be the hero the world needs right. washer. on the offensive the afghan president ordered his soldiers to go after the taliban after attacks on a hospital and if you know. ironically this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up here sector state is about to begin talks with israel's prime minister on plans to annex parts of the palestinian territories. travel restrictions are back in place in the northern chinese province amid fears every new wave of corona virus infection is. back to business many

britons return to work is easy some restrictions imposed everything. so then a deal i hope to pave the way for peace in afghanistan could be in tatters after 34 people were killed in separate attacks on tuesday the president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups and the taliban denies any responsibility for the violence like here brian has this report. outside the hospital in nanga how the grief is palpable and so is the anger over the seemingly endless violence and loss. and i think you are tough on the mother one of. my brother is maya was standing next to me when i heard the bomb blast i saw several dead bodies on the ground and i was trying to call my brother but his fine was off after

a few minutes of searching i found my brother among the dead. it was this attack on crowds of mourners at a funeral by a suspected suicide bomber and another on a maternity hospital. that pushed afghanistan's president to go on the offensive ordering a new military operation against the taliban and other groups over but. despite 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 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. the taliban denies involvement in the latest attacks it's largely refrained from targeting afghan city since february when the group signed a landmark withdrawal deal with the united states it was meant to pave the way for talks with the kabul government the taliban now says it's the government creating

obstacles to peace no. to this peace agreement it shows again that the taliban cannot deliver on their promise and and so i would say that today programme marks a milestone towards this integration of this agreement unless dressed measures are taken immediately by all sides and specifically by the taliban under the agreement the taliban promised not to target forces from the u.s. coalition in return for their withdrawal from afghanistan however the deal didn't include afghan troops and the taliban stepped up attacks against them the taliban was also supposed to prevent afghan soil from being used for attacks by other armed groups like isis and its affiliates well as any state so is less of an issue there probably was 4 to 6 months ago or even or even less both suffered some better feel . they need patience and the americans and now is that. danes

a quarter of the attacks against or putting naughty pressure on islamic state and chorus and province that was part of the agreement with the united states. but the group has proven it can still launch attacks on soft targets i still says its fighters were behind 4 bomb blasts in kabul on monday which wounded 4 people. the un has expressed shock and revulsion at the attack on a maternity hospital which saw nurses mothers and newborn babies killed. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o is urging the afghan government and the taliban to cooperate to. bring the perpetrators to justice and example ryan al-jazeera. america's top diplomat is in israel for talks on u.s. backed plans to annex a 3rd of the occupied west bank a secular state might pompei his meeting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz former rivals will be partners in

a unity government due to be sworn in on thursday and let's cross now to harry for students live for us in western islam and harry is a short visit i think but presumably from pope putting his shoulder to the wheel of annexation well that's the big question as to exactly what message he will be bringing from the u.s. administration the ambassador to israel david friedman gave interviews to the local media recently in which he said that the u.s. stood ready to recognize israeli an accession of large parts of the occupied west bank the illegal settlements and substantial part of the jordan valley but there have also been reports in the local media that the united states wants to put the brakes on or at least attach some conditions to any such recognition pompei it gave no clear indication either way in an interview to one right wing newspaper here before his departure from washington for this what as you say is

a very short 6 hour visit he has begun his 1st meeting with benjamin netanyahu the 2 made some comments ahead of time talking about the coronavirus crisis about iran but also about the peace plan that donald trump released in january that benjamin netanyahu very much indorsed and under whose or spaces it is at least possible that israel could start an exciting parts of the west bank within a few weeks. 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 agreement the united states might view is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an accession 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 and that is really one of the key elements of this exactly how will donald trump come down on this the coalition deal signed between gansa netanyahu specifies that onix a ship can proceed with the coordination i approve all of the united states and on the proviso that it doesn't breach peace agreements with other neighboring countries and so there are 2 schools of thought one is that donald trump needs this to rally his evangelical christian base another achievement in their eyes in terms of u.s. israeli policy the other school of thought is that it would be damaging to another very important interest the alliance of countries that the united states has been trying to build up arab countries in this region and that this could upset those

plans so people will be watching pompei those language and his meetings today to see if they can discern which way the u.s. is really looking to proceed behind the scenes or a thanks very much indeed for that update our force reporting there from west jerusalem. now a city in china's northeast is warning of a major new outbreak 6 new cases have been reported in jilin and the vice mayor says there's a huge risk it could spread further and cluster of more than 20 infections has been discovered in the city fueling fears of a 2nd wave of outbreaks within china that speak to katrina you who joins us live now from beijing and katrina if the vice mayor is right this is troubling news. that's right so dillon city which is the capital of the northeast in a province of jeilan also the same name which is in the border of china's border with russia that has a population of about 4

a half 1000000 people and that went into lockdown this morning just a few hours ago so no trains the roads are also shut going out of the city and public gatherings have been also banned now that comes after about 6 cases were identified in julian city this week but that has been designated a medium risk area here in china but more unsettling is the satellite city which is under the jurisdiction of julian city of should live on that's a much smaller city about 700000 people live there but 15 cases have been identified there since the beginning of may and should learn since you went into lockdown earlier this week now all of these cases have been traced to a 45 year old woman but it's still a mystery to authorities as to how exactly she caught cold of the 19 because she has no travel history going in and out of her home her home city and she has no contact that they know of with imported cases and she was actually the 1st official

case identified for 70 days in the whole of jilin province so authorities there are downplaying fears saying look this is not a sign of a 2nd wave we are just being extra cautious but especially considering that next week we've got the national people's congress taking place the biggest political event that's what's happened here in china this definitely doesn't look good right now what about the original at the center of the pandemic a huge program of testing going on. that's right so this week the government announced that they have plans to test all of the residents of 100 cities now there are 11000000 people living in one hand and authorities say that they wanted all this testing to happen in 10 days which seems unfeasible that would mean about a 1000000 people tested per day now we don't have any details as to exactly how this is going to happen as far as we know implementation is going to be quite

patchy some districts have said that they have been given until next tuesday to submit a plan as to how they plan to test all of their residents but some districts have already started testing from today a contact and will hunt said that some people have been receiving text messages from the residential compound saying that they need to go to their closest clinic to schedule a test but as of late april was the only had the capacity to test about $46000.00 people per day which is well short of that target so so far no details but analysts say of this does happen in $100.00 city it could cost up to $254000000.00 and still no word from the government as to how they plan to fund that or a katrina thanks a lot of katrina you reporting from beirut during. still ahead here on out there. there is a real risk that you trigger and outbreak you may not be able to control start warning from the scientists helping to lead the coronavirus response in the united

states. and we hit the road with one of the contact tracing team helping south africa to flatten the kind of infection. hello they're feeling pretty nice across the southeast of europe it is warm and it is mostly sunny but that really is about the only area colder to the north and plenty of rain pushing in across the west particularly the southwest of france the has been some flooding in this particular region none recorded across into germany this is a view across into berlin plenty of water sitting on the ground there and some very windy conditions coming at times as well sunny across into frankfurt now is a sunny comma day on wednesday plenty of cloud across much of germany and the rain is further to the south again into the southern areas of france it will help with the flooding that has taken place but it's not quite in the same area the southeast

seeing the heaviest of the downpours pushing crawls into northern areas of say across the southeast is feeling pretty good time which is on the high side very nice sunshine there's another system there just waiting the wings bringing the rain set now wednesday across into portugal and it becomes more widespread on thursday working its way across into much as spain again heavy downpours at times meanwhile across much of central and northern europe we have got a lot of cloud around and still those winds coming from the temperatures still really are rather below possibly for this time of year now the system of course impacting portions spain and that will bring the rain wednesday out across into morocco and on into algeria. i easily test. and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really

get them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like even there's one ventilator 3000000 people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines india dumb enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera are among the top stories this hour and afghanistan's president has ordered the military to resume attacks against the taliban and other armed groups and that's after $34.00 people were killed in 2 separate attacks on tuesday. you're sector state might compare is in israel for talks on plans to annex

a 3rd of the occupied west bank palestinians oppose the move into have rejected all talks on washington's middle east peace plan that backs the annexation this. city in china's northeast is warning of a major new outbreak 6 new cases have been reported the vice mayor says there's a huge risk it could spread further than you cluster is fueling fears of a 2nd wave of outbreaks in china. now thousands of people in the u.k. they're heading back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks it's all part of a plan to relax restrictions which have been in place since late march people are now allowed to spend as much time as they want out doles as long as they follow social distancing rules and those measures have been rejected by scotland by wales and by northern ireland whose leaders say it is too early to relax restrictions so let's get an idea of what's going on in the capital we can speak to jonah who's outside a major transport hub in london jenna. yeah

it's 85815 i beg your pardon in the morning here it would be plumb in the middle of rush hour in normal times and if this is people going back to work well it's certainly not a rush perhaps at best more of a trickle very very tentative steps here in england at least in london going back to work the government urging people who can't work from home and who can work in workplaces where social distancing is possible to do so we're talking about areas like manufacturing like construction employers have been given guidance about how to make workplaces kovac friendly staggered work time shift times frequent cleaning and the like people are being urged to avoid public transport wherever possible to walk to work cycle to work all drive to work and to exercise common sense in going about their daily affairs and as you say it's not just going back to work there are

other very minor measures being lifted in terms of the lockdown you can spend much more time outside you can meet one other person from another household in a park socially distance of course you can buy a game of golf or tennis you can go garden shopping or even house hunting as of today very tentative steps it all depends on the continuing decrease of the infection rate of co $1000.00 there is now a phased sort of roadmap ahead for how this lockdown will be lifted over time with the government warning that if the infection rate goes up in other words if people don't respect social distancing the lock down will snap very quickly back into place there and the economy though of course is going to need a lot more than people just getting back to work is taking taking a devastating hit like everywhere in the world. yes the 1st official g.d.p. figures out for the year indicate that the 1st quarter sort of 2 percent drop in ordinary times that would be a painful contraction indeed it comes about because of course of march figures

march was when the lock down came into place when the covert $900.00 crisis really started to be felt the march figure alone was 5.8 percent the biggest single month drop in over 20 years but that is as nothing compared to the forecasts put out by the bank of england which forecasts a 2nd quarter drop of 25 percent in g.d.p. that effectively means this country is already in recession and the bank of england looking at an overall 2020 forecast of 14 percent contraction in g.d.p. that is an absolutely staggering sum so yes these minor steps intended eventually to mitigate that economic damage have a long long way to go yet troubling figures indeed there janet thanks very much indeed jen hall there reporting from victoria station in london. now the top infectious disease expert in the united states says rushing to relax coronavirus restrictions could result in needless deaths and she's warning coincides with new

research from the university of washington that predicts close 215-0000 fatalities by august and that's 10000 more than previously forecast as mike hanna. so 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 fauci came under attack from a republican senator for his at the cosine 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 foti responded by saying he was going to the by science and undeterred by the hostile questioning repeated his warning against states stopping mitigating because too 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 economically costly 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 fall 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 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. and enthusiasm in this colorado restaurant that a lot of the states shut down 'd by opening this past sunday the president trumped in a tweet saying he was opposing what he called the overreach of the state. the restaurant has now had its license suspended for a month but the scenes other stuff my. health cautioning against. washington. 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 the u.s. government has been trying to keep it secret for months if it was named during the u.s. federal lawsuit filed by families of victims of the attacks on september 11th 2001

and then q. they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f.b.i. official a senior u.s. government official says this was done in error 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 the saudi government denies any connection well michael isikoff chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news and he says the official f.b.i. account of saudi arabia's link to $911.00 differs from what was revealed in court. 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. 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 or 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 layers for the plaintiffs for the families of the victims have it and try to pursue accountability in a civil court. it's really because election commission is deciding whether to hold parliamentary polls in june election has already been delayed by 2 months because

of a nation like coronavirus looked up and often and it's reports from column preparations for a poll that was meant to be headed quickly but the coronavirus pandemic engine lanka forced the snuff by elementary election to be delayed when it became apparent people couldn't go to the ballot box read don't own a gun but make sure all of the bacon thought that it would be the of the get the public or the government open or the political activities we have a think about and a bevy. you have to think about the democracy president got our bet rajapaksa dissolved parliament in march and called the polls 6 months early in a bid to win control of the legislature but with a nationwide curfew ordered to combat coronavirus the election commission believe it that triggered fears of a potential constitutional crisis as the election was meant to be held within 3 months the new date of june the 20th for those outside that tragic package says

there be no need to recall the parliament. law does not expect to do the impossible whatever happens i have no need to recall the old parliament i can only convene the new parliament if a new illustrators are appointed by an election the opposition says the election must be here soon we are very mindful of the necessity to have elections the importance of elections and the protection and promotion of democratic institutions having said that we need to have a precious environment. context where we can have a free and fair election. critics argue large campaign rallies canvassing for votes and voting in ballot boxes will risk people's health several individuals and groups have but decision the supreme court to delay the election even further but with

restrictions easing and an election approaching the court doesn't have much time to decide minute and then there's colombo. south africa which is managed to stem the tide of coronavirus infection and a key part of its response has been contact tracy and that's a strategy that's drawn heavily on experience of battling hiv aids when i was there a joint one contactor a so working in south africa's northwest province and here's his story in his own words. i'm a bit concerned about putting clinton quit on our veterans but it's a political disease police need to give them with only a response or dealing with odd legal conditions i know that at some stage we'll be dealing with outbreaks of this magnitude as the health care case a professional nice me to conflate that. might be sense interest comes 1st

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separate attacks on tuesday prompting the president to restart operations against the taliban and other armed groups the us secretary of state might pompei it is due to hold talks in israel on its plans to annex a 3rd of the occupied west bank palestinians oppose the move and have rejected washington's middle east peace plan which backs the annexation of. the government in the chinese city of lynn is warning of a major new outbreak 6 new cases have been reported the deputy met says there's a huge risk it could spread further than you cluster is fueling fears of a 2nd wave of outbreaks in china restrictions have been put on public transport in order to contain the outbreak thousands of people in the united kingdom are heading back to work for the 1st time in more than 7 weeks people are now allowed to spend as much time as they want outdoors as long as they follow social distancing rules leaders in scotland wales and northern ireland have rejected the changes saying it is too early to ease restrictions. a leading member of the us

a coronavirus task force has told congress rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths daughter and testimony contradicts president donald trump's repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. riot police in bolivia have fought with protesters to accuse the government of failing to support the most fun of all during the covert 19 crisis officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the demonstration which came a day after a national lockdown was extended the government says it is giving cash handouts to families in need but many people who've lost their jobs say they haven't received any help. all right you're up to date with the headlines here and out there we've got more news coming up right after inside story. we understand the difference is an similarity of cultures across the land. so no matter what you see

how to bring you the news and current things that matter to. al-jazeera. is the coronavirus pandemic making it harder to treat other diseases in africa u.n. agencies warned decades of progress in treating aids malaria and other illnesses could be reversed how do you decide what gets priority this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on birds the coronavirus pandemic is putting enormous strain on health systems worldwide.