Why the return of tourism threatens to cause more pain and trauma to the elephants in thailand. The top u. S. Infectious diseases expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus cases dr anthony found she also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite claims to the contrary by President Trump was in jordan reports. Saturday night in tulsa no masks required donald trump used his 1st Campaign Rally since the start of the kobe 1000 pandemic to talk about a spike in cases in the south and the west when you do testing to the extent you can to find more people you go to find more cases so i said to my people slow that testing down. And even though several Trump Campaign workers and 2 secret Service Agents tested positive for covert 19 the president stuck to his call while heading to his next Campaign Rally on tuesday. Every hour we. Get. I dont get let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest Testing Program anywhere in the world we have better than anybody in the world our best the best in the world and we have the most of them by having more that we find more safe. Less than an hour later on capitol hill a hearing about the white house response members of Trumps Coronavirus Task force said there could be a viable back scene by the end of this year but they disagree with the president s view on testing knowledge i know for sure but so my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing dr anthony and his colleagues testifying the pandemic is not over after 3 months of stay at home policies and now ongoing anti racism protests urged people to stay vigilant and as you wear a mask and youre in a situation where youre getting animated in a demonstration or in a rally or wherever you are a void as best as possible the urge to pull your mask down and shout more than 3 months into the Public Health crisis and there is still a confusing message coming from the highest levels of the u. S. Government rosalynn shorten aljazeera washington. President trump has visited arizona one of the states thats emerging as a covert 19 hot spot inspected newly built sections of the wall being built along the Mexican Border trump attempted to credit his new wall with stopping both illegal immigration and the coronavirus arizona announced 3 and a half 1000 new infections on tuesday thats a daily record. And he spoke to students supporters who feel the church in arizona is capital phoenix was looking to regain momentum after that we can rally in tulsa when there are thousands of empty seats twitter has hidden another tweet by President Trump and labeled it abusive the u. S. President wrote that he would use serious force against protesters who try to set up a socalled autonomous zone in washington d. C. Like the police free area created by activists in seattle twitter says it violated rules about abusive behavior people can still click through to read the tweet because twitter says its in the publics interest north koreas leader kim jong il now suspended plans for military action against south korea state media says kim made the decision during a meeting of the ruling Party Central military commission tensions rose up to activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border robin bryant has the latest from seoul. This is a surprising move which has been generally warmly received here in the south the Defense Ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the Unification Ministry which handles into Korean Affairs theyre a little more cautious saying theyre monitoring the situation closely its thought that the military measures that north korea will now not go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d. M. Z. Which they had said that they were looking at in recent days as the relations between north and south had been souring and deteriorating so it is generally welcome to specially as north and south seem to be getting locked further into a propaganda battle with the launching of propaganda balloons from defectors here in south korea which are always in rages the north the north threatening to launch balloons of its own with up to 12000000 leaflets scattering across south korea and suddenly it all seems to have changed very quickly and weve had a lot of the critical articles from north korea suddenly disappearing from north korean websites also were getting reports that a lot of the propaganda loudspeakers that are traditionally in place along the d. M. Z. Which had been disappearing as relations have improved in the last couple of years and in the past few days have been reappearing it seems being reinstalled getting ready maybe for more propaganda messages to be broadcast across the barbed wire were now getting reports this wednesday that once more these loud speakers seem to be being taken down. The u. N. Secretary general says israel should abandon the old plans to an expanse of the occupied west bank speaking to the Security Council i dont know get tatted ive said it would be the most serious violation of International Norm a day earlier thousands of palestinians protested in jericho and more than a 1000 politicians across europe are signed a petition opposing the next nation process which could begin next week. Very consistent with the message that annexation not only national all but you can be a major factor to the 2nd largest egypt it will be something that and then the mind what i say which is a 2 state solution in each israelis and palestinians continue to get any peace respect each other than get into each other so. I hope that this voice of reason that is not only mine. Cost that will be hurt. By these failure 42 said that annexation does not take place in the 1st of july a palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli Police after he allegedly rammed his car into an office in the occupied west bank the palestinian Officials Say theyre skeptical of the polices account of the amount and it cuts death they say he was rushing to collect a Family Member when the incident occurred but Israeli Police say he injured an officer after driving into him. Libyas internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league calls for peace talks and says the push is coming from allies of war not any i have tom one of the wide reports in the capital tripoli. 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 in 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 strongly influenced 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 to against the government its a position that has infuriated the government in tripoli real weaponization of the. Only. Peace theory or the murder. Forces. And this is really a question. Or 2. After the thwarting have to those efforts to seize the capital to bag the Libyan Forces continue to advance east in support of the u n a recognized a government egypt says the red line for its own security is serviced delane 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 right now on the outskirts of syria it which is a gateway to libyas main oil fields in the east they feel they have half that on the run but thats only been the case since turkey fully committed its resources to the d. N. A. Earlier in the year and egypt has watched it the change in the balance of power with increasingly lower. Tripoli. The family of a former saudi intelligence official living in exile in canada says hes being pressured to return to the kingdom saddle jabbers family say saudi conference mohamed bin sound man arrested 2 of his children and brother in march when the group is where is the director of the Gulf Studies Center cattle university he says jabber is tied to one of the crown princes keen rivals the saudi royal mama bin i have a sudden germany was the right kind of prince the mom had been now you know when you about. The last more than 20 years because basically he was the person who was called in 80 the war in terror with the americans that he was the person basically who was. Coordinating the effort to tackle the terrorist organizations that have been sailing through the gamut so you know when you about him so the lead became important after basically gets a man came to power and Prince Mohammed bin nayef was basically forced to leave his position and suddenly he was abroad at that time and you basically he was advised to stay abroad the Saudi Led Coalition fighting in yemen says its intercepted a Ballistic Missile heading towards riyadh 8 drones and 3 missiles of inside towards the kingdom since monday and healthy rebels say they plan to launch even more a spokesman for the rebels claim they attacked the saudi Defense Ministry building and a military base in riyadh among other targets. Time for a short break here an aljazeera when we come back our Long National hibernation is beginning to come to an end reminisced about his johnson further is englands locked down running cheers from business but warnings from doctors. And the crisis faced by some communities in india and pakistan as covert 19 restricts the flow of remittances. From. Our the breeze is still blowing from the knolls from iraq down through the gulf and there is no significant cloud except just grazing parts of armaan this is as it should be im still watching for the 130 shot into salon weve got 31 degrees in is getting increasingly cloudy now thats the place we might expect to see this 3 months with a drizzle and cloud nowhere else on fridays just hot sunshine and they wouldnt tense determine how hot it actually feels a baghdads a 46. Kept down about 40 degrees a mecca is really very high at 48 i mean youre talking about near record values here the winds pick up the dust is not significant for most places at the moment or the next couple of days further south where the wind starts to cowrite and this is in the indian ocean it catches the coast of tanzania and kenya and every now again brings in a burst of rain thats happening now in land showers on the parents on this atoll there just yet daily event to the ethiopian hollands for south sudan and for kampala just on the edge of likely turia youre on the edge of daytime shows and then you get morning showers that develop over the lake itself juba a good place to get showers this time here and there there for the next 3 days. I dont think in isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of this story not for mark the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact its reality and you have to reject a lot exposing the optics triathlon if the rhetoric and shit but they cannot manipulate the fire listening post your inside guy to the media on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick amount of the top stories this hour the leading u. S. Infectious diseases expert has warned the next few weeks will be critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections. She also testified to congress that he and others have not been told to slow down testing despite claims in the country by president from. North korean state media says neither kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south Korea Tensions rose to this in the south of the leaflets across the border. Now india has announced its expelling half the staff of Pakistans High Commission in new delhi of alleged spying pakistan was quick to reject the allegations as baseless and demanded that india reduce its stuff by author and is not about in response just the latest news in the ongoing diplomatic raul welcome joins us live now from islamabad relations between india and pakistan were already tense and now this what more can you tell us. Youre seeing the what happened was the Indian Ministry of external affairs someone to charge day affairs and gordon that he had to do duty by 50 percent because. Its only stuff wasnt in war the nature of your knowledge and giving link brigade it is the Pakistani Foreign ministry didnt react to it saying ok to go to believe that they were dismissing these charges and also over in photo great brokaw are taking the indians did you get the magic. How face right now it should be remembered didnt know it by the star and 40 baggage high commissioner after india did walk article. And shame game troops into indian administered get the idea of what you dont know 38. I commissioner so relations were already baggett your stance youre not on the line of control of the Foreign Ministry also saying that the b j p government led by mr out there ended modi a destabilization in the region and trying to take away attention from the situation and push me should be no good dad why the game turns out mounting on the line of control between india and find a star and a good situation along the line of actually a good draw or great joy not. Good so indeed a game situation likely to get worse and both countries going for a quick growth goal or to come out there and has none of them come out thank you. Millions of Migrant Workers have found themselves out of a job well why doesnt commies growing to hold them to the corona Virus Outbreak and thats meant an end to the remittances they send home isnt purana reports on the impact we felt in south asia. Up the wahhabis back home in pakistan after 7 years working in saudi arabia he has a new life and his old home and swap that you. Need to get in the us i was earning good money for my family but because of the pandemic everything shut down i lost my job it was difficult revive there without a drop so i returned home. Hes opened a fruit and vegetable shop so he can continue supporting his family but the 60. 00 a month hes ending is a fraction of the 400. 00 he used to make as a laborer and saudi arabia. Of the why theres one of 40000. 00 pakistanis the government says have returned home after losing their job or the seas its a similar picture in neighboring india which is the worlds biggest receiver of Worker Remittances at least 50000. 00 endian workers have returned since may workers from india and pakistan sent home more than a 100000000000 dollars last year. The World Bank Expects the amount of money sent by all Foreign Workers to their families will fall by 20 percent this year as millions lose their jobs and return home. And do you. International has sent 25000 workers overseas in the past 15 years but their business has virtually ground to a halt. Because its a kind of beacon they cannot use work but this with the sinking no because. The industry is sinking. Permission says are especially important in low and middle Income Countries more than Foreign Investment and 8 you know we have images economy was acting as a bit of a sacrificial also for these families and literally you know poor families and the enhancing the standard of living giving education to their children and giving Better Health care the United Nations says the loss of money will be an evenly spread and warns that tens of millions of families who rely on remittances will fall below the poverty line this year elizabeth pradhan aljazeera you daddy. Now 3 months of lockdown in england are close to ending for next week the 2 metre distancing lewis being families will be able to see each other and bars and restaurants will reopen businesses start of cash are delighted but doctors warn its happening too soon journal reports from london. We will also. Risk rules and perhaps. Relief for Pubs Restaurants Hotels campsites museums and cinemas much of the hospitality sector allowed to emerge from lockdown and the news many have been waiting for the easing of the 2 meter social distancing rule while the experts cannot give a precise assessment of how much the risk is reduced they judge these mitigations would make one meter plus broadly equivalent to the risk to 2 years if those litigations are fully implemented so this is good news for your business for us this is great news for us was a lifeline in terms of the source of the thing which is looming thought we can. Climb how we react to our thinking and this is really a place for people to kind of enjoy ferocious barrage runs a london street food market it ching to reopen in a sector that just weeks ago warned the Prime Minister that millions of jobs were at risk because a lot of these businesses a small artisanal on as they were all their money and this savings into this for shock and this is where they make their bread you work you mean market so when they make money we make money if they dont make money we dont make money with one of those vendors is fresh pasta maker Leonardo Massey now well. And more cost america and it will admit cattle and for buy us there because they have a defense especially the east and that is really important because you possible sit down in one. Easy and moderate confidential interim if there is a knock off. Is really at per specs screens carefully distance seating youll be ordering your drinks and food using apt Technology Rather than going to the bar its not there. Sociable pub and restaurant scene of old but to many people and indeed to the businesses involved its vastly better than nothing there are some concerns that its all happening too fast that the message in these new measures is that lockdown is over even though the promise hasnt gone away but the government has been quite open about it this is a political decision weighing the interests of the economy against the risk to Public Health jona aljazeera london tennis number one Novak Djokovic has tested positive for corona virus after helping to organize a tournament where a number of other people caught it is a 4th player who competed in the adrian tour event in croatia to catch it his wife was also infected croatia had his lockdown measures before the most recent event meaning players didnt have to observe social distancing talk of the chinese previously said he wouldnt take a Coronavirus Vaccine aljazeera as milan boscovich is in the great in a brief statement djokovic tried to defend his idea of organizing comp tournaments by saying everything we did in past month we did with a pure heart and sincere intentions our tournaments are meant to unite and share a message of solidarity and compassion throughout the region we organize the term and at the moment when the virus has a big and believing that the conditions for hosting the had been met unfortunately the virus is still present. In his statement explain that he will be in carrington for next 2 weeks that he will be tested in 5 days but djokovic is the president of a union of tennis professional players many have been already against decision to organize these tournaments where the crowd being present and really here in belgrade there was 0 social distance at the stands and implications might be major not only within the tennis circles but in serbia as well and in the creation. In france the paris may or will can get it back by president emanuel is warning the race could become a confidence vote in his leadership i miss moves in is trailing behind her 2 opponents in the polls voters will cast their 2nd round ballot on sunday after nearly 3 months a spokesman because of coronavirus restrictions you couldnt. Its clear that the comments made by journalists on television and even by politicians after an election dont take into account the agendas they always have a purely political angle so im saying be careful because this vote could potentially be interpreted as a vote of no confidence in the president of the republic i think that today the government deserves support for its action which has been decisive in the economic crisis particularly during the lockdown now a canadian Nursing Student is suing police in the Western Province of British Columbia after allegedly being assaulted by an officer Surveillance Footage shows that mona wang was dragged out of her apartment face down police came to wangs home after her boyfriend called Emergency Services to request a health check the incident occurred in january but the civil claims were brought to Court Earlier this week. Disturbing video has emerged of the ill treatment of elephants in thailand wildlife shows are normally a big attraction but theyve been closed to control the coronavirus pandemic there now fears the cruelty will get worse in the rush to stop calling but money when they reopen wayne hay reports from bangkok. This has become a familiar yet still painful routine for. Its the 4th time shes had one of her calves taken from her the latest 18 month old is tended to another adult and taken away was tied to a tree in tyler is clearly distressed the as is buju very. Far away chained up crying out for her mother its really traumatic for us elephants and a while especially male stay with their mother. Most entire life they would stay x. Ocean hurt with them other. Assists on the video some of which is too disturbing to show we shot secretly at an Elephant Training School in a province northeast of the thai capital bangkok the techniques and punishments such as being beaten or prodded with metal hooks while being forced to walk while their legs are bound together and designed to make them compliant all in the end to entertain too. Many want a Close Encounter with one of thailands National Symbols or another animal 4 years ago one of the most popular wildlife attractions the tiger temple was raided and closed because of allegations the owners were trafficking big cats and animal parts soon after the park was given permission to reopen elsewhere these elephants that are among thousands captive in thailand will also be heading to parks and zoos but the coronavirus pandemic has meant the Tourism Industry here has ground to a halt almost 200 Animal Welfare organizations wrote to the Thai Government asking them to use the opportunity to reset the industry theyve heard nothing back we really. Great. Strength. We have to try and the long run and also ensure that the current generation of actors and. Al jazeera also approached the Tourism Authority of thailand for reaction to the video but it declined the concern is that when the borders reopen operators will be disparate to make up for lost revenue and the elephants will be trained and put to work harder than ever when hey al jazeera bangkok well the disturbing pictures you saw there in waynes report came from an undercover operation by a world on the move protection audrey mia is an organizations global head of wildlife she says both the animals on that trainers are exploited we feel that actually what these people who train these elephants are responding to is simply the demand from tourists and from tour operators to provide these and these shows and to make sure that these elephants are available for for writing or performing tricks so we feel that tourists have have a lot to do with this situation our research has told us that the people actually train and look after these allegations commonly called macoutes and they say they benefit very you know theres no real benefit to them they work in terrible conditions the money the vast amounts of money thats generated from this kind of tourist attraction doesnt end up in their pockets theyre often as exploited as the animals themselves. So what we are calling for at wild Animal Protection is just for you know a whole new approach to this this a Wildlife Tourism that theres a better way for the animals for the people involved. Where the animals can be well looked after and their welfare is is is front and center. And an earthquake in southern mexico has left at least 5 people dead this is the moment the magnitude 7. 4 quake struck the southern arc a region there were more than 140 aftershocks it struck along the southern Pacific Coast at a depth of 26 kilometers. Top a quick check of the headlines here on al jazeera the leading u. S. Infectious diseases expert has warned the next few weeks the critical in controlling a disturbing surge in corona virus infections dr anthony found she also testified in congress that he and others had not been told to slow down testing despite claims from the country by President Trump north korean state media says the leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south korea state media says kim made the decision during a meeting of the ruling Party Central military commission tensions rose up activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border rebel pride as the latest from seoul this is a surprising move which is been generally warmly received here in the south the Defense Ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the Unification Ministry which handles into Korean Affairs there a little more cautious saying theyre monitoring the situation closely its thought that the military measures that north korea will now not go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d. M. Z. Which they had said that they were looking at in recent days the u. N. Secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the Security Council terence said it would be the most serious violation of International Law a day earlier thousands of palestinians protested in jericho. The Saudi Led Coalition fighting in yemen says its intercepted a Ballistic Missile heading towards riyadh 8 drones and 3 missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday and who the rebels say they plan to no once even more libyas internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league calls for peace talks egypts president wants the government of National Accord to stop its offensive against ward and to have to east of the capital tripoli is even warning of military intervention the worlds forces have been retreating since the g. N. A. T. Launched a turkish bath defensive in may chinas world number one know that djokovic just tested positive for coronavirus off to helping to organize a tournament where a number of other people caught it was the 4th player who competed in the age of tour events in serbia and croatia to catch the virus his wife is also infected. Well those are the headlines the news continues on aljazeera after listening post station thats watching by from al. Jazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how one who reads influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the american electorate just 8 miles over the world there with a burst. Of between and continued between the negroes to be different that what you mean by malcolm x. And more to you if you came face to face on 00. Number of fire is case in russia has been soaring its all right to think that my. Last time. I said. It was the final 3 spring break. Hello im richard just britain youre at the listening post working from home the media stories were looking at this week will take us from moscow to minsk via manila we examine russias fake news problem with cope with 19 the official numbers just dont add up bellow ruses state of denial on the coronavirus and the bloggers to change the narrative and freedom of the press in the philippines hits a new low with the conviction of rappers maria ressa and the subtle ways in which socalled non racists let racism thrive its crew thought nothing russia is currently in 3rd place on the list of countries with the most confirmed coronavirus case the official figure there exceeds half a 1000000 but that is in dispute as is the countrys fatality rate which last month was 7 times below the global average according to journalists and scientists who have studied the way russia tabulates cases those rates should be significantly higher truth is a casualty of the coronavirus war and the kremlin itself is trying to get a grip on a glut of