9 years of war in syria the 1st trial linked to a legit state sponsored torture begins. And muslims in turkey prepare for the holy month of ramadan with new restrictions in place. Starting this hour in germany where chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a call for Greater Unity in the fight against code 19 during a speech to Parliament Merkel emphasized both the need for International Cooperation cooperation and within the European Union itself she says success can only come if the bloc can fight the virus together with that in mind she called for a bigger budget and said germany was ready to pay significantly more to help with economic recovery thats. Prepared to meet later on thursday to discuss their economic response to the outbreak while in germany the rate of new infections and this is a concern it has risen for a 3rd day and merkel warned parliament there actually still nowhere near the end of the pandemic. New month with the government nobody likes to hear it but its the truth were not living in the final phase of the pandemic but still at the beginning we will have to live with the virus for a long time. And not just germany warning of a long road ahead the u. K. s chief medical officer is this social distancing measures could be in place until the end of the year rory chalons in london 8 months away but eventually people need to be prepared for this. I think theres some tough talk going on in the moment from scientists and leaders in the western world that this is not going away any time soon we are seeing the stats suggest the peak having being reached in many countries germany etc but that does not mean that were going to see the total easing of restrictions at the time soon i think chris would see the chief medical officer in the u. K. He was being specific about the exact social distancing measures that would. Still be in place by the end of the year but the the that the message is clear isnt it life is not going to return to normal in just a few weeks time on starting at the moment at victoria train station which is one of the main rail hub sin in the u. K. And its around places like this that you do see a lot of people wearing face masks with this talk of a full house slightly more flimsy mosques the Scientists Say the Advisory Group for emergencies that feeds into the government is meeting today to try to work out whether to make the wearing of these mad at sri in the u. K. And the expectation is that they probably whats that theyll say that those sorts of moss should really be. Kept in supply for the people that really need it the medics and those who actually have the dizzy. Already there isnt much evidence that suggests that wearing one of these going to stop you getting the mosque if youre a normal healthy person Walking Around in public thats in march from the show anyway there are countries where people are taking things into their own hands of the government is already doing that as well in germany. This is a country is moving towards making the wearing of these mandatory at least on public transport lets talk more about germany then. Before typically direct talk from her what interested me is that shes putting a financial edge on it as well and saying were prepared to pay more and its going to cost a lot more across europe again because of this long time frame. Yeah i try to stiffen the spine of her country and prepare people for the long road ahead i think what leaders are wired about at the moment and the scientists telling them this. The 2nd pick if and when it comes might even be worse than the 1st one what were going through at the moment. Lockdown measures have actually been pretty successful and what that success has meant is that you dont have the exposure to the virus in the Wider Population and therefore d any immunity there is probably quite low which which means that its could come back with a vengeance later in the year and i think i was was alluding to that she was basically saying that this is going to be a tough battle that you shouldnt just suddenly spring back to normal life in much the same way that chris witty in the u. K. Has been saying she was acknowledging though that this is essentially an infringement of Peoples Democratic rights that you have to be able to explain this clearly to people the reasons why these demands are being made of normal people across europe and only then can you manage to keep the unity keep it going for the for the long term she said the basically the we all walking on the thinnest device that was how she put it thank you chalons in london with the view across europe now its Early Morning in the u. S. Now be interesting to see reaction coming from there after a top u. S. Official stood by his predictions that a 2nd wave of coronavirus is likely to hit and could be made worse by the regular flu season thing is that clash with President Donald Trump assertions at the same Media Briefing that the virus quote may not come back at all more details on that with mike hanna in washington manners and a very good job for us dr Robert Redfield was totally misquoted in the media on his statement about the fall season and the. Virus totally misquoted the president demanded the director of the centers for Disease Control walk back his warning about a 2nd wave of coronavirus uncomfortably robert read thiel did not do so he disputing the headline about the initial interview but confirming he had been accurately quoted i didnt say that this was going to be worse i said it was going to be more complicate our more difficult and potentially complicated because well have flu and corona virus circulating at the same time. The president sought support from another of his medical experts dr Deborah Burkes and then jury everybody says it was years ago this will not come we dont know its going to start its a very small confined so we put it well 8 i think the great thing is we will be able to find it earlier this time and i think thats what were talking about well find those cases earlier so what dr redfield said we would be able to stay in containment face president continue to push back against potential future threats and on a reporters question argued the virus may not come back at all but it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was apparently one of the 10 people the president spoke to was not the countrys foremost medical expert dr anthony paul she was adamant there would be a 2nd wave of the virus later this year there will be coronavirus in the fall if we do which we wont but lets take an imaginary period ok forget about it were not going to do anything about it it will take off thats what viruses do but thats not whats going to happen were going to respond to it to not allow it to do that. Early on wednesday President Trump planted a tree marking earth day but given the disagreements that played out in the evening briefing his medical experts could well fear that hes also planting the seeds of misinformation mike hanna aljazeera washington and we were turn to coronavirus pandemic news shortly but dont have a look at some other world news now to syrians suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are now going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of syrias uprising it is the 1st court case linked to alleged state sponsored torture by president Bashar Al Assads government came following the trial for us from berlin. The case against these individuals is that in different capacities at the start of the Syrian Civil War they were part of the intelligence and Security Apparatus of president Bashar Assads government and in those capacities they either carried out or were complicit in the carrying out of multiple murders of torture theres one allegation of rape and other serious Violent Attacks against the Syrian People as i say at the start of the Syrian Civil War whats interesting about this is these individuals came to germany at different times and presented themselves to the authorities as refugees and yet starting today for the course of the next few months theyre going to hear claims that they are anything but that they are guilty as i say of the crimes and the offenses which i just outlined outlined of course the presumption of innocence applies here they deny the charges there are other interesting elements about this the German Government is choosing to to implement the jurisdiction it claims that it has under the universal genet jurisdiction for serious crimes such as genocide and other serious crimes and that is whats being applied here and Many International human rights organizations and other Campaign Organization say that what is happening today and will be unfolding over the next few months represents a watershed the 1st chance for the victims of the sorts of offenses that are alleged to have taken place here to see justice being allowed to progress palestinian leaders a valve not to stand handcuffed if israel formally moves to take their lands this is in response to remarks from the us doctors dont mind on peo he said annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied west bank is a decision but one for israels government shot about us as more. From washington d. C. U. S. Secretary of states might pump a are added fuel to a fire how far will the way were glad that theres a now fully formed government in israel as for the adaptation the west bank. Theres rallies will ultimately make those decisions as thats an israeli decision. We will work closely with them to share with them our views of this in a private setting his comments came 2 days after israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and rival been against formed a National Unity government and had taken 3 back to back a little shins and a year of negotiations for the 2 to form a power sharing deal revealed on monday was that part of the deal included and it seemed parts of the occupied west bank against agreed netanyahu could look to extend israeli sovereignty to jewish settlements with the government vote from july the territory was captured by israel in the 1967 war and is under Israeli Military control and accession was also outlined in u. S. President Donald Trumps peace plan for the middle east in january its very clear that this is moving forward israel is moving forward and it is doing so effectively with the open support of the United StatesMahmoud Abbas president of the Palestinian Authority responded forcefully reminding pump a 0 emission yahoo landed talking about is not theirs to determine adding if they continue with an extension plans the Palestinian Authority will cancel current agreements with the us and israel. We told all concerned at the National Parties including the Us Administration and the Israeli Government that we want to stand with cross hands if israel announced and of any parts of our lands the United Nations has repeatedly voiced its concern although it sued it wasnt clear if pump air has given israel a green light we have in the past 1st great concern. About possible atic say sure no new unilateral moves rage or position and i do expect mr lighton off to take. A brief to say more on this at his briefing this week in the Security Council that briefing is on thursday in new york the palestinians and many countries consider israeli whispering settlements to be illegal under the Geneva Convention which bans settling on land captured in war israel disagrees citing security needs and biblical and historical connections to the land shall about less. In the news ahead warnings more people will be to systems in the u. K. Its families are pushed into poverty to corona Virus Outbreak and also getting creative in this different era to mark World Book Day. Hello there plenty more showers across much of japan weve seen system after system of course had that way of the last several days on this bulk of cloud across Southern China that is where the heavy rain will really stand for calls for the next couple of days feeling that cold in hong kong 20 celsius and those rain clouds it could be heavy at times and then well see some fairly good conditions across the Korean Peninsula a warm day particularly friday in beijing 28 degrees celsius say about 8 degrees above the average not as bad on saturday and terms of the heat is 22 degrees so feeling a little bit better weve got some pretty strong winds across the Korean Peninsula maybe some more showers just worked their way across the sea of japan so really pushing into Northern Areas of honshu and across into her and then across into india now weve seen some very heavy rain here for several days really impacting bangladesh more of the same as we go through friday and then this little system will actually work its way to that further south and really bring the heavy rain across into west bengal but really extending across into additional as well showers still in the forecast across into carola as we go through friday and saturday because if you more of those showers maybe just popping up into tamil nadu but really its the northeast bangladesh again with a very heavy rain is meanwhile its still very warm in are poor but high 42. In the far reaches of the New Siberian Islands gold rush fever is in the air and. Hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tusks of on earth the holy grail. An incredible journey into the realms of Science Fiction where cloning and Synthetic Biology have scientists playing god. Witness genesis 2. 0 the hunt for the woolly mammoth on aljazeera. The world. So the top stories this hour on aljazeera chancellor Angela Merkel is told m. P. s that germany is still at the beginning of the pandemic the rate of new infections in germany has risen for a 3rd day. This president on the trunks dismissed the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections later in the year even though his top Health Advisers have warned off a resurgence during the winter flu season and 2 syrians accused suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are going on trial in germany the men are accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of series antigovernment protests so we return to corona virus now and new york the epicenter of the u. S. Operate its increasing its testing capabilities to better understand how many people have been infected and who can all safely return to work rest and salome has more on that. With strict social distancing measures in place new york has seen its corona virus infection rate slow the state has recorded about a quarter 1000000 cases overall a 3rd of all of those in the United StatesGovernor Andrew Cuomo says more testing will be necessary to safely loosen restrictions you dont know how many people were infected you dont know what is happening on the infection rate spread all you know is the hospitalization rate so testing will give you 1st of all more data on how fast the an infection is spreading and how fast its spreading were going to know while diagnostic tests like this reveal an active infection blood tests can reveal whos developed antibodies thought to offer some immunity for the disease to recent studies in california suggest exposure to the corona virus and therefore immunity may be more widespread than thought but scientists caution its too soon to draw conclusions its really important and if were going to be making conclusions about the prevalence in a Larger Population that we have to sample that population without introducing extra bias so while that say is important we should not take that as a i am a word for true prevalence in our communities new york has begun ramping up its capacity to be able to process 40000 coronavirus tests per day this is a group that apartment help also began approaching people outside of Grocery Stores like this to randomly collect 3000 blood samples and test them for antibodies in the rush to do more testing the accuracy of some brands has been called into question and experts from the World Health Organization as well as the Top Administration say the antibodies themselves need further testing nobody is sure but theyre still dealing with antibodies that is fully protected against having the disease or being exposed to some of the turkish. Issues aside. It may give a false negative result but as the Economic Cost of fighting the disease continues to mount state authorities are under enormous pressure to find a pathway out of the lockdown as safely and as quickly as possible kristyn salumi al jazeera new york. Indias government says it plans to manufacture thousands of electronic wristbands to monitor the locations and health of coronavirus patients the country is ramping up surveillance as it begins to ease what is one of the worlds strictest virus lockdowns the wristband project aims to track quarantine patients and 8 Health Workers india has more than 21000 confirmed cases and 681 deaths. Turkey has imposed a 4 day lockdown across 31. 00 provinces to stop the spread of the virus the latest restrictions also coincide with the muslim holy month of ramadan. Explains more from istanbul. People line up in front of supermarkets stocking up for a full day care for you in major cities including a sample this is the 3rd curfew since early april but this one is longer merging the weekend with a National Holiday and the start of from a down theyre all geared up mass keeping to record social distance we have always been going with something a little bit of stick in the house as much as we can so its ok we have enough time to get prepared for the 4 days go for you and i am glad that this time they have announced earlier. To have ordered pizza of the chaos seen during the 1st few markets and Grocery Stores that will not shut down in the 1st 2 days bakeries will be open on the weekend and certain drop sectors are exempted from the curfew the government has avoided a full locked on to keep the economy ticking over so all the cuts would have is necessary for health should be followed if they say dont go well we should do that. The government has imposed measures encouraging self isolation shutting down cafes and restrictions on indoor and Outdoor Activities a cure for you has been imposed on seniors of all 65 and people below 20 years old to try to halt the spread of the disease. Well mostly doctors are on the other we are doing well so far were taking measures without interrupting daily life of course there are short comings but weve done well most of the common 1980 s. Is in turkey or in a stumble the countrys economic capital 60000000 people live in the city thats 20 percent of the countrys population. Without a full lockdown almost 4000000 people use public transport every day some say this is a high risk the number of people on the streets of istanbul has fallen over the last few weeks as a result of measures to purge the wires but the famous is the last resident tax in Istanbul Stores jan has never been so quiet the police will patrol here over the next 4 days and will take legal action against those who violate the restrictions office will say turkey has almost reached a plateau in the coroner Virus Outbreak and life will return to run its of no more the t. After a month turkish people will need to be patient for a while yet seen after so long how does your stumble. Now the u. S. Aircraft maker boeing plans to lay off 7000. 00 workers in its passenger plane unit that surround 10 percent of the workforce boeing is also about to begin negotiations with the government for a possible bailout pandemic is worse than the companys problems remember its 77. 00 max fleet thats been grounded worldwide since last year after 2 plane crashes killed nearly 354. 00. There are warnings in the u. K. That more people are being pushed into poverty because of this pandemic charities theyre frantically trying to provide for the growing number of adults and their children who need assistance lawrence lee has the story from london. In an affluent part of one of the worlds richest city is a sense of how even before these new worlds the wealth will share so badly. All of this has been donated by people whose children no longer need it for those so poor they cant afford it themselves before the virus expects them to new mothers from the poorest demographic would come here to be told that things would be ok but now they cant and the worry is that if theyre at home theyre stranded families are already struggling with a broken system before this all started and what were seeing now is families struggling to get out of the stuff that they need struggling with incomes falling when they dont have a safety they dont have a safety net they dont have savings but also just the the social and emotional impact of being at home and often with small children often quite cramped spaces the human cost of all those closed shops is just becoming understood many businesses can and have now applied for the government to pay their stuff but just as happened in spain in italy a few weeks ago well over a 1000000 people have suddenly now applied for government benefits in one of the worlds most expensive cities you could be from any social demographic with a baby due about now and be in a load of trouble its already the case in the earlier 3rd of children in the u. K. Live in some form of poverty and the expectation is that perhaps a 5th of all adults in this country will be forced to claim benefits through losing their jobs because of the virus that in turn means that even in traditionally middle class areas like this people are facing the prospects of bringing their children up on benefits. The key used to receive support from a Little Village charity when she was expecting now she has to get by on benefits she lives in a single room in a house with her daughter whos now 2 and a half the virus means theyre stuck in here together for most of the day its tough its expensive and its endless you know of the things go up not just you know read the farm bill cost of deliveries for packages that you need because its not always essential to age need of the things to keep your kids busy as well the u. K. Government program known as universal credit was already controversial as the money takes weeks to arrive and forces people to choose between things like rent and food some big players in the Charity World are now demanding the authorities go further to protect those most at risk it got lots of extra costs with food with extra Energy Particularly with into that time to be able to support the childrens learning at home and they just say that bit of extra support to be able to cover those costs and to be able to make ends meet. The Little Village charity now describes itself as virtual changing its model to deliver goods to the most desperate rather than hosting them but they admit that having to push hard to meet the fast growing demands the realisation is dawning that just as there was born out of the banking collapse more than a decade ago grew up in austerity so those born now are going to be raised by parents with no idea when their work might come back and potentially with years of hardships to follow largely aljazeera in london. Funny independent booksellers another great feeling the pinch on what is actually World Book Day with so many millions of people staying at home stalls are having to adopt some creative ways to stay engaged with their readers Mohammed Jenkins been looking at that. In 2015 it was greeces financial crisis keeping customers away from the freethinking zone bookstore and cafe at the time pages werent being turned coffees werent being served and the overall situation looked bleak owner and it worried her small athens business might not make it despite all that what she called the free thinking zone survived now though its the coronavirus pandemic that threatens to switch the shops lights off for good its been very hard because. The per the biggest problem right now. That. Really doesnt actually. These days independent booksellers around the world are finding it increasingly difficult to stay in business hi everyone this is my own at the bookstore i was on reiner owns and operates the run for cover bookstore in San Diego California its doors are temporarily shut and its future is uncertain but customers are still ordering titles actually really hard. Business Book Business were all to get our hands on books because everyone hard. Business mariani who fulfilled a lifelong dream by opening her store a year and a half ago has turned increasingly to social media to keep book buyers engaged alerting them to works that have come in and orders that have gone out shes even started digital mother daughter story Time Sessions but she says nothing will ever replace face to face interactions with fellow book lovers having the connection the reader. Greatest gift. And not being able to do this. Its not just booksellers getting more creative in engaging readers in the era of code 19 authors are 2 such as sonam are in pakistan who along with a friend started the stay home stay reading series as she worked from her home in karachi i wanted to create something that there is to put their work or in as public spaces or. Just readers from all over the world to access their work to just check it out see if theyre interested to be able to be from their work and also with me to have a moment when they could share it and celebrate it writers speaking directly to readers offering stories as a way to escape even if just for a few moments the seemingly constant barrage of bad news. As. Santamaria and these are the headlines on aljazeera chancellor Angela Merkel is told m. P. s that germany is still at the beginning of the pandemic she called the World Health Organization indispensable and said International Cooperation is extremely important as germany should be ready to pay significantly more into the e. U. Budget to help the rate of new infections in germany is also risen for a 3rd day. Heres president obama trying to dismiss the possibility of a 2nd wave of covert 9000 infections this year but its top Health Advisors of warned of a resurgence during the winter flu season. You know. We were not good you could have some leverage a grown and you can have a big blue system and if they combine your thing coming together if they come together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 years as it is a correction to. Understand that he made a statement through the period of them but how can you say that you know it wont come back in the same level that it has today what it is estimated might not come back at all jeff it may not come back at all he should get about a worst Case Scenario where you have a big flu and you have some corona and if it does come back its not going to come back and ive spoken to 10 different people not going to be like it was indias government says it plans to manufacture thousands of electronic wristbands to monitor the locations and health of coronavirus patients and is ramping up surveillance as it begins to ease one of the worlds strictest lock down as india has more than 21000 confirmed cases in 681 deaths u. S. Aircraft make a boeing plans to lay off 7000 workers in its passenger plane unit which is about 10 percent of that workforce boeing is also about to begin negotiations over a possible bailout the pandemic has worsened the companys problems after its 737 max fleet was grounded worldwide last year 2 crashes that killed nearly 350. 00 people in other news 2 syrian suspected of being former Intelligence Officers are on trial in germany they were accused of committing crimes against humanity during the early days of antigovernment protests and the un Security Council meets on thursday to discuss plans by israel to amex parts of the occupied west bank the u. S. Secretary of state says the decision though should be left solely to the Israeli Government there you go youre up to date with all the world headlines on aljazeera thanks for your company today inside story is coming up next. Hes been determined to be the only player in libya but coming after us hopes now seem shattered forces loyal to the internationally recognized government are making significant gains so its tough talk about to lose the war this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finighan warlord Khalifa Haftar wants to control libya his battle to do just that could be reaching a turning point but not in his favor he launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli more than a year