Governors in brazil refuse to reopen businesses defying the orders of a president accused of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. And fears of a 2nd wave of infections in lebannon prompts a 4 day nationwide lockdown. Welcome to the program of garda stands president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence ashraf ghani has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other groups after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks. All but. Part of the will inspire. And from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and to tax and frets from the taliban and other terrorist groups ordering Afghan Security forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. But the taliban denies its behind the attacks and its accuse the government of creating obstacles to peace us secretary of state like call the latest attacks he missed and the Afghan Government and the taliban to cooperate to bring the perpetrators to justice alexia bribe has more on tuesdays attacks that maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f. B. I. And governments calling a war crime and an act against humanity that was a model that shes complex i brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i dont remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by a bullet. Gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the Aid OrganizationDoctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. The attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason its a Government Hospital and a lot of people bring in their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades. Provoking panic inside. And a gun battle with security forces. The question. Out of office when the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he couldnt into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward while the firefight was underway dozens of people will lead to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals. In the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sell into groups. And at a hospital in the Eastern Province of no more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. There were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. The victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly i some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. And the surviving mourners left planning more funerals. Brian aljazeera. Is a Research Fellow at the Library Institute for International Policy he says i saw is most likely behind the attacks. I think the Afghan Government will find out more in the next few days that it at the moment you probably think its more likely to be a. State affiliate theyve done something of this nature previously weve also saying theyve been under question militarily some of their Senior Leadership resitting kabul over the last few weeks so if you were to say whos more likely youd probably say its more like these let me state at this stage is any state certainly is lists an issue there probably was 4 to 6 months ago or even or even less though something some pedophile thoughts is there any indications that the americans with knowledge of the taliban have deigned supportive of attacks against or putting military pressure on Islamic State and correspond province that was part of ukraine that they had with the United States that have a suit you know is the only state where they are show still capable of managing operations against soft targets and they use these kind of operations to show that they still have a presence the sort of the target the more Media Attention that youre going to gain and more of the appearance that they relevant that you have but i think the semi state has been significantly reduced over the past few months you know down a stand as a force to be reckoned with. The top Infectious Disease expert in the u. S. Has issued a stark warning on coronavirus. Rushing to relax restrictions could result in needless deaths new research from the university of washington is predicting 147000 deaths by august 10000 more than previously forecast mike hanna reports. It was a meeting of the Senate HealthCommittee Like none before 3 of the witnesses and the Committee Chairman were not present because they were self isolating yourself quarantining to some degree one of them dr Anthony Party came and attacked from a republican senator for his advocacy of a cautious approach to the easing of restrictions on me as much as i respect you dr i dont think youre the end all i dont think youre the one person who gets to make a decision dr poti responded by saying he was going to die by science and undeterred by the hostile questioning repeated his warning against states dropping mitigating measures to quickly it is a real risk you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact after dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death could be avoided it could even set you back on the road to trying to get economic recovery a position backed up by some of dr parties colleagues who also gave evidence to the committee the experts were unwilling to be drawn into detailed discussion about testing protocols within the United States but dr power is on the record as insisting that they are not yet at a standard to affectively crack the virus this is a critical factor in reopening the society its an opinion thats apparently largely ignored by President Trump whos been encouraging states to open up as soon as possible the sign in an accurate reflection of the reality as the president s contention that the us has the Global Leader in testing. Recalls in the span of just a few short months weve developed a Testing Capacity unmatched and unrivaled anywhere in the world and its not even close this is a core element of our plan to safely and gradually reopen america and were opening and were starting and theres enthusiasm like i havent seen in a long time theres certainly was an enthusiasm in this colorado restaurant that a lot of the state shut down order by opening this past sunday the owner tagging President Trump in a tweet saying he was opposing what he called the overreach of the state. The response is now had its license suspended for a month but the scenes other stuff off mike to those Health Experts cautioning against undue haste mike hanna aljazeera washington dr bob arnot is the forward chief medical correspondent today b c news he says the trumpet ministration is taking a dangerous gamble by encouraging states to lift lockdowns. I think its an incredibly dangerous time for the us you know if you look at the curve it will hand china it went up like this it got flat which is where we are right now and then descended only when they did contact case tracy it took every single contact and put them into quarantine so were playing with fire here at the top im in the state of vermont weve been incredibly successful yes that we had no deaths we had no new cases weve had a hard lockdown here very smart about industries starting up its smart in other words outdoor landscape makes sense small manufacture when youre 6 feet apart but look at some of the mindless opening up georgia as an example you have hair salons nail parlors tattoos restaurants theaters gyms people in close contact makes news no sense and fundamental problem here is you have phenomenal scientists like dr fact you have known since 1983 and then you have the politicians who are using this phrase open up which is just its playing with fire to incredibly dangerous because its encouraging people to go out and live life as they did instead of opening up smartly the f. B. I. Has mistakenly reveal the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks its information so sensitive the u. S. Government has been trying to keep it secret for months now the official was named joining us federal lawsuit filed by the families of victims of the attacks on september the 11th 2001 they accuse the saudi government of complicity the declaration was filed by an f. B. I. Official senior u. S. Government official says this was done in error now a spokesman for the victims family says they believe theyve uncovered a link between 911. 00 hijackers and the Saudi Embassy in washington 15 of the 19911 attackers were citizens of saudi arabia the saudi government denies any connection. Michael isikoff is the chief investigative correspondent of yahoo news he says the official f. B. I. Account of saudi arabias links to 911 different from what was revealed in kohls the saudis are critical ally of the Us Government despite all the strains and u. S. Saudi relations over the years particularly the murder of jamal khashoggi. The Washington Post journalist and. Revealing information that the f. B. I. Argues is conclusive i should point that out that in the same declaration f. B. I. Assistant director for counterterrorism argues that the evidence is not that strong that it was more a theory of the agents then an actual conclusion that the Embassy Official was involved that is the f. B. I. Is official position its different than whats going to be found in the documents and i think that the f. B. I. Concluded the Justice Department concluded that it was inconclusive information that it did not wasnt sufficient to build a criminal case against the Saudi Embassy official then better to keep it all under wraps then let the lawyers for the plaintiffs for the families of the victims have it and try to pursue accountability in a civil court well to saudi by Government Forces and 10 separatist fighters suppose that by the United Arab Emirates have been killed in fighting in southern yemen the 2 signs of vying for control of the provincial capital of beyond province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in november. Well still ahead here on aljazeera israels Prime Minister plans to press ahead with the nixing we will keep our eye to the west bank. The thousands of people have died in cabs in the United Kingdom but there are fears of further outbreaks those stories after the break and. Its a fairly windy conditions across much of the Arabian Peninsula really kicking up that sand and the dust and of course it is also very warm busy bees a proud father to the north and that does mean its actually some rain in the forecast certainly heading across into afghanistan throughout wednesday and then further towards the east weve got these most of his guys but the winds are strong coming through the interior the hawse and very dry and also beginning to actually pick up as we go through wednesday on into thursday out across into western society we could be saying areas a cat that could actually produce one even a thunderstorm as the day progresses and certainly maybe a few more showers into the far west of yemen as the temperatures 37. 00 in doha and it will 40 celsius in a q 8 and then across into Central Africa more of the rain across the Central Regions more showers into tanzania and kenya but fredy for the 1st time in really what has been a couple of weeks a bit of a break as we go through wednesday that also showers but its generally a much drive picture showers into southern areas about aska and they will continue to flirt with the east coast of south africa as well certainly through wednesday by thursday its a similar story but time does on feeling too bad 20 celsius johannesburg 22 in cape town and then it is to the north we have got these winds but particularly through the day ill see. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day its a new passenger and join our Global Community its up to us on how we come together to fight im sorry your questions can i just ask you trying to see directly that coming on on you tube as you were saying im concerned about the front line phone thats a great question but keeping you up to date im using countries between back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. 0. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera with me so hold on a reminder of our top news stories afghanistans president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks the taliban has denied any responsibility but president ashraf ghani has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other armed groups. Also the f. B. I. Has mistakenly revealed the identity of a saudi official believed to be linked to the 911 attacks its information so sensitive that the u. S. Government has been trying to keep it from the public for months saudi arabia has always denied a connection to the attacks. And leading members of the u. S. Credit iras task force have been telling Congress Rushing to ease restrictions could result in serious consequences including needless deaths dr anthony thout shes testimony contradicts president repeated calls for a quick reopening of the economy. Now the u. S. Secretary of state is expected to arrive in israel within the next hour like pompei is visit comes as the u. S. Signals its support for israels plan to annex 30 percent of the occupied west bank are a false reports now from west jerusalem as Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a 5th term as israels Prime Minister is promising to carry out one of the most controversial acts of his decades in politics the annexation of illegal israeli settlements as well as large parts of the Jordan Valley totaling nearly a 3rd of the occupied west Bank Last Month he reminded american evangelical christians that President Donald Trump had pledged to endorse it a couple of months from now im confident that that close will be honored that we will be able to celebrate another historic moment in the history of zionism. Netanyahu has made pledges before often during Election Campaigns without following through some analysts suspect concerns over regional stability might make him hold off once again but since the election an accession talk is strengthened not diminished netanyahu has built the policy into his Coalition Deal with his former rival benny gantz and above all theres been preemptive support from a trumpet ministration. The us israeli annexation mapping team is due to have finished its work by the end of june the American Ambassador to israel has said the u. S. Is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty within weeks if with annexation comes a commitment to negotiate with the palestinians. And then not give america to. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says annexation would see him dissolve all agreements with the u. S. And israel something that could collapse the Palestinian Authority and leave israel with direct responsibility for the Palestinian People its a warning hes made before and not delivered on but Officials Say this time is different we know it is difficult we know it is always a matter of survival but we think that. Accepting such as a defacto is not a choice you cannot live with such an exception netanyahu is Prospective CoPrime Minister benny gantz plans to argue for delay from within government but he gave up any veto on annexation as part of the deal that would see him take the top job in 18 months time the International Consensus thats in the coalition remains the United States my view is quite known and donald trump needs to allow an exception in order to build up his eventual call base ahead of a floundering Election Campaign so american politics and israeli politics are in place right now to facilitate an exception. European nations are reportedly considering sanctions theres also the prospect of jordan egypt and other arab states pressuring the white house not to approve but in the end this dec