France the netherlands and others from its coronavirus safe travels to infections rise in european countries. Mexico and argentina trying to ensure latin america doesnt have to wait in line once a vaccine is developed. And we meet some of the black americans who say they have left racism and division behind to settle in west africa. The Palestinian Ambassador to the u. A. E. Is being recalled after the immorality government struck a deal with israel to normalize relations the agreement was announced by u. S. President donald trump who helped broker the deal as part of the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to an explicit indian territory alan fischer reports now from washington d. C. It was perhaps unusual that the president of the United States would announce a treaty between 2 other countries but thats what happened in new York Law Office it is a truly historic moment the president said talks over the past year that brought what will be new in as the abraham a court to be signed by the United Arab Emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous. When least i decided the u. S. Ambassador to israel and his son in law a Senior Advisor gerry cushion or his middle east peace plan was released in january and he played a key role in this new a court i would like to say to the people of the region muslims Jews Christians and this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with a conflict there is a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as part of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to annex part of the occupied west bank speaking to aljazeera. He said if there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. Is nothing but a stab in the back of the palestinian. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu had earlier cheered the Coronavirus Task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present youll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak Political Support domestically for shelving an existing plants. Little additional interim President Trump put the an exaggeration into his peace plan those who criticize me should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the United States without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements so there have been discussions of various levels between the u. A. E. And israel for years it seems now each was preparing the ground for this announcement from the official twitter account of the u. A. E. Leader mohammed bin ziad a simple statement during a call with President Trump and Prime Minister netanyahu an agreement was reached to stop further is really an extension of palestinian territories the u. A. E. And israel also agree to cooperation and setting a road map towards establishing a bilateral relationship. The idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with Donald Trump Center stage he obviously believes that this will help in the run up to the president ial election in november but rarely are american elections decided by events abroad particularly during a Public Health and financial crisis alan fischer aljazeera at the White House Well shortly well hear from the the abraham in the occupied west bank who says its not just the palestinian leadership who feel betrayed 1st though having force that with a view from western incident for israel it is certainly a big moment it is the big story i think thats partly fueled by the fact that it came a such a big surprise and from mainstream jewish israeli opinion there has been a good level of support for this i think the outliers would largely be on the far right the settler communities who are already talking about betrayal because of the suspension of the annexation process netanyahu self put it in Historical Context talking about 979. 00 with egypt 994. 00 with jordan and now this with the United Arab Emirates one difference is that this isnt really a peace treaty there was never a conflict or any war to end officially with the u. S. But it is a major change at least in the public nature of this relationship which has been going on behind the scenes to a large extent for many years. Weve heard from the palestinian president s spokesperson that dana here read the statement on the palestinian t. V. Just now saying that the palestinian leadership has met and considered this decision by the. At the trail to jerusalem and the palestinian cause he said that this is a blow to the Arab Peace Initiative and all the resolutions that have resulted from the arab and islamic beliefs summit namely because the Arab Peace Initiative talks about normalizing relations between israel and the arab states with only after israel and its occupation and. This is considered an acknowledgment by the u. A. E. That jerusalem is the capital for israel this is something that many palestinians have denounced especially when the u. S. Has decided to recognize truth to them and has moved its embassy and for many palestinians in the street they would tell you that theyve lost faith a long time ago in the arab regimes of the out of brewers that they are going to be helping them on the contrary they feel that theyve been left out alone by these regimes but they still believe that the our nation is support them its important to note that many here fear that other are of an islamic states my. Speaking at a White House BriefingPresident Trump said palestinians will eventually seek peace when more countries make deals with israel i think the palestinians will without saying that this is early i think they very much want to be a part of what were doing and i see ultimately the palestinians see peace between israel and the palestinians as i see that happening i think as these very big powerful wealthy countries come in and i think the palestinians who are following. He has more now from washington d. C. Weve long been led to believe hes won to this moment and we understand it will happen in the next 3 weeks a signing ceremony on the white house lawn bringing implacable foes together brought together by Donald Trumps deal making skills once limited to real estate in new york now unleashed on the world didnt work with iran didnt work with north korea but instead brought peace to the middle east or at least brought the u. S. And israel together who were pretty close anyway and prevented nomic station that might not have happened anyway anyway either but this is clearly some great video that will have in the run up to the election to prove whatever biden says that hes achieving stuff while no one says no ones looking like peace deals International Peace deals its also important seems that from what weve heard in last few hours for Jarrett Cushman who had a briefing with us a few hours ago and he ceased trying to prove it would appear at least to my ears that he that hes not a failure he was supposed to have achieved the deal of the century by now bringing middle east peace to the region he failed but his role his approach was always proud which is a give them billions of dollars give the palestinians billions of dollars and then theyll forget about International Law or selfdetermination and then moment you know will make them will promise them that theyll become singapore that didnt work with the palestinians and what he said today was it model to work with the palestinians but when other regional neighbors and arab nations sort of the palestinians was rejected that they decided well you see trump and krishna right if we can hang around for the palestinians theyll never make peace even with such a great deal its time for us to make bilateral deals Israeli Military has launched airstrikes and find out tillery shells of palestinian groups in Southern Gaza its the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the uns Refugee Agency was damaged by a strikes the school was empty at the time israel says its been targeting hamas facilities because the armed groups been sending balloons which start fires into its territory. The latest now on the corona virus pandemic in the u. K. Is really imposing travel quarantine restrictions on france and the netherlands as coronavirus cases rise again across europe france is seeing its highest number of cases since restrictions were eased in may in spain the government says there are 675 active outbreaks or germany has its highest increase of cases in 3 months this strain in state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths new delhi infections have also gone up by about 100 the state capital melbournes under a 6 week lockdown with nightly curfews and compulsory proves new zealands waiting to hear of Prime Minister just in the are done will extend or ease the lockdown in its biggest city in auckland where a new covered 900 cluster continues to grow the governments just confirmed 12 new infections almost 40 people linked to the cluster have been moved into quarantine facilities until early this week new zealand had recorded no locally transmitted cases for more than 3 months and the World Health Organization says it doesnt have enough information to make a judgement on the Coronavirus Vaccine approved by russia on tuesday russia became the worlds 1st country to approve a covered 1000. 00 in occupation but it was subjected to less than 2 months of human testing there was a specific question about whether or not we would see. The w. H. O. Expanded use of that we dont have sufficient information at this point to make a judgment on that and were currently in conversation with russia to get Additional Information understand the status of their product the trials that have been undertaken and then what the next steps might be what Daniel Altman is a professor of immunology at Imperial College london he says we need as many vaccines as possible but russias is one of the least understood at this point. Theres been a fair number already reporting a very large phase 2 Clinical Trials of many hundreds of people with very detailed data openly published not peer review this is the smallest trial of i think 38 people that hasnt been Peer Reviewed and hasnt been published so its not really in the landscape yet we dont know anything about it hasnt been Peer Reviewed and the data weve heard is rather minimal you know there are more than 160. 00 vaccine candidates around probably half a dozen of them going through all the right process in all the right steps and they say kind of look like they do Everything Everything it says on the tin they they raise very high levels of antibodies and very high levels of peace wells which we assume you need for protection and now theyve got to go through the rigors of this phase 3 trial where you really see in thousands and thousands of people whether the safety protected i think you know we have to face up to the fact that this is a really horrible insitu this an infection that has got into human beings and gets into the lungs of many people in the population sometimes silently and they symptomatically and its really really hard once its got in to get it out so you may think your country is doing well and you may have driven down your curb and it only needs a very small number of people who are spreading it you might all know theyre spreading it who go into a crowded place and and then youre off again its a really terrific situation time for a short break here now to 0 when we come back. To. South korea pays tribute to the socalled comfort women of world war 2. And what President Trump is doing to try to stop men in voting in the upcoming election or on a ballot. We have flooding concerns for northern parts of china because of cloud magri looking cloud which rolls its way down across the yellow sea right into the heart of china through han towards chung day and thats all making its way further east which you can see how it drags asael rains heavy downpours once again across the Korean Peninsula or way into the north of japan that will gradually push through the link back across central and southern parts of north korea pushing right across the other side of the sea and again more than a central parts of china will see further spells of heavy rain down to the south we got some showers in play here its wet weather in the full costs usual seasonal rains here heavy showers as well and so the good parts of Southeast Asia as one would expect that certainly the case across a good part of india china philippines seeing some showers in the heat of the day he to the day storms there was well across much of malaysia and now starting to sit tight increasingly wet there across a good part of indonesia for india well again increasingly wet hair as well some very heavy downpours right out the western gas disturbance in the bay of bengal will bring some heavy rain is in the northeast of india that will gradually make its way a little further west was pushing all the way it was southern pakistan. But. This countrys beginning easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infection in the last few. Feet in front of the neighborhood and many feel the economy is being prioritized about for human life until people come here to play in the public and be out here but spike in public like to say we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus pandemic special coverage on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has announced a deal to normalize ties between the u. A. E. And israel under the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to an explicit indian territory palestine is recalling its own battle to the u. A. E. Calling the deal of betrayal and a stab in the back. Of the u. K. s reimposing travel quarantine instructions on france and the netherlands as coronavirus cases rise again across europe france is seeing its highest number of cases since restrictions at least in may. Now south koreas been holding a ceremony to commemorate women and girls who were forced by japan to work in brothels during world war 2 they were known by their captors as comfort women issue continues to be a point of contention between the 2 countries but robert reich joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul rob so this remains a very thorny and sensitive issue between south korea and japan so what happened at the ceremony. Thats right this still counts a very long shadow over relations between japan and south korea and this was a very poignant event a small event of course over these next few days there are going to be countless commemorations around the world commemorating finally the end of world war 2 that came 75 years ago with the defeat of japan but this world event remembers from south koreas point of view a particularly painful episode and that was the treatment of these socalled comfort women who were taken to serve in wartime brothels by the Imperial Japanese army at locations around asia now jap japan has a very different take on it it says that these were the brothels existed but they were properly organized the women were paid they went to their own volition that is very much disputed by south korea and the number of countries throughout asia so this is very much an event to commemorate them to keep them in the public memory and also with the there are fewer and fewer as years go on of these people remembering the 50 of the socalled comfort women are buried at this National Cemetery but there are still in south korea 17 who are still alive at least one of them was here at this event and the concern is now for south korea that their stories are not forgotten they were forgotten for an awful long time after the end of the 2nd world war it was only in the 1990 s. That many of them overcame the stigma to come out and tell their stories for the 1st time the focus now is that the present and future generations will continue to remember their stories and continue to have commemorations like this yeah and on another issue were hearing that north korea is refusing International Aid after those recent floods that you covered and what more can you tell us. Its pretty extraordinary shows the extent to which north korea is simply obsessed that it will continue to keep a coronavirus outside of north korea famously of course it says it has 0 cases all the virus from the very beginning it isolated itself and despite its need for adolf to these floods says after this meeting cold of the Public Bureau by kim jong un yesterday thursday that they will lot except any incoming aid because they might of course divert and they also get the virus but we do know that there is a need for a raid we do know that there has been damage the North Koreans themselves tell us that 40000. 00 hectares of rice paddy have been damaged they are of course very much dependent upon their crops and theyre in big trouble if the harvest fails also 17000 buildings have been impacted and we do know that kim jong un has been out to the countryside to see for himself the damage and in fact has announced that Emergency Stores from the kim dynasty zone reserves which are normally only kept for use in natural an emergency like war time all being made available show it shows you the extent to which north korea itself does see with all of its multitude of problems now it seems to be on almost a wartime footing rob thank you. Now the russian government says it plans to release everyone arrested in antigovernment protest song friday morning large numbers turned out again on the night a peaceful rally is nearly 7000 have been rounded up during protests that often turn violent since sunday president lukashenko of rigging the weekend election which he won in a landslide reports now from its. Academic choir singing a song of protest on the steps of the phenomenon it may bella ruse be happy and free out of words originating from an old poem the signs in their hands all phones have been stolen. The call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around belarus after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the streets and growing anger about the thousands detained in excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son illia detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you. My son is a student at the Law Department hes not an alcoholic or drug addict i dont want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country its very can the 21st century if they dont stop it will burn myself i am ready to go on a Hunger Strike is that what you get if. You go to the guards around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections for most servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what Government Troops have done to their own people serving Police Officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he wont follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence any longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers at the square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protest for all and to leave all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears. Of National Still not as the violence we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end. Will stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more belorussians are joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems so confused. Why look might have been able to silence veneration for many years this time to have to stone him for a tooth return to stop harassing aljazeera. The f. B. I. Will join lebanese and other International Investigators to find out exactly what caused the beirut explosion a visiting u. S. Diplomat says they agreed to come on board at the request of the lebanese Government Parliament has extended a state of emergency in the capital which gives the military more power more than 200 people were killed in last weeks blast which is being blamed on 2700 tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate. Turkeys president says talks are the only way to resolve an oil and gas dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean turkey and greece are locked in a tense standoff for Energy Exploration it escalated this week with the arrival of a Turkish Research vessel escorted by warships greece says parts of the air in question is over its Continental Shelf and insists turkeys action is illegal turkeys dismissed those objections saying they have no legal basis france to send warplanes on the navy for get to the eastern med as tensions rise meanwhile both greece and turkey are calling for the issue to be raised at an e. U. Meeting on friday. What then is the truth. The path for a solution in the Eastern Mediterranean is dialogue and negotiation a formula based on a win win solution that protects the rights of all can be found if we act with common sense and reason. Greeces attitude in the aging and the mediterranean is malicious. Not president of knowledge that hes starving the Us Postal Service of money in order to make it harder to process than expected surge of mail in ballots hes claimed without offering any evidence that postal voting will be subject to widespread fraud has practically. The Us Postal Service is in many ways a backbone for the us economy and its international trouble. Democrats want to add funding for to be able to process melon ballots in november but the president is resisting and now hes giving a rather explicit explanation theyre not going to do. A deal thats good for the American People therefore theyre not going to get the 3500000000 therefore they cant do. A universal. Mail in vote its very simple hes admitting his real intention is to stop mail and voting on the same day that the u. S. Supreme court issued a ruling making it easier to vote by mail something that an unprecedented 75 percent of americans will be able to do for the 1st time because of the coronavirus pandemic democrats say hes trying to steal the election the president is afraid of the American People hes been afraid for a while he knows that on the legit it be hard for him to win so he wants to put obstacles up participation now delivery in the u. S. Has slowed considerably in the last few months and that is a big concern because in 30 states ballots that arrive after election day are simply thrown away many experts blame the slower delivery times on changes put in place by the new postmaster general lewis to joy hes a trump loyalist and donor who was reportedly fired or reassigned 23. The executives well instituting new rules restricting overtime and hiring he says ballots will be delivered on time its not clear if that will be the case but hes also under fire because he has a multimillion dollar stake in a company that has huge contracts with the post office that he now runs hes denied any wrongdoing at exhibitions have been clear that this is a major conflict and that would never have been allowed in any Prior Administration did you absolutely should have divest it of his acts. But this is a fight with broader implications not just for the november election but for tens of millions of americans struggling and waiting for congress to agree to a new relief package democrats say they wont vote for one the doesnt protect the post office the president says he wont sign one that does and now we know why at a calling aljazeera. President trump rolled back u. S. Regulations introduced by the Obama Administration to limit me thing gas emissions from oil and gas fields operators will no longer be required by the Environmental Protection agency the e. P. A. To monitor and leaks from pipelines Storage Facilities and well the industry was responsible for nearly 30 percent of u. S. Meat and emissions and 20. Now black americans are being invited to west african countries that their ancestors were forcibly removed from ghana and senegal are encouraging them to return explore and invest. Say they want to leave racism and division behind in the United States and i know a certain look you know snow i know what the person is thinking of go back to africa. In the insult africanamericans julissa georgia today heard it calling it a move to senegal as capital to card to find an escape from the racial tensions in the divisive politics at home in america people are. Always looking to the corner. Theres like a sense of like i dont know welcoming really you know just like everyone looks at you and theyre like you look like me. Maybe this is home maybe in this land where we come and we make it just like what america what is your return an invitation from west african countries like santa going. To settle in invest in the continent government says hundreds of American Families have settled in the country thanks to the scheme i mean there is a. Maybe a specific situation in the u. S. But i think people need to be divisive and they can find Common Ground where everybody can celebrate you know. The city is replacing street needs in statues of French Colonial figures with african personalities while politicians argue over whose likeness should replace them it seems young people have already made up their minds repeating these are legal in senegal and while theyre normally used to depict muslim religious figures look at this what its called black excellence you can find Stokely CarmichaelHarriet Tubman nina simone tammi smith even george florida africanamericans that have affected the history of not just the United States but africa as well and so not only can you find them on the streets theyre also taught in schools as part of the history curriculum its this that prompted 17 year old miriams family to move from atlanta so that she could attend one of the africanamerican schools of the city where perhaps really teaches arts and representation like learning about columbus in the us and learning about columbus here it was completely different kind of. Like he discovered america all these great things and when i came over here my history teacher said terrible this man was and this was new to me i was like oh oh no here. In settling in west africa they have found a new home discovered a side of themselves they had not seen before too often overlooked. Time for a quick check of the headlines on aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has announced a deal to normalize ties between the u. S. And israel under the agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to mix palestinian territories. Meanwhile is recording to the u. N. Calling the deal a betrayal and a stab in the back but President Trump says palestinians will eventually seek peace when what countries make deals with israel. I think the palestinians will without saying it this is early i think they very much want to be a part of what were doing and i see ultimately the Palestinian Peace between israel and the palestinians as i see that happening i think as these very big powerful wealthy countries come in and i think the palestinians who are following the Israeli Military has fired artillery shells at Palestinian Armed groups in Southern Gaza its the 4th straight night of bombardment on wednesday a school in gaza run by the uns Refugee Agency was damaged by a strike the school was empty at the time israel says its been targeting hamas facilities because the armed groups been sending balloons which start fires into its territory for u. K. s reimposing travel restrictions on france on the netherlands as coronavirus cases rise again across europe france is seeing its highest number of cases since instructions eased in may be australian state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths new delhi infections have also gone up by about 100 the state capital melbourne is under a 6 week lockdown with nightly curfews and compulsory mosque rules for south koreas been holding a ceremony to commemorate women and girls who were forced by japan to work in brothels during world war 2 they were known by their captors as comfort women issue continues to be a point of contention between both countries the russian government says it plans to release every one the rest of an antigovernment protests on friday morning large numbers turned out again on thursday night for peaceful rallies nearly 7000 have been rounded up during protests have often turned violent since sunday they accuse president lukashenko of rigging the weekend election so those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after earthrise station thats the watching by foot. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Sustainable Food Production is one of the greatest challenges for the future. With Global Demand for food set to increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050. Aquaculture is one of the most polluting and ecologically don