Heavy rain has begun filling its controversial blue nile dam as the government continues to negotiate with its neighbors egypt and sudan. The movie earthlings 2005 everyone should watch and the bizarre endorsement from ukraines president that helped and the hostage situation. Thousands of israelis have taken to the streets of west jerusalem calling on Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to step down 34 people were arrested outside parliament in the latest of several nasty administrations in recent weeks and yahoo has come under growing criticism for staying in office while facing trial on corruption charges is also being accused of mismanaging the coronavirus pandemic and a deepening economic crisis i mean fawcett has more in tel aviv. Benjamin netanyahu has weathered protests before so called black flag activists have waged a years Long Campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the governments failure to expand the system of testing and tracing as the 1st wave leaving it ill equipped to stop the 2nd author and journalist roden bergman has investigated that Decision Making he says the Health Ministry went against expert advice you need to know as soon as possible if that person is not you need to test that person immediately after he is they didnt fight is suspicion so its just so if if you do not been sharing of infection it goes on and on and you are not able to cut it the government itself said it needed a 48 hour turnaround from suspected case to test results even now its taking 6. 00 to 8. 00 days the concern now is that its simply too late in terms of testing to catch up with the sheer scale of this 2nd wave israels missed opportunity on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the pandemic under pressure the Prime Minister has been announcing measures only to announce them from a 1750000000. 00 package of cash handouts 1st universal now means tested too in order to close restaurants postponed within hours to weekend closures of beaches and pools reversed within days the one constant is insistence on avoiding a 2nd full lockdown because. Ive requested each ministries plan for a safe exit from the current virus restrictions meaning that if we straighten the coven reach the goals that we see it for the determined number of cases per day that we can work with over time in the coronavirus. Routine. But the head spinning policy shifts have undermined belief in a Prime Minister also on trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases one survey this month put public trust in him at just 29 percent and the problem that. Theres really this back and forth of that its not creating trust and trust is groucho. In order to move ahead because its a long term situation where theyre talking about trustees both thrust of the public and trust of experts just weeks ago netanyahu had squashed the 1st wave of coded 19 and neutralized his most serious political rival benny gantz inside an Emergency Coalition now hes fighting to beat down a resurgent virus and restore his diminishing Political Capital are a force at Aljazeera Television probably sables a professor of International Law at Hebrew University joining us live from west who saw them by skype thank you very much indeed for joining us on all jazeera as harry mentioned there of course Benjamin Netanyahu no stranger to protests but whats different about this one the difference is that its affected his base in other words it could members a boaters are disappointed it is handling of the economic crisis and a looming collapse in cloud of course so it is a well i well i must bear in mind he has at the moment there is no alternative leader and he knows this now because theres deep dissatisfaction with the thought you know hold but nobody wants to go to elections and within his party there is no. Leader who could take over. So though hes highly unpopular the moment were likely to see nothing you know do you know this point one thing that i was reading was that the nature of the protests of change in terms of the people who are taking part in them that way and that its actually representing a far greater crosssection of Israeli Society is that a fair reflection do you think. Yes definitely members of the likud who traditionally vote youre going to you know been badly hit by the economic license and thats bill clintons earns its name calling me stupid know the words big bad to hit. Unemployment and its affecting his popularity but again the question is will he resign and this is something to take over at the moment that doesnt seem to get anybody on the liason who is capable or can in fact take over. As we know hes in this slightly Uneasy Coalition at the moment with benny gantz how do you think benny gantz and his supporters are viewing this situation and possibly thinking about how they can make it work to that advantage they have a problem they dont want to go to elections by the way neither does not and you know its a narrow advantage to let the 1st term of even a hot button and then automatically d any guns becomes a minister so they also dont want to vote but what about that because theres no love or trust between you. And nothing but they both have an interest in keeping present coalition going so i feel like he was going there again in his role in the middle east one never knows on cause or is there anything that from his illness and yahoo can do to try to come back from the situation or is this is how its going to be for the at least for the forseeable future until we get to those elections i was going to the only thing we could do is get a vaccine i know people are working on it but unless theres some sort of vaccine that can stop you have been dead make sure it is a big problem and i would say you cant open up the economy and not have a resurgence of the virus and by subversive therefore hes in deep trouble but again hes likely to stay in his position although hes become deeply unpopular even among his own electricity you know. We really appreciate your giving us that context robbie sable thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you for having that u. S. President on and tom has warned that the corona Virus Outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better thats a mark departure from the optimistic picture hes projected so far even as cases continue to rise in many States Mike Hanna has more from washington d. C. In the past president himself as americas cheerleader making rosy predictions about the course of the pandemic that were often at odds with the facts but this was a more subdued president than on previous occasions it will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better something i dont like saying about things but thats the way it is and a complete reversal on the use of mosques something that in the 1st few months of the pandemic the president often derided at one stage even expressing support for anti mosque protests in a number of states this to it seems a thing of the past i have no problem with the masks i view it this way anything that potentially can help and that certainly can potentially help is a good thing i have no problem i carry it i wear it you saw me wearing it a number of times and ill continue there were some familiar claims that the u. S. Is leading the world in testing and that its mortality rate is lower than anywhere both assertions declared false by most Health Experts and little comment about a startling report from the centers for Disease Control it says the official figure of some 3 point 6000000. 00 cases of coronavirus in the u. S. Is dramatically less than what it now is to mates could be as many as 38000000. 00 cases. Its not clear whether the president s new embrace of reality rests in recognition not because such as these or whether hes seeking to reverse what are politically damaging polling figures about the publics view of the way hes handled the crisis my kind of aljazeera washington protesters in Portland Oregon are demanding that u. S. Federal agents be banned from the city. For 55 nights black lives matter supporters have been marching there for the protests of picked up momentum after federal agents sent to stop the rallies forced people into unmarked vans and drove them away a group of women has been forming what they call a wall of moms to protect the demonstrators ethiopia says its reached its yearly filling target for the grand renesas dam after weeks of heavy rain that says the government held Virtual Meetings with its downstream neighbors promising to continue talks to find a solution to the dispute over the mega project John Stratford reports on the complex regional politics surrounding the don. Its taken 10 years to build and cost close to 5000000000. 00 ethiopias flagship Infrastructure Project is a great source of national pride. But a grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start be coping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which is a population of around 108000000 the country plans to exporter electricity across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. But egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existential threat it does have legitimate concerns i mean that egypt relies on our 90 percent of its fresh water needs and the largest share of the river runs through each direction territory and what we have has had in egypt is a situation where they have a significant gap between the amount they produce and the motherboard they consume. And with a rapidly growing population of iran 100000000. To this problem only getting worse ethiopia also has strong claims because its the source of the blue nile the largest of the river gnarls tributaries ethiopia was never included in a colonial era agreement between egypt and sudan the gives the lions share of water to egypt there are many finally balance calculations including internal political ones. You know if you dont really need the other big you have i be outmanned havent come into power in 2018 he wants to secure its position and you know be reelected in future elections and. In egypt you are president sisi with you know an economy that has had been struggling but also he needs to ensure that he has the continued backing of the military establishment on which of course has an Important Role in the. Economy. In late june ethiopia rejected a u. N. Security Council Meeting requested by egypt saying the council should not be involved at all ethiopias un on bassa said the dispute should be solved at a regional Level African Union talks hosted by Science Africa failed to forge agreement earlier that months in february the us and the world bank mediated what it hoped would be a road map on how to proceed with final technical and legal issues which concerned egypt in particular but he g. O. P. Did not sign of the final document ethiopia always said that it would have preferred agreement before it begins to fill the reservoir but if that wasnt possible it would go ahead anyway it has potential huge security implications for the entire region ethiopia accuses egypt have repeatedly dragging its feet over the issue of filling the reservoir something it says egypt knew would be inevitable one day charles profit. Still ahead on aljazeera livelihoods on the line in indian administered kashmir while locals say theyre no longer getting their fair share of Mineral Resources plus. Researchers at mit looked at dozens of countries around the world that have grown of virus concluded that the actual number of people infected might be much higher than whats reported by gabriels are doing new york that story coming up. Hello the siller all the catty picture across Northern Areas of europe and not discount of course there is a some rain in the makes the mickelson clear skies out across the southwest where weve also seen is in fairly strong thunderstorms and this of course is the result off the thunderstorm festival in hungary a beautiful rainbows you can see there across the skies darkest skies in moscow but again some thunderstorms have been in the mix and some particularly strong thunderstorms in lisbon in portugal this of course is where the heat has really been in place temperatures actually coming down a little bit across into portugal and spain and in fact the same time the cloud is increasing want to shout to the north and you can see there very widespread throughout france across the line of the alps and on towards romania that sunday through wednesday theres also more rain across northern sections of the u. K. And a scattering of showers and for you cloudy conditions really across much of the north then as we go on into thursday those rain showers becoming rather more widespread across the u. K. A temperature wise london coming down a little bit as you might expect but mostly sunny and warm in paris with a high of 27 and again discussion of showers across areas of the south more of that rain across Northern Europe as well meanwhile down into Northern Africa it is fine and dry there is the chance i want to show is just developing across areas of morocco but for the most part for the next couple days it is fine dry and warm. Frank assessments tourism income stream is dead in the water whats been the result seen poaching go up quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal in Israeli Society indepth analysis of the days global headlines its time for new policy gives us a country not only seem to grady but its great to meet the lady of the ball continues inside story on aljazeera. You want to go to syria a reminder of our top stories this hour therell be more protests calling on israels Prime Minister to step down Benjamin Netanyahu is facing criticism for staying in office while facing trial for corruption charges. U. S. President donald trump has warned the corona Virus Outbreak is likely to get worse before it gets better it is now urging the public to wear masks and promise to deliver the vaccine as soon as possible. If your peers says its reached its nearly filling target for the ground running songs down after weeks of heavy rain that says the government held Virtual Meetings with its downstream neighbors promising to continue talks. Well the u. S. President Abu Dhabis Crown prince have discussed the situation in libya and stressed the need for deescalation through the removal of Foreign Forces there comes a day after Egypts Parliament approved military deployments to libya that reports from the city of misrata where people say cairos intervention will only make the conflict worse. And i have a lot of hype egypts president of the c. C. Has long been a supporter of leaving warlord Khalifa Haftar who has failed to take control of the capital tripoli after a 14 month military campaign with egyptian support his forces have had to retreat back towards their eastern stronghold shortly after that happen in june sisi announced a socalled cairo declaration of Political Initiative for talks between libyas warring sides but it filled to get International Traction he is now reportedly considering military intervention. On monday Egypts Parliament unanimously approved sending military forces on combat missions abroad. But people in the northwestern libyan city of misrata say they dont want more foreign fighters in libya. We refused to libya to become a stage for regional and International Proxy Wars the libyan fight was internal in the end we are brothers and brothers can fight and then make up but if egypt is intervene they will eventually regret adding to the fire and egypt cousins what did we do to them we love the people but they dont have a decision in this the Egyptian Government is wrong with this decision city Officials Say with more than 700 men killed in the conflict with hussar their fight for libya to become a democratic country. Whether. Mr articles for peace but we will not be relied on and faced in bani invading force we sacrificed so much to get rid of the dictator khadafi and now with the new take to have to the people of misrata will continue until libya becomes a civilian and democratic state. Many here in misrata libyas 3rd largest city support the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli which is backed by turkey they say they have to use a dictator attempting to take the country back to military rule regional and International Leaders are calling for negotiations and peace talks while the German Foreign minister on tuesday criticize egypts plan to do so broad its not clear yet if president c