coronavirus and then special coverage on al-jazeera. we're now seeing a disturbing surge of infections the top u.s. infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci warns progress against covert 19 is threatened by rising cases in several areas as donald trump visits one of the emerging hot spots of his own to inspect new sections of the wall along mexico's border. well i'm not matheson this is all it is either a lie from doha also coming up north korea says its leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against the south. libya's internationally recognized government says it won't make

a deal with supporters of walter you for hoft are. leading us infectious disease expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections dr anthony fauci also testified in congress that he and all those have not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the contrary by president donald trump or islam jordan reports. saturday night in tulsa masks require donald trump used his 1st campaign rally since the start of the culbut 1000 pandemic to talk about a spike in cases in the south and the west where you detested. it if i'm looking for you to find locations so i said to my people. down please. and even though several trump campaign workers and 2 secret service agents tested

positive for kobe at 19 the president stuck to his call while heading to his next campaign rally on tuesday. that we. get. i don't kid let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world we have better than anybody in the world our best the best in the world and we have the most of them by having more than we find more k. . less than an hour later on capitol hill a hearing about the white house response members of trump's coronavirus task force said there could be a viable back scene by the end of this year but they disagree with the president's view on testing knowledge i know for sure but so my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing that just is

a fact in fact we will be doing more testing dr anthony fauci and his colleagues testifying the pandemic is not over after 3 months of stay at home policies and now ongoing anti-racism protests urged people to stay vigilant and as you wear a mask and you're in a situation where you're getting animated in a demonstration or in a rally or wherever you are avoid as best as possible the urge to pull your mask down and shout more than 3 months into the public health crisis and there's still a confusing message coming from the highest levels of the u.s. government rosalynn shorten al-jazeera washington. president donald trump has visited arizona one of the states that's emerging as a covert 19 hot spot inspected nearly build sections of the wall being built along the mexican border but attempted to credit his new wall with stopping both illegal

immigration and coronavirus arizona anand's 3 and a half 1000 new infections and tuesday that is a daily record there translators spoke to students supporters who filled a mega-church in algorithms capital phoenix trump was looking to regain momentum after the tel so rally at the weekend when they were thousands of empty seats at least 2 syrian soldiers have been killed and 4 others wounded in israeli airstrikes the missiles hit a military outpost near the city of in the south army positions in other regions were also targeted. abu dhabi is being accused of providing support to syrian intelligence and helping president bashar al assad rebuild infrastructure the french magazine on 21 quotes a report by a non-governmental organization called the justice and liberty for all this says the u.a.e. has financed the construction of buildings and thermal power stations in damascus are providing training to senior military officials the u.a.e.

is relationship with damascus has warned since their modalities reopened their embassy in 2018 last week the u.s. warned abu dhabi about this reproach more after the caesar act came into effect this u.s. law threatens sanctions against anyone caught doing business with us at his associates and government joe rubin is a former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state and the president of washington strategy group he says the u.a.e. is actions in the region have not gone unnoticed. the u.a.e. right now is really on a fine line with washington in large part because of its adventurism in the region and with the war in yemen with which is deeply unpopular here in washington amongst democrats and republicans and president trump had to veto a bill that tried to stop american funding of the saudi military actions in yemen and said u.a.e. has really burned a lot of bridges certainly with the democratic party and now clearly with its

gamesmanship with syria and hostile are it's turning a lot of heads so it's built a lot of public support here in washington but it this stage it seems like it's squandered it is well in the u.a.e. he does need to be concerned about what's coming next not only from the trump administration but even from a potential biden administration when it comes to its engagement in the region certainly on syria as a cornerstone issue a political process which has eluded the united states in the international community is what's needed to end it and it is not part of that then they'll be on the outside as it looks like they're being lined up for being in the near term. libya's internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league calls for peace talks saying the push is coming from allies a walkway for half an hour and as the government's forces advance on the city of sirte egypt is warning of making a military intervention but what other we had reports from the capital tripoli.

arab league ministers met via video link to demand an end to foreign military intervention in libya and they said neighboring countries have an important role to play in india in the crisis. the continent we have followed with great concern and condemn the internationalization of the levy a crisis aggravated by the open involvement of foreign militaries repeated violations of the un arms embargo in all directions and the systematic recruitment off mercenaries and foreign fighters. the un recognized the government in libya had downgraded its representation in the meetings concerned that the arab league which is based in cairo is a strong influence it by egypt. on saturday egypt's president opted for to his sisi threatened what he called external military missions across

the border. and several other members hold back the arab league statement including the united arab emirates so i would arabia jordan and sudan are actively supporting the warlords have to again it's the governments it's a position that has infuriated the government in tripoli real weaponization of the resources bitterly. with. her murder. forces. and this is really a question. or 2. after the thwarting have to the efforts to seize the capital to bag the libyan forces continue to advance east in support of the you and the recognized a government egypt says the red line for its own security is serviced delane to do

for our and the aid a base housing advances russian warplanes according to the u.s. military russian pilots supporting the russian mercenaries in support of how after forces loyal to the government of national accord are right now on the outskirts of sirte which is a gateway to libya's main oil fields in the east they feel they have half that on the run but that's only been the case since turkey fully committed its resources to the d.n.a. earlier in the year and egypt has watched it the change in the balance of power with the increasingly lower. tripoli. north korea's leader kim jong un has suspended plans of military action against south korea same media says kim made the decision jury a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission tensions rose of to activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border robert bright

is joining us now live from seoul i understand that there has been some sort of reaction from south korea what have they been saying. that's right it is a surprising move that is generally being warmly received here in south korea the defense ministry has held regular press conference saying that it very much welcomes this announcement of this move from the unification ministry that's the government department that handles into korean affairs there little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation i think people here are trying to work out exactly what military plans we are referring to in this what is a very short statement from north korea we have to assume that it's the various measures that they've announced in the past week or so when we've seen this deterioration in relations things that were announced such as the redeployment of military units close to the d.m.z. separating the 2 koreas the reestablishment of guard posts inside the d.m.z.

which are very escalatory measures which south korea have been protesting about but it is a surprise move especially when we are in what had seemed to be an escalating propaganda battle between north and south korea with south korean defector groups releasing balloons with propaganda materials into north korea threats from north korea itself the destruction of the liaison office on the border between the 2 koreas so it had seemed as though things were heading in the wrong direction and now we have this sudden change we've had reports that the various articles highly critical of south korea have been removed from north korean web sites also interestingly the loudspeaker systems that you have on the d.m.z. which had been partly dismantled as relations have improved over the past couple of years in recent days we've heard that those propaganda loudspeaker systems have

been put back in place now this wednesday we're getting reports that they are being taken down once more that's right now by bringing us that update from seoul rob thank you very much indeed. coming up after a check of the weather some communities in india face a crisis as cover 19 stems the flow of remittances. and chile's president accused of breaking his own coronavirus rules by going to a relative's funeral. for . the heaviest rain the moment in east asia is just coming into south korea and it's on its way towards japan this is the latest play a lot of development of the my you buy you system the seasonal rains the orange indicates the heaviest of its streets that stretch of into north korea but from the

peninsula goes into what's honshu by thursday the chinese end is just going to bit further south than it was but if it's in the yangtze other with the south pole river delta will get flooded from this and you might get significant weather in hong kong that's all seasonal it's all to be expected so it's been pretty active further south not where you might think and you can't really tell from here except is more cloud here than there is over here that's correct has been flooding in singapore that doesn't normally happen of infrequent showers in kuala lumpur that's not quite right for this time the year either but it's there for a day i'd say i think before things become more normal and slow as in the philippines get the bulk of those showers go get to thursday for that to happen but singapore even so you might get thursday friday saturday sunday storms debbie some storms significant ones just the wrong time of the year forward the monsoon troughs a long way north now but the rain is necessarily way about expect a lot is heading now towards ra just on.

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you want your disease or a reminder of our top stories this hour the leading u.s. infectious disease expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections of the antony funnell she also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite playing to the contrary a president donald trump. north korea's state media says leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south korea tensions rose after activists in the south in propaganda leaflets across the border of. abu dhabi has been accused of providing support to syrian intelligence and helping president bashar al assad leave building infrastructure last week the u.s. cautioned abu dhabi about proportionally syria mourning of sanctions and of its seems or act. one of the police officers involved in the shooting death of briana taylor in louisville kentucky has been sacked the 26 year old black woman was

killed in march when police and toto home without warning on what's called a no knock warrant she was shot 8 times the city's police chief says officer brett consent violated procedure when firing blindly into her apartment kentucky is one of 6 states where voters have been choosing the candidates they want to run for seats in congress some though have had trouble as cattle casting ballots after kentucky officials closed thousands of voting stations because of the pandemic fewer than $200.00 were available that was specially sparse in areas where black voters live prompting accusations of voter suppression. the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the security council and turning a hotel as he said it would be most serious violation of international law a day earlier thousands of palestinians protested in jericho and more than 1000

politicians across europe signed a petition opposing the annexation process which could begin next week. very consistent message that annexation not only against international law but it will be a major factor to the starting line. it will be something that and then the line what they are saying which is a 2 state solution in each israelis and palestinians continue to get any respect each other than get into each other's. i hope that this voice of reason that is not only in mind. of course that will be hurt. by these failure 42 so that annexation does not think place in the 1st like. the saudi allowed coalition fighting in yemen says it's intercepted a ballistic missile heading towards riyadh 8 drones and 3 ballistic missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday and the who the rebels say they plan to launch even more a spokesman for the rebels claimed the attack the saudi defense ministry building

and a military base in riyadh among other targets thailand's tourism industry is getting to ready to reopen with wildlife shows a big attraction but activists want these banned they're worried cruel treatment will get worse as zoos try to make up for lost income reports from bangkok. this has become a familiar yet still painful routine for. it's the 4th time she's had one of her calves taken from her the latest 18 month old is tended to another adult and taken away was tied to a tree in tyler is clearly distressed the as is been chewed very. far away chained up crying out for her mother it's really traumatic for us elephants and a while especially male coughs stay with their mother. most entire life they would stay x.

ocean hurt with their mother. assists on the videos some of which is too disturbing to show we shot secretly at an elephant training school in a province northeast of the thai capital bangkok. the techniques and punishments such as being beaten or prodded with metal hooks while being forced to walk while their legs are bound together and designed to make them compliant all in the end to entertain too. many want to close encounter with one of thailand's national symbols or another animal 4 years ago one of the most popular wildlife attractions the tiger temple was raided and closed because of allegations the owners were trafficking big cats and animal parts soon after the park was given permission to reopen elsewhere these elephants that are among thousands captive in thailand will also be heading to parks and zoos but the coronavirus pandemic has meant the tourism industry here has ground to a halt was almost 200 animal welfare organizations wrote to the thai government

asking them to use the opportunity to reset the industry they've heard nothing back we really. raise. and also ensure that the current generation of. al-jazeera also approached the tourism authority of thailand for reaction to the video but it declined the concern is that when the borders reopen operators will be desperate to make up for lost revenue and the elephants will be trained and put to work harder than ever wayne hay al-jazeera bangkok or the pictures you saw in wayne's report came from an undercover operation by the world animal protection order many of as the organizations global head of wildlife is joining me now from brighton in the u.k. thank you very much indeed for being with us i don't think anybody would deny that

the pictures that we saw in wins reports are extremely upsetting but how much responsibility to tourists have as to whether or not this kind of practice continues. thanks rob that's a great question we feel that actually what these people who train these elephants are responding to is simply the demand from tourists and from tour operators to provide these these shows and to make sure that these elephants are available for for writing or performing tricks so we feel that tourists have have a lot to do with this situation and the people running these camps and working in them are doing it because they need to earn money we are talking about countries where the economy very often is struggling so how do you balance that requirement that people need to be able to get money and feed their families and so on with the need to protect. again another interesting question our research has told us that the people actually who train and look after these

allegations commonly called. and they say they benefit very you know there's no real benefit to them they work in terrible conditions the money the vast amounts of money that's generated from this kind of tourist attraction doesn't end up in their pockets they're often as exploited as the animals themselves. so what we are calling for at wild animal protection is just for you know a whole new approach to this this a wildlife tourism that there's a better way for the animals for the people involved. where the animals can be well looked after and their welfare is is is front and center we heard in wayne's report there the representation is had been made by groups like yours to the government in order to try to change things but the government doesn't seem to be responding what's your next step. so yes well animal protection

wrote a letter to the time i government and we had it supported by least 190 other welfare organizations and what we were calling for was a temporary breeding ban on elephants in thailand at the moment because many of them are unemployed and there's nothing else for them to do so there is a real danger that these animals will be bred because they are they're a valuable commodity if you like. and however with the shutdown of tourism at the moment most of these owners can't even feed the elephants that they've got at the moment so we feel it's very irresponsible to be allowed to bring a whole new generation into this suffering in misery so we are calling on the government to just reset and we intend to you know to negotiate with the government behind the scenes i think that a situation like this could be highly embarrassing after all elephants are the you

know the national symbol of thailand and they deserve to be treated in a much better way order really are from world animal protection we appreciate it very much thank you very much indeed thank you thanks for having me rob. millions of migrant workers are find themselves out of a job worldwide as economies ground to a halt and that's meant an end to the remittances they send home elizabeth put on and reports on the impact being felt in south asia. up the wahhabis back home in pakistan after 7 years working in saudi arabia he has a new life and his old home and swap that. i was earning good money for my family but because of the pandemic everything shut down i lost my job it was difficult survive there without a job so i returned home. he's opened a fruit and vegetable shop so he can continue supporting his family but the $60.00 a month he's ending is a fraction of the $400.00 he used to make as

a laborer and saudi arabia. of the why this one of $40000.00 pakistanis the government says have returned home after losing their job or the seas it's a similar picture in neighboring india which is the world's biggest receiver of worker remittances at least $50000.00 endian workers have returned since may workers from india and pakistan more than 100000000000 dollars last year. the world bank expects the amount of money sent by all foreign workers to their families will fall by 20 percent this year as millions lose their jobs and return home. india to crew. international has sent 25000 workers overseas in the past 15 years but their business has virtually ground to a halt. because it's a kind of you can you cannot use words but this will be able bodied sinking no because. the industry is sinking. permission says are especially important in low

and middle income countries more than foreign investment and 8 you know we have images economy was acting as a bit of a sacrificial also for these families and literally you know for a family. announcing that standard of living giving education to the children and giving better health care the united nations says the loss of money will be an evenly spread and warns that tens of millions of families who rely on remittances will fall below the poverty line this year elizabeth pradhan al jazeera new delhi at least 44 people in one building complex in germany's capital berlin have tested positive for covert 19 as follows a reimposition of restrictions in another region 2 districts in the western states of north rhine-westphalia went into lockdown after $1500.00 workers at a meat processing plant tested positive so havoc has jobless rate has hit its highest level on record unemployment rose to just over 30 percent 7100000 people

are now out of work president settled on the phone has warned of worse to come chile's president is being accused of breaking his government's own rules by going to a funeral on sunday so i simple yet it was allegedly among more than 30 people who attended the ceremony for his uncle but coronavirus restrictions limit the number of who can attend funerals to just 20 latin america at its embassy in yemen reports in the chilean capital sense algo. accompanied by close family members chile's president stampin united took part in the final farewell of his 104 year old uncle former archbishop bennetta the no opinion. health ministry protocol stipulates that only 5 people can attend the funeral of anyone suspected of having died of cold 1920 in the case of a person who has died of other causes the former archbishop had caught coronavirus in may but according to his doctors he recovered and died

a short time later of pneumonia. the problem is more than 30 people attended the funeral when 20 is the maximum under the new pandemic protocol the ceremony included live music and photography. the president demanded the sealed casket be opened giving him one last chance to see his uncle but he sent the deputy health minister defended the president against widespread charges of bad taste and of breaking his own rules as he did on this tour took a sourness there were only 18 family members at the funeral the casket was sealed as to i can assure you everything was 100 percent according to protocol i don't think it's right to use the situations of pain especially during a pandemic but the video clearly shows more people were present in opposition congressmen is demanding an official probe by the general prosecutor. that. not

only has the president broken the law he's underscored the privileges that his small cast enjoys while thousands of ordinary chileans are unable to give their loved ones a dignified burial during the pandemic the number of confirmed killed in 1000 cases in chile has surpassed italy with italy as well and 4 times chile's population but president here is by no means the only latin american leader was being accused of not quite following the rules in fact brazil's president jalal boersma nat'l has always made a point of not following protocol such as social distancing or wearing a face mask but now he may have to do just that following a new court ruling. a federal judge has ordered the president to wear a mask in all public spaces transportation and commercial areas in the capital brasilia like all federal employees failure to do so carries a $400.00 fine the president has said in the past he'll ignore court orders he regards as quote absurd. whether on purpose or not failure to follow the few can

help reduce the spread of this deadly virus is sending that example in the region it's now the epicenter of the pandemic you see in human al-jazeera. this is our jazeera these are the top stories the leading u.s. infectious disease expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections dr anthony fauci also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the contrary by president donald trump and president trump has visited our a zone or one of the states that's emerging as a covert 19 hot spot inspected newly built sections of the wall being built along the mexican border trump attempted to credit his new wall with stopping both

illegal immigration and the coronavirus north korea st media says leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south korea tensions rose after activists in the south in propaganda leaflets across the border robin wright has the latest from seoul it is interesting we only have this one short statement so people here in south korea are trying to decipher the wider implications of this the 1st thing that people have noted of course that this in the current spat this seems to be the 1st time that the north korean leader kim jong un has become directly involved which is revealing itself when it comes to these military plans that are now apparently being reconsidered we have to assume that these are the various measures that were announced over the past week or so as relations have soured. at least 2 syrian soldiers have been killed and 4 others wounded in israeli air strikes missiles hit a military outpost near the southern city of psuedo. one of the police officers

involved in the shooting death of briana taylor in louisville kentucky has been sacked the 26 year old black woman was killed in march when police entered her home without warning and what's known as a no knock warrant she was shot 8 times. the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the security council antonio guterres said it would be most serious violation of international law a day earlier thousands of palestinians protested in jericho more than 1000 politicians across europe have signed the petition. that was the headline is coming up next on the visitor it's rewind good bye. we understand the difference is certain similarities of cultures across the world. sentiments. al-jazeera. and current affairs that matter.

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