al jazeera. that. afghanistan's president orders an offensive against the taliban after $34.00 people including newborns killed in separate attacks. so rahman you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. president's pushing for a return to business as usual while his top scientists warn about rushing to lift restrictions there is a real risk you will trigger and help break it you may not be able to control. also

governors in brazil refuse to reopen businesses defying the orders of a president accused of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. and fears of a 2nd wave of infections in lebannon prompts a 4 day nationwide lockdown. welcome to the program of garda stands president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence ashraf ghani has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other groups after $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks. all but. part of the will inspire. 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 tax and frets from the taliban and other terrorist groups

ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. but the taliban denies it's behind the attacks and its accuse the government of creating obstacles to peace us secretary of state like call the latest attacks he missed and the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice alexia bribe has more on tuesday's attacks 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.b.i. and governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity that was a model that she's complex 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. 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. the question. out of office when the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he couldn't into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward while the firefight was underway dozens of people will lead to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals.

in the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sell into groups. and at a hospital in the eastern province of no more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. there were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. the victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly i some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. and the surviving mourners left planning more funerals. brian al-jazeera. is a research fellow at the library institute for international policy he says i saw is most likely behind the attacks. i think the afghan government will find out more

in the next few days that it at the moment you probably think it's more likely to be a. state affiliate they've done something of this nature previously we've also saying they've been under question militarily some of their senior leadership resitting kabul over the last few weeks so if you were to say who's more likely you'd probably say it's more like these let me state at this stage is any state certainly is lists an issue there probably was 4 to 6 months ago or even or even less though something some pedophile thoughts is there any indications that the americans with knowledge of the taliban have deigned supportive of attacks against or putting military pressure on islamic state and correspond province that was part of ukraine that they had with the united states that have

a suit you know is the only state where they are show still capable of managing operations against soft targets and they use these kind of operations to show that they still have a presence the sort of the target the more media attention that you're going to gain and more of the appearance that they relevant that you have but i think the semi state has been significantly reduced over the past few months you know down a stand as a force to be reckoned with. the top infectious disease expert in the u.s. has issued a stark warning on coronavirus. rushing to relax restrictions could result in needless deaths new research from the university of washington is predicting 147000 deaths by august 10000 more than previously forecast mike hanna reports. it was a meeting of the senate health committee like none before 3 of the witnesses and

the committee chairman were not present because they were self isolating yourself quarantining to some degree one of them dr anthony party came and attacked from a republican senator for his advocacy of a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions on me as much as i respect you dr i don't think you're the end all i don't think you're the one person who gets to make a decision dr poti responded by saying he was going to die by science and undeterred by the hostile questioning repeated his warning against states dropping mitigating measures to quickly it is a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact after dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death could be avoided it could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery a position backed up by some of dr parties colleagues who also gave evidence to the committee the experts were unwilling to be drawn into detailed discussion about

testing protocols within the united states but dr power is on the record as insisting that they are not yet at a standard to affectively crack the virus this is a critical factor in reopening the society it's an opinion that's apparently largely ignored by president trump who's been encouraging states to open up as soon as possible the sign in an accurate reflection of the reality as the president's contention that the us has the global leader in testing. recalls in the span of just a few short months we've developed a testing capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world and it's not even close this is a core element of our plan to safely and gradually reopen america and we're opening and we're starting and there's enthusiasm like i haven't seen in a long time there's certainly was an enthusiasm in this colorado restaurant that a lot of the state shut down order by opening this past sunday the owner tagging

president trump in a tweet saying he was opposing what he called the overreach of the state. the response is now had its license suspended for a month but the scenes other stuff off mike to those health experts cautioning against undue haste mike hanna al-jazeera washington dr bob arnot is the forward chief medical correspondent today b c news he says the trumpet ministration is taking a dangerous gamble by encouraging states to lift lockdowns. i think it's an incredibly dangerous time for the us you know if you look at the curve it will hand china it went up like this it got flat which is where we are right now and then descended only when they did contact case tracy it took every single contact and put them into quarantine so we're playing with fire here at the top i'm in the state of vermont we've been incredibly successful yes that we had no deaths we had no new cases we've had a hard lockdown here very smart about industries starting up it's smart in other

words outdoor landscape makes sense small manufacture when you're 6 feet apart but look at some of the mindless opening up georgia as an example you have hair salons nail parlors tattoos restaurants theaters gyms people in close contact makes news no sense and fundamental problem here is you have phenomenal scientists like dr fact you have known since 1983 and then you have the politicians who are using this phrase open up which is just it's playing with fire to incredibly dangerous because it's encouraging people to go out and live life as they did instead of opening up smartly the f.b.i. has mistakenly reveal the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information so sensitive the u.s. government has been trying to keep it secret for months now the official was named joining us federal lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the attacks on

september the 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f.b.i. official senior u.s. government official says this was done in error now a spokesman for the victim's family says they believe they've uncovered a link between $911.00 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 attackers were citizens of saudi arabia the saudi government denies any connection. michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent of yahoo news he says the official f.b.i. account of saudi arabia's links to 911 different from what was revealed in kohls the saudis are critical ally of the us government despite all the strains and u.s. saudi relations over the years particularly the murder of jamal khashoggi. the washington post journalist and. revealing information that the

f.b.i. argues is conclusive i should point that out that in the same declaration f.b.i. assistant director for counterterrorism argues that the evidence is not that strong that it was more a theory of the agents then an actual conclusion that the embassy official was involved that is the f.b.i. is official position it's different than what's going to be found in the documents and i think that the f.b.i. concluded the justice department concluded that it was inconclusive information that it did not wasn't sufficient to build a criminal case against the saudi embassy official then better to keep it all under wraps then let the lawyers for the plaintiffs for the families of the victims have it and try to pursue accountability in a civil court well to saudi by government forces and 10 separatist fighters suppose

that by the united arab emirates have been killed in fighting in southern yemen the 2 signs of vying for control of the provincial capital of beyond province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in november. well still ahead here on al-jazeera israel's prime minister plans to press ahead with the nixing we will keep our eye to the west bank. the thousands of people have died in cabs in the united kingdom but there are fears of further outbreaks those stories after the break and. it's a fairly windy conditions across much of the arabian peninsula really kicking up that sand and the dust and of course it is also very warm busy bees

a proud father to the north and that does mean it's actually some rain in the forecast certainly heading across into afghanistan throughout wednesday and then further towards the east we've got these most of his guys but the winds are strong coming through the interior the hawse and very dry and also beginning to actually pick up as we go through wednesday on into thursday out across into western society we could be saying areas a cat that could actually produce one even a thunderstorm as the day progresses and certainly maybe a few more showers into the far west of yemen as the temperatures $37.00 in doha and it will 40 celsius in a q 8 and then across into central africa more of the rain across the central regions more showers into tanzania and kenya but fredy for the 1st time in really what has been a couple of weeks a bit of a break as we go through wednesday that also showers but it's generally a much drive picture showers into southern areas about aska and they will continue to flirt with the east coast of south africa as well certainly through wednesday by thursday it's a similar story but time does on feeling too bad 20 celsius johannesburg 22 in cape

town and then it is to the north we have got these winds but particularly through the day i'll see. as the world fights the corona pandemic we're learning more about this every day it's a new passenger 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 ask you trying to see directly that coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the front line phone that's a great question but keeping you up to date i'm using countries between back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. 0.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so hold on a reminder of our top news stories afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility but president ashraf ghani has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups. also the f.b.i. has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information so sensitive that the u.s. government has been trying to keep it from the public for months saudi arabia has always denied a connection to the attacks. and leading members of the u.s. credit ira's task force have been telling congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony thout

she's testimony contradicts president repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. now the u.s. secretary of state is expected to arrive in israel within the next hour like pompei is visit comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank are a false reports now from west jerusalem as benjamin netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israel's prime minister is promising to carry out one of the most controversial acts of his decades in politics the annexation of illegal israeli settlements as well as large parts of the jordan valley totaling nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank last month he reminded american evangelical christians that president donald trump had pledged to endorse it a couple of months from now i'm confident that that close will be honored that we will be able to celebrate another historic moment in the history of zionism.

netanyahu has made pledges before often during election campaigns without following through some analysts suspect concerns over regional stability might make him hold off once again but since the election an accession talk is strengthened not diminished netanyahu has built the policy into his coalition deal with his former rival benny gantz and above all there's been preemptive support from a trumpet ministration. the us israeli annexation mapping team is due to have finished its work by the end of june the american ambassador to israel has said the u.s. is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty within weeks if with annexation comes a commitment to negotiate with the palestinians. and then not give america to. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says annexation would see him dissolve all agreements with the u.s. and israel something that could collapse the palestinian authority and leave israel with direct responsibility for the palestinian people it's

a warning he's made before and not delivered on but officials say this time is different we know it is difficult we know it is always a matter of survival but we think that. accepting such as a defacto is not a choice you cannot live with such an exception netanyahu is prospective co prime minister benny gantz plans to argue for delay from within government but he gave up any veto on annexation as part of the deal that would see him take the top job in 18 months time the international consensus that's in the coalition remains the united states my view is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an exception in order to build up his eventual call base ahead of a floundering election campaign so american politics and israeli politics are in place right now to facilitate an exception. european nations are reportedly considering sanctions there's also the prospect of jordan egypt and other arab states pressuring the white house not to approve but in the end this decision with

all its potential for far reaching consequences comes down to 2 men benjamin netanyahu and donald trump ari force it al-jazeera west jerusalem. lebanon is preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown only a week after easing some of its coronavirus restrictions the government made the decision after the number of new delhi cases rose to its highest level in more than a month that has prompted concerns about a 2nd wave of infection then a hot one has the latest from beirut. the lock down to prevent the spread of coronavirus was gradually being eased allowing lebanese to get back to something resembling normal life but in recent days the rate of infections increased prompting the government to order a 4 day closure as of wednesday night we have been the mushing to show the rate of infections from one person to another has accelerated here in the past 3 days there were 109 cases in 4 days and this has reversed our gains the failure to wear masks

and reckless disregard for social distancing rules are being blamed for the rise rather hard on the side of the close the country again but the problem is people were not complying with the safety measures we already closed our shops for a month and we lost a lot. so far there have been fewer than 30 deaths reported and a 1000 cases but health experts warn the full extent of the outbreak is not known because of the lack of testing a daily average of 1000 tests in a nation of 6000000 people but that there is the host got on a strict mechanism should be put in place or else we will risk everything we've achieved this 2nd wave of infections will happen but we want it to happen slowly so our health care system will be able to treat all the patients more than 100 ex-pats who recently returned from various countries contribution to the surge the government has been criticized for not enforcing strict quarantine orders thousands

more are expected to arrive home soon levanon does not have the resources to deal with a major outbreak its health care system is fragile there is a lack of medical equipment the deep economic recession and financial crisis have left the state close to bankruptcy it owes public and private hospitals millions of dollars. many lebanese can't afford to stay home especially those who rely on daily wages while the local currency the euro continues to lose value the crisis has provoked months of protests but. the government of the people to stay in their homes instead of returning to the streets to revive the a revolution. won't kill them they are already dying of hunger. meant taining restrictions could lead to social upheaval and more economic losses but lebanon's leaders say they want to prevent a health catastrophe with less than 15000 hospital beds available for coronavirus

patients they warn of a tough phase ahead senator. protesters in central bolivia say the defacto government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by extending covert 900 lockdowns in the streets of cochabamba police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many who've lost their jobs say they haven't received support even though the government says it's giving cash handouts to families. as the number of credible as victims mounts across latin america governments are being criticized for adequate responses in brazil the president has consistently downplayed the crisis he's not being defined by local governments who are pressing ahead with mandatory lock downs while in chile the government is being accused of dragging its feet hands infection saw a lot in america to lucy in human reports now from santiago. in the city of need that

oil local authorities are restricting entry from neighboring rio de janeiro which has the 2nd highest called the $1000.00 infection rate in brazil some of the hardest it's necessary because the population is not respecting social distancing and that affects more people if the virus isn't stopped now who guarantees that it will be stopped later. it seems logical enough but not to president. who is blocking it calls from governors to impose a lockdown. at. first he went on a jet ski escapade and the day brazil's death toll surpassed 10000 and called fears of coronavirus paranoia. now as the toll approaches 12000 he's issued a decree to allow barber shops beauty salons and gyms to reopen as essential services the prestigious british medical journal the lancet says boards are not all may be the single biggest threat to brazil's fight against corona virus. in chile

the government is also under fire accused of taking too long to impose widespread quarantines in the capital. infections have soared from 15 to more than 30000 in just 2 weeks nationwide the majority here in santiago the death toll is still relatively low but that's likely to change very quickly this is the entrance to the emergency room of one of some tabloids oldest and largest public hospitals the beds in the critical care units are now almost full and that isn't even the worst problem it's the lack of nurses and other technicians that are needed to care for patients that need emergency care. the air force is airlifting recovering patients to other provinces to share the load short staffed and the 90 percent of beds taken the government has declared what it calls the battle for santiago will clearly worried president. is overseen the arrival of massive amounts of protective gear

and more ventilators gimpel that there see that these next weeks will be very challenging and would require the best of all of us. but many say the government should have done more already like these mourners who are waiting for a loved one to be brought out for burial a bell says he lost his nephew and his uncle in less than a week with no one in the world now we're all dying because of the incompetence and greed of our leaders who refused to declare a total lockdown in santiago we were supposedly experts prepared for the worst but it's a bunch of lies more than half of all is now finally under quarantine but it may be too late to prevent the health system from collapsing even before chile reaches the peak of the pandemic you see in human al-jazeera sent the hour to europe now where the spokesman for russia's president is getting hospital treatment for krone virus 52 year old dimitri peskov was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago with blood

tamir puton the president has announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the world's 2nd highest number of cases after the united states well care homes account for a quarter of more than 32000 some covert 19 in the united kingdom the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns that kerr workers could bring the disease back into the wider community john hope has more from london. the effect of covered 19 on care homes in britain has been devastating these are places where the elderly and frail should hope to live out their lives in comfort and safety where you have that and yet at least a quarter of all covered $900.00 deaths have taken place in the sector which lies outside britain's national health service and while there are signs the worst of the crisis may have passed experts warn against complacency we need to see really

clear evidence that p.p. is getting to care homes we need to see comprehensive testing and that needs to be on a rolling programme and it needs to test both staff and also the residents of care homes we also need the n.h.s. to really upscale it support to care homes at the start of this pandemic they withdrew and now they need to be really there shoulder to shoulder with the care sector care home staff many poorly paid and without medical training feel particularly let down it's been many decades that so she has been receiving that the respect and recognition for the amazing work that we're at and i think this crisis can take he shares how much is on the frontline well in hand in hand with the n.h.s. and that social credit is that parity of the scene with the n.h.s. . as britain prepares to take the 1st tentative steps back to work the government is counting on

a falling infection rate to ensure the lock down is lifted further gradually sector by sector breathing new life into the economy but there is a weak link and that is social care in the community at large the trends are encouraging infection and fatality numbers are falling steadily but care homes are struggling to shake off what critics describe early policy failings by the government. i don't know what the motivation was behind the decision but the decision was made it seems to me that community spread was going to be allowed. to run. fairly. and that care homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected 19 ease one such natural event another is the annual flu season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is of a dual assault yet to come against society's most vulnerable people the government has promised testing for all residents and staff by early june and training in

infection control the wider concern is that new outbreaks in britain's care homes could push the infection rate up and plunge the country back into crisis jonah hill al-jazeera london. with me celeron a reminder of our top stories afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after $34.00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility that president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups. all but only part of the will inspire 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 to

report attacks and threats from the taliban and other terrorist groups i'm ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. the f.b.i. has mistakenly reveal the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks it's information so sensitive that the u.s. government has been trying to keep it from the public for months saudi arabia has always denied a connection to the attacks the leading member of the u.s. code of ours task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths to underneath she's testimony contradicts president donald trump's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy to study back government forces and 10 separate is fighters supported by the united arab emirates have been killed in fighting in southern yemen the 2 sides are vying for control of zinjibar the provincial capital and province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month the u.s.

secretary of state is expected to arrive in israel within the next hour the visit by mike comes as the u.s. signals that support for israel's plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank. in brazil local and state governments are pressing ahead with mandatory lockdowns against the will of president also already he's repeatedly dismissed the quote of virus as a little flu and says job losses will be more damaging. protest as him central bolivia say the different government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by c. standing covert 19 lockdowns police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many have lost their jobs say they haven't received any support those are the headlines about with more news now do stay with us the stream is next. what impact will called it 19 and the drop in oil prices have on the race to the white. can donald trump survive these historic

setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat. the special coverage out just. after the air change in the watch industry in the mushroom edition that is certainly under lockdown decisions and focus on not one last a long while to be able to keep up with who designed this pregnancy. is a nurse practitioner and she's. right biggest concern is the quality of the prenatal care that i'm able to receive in this pregnancy especially with a lot of my appointments be canceled or switch to telemedicine which is very limited and even if there weren't work of her.