U. N. Secretary general urges israel to abandon all plans to annex pounds of the occupied west bank and the disappearing symbols of democracy in thailand lead to concerns the government is trying to wipe out history. North korea has announced its suSpending Plans for military action against the south the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Partys Central Military Commission chaired by. The leaders sister kim jong whos in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action the joint is an office was blown up last week and all official talks ended. South korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and its paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil those include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which prong yang has said is behind recent escalations. 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. Or of mcbride is covering this from seoul. 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 is 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 we know that a lot of the articles at tacking the south Korean Defector groups have been launching these provocative balloons with propaganda into north korea they have suddenly disappeared from north korean websites 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. Lets bring in say one coup in stuttgart germany hes the publisher of the magazine korea expose good to have you with us 1st of all lets start of with a rather dramatic turnaround in the situation what prompted you think this meeting in north korea to deescalate and counsel what they call a military action mom i think its important for us not to organise to meet what has happened because we are seeing a pattern of escalation by in north korea that really started back in march except that due to the corona crisis perhaps we have not been paying much attention to it. So insistent he knows aung made a very strong statement condemning south korea as early as the beginning of march and there had been the series on the launches throughout that months and also in the month of april and of course we had seen the very high profile explosion at the in the Korean Liaison Office in castle which was really a symbol of improving relations between the 2 koreas and now it brings us to this mormon but which north korea claims it is displeased by their propaganda leaflets being thrown across the d. M. Z. By that this sector groups but in reality many people believe that this is just a pretext what were seeing is fundamental displeasure on the part of the north korean leadership at their level progress in that the nuclearization process which for them really implies lifting up sanctions in improving or Economic Conditions so ultimately whats going on here is a show of deferred dissatisfaction not just or maybe not even with south korea is it more about the north korean the u. S. Track. Its about the u. S. And its loss of us south korea because south korea was very much for player in bringing about this process in the 1st place following the election of president mundine in 2070 and south korea certainly has made many promises that things would get better for north korea there had been high profile its summits that had been the very important meeting between the notrump and kim jong il but what has north korea really seen in terms of economic improvement they have certainly been the escalation on the military level but there has not been the reopening up yes on Industrial Complex that has been no always on show of the Tourism Initiative in mountain there has not been anything that we could see as chen general improvement from north korea and certainly south korea has shown that despite all its promises it cannot actually do much in violation of International Sanctions and also with their support of the u. S. And thats where north korea its ignored that its really had they not with this whole process does south korea have much cards to play of impact of of importance to north korea without a resolution to the wider issue of sanctions. Well and that is perhaps the crux of them that president jane announced on june 15th dead she would try and bring about her korean economic initiatives regardless of what the Internet Community might have said but its easier to say then done and this is something that we have certainly heard from the blue out the for in fact what many analysts are calling for is for south korea to assume a hard line against north korea because if south korea does not show it will that north koreas failure to abide by the various accords and agreements that have been signed the last 2 years we really lead to tens of all consequences for kim zone and then north korea will probably feel even freer to engage in more aggressive measures and also in turning to other potential partners in this your political process namely china and russia are good to get your thoughts on that thanks so much so when who india is announcing its expelling hough of the stuff in Pakistans High Commission in new delhi because of spying pakistan quickly rejected the allegations as baseless and demanded a similar reduction in indian staff and diplomats in the slam about cmon haida has more from the capital. 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A ceasefire in yemen has been breached fighting is taking place in the southern coastal province of between the government and the separatists the south a Coalition Announced a ceasefire on monday just after the separatist movement claimed control of the island of so called there have been no reports of casualties on the side of the south and Transitional Council a Group Calling for the independence of the south has been fighting for control since 2017. Irans president says the uns Nuclear Watchdog risks losing its independence thats after the i. A. E. A. Asked iran to clarify if on the cleared Nuclear Activities took place that 2 sides back in the early 2000 has an rouhani says those are baseless accusations from enemy states our position towards the i. A. E. A. Was based on cooperation within the framework of the law were concerned that the i. A. E. A. Will be exploited by israel and america by returning to all the files dating back 18 years ago we will continue to deal with the agency in a principle of cooperation but we hope that it will not be subject to american and israeli pressure. Iraq is seeing it on precedented rise in the number of corona virus infections as doctors warn the Health System is close to collapse 32000 cases have been reported so far government ministers say the. Smell of halting reports that. 10 days after the government decided to partly ease the curfew in iraq the rate of quote with 19 infections is rising with more than 1800 new cases recorded a day showed that in. The last few days saw an unprecedented increase in the number of new infections which ingests 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 or mosques 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 favor out of court on it. So i just have. To find a corona we demand. Government to impose a proper curfew 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 theyre 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 japan. 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 in 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 simona fault in aljazeera but that the un secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank and tony 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 on july the 1st. Very inconsistent message that annexation. International all that you can factor to the starting line is the region it will be something that in their mind what they believe is that which is a 2 state solution in which israelis and palestinians continue to get any respect each other to get into each others. I hope this voice of reason that is not only my own. Os that will be heard. By the israeli authorities and that annexation does not take place in the 1st of july. Still ahead on al jazeera. Were now seeing a disturbing surge of infections the top u. S. Infectious disease expert warns progress against the pandemic is being threatened. Back home and unemployed we look at the communities in crisis as remittances from Migrant Workers dry on. How we got plenty of showers across Southeast Asia some live the ones across northern borneo pushing over towards the philippines to see some of the weather here but its further south where were saying unusually wet weather continuing into indonesia some pockets of heavy rain there across indonesia malaysia saying some lavish as they go over some wetter weather pushing into southern parts of the philippines as we make our way through the latter part of the week and in course the china showers extends right across into calles looking still looking rather unsettled and some wetter weather that into thailand that weve had some wet weather recently and some blustery weather into the southeast of australia systems moving out of the way things quieting down for the time being but the next weather system will roll through the pipe and that will bring some wet weather into tasmania in particular well see if you show us the lead lurking across victoria moving into the far south of New South Wales with much of australia dry warm and dry sums it up over the next couple of days temperatures getting up to 22 celsius in brisbane a 27 in the forecast so some of the sunshine a 21 in perth a little more clout just started to push through and some wetter weather to end the week has some wet weather to sail and for central and northern pounce. Kenyan journalists in pursuit of press freedom and justice have this thing desperate situations where someone wins but they hope you can afford to thats investigating government corruption and the National Health care system some of their transactions to. Africa uncensored and publish those things or people dont want to publish even if it doesnt matter who you ask it is truth is it anyway on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now north korea has announced its suSpending Plans for military action against south korea state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the central murfree commission overseen by leader kim jong il and. India has announced its expelling harf of the staff of Pakistans High Commission in new delhi because of spying pakistan rejected the allegations is baseless and demanded india the number of its diplomats in islamabad. The head of the United Nations is urging israel to abandon plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank and turn over terrorists station would devastate hopes for new talks on a 2 state solution. Libyas internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league calls for peace talks saying the push is coming from allies of war the old holy for half that and as the governments forces advance on the city of sirte egypt is warning of military intervention mahmoud had reports from the capital. 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 the crisis is. The cut 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 against the government its a position that has infuriated the government in tripoli we are all weaponization of the. Only. Peace to incur the murder. Forces. And this is really a. Court so. After thwarting have to those efforts to seize the capital to bag the 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 ada base housing advances russian warplanes according to the u. S. Military russian pilots supporting the russian medicine in support of how after. Forces loyal to the government of National Accord are a now on the outskirts of syria it which is a gatewa