Suspended plans for military action against the south. And why the return of tourism threatens to cause more pain and trauma to the elephants in thailand. The top u. S. Infectious diseases expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus cases dr anthony found she also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the country by President Trump was in jordan reports. Saturday night in tulsa no masks required donald trump used his 1st Campaign Rally since the start of the kobe 1000 pandemic to talk about a spike in cases in the south and the west where you do testing. You to find more people you go to find more cases so i said to my people slow detesting down please. And even though several Trump Campaign workers and 2 secret Service Agents tested positive for covert 19 the president stuck to his call while heading to his next Campaign Rally on tuesday. I dont kid. Let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest Testing Program anywhere in the world we have better than anybody in the world our best the best in the world and we have the most stuff by having more than we find more. Less than an hour later on capitol hill a hearing about the white house response members of Trumps Coronavirus Task force said there could be a viable back seen by the end of this year but they disagree with the president s view on testing knowledge i know for sure but so my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing Dr Anthony Fauci and his colleagues testifying the pandemic is not over after 3 months of stay at home policies and now ongoing anti racism protests urged people to stay vigilant and as you wear a mask and youre in a situation where youre getting animated in a demonstration or in a rally or wherever you are a void as best as possible the urge to pull your mask down and shout more than 3 months into the Public Health crisis and there is still a confusing message coming from the highest levels of the u. S. Government rosalynn jordan aljazeera washington. And President Trump has visited arizona one of the states thats emerging as a covert 19 a hot spot inspected newly built sections of the wall being built along the Mexican Border trump attempted to credit his new war with stopping both illegal immigration and the coronavirus i was out to announce runoff 1000 new cases on tuesday a day recall and he spoke to students supporters who filled a church in arizonas capital phoenix from polls looking to regain momentum after the weekend rally in tulsa. When there were thousands of empty seats. North koreas leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south korea state media says kim made the decision your meeting of the ruling Party Central military commission tensions rose up to activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border brian has the latest from seoul this is a surprising move which has been generally warmly received here in the south in the Defense Ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the Unification Ministry which handles into Korean Affairs there a little more cautious saying theyre monitoring the situation closely its thought that the military measures that north korea will now not to go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d. M. Z. Which they had said that they were looking at in recent days as the relations between north and south had been souring and deteriorating so it is generally welcome to specially as north and south seem to be getting locked further into a propaganda battle with the launching of propaganda balloons from defectors here in south korea which are always in rages the north the north threatening to launch balloons of its own with up to 12000000 leaflets scattering across south korea and suddenly it all seems to have changed very quickly and weve had a lot of the critical articles from north korea suddenly disappearing from north korean websites also were getting reports that a lot of the propaganda loudspeakers that are traditionally in place along the d. M. Z. Which had been disappearing as relations have improved in the last couple of years and in the past few days have been reappearing it seems being reinstalled getting ready maybe for more propaganda messages to be broadcast across the barbed wire were now getting reports this wednesday that once more these loudspeakers seem to be being taken down. The u. N. Secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the old guard west bank speaking to the Security Council and plenty of potatoes said it would be the most serious violation of International Law and more than a 1000 politicians across europe have signed a petition opposing the nix ation process which could Begin Next Week here its been very inconsistent with the message that annexation not only against International Law but you can be a major factor to the steady rise in egypt it will be something that and then the mind what i believe its necessary which is a 2 state solution in each israelis and palestinians continue to get any peace respect each other than get into each other so. I hope that this voice of reason it is not only mine. Cost that will be hurt. By these families of 42 so that annexation does not take place in the 1st 2 months. Of a dab is being accused of providing support to Syrian Intelligence and helping president Bashar Al Assad rebuild infrastructure the french magazine oriel 21. 00 quotes a report by a Nongovernmental Organization called justice and liberty for all it says the u. A. E. Has financed the construction of buildings and thermal power stations in damascus while providing training to senior military officials the u. S. Relationship with damascus has warmed since the iraq has reopened the embassy in 2018 last week the u. S. Warned of a deadly about this report small after the seize that came into effect this u. S. North threatens sanctions against anyone caught doing business with assad is associates and the government well joel rubin is a former u. S. Deputy assistant secretary of state and the president of washingtons Strategy Group he says the u. S. Actions in the region havent gone unnoticed. The u. A. E. Right now is really on a fine line with washington in large part because of its adventurism in the region and with the war in yemen which is deeply unpopular here in washington amongst democrats and republicans and President Trump had to veto a bill that tried to stop American Funding of the saudi military actions in yemen and said u. A. E. Has really burned a lot of bridges certainly with the Democratic Party and now clearly with its gamesmanship with syria and costs are its turning a lot of heads so its built a lot of public support here in washington but it this stage it seems like its squandered it is well in the u. A. E. He does need to be concerned about whats coming next not only from the Trump Administration but even from a potential Biden Administration when it comes to its engagement in the region certainly on syria as a cornerstone issue a political process which has eluded the United States in the International Community is whats needed to end it and you know he is not part of that then theyll be on the outside as it looks like theyre being lined up for being in the near term neighbors internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league colza peace talks saying the push is coming from allies of 125 tons and as the Government Forces advance on the city of sirte egypt is warning of making a military intervention might want to well had reports now from the capital tripoli. Arab League Ministers met via video link to demand an in to Foreign Military intervention in libya and they said neighboring countries have an Important Role to play in india in the crisis is. The quote that we have followed with great concern condone the internationalization of the levy a crisis aggravated by the open involvement of foreign militaries repeated violations of the un arms embargo in all directions and the systematic recruitment off mercenaries and foreign fighters. The un recognized the government in libya had downgraded its representation in the meetings concerned that the arab league which is based in cairo is a Strong Influence it by egypt. On saturday egypts president opted for to his sisi threatened what he called external military missions across the border. And several other members hold back the Arab League Statement including the United Arab Emirates so i would Arabia Jordan and sudan are actively supporting the warlords have to against the government its a position that has infuriated the government in tripoli were all weaponization of that. Bitterly. With the steering currents the murder. Forces. And this is really a question. Or 2. After the thwarting have to if its to seize the capital to bag Libyan Forces continue to advance east in support of the you and the recognized a government egypt says the red line for its own security is serviced down to do for our and the aid a base housing advances russian warplanes according to the u. S. Military russian pilots supporting the russian mercenaries in support of how after forces loyal to the government of National Accord are right now on the outskirts of sirte which is a gateway to libyas main oil fields in the east they feel they have half that on the run but thats only been the case since turkey fully committed its resources to the d. N. A. Earlier in the year and egypt has watched it the change in the balance of power with increasingly lower. Tripoli. Time for a short break here and i was here out when we come back back to the polls in malawi for an election a rerun of the accusations of widespread rigging the 1st time around. As president is accused of breaking his own coronavirus rules by going to a relatives funeral or not stay with us. For. All of the breezes still blowing from the knolls from iraq down through the gulf and there is no significant cloud except just grazing parts of armaan this is as it should be im still watching for the 130 shot into salon weve got 31 degrees in is getting increasingly cloudy now thats the place we might expect to see this 3 months with a drizzle and clouds there were also great is just hot sunshine and they wouldnt tense determine how hot it actually feels a baghdads a 46. Kept down about 40 degrees a mecca is really very high at 48 when youre talking about near record values here the winds pick up the dust is not significant for most places at the moment or the next couple of days further south where the wind starts to cowrite and this is in the indian ocean it catches the coast of tanzania and kenya and even our game brings in a burst of rain thats happening now in land showers on the parents on this atoll there just yet daily event to the ethiopian hollands for south sudan and for kampala just on the edge of likely turia youre on the edge of daytime shows and then you get morning showers that develop over the lake itself juba a good place to get showers this time here and there there for the next 3 days. Join our Global Community they call the crisis is just slapped isnt the place the blessing upon latin upon latin human can be called Global Health keeping you up to date is watch out for situation where we have a human rights prices that persist beyond the help prices on your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching across route this is an opportunity that we must both miss the stream on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here on aljazeera the leading u. S. Infectious diseases expert has warned the next few weeks and controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections dr anthony found she also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the contrary by president from. North korean state media says leader kim jong new know how suspended plans for military action against south Korea Tensions rose after activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border. And the u. A. E. Has been accused of providing support to Syrian Intelligence and helping president Bashar Al Assad rebuild infrastructure last week the u. S. Cautioned of a dappy about improving relations with syria warning of sanctions on its new cities that. Now voters in 6 u. S. States have been choosing the candidates they want to run for seats in congress one of the states is kentuckian where thousands of voting stations were closed because of the pandemic john hendren reports. Voting rights advocates warned the kentucky primary was a recipe for disaster with a shortage of poll workers the state slashed the number of polling places from 3700 to just 200 there were serious concerns that the pandemic here and restrictions would suppress the black vote instead Election Officials are expecting near record turnout especially in louisvilles parent Jefferson County the county received 218000 requests for mail in ballots several times the usual number this has been the largest primary in Jefferson County history. By ballot request and of course face been a decent turnout as well and the 6 days that we had prior to this. For voting here yesterday we ended the day with 11111 people the Kentucky Exposition Center the states largest voting venue never reached capacity here in louisville elections usually have 200 polling places but now theres just this one for a county with more than 600000 registered voters and that includes half of the states black population so the concern was that africanamerican voters would be under counted because theyd be dissuaded from coming to the polls by long lines but somehow with early in mail in voting moville and to avoid the kind of fiasco that many had predicted. That you got folks a month long delay in the election and the recent Police Killings of black americans has raised the prospects of a black progressive to challenge the most powerful member of the u. S. Senate for months strong bookers long shot candidacy for the senate has been eclipsed by his rival former marine Fighter Pilot amy mcgrath was considered unbeatable the winner would run for the senate seat held by Mitch Mcconnell the republican leader and could help the democrats take control of the senate its extremely important to get mr mcconnell out he doesnt represent the interests of not only kentucky and louisville kentucky but that may. But since the election was postponed in may black voters have been energized by the Police Killing of george floyd i like his platform im like what he stands for and his values are my values as the last of these voters have filed through in this extraordinary pandemic year the state of kentucky will have to remain in suspense on the outcome in joe june 30th when the last of the mail in vote have been counted john hendren aljazeera louisville kentucky latin americas death toll from the corona virus has crossed 100000 many countries in the region have seen big rises and new cases mexico has reported another record increase in the past 24 hours with more than 6000 new cases but officials admit that number is likely to be much higher due to lack of testing despite this the governments been moving forward with a gradual reopening of the economy. Chiles president Sebastian Pinera is being accused of breaking his own governments coronavirus rules yet attended a funeral along with more than 30 others tend more than is allowed more than a quarter of a 1000000 people are known to have contracted the disease in chile latin america editor said human reports now from santiago. Accompanied by close family members chiles president pena took part in the final farewell of his 104 year old uncle former archbishop benard the no opinion. Health Ministry Protocol stipulates that only 5 people can attend the funeral of anyone suspected of having died because of it 1920 in the case of a person who has died of other causes the former archbishop had caught corona virus in may but according to his doctors he recovered and died a short time later of pneumonia. The problem is within 30 people attended the funeral when 20 is the maximum under the new pandemic protocol the ceremony included live music and photography. The president demanded the sealed casket be opened giving him one last chance to see his uncle over the sandy the Deputy Health minister defended the president against widespread charges of bad taste and of breaking his own rules as he did on this tour took a sour