only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and in depth to me its obvious reasons as the world battles pandemic will bring you the latest developments from around the world al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring the moon documentaries and life means. afghanistan's president orders an offensive against the taliban after $34.00 people including newborns are killed in separate attacks. hello i'm so raman 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 that you will trigger and help break you may not be able to control.

governors in brazil refuse to reopen businesses defying the orders of the president accused of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. and thousands of people have died in care homes in the united kingdom and there are fears of further upgrade this. could have you with us and welcome to al-jazeera afghanistan's president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence. has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other armed groups after $34.00 people including new balls were killed in 2 separate attacks. all but. they all 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 or doing afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode 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 might call the latest attacks he missed and urged the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice well victoria fountain is a professor of peace studies at the american university of afghanistan joins me now via skype from kabul good to have you with us on the program the war of words between the taliban and the earth going government is certainly heating up despite ice all apparently haven't taken responsibility for these attacks how bad is this really going to get. well it has got a really bad already the production of the unsettled credit that was promised in

the peace deal back in february really hasn't happened there has been attacks going on throughout the country for the past few weeks and even though the reduction of talents did materialize nerve and sent to us the rest of the country is still undergoing extreme violence from both sides so i guess that these sweets from the afghan government from active defense used to offensive mode is really upset economically that is already happening on the ground and has been happening for some time there are real question marks from several analysts that we've spoken to over the last 24 hours are gardy might be trying to destroy the agreement between the taliban and the u.s. by now targeting the taliban principally would you agree with that or do you think it's a bit more subtle it's a lot more complicated than that because disagreements were supposed to prevent as and saw it from being used by other groups and the taliban were supposed to monitor

and prevent other groups from carrying out acts of terrorism and that hasn't materialized so whether the afghan government is saying right now. to the terms of the agreement and we will start speaking with you with you know neutral ground dialogue if you cannot deliver on your promises to the united states why should we even start making peace with you so i would say that it's very subtle and that you have no government has been quite patient until now or even balance has been taking place in centers in your opinion then how close are we at this moment to the peace agreement between certainly the us of the taliban falling apart. well i i couldn't really say but i would say that it is a big blow. to this peace agreement it shows again that the taliban cannot deliver on their pregnancies and and so i would say that today programme marks a milestone towards the decision that this integration of this agreement unless

trusting measures are taken immediately by all sides and specifically by the taliban they have to maintain the premises that they have made and they have to ensure that the heinous acts of terrorism do not take place. that there's a great deal of diplomatic conversation happening right now one wonders whether the u.s. or pakistan can help in any way as major sponsors of the agreement because the u.s. envoy zalmay has been doing a lot of shuttle diplomacy between regional capitals in the last week he was in islamabad a few days ago he's been in new delhi what do you think is happening certainly on the diplomatic front regarding not just the agreement but what they're seeing on the afghan soil well i would say that there must be a lot of. undercover dialogue going on that's what i would suspect but also you know one has to wonder. who is profiteering or which group is for citylink

from this increase in violence at the moment and who was against peace from the start and so we have to ask those questions as well as there was dialogues diplomatic guy looks are taking place and really target the the the forces that are behind all that would benefit from the disintegration of this agreement and of course pakistan is never very far indeed for the moment victorious on time we'll continue to monitor exactly what's going on in afghanistan with you thank you very much thank you. the top infectious disease expert in the u.s. has issued a stark warning on coronavirus unfound she says rushing to relax restrictions could result in needless deaths well new research from the university of washington is predicting that 147000 deaths by august 10000 more than previously forecast

mike hanna has more. 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 says to some degree one of them dr anthony felt she came and attacked from a republican senator or is at the casino of a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions on a 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 foti responded by saying he was going to die by science and undeterred by the hostile questioning repeated his warning against states stopping mitigating measures to quickly it is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact after dark simply will set you back not only leading to some suffering and death that could be avoided but could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery a position backed up by some of dr 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 policy is on the record as insisting that they are not yet at a standard to affectively 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 'd up as soon as possible the sign an accurate reflection of the reality as is the president's contention that the us is the global leader in testing protocols in the span of just a few short months we've developed a testing capacity unmatched an 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 this certainly was. as an enthusiasm in this colorado restaurant

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 gov the restaurant has now had its license suspended for a month but the scenes other stuff of my to those health experts cautioning against undue haste mike hanna al-jazeera washington dr bob arnot as the former chief medical correspondent at n.b.c. news he says the trumpet ministration is taking a dangerous gamble buying courage ing states to lift lockdowns. i think it's an incredibly dangerous time for the us you know if you look at the curve and 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 tracing 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 new das 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 landscaping 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 fox 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 it's incredibly dangerous because it's encouraging people to go out and live life as they did instead of opening up smartly. now the u.s. secretary of state has just arrived in israel the talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu might pompei is visit comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank

towns small from west jerusalem. as benjamin netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israel's prime minister he 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 it is 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 accession. 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 is a force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a mistake by the f.b.i. that could reveal a link between the 911 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington that story

after the break. so fairly windy conditions across much of the arabian peninsula really kicking up that sand in the dust and of course it is also very warm busy be supplied further to the north and that does mean there's actually some rain in the for constantly 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 cad that could actually produce one even a thunderstorm as the day progresses and sunny 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 flow with this east coast of south africa as well certainly through wednesday by thursday it's a similar story but tom does on feeling too bad 20 celsius johannesburg 22 in cape town and the notice to the north we have got these winds but particularly through the day i'll see. but. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of the story now from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality only has a lot exposing the optics try to never believe the rhetoric and play but they

cannot manipulate the listening post your insight guide to the media on al-jazeera . oh. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with me so horribly 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 but president bush has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups a leading member of the u.s. credit is task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in

serious consequences including needless deaths but until he found his testimony contradicts president donald trump's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the u.s. economy. and the u.s. secretary of state has just arrived in israel for top level talks the visit by mike pompei it comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's planned the next 30 percent of the occupied west bank. now the f.b.i. is has mistakenly revealed 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 the official was named during the u.s. federal lawsuit filed by families of the 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 a senior u.s. government official says that this was done in error while

a spokesman for the victims' families says they believe they've uncovered a link between 911 hijackers and the saudi embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 hijackers were citizens of saudi arabia saudi government denies any connection. michael isikoff is chief investigative correspondent in yahoo news he says the official f.b.i. account of saudi arabia's links to 911 differs from what was revealed in court. the saudis are critical ally of the us government despite all the strains in u.s. saudi relations over the years particularly the murder of jamal khashoggi the. the washington post journalist and. revealing information that the f.b.i. argues is inconclusive i should point that out that in the same declaration the 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 if 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 to saadi to saudi backed government full says $110.00 separate is fine supported by the united arab emirates have been killed in fighting in southern yemen now the 2 sides of vying for control of zinjibar the provincial capital of beyond province separatists in southern yemen declared self-will last month break

an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed november lebanon is preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown only a week after easing some of its current virus restrictions the government made the decision after the number of new daily cases rose to its highest level in more than a month now that's prompted concerns about a 2nd wave of infection they were called to reports now from beirut. the lockdown 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 on washington. 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 sort of living simply to 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. 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

levon underside have the resources to deal with a major outbreak its health care system is fragile there is a lack of medical equipment the economic recession and financial crisis have left the state close to bankruptcy it holds public and private hospitals and millions of dollars. many lebanese can't afford to stay home especially those who rely on daily wages while the local currency 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. 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. beirut. protesters in central bolivia say the distractor government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by extending covert 19 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 so they haven't received support even though the government says it's giving cash handouts to families. well as a number of credit hours victims mounts across latin america. the governments are being criticized for inadequate responses in brazil the president has consistently downplayed the crisis is not being defined by local governments who are pressing ahead with mandatory lock downs while in chile the government is being accused of tracking its feet sense of infection saul all lots in america editor lucien newman reports not 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 hottest it's necessary because the population is not respecting social distancing and not affects more people if the virus isn't stopped now who guarantees that it will be stopped later. it seems logical enough but not the 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 towels 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 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 in little dimple 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 bill 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 a century our will 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 a spokesman for russia's president is getting hospital treatment for quote a virus 52 year old to be prepared call was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago with a lot of mere putin 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 staying in europe care homes account for a quarter more than the 32000 deaths from covert 19 in the u.k. the government has been criticized for early failings which left some of the most vulnerable at high risk and there are concerns that care workers could bring the disease back into the wider community journal reports now from the british capital . the effect of covert 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 and yet at least a quarter of all cope with 19 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 its 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 their respect and recognition for the amazing work. and i think this crisis can take he shares how much of it is on the front line where in hand in hand with the n.h.s. and that session. 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 lockdown 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 describers 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 early. and care homes in the most vulnerable were not going to be protected. ease one such natural event another is the annual flu season in the autumn the great fear in the sector is over 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. you're watching of 0 means the whole romney 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 but he has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups or the back. part of the will. 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 attacks and threats from the taliban and other terrorist

groups ordering afghan security forces to switch from an active defense mode to an offensive word and to start their operations against the enemy. the leading member of the u.s. credibility as task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony thout she's testimony contradicts president trump's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. the u.s. secretary of state has just arrived in israel for top level talks the visit by mike pompei it comes as the u.s. signals its support for israel's planned and ex 30 percent of the occupied west bank. and 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 2 saudi backed government forces and 10 separate its 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 are being province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month. in brazil local and state governments of pressing ahead with mandatory lock downs against the will of the president john bolton our has repeatedly dismissed the coronavirus as a little flu and says job losses will be more damaging but testers in central bolivia say the de facto government is not meeting the needs of the most vulnerable by extending covert 19 lockdowns police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who threw stones and other objects many who've lost their job say they haven't received any support and follow stories of course on a website al-jazeera dot com more news. is there but next is the listening post to stay with us. culturally i believe that the muslims had a far greater effect on europe than europe on the middle east. the crusaders fought

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