and excuse giving voice to the voiceless and we very well belong to ex-pats and discussion that culture still exists in your batting that today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera. it might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all president tries again to downplay the threat of a 2nd wave of covert 19 but his health experts they are unequivocal. we will have coronavirus in the fall i am convinced that. everyone can all sons of maria and this is the world news from al jazeera to syrians go on trial in germany of committing crimes against humanity during the

early days of the revolution. as for the adaptation the west bank. the israelis will ultimately make those decisions. the united nations prepares to discuss is ready plans to annex illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. and argentina misses a huge debt repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances. so a top u.s. health official has defended his predictions that a 2nd wave of corona virus is likely and could be made worse by the regular flu season that however contradicts president donald trump's assertions during the same media briefing that the virus quote may not come back at all mike hanna has this report from washington. manderson a very good job for us dr robert redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his

statement about the fall season and the virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the sentence for disease control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert redford he'll 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 at same time the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and then your ear when she says it was years ago this will not come we don't know it's going to start it's a very small confined here so we put it well 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 period ok 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 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. we'll have more coronavirus news a little later but i do want to deal with some other news just now 2 syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's revolution this is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government is dominant came in berlin to tell us more on this so just bring us up to date dominic and also why this is happening in germany. when these individuals these defendants came to this country they presented themselves to the

authority claiming to be refugees over the course of the next few months those same supposedly refugees are going to hear claims from prosecutors that they are in fact people who carried out very serious criminal offenses for a relatively long period at the start of the syrian civil war and the point that makes this interesting from the perspective you were alluding to in the introduction is that the laws that are being used to allow this prosecution to be brought under universal jurisdiction not specifically german jurisdiction the german authorities are using powers to allow them to prosecute individuals who didn't commit the offense is concerned within their own jurisdiction that makes it interesting from that perspective but then there's also what you are saying that this is the 1st of such prosecution which explains why many eyes will be watching how this unfolds it has to be said the defendants concerned denied the charges

against them and that which explains why this prosecution will be going ahead i'm reporting to you from berlin outside the federal justice ministry the trial is taking place in court plants the corona pandemic making it difficult for people to travel to cover these stories but it's not preventing the passage of justice which . is why the or thora g.'s are determined that this trial should take place one interesting aspect of this case is that one of the individuals one of the defendants concerned was spotted by somebody who was a refugee in this country from syria and who alerted the authorities to the fact that they'd seen somebody who they believed had been responsible for offenses in syria as i was outlining a few seconds ago the point to make of course is the presumption of innocence pertains in this case as it does in all criminal cases and the defendants deny the charges dominic kane with that update from berlin thank you dominic.

when the world news palestinian leaders a valid not to quote stand handcuff if israel formally moves to take their land this is in response to remarks from the u.s. secretary on peo who said an expression of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for israel's government however the un security council plans to discuss the matter later on thursday morning charlotte bellus. 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 being against formed a national unity government and had taken 3 back to back a little shins 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 the 1967 war and is under israeli military control and accession 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 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 addicks a 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 the security council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering scenes women's 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. now back to corona virus the rates of new infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than $2300.00 cases reported on thursday and another $215.00 deaths which pushes the total over 5000 chancellor angela merkel has told lawmakers germany is still at the beginning of the pandemic she called the world health organization indispensable and said international cooperation is extremely important merkel says germany should be ready to pay significantly more into the e.u. budget to help in the u.k. where more than 18000 people have died the government's facing increasing criticism over its approach and reaction to the pandemic sagna has more on that and 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 via the devolved administrations but the government has been under fire over its coronavirus can damage strategy 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 and now slow to take up these offers from british i don't accept his premise that we can slide we're being joined 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 has said that 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 sanchez is calling on the european council to get financial aid to countries like.

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 sunit i ever. well the top stories in a moment and then robots being used to sanitize exam rooms in hong kong but there's still some questions as to whether one of the most important tests for students should actually go.

ahead though they're fairly much more like summer than spring across much of europe lots of clear skies those have lovely blue skies and also some very warm air in place you have the south that's where we say want to show that just look at this to the northwest of germany of these deep blue skies into that warm sunshine and also up into sweden stockholm some very warm weather still around for you 17 celsius thursday that is against an average of 9 degrees celsius woman also at 18 and look at these temperatures $26.00 in paris $23.00 in zurich now the rain is to the south into france the northeast of spain and still some showers affecting italy all my way tools greece and eventually pushing into will southern and western areas of turkey now friday that is a bit more cloud around sun equals much of eastern europe but the talmud is a still not too bad i missed mostly dry but

a few more those into france and again scattered into northern areas of spain it also means a system in the med will see a few washouts into areas of pushing on into coastal areas over libya some strong winds at the same time warm ahead of that there in cairo 30 celsius and then on friday rain once again pushing into morocco and as is that these by strong winds pushing right way across into mali mauritania and also across into algeria but woman l.g. is the high of 20. as the world fights the corona pandemic more than learning more about this every day it's a new adventure and join our global community it's up to us on how we come together to fight i'm sorry your questions can i just as you start to see directly that's coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the funny like oh nothing very quiet and not keeping you up to date amusing countries beating back

and beating back successfully the stream on 00. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera 2 syrians are suspected of being former intelligence officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's revolution. chancellor angela merkel has told politicians germany is still at the beginning of the corona virus pandemic she called the world health organization indispensable and said international cooperation is extremely. present don't champus dismiss the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the here is top kill to advise us have

warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season. in that same news conference on the trump was asked about iran successfully launching its 1st military satellite iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space the satellite launch from iran's mark as he does its weapons day the u.s. has in the past said the iranian space program is a cover for missile development which iran's leaders deny now white house correspondent kimberly hellcat was 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 president going to launch a military satellite firebomb i want to get a response that you see this is a batsman missile program well they say no. ok they say also it was for television does anybody really believe that they would have better television in iran so they say they were watching the iran very closely very closely we know who are better run 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 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 analysts say china is boosting its oil supply and says prices fall because of the coronavirus on product its imported 4 and a half percent more in march compared to the previous year chinese import is a said to have sent $84.00 tankers to saudi arabia last month which each take on 2000000 barrels of oil. to argentina which is fails to make a $503000000.00 payment on its sovereign debt that was geo on wednesday its creditors had already rejected the government proposal to restructure the 4 as argentina grappling with another year of recession which of course is made worse by

coronavirus teresa but with the support from point to cyrus. for the past several weeks the military has become a crucial element in some of argentina's poorest areas. this is happening in. in radio one a site is where people line up in the middle of the streets for food after imposed by the government one month ago to prevent the spread of 19. we are here to guarantee that people have food this is greatly affected in greater bonus areas because most of them have informal jobs. he. is 60 years old she says the economic situation is getting worse every day. this is the only decent meal i will have today i don't have a job neither does my husband and we're living on the money the government is giving us. argentina's economy has been in recession for 2 years with poverty and

double digit inflation on the rice it is also in the middle of tense negotiations with foreign creditors last week the country proposed a 62 percent cut in interest to the over $80000000000.00 in debt it's trying to restructure and offer bond holders did not accept president. says that argentina right now cannot pay any for in debt because it needs to tend to this country's economic troubles that have worsened because of the spread of $19.00 and that's why it has asked creditors a 3 year grace period to get country's economy back on track. from now on this country has one month to pay off its debt or it will default once again so we're mostly been a mushroom we know we have a problem to solve we know the world economy has shifted just as we are all you know it isn't facing the pandemic we are united in solving the problem of debt and even in these adverse circumstances we continue to propose

a solution. rolling stain was part of the negotiations after the default in 2001 he says another one would complicate argentina's recovery once the crisis of call the 1900 so over. any recovery with a default would be much slower than without the fault rate debasement from companies will have to be careful and safe to invest in oil and gas and other industries coming out of the fold it could be difficult because bonds could have been sold to other creditors may take up to 2 years to recover. for most origin times a foreign debt crisis is like going back in time a story they have heard over and over again what's different this time it's happened there make that he's making argentina's economic troubles even worse there are several. course researches around the world arising to develop a corona virus vaccine this will be so important 80 or so groups are conducting

studies and some are in clinical trials including on humans the 1st of these started in the u.s. city of seattle in march other countries are catching up the u.k. begins trials on thursday germany recently approved tests by 2 companies even with breakneck speed most scientists say a vaccine probably won't be available until the middle of next year the trials need to show that it is safe that it creates immunity and can on top of that be mass produced. developing a vaccine. goes through periods of time that you cannot compress 1st your good to what we call phase one that is seeing whether the vaccine is well tolerated and is safe in when injected into administered in due healthy people that will take about 3 to 4 months and then you have to go into efficacy trials that they see whether that vaccine is indeed protective and that will take about 6 to 8 months

so that's why i wouldn't expect any sort of positive signal about one candidate vaccine being a big issue just before indeed the spring of $21.00 but that's not the end you then need to produce that vaccine in large amounts if a candidate vaccine is proved to be safe and that's an issue because it could bring more delay the alternative is to start producing the vaccine even before there is a positive signal about efficacy which would mean taking huge financial risks in new york the epicenter of the u.s. coronavirus out from there increased outbreak they are increasing their testing to better understand how many people have been infected and in turn who can safely return to work governor andrew cuomo says he may not be able to lift any restrictions on till more is known about the virus and support from kristen

something me. with strict social distancing measures in place new york has seen its corona virus infection rate slow the state has recorded about a quarter 1000000 cases overall a 3rd of all of those in the united states governor andrew cuomo says more testing will be necessary to safely loosen restrictions you don't know how many people were infected you don't know what is happening on the infection rate spread all you know is the hospitalization rate so testing will give you 1st of all more data on how fast the an infection is spreading and how fast it's spreading we're going to know while diagnostic tests like this reveal an active infection blood tests can reveal who's developed antibodies thought to offer some immunity for the disease to recent studies in california suggest exposure to the corona virus and therefore immunity may be more widespread than thought but scientists caution it's too soon to draw

conclusions it's really important and if we're going to be making conclusions about the prevalence in a larger population that we have to sample that population without introducing extra bias so while that say is important we should not take that as a i am a word for true prevalence in our community new york has begun ramping up its capacity to be able to process 40000 coronavirus tests per day this is a group that apartment help also began approaching people outside of grocery stores like this to randomly collect 3000 blood samples and test them for antibodies in the rush to do more testing the accuracy of some brands has been called into question and experts from the world health organization as well as the top administration say the antibodies themselves need further testing nobody is sure but with antibodies is fully protected against having the disease or being exposed to some of the turkish of the. issues essential to save him a good thing as

a result but as the economic cost of fighting the disease continues to mount state authorities are under enormous pressure to find a pathway out of the lockdown as safely and as quickly as possible kristyn salumi al jazeera new york funny students in hong kong are preparing for some of the most important academic tests more than 52000 will now sit exams that were postponed from last month's. how do you hold a major state exam during a pandemic it's one of the toughest questions the hong kong government has faced since the outbreak started of high school students sit for what's seen as the most crucial test of their academic lives the diploma of secondary education or d.s.c. it is a family tree where we important for them if we do not do it well and then if there is a spread of the wires here and there will be trouble not just to the students but also

to the city. infection controls for the 350 exam centers include spacing tables nearly 2 metres apart and ensuring students temperatures are checked and they're wearing mosques along with the invigilators the 52000 students taking these exams and halls like this across the city will be under intense pressure all their formal education over the past 3 years culminates in these tests but this year along with the stress of having to perform well they will be dealing with concerns about their health and personal safety welcome please clean your hands and good luck. thank you . this school has enlisted the help of robots to minimize human to human contact and maintain sanitation the government has given basic guidelines and minimal funding for mosques and sanitizers. after initially being postponed the government announced the exam dates just over

a week before they were due to begin it feels like when you're told to go for a 400 meter race but then when at the last 10 letters and then they tell you that this is. and 800 meters so it's like so frustrating to feeling is usually at the top of her class but taking these exams in unpredictable circumstances is making her nervous. us are really worried about the situation that will happen like one week after during our exile maybe someone low cost. examination and you and everyone just really really really panicked about that. schools have been closed since january due to the corona virus outbreak stephy has been careful to maintain social distancing and sent us this footage of her studying from home her teacher says they have continued lessons using video and teleconferencing apps but hong kong small living spaces and family distractions

make it tough i think learning a school is still the replaceable it's better to communicate with students in the lesson when you can check their understanding instantly. the d.s.e. relies heavily on final exam results the government says it had little choice but to go ahead with it. but many are questioning whether that's the right decision for the students and the future of the city. if you go palin are just their own home called. bad half past the hour of the headlines on al-jazeera to syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of anti-government protests this is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government it's still in germany chancellor angela

merkel's told politicians the country is only at the start of the coronavirus pandemic she called the world health organization indispensable and said international cooperation is extremely important. the right of new infections in germany is also reason for a 3rd day. president donald trump is dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the year even though his top health officials have warned of a resurgence. we still feel we were not good he could have some temperature growing and you could have a big flu system and if they combined using come together they come together it's not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 years as it is a correction. understand that the united states for the period of them but how can you say that you know it won't come back in the same level that it has today 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. trump also signed an executive order suspending immigration into the u.s. for 60 days he says it will safeguard american jobs the outbreak and lock downs have led to a surge in unemployment. other headlines the u.s. has called for iran to be held accountable after terror on successfully launched its 1st military satellite and weapons to iran's revolutionary guard says it will allow them to monitor the world from space and the u.n. security council's meeting on thursday to discuss plans by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank the u.s. secretary of state says that decision should be left to the israeli government they go to headlines on al-jazeera the straightness next as coronavirus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe

biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he still trump joining us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. k. and you are watching the stream today we're looking at iran and how it is travelling its current virus crises now according to many sources iran is now open for business sort of open that this now is no risk business we would love you to join in this conversation and you can do that on twitter at a.j. stream and also in the new chief chat your comments will be fed into the show or be checking them out and putting them to take us to let's meet the gas coming out of the house welcome to the street tell us he was. hello from tehran my name is a bus.