antonio gutierrez warned the infection is spreading due in part to ineffective among states.called for cooperation, including financial assistance from countries that can afford to do so. >>> business owners across the u.s. hoping to reopen are searching for ways to keep surfaces clean, and some have seen the light. catherine kobayashi explains. >> housekeeping's at the door. they'll clean the things they can see in your room, and they've brought along a a new tl to clean the things they can't. >> we're emitting these incredibly intense bursts. mimicroorganisms likike the cov9 virus arere defenseless. >> hospital staff have used ultraviolent light for years. now businesses are exploring new uses for the technology to ensure safety of shohoppers in mallss and groceryry stotores a those w who may attend conferences. >> we know that the rooms will be almost as sanitized as an freitingoom. prolond exposure to uv light can damage t the skin and eyes. new york transit officials are using them to clean entire subway trains, so they've taken precautions. >> if any motion is deteteed,

secretary general antonio gutierrez has described israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank members of the un security council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israel's move which could be put into motion as soon as next week most of them were united in their opposition with warnings that israel's unilateral action could trigger a major escalation in the region. if implemented these moves could dramatically alter the local dynamics during instability across the uk by palestinian terror and maybe beyond this cult has been marked by periods of extreme violence but never been caught in the risk of escalation been accompanied by endless school horizon so this isn't an economic situation so it runs our own in the region so whole time. it is crucial role stakeholders take action that will enable the parties to step back from the brink opposition is also coming from europe more than a 1000 politicians of sidle as a urging their leaders to stop israel while on the ground in the jordan valley in the occupied west bank out in gaza that been renewed protests agains

calling it violation of international law, the concerns were echoed by the secretary-general antonio gutierrez who called a watershed moment warning it could be a turning point for the middle east. >> it would be a major factor to destabilize the region. what is necessary is a 2 state solution. israel and palestine can live in peace, respect each other. >> insiders or others a political debate raging about whether or not to move forward with annexation. us secretary of state mike pompeo said it would be up to israel to decide that consultations ongoing at the white house indicating the americans are playing a role in the decision, the deal of the century peace plan has been widely rejected by palestinians after donald trump moved the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. there are concerns of violence erupting as a result of this decision, the chief of his relapse military told soldiers to prepare for the possibility of fighting in the west bank and gaza. in gaza, the military wing of hamas said there would be a statement how they would respon

antonio gutierrez. >>> and the u.s. once pointed to italy as the worst-case scenario it hoped to avoid on covid. now america is fairing worse than italy was at the peak of the crisis. what in the world happened? >>> but first, here's my take. as the united states has faltered in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, many experts have warned that china is using the situation to enhance its influence across the world. this is part of a familiar pattern in which the u.s. has worried that its adversaries were ten feet tall and growing. a striking feature of the recent international landscape has been china's strategic blunders. the most significant example is china's recent incursion into india. in the galwan valley. for reasons that are not entirely clear chinese forces have reportedly taken 23 square miles of land sparking a deadly skirmish. this has triggered a backlash in india. new delhi has tried for years to have good relationships with china. the leaders have met many times and often rejected talk of aligning wi