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oren liebermann joins me on this story. did this come as a surprise? >> reporter: perhaps the biggest surprise is the order in which this happened. if you were to ask a couple of months which of the arab states is likely to normalize or closest to israel behind the scenes, bahrain would have been at the top of most lists. but that bahrain would act after saudi arabia decided to normalize relations with israel. right now, israel and saudi have no normalizizations. they are not waiting for the saudis and following in the footsteps of the united arab emirat emirates. at what was supposed to be a signing ceremony marking an agreement with uae and israel, bahrain will join, as well. the bahrainis struck out on their own. that means there was saudi consent for the bahrainians to move forward. israel will be connected to two business hubs in the gulf, in abdaa abu dhabi and bahrain. this is a major arrangement for benjamin netanyahu and for president trump, where trump is behind in the polls. where does this go from here? it will be interesting to see how thi

let's bring in oren liebermann in jerusalem to get more perspective on what's behind them and what ledm, oren. >> reporter: and that will be a four-way meeting on tuesday. it will be the u.s. and israel as well as the united arab emirates and bahrain joining in with this announcement less than a month after the israel-uae agreement. a big development for president trump and for benjamin netanyahu. both bahrain and the united arab emirates are key allies of the u.s. in the region and part of an anti-iran sunni group. both looking to cash in on benefitting from economy and military and it brings them closer to the white house and trump administration or in two months, if it's not a trump administration to a biden administration. so a win-win both for the uae. the palestinians were furious about the move, calling it a betrayal of the palestinian cause. so what moves do they have? it doesn't look like they have that much leverage. meanwhile, president trump said the palestinians are welcome to get along. of course it would have to be in the trump administration's vision for peace or it see

let's go to oren liebermann who is following these developments from jerusalem.k about thebreakthrough and what it means to the region. >> reporter: are we at a break yet? i can't hear anything. >> you can hear me? >> reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu, certainly, the timing can't be overlooked in this case because trump, of course, is just two months before an election in which he is behind in the polls. that means the white house ceremony on tuesday will have four countries, united states and israel and united arab embratz and bahrain. what is behind bahrain, which you asked which country is close toast israel behind the scenes, bahrain would have been at the top of most people's list. but the expectation is is that the bahrainians would never have moved without saudi arabia. right now, saudi arabia and israel have no diplomatic relations. but it certainly raises possibility that the saudis gave tacit consent. either trump wins the election and off to a great start. or it's an biden administration and off to a good start as well. with the technology, t

oren liebermann is in jerusalem for us. >> wolf, israel's second general lockdown has officially begunew hours before the beginning of the eve of the jewish new year. it's scheduled to last three weeks in an attempt to get rising coronavirus numbers under control. just yesterday, according to am ministry of health data, there were more than 5,200 new cases. not a record, but indicative of the steady rise in new infections per day. also on the rise, the number of severe cases and the number of patients on ventilators. all of that is why the country has been the first to reimpose a lockdown because of rising coronavirus numbers. prime minister netanyahu warning if these aren't enough, he may have to add more severe restrictions. >> oren liebermann, thank you. >> there's a hopeful sign as fall and winter approach and the northern hemisphere raising fears of a coronavirus outbreak on top of the flu. we have details. >> wolf, countries in the southern hemisphere had their easiest flu season on record. precautions that prevent covid-19 like staying at home and wearing masks also helps keep f

cnn's oren liebermann is following the story from jerusalem. >> reporter: israel officially announcedd general lockdown as coronavirus cases surge throughout the country. on thursday israel set a new record of 4,217 new cases, and that also marked three straight days where each one had more than 4,000 cases. it is because of these rising numbers as well as the rising number of serious cases and the number of patients on ventilators that prime minister benjamin netanyahu effectively said there is no other option except a second lockdown. what would it look like? it will look like the first lockdown back in april. israel perhaps the first country in the world forced to go to a second general lockdown. citizens will be limited to 500 meters or a quarter mile from their home. schools, restaurants, except delivery, entertainment venues, leisure venues will be closed. public sector work will be limited. prime sector businesses will be allowed to operate so long as members of the public don't enter the work space. this second general lockdown will start for three weeks. and if the numbers de

oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >>> thank you for that. a slimmed down coronavirus relief bill that he plans to bring to a vote later this week. the legislation is not expected to advance. it requires support from democrats and how speaker nancy pelosi is calling the measure pathetic. mitch mcconnell is hoping the gop package will at least pressure some democrats. roughly $500 billion bill has enhanced unemployment checks through the end of the year. mitch mcconnell has struggled to gain support from republicans who don't want to spend more money. if a bill doesn't get the 60 votes needed to break a democratic filibuster, the months of partisan bickering over a new round of stimulus will drag on. >>> it's the morning after another ugly day for stocks. oil prices also taking a plunge. let's go live to abu dhabi and bring in cnn's emerging market's editor. john, any end in sight for investors waking up to these numbers? >> indeed there is. a turn for the better in the last 90 minutes of trade. indicating a stronger open on wall street after

cnn's oren liebermann joins us now live from jerusalem. why haven't earlier restrictions had any impact? >> reporter: rosemary, there were plenty of critics in restrictions. they said there were too many exceptions and loopholes. it seems like the government is set to act on that later on today and impose stricter lockdown restrictions in its second general lockdown. too many exceptions, too many loopholes, public prayer, public demonstrations and public and private-sector workplaces are open. the government is trying to get these numbers under control. they are not under control and the government's policy at this point looks like an abject failure. 8600 new cases of coronavirus yesterday surging past the record set one week ago of 5,123. there's still that bickering and squabbling and what to do. the coronavirus cabinet metaphor hours yesterday and wasn't able to come to any conclusions. the coronavirus czar said today on jerusalem radio he expects that they will pass tighter restrictions on coronavirus. israel began its second general l

oren liebermann, cnn, jerusalem. >>> now, as the world's oil markets try to cope with the unprecedentedpse in demand because of the coronavirus pandemic, opec is marking its 60th anniversary and the organization's secretary general insists it has not outgrown its usefulness. john defterios is in oman with more. you know more having covered it for the past three decades. never count opec out. it is quite a colorful history. >> it certainly is, paula. i have to say, covid-19 fits into the biggest challenge it's faced during the six decades, no doubt about it. demand collapsed in april and may by nearly a third. this is a group that adjusts production 800,000 to 1 million barrels a day of the total 100 million that's consumed by the world. this time it was ten times that amount, and they're going to continue to cut until 2022, not at that level, but still unprecedented in terms of the cuts. that the scourge of, if you will, covid-19. here is the secretary general about the downturn we've seen and how do they recover. >> the global economy continues to witness some anemic recovery, if you l

oren liebermann is in jerusalem with more for us.significance of what's happening this morning. >> reporter: this is a major foreign policy accomplishment for both president donald trump and benjamin netanyahu. it comes on the heels of the agreement between israel and uae. it took 26 years to get from the last agreement with an arab state that is jordan to get to the one with the uae, only 29 days to get from the agreement with the uae to an agreement with brain. this coming tuesday there will be four countries at the white house, the u.s., israel barks rain and the uae. but what does bahrain get out of this? we know that from the sfeft of the uae. uae succeeded in halting israel's annexation of the west bank and easy to get f-35. bahrain gets closer relations with the white house and israel. we know of discreet relations for decades at this point. now those are coming out into the open. what else do they expect from israel and the united states that's a key question of what will be a historic ceremony at the white house next week. >

cnn's oren liebermann is in jerusalem. >> reporter: israel is set to tighten its second general lockdowne, perhaps severely so because of a surge in coronavirus cases. 6,861 new cases in a day. far surpassing the old record set just one week earlier of about 5,500 cases. it's because of that sharp rise in cases that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called issuing a statement saying the general lockdown needs to be tightened and quickly before the continuation of the high holidays. >>> britain also is seeing a rather dramatic spike in new cases and a return of tougher restrictions. cnn's scott mclean is in london for us. scott, what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, yesterday the prime minister announced strict new coronavirus restrictions. and today the numbers show just how badly they're needed. today the uk recorded more than 6,000 new cases of the virus. that's its highest single-day tally since early may. the prime minister promised that these new rules would also come with stricter enforcement. he's also allowing police forces to call in the military to help. this second wave of

cnn's oren liebermann explains how significant this is in reshaping alliances across the middle east.agreement between israel and an arab state. and now, two within a month. first israel and the united arab emirates, now israel and bahrain. certainly to be touted at the white house ceremony on tuesday as they try to divert attention from other problems domestically. this will be interesting to see how this plays out with bahrain. it's a large shia population which might look unfavorably upon this agreement. that will be one key to watch out. israel saying it wants to move as quickly as possible in terms of establishing embassies, normalizing and finalizing the arrangements here and beginning direct flights. notably, oman in the gulf praised this agreement. it will be interesting to see if they're the next country to normalize arrangements with israel. that was the key push of jared kushner and secretary of state mike pompeo. wolf? >> thanks very much. >>> joining us now, the minister of state for international cooperation for the united arab emirates. minister, thank you so much for j

cnn's oren liebermann is live in jerusalem. this lockdown goes into effect today, oren. correct?er: this lockdown goes into effect in less than 30 minutes at 2:00 p.m. local time. the number yesterday, 5,200 cases according to ministry of health data. not a record, but surely an indication that the number of coronavirus cases, the number of daily diagnoses continues to rise and that's why prime minister benjamin netanyahu says this lockdown is necessary. but if you look at israel today, it's almost as if there are two different stories. one is the foreign policy, which netanyahu celebrated on the lawn of the white house earlier this week with bahrain and the uae. he pointed out that he was proud to have made peace with two arab countries in 29 days. then, there's the domestic policy. and the domestic situation in israel. in that same 29-day period, from august 13th to september 11th, there were 62,000 new cases in israel. that's about a third of the total cases since the beginning of the pandemic. and there were 446 deaths within that same time frame. that's about 40% of the deat

scott mclean is live from london and oren liebermann joins us from jerusalem. good to see you both. so, scott, let's start with you. how are these new restrictions being received across england? >> hey, rosemary. we are about to find out. the british health secretary had previously blamed brits not following the rules for this sudden surge in infections so we'll see how they do with this new set. britain is trying to do everything that it can to avoid the kind of lockdown that israel is now imposing. the prime minister has really been focussing on getting schooled back open, getting the economy restarted, getting workers back into the offices, but the numbers tell a pretty sobering story right now. the uk seems to be on the same trajectory as france and spain and that is not a pretty picture. their rise in case counts have now started to translate into rise in deaths and hospitalizations as well. it would rather be on the path of belgium, seeing a second resurgence from the virus before they brought in new restrictions and managed to reverse the trend. so begin today, the maximum nu