Brazilian mayor launches furious attack on 'stupid' Bolsonaro over coronavirus response
Updated 1153 GMT (1953 HKT) May 25, 2020
The mayor of a Brazilian city that has been badly hit by the coronavirus has rounded on Jair Bolsonaro, saying the President is "co-responsible" for the nation's vast death count.
Arthur Virgilio Neto, the mayor of Manaus -- a city of 2 million people nestled in the heart of the Amazon that has been stricken by Covid-19 -- called on Bolosonaro to resign, "shut up and stay at home." The President's "dream" is to be a dictator, "but he's too stupid," Neto told CNN.
His broadside comes amid growing anger in Brazil, which has suffered more infections than every country in the world except the United States, and is yet to reach a peak of cases and fatalities.
Myanmar army accused of new atrocities in attack on Rakhine village
Less than three years since a crackdown against Rohingya, troops are again accused of war crimes – this time against Rakhine Buddhists
Kyaw Thu* waited until night fell before taking his family to the bank of a river not far from their village. While millions across the world were told to remain at home to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic, he and his neighbours were forced to flee.
That night in March, he recalls, residents from Tin Ma village, in Rakhine state, clambered anxiously into boats, crossed the river, then trekked through foothills to seek refuge in the relative safety of a nearby town. No one switched on a torch or even lit a cigarette for fear of drawing the attention of Myanmar’s army.
Opinion: Ayatollah Khamenei and the 'final solution' in the Middle East
Iran is in trouble, so leader Ayatollah Khamenei is resorting to a well-tested method: He is distracting the people with demagogy, and he doesn't shy away from the most evil historical terms, says DW's Kersten Knipp.
Ali Khamenei isn't having an easy time of it at the moment. The Islamic Republic of Iran, where he has been the supreme religious leader for 30 years, is not functioning very well. The country is almost completely isolated on the international front, and at home, the people are complaining ever more loudly.
And the aging ayatollah has little to offer in either direction. The fiercely aggressive course he and his government have taken has not met with much approval domestically or abroad.
Japan’s Abe lifts state of emergency, says virus outbreak under control
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the state of emergency imposed nationally to combat coronavirus following a sharp decline in the number of new cases.
"We had very stringent criteria for lifting the state of emergency. We have judged that we have met this criteria," Abe told a nationally televised news conference.
"Today we will lift the state of emergency nationwide," he said.
Social distancing curbs had been loosened for most of the country on May 14 as new infections fell, but the government was keeping Tokyo and four other prefectures under watch.
Russian fighters flown out of western Libya after Haftar losses
Analysts say departure a major setback for Haftar, depriving LNA of its most potent foreign fighting force near Tripoli.
Russian fighters in Libya were flown out to a town south of Tripoli by their eastern-based allies after retreating from front lines at the capital, Tripoli, according to a local official.
The reported departure of the Russians on Sunday was another blow to renegade eastern commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) and his foreign allies, who have been trying to take the capital for more than a year from the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).
Coronavirus: Americans flock to beaches on Memorial Day weekend
Americans have flocked to beaches and lakes for Memorial Day weekend, often flouting restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
In Florida, state police dispersed an unauthorised gathering of hundreds of people in Daytona Beach on Saturday.
In Missouri, bars at the Lake of the Ozarks were packed with revellers, who violated social-distancing rules.
US coronavirus task force chief Dr Deborah Birx said she was "very concerned" after seeing such scenes.
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