The u. S. And israel to announce the launch of what iran says is its 1st military satellites. Also argentina misses a huge Debt Repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances all of that plus. I mean. Well but its the old u. N. Technology thats making it difficult for nations to connect when they need to be communicating more than ever. So talk us to a Health Official has stood by his predictions of a 2nd wave of corona virus that is likely to hit and could be made worse by the regular flu season that clashes with president Donald Trumps assertions all at the same Media Briefing that the virus may not come back at all well start with this from mike hanna in washington manners and a very good job for a structure Robert Redfield was totally misquoted in the media or his statement about the fall season and the. Virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the centers for Disease Control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably Robert Redfield 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 the same time. The president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and your ear when she says it was years ago they will know. We dont know its going to start its a very small confined 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 jennifer 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 pure. 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 a 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 during that same News Conference donald trump was asked about iran successfully launching its 1st military satellite irans revolutionary guard says it will allow them to monitor the world from space a satellite was launched from irans market on wednesday the u. S. Has in the past said that the space rogue program is a cover for Missile Development which irans leaders deny a White House Correspondent kimberly helicopters at that briefing. 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 going to launch a military satellite firebomb when you get a response that you see this is a fancy 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 the run 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 on we followed it very closely they say it was for television now the president 6 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. Still in the middle east palestinian leaders not to quote stand handcuffed if israel formally moves to take their land now this is in response to remarks from the u. S. Secretary state my own peo he said an accession of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for israels new government shelob ellis has more. 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 been 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 an extension 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 and landed talking about is not theirs to determine adding if they continue with an accession 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 our 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. But possible atic say sure no new law unilateral moves the major opposition and i do expect mr lighton of 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 sentiments to be illegal under the Geneva Convention which bans settling on land captured in who israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall it ballasts. The right of new corona virus infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than 2300 cases were reported on thursday after 215 deaths rolls are recorded which pushes the total over 5000 only this week germanys government eased some restrictions but want to return to lockdown if cases were to significantly increase in the u. K. Where more than 18000 people have died the government is facing increasing criticism over its approach and its reaction to the pandemic sagna guy a guy has more on the situation across the region. 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 vavi devolved administrations but the government has been under fire over its coronavirus can demonstrate ag. 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 start fact seized on by the new Opposition Labor Party leader of the pattern emerging here we were slow in to look slow on testing slower protective equipment but now slow to take up these offers from british i dont accept his premise that we can slide were going to do it by the scientific advice the chief scientific advisor the chief medical officer i think every step along this way 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 rice rink in the capital the country has seen the 2nd highest number of deaths from covert 1000 in europe during the worst phase 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. It will impose them again but the worry of a financial meltdown here is still prevalent where the Prime Minister better sunshine 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 look at swedens decision to stay open have been criticised by its neighboring countries pushing the economy over Public Health maybe 2000 people have died there from covert 19 but even without going into lock down its export dependent economy has been hit hard state relief measures are being put in place but even with that hate it will still see a financial slump like everywhere else affected by the pandemic sunny diagonal era. Lets look ahead and see whats coming up were going to report from the ritual comparable to the world on why staying home during the pandemic and how it was getting creative in the year of coronavirus to mark World Book Day. Hello there plenty more warm sunshine across central and Northern Areas of europe to the south the same kind of cloud and also plenty of rain that is about to clear but to in the meantime as a sacred clear sunny skies up latvia look at this beautiful blossom for the south across into germany some beautiful fields here full of seed and it will continue as we go through thursday clear sunny skies nice and warm as well its 20 celsius in london 22 across into palin still some rain across the central med it is working its way eventually on towards greece away from actually pushing on its west now as a turkey is what it will reach as we go through friday i will say on friday is some hours of rain pushing cross into Western Areas of russia but also developing into northern as to spain portugal on the south and west of france but the touch is a say the radio on the high side above the average loss of warm colors here showing you where the warm is in place and cyprus is a good example look at this by friday 26 degrees the average high for april is just 15 so very warm indeed now as that rain clears away out of the central west a mess it does mean we will eventually see some clearing conditions across Northern Areas of africa. But mostly care across into tunis here but still a few more shots pushing into moroccos had to friday 21 celsius in reply. Easily test treats and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope. The number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the curve informed opinion its going to be much more challenging in a place like e. G. Theres one didnt play here very relieved indepth analysis of the days global headlines india doesnt up to the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on aljazeera. I think the top stories this hour on aljazeera president dont trump is dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the in the year but his top Health Advisers have warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season the u. S. Has called for iran to be held accountable after teheran successfully launched its 1st military satellite on wednesday irans revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space. And the u. N. Security council is meeting on thursday to discuss plans by israel to annex parts of the occupied west bank the u. S. Sectors take my compost is that decision should be left to the Israeli Government. Signed an executive order suspending immigration into the United States for 60 days he says it will safeguard american jobs during the pandemic the outbreak in resulting lockdowns of lead to a surge in unemployment nationwide the critics say the order will only affect a small number of people the strain in Prime MinisterScott Morrison says his country is winning the fight against corona virus and is on the path back to normal life just 11 newer cases reported on thursday and one death arson says the governments focus now is the economy we are on the road back. And that is demonstrated by the images that weve already taken and were on the y. Back to a covered saif economy as well which is what we have to achieve and we are building the protections for this kind of insight economy in the areas that ive mentioned importantly in the areas of violence should so i sent in testing in the area of industrializing contect trice in capabilities and our Immediate Response capability to outbreaks wherever they might present themselves we have moved on elective surgery and started some moving on schools and i welcome that very much of the schools changes are a very important step in how we reopen air economy Going Forward and most importantly to ensure children are getting the best possible education in bangladesh nearly a 1000000 rickshaw pull is in the capital dhaka have next to no income with the streets now empty and that situations getting more desperate by the day instead of each other now reports. Dhaka is often called the rickshaw capital of the world a colorful scene on any given day but now the streets of dhaka are largely empty due to the lockdown order since march 26th to carve coronavirus showed the islam is worried as he waits hours in the scorching heat. My neck its enough to live in that there is no income anymore we are going through much hardship condiment paid the rent it is getting difficult to get by there is not enough food at home by 2 pm everything is closed cant even get out of the home low wage earners and those working in the Informal Sector as are the hardest hit. Pretty. Nearly a 1000000 rich in the city are now struggling to make ends meet thousands of Small Enterprises like this regard here in dhaka have shut down due to their logged on to fight coronavirus this has dealt a devastating blow to their livelihood many of the rich are now on the brink of starvation for many Small Business owners this is an uncertain time and. Business is badly hit ritual coolers are facing a lot of hardship as owners we are also suffering many of the ricksha pullers are facing hunger they cant get any passengers right now. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a cash aid package for daily wage earners unable to work because of the lockdown. But many are not getting any relief and in recent days thousands of underprivileged people have taken to the streets demanding food. On occasion. I havent received any help from anyone else even