Samis a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. The u. N. Secretary general calls on israel to drop its controversial plan to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And easing restrictions on a Fragile Health System threatened to worsen the spread of covert 19 in iraq. North korea has announced Spending Plans for military action against the south state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Partys Central Military Commission overseen by leader kim jong un sister kim yo jong who is in charge of relations with the south warned of possible military action recent tensions had seen an end to all of fishel dialogue in a joint lies an office was blown up south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and its paying close attention said it would keep working to stop provocative acts including sending propaganda over the border from young i said. That is behind recent actions. We saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our governments stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the Bilateral Agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area. That speak to rob mcbride now he joins us live from seoul so rob this is a bit of a sudden the escalation turn around whats from today. We know that there does tend to be a patent to these kinds of things we do see an escalation and then a sudden deescalation and often it is north korea that is pulling the strings maybe the North Koreans have calculated that this particular escalation has run its course has served its purpose it has grabbed International Headlines it has reminded the United States of where the Korean Peninsula is it has had the effect of unnerving the South Koreans may be pushing them towards trying to find some extra measures maybe humanitarian aid the kinds of things that south korea can do despite International Sanctions but certainly South Koreans are this wednesday giving a guarded welcome to this but there is the cavity at the at the defense minister has pointed out that is this is only putting on hold of these military measures he would rather see a complete withdrawal of them we were expecting the kinds of measures being the deployment of extra forces along the d. M. Z. It would have increased tension along the border but this does seem to be on the face of it at least a genuine deescalation window that a lot of the articles attacking the south Korean Defector groups have been launching these provocative balloons with propaganda into north korea they have suddenly disappeared from north korean web sites also these loudspeaker system that often blare propaganda across the barbed wire that in recent times as have relations have improved theyve been taken down in recent days theyre being put back up again well this wednesday we have reports that once more they again do seem to be taken down by the North Koreans does this mean any progress in the broader. It really we have to wait to see exactly what could be happening next it could well be that we are entering a phase of wait and see as far as the North Koreans are concerned theyve made their point if you like maybe they want to see how south korea north east asian neighbors will respond to this as they tackle with other things of course like the coronavirus more particularly maybe they want to see what happens with the u. S. As election as they get into election season but it is interesting to see how the personal fortunes of the main actors in north korea have also been affected by this particularly kim yo jiang the sister of kim jong un who has become increasingly powerful has increased her stature during this latest spat interestingly kim jong un has been out of it until the very last moment when surprise surprise he appears with this gesture of large yes basically dialing down the tension and interestingly a day before this very important anniversary the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war comes along with this gesture to try to deescalate things once more so it plays very well internationally and also of course plays very well to his domestic audience as he appears to be once again the person who can singlehandedly dictate the direction of into korean relations. There from seoul. The u. N. Secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to and next parts of the occupied west bank and turn over terror said it would be the most serious violation of International Law a day earlier thousands of palestinians rallied in jericho more than 1000 politicians across europe have signed a petition opposing the annexation process which could begin july the 1st. They consistently message that annexation be not only against International Law but it will be a major factor. That it will be something that their mind what they are saying which is a 2 state solution in each israelis and palestinians continue to get any respect each other than get into each other so. I hope that this voice of reason it is not only my own. Os that will be hurt. By israeli authorities or that annexation theres nothing in the 1st like a palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli Police after he allegedly rammed his car into an office or in the occupied West Bank PalestinianOfficials Say theyre skeptical of the polices account of why diehards death his family say he was driving to pick up his sister on her wedding day Israeli Police say one of their officers was lightly injured by the vehicle. Iraq is seeing it unprecedented rise in the number of corona virus infections doctors warn the Health System is close to collapse there are 32000. 00 reported cases the government ministers say the peak is yet to come so not a fault in reports from baghdad. 10 days after the government decided to park the ease the curfew in iraq the rate of covert 19 infections is rising with more than 1800 new cases recorded a day showed that the. Last few days saw an unprecedented increase in the number of new infections which suggests that the situation in iraq is about to reach its peak. Officials and doctors have wanted iraqs Health System is nearing collapse field clinics are being opened to cope with the growing number of patients a charity helped set up this temporary hospital bed but the Dot International fair iraqs Health Sector has been chronically underfunded and the latest School Crisis has made matters even worse doctors say they lack medical supplies including protective gear and according to the ministry of Health Hundreds have fallen sick. But on the streets of baghdad life appears to go on as normal many iraqis dont observe social distancing or the requirement to wear masks in public some blame the government for not doing more to help iraqis comply with government measures i know more about your mom than the Health Ministry is not making too much effort they didnt provide people with gloves all masks there are people who dont have any money to afford them theres almost no Government Support for Small Businesses hit hard by the pandemic and while many shop owners say they cant afford to stay home this juice bar owner wants a full lockdown to contain the virus but one that is enforced equally and live out favre out of court on it. So i just have. To fight to corona we demand the government to impose a. If you for 15 days close all the roads dont let anyone go out at the moment everyone has a special badge and they go around as they wish with a protein that getting medicine while they have no disease. Despite the increasing cases the government appears to want to ease travel restrictions preparations are underway at Baghdad International airport to resume flights. Over to the. In the beginning we will open up internal flights and hopefully once we can deal with the virus we will open up the entire airspace. When the passengers depart we will examine their temperatures and we will sterilize them and special tunnels before they enter the halls reopening would give a boost to iraqs economy but many fear it could further deepen a Health Crisis that the government is struggling to contain seem awful to aljazeera but the bat. India has announced its expelling Hoffa Stoffel focused on High Commission in new delhi over alleged spying popstar was quick to reject the allegations as banks lists demanded india reduce its stuff by hoth in the slum of bad in response theyd still a to sign of strain diplomatic relations between the 2 Nuclear Rivals spray and come on high they joins us now my from stand by and so come on this spying ryle has led to everything from the arrests of pigeons to now diplomats being expelled is the much of an appetite to escalate this any further. Whether thats the real question here i mean everybody just gave and specially given the fact that tensions are running high along india from jail with china by the Saudi Foreign ministry saying that the b j p leg made by their in their mo d. Which fired day. It is a trait of destabilization but its done in india like there was a cute d. H. Out there of michigan 5 violations along the line of control but this is coming i didnt change and given the fact that but hes done it now i think that movie is primarily good i would get danger from detroit should be being made to go inside it given that mr bush made also not forgetting the fact that china and india have had a decent day and the chinese troops are also now active and dont be actually controlled rigid not far from the line of control of their separate pakistani and indian administered kashmir and not to forget also that no netball is also reading get it brought here disputes. Outright that would in their parliaments of pakistan obviously reciprocating and work is considered a quick. N. D. O. Prosecuting the focus on the diplomats of a sphere right and also keeping links regather is still going to i didnt read but it sounds good nice part thanks so much for the update from islamabad back. Still ahead. Were now seeing a disturbing surge of infections the top u. S. Infectious disease expert warns that progress against the pandemic is being threatened. Back home and unemployed we look at communities in crisis as remittances from Migrant Workers dry up. How to the latest country to get flooding from these slow moving thunderstorms not what they are is ukraine is in the south next its a rather weak looking line there was definitely a line in forecast wise i think the threat goes up into poland this is jury wednesday but anywhere really on the eastern side of europe could get a significant thunderstorm at the same time the west is getting warmer as more sunshine then thing else now from spain through france the British Isles look at the forecast temperature for london for example on thursday 29 this general warm haze does affect the west for up to 30 at least on thursday and then it drops off again because it can last for long not in london not those temperatures are well above the average thats pretty warm of course in north africa now the winds being the telling feature the quite strong now heres a circulation here so were up to about 30 on the coast rather hotter inland of course and something of a break dancer egypt and into sudan big shasta south of that in these european highlands nothing spectacular an obvious little arc here thats one the worst was watching otherwise dishes of course go through x. Tauriel west africa region as far north as the gambia but not particularly heavy at the moment this is a sort of signal of course picks up the sand takes across the atlantic and comes the caribbean. Kenyan journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice i. Think esp a situation where someone says they cannot afford pain killers and investigating government corruption and the National Health care system some of the transactions. Of money that isnt makes in Africa Uncensored and publish those things up people dont want to publish even if it doesnt mean that the us care truth is it anyway on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching Aljazeera Tom take a look at those headlines now north korea has announced its suSpending Plans for military action against the south state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the Central Military commission overseen by leader kim jong. Un secretary general antonio dad as is urging israel to drop its plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank he says the move would devastate hopes for fresh talks on a 2 state solution. India has announced its expelling harf of the staff of pakistans High Commission in new delhi over alleged spying pakistan was quick to reject the allegations as baseless. At least 2 syrian soldiers have been killed and 4 others wounded in israeli airstrikes the missiles hit a military outpost near the city of psuedo in the south positions in other regions were also targeted. I would obvious being accused of providing support to Syrian Intelligence and helping president bashar asad rebuild infrastructure the french magazine already and 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 or providing training to senior military officials fear a ease relationship with damascus has warmed since the a morality is reopened their embassy in 2018 last week the us warned about this after the cesar act came into effect the us law threatened sanctions against anyone caught doing business with asset his associates or government job rubin is a former u. S. Deputy assistant secretary of state and the president of Washington Strategy group he says the u. A. E. Is 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 it 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 libyas internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league coals for peace talks saying the push is coming from allies of wolves. And thats the governments full says advance on the city of said its egypt is warning of a military intervention im not the one had reports from 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 cut that we have followed with great concern and condemn the internationalization of the libya 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 strongly influenced 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 the. Only. Peace doing her murder. Forces. And this is really a question. Or 2. After the thwarting have to if its to seize the capital to