this is back investigating the united states and its role in the world and in the u.s. election primaries presumptive democratic nominee joe biden strives to reach the official delicate threshold made on al-jazeera. it might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all. as president donald trump tries again to downplay the threat of a 2nd wave of covert 19 but health experts are on equivocal. we will have coronavirus in the form i am convinced of them. from doha everyone come all santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera.

the u.s. and israel to announce the launch of what iran says is its 1st military satellites . also argentina misses a huge debt repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances all of that plus. i mean. well but it's the old u.n. technology that's making it difficult for nations to connect when they need to be communicating more than ever. so talk us to a health official has stood by his predictions of a 2nd wave of corona virus that is likely to hit and could be made worse by the regular flu season that clashes with president donald trump's assertions all at the same media briefing that the virus may not come back at all we'll start with this

from mike hanna in washington manners and a very good job for a structure robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media or his statement about the fall season and the. virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the centers for disease control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert redfield did not do so he disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didn't say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because we'll have flu in corona virus circulating the same time. the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and your ear when she says it was years ago they will know. we don't know it's going to start it's a very small confined so we put it well 8 i think the great thing is we will be

able to find it earlier this time and i think that's what we're talking about we'll find those cases earlier so what dr redfield said we would be able to stay in containment phase. the president continued to push back against potential future threat and in answer to a reporter's question argued the virus may not come back at all it is estimated might not come back at all jennifer may not come back at all he should get about a worst case scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back it's not going to come back and i've spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was apparently one of these 10 people the president spoke to was not the country's foremost medical expert dr anthony park she was adamant there would be a 2nd wave of the virus later this year there will be coronavirus in the fall if we do which we won't but let's take an imaginary pure. forget about it we're not going

to do anything about it it will take off that's what viruses do but that's not what's going to happen we're going to respond to it to not allow it to do that early on a wednesday president trump planted a tree marking earth day but given the disagreements that played out in the evening briefing his medical experts could well fear that he's also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna al-jazeera washington during that same news conference donald trump was asked about iran successfully launching its 1st military satellite iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to monitor the world from space a satellite was launched from iran's market on wednesday the u.s. has in the past said that the space rogue program is a cover for missile development which iran's leaders deny a white house correspondent kimberly helicopters at that briefing. the u.s.

president issuing a stern warning to iran if in any way u.s. naval ships are harassed in the persian gulf by iranian fast boats in the words of the u.s. president he will make sure they are shot out of the water if they get close to our both the u.s. president saying that the u.s. navy is 100 percent prepared for any sort of engagement i also had the opportunity in the white house briefing to ask the u.s. president for his reaction to the launch of that military satellite by the i.r.g.c. mr going to launch a military satellite firebomb when you get a response that you see this is a fancy missile program well they say no ok they say also say it was for television does anybody really believe that they would have better television in iran so they say they were watching the run very closely very closely we know more about iran than they do right now we know more than they do so we know all about it we watched

it we knew it was going on we followed it very closely they say it was for television now the president 6 would not answer the question about whether he was concerned the united states had projected any vulnerability in terms of military readiness the fact that there's been an outbreak of coronavirus on the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. roosevelt or even that the commander in chief donald trump has been consumed with dealing with coronavirus inside the united states again no answer from the u.s. president on that question however it is important to note that on wednesday the u.s. president did contact the emir of qatar the readout from both sides says that well they did not mention iran specifically they do say that they discussed issues important to the region. still in the middle east palestinian leaders not to quote stand handcuffed if israel formally moves to take their land now this is in

response to remarks from the u.s. secretary state my own peo he said an accession of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for israel's new government shelob ellis has more. from washington d.c. u.s. secretary of state's might pump a are added fuel to a fire how far will the way we're glad that there's a now fully formed government in israel as for the adaptation the west bank. there's rallies will ultimately make those decisions as that's an israeli decision . we will work closely with them to share with them our views of this in a private setting his comments came 2 days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and rival been against formed a national unity government and had taken 3 back to back a lick and a year of negotiations for the 2 to form a power sharing deal revealed on monday was that part of the deal included and it seemed parts of the occupied west bank against agreed netanyahu could look to

extend israeli sovereignty to jewish settlements with the government vote from july the territory was captured by israel in 1967 war and is under israeli military control an extension was also outlined in u.s. president donald trump's peace plan for the middle east in january it's very clear that this is moving forward israel is moving forward and it is doing so effectively with the open support of the united states mahmoud abbas president of the palestinian authority responded forcefully reminding pump a 0 emission yahoo and landed talking about is not theirs to determine adding if they continue with an accession plans the palestinian authority will cancel current agreements with the us and israel. we told all concerned at the national parties including the us administration and the israeli government that we want to stand with cross hands if israel announced the taxation of any parts of our lands

the united nations has repeatedly voiced its concern although it sued it wasn't clear if pump air has given israel a green light we have in the past 1st great concern. but possible atic say sure no new law unilateral moves the major opposition and i do expect mr lighton of to take . a brief to say more on this at his briefing this week in the security council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering sentiments to be illegal under the geneva convention which bans settling on land captured in who israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall it ballasts. the right of new corona virus infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than 2300 cases were reported on thursday after 215 deaths

rolls are recorded which pushes the total over 5000 only this week germany's government eased some restrictions but want to return to lockdown if cases were to significantly increase in the u.k. where more than 18000 people have died the government is facing increasing criticism over its approach and its reaction to the pandemic sagna guy a guy has more on the situation across the region. the house of commons normally rowdy for wednesday's prime minister's questions resumed its business with social distancing firmly in place without boris johnson at the helm in his place the foreign secretary since the start of the outbreak we've delivered 1000000000 items of personal protective equipment and tens of millions have been distributed vavi devolved administrations but the government has been under fire over its coronavirus can demonstrate a-g. by the end of the month the health secretary had promised the u.k. would be conducting a $100000.00 tests

a day it is currently carrying out $18000.00 per day with a capacity 440000 here start fact seized on by the new opposition labor party leader of the pattern emerging here we were slow in to look slow on testing slower protective equipment but now slow to take up these offers from british i don't accept his premise that we can slide we're going to do it by the scientific advice the chief scientific advisor the chief medical officer i think every step along this way the number of deaths in the u.k. continues to rise with more than 800000 recorded at hospitals around the country the health secretary a set of the country has reached the peak of the pandemic but no one is clinton plaiting lifting the lockdown soon in spain officials in madrid gathered to close a makeshift morgue set up at a rice rink in the capital the country has seen the 2nd highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in europe during the worst phase to date the military had been

transferring bodies here on a daily basis now the government is about to loosen the lockdown to allow children accompanied by parents to go out for the 1st time in weeks but this is not a rushed maneuver the restrictions will remain in place until the middle of may and if the epidemic worsens the governor. it will impose them again but the worry of a financial meltdown here is still prevalent where the prime minister better sunshine calling on the european council to get financial aid to countries like. the european council must boken the financial package approved by the euro group and demand the completion of the project work so that the instruments are implemented by june the 1st this is the key for europe and consequently for our country but i look at sweden's decision to stay open have been criticised by its neighboring countries pushing the economy over public health maybe 2000 people have died there from covert 19 but even without going into lock down its export

dependent economy has been hit hard state relief measures are being put in place but even with that hate it will still see a financial slump like everywhere else affected by the pandemic sunny diagonal era . let's look ahead and see what's coming up we're going to report from the ritual comparable to the world on why staying home during the pandemic and how it was getting creative in the year of coronavirus to mark world book day. hello there plenty more warm sunshine across central and northern areas of europe to the south the same kind of cloud and also plenty of rain that is about to clear but to in the meantime as a sacred clear sunny skies up latvia look at this beautiful blossom for the south

across into germany some beautiful fields here full of seed and it will continue as we go through thursday clear sunny skies nice and warm as well it's 20 celsius in london 22 across into palin still some rain across the central med it is working its way eventually on towards greece away from actually pushing on its west now as a turkey is what it will reach as we go through friday i will say on friday is some hours of rain pushing cross into western areas of russia but also developing into northern as to spain portugal on the south and west of france but the touch is a say the radio on the high side above the average loss of warm colors here showing you where the warm is in place and cyprus is a good example look at this by friday 26 degrees the average high for april is just 15 so very warm indeed now as that rain clears away out of the central west a mess it does mean we will eventually see some clearing conditions across northern areas of africa. but mostly care across into tunis here but still

a few more shots pushing into morocco's had to friday 21 celsius in reply. easily test treats and trace frank assessments why is it so he's struggling to cope . the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the curve informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in a place like e.g. there's one didn't play here very relieved in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines india doesn't up to the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera.

i think the top stories this hour on al-jazeera president don't trump is dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the in the year but his top health advisers have warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season the u.s. has called for iran to be held accountable after teheran successfully launched its 1st military satellite on wednesday iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space. and the u.n. security council is meeting on thursday to discuss plans by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank the u.s. sectors take my compost is that decision should be left to the israeli government. signed an executive order suspending immigration into the united states for 60 days he says it will safeguard american jobs during the pandemic the outbreak in resulting lockdowns of lead to a surge in unemployment nationwide the critics say the order will only affect

a small number of people the strain in prime minister scott morrison says his country is winning the fight against corona virus and is on the path back to normal life just 11 newer cases reported on thursday and one death arson says the government's focus now is the economy we are on the road back. and that is demonstrated by the images that we've already taken and we're on the y. back to a covered saif economy as well which is what we have to achieve and we are building the protections for this kind of insight economy in the areas that i've mentioned importantly in the areas of violence should so i sent in testing in the area of industrializing contect trice in capabilities and our immediate response capability to outbreaks wherever they might present themselves we have moved on elective surgery and started some moving on schools and i welcome that very much of the schools changes are

a very important step in how we reopen air economy going forward and most importantly to ensure children are getting the best possible education in bangladesh nearly a 1000000 rickshaw pull is in the capital dhaka have next to no income with the streets now empty and that situation's getting more desperate by the day instead of each other now reports. dhaka is often called the rickshaw capital of the world a colorful scene on any given day but now the streets of dhaka are largely empty due to the lockdown order since march 26th to carve coronavirus showed the islam is worried as he waits hours in the scorching heat. my neck it's enough to live in that there is no income anymore we are going through much hardship condiment paid the rent it is getting difficult to get by there is not enough food at home by 2 pm everything is closed can't even get out of the home low wage earners and those

working in the informal sector as are the hardest hit. pretty. nearly a 1000000 rich in the city are now struggling to make ends meet thousands of small enterprises like this regard here in dhaka have shut down due to their logged on to fight coronavirus this has dealt a devastating blow to their livelihood many of the rich are now on the brink of starvation for many small business owners this is an uncertain time and. business is badly hit ritual coolers are facing a lot of hardship as owners we are also suffering many of the ricksha pullers are facing hunger they can't get any passengers right now. prime minister sheikh hasina has announced

a cash aid package for daily wage earners unable to work because of the lockdown. but many are not getting any relief and in recent days thousands of underprivileged people have taken to the streets demanding food. on occasion. i haven't received any help from anyone else even from the government not a single piece of grain or money is of no use. for many with the next meal will come from remains a main concern. dhaka bangladesh. the u.s. aircraft maker boeing plans to lay off 10 percent of workers in its passenger plane units as many as $7000.00 jobs boeing's also about to begin negotiations with the government for a possible bailouts the pandemic is worse than the company's problems remember it's 737 max fleet's been grounded worldwide since last year after 2 crashes killed nearly 350 people. turkey's imposed

a 4 day lockdown in $31.00 provinces to stop the spread of coronavirus the latest restrictions are coinciding with the muslim holy month of ramadan cynical so new reports from istanbul people line up in front of supermarkets stocking up for a full day care for you in major cities including istanbul this is the 3rd care for you since early april but this one is longer merging due weekend with a national holiday and the start of from a down they're all geared up math keeping to record social distance. we have always been going with something a little bit of seagulls in the house as much as we can so it's ok we have enough time to get prepared for the 4 days go you and i am glad that this time they have announced earlier. to avoid

a repeat of the chaos seen during the 1st curfew markets and grocery stores will not shut down in the 1st 2 days bakeries will be open on a weekend and certain groups sectors are exempted from the curfew the government has avoided a full lock down to keep the economy ticking over solid whatever is necessary for health should be followed if they say don't go well we should do that the government has imposed measures encouraging self isolation shutting down cafes and restrictions on indoor and outdoor activities a cure for you has been imposed on seniors of all 65 and people below 20 years old to try to halt the spread of the disease. while most of the interest on the progress we're doing well so far we're taking measures without interrupting daily life of course our shortcomings but we've done well most of the common 1980 s. as in turkey or in a stumble the country's economic capital 60000000 people live in the city that's 20

percent of the country's population. without a full lockdown almost 4000000 people use public transport every day some say this is a high risk. the number of people on the streets of istanbul has fallen over the last few weeks as a result of measures to curb the wires but the famous is the last rites and tax in istanbul stores jan has never been so quiet the police will pepperell here over the next 4 days and will take legal action against those who via. the restrictions. office will say turkey has almost reached a plateau in the coroner virus outbreak and life will return to run out of normality after a month turkish people will need to be patient for a while yet so you know how does your stumble india's government says it plans to manufacture thousands of electronic wristbands to monitor the locations and health

of covert 1000 patients the country's ramping up surveillance as it begins to ease the world strictest lockdowns this respond project aims to track quarantine patients and help health workers india has more than 21000 confirmed and 681 deaths experts fear the country could still be weeks away. now as if global diplomacy wasn't complicated enough already covered 19 of course is only adding to difficulties leaders and ambassadors are trying to meet remotely connections are being lost and diplomatic editor james bays explains why. we're now living in a virtual world and the un security council the body in charge of maintaining international peace and security is not sitting in its historic chamber in new york instead ambassadors are operating remotely but technically it's been far from smooth i mean yes we can perhaps not unpredictably

some of the getting to their microphones we're not speaking. of unity. i we need all mikes close please sometimes meetings have had to be interrupted because of technical issues that. mr. mr cea excuse me we have to put i have a request the cost for us has technical problems and we need your out here very well and then resumed i want to apologize for the technical difficulties we have at that date today's conversation it's especially important as an estate but that's fan gave we are the biggest problems have come in connecting with the u.s. ambassador kelly craft while other ambassadors have stayed in new york she joining

the pandemic has retreated to her home in kentucky and the connection has been difficult really a lot. in the end her deputy based in new york had to read out her speech on her behalf since the sensor ambassador was disconnected as a noun but unable to reconnect to the system will deliver their marks in the united states from this point how happy is the un with the technology that it's providing to the security council if tech not if un security council members can't hear each other how are they supposed to speak to the world we are all trying our best to accommodate. the security council and all member states. and i we will continue to work through whatever technical. glitches there may be in a were then we would have to adjourn such meeting thank you. up.

well all over the world meetings even school lessons are taking place on platforms like zoom the un is using an old coat france and system it's based in brindisi and it's really rather than here in new york the security council represents the entire international community but for now its technology does not seem fit for purpose james plays out jazeera of the united nations finally independent booksellers a feeling the pinch on world book day millions of people are staying home so stores are abducting some creative ways to stay engaged with their arrangements is this report from ahmed. in 2015 it was greece's financial crisis keeping customers away from the free thinking zone bookstore and cafe at the time pages weren't being turned coffees weren't being served and the overall situation looked bleak owner and at the worried her small athens business might not make it despite all

that what she called the free thinking zone survived now though it's the coronavirus pandemic that threatens to switch the shops lights off for good it's been met i have heard. the bird biggest problem that not. only doesn't actually. these days independent booksellers around the world are finding it increasingly difficult to stay in business hi everyone this is my own at the bookstore i was on reiner owns and operates the run for cover bookstore in san diego california its doors are temporarily shut and its future is uncertain but customers are still ordering titles actually really hard. business book business we're all to get our hands on books because everyone has. their way to do business mariani who fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening her store

a year and a half ago has turned increasingly to social media to keep book buyers in gaged alerting them to works that have come in and orders that have gone out she's even started digital mother daughter story time sessions but she says nothing will ever replace face to face interactions with fellow book lovers having the connection the reader. greatest gift. and not being able to do this. it's not just booksellers getting more creative in engaging readers in the era of code 19 authors or 2 such as sonam are in pakistan who along with a friend started the stay home stay reading series as she worked from her home in karachi i wanted to create something that serves to put their work order in as

public spaces or to just readers from all over the world to access their work to just check it out see if they're interested to be able to be from their work and also with me they have a moment when they could share great writers speaking directly to readers offering stories as a way to escape even if just for a few moments the seemingly constant barrage of bad news. that's when you through the headlines president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the year even though his top health advisors of warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season but usually. we were not good you could have some temperature growing and you could have a big flu system and if they combined usually come together they come together it's

not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 years because it is a correction. understanding that he that it states that through the period of the how can you say that you know it won't come back in the same level that it has what it is estimated might not come back at all to have it may not come back at all he should get about a worst case scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back it's not going to come back and i've spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was other headlines the u.s. has called for iran to be held accountable left to teheran successfully launched its 1st military satellite on wednesday iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space trump has signed an executive order suspending immigration to the u.s. for 60 days he says it will safeguard american jobs during the pandemic the outbreak and resulting lockdowns of lead to

a surge in unemployment nation wide but critics say the order will only affect a small number of people. the u.n. security council's meeting on thursday to discuss plans by israel to an expanse of the occupied west bank the u.s. secretary of state says the decision should be left to the israeli governments. the rate of new infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than 2300 cases were reported on thursday another 215 deaths as well pushing the total over 5000 this week germany's government eased restrictions but warned of a return to lockdown of cases increased significantly and turkey's imposed a 4 day lockdown in 31 provinces to try to stop the spread of coronavirus stumbles one of the major cities that shut down restrictions that are coinciding with the holy month of ramadan president does say the infection rate is starting to slow. you up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the latest edition of inside story is next.

i really really. this printer turned to be the only player in libya but coming after us hopes now seem shattered forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are making significant gains so it's about to lose the war this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan warlord wants to control libya his battle to do just that could be reaching a turning point but not in his favor he launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli more than a year ago it's where the internationally recognized government is based forces

loyal.