al jazeera. and. it might not come back at all it may not come back at all president tries again to downplay the threat of a 2nd wave of covert 19 even though his health experts are unequivocal. we will have coronavirus in the form i am convinced of that. but once again from doha i'm come out santamaria with the world news from al-jazeera to syrians are going on trial in germany accused of committing crimes

against humanity during the early days of the antigovernment protests also argentina misses a huge debt repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances. i mean. i will look at the old u.n. technology that's making it difficult for nations to connect when they need to be communicating more than answer. so we'll start with some contradictions a top u.s. health official has defended his prediction that a 2nd wave of corona virus is likely and could be made worse by the regular flu season which goes against president dollar trumps assertions during the same media briefing but the virus quote may not come back at all all the details now in this report from mike hanna. 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 read thiel 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 the same time. the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and then your ear and 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 year 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 jeff 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 apparently one of these 10 people the president spoke to was not the country's foremost medical expert dr anthony paul 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 wednesday president 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 and we'll have more on the current virus to come but there is some other news to do with 2 syrians suspected of being former intelligence officers going on trial in germany these men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syria's anti-government protests the 1st court case linked alleged state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government has done it came in berlin to take a serious and i think actually what people might be wondering initially dominic is why is this case happening in germany. sorry the line is rather poor in my ear but i think you asked me why people are wondering

why this case is happening in germany well the reasons for the german authorities are using universal international jurisdiction in order to prosecute prosecute these defendants the point is the defendants did not commit these offenses in germany german soil obviously the allegation against the medications they deny are that these offenses took place in syria the people concerned the defendants concerned came to germany several years ago and claimed to be refugees and yet today and over the course of the next several months they're going to hear claims from prosecutors that they are responsible for multiple murders for torture and other offenses committed at the start of the syrian civil war one interesting aspect of this is that one of the defendants was identified by another syrian refugee who claims that they saw the person concerned in the street because clearly

one of the individuals concerned has been in germany for many years now the other interesting element about this is that many international human rights organizations and other campaigning organizations say that this trial represents is a watershed because they believe this is the 1st opportunity for those who are alleged to have carried out mass murder torture and other crimes in syria the 1st time that justice may be allowed to progress clearly though it is worth reiterating the presumption of innocence applies in this trial as it does in all trials and that the defendants deny the charges the trial is lock is likely to last until august thank you for those updates dominic came in berlin. some other world news and palestinian leaders have vowed not to stand handcuffed that's a quote if israel formally moves to take their land this is in response to remarks from the u.s. secretary state my pompei

o he said an extension of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for israel's government the u.n. security council plans to discuss the matter later on thursday as well. 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 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 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 the land he 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 all 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 1st great concern. but possible atic say sure no new unilateral moves their rage or position and i do expect mr lighton off 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 settlements to be illegal under the geneva convention which bans settling on land captured in war israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall a ballasts which is here. well argentina has failed to make a $503000000.00 payment on its foreign debt that was due on wednesday its creditors rejected the government proposal to restructure the loans argentina is grappling

with another year of recession which is of course made worse by coronavirus report from going to sars. 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 a down 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's 60 years old she says the economic situation is getting worse every day isn't that true but this is the only decent meal i will have today i don't have a job and 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 precedent for a man that 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 and that's why it has asked creditors a 3 year grace period to get this 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 they mostly been a muslim 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 you know. 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 folder could be difficult because bonds could have been sold to other creditors and it might 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 demick that is making argentina's economic troubles even worse that is how will. a pandemic coverage continues in

a moment we'll look at the pressure to reopen businesses in the u.s. it's intensifying despite advice from doctors who say it's way too soon. and how muslims in turkey are preparing for the holy month of ramadan with all the new government restrictions in place. hello the rain showers on the thunderstorms back across much of indonesia heavy rains again as we go through the next couple of days across into some archer again into borneo but also some pretty strong rains developing across the silhouette sea as we go through friday the showers continuing through areas of thailand across into laos again those coastal through that now also want to tell you well scott has been fairly light though throughout much of the philippines perhaps a little bit more as we go through saturday becoming even more widespread and heavier and still those rains really impacting southern i was the myanmar down into

thailand and some very wet weather as well across into the malaysian peninsula not quite that west across into australia but we have seen some pretty gusty winds with clouds coming in of the last few hours so quite a cloudy day across much of victoria certainly on friday warm and sunny in sydney out of that cloud one as well as strong winds just pushing into southern sections of the south on our knees elan and 23 in perth on friday by saturday a little bit cooler 22 on the list and charles this will flow to say it so it will fill fatty breezy and again we could have just beginning to crop up into southern portions of south australia and eventually course they will head on towards that tory but i have that is a cloudy day in melbourne but not about temperature at $21.00. but. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe but.

sometimes their dreams of sanctuary are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drives them home. people and power goes to the north german city where a humane approach to integration is proving surprisingly effective assimilation nation on al-jazeera. you without as there are these are the top stories this hour 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 anti-government protests the un security council will meet on thursday to discuss

plans by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank the u.s. secretary of state might compare though says it's a decision that should be left to the israeli government. and president don't trump is dismiss the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the year even though his top health advice is of want of a resurgence during the winter flu season. in that same news conference on the front was asked about iran's launch of its 1st military satellites that was launched from iran's desert on wednesday revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space but the u.s. has in the past said iran space program is a cover a missile development which iran's leaders deny a 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 going to launch a military satellite firebomb when you get a response that you see this is a batsman 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 iran 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 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. now analysts say china is boosting its oil supplies as prices fall because of the outbreak its imported 4 and a half percent more oil in march than compared with the previous year chinese importers of said to have sent $84.00 tankers up to saudi arabia last month each to collect $2000000.00 barrels china also says it is donating $30000000.00 to support

the world health organization's efforts against corona virus appears to be stepping in to help fill the funding gap left by donald trump whose frozen u.s. contributions he accuses the w.h.o. of mishandling the outbreak and of covering up china's failures in stopping the spread on the u.s. aircraft maker boeing plans to lay off $7000.00 workers in its passenger plane units that would be 10 percent of the work force boeing is also about to begin negotiations with the government for a possible bailout the pandemic only worsened boeing's problems remember it's 737 max fleets been grounded worldwide since last year after 2 crashes killed nearly 350 people well there are divisions deepening in the u.s. about how and when the economy should reopen crowds of mostly conservative demonstrators they have been out demanding an end to lock down measures in more than a dozen states and many states governed by people from trump's republican party have

announced plans to reopen soon georgia is the one moving the fastest actually it will stop allowing businesses to operate as of monday interesting lee even president trump has pushed for restrictions to be lifted is wary of that as i told the governor of georgia brian camp that i disagree. strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines for the incredible people of georgia at the same time he must do what he thinks is right i want him to do what he thinks is right but i disagree with him on what he's doing but i want to let the governors of i see something totally agree tj's totally out of line i'll do but i think spas and beauty salons and tattoo parlors and barbershops in phase one going to phase 2 very soon is just too soon i think is too soon so maybe some contradiction because trump is told

state governors they can decide on their own how and when they reopened even though just days ago he said the authority lies with him alone. well california is a democratic party states and it's been outlining how it will get its 40000000 people back to work but as rob reynolds reports from los angeles more is now emerging about the outbreak that may delay the state's plans. new findings indicate corona virus was circulating in california weeks earlier than previously thought autopsies on 2 people who died in northern california on february 6th and february 17th show they were victims of covert 19 previously the earliest known fatality was on february 29th in washington state. the findings may mean that dozens of times more people nationwide have been exposed and have died than has been officially reported california was the 1st to issue

a statewide stay at home order on wednesday governor gavin newsome outlined his approach to gradually and cautiously lifting restrictions there is no light switch and there is no date in terms of our capacity to provide the kind of clarity that i know so many of you demand and deserve newsome said as a 1st step scheduled surgeries for non covert 19 conditions may resume tumors heart valves the need for people to get the kind of care that they deserve it's if it's delayed it becomes ultimately denied it gets delayed becomes acute newsome said further relaxing of restrictions would depend on data based on increased testing and contact tracing we want to focus on science and health as a predicate for all our decision making california's cautious and gradual approach contrasts sharply with decisions by republican governors in southern states like

georgia and florida to reopen beaches gyms beauty salons and tattoo parlors among other businesses. public health officials have strongly warned against a premature reopening of businesses and public gatherings thing that would almost certainly lead to a new surge in covert 19 infections and deaths rob reynolds los angeles. well the rate of new infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than $2300.00 cases were reported on thursday with another $215.00 deaths pushes the total to over $5000.00 chancellor angela merkel has told politicians germany is still at the beginning of the pandemic she called the world health organization indispensable and said international cooperation is extremely important michael also says germany should be ready to pay significantly more into the e.u. budget to help turkey has imposed

a 4 day lockdown in $31.00 provinces to stop the spread of coronavirus the latest restrictions though coinciding with the beginning of the muslim holy month of ramadan simcoe so you reports now from istanbul. people lined up in front of supermarkets stocking up for a full day care for you in major cities including istanbul this is the 3rd kill a few since early april but this one is longer merging due weekend with a national holiday and the start of ramadan they're all geared up mass 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 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 job sectors are exempted from the curfew the government has avoided a full locked on 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 program we're doing well so far we're taking measures without interrupting daily life of course our shortcomings but we've done work most of the call with $987.00 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 3 tracks in istanbul stores have never been so quiet the police will pepperell here over the next 4 days and will take legal action against those who violate the restrictions opus 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 plans to manufacture thousands of electronic wristbands to monitor the locations and health

of cover 1000 patients and is ramping up surveillance as it begins to ease one of the world's strictest lockdown this the respond project aims to track quarantine patients and help health workers india has more than 21000 confirmed cases and 681 deaths experts fear the country's peak is still weeks away from the global diplomacy fairly complicated at this point 19 is only made it worse leaders and ambassadors are trying to meet remotely but connections are literally being lost diplomatic editor james bays splines 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. yes we can perhaps not unpredictably

some of forgetting to mute their microphones when we're not speaking. of unity. we need all mikes close please sometimes meetings have had to be interrupted because of technical issues that. mr. if there. is me we have to. have a request the boss for us has technical problems and we need you out here very well and then resumed i want more hard not just for the technical difficulties we have at that date today's conversation as especially important as in the state but that's fan gave we are the biggest problems have come in connecting with the us 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 an amateur unable to reconnect to the system i 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 u.n. 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 there may have been a were then we would have to adjourn the meeting thank you. while all over the world meetings even school lessons are taking place on platforms

like zoom the un is using an old conferencing 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 0 of the united nations. past the hour these are the headlines on al-jazeera to syrian 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 the government of president bashar al assad's coronavirus developments now president donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of infections later in the year even though his top health advisors have

actually want a resurgence. because. we were not good you could have so temperature grown and you can have a big flu system and if they combine you to 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 accurately. understand that the united states will certainly be 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 jeff 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. chancellor angela merkel has told politicians that germany is still the start of the coronavirus pandemic she said international cooperation is quote extremely important china is donating through $3000000.00 to support the world health

organization's efforts against coronavirus apparently stepping in to help fill the funding gap left by donald trump who has frozen the e.u.'s contributions he accuses the w.h.o. of mishandling the outbreak and covering up china's failures in stopping the spread troubles or signed an executive order suspending immigration for 60 days he says it will safeguard american jobs. and in other news the u.s. has called for iran to be held accountable after test run successfully launched its 1st military satellite on wednesday the 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 an expanse of the occupied west bank the u.s. secretary of state says that should be left to be used governance hated always got the news hour in 25 minutes time hours next. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound. center magellanic

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