Protective equipment. Returning home thousands of microbrew because of india who lost their job student locked out take trains back to their villages. Israel announces a plan for thousands of illegal use settlement homes in the occupied west bank or a live update. But we begin with the growing tension between the u. S. And china over the corona Virus Outbreak beijing says the tariffs should not be used as a weapon after President Donald Trump threatened to impose the chinas also criticize the u. S. Secretary of state who said that the pathogen originated in a wool hand lab but in the city of who wants the epicenter of the outbreak more restrictions have been eased 58000 c. D. s students are going back to School Classes and smaller timings staggered and talking kept to a bit of a. In south korea children will have to wait until next week before they can go to class new inspections that have consistently declined more businesses are beginning to reopen lets start our coverage with aljazeera as katrina you who has more an exchange of words between the u. S. And china from beijing well the u. S. And china have been engaging in this war of words for months now and the Foreign Ministry spokesperson what union are only added to that further today at the press briefing she 1st said that any idea of raising or using tariffs as a weapon was a braun and she said that only all parties will basically lose out from the increase of trade tariffs of this of course is a responding to president trumps threats of raising tariffs on china and because of this outbreak she then used a very Strong Language to level her own accusations at the Trump Administration namely she said that they were misleading the International Community intentionally she also said that the Trump Administration was blaming china as a political strategy simply to get donald trump reelected all part of a larger anti China Smear Campaign to divert attention away from the Trump Administrations mishandling of the crisis back home and she also referred to these accusations as you mentioned that covered 1000 originated in a chinese lab specifically in the war on institute of role in g. Saying that these are groundless and she demanded that the u. S. Produce the evidence that they say that they have and she also said that the beijing was quote unquote fed up with washingtons tricks live out of washington and our White House Correspondent kimberly. Chinas u. N. Ambassador in geneva kim but he says that his countrys priorities are to fight the pandemic and counter the absurd and ridiculous politicize ation of it as far as the trump of ministrations criticism is concerned is it all about domestic politics. Thats a big factor in all of this but i mean to to suggest that this just started we have to remember that donald trump has been pointing the finger and blaming china since 2016 he did that on the campaign trail he followed through with his effort to renegotiate at least phase one of a trade deal with china but it came at a lot of pain the escalating tensions that have only heightened as a result of now this finger pointing by the not only the u. S. President but also the u. S. Secretary of state cues in china of being sort of careless in a lab and will han and as a result that now the world is dealing with this Global Pandemic so its become a bit of a rallying cry for a president that is trying to win reelection many people here in the United States are sort of likening this to his build the wall chantant 2016 with the mexico and the United States and illegal immigration now its a lame china because theres no question the u. S. President is trying to blame someone for the fact that this economy in the United States has now been a blitter it and so he continues to day out there the prospects of new tariffs which many in the United States say would be devastating for a president that is trying to rebound his economy in advance of the u. S. Election so theres no question that the tensions between these 2 nations these 2 world superpowers has escalated as a result of us president that we should remind our viewers is trying to win reelection as were speaking right now u. S. Secretary of state mike pump aoe says that china could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people around the world from the coronavirus he says that countries are starting to understand the risks of doing business with the Chinese Communist party and that there is no true win win with a communist regime. Yesterday the president was saying that it was time to wind down his Coronavirus Task force even though the deaths continue in the u. S. Today saying something else. Yeah not only was he saying wind it down but the Vice President might pelts with saying theres a time line for this that were looking to the end of mayor morial day for this to begin winding down but in just the last half hour or so there little last hour probably the u. S. President has been taking to twitter heres what he had to say and its been a complete reversal of what he said 24 hours ago the president writes that the last 4 governors teleconference have been very says calls have been conclusively strong in other words hes touting the success of his task force then he goes on to say because of the success the task force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on safety and opening up our country again we may add or subtract people to it as appropriate this is astonishing adrian because just 24 hours ago this ministration was touting its success saying look at weve accomplished so much which left Many Americans a ghast given the fact as you point out the infections are projected to rise 2200008 day by june and so in that same time period they were suggesting of winding down the throat of virus task force now 24 late hours later the u. S. President is saying just the opposite once again this is a president that may have put out that trial balloon found it was not well received and as a result flipping the messaging yet again but theres no question whats driving this messaging is an eagerness to reopen the u. S. Economy and to win reelection in november and White House Correspondent kimberly how could live in washington and while weve been talking as youve heard secretary of state mike compare is addressing the media he said that countries are starting to understand the risks on the same week of doing business with china he said we will keep listening to my composure anything more newsworthy to come out of that press briefing will bring us here in the i dont to see their stance commemorative through the south korea is lifting more restrictions it only reported 2 new cases on tuesday both were people arriving from abroad wrote mcbride reports now from inside souls museum of modern art. This is a further indication of restrictions here in south korea gradually being lifted as the country emerges into this strange new post virus world here at the museum of modern art along with other museums galleries libraries across south korea they are all being allowed to open but only with very strict precautions being in place we have the usual temperature checks of everyone entering the numbers here are strictly controlled 1st of all you would have to have registered online to visit your museum of modern art and with no more than 100 people at any one time allowed inside its basically all part of whats known here as every day life quarantine basically the new normal but its one the South Koreans weve been speaking to seem to accept is part of the recovery from this outbreak and they are certainly welcoming the fact that they can now get back into public venues pound the limited the number of people here which is good because its not so crowded and that means now. People are still aware of the distancing measures also being allowed for the 1st time religious gatherings sporting events all those occasions that bring people together as long as theyre still practicing the basic principles of social distancing then theyre allowed to do so. One of the most Senior Scientific advisor to the British Government has resigned after breaching the coronavirus lockdown rules that he helped to create professor Neil Ferguson was one of the leading voices on the Scientific Advisory group for all the 32000 people have died in the u. K. The country is now overtaken italy with the highest deaths in europe from minister Boris Johnson was asked about his 1st Prime Ministers question since recovering from covert 19 Opposition Leader secure star asked how the u. K. Could have the 2nd highest death toll in the world. At this stage i dont think that International Comparisons and the data is is yet that to draw the conclusions that we want what i can tell you is that at every stage as we took the decisions that we did we were governed by one overriding principle and and that was to save lives and to protect our really chest mr speaker the argument that International Comparisons cant really be made when the governments been using slides like this for weeks to do International Comparison just really doesnt hold water im afraid that many people concluding that the answer my question is the u. K. Will slow down slow on testing slow on tracing and slow on the supply of protective equipment aljazeera how in london says that 1st exchange between the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader has already making headlines in the u k. One influential online news publication called it the most meaningful pm queues in a decade and the 1st of potentially many to come. Boris johnson put on notice here that he is up against a brand new opponent whos going to give him potentially a much harder time than hes used to with lots and lots of difficult questions to be honest that will be asked that has already begun and answers that the Prime Minister of the government frankly probably at this point in time just dont have so kiss time or he is a prosecuting lawyer by profession hes used to asking the hard questions that was absolutely on display today so the Prime Minister wanted to say that they were improvements in care home in the care home crisis in this country secure starmer said no not according to your own briefing on tuesday night that noted deaths in care homes are still going up week on week the Prime Minister wanted to talk up his new testing target of 200000 tests today by the end of this month secure starmer said well it targets only as good as the strategy that goes along with it testing tracing what happened to that strategy 2 months ago Prime Minister he didnt have an adequate answer its the sort of thing this government is going to face now week on and as this tryst this develops and particularly in the octomom israels defense minister has approved the construction of thousands more settle homes in the occupied west bank around 7000 thats been built in the air france Settlement South of bethlehem the homes are illegal under International Law does the us harry force the reports now from western recent. It would if it went through be a major expansion of the go on block or in and around bethlehem south to the south of bethlehem reportedly about an extra 100 hectares of land being used for these 7000 Housing Units presumably it would be inside the back of what is being mapped at the moment between the United States and israel as to exactly where an annexation could take place does come on the same day as 2 interviews with the u. S. Ambassador to israel David Friedman have been trailed in the press they will be fully published on friday in which he essentially says that if israel according to Netanyahu Benjamin netanyahu the Prime Ministers promises does go ahead and try to annex some 30 percent of the west bank beginning in early july then the United States would recognize that however he also said that as part of that there would have to be a commitment from israel to negotiate a future palestinian state as well although in one of those interviews he said that essentially would just have to be a commitment that it wouldnt necessarily have to be a response from the palestinian side let alone any real prospect of negotiations taking place some might read into that some reluctance just to give a complete green light of course you remember that in january when the trump deal the trump peace plan was unveiled friedman said that israel could start annexing almost as soon as it wanted to he was reined in by Jared Krishna president trumps son in law at that stage there are talks still going on between the United States and israel this mapping process still going on and in ramallah in the occupied west Bank Counters there is neither ever him says the approval of the homes is further proof that International Law continues to be ignored. Well see is have been arguing for years that israel is building these supplements which are considered illegal under International Law and then creating facts on the ground that then are presented to palestinians a part of the reality on the ground in a peace deal that they should accept this is a Business Announcement for their solidifies their argument that they would win saying here is that israel is ignoring International Law and its using its Good Relationship with the us right now mainly between the us president and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to do actions that would be to International Law that are illegal and then asking palestinians to accept them so who are palestinians have been saying that they no longer view the u. S. As honest a mediator for peace and theyve been asking for an International Peace conference whereby different players in the region and in the world play a rule in ending the conflict a weather update next here on aljazeera then atop a rebel commander killed by an Indian Forces we ask whether it will set off the tension plus a look at a native American Community and why it has some of the worst corona virus infection rates in the u. S. Had noticed some nice dry clear weather in the offing across much of japan we see the cloud in the shallows head to the east and ill see you as but the tail end of the system that massive cloud roll some very heavy downpours into there a look at this into. This rain came down of racial space of time about 110 millimeters of rain it calls out flooding and is now the threat of landslides as well so to say the conditions are better but with all that. The ground is very very saturated now meanwhile across into central and northern as the china very heavy amounts of rain its sunny but the temperatures down to the north and of course the cat will stay in the forecast its not too bad on friday up into beijing but its really across eastern areas we see this rain really developing becoming very heavy pushing across the n. S. A. Of course eventually on its way to the Korean Peninsula but all the while fun and try into japan everybody 24 to saka and a very warm august and hong kong with a high of 33 and you showers and thunderstorms across much of indonesia scattered showers across the philippines but the rain very heavy again across areas of sumatra and the mill a peninsula some very heavy downpours in the afternoon hours in borneo friday will see some heaviest rain and all the while more showers across into Northern Areas of india becoming heavy into bangladesh on friday. This is al jazeera lets talk about a true much of the made news this hour china criticizes the u. S. For threatening to reimpose trade tariffs over the coronavirus pandemic beijing says the tariffs cannot be used as a weapon of President Donald Trump accused it of failing to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile trump has dismissed the idea of ending the white house Coronavirus Task force today after suggesting that hell disband the team shift the focus towards reopening the economy. Britains Prime Minister has defended his governments response to the coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnson was responding to questions during his 1st appearance Parliament Since recovering