Region thats corona virus infections there again. Also ahead theyve got a nose for the job the dogs being trained to play a Critical Role in detecting the crew of the us. And in sports qatar has officially expressed an interest in staging a future Olympic Games 2022 world cup house how to bring the olympics to the middle east for the 1st time. Lets begin with the breaking news israel is accusing hizbollah of launching what its calling an infiltration attempt on its border with lebanon it happened in the past couple of hours in the shaba farms region theres no confirmation from hizbollah that it is behind the incident the United Nations is restraint from both sides a short while ago israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu posted on twitter. Saying what was happening on the northern border was being constantly monitored he says israel wont allow iran to establish itself on the border netanyahu adds that lebanon of hizbollah will be responsible for any attack that comes out of lebanon of the series harry forces washing developments from west jerusalem he joins us now live via skype parry what more do we know about whats happened on the border today. Well certainly there is more information now coming from the Israeli Military spokespeople one quoted in the israeli media saying that what took place was an attempted infiltration by hezbollah fighters this took place inside the occupied Golan Heights in the shipper farms area a military occupied area abutting the lebanese territory from which hezbollah operates and that the Israeli Military says that they were tracking this that they entered into israeli controlled territory and that they were driven back by machine gun tank and artillery fire there is some vagueness from the israelis as to the condition of the fighters it said that as i say that they were driven back but no comment on whether there were any injuries or deaths there has been a report from the. Newspaper affiliated to hezbollah inside lebanon saying that there were no casualties on the hezbollah side certainly the Israeli Military is saying there were no casualties on its side you have to wonder that in the middle of the day on the bright sunshine having tracked this team allegedly into israeli controlled territory you have to wonder about the intent of that fire if indeed there were no casualties perhaps a sign of the will on the israeli side certainly for there not to be a further escalation and indeed there would be messaging from the other side to the same to the same extent as well before this took place today why now gary whats the significance of the timing of this. Well there was an expectation of some kind of hezbollah response along the northern border after what took place last week which is an airstrike in southern damascus inside syria attributed to israel in which a hezbollah fighter there was killed now there are reports that israel took the uncommon step of messaging through moscow too has been saying that there was no intent on its part to kill this hezbollah fighter there was some play made of that on the other side of the border inside lebanon. That was a sign from israel that it was not looking for an escalation indeed the Israeli Government is very much preoccupied with the 2nd wave of the coronavirus pandemic here and of course in lebanon there is unfurling economic crisis as well so the thing that analysts have long said about this potential flashpoint that neither side should be interested in an escalatory conflict still holds now and it may be we wait to see of course waiting for a statement from the other side from from hezbollah it may be that that both sides feel that this is enough and already israel has instructed civilians tourists farmers the like to go back to normal behavior along the northern border all right so this unlikely to be any sort of return later reaction on israels part given what youve just been saying. Well i mean i think as far as israel is concerned it has a repelled this initial attack and that it is continuing to monitor the situation the same military spokesman quoted as saying that tense and complicated days lie in store but if and this is a big if if there are no casualties on either side if hezbollah feels that it has done enough to avenge you or make a make some kind of a response to the killing of its fighter inside syria then presumably as we saw in a similar exchange a little less than a year ago not too far away this might be enough and things go back to the normal if tense situation how does this how a force that live there in west jerusalem many thanks indeed i was here as a harder is on the line with us now from the southern lebanese city of sidon whats the situation the center. Well but still no claim of responsibility no statement from d the israeli army calling it initially calling it the security incidents and then saying justice was an academy by hezbollah fighters infiltrate the shebaa farms there like i mentioned the group has not made any statements but. We see very close. Just holes never. Reached by hezbollah. But there isnt one day this might be a Reconnaissance Mission. So this is crazy a lot of questions there was this in fact the Reconnaissance Mission was sent by her father to carry out attacks and the israeli army damaged or no look at the operation at the very fact that certified part of hezbollah is is raising questions because last year when a similar incident happened following the killing of 2 hezbollah fighters in the d israeli strike in syria hezbollah was quick to retaliate i think we probably inside israel proper and it didnt take them long to claim responsibility but this time around another interesting aspect of this whole incident is the fact that its happened in shebaa farms this is land where d israel let it out in syria into sects an area with. Terrorists who all said havent been successful yet so the very fact whether or not this was an operation for the 10th or a Reconnaissance Mission the fact that when the boss was a situation that hezbollah does not want to escalate the situation further we 6 now along the border there is a cost to come you can hear israeli drones in the sky 9 you can hear israeli warplanes in the sky you can also see u. N. Peacekeepers patrol the area. Knife was mentioned. Holding contacts with both sides of the pipe with the s. L. A. Tension what is clear i think for the time being is that the escalation that fact. Tensions happened be escalated quite to many thanks to china what of that on the lebanese side of the side of the border with israel. At least 2 people have been killed in renewed antigovernment protests in iraqs capital baghdad theyre the 1st casualties during demonstrations since Prime Minister stuff ill cover me was sworn into office in may the biggest antigovernment protests for decades broke out in iraq last october they forced the resignation of then Prime Minister out of the causing months of government deadlock and the corona Virus Outbreak has put even more pressure on the economy state revenues mostly from oil exports has been slashed and hauffe off of the global crushing prices caused by the pandemic aljazeera sort of all fall t. V. Reports now from baghdad. This is the funeral for one of the protesters killed in last night. Where. Tourists have gathered. The memory. Where any direct had a. Violent place. And. The fight in. Iraq. And now we can see that. They are angry at the government for. Not making sweeping changes. Since october. Who put the Prime Minister in his position what protection have you provided to the protesters what demands have you implemented for the protesters you didnt provide any solution not the simplest things its very silly that theres no electricity no clean water you didnt do anything for the citizens. The military spokesperson of the Prime Minister has condemned the violence this promise the investigation were also said the Security Forces have been ordered to use force only as a last resort but until now the details of what happened last night remain unclear what is certain however is the demonstrators are very angry at the government and they have little confidence that this government can actually bring those responsible to account. Tyler is a researcher at the university of exeter strategy and Security Institute specializing in iraq and counterterrorism hes with us now on the protest is expecting too much of the Prime Minister here is it within his power to fix all of the problems all the grievances i dont think theyre expecting too much from the iraqi state because the state is in doubt enough with resources and other riches to be able to provide for its people however i do think that some people are expecting too much of Prime Minister mr mccartney only in the sense that you know hes dealing with forces that are beyond his control so were looking at the iraqi state were looking at how its formed and the trajectory thats taken since the u. S. Led invasion in 2003 we can see that the American Occupation implanted a political elite are divided across ethnic sectarian lines and that it lead has over 17 almost 18 years now steadily formed the state that serves its own interests so each of these groups have arizona parts and interests they control various ministries and if were looking at what most of our government for example theres very little we can do about that especially without a proper political popular mandate because he was put in to power by these groups by parliament 3 blocks he was not elected so the only thing he can really do is kind of hold the fort essentially and hes kind of stuck at Prime Minister up until they can have proper elections and even then you still have to deal with each state you still have to deal with various ministries under the control of various parties and various political actors who had entrenched interests so theres very little we can do unfortunately given all of that what then will it take to bring about the change that the protesters are demanding will things ever change in iraq. I mean its kind of sad to say this considering everything thats gone on in iraq for decades now you know not only the 1718 years that weve seen post 2003 but also prior to that with the Saddam Hussein regime and the sanctions and Everything Else that iraq has gone through but it does seem that iraq if it continues within the political process as it is now nothings ever going to change and in fact all its going to do is inflame popular tension so were going to see more and more of these protests were going to see more and more violence. You know iraq is awash with black market arms had at one point the Largest Military in the region so theres a lot of veterans out there who frankly are angry veterans they know how to use their weapons and this is the reason why the iraqi insurgency was so effective because of the amount of Trained Personnel there the same people stood around so this continues as it is then we may even see an armed insurrection not now but certainly within a few years because theres only so much that people can take as an example they can handle initially the governments response to all of this going back several years actually was to kind of pigeonhole certain sectarian groups so that point at the sunni arab demographic for example and bring them or say that theyre harboring al qaeda that was particularly the case on the 2nd set sectarian Prime Ministers like noting maliki. That rhetoric has eased but the reality has an ease of looking at the state institutions again its a very sectarian. State structure and therefore now they cant necessarily blame the sunni arabs are they all for isis and theres no real you know the war on terrorism has been quote unquote one where just looking now the war against corruption which frankly the government is losing balefully and its something which is absolutely tragic and could lead to even more violence and i suspect thats what we had and as you say the country is awash with weapons and people who know how to use them if if the situation did descend further into violence into civil war who would be pitted against to the people against the elite or but these various political factions be fighting each other. I think the one good thing and again its the not that they say but the one good thing about the sheer level of corruption iraq is that. What its done is like i said previously they would kind of rely on the sectarian argument as to why the country will malfunction but and to an extent that was bought by the way been by the people especially in southern provinces especially when you look at the threat of isis in the guard and so on but now what the country realise is that these people who are in power these elites have a vested interest in pitting segments of the country against one another so theyre always pitting the sunnis against the she had a she had a cyst on you but this is kind of its melted down these barriers to the point where people are realizing that its not just the sudanese and the threats not just us she added under threat all the kurds or any other number of minorities and demographic groups every single iraqi is under the sway of an elite which is highly corrupt highly nepotistic and will not relinquish power control because frankly theyve been lining their pockets folk at 17 or 18 years now so what i will see happening i think is you still going see these divisions unfortunately the sectarian divisions the ethnic divisions but there may be marriages of convenience so they would maybe turn their guns on the state or state actors were also looking at procure our militia groups the Popular Mobilization forces and all of these different units that contribute to the iraqi deep state structure and i think ultimately thats what youre going to see a clash ok really good story to so many thanks to tom a. From the university of texas up suicide attacks in Northern Syria have killed a child and injured more than a dozen other people the child died in a bombing in the rebel held area of a friend while 3 people were wounded 12 others were hurt in a separate attack in the city of idlib russia and turkey who back opposing sides in the conflict have been patrolling the area since a cease fire agreement in march. Demonstrates is in yemen a rallying the city of lord all to announce the announced rather the u. A. E. Backed Southern Transitional council theres anger over the United Arab Emirates support for separatists in the region the protesters a show of support for the internationally recognized government that by president a brother once or hadi Transitional Council held a rally last week claiming exclusive representation all for the south. Catalonia region of spain is considering even tougher coronavirus restrictions if infection rates dont improve within the next 10 days the u. K. Has imposed a quarantine on all travelers coming from Spain International air transport association which represents airlines describes that move as a step too far for the executive director of the World Health OrganizationsHealth Emergencies program says the new cases of always been highly likely as countries ease restrictions but he says nations like spain are well positioned to manage new outbreaks the situation. Were close to plot it was there before the authorities certainly assure us that theyre taking every possible measure to investigate and suppress listers and taking localized action to suppress those 2 clusters of disease so i think it will take it a number of days or weeks for us to see what is the future in spain but we trust that with this wolf an approach with the sense of the surveillance with the sustained testing and with the cooperation of people in spain that we will see these clusters come under control into course why doubt about the lead up in spain 0 is not at 0 is what measures the government in madrid taking to to stem the rise of coronavirus cases that. Yes wallace to action has changed quite a bit since the state of emergency lockdown what the Central Government the government of the of president s son should was the one in charge to to to deal with the whole crisis after the lift of the logs down the regions all the power has been transferred to the 17 regions and the other ones that are responsible of managing the whole crisis this is why we so today the president of catalonia came top the talking about the actual situation catalonia has become in the the last weeks the epicenter of the socalled 2nd wave of the corona Virus Outbreak they have been reduced to ring over 1000 cases of corona virus infections in the last weeks per day so because alone we are right now has 290. 00 clusters they say that this is under control but they will have to impose tougher measures if this situation if this situation doesnt doesnt contain the corner of our side break but to talk more further develop these let me introduce our guest. She is the minister business minister of the of the government of gov catalonia thank you very much for being here today and so what are the measures that the Regional Government of catalonia is going to take to contain this outbreak ok 1st the fold we are always intending acting with the current carriers responsibility and also transparency thats why we are giving very very in a clear way of the few hours so what we have them is 1st of all. Using mask is mandatory here in catalonia also. Cleaning and social distance also but together in addition to that that we should commend the different protocols of the different sectors always with t