Early days of the revolution. As for the adaptation the west bank. The israelis will ultimately make those decisions. The United Nations prepares to discuss is ready plans to annex illegal settlements in the occupied west bank. And argentina misses a huge Debt Repayment starting a default countdown as the pandemic further hits its finances. So a top u. S. Health official has defended his predictions that a 2nd wave of corona virus is likely and could be made worse by the regular flu season that however contradicts president Donald Trumps assertions during the same Media Briefing that the virus quote may not come back at all mike hanna has this report from washington. Manderson a very good job for us dr 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 Redford hell 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 same time the president sort support from another of his medical experts dr deborah books and then your ear when she says it was years ago this will not come we dont know its going to start its a very small confined here so we put it well 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 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. Well have more coronavirus news a little later but i do want to deal with some other news just now 2 syrians suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syrias revolution this is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president Bashar Al Assads government is dominant came in berlin to tell us more on this so just bring us up to date dominic and also why this is happening in germany. When these individuals these defendants came to this country they presented themselves to the authority claiming to be refugees over the course of the next few months those same supposedly refugees are going to hear claims from prosecutors that they are in fact people who carried out very serious criminal offenses for a relatively long period at the start of the Syrian Civil War and the point that makes this interesting from the perspective you were alluding to in the introduction is that the laws that are being used to allow this prosecution to be brought under universal jurisdiction not specifically german jurisdiction the German Authorities are using powers to allow them to prosecute individuals who didnt commit the offense is concerned within their own jurisdiction that makes it interesting from that perspective but then theres also what you are saying that this is the 1st of such prosecution which explains why many eyes will be watching how this unfolds it has to be said the defendants concerned denied the charges against them and that which explains why this prosecution will be going ahead im reporting to you from berlin outside the federal Justice Ministry the trial is taking place in court plants the corona pandemic making it difficult for people to travel to cover these stories but its not preventing the passage of justice which. Is why the or thora g. s are determined that this trial should take place one interesting aspect of this case is that one of the individuals one of the defendants concerned was spotted by somebody who was a refugee in this country from syria and who alerted the authorities to the fact that theyd seen somebody who they believed had been responsible for offenses in syria as i was outlining a few seconds ago the point to make of course is the presumption of innocence pertains in this case as it does in all criminal cases and the defendants deny the charges dominic kane with that update from berlin thank you dominic. When the world news palestinian leaders a valid not to quote stand handcuff if israel formally moves to take their land this is in response to remarks from the u. S. Secretary on peo who said an expression of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision for israels government however the Un Security Council plans to discuss the matter later on thursday morning charlotte bellus. 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 being against formed a National Unity government and had taken 3 back to back a little shins 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 the 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 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 addicks a 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 the Security Council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering scenes womens 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. Now back to corona virus the rates of new infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day more than 2300. 00 cases reported on thursday and another 215. 00 deaths which pushes the total over 5000 chancellor Angela Merkel has told lawmakers germany is still at the beginning of the pandemic she called the World Health Organization indispensable and said International Cooperation is extremely important merkel says germany should be ready to pay significantly more into the e. U. Budget to help in the u. K. Where more than 18000 people have died the governments facing increasing criticism over its approach and reaction to the pandemic sagna has more on that and 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 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 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 and now slow to take up these offers from british i dont accept his premise that we can slide were being joined 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 has said that 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 sanchez is calling on the European Council to get Financial Aid to countries like. 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 sunit i ever. Well the top stories in a moment and then robots being used to sanitize exam rooms in hong kong but theres still some questions as to whether one of the most important tests for students should actually go. Ahead though theyre fairly much more like summer than spring across much of europe lots of clear skies those have lovely blue skies and also some very warm air in place you have the south thats where we say want to show that just look at this to the northwest of germany of these deep blue skies into that warm sunshine and also up into sweden stockholm some very warm weather still around for you 17 celsius thursday that is against an average of 9 degrees celsius woman also at 18 and look at these temperatures 26. 00 in paris 23. 00 in zurich now the rain is to the south into france the northeast of spain and still some showers affecting italy all my way tools greece and eventually pushing into will southern and Western Areas of turkey now friday that is a bit more cloud around sun equals much of Eastern Europe but the talmud is a still not too bad i missed mostly dry but a few more those into france and again scattered into Northern Areas of spain it also means a system in the med will see a few washouts into areas of pushing on into coastal areas over libya some strong winds at the same time warm ahead of that there in cairo 30 celsius and then on friday rain once again pushing into morocco and as is that these by strong winds pushing right way across into mali mauritania and also across into algeria but woman l. G. Is the high of 20. As the world fights the corona pandemic more than learning more about this every day its a new adventure and join our Global Community its up to us on how we come together to fight im sorry your questions can i just as you start to see directly thats coming on on you tube as you were saying im concerned about the funny like oh nothing very quiet and not keeping you up to date amusing countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. The top stories this hour on aljazeera 2 syrians are suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syrias revolution. Chancellor Angela Merkel has told politicians germany is still at the beginning of the corona virus pandemic she called the World Health Organization indispensable and said International Cooperation is extremely. Present dont champus dismiss the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the here is top kill to advise us have warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season. In that same News Conference on the trump was asked about iran successfully launching its 1st military satellite irans revolutionary guard says it will allow them to quote monitor the world from space the satellite launch from irans mark as he does its weapons day the u. S. Has in the past said the Iranian Space Program is a cover for Missile Development which irans leaders deny now White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat was 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 president going to launch a military satellite firebomb i want to get a response that you see this is a batsman Missile Program well they say no. Ok they say also it was for television does anybody really believe that they would have Better Television in iran so they say they were watching the iran very closely very closely we know who are better run 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 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 analysts say china is boosting its oil supply and says prices fall because of the coronavirus on produc