And it concerns the peak is just weeks away. Irans revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit the u. S. Has accused iran in the past of using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development allegations iran denies israel has condemned the latest launch without addressing the launch director the us President Donald Trump has gone on twitter saying he has a warning about iran how are seeing american ships at sea is what the head of the revolutionary guard said about the launch. It is a necessity for such powerful Defense Forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they dont have a place in space. Today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for the i. R. G. C. Within it putting the satellite into orbit gives us the technological advantage of that and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence warm and. Well our White House Correspondent kimberly hell could is monitoring reaction for us out of Washington Life after we speak to me in tehran so zain this is clearly very significant and very symbolic but this is the real deal this is not north korea testing something this has been a success it would seem. Thats correct this is a very significant military development as far as the Iranian Military is concerned and it has been a Long Time Coming since the beginning of this century of the 21st century iran has been working on trying to develop Rocket Technology as well as Satellite Technology to be able to launch this kind of military satellite into earths orbit and this morning iranians as well d as the rest of the world woke up to what was essentially the announcement of a successful d secret military operation from the central desert in this country. Of the rocket launch happened earlier this morning and now we can say for certain that d the newer satellite is 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth rockers thermosphere and the military has said here the Iranian Military has said this is certainly the beginning of what hussein salami the head of the urgency called new horizons for irans military dont forget offers all manner of strategic assets it offers more battlefield Intelligence Data and says that will make it work on a more Formidable Fighting force on the ground saying thanks very much lets go to complete standing by for us outside the white house any reaction yet from the state department or indeed even the pentagon kimberly. Not yet you know often this is the case the u. S. President tweets and then his administration caught off guard is left scrambling to catch up what we can tell you is that this tweet from the u. S. President follows warnings earlier this month where he accused iran of planning a sneak attack against u. S. Troops assets and that he cautioned there would be a heavy price if this happens the u. S. Theres no question about this peter sees this as an advance or an escalation in irans Missile Program and in the midst of all of this the u. S. President had believed even as recently as a few weeks ago speaking in one of his briefings that he had restored deterrence against iran following the sensually the killing of general sula mahdi but weve seen these tensions ratcheting up as recently as last week the United States accusing iran and its fast boats in the persian gulf of coming very close to the u. S. Navy ships kucing it of pointing a machine gun at one point is it was conducting drills near kuwait so the question becomes you know where things stand you know the u. S. Has been concerned about widespread reporting that it may have some military vulnerabilities right now of course we have the u. S. S. Roosevelt that is off of warm right now hit hard by corona Virus Outbreak on that Aircraft Carrier and whether or not this is an opportunity being seized by iran in the midst of the United States trying to deal with this pandemic potentially exposing some of its vulnerabilities even as these military rivalries continue can really do stay with us because i want to talk about another story the ban on immigration to the u. S. Could come into effect on weapons day president from again on twitter saying ill be signing my executive order prohibiting immigration into our country until today in the meantime even without this order our southern border aided substantially by the 170 miles of new border wall and 27. 00 funds and mexican soldiers is very tight including for human trafficking. The u. S. Senate has approved nearly 500000000000. 00 in extra aid to help businesses and hospitals jurong the pandemic the house of representatives is set to vote on thursday on what would be the 4th such package since the crisis began for a total of around 3 trillion dollars. A disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help 8 people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes palace. It was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away stranger this mix into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. Thinking. It is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own path through the city turning roads into rivers many records out had to be saved from movie because i was these boys trying to cheer up a woman they rescued i seem to have compounding the trauma is that this also happened a month ago then u. N. Had to bulldoze thousands of tons of rubble and model to the streets almost 5000. 00 families were displaced the water also harbors an invisible danger yemen is battling a cholera outbreak of disease spread through. Some 400 kilometers north in the capital sana residents a cell which in what they can from floods a week ago he winds and rain killed 7 people injured dozens and damaged 16 refugee camps in the neighboring government of marine. Cyril the heavy rain destroyed everything they werent expecting and it came from the mountains and swept everything away without warning running took out codes busses everything in its path. And yet there is a potentially more ominous disaster on the horizon yemen has had just one case of coronavirus the u. N. His wound it would be catastrophic if it catches hold here only half of yemens medical facilities a functional the population is acutely moen nourished in about 80 percent to 20. A 1000000 people need aid to survive mostly National Companies including teacher pac and union even donating tens of thousands of Virus Testing kits to yemen the shipment will arrive next week. A devastated Health System and neglected infrastructure a symptoms of yemens 5 years civil whether it will continue isnt a negotiation weve all noted continued violence where mr griffiths is doing is trying to get parties to agree to a nationwide. Hes far as datable the schwarzs far those discussions are ongoing obviously challenge the circumstances. But thats thats what hes trying to do challenging circumstances prove that yemenis a resolution cant come soon enough shallop alice. To south africa now where more than 70000 soldiers nearly the entire Standing Army being deployed to enforce a locked arms theyll join the nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets for me to miller has more now from lichtenberg a town in the northwest province. Well according to what weve heard from the government so far is that theres increasing concern about just how the numbers regarding the number of infections in south africa is escalating and this is what the minister of defense said earlier on local radio the rate at which the infections has gone up you realize that at some point we might need the kind of Human Resource deployed like weve never seen before and so this deployment of more than 73000 soldiers in addition to that initial 2000 would be the largest deployment by the south African NationalDefense Force in south africas history i mean that even goes back to the 1st im a practical actions in 1900 for the government here is concerned about just how bad the infections will get in south africa and estimates show that theyre working on a model that indicates that south africas Coronavirus Crisis will perhaps hear it in august or september the government is saying that they need these soldiers to enforce the lockdown it needs these soldiers to prepare quarantine sites ensure people are abiding by the lockdown and essentially try and flats in that curve head of the coming months the u. K. Parliament to sell the 1st virtual session in its 700 year history just 50 m. P. s were allowed into the Lower Chamber the house of commons so most of the questions came on video platforms most of those questions were about the governments response to the pandemic particularly the issue of supplies of protective gear p p for doctors and nurses well the session was also the debut of the new opposition to the cure starmer who criticised the governments testing record rory chalons is in london. He was saying look you are saying that you are doing or have the capacity to do 40000 tests a day or. Health care workers etc but thats the wrong metric he was saying because you may have the capacity for that but all youre doing at the moment its 18000 so why is there this discrepancy you can talk as much as you want about capacity but if youre not actually reaching the required number of tests and there are all these people out there there are care workers there are doctors and nurses who are saying theyre still not being tested thats what you should be aiming for upping the number of tests not the capacity for tests there is also this problem with quality tests because the government has admitted today that a story that was published yesterday by a newspaper here that some of the tests that are being given to us workers have proven not to be up to scratch and therefore the. People Public Health england has said that these care workers needed to be brought back and tested again it just shows really how rapid and how mad the scramble has been to get the u. K. In a kind of proper state to be able to deal with this outbreak with this crisis and how many mistakes have been made along the way. Well have a lot more on me coronavirus later for you here on this program Spains Parliament is to vote on a new plan to extend the nationwide long run there. Plus also ahead choosing the best picture of our planet from space those stories when we come back. We got a few blustery showers still rolling across japan at the moment but it will quiet down as we go through the next 1000 you say little more cloud here is the area of low pressure seen the process of drifting out of the way she was to follow on behind across that western side of honshu pushing up into hokkaido sheltered by the mountains had in tokyo around 17 degrees 30 celsius also a little on the coast side many 19 in beijing on thursday warms up nicely and by friday basing his 26 celsius well as you try but a few showers still in place there into japan the wetter weather is further south southern parts of china saying some very heavy rainfall at the moment and that wet weather stretching its way into northern parts of the as well central and southern areas the v. And im also seeing some wet weather showers will creep a little further south which as we go through the next day or so some showers today coming into the philippines particular for southern parts of the philippines well sunshine and showers than the usual scattering of showers through much of Southeast Asia joining up with a showers that we have across the southern parts of the thing goes frankly could catch a shower would say over the next day also some really heavy rain there to northeastern parts of india into bangladesh lively thundery downpours for many but hot and dry for the plains. Is really just 3 days and trace. Frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind her informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one dance away here very relieved indepth analysis of the days global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of the one of ours in the inside story on aljazeera. To. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha your top stories so far this half hour in iran the revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit. A disaster area has been declared in yemen southern port city of aden often beset by flash flooding the Prime Minister is asking for foreign help the country has already been ravaged by ears of civil war. And in south africa more than 70000 soldiers nearly the entire Standing Army every boy to enforce a lockdown in place to prevent more coronavirus cases will join nearly 2300 personnel already on the streets. The Mexican Government says its heading into the most serious stage of the pandemic the number of reported infections a surprise 9000 with nearly 900 deaths as it prepares hospitals and clinics to meet surging demand the governments also freeing prisoners whose crimes arent considered too serious. The worst of mexicos coburg 19 contagion could be only days away mexicos Deputy Health minister warns the national Health System could soon be under the greatest pressure from the virus or that today we want to start phase 3 of the pandemic remembering that we are in the phase of rapid ascent where a large number of cases of an affectionate and hospitalizations will accumulate and we must continue to maintain social distancing so that sees a minimize as much as possible. For Mexican Health officials phase 3 refers to the point where the virus will spread the fastest hitting its peak in the 1st half of made. The announcement also coincides with another major Public Policy change the passage of a new amnesty law which will oversee the release of thousands of low level offenders from mexican prisons. This will allow us to release people from prison who have not committed serious crimes those who are sick or elderly this will allow us to carry out a humanitarian gesture for. Human rights organizations have warned that mexicos overcrowded prisons are a ticking time bomb for contagion of coronavirus those familiar with the legislation however say that while the new law is an important milestone in social justice it will take months to implement many of the impact on covert 1000. 00 containment will likely be minimal. I think this is an important law that weve needed for a long time because of all the injustices that occurs but one thing should be clear that this law will not contribute to the depressurize ation of the penitentiary system in the context of covert 19 it but it could help in the future and for future pandemics. Also bracing for the worst of the virus or tens of thousands of migrants among them Asylum Seekers stuck in mexico under tough new rules imposed by the trumpet ministration governors across the. On monday u. S. President donald trump tweeted that he would be temporarily suspending immigration to the United States mexican Officials Say they dont expect this latest executive order by the white house to have much impact on existing code 19 containment policy which already restricts migration and includes a partial closure of the Us Mexico Border monreal it up on the algis eat up mexico city as the u. S. States move ahead with plans to reopen their economies there are new warnings of a 2nd wave of cope with 19 infections in the winter months ahead of the centers for Disease Control says it could be far more dire because its likely to coincide with the start of the flu season having 2 similar breaks would be a huge burden on the u. S. Health care system and the visuals who develop antibodies it will have protective immunity the question is how long but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when its very likely that were going to have another. Wrestling match with this virus as it comes back and were going to another battle with it you know up front and aggressively next next winter at least 7 people are thought to have contracted the virus during the primary election in the u. S. State of wisconsin earlier this month they do include 6 votes and one poll workers who were identified in city of milwaukee Officials Say the number of election related infections could increase after more data becomes available wisconsin has so far 4620 known cases and nearly 250 deaths. The Spanish Parliament to set to vote on a government proposal later today to extend its nationwide lockdown until may the 9th madrid has already started using some restrictions children can go for walks as of next week and some factory and construction workers have returned to their jobs already nearly 208000 people have contracted the virus in spain and a policed 21000 of died a martyr how darrows in madrid she says the governments proposals are meeting some resistance is the extension will be voted today a spanish Prime Minister