A 2 state solution also the race to find a vaccine for the corona virus that has never been more crucial for rural parts of south africa and the show must go on somehow the future of british theatre under a pandemic as the industry struggles to find its way forward. And Sport England insists their cricket series against pakistan will go at and thats despite pakistan announcing that tan and their players have tested positive for corona virus. Hello everyone after weeks of increasing tension on the Korean Peninsula including the destruction of a joint Liaison Office north korea has now announced it is suspending plans for military action against the south and the state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Partys Central Military Commission that was chaired by. Kim jong un his sister kim your xiong who is in charge of relations with the south remember she had warned all of possible military action those pictures there of course that joint Liaison Office which was blown up last week and all official talks were ended after that its south korea says it believes the meeting was quote very unusual and its paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provoking of acts from its soil that includes the sending of propaganda leaflets over the border which pyongyang has said is behind its 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 government 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 its an interesting change of events right mcbride is covering this for us 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 attacking 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 we move on to other news and india has announced it is expelling half the staff of Pakistans High Commission in new delhi over alleged spying pakistan quick to reject those allegations as baseless and demanded india reduce. In islam about in response well just the latest sign of strained diplomatic relations between 2 Nuclear Rivals more on this with come on in islam about how come all the claims of spying as anything been substantiated here. As far as focused on is concerned they dont deny doing indian highly gaijin on the other hand but based on the Foreign Ministry a set of facts now come up with a list of indian citizens they say i didnt want the next updated resume in what they say state sponsored it is them in pakistan so indeed both sides trading barbs however should be norgate dishes coming in i dont dimer inventions along the line of control we divide didnt get in but you start he administered to me and running high with 3 wind reports of cease fire violations by sight and not far away the metadata region again standoff between chinese and Indian Forces d to make sure they didnt leak that i so indeed what by your study dont know its a. Really big asians that the whole region is going there would have instability and that the Indian Government only got your gauge and against buggiest on one side of caution let me judge for why needing that cease fire agreement and on the line of control ok when we need to keep an eye on ben come on hyder in islamabad thank you. The United Nations secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank and tony the terrorists said it would be quote the most serious violation of International Law sedalia thousands of palestinians that rallied in jericho the Un Security Councils also scheduled to meet in a few hours to discuss the issue more than a 1000 politicians across europe have signed a petition which opposes the annexation process it is very inconsistent with the message that annexation be not only against International Law but it will be a major factor to the secularized the region it will be something that in that of their mind what they believe is that a say which is a 2 state solution in which is there is an other studios can the neutral get a piece of respect each other than get into each others. I hope that these viruses reason it is not only my own. Echoing across the world will be hurt. By these failure of 42 so that annexation does not take place in the 1st of july more with harry force than i was in west jerusalem for us on the news ari we hear from untenured terrace there weve got the Security Council meeting later on today but i think fair to say that israel generally not one to listen to the plays of the United Nations. No indeed especially not spent in a Prime Minister who has made a great play of utterly rejecting the United Nations and many of its resolutions especially when it comes to israel and the palestinians hell be looking into other places when hes considering exactly how to proceed from july the 1st which is the date under which under the terms of the Coalition Deal he has with his partner benny gantz that is the 1st date from which he is able to start advancing an exception hell be looking to washington d. C. Where there are meetings going on this week with senior u. S. Officials including the ambassador here to israel David Friedman whos returned to washington to take part in those talks as to exactly what and how much the united way United States is prepared to greenlight if it all when it comes to an exception at this stage there are various differing reports on that but there is some indication that what netanyahu has been talking about in recent days which is a phase an exception perhaps starting with something relatively symbolic that that might find some favor in washington the other place youll be looking at is into the mind of his partner benny gantz his former rival and now defense minister he has been saying many Different Things about an exception in recent weeks but he has been saying that he wants to see it not done unilaterally rather with consultation at least and ideally support of other International Players most importantly jordan who he doesnt want to see a peace treaty jeopardized with but that seems to be shifting pretty rapidly yesterday tuesday he was speaking to military journalists here in israel giving them a briefing in which he very much toughened up his tone against the palestinians saying that israel didnt want to get into the palestinians deep expletive the palestinians continue to reject dialogue and to remain in what he called the deep expletive and that he wont. You to wait for the palestinians if that they didnt start negotiating if they rejected the trump plan then israel would have to move forward without them so things seem to be lining up in favor of Benjamin Netanyahu at least for now we use this catch all term of an accession harry a us bill to explain to our viewers how that would actually like lets say july 1st comes and it starts how will that play out how will it actually look on the ground. Well nothing is really expected in terms of an immediate change on july the 1st that is the date under the terms of the Coalition Deal with netanyahu can start the process and that means potentially bringing it to a cabinet discussion potentially trying to get government approval and or getting approval in the Israeli Parliament the knesset for the legislation necessary to what israel says is to extend sovereignty that is that terminology to areas inside the occupied west bank now under the terms of the trump deal israel believes it has the right to believe he has the right to annex some 30 percent of the occupied west bank that includes all of the settlements and a large portion of the Jordan Valley as well the trump plan also allows for a palestinian state to be created in the remainder of that territory and also with some land swaps in what is currently israeli territory and gaza now whats been talked about most in recent days is not going for that full 30 percent but perhaps starting with areas close to jerusalem and areas that have been talked about in the past as being potentially israeli in the future in a 2 state solution there would be land swaps in response for palestinian for a palestinian state in the future as for exactly how that will change things on the ground it wont really make a big physical difference that will be visible immediately but it will according to many outside observers and most important palestinians themselves be fatal to the prospects of a 2 state solution and drastically undermine the chances of a resolution to the conflict ok good contacts there from harry force that on the west bank an extension plan thank you harry. One other note from the region Israeli Police have shot dead a palestinian man in the occupied west bank police say a cat rammed his car into an office causing slight injuries palestinian officials are questioning the Police Account though that accounts family say he was driving to pick up his sister on her wedding day lets have a look at what else is coming up for you on this news hour the disappearing symbols of democracy in thailand its leading to concerns the governments trying to wipe out history also a warning from the German Health minister the country could be in danger of a 2nd wave of coronavirus and in sports the f. B. I. Says no crime has been committed after a noose was found in the carriage of a nascar driver far well have those details at about 10 to the. More on that news from germany now where the Health Minister is warning as we said of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections from regional hotspots this is after reporting hundreds of new cases connected to a Meat Processing plant welton 600000 people in western germany are now back under lockdown bars gyms and cinema halls are closed and the need to people from different households can meet in public lets talk to dominic cain our correspondent in berlin about well of this its interesting the the regional model i guess which germany is using as opposed to other countries which just say well were locking down a well were lifting it germany targeting those specific areas what can you tell us about the different it places. The thing to remember in the federal republic of germany is each state is empowered to look after its own affairs and work with help from federal authorities and so in these particular circumstances whats happened is in north fine westphalia which is the most populous state in germany those 2 particular districts have been locked down but the catchment area as it were takes in 2 thirds of a 1000000 people who are back in lockdown back in the sorts of things which the the impingement on social movements and that sort of in freedom of movement thats all back in play as it were the other thing to say here is that its not just in those 2 areas where incidence is high incidence is of coronavirus have been reported other parts of germany too here in berlin where im speaking right now well not that far away there are properties that are now in corinth being with several 100 people in quarantine because positive tests have happened here as well from the federal perspective because its a federal republic the ministers here are hoping very much that by empowering the states they are able to prevent that 2nd wave but its pretty clear also that they are afraid of the 2nd wave they reopened this economy as quickly as they felt they could hoping that they wouldnt have to reimpose lockdowns well now theyre starting to have to do that domenic cane with the uptake from germany thank you for that done it will stay with corona virus issues and human trials for Oxford Universitys covert 19 vaccine beginning in south africa this week the country is grappling with the highest number of cases in africa or over 100000 factions and more than 2000 deaths and its funny to me the reports from a stock splits in the east and tape one of the poorest provinces is likely to be hit hardest unless a vaccine is found soon. Albert stearman was buried here barely an hour ago his family says he died from covert 19 they wanted to bury him at their home and some dues are in rural eastern cape but locked down Restrictions Mean this is his final resting place not in a cemetery stared at a solitary grave in an open field to comply with restrictions just a few people attended the funeral the freedoms of tradition and custom replaced by social distancing rules who. Have never showed any respect to my father even when he worked at the mine. He died as a poor man now he has been buried like garbage because of the corona it is really really painful the local councillor says 33 people in this village have tested positive for corona virus but he thinks the number is far higher we dont have resources whereby people can test. Just undermine it as a simple they did it as a symbol for them after a long time after somebody is dead then each whereby the lord knows this is all happening to this concern that funerals which usually attract hundreds of people are helping to spread the virus at the cemetery outside the small town of baqubah east police keep watch ensuring there are no more than 50 people attending the burial is short and people leave quickly. The eastern cape is large much of a rural and people dont live as close together compared to other places so the spread of the coronavirus has surprised experts who are worried this province may be some africas next epicenter some estimates say that as many as 80 percent of the people here make it covert 19 but in rural towns like this one medical facilities are understaffed and underresourced this hospital and stacks approach was closed when we filmed here stafford protested against the lack of personal protective equipment shutting some of the units or thirtys or restrict to travel between provinces to curb the outbreak and permits are required to make a journey here people are screened for the virus we passed through the site twice in 2 days on the 2nd day we were not screened at all along with dozens of other passengers in vehicles passing through temperature checks and collecting Contact Details only resumed once we began filming while the number of covert 1000 infections grow the government is still easing some of its restrictions and here in one of south africas poorest provinces inconsistent plans and policies may add to the rising numbers. For me to malaria aljazeera eastern cape south africa. Very pleased to have shabbier matthew with us now on skype from johannesburg one of the scientists leading this Clinical Trial as a professor of vaccine ology at the University University of toronto dr thank you for your time i know youre busy and fact i believe the trial has even started youve begun vaccinations today can you tell us about the sort of scale and the time frame that youre working with. So thank you for having me so we just about to vaccinate but as a participant in the next i was out and work really looking at this and are going up to 2. 00 disciplines in a study that has been designed for south africa or 1001 kind of accident and 1000 would get to see both and that would allow us to be able to get great for the safety of the vaccine as you obviously have got a vaccine except to back again scope it might. So there must be a huge amount of anticipation for you because. You just dont know do you put your best medical thought into creating something but it will only be well actually how long will it be until you get some sort of result so its something i think is one of 3 come to his greatest particular vaccine used and youve got to rate th