And israel announce the launch of what iran says is its 1st military satellites into this plus. As for the adaptation the west bank. The israelis will ultimately make those decision the United Nations to discuss later israeli plans to an extent illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. U. S. President donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections later in the year during a press briefing he seemed again to contradict his own Health Officials he also officially signed an executive order suspending immigration for 60 days something that trump says will safeguard u. S. Jobs i was there as mike hanna reports from washington. Manners and a very good job for a structure Robert Redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his statement about the fall season and the virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the sentence for Disease Control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert read thiel did not do so he disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didnt say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because well have flu in corona virus circulating at the same time the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and then youre youre going to see this is years ago this will not come we dont know it kind of stuff that its a very small confined here so we put it well 8 i think the great thing is we will be able to find it earlier this time and i think thats what were talking about well find those cases earlier so what dr redfield said we would be able to stay in containment phase. The president continued to push back against potential future threat and in answer to a reporters question argued the virus may not come back at all it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was apparently one of these 10 people the president spoke to was not the countrys foremost medical expert dr anthony park she was adamant there would be a 2nd wave of the virus later this year there will be coronavirus in the fall if we do which we wont but lets take an imaginary period ok forget about it were not going to do anything about it it will take off thats what viruses do but thats not whats going to happen were going to respond to it to not allow it to do that early on wednesday President Trump planted a tree marking earth day but given the disagreements that played out in the evening briefing his medical experts could well fear that hes also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna aljazeera washington the us has called for iran to be held accountable for terror ron successfully launched its 1st military satellites irans revolutionary guard says theyre now able to monitor the world from space a trumpet ministrations warned in the past the terror ron is using its Space Program as a cover for Missile Development from tehran same bus traffic reports. On wednesday morning the world a will to news of a secret operation carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. The newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives irans military new strategic advantages or that. 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. Putting the satellite into orbit gives us a technological advantage and its also a powerful asset in the intelligence war in iran has put satellites in space before but the success of the nur comes after several failures in recent years its expected to be used for intelligence gathering secure military Communications Navigation and reconnaissance whatever leaders need to support from the sky irans military assets on earth and the satellite isnt the days only technological development. The difference between the satellite and previous ones is that its propulsion the uses a combined solid and liquid fuel only a few superpowers have this capability and only a few countries the rest are consumers of this technology. Its a proud moment for irans revolutionary guards. The group suffered a major setback to its reputation after the accidental shoot down in january of Ukraine InternationalAirlines Flight 752 all 176 people on board were killed. Since the beginning of the 21st century iran despite diplomatic and economic isolation has managed to develop the Technology Necessary to elbow its way into an elite club along with rivals like the United States and israel as well as allies like russia china india iran is one of only a dozen countries in the world with the homegrown Rocket Technology to launch its own satellites into space seen basra be all jazeera to iran. White house correspondent kelly holocaust President Trump for the White House Press briefing about to launch the u. S. President issuing a stern warning to iran if in any way u. S. Naval ships are harassed in the persian gulf by iranian fast boats in the words of the u. S. President he will make sure they are shot out of the water if they get close to our both the u. S. President saying that the u. S. Navy is 100 percent prepared for any sort of engagement i also had the opportunity in the White House Briefing to ask the u. S. President for his reaction to the launch of that military satellite by the i. R. G. C. Mr president much of military satellite firebomb what do you get a response that you see this is a batsman Missile Program well they say no. Ok they say also say it was for television does anybody really believe that they would have Better Television in iran so they say they were watching iran very closely very closely we know more about iran than they do right now we know more than they do so we know all about it we watched it we knew it was going up we followed it very closely they say it was for television now the president would not answer the question about whether he was concerned the United States had projected any vulnerability in terms of military readiness the fact that theres been an outbreak of coronavirus on the Aircraft Carrier the u. S. S. Roosevelt or even that the commander in chief donald trump has been consumed with dealing with coronavirus inside the United States again no answer from the u. S. President on that question however it is important to note that on wednesday the u. S. President did contact the emir of qatar the readout from both sides says that well they did not mention iran specifically they do say that they discussed issues important to the region the United NationsSecurity Council will meet late on thursday to discuss israeli proposals to annex illegal settlements in the occupied west bank u. S. Secretary of states mike compare had it his way its to the issue calling it israels decision shall it promise reports. From washington d. C. U. S. Secretary of states might pump a are added fuel to a fire how far will the way were glad that theres a now fully formed government in israel as for the adaptation the west bank. Theres rallies will ultimately make those decisions as thats an israeli decision. We will work closely with them to share with them our views of this in a private setting his comments came 2 days after israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and rival binning against formed a National Unity government and had taken 3 back to back a lick and a year of negotiations for the 2 to form a power sharing deal revealed on monday was that part of the deal included and it seemed parts of the occupied west bank against agreed netanyahu could look to extend israeli sovereignty to jewish settlements with the government vote from july the territory was captured by israel in 1967 war and is under Israeli Military control and accession was also outlined in u. S. President Donald Trumps peace plan for the middle east in january its very clear that this is moving forward israel is moving forward and it is doing so effectively with the open support of the United StatesMahmoud Abbas president of the Palestinian Authority responded forcefully reminding pump a 0 emission yahoo the land the talking about is not theirs to determine adding if they continue with an exception plans the Palestinian Authority will cancel current agreements with the us and israel. We told all concerned at the National Parties including the Us Administration and the Israeli Government that we want to stand with cross hands if israel announced the taxation of any parts of all lands the United Nations has repeatedly voiced its concern although it sued it wasnt clear if pump air has given israel a green light we have in the past 1st great concern. Heard about a possible attic say sure no new unilateral moves their rage or position and i do expect mr lighton off to take. A brief to say more on this at his briefing this week in the Security Council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering settlements to be illegal under the Geneva Convention which bans settling on land captured in war israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall about less. A weather update next here on out 0 then the team is already struggling with overwhelming debts now the pandemic is making its Economic Situation even worse. And diplomacy is Going Digital at the United Nations but somebody who is a feeling a little disconnected will tell you going. To. Have their say in some very heavy rains across areas of yemen of the last week or 2 and in the last day there has be more rain to take you further to the south across into aden this is the result the streets you can see well under water 8 people have died and dozens were injured we have some flash floods that really came through the waters of course which eventually and that then resulted in those flash floods now through thursday on friday that is still a child who wanted to chavez but nothing as heavy as we have seen medicals when the time for this flood waters to actually begin to recede where we will have heavy rain is into areas of iraq pushing on into iran that will stay in your 4 calls on friday and at the same time heavy rain pushing into the southern areas of turkey and as they do so some very strong winds coming down through the mad pushing across egypt and on into israel and jordan then down in Southern Africa here the very heavy rains have really been concentrated through eastern sections of the democratic republic of congo and this is vera again the streets underwater this is just across the border from burundi and you can see the devastation again these floodwaters have left now there is some more rain in the forecast but very widespread rains as you go through thursday and friday again across much of tanzania meanwhile heavy rains into east an asthmatic aska and the rains back in the forecast into south africa but more than capes on a 23. But. But. They say to really know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes follow in their footsteps the state forge their way in the wild. Aljazeera shares these personal journeys. Inspiring stories of people perseverance on their chosen path. Witness documentaries on aljazeera. Hello again this is aljazeera the 2nd moments for much of the main news this hour u. S. President donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of infections later in the year it follows a warning by one of his top health of viruses that the resurgence during the winter flu season could pose a major challenge. Irans revolutionary guard says it successfully launched a military satellite into orbit for the 1st time and storm criticism from the u. S. Which says that iran Space Program is a cover for Missile Development and u. S. Secretary of state michael peo says alex in parts of the occupied west bank is a decision that israels new government to make Palestinian Authority says that if those plans go through it will cancel any existing agreements with america and israel. A story as private as a Scott Morrison says the country is winning the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and that life is returning to normal on thursday the country recorded 11 new code it 19 cases and one death we are on the road back. And that is demonstrated by the images that weve already taken and were on the wide back to a covered saif economy as well which is what we have to achieve we are building the protections for this kind of insight economy in the areas that ive mentioned importantly in the areas of violence since i sent and testing in the area of industrializing contect rising capabilities and our Immediate Response capability to outbreaks wherever they might present themselves we have moved on elective surgery started some moving on schools and i welcome that very much in the schools changes are a very important step in how we react in air con m e going food and most importantly to ensure children are getting the best possible education across europe the people continue to contract coronavirus saving us some countries the beginnings of east restrictions in the u. K. More than 18000 people have died and the government is facing increasing criticism over its response to the pandemic of 0 so here you go reports now on the situation across the constant. The house of commons normally rowdy for wednesdays Prime Ministers questions resumed its business with social distancing firmly in place without Boris Johnson at the helm in his place the foreign secretary since the start of the outbreak weve delivered 1000000000 items of personal protective equipment and tens of millions have been distributed via the devolved administrations but the government has been under fire over its coronavirus can damage strategy by the end of the month the Health Secretary had promised the u. K. Would be conducting a 100000. 00 tests a day it is currently carrying out 18000. 00 per day with a capacity 440000 here stop fact seized on by the new Opposition Labor Party leader of the pattern emerging here we were slow in to look slow on testing slow and protective equipment are now slow to take up these offers from british burbs i dont accept his premise that we can slide if were going to do it by the scientific advice the chief scientific advisor the chief medical officer ive every step along this road the number of deaths in the u. K. Continues to rise with more than 800000 recorded at hospitals around the country the Health Secretary a set of the country has reached the peak of the pandemic but no one is clinton plaiting lifting the lockdown soon in spain officials in madrid gathered to close a makeshift morgue set up at a dice rink in the capital the country has seen the 2nd highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in europe during the worst face to date the military had been transferring bodies here on a daily basis now the government is about to loosen the lockdown to allow children accompanied by parents to go out for the 1st time in weeks but this is not a rushed maneuver the restrictions will remain in place until the middle of may and if the epidemic worsens the governor. Well impose them again but the worry of a financial meltdown here is still prevalent with the Prime Minister better sanchez calling on the European Council to get Financial Aid to countries like. The European Council must boken the financial package approved by the euro group and demand the completion of the project work so that the instruments are implemented by june the 1st this is the key for europe and consequently for our country but i would open swedens decision to stay open had been criticised by its neighboring countries pushing the economy over Public Health maybe 2000 people have died there from kind of at 19 but even without going into lock down its export dependent deployment he has been