us in kabul thanks a message will be obviously coming back to him when we get more. moving on the world health organization is warning countries they'll need to be extremely vigilant as more coronavirus restrictions are lifted and on

in kabul alex some positive news just bring us up to speed on this announcement what's been a great on sure so the news is basically that you know there is now political agreement which will see doctored up the law given the role of essentially leading all of honest ones peace efforts and getting to a point of officials in terms of that kind of a portfolio but he also will get to a point cabinet positions up to 50 percent of the cabinet so it really is much more akin to some kind of a power sharing deal than the previous deal they had from 2014 to 2019 in which dr ablow held the role of chief executive but didn't necessarily get the exact rights enshrined in this sort of an agreement where it stated specifically that he gets to choose up to 50 percent of the cabinet. they only last week we saw 2 appalling attacks including one on a maternity ward emotions must be roll is there a hope that today's announcement will bring us a step closer to ending that sort of violence. i don't know if it will necessarily and that kind of violence because that kind of via i mean in terms of the attack o

that if he's speaking to us from the afghan capital kabul thank you. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has presented his new unity government to parliament the power sharing agreement with former rival benny gantz ends more than a year of political deadlock under the deal netanyahu will remain prime minister for 18 months before handing over to cannes. dozens of people have been detained at an anti lock down protest in the polish capital will saw police used tear gas against the protesters who were demanding that the government move faster to allow businesses to reopen palais said the gathering was illegal under current restrictions. shopping malls have reopened across thailand after a month long lockdown to contain the spread of 19 customers will be required to wear face masks at all times and have their temperature checked before entering the morals the easing of restrictions follows a steady drop in the number of infections. 11 firefighters have been injured in

is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected meanwhile in russia to run a virus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by the pandemic have registered their lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths in nearly 7 weeks so as infection numbers rise in afghanistan afghan migrant workers who fled iran when its death toll soared are now heading back but it's led to. tragedy on the border between the 2 countries iranian border forces have been accused of drowning dozens of afghans to stop them crossing something iran denies alexy o'brien has more on that on the spread of the virus in afghanistan just a warning her report contains disturbing images from the start they left their homes in search of opportunity in iran instead witnesses say they were killed their f

not keep him and push him to be at home or own up to a quarter of a 1000000 poor families living in kabul started receiving 10 pieces of bread a day in the 1st phase of the government's handouts program the charity save the children warns millions of afghan children are its risk of going hungry. food is also being distributed by community volunteers going door to door to raise safety awareness during the pandemic. poor people are contacting us for help but unfortunately we cannot provide enough help we prioritize the poorest of the poor for example the widows who have no want to take care of them decades of war in afghanistan has damaged the health system hospitals rely on aid from the world health organization in countries such as china and turkey despite the foreign help afghanistan remains poorly prepared for a major outbreak sort of al-jazeera. what you all deserve it means the whole rob a reminder of our top news stories the search for a coronavirus vaccine has received a significant funding boost during a teleconference dozens of countries pledged $8000000000.00 to speed up research

behind 4 bomb blasts in kabul on monday which wounded 4 people the result was the u.n. has expressed shock and revulsion at tuesday's maternity hospital attack which killed you born babies mothers and nurses. u.s. secretary of state is urging the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice and al-jazeera the government of a city in northeast china is warning of a new a major new occur in a virus outbreak 7 new cases have been reported in g. lynn and the vice mayor says there is a huge risk it could spread further more than a dozen cases have also been seen in nearby schumann's city of the new clusters a fueling fears of a 2nd wave of outbreaks in china between e.u. has more on the situation in judea. it went into lockdown this morning on wednesday morning public transport has been closed and gatherings have been banned and that was since 7 cases were identified in julian city this week and it follows another cluster being identified in the satellite city of shalon where 14 cases have been identified so that's a total of $21.00 cas

and other on the groups that follows the killing of 34 people in 2 attacks one was at a hospital in kabul the other targeted mourners at a funeral in eastern afghanistan reports. that maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f. game got. calling a war crime and an act against humanity. i brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by bullets. gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the aid organization doctors without borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. the attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason it's a government hospital and a lot of people bring in their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades. provoking panic inside. and a gun battle with security forces. i think for a lot of over when the firing started we went to the safe room there were

worried about just how bad the rate may really be random testing on several 100 people in the capital kabul is painting a disturbing picture it suggests that one 3rd of the city with a population of over 4000000. could be infected russia's number is that russia's numbers are also on the rise it's reported a 50 percent jump in the rate of infections over the past 3 days with more than 10600 new cases recorded on sunday but the government says the mortality rate has slowed and just as spaniards are enjoying the outdoors the country is reporting a decline in cavan $1000.00 deaths with $164.00 fatalities the health ministry says infections have been the lowest in nearly 7 weeks where the pandemic has caused tens of thousands of afghans to cross the border from iran the region's worst hit country but some have also been trying to go in the other direction looking for work and now afghanistan is accusing iranian border forces of drowning dozens of afghan migrants to stop them from crossing over is thought at least 38 people died iran has denied the allegations awarding alexy a bronze report conta

yes and i think that that's the most important point there are attacks and have been attacks in kabul countless times but the brutality of an attack on a maternity ward literally the world's most vulnerable people newborn babies being attacked it suggests that the motive of this attack was not to any kind of military advantage but a spectacular seeder that was meant to undermine political negotiations with the government mentality so it was was it was sabotaging its own peace talks or whether the islamic state was evidence that regardless of who was doing it certainly the whatever peace process was in place is suffering hugely ashraf ghani had initially accused the taliban and it's very telling actually that comment from the u.s. secretary of state my prime peo who condemn what he called the 2 horrific terrorist attacks but actually noted that the taliban had denied responsibility because obviously the u.s. wants to extricate itself from afghanistan who do you think is any role to play here to try to salvage the peace deal in afghanistan right now signed between the taliban and the u.

gunmen srmed a hospital in kabul, killing 16 people. reporter: people take cover as violence then the city epthey are attacked by several men, began with a series of blasts followed by gunfire. the hospital's maternity ward is run by medicine some frontiers. -- medicins sans frontiers. >> a man started shooting at guards and women in the entrance. i s around r peop to five nghe attackers were shooti at women and children. >>us secury forcd to the scene. there were several victims including children. the taliban signed a treaty with the u.s. more than o months ago, have denied involvement. the attacks have been attributable to the islamic this was not the only violence on tuesday. in the eastern province, a member of thel provincial coun was among those killed in the attack of a funeral procession. despite the consided justof coinued hopeeace, violence continues to impact people of this country. bbc news, kabul. chor: in the u.k. another 6ed people have from coronavirus in the lt 36 hours. the u.k.ce chancellor anno the government's furl

to resume operations against the taliban this after attacks target targeting a maternity hospital in kabul and a funeral in one car province which killed at least 34 people. all but. part of the despite repeated and from the international community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for public places and to what attacks and threats from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive one and start their operations against the enemy along all 2 new born babies and their mothers are among the victims of those attacks the taliban has denied carrying out the assault alexy o'brien has more. than the maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f.b.i. and governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity. i brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital bu

at a hospital in the capital kabul has also come under attack at least 4 civilians and 3 attackers have been killed let's hear braun has this report. and ellen says and the military raced to the scene of an attack on some of the most vulnerable. guy. women storming a hospital compound in the afghan capital kabul where the idol denies ation doctors without borders runs a maternity clinic not. a man wearing military uniform looked like a wrestler into the clinic and opened fire and patients relatives of. other attack is reportedly threw grenades provoking panic inside and a gun battle with police. is the attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason it's a government hospital and a lot of people bringing their women and children for treatment dozens of people were led to safety some taken to the hospitals for treatment. i brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by a bullet in the the neighborhood in the west of the